Only James Earl Jones could make the phrase “fly like a fairy” sound so sinister, so dastardly, the most deadliest of threats man has ever followed through on
Only James Earl Jones could make the phrase "princess like a Eilonwy" sound so sinister, so dastardly, the most deadliest of threats man has followed though on
@@Heretic1981 Plus, he’s finally getting over his divorce. He told me he had some new projects going on. I thought he really needed a night out. How was I to know he’d gone off the deep end? He’s spent a lot of time on those incel internet forums and watching Fox News.
Even now, when Ommadon says "I'll teach man how to fly like a fairy!" and then it switches to the view of a falling atomic bomb, it sends chills up my spine.
Yes, very cleverly implying what air travel technology could potentially be used for. It's quite surprising just how sophisticated children's entertainment could be back then.
James' voice is just perfect. The breathing, the strange inflexions, the clarity of speech and the guttural laugh. It will always stick in my mind as someone that watched this as kid.
You see, the other wizards made a critical error. At the end of it all, they chose not to destroy the Red Crown, as it was a part of the very fabric of magic, and they thought it harmless without Omadon. What they failed to realize, is that during this speech, Omadon poured his dark determination into the Red Crown, such that even after its master’s demise, the Red Crown continued to influence man towards self destruction. A few scenes in the movie even hint at this being the case. Now, does that mean defeating Omadon was pointless? No. The Red Crown is powerful and dangerous, but it’s not self-aware, and so it just guides humanity towards a vague doom, rather than a specific one. If Omadon had survived, humanity wouldn’t have made it past WW1.
Only James Earl Jones could masterfully nail such a powerful statement on the human condition and how evil and destructive we can be. It's honestly quite staggering that this kind of message and imagery is in a kids' movie, but that's what I love about it. It's not afraid to be adult when it wants to be.
I agree! James Earl Jones nailed it here... but the monologue could've done expounded upon. Here's my expansion on it. Ommadon: You know, Carolinus... I have weapons at my disposal. Weapons which you would not even dare to use. For you see, it is not logic, ethics, and kindness that lead a man onwards. It is not science and curiosity that guide his actions. Instead, it is fear that rules man. It is terror that grips and governs his beating heart. It is this same fear that I'll use to destroy man. By summoning all the dark powers that I command, I shall infest the spirit of man with a fear so great that he'll use his science and logic to destroy himself. Can you imagine the chaos and havoc I can create? I'll turn brother against brother so that all the enemies he sees will be in his own household! I'll have it so that greed and avarice prevails in the minds of men, so that they'll even praise greed itself, and those who fail to hear and heed my words will pay the price forever. I'll teach man how to use his machines to their fullest potential. Slowly but surely, I'll teach him what damage and terror distorted science can give birth to so that he grows to fear the very tool he so happily studies. I'll teach him how to fly like the faeries and birds that he envies. And I'll give him the ultimate answers to every question his science could ever ask... and the world will be free for my magic to rule again!
@@user-yx9ds7ky7f He wanted to restart the entire universe, so he could manage it and keep it in balance. Obadon wanted to wipe out the entire humans race, so there would be more room to expand his domain. one wanted balance, whereas the other wanted total dominion.
I watched this again after 30+ years. This was powerful and profound, the Red Wizard is a villain with intelligence and cunning and ambition to rival Palpatine and Sauron.
Palpatine, no... Sauron, on the other hand, is an incredibly apt comparison, as Sauron did the same thing when he convinced the Elven Smiths to forge the Rings of Power, which led to the Fall of Numenor.
Despite not having seen this movie in over 30 years, it still hits me how good it is (for what it is). It, along with "The Last Unicorn" are some of my favourite animated films from my childhood.
Looking back at this 30 years later, it's a remarkably fine, literate script. The central concepts are very well expressed, the acting is excellent and even the Rankin/ Bass animation, though a little stiff, is based on elegant conceptual art and good very good today. Plus the story is melancholy, and has many fine high-fantasy themes and sequences that are far superior to nearest contemporary movie, which I suppose was Disney's 'Black Cauldron'
There's a later scene, where Lo Tae Zhao says, "because logic is so, logical". I LOVE how the ONLY wizard to have ANY understanding of science and logic, even almost approval, is the wizard of philosophy and enlightenment. For those steeped in science and logic, you know why that is DEEP. This is just one of many VERY deep concepts in the film. These guys put a lot of thought, love, into it.
Ommadon...when he speaks all is silent..when he delivers....all is in awe and terror.....and when he makes a threat...he carries it out proudly! What a fantastic villain!
As terrifying as Obadon (Omadon?) is in this sequence, one cannot entirely blame him for being angry that man is seeking to destroy the world of magic and fantasy, nor for seeking to defend his world against the encroachment. You can almost sympathize with Omadon on some level, and that just makes him all the more terrifying.
Fair point. But he was still going to destroy the world regardless of whatever reason it was he needed to be stopped. It’s either a fading age trying to desperately prolong the inevitable defeat for a lost cause…or you simply just do what is needed and just go with the flow and stop struggling against the tide.
I don’t think Omadon is really defending himself as much as taking the opportunity to go all out and take the world as his own. Hell his plan is essentially to let humans embrace science to their own destruction as his realm is not endangered as much as the green wizard for example
Watch Merlin (1998). It was a made for TV movie and is very well done. It explores the topic you discussed but from magic in general, not just evil magic. Love that film! (The sequel was... ...not...😅)
If it makes you feel better, Ommadon technically wins as the modern world is an almost exact reflection of his terrifying vision for mankind. Heck, the red crown is brought to the modern world and kept whole, Saturn's shield is there as well indicating some kind of countering force (blue for red, great symbolism) but, Ommadon's influence upon mankind is clear. ☢️💣💥🍄 See y'all in the next cycle of magick!
He is great as a villain but he would have not suit Scar. Scar is a weak person who use his cunning as a weapon. James has a very powerful voice, who better fit a character like Mufasa, very strong and bulk
"Can you not feel the world turning in my direction already?" Such an utterly chilling scene. And the way Ommadon is defeated at the end blew my mind as a kid. This is probably my favorite kid's movie of all time.
True. But I still have faith for humanity. We made mistakes before, and we fixed them. We have idiots and greedy people in power but like the Kings and Monarchs, tyrants and despots of old, they always go away in due time. We are becoming more connected with the internet despite all efforts to crack down on it. Like Chaplin said, as long as people die, liberty lives on.
James Earl Jones voiced Ommadon to warn us that we should avoid living in a fool´s paradise. That means we need to stop listening to guys like Ommadon (malignant narcissists) and we need to stop electing them into office!
I heard that James said in a interview, that he really Loved doing the voice of Omidon, and it shows, I always wanted a live action version of this, if done right it would be cool, I use to watch this all the time on Vhs, when I was younger, in that old big boxed Vhs Clamshell case.
The game ain't over yet. Don't give up. Remember that despair and apathy are weapons that people who Ommadon would approve of use freely. The people who would create the world Ommadon talks about want us to give up and stop fighting. We're not there yet and we can still achieve something better but not if we surrender.
This was one of my favorite movies from my childhood. Still have it on vhs. The story was so powerful to me watching the dragons and wizards. Gorbash & Omadon are two names that have fascinated me since then. Omadon’s dragon was so scary to me.😌.... memories
I watched this when I was barely old enough to walk. Now I want to revisit it... First it was a "cool movie about dragons" Now it's a fantastic narrative that looks to still hold up even today... If not more than ever. Such a fantastic piece of literature
If he won, then there would be *nothing* remaining in man but fear. They weren't trying to save man, they were trying to save hope/inspiration, the moral being, that is all it takes to destroy fear.
The scary thing is. ..everything Ommadon predicted came true. Greed, Avarice have prevailed in the world, brothers turn against brothers. And Man continuously uses his science and logic. . .to destroy himself.
""""Man""""". Sure, no one else is guilty of the judgments and accusations. Blame man, because that's working wonders for the world vilifying and alienating them.
We haven’t lost yet, there is still hope. If we embrace all of the good that science has to offer, if we act with fierce courage and inextinguishable kindness, then we can mitigate and eventually overcome the twin evils of Greed and Ignorance.
@Tony Rubens technology isn’t what saves us, it’s science itself that will. The understanding of our world on a deeper level allows us to live in harmony with it, and to right the wrongs of our collective past. As we came to understand that throwing things in the river pollutes what is downstream, we decided on different methods of disposal. Once we understood that compost and waste was nitrogen rich, we diverted common waste compost to our farming sectors. This same theme, revelation and salvation through observation and counter action, is occurring all around the world. Tony stark may not fly in and save us with flashy new tech, but a humble gardener connecting their successes to the worlds problems through a knowledge of history can beat back an encroaching desert with a precisely placed line of trees. A similar technique can stop land erosion. Stop a drought. Save a harvest. Preserve a home from landslides. Rebuild a long dead forest, and ultimately recreate a sanctuary for creatures of all kinds. If technology is to be found in these processes, it is to make our efforts more timely and efficient.
I watched this movie so many times as a kid. My dad taped it for me. A lot of the messages were over my head but it was still a great movie. On that same tape I also had the movie version of Robotix.
James Earl Jones *sells* every line in this movie. Another voice actor could've let the words come out cringey or hokey, but Jones made the effort to make every syllable work.
Ommadon is reality while the others are fantasy. He may be the villain, but we have more in common with him than the others even though they are protagonists.
There's a later scene, where Lo Tae Zhao says, "because logic is so, logical". I LOVE how the ONLY wizard to have ANY understanding of science and logic, even almost approval, is the wizard of philosophy and enlightenment. For those steeped in science and logic, you know why that is DEEP. This is just one of many VERY deep concepts in the film. These guys put a lot of thought, love, into it.
This movie demands a modern remake. With the right director and actors it would be amazing. It has to be done while James Earl Jones is still alive. Nobody can play Ommadon like he can.
The only reason to do a remake would be to bring the final battle into consistency with the plot. Science and technology grow Ommadon’s power, yet the ending shows that their flourishing undoes him. That’s a major fall, and needs to be fixed.
@@curts7801 not really, because the whole symbolism is that as long as you have responsible people use technology, it can be used for good rather than evil. Think about it. antiquity said that Peter is from a family that had originally been the first dragon tamers in history, so he’s bound to be respectful to magic and imagination, ALONG with technology. I’m the final battle he shows us that technology is here to stay, and it’s how you use it that matters, rather than if it exists or not. It’s just like Carolinus said, logic needs magic to survive, because all great inventions were made because of magic (being an analogy for nature and imagination).
Because animation/cartoon companies these days care more about profits rather than art, talent and storytelling. As Ommadon puts it, "Greed and avarice will prevail".
I love the way he talks later as he sits atop Bryaugh while a whole huge swarm of hypnotized dragons travel alongside him. James Earl Jones's voice in all its majesty. "A FLIGHT...OF DRAGONS!!!". No one "offended" over gender/race nonsense, no one toning it down because they think it's too violent for kids...those were the days.
So glad I found this! I can't decide which villain scared me more as a kid, Ommadon, or Hexxus from Ferngully. Both were amazing - and now I know why, because James Earl Jones and Tim Curry are legendary!
Ok James Earl Jones was an eldergod, a wizard, the god's hand, Mater of the sith...... My god the power at that man's disposal. We'll all fly like fairies!
I used to rent the absolute hell out of this movie and their version of The Hobbit as a kid..I was legit scared the tapes would be eaten by my VCR from how often I watched them in the time I had. Fantasy is a big part of my childhood..sure I didn't get around to reading the actual book for The Hobbit until I was in my late 20's but I still have fond memories of those two movies.
The scariest thing about fantasy is how scary reality is, especially when it points it out like this. A child finds an evil wizard scary, and I realize how incredibly horrifying the power of the world's most powerful manmade weapons are in real life.
Man I miss Rankin Bass animations. As much as I enjoy the stop motion stuff their 2d stuff is under appreciated. The designs alone make me wish THEY made an adaptation of Berserk
Only James Earl Jones could make the phrase “fly like a fairy” sound so sinister, so dastardly, the most deadliest of threats man has ever followed through on
Right, very clever. Because, what is Man flying? A nuclear missile flies through the air before discharging its payload.
@@robertmiles1603 Nuclear bomb falling through the air. A missile is launched. But i agree.
"... and I'll give him the answer to all his Science can ask!"
Only James Earl Jones could make the phrase "princess like a Eilonwy" sound so sinister, so dastardly, the most deadliest of threats man has followed though on
“I’m beginning to regret inviting him to our meetings. Seriously, why did we think inviting him was a good idea?”
We got the other 3 colors man. We can't play Parcheesi without him
Because he is part of magic too.
"the law says he must be included" is a line i still remember
@@elgostine yep he had to be invited wether they liked it or not plus he was their brother
@@Heretic1981 Plus, he’s finally getting over his divorce. He told me he had some new projects going on. I thought he really needed a night out. How was I to know he’d gone off the deep end? He’s spent a lot of time on those incel internet forums and watching Fox News.
It is a very good thing acting exists because otherwise James Earl Jones just would have no choice but to become a full scale supervillian.
@Belén Ayelén Marlén Maulén good one.😄
*evil wizard (every villain he's done ;))
Since when did Darth Vader became an evil sorcerer?😅
@@megspitzer9406 always was. Only Palpatine *might* be a stronger space sorcerer.
I'm more partial to Thulsa Doom.
“Can you not feel the world turning in my direction already?”
Why, yes, Omadon, I opened Facebook this morning.
Even now, when Ommadon says "I'll teach man how to fly like a fairy!" and then it switches to the view of a falling atomic bomb, it sends chills up my spine.
2022 Ukraine versus Russia
Yes, very cleverly implying what air travel technology could potentially be used for. It's quite surprising just how sophisticated children's entertainment could be back then.
@@robertmiles1603 Yeah, as a kid it always struck me as extremely dark. Even now as an adult, I'm surprised this was found in a kids cartoon.
@@IamNotaTeslaBot This bomb looks like one that USA drop on peaceful cities in Japan& With absolutely no military reason.
TO me, the most chilling is, "Fear rules man". We're seeing that today.
James' voice is just perfect. The breathing, the strange inflexions, the clarity of speech and the guttural laugh. It will always stick in my mind as someone that watched this as kid.
You see, the other wizards made a critical error.
At the end of it all, they chose not to destroy the Red Crown, as it was a part of the very fabric of magic, and they thought it harmless without Omadon.
What they failed to realize, is that during this speech, Omadon poured his dark determination into the Red Crown, such that even after its master’s demise, the Red Crown continued to influence man towards self destruction.
A few scenes in the movie even hint at this being the case.
Now, does that mean defeating Omadon was pointless? No. The Red Crown is powerful and dangerous, but it’s not self-aware, and so it just guides humanity towards a vague doom, rather than a specific one.
If Omadon had survived, humanity wouldn’t have made it past WW1.
Reading all these comments I am now imagining a sinister final shot of the Red Crown transforming into a red baseball cap with lettering on the front.
Only James Earl Jones could masterfully nail such a powerful statement on the human condition and how evil and destructive we can be. It's honestly quite staggering that this kind of message and imagery is in a kids' movie, but that's what I love about it. It's not afraid to be adult when it wants to be.
I enjoyed this film.
I agree! James Earl Jones nailed it here... but the monologue could've done expounded upon. Here's my expansion on it.
Ommadon: You know, Carolinus... I have weapons at my disposal. Weapons which you would not even dare to use. For you see, it is not logic, ethics, and kindness that lead a man onwards. It is not science and curiosity that guide his actions. Instead, it is fear that rules man. It is terror that grips and governs his beating heart. It is this same fear that I'll use to destroy man. By summoning all the dark powers that I command, I shall infest the spirit of man with a fear so great that he'll use his science and logic to destroy himself. Can you imagine the chaos and havoc I can create? I'll turn brother against brother so that all the enemies he sees will be in his own household! I'll have it so that greed and avarice prevails in the minds of men, so that they'll even praise greed itself, and those who fail to hear and heed my words will pay the price forever. I'll teach man how to use his machines to their fullest potential. Slowly but surely, I'll teach him what damage and terror distorted science can give birth to so that he grows to fear the very tool he so happily studies. I'll teach him how to fly like the faeries and birds that he envies. And I'll give him the ultimate answers to every question his science could ever ask... and the world will be free for my magic to rule again!
That's why kid's movies of the 70's and 80's were so great. They treated kids like adults and didn't try to mollycoddle them.
@@Trip_Fontaine, well, the ones that stay within memory, anyway.
This scene hits a lot harder at 42 than it did when I was 7
th-cam.com/users/shortstK2CVvt4Gqg cut of real life during his speech
The speech Thanos wishes he could give
Two completely different antagonists; one wanted extinction, and the other wanted to resolve overpopulation.
@@kevinlane1219 Unless he means OG Thanos who was in love with Death herself.
@@kevinlane1219unless you watch second part of Infinity War.
@@user-yx9ds7ky7f He wanted to restart the entire universe, so he could manage it and keep it in balance. Obadon wanted to wipe out the entire humans race, so there would be more room to expand his domain. one wanted balance, whereas the other wanted total dominion.
@@kevinlane1219 That was his excuse. What he wanted was to hurt people.
I watched this again after 30+ years. This was powerful and profound, the Red Wizard is a villain with intelligence and cunning and ambition to rival Palpatine and Sauron.
Palpatine, no... Sauron, on the other hand, is an incredibly apt comparison, as Sauron did the same thing when he convinced the Elven Smiths to forge the Rings of Power, which led to the Fall of Numenor.
Despite not having seen this movie in over 30 years, it still hits me how good it is (for what it is). It, along with "The Last Unicorn" are some of my favourite animated films from my childhood.
Looking back at this 30 years later, it's a remarkably fine, literate script. The central concepts are very well expressed, the acting is excellent and even the Rankin/ Bass animation, though a little stiff, is based on elegant conceptual art and good very good today.
Plus the story is melancholy, and has many fine high-fantasy themes and sequences that are far superior to nearest contemporary movie, which I suppose was Disney's 'Black Cauldron'
35 years old you mean! and do you remember The Last Unicorn and Hobbit.
I remember Black Cauldron, saw that in theaters when i was 3 and a fun movie.
The animation is a bit stiff (tv movie budget and all that) But the character designs are very detailed.
There's a later scene, where Lo Tae Zhao says, "because logic is so, logical". I LOVE how the ONLY wizard to have ANY understanding of science and logic, even almost approval, is the wizard of philosophy and enlightenment. For those steeped in science and logic, you know why that is DEEP. This is just one of many VERY deep concepts in the film. These guys put a lot of thought, love, into it.
Damn! They don’t make cartoons like this anymore! They Went Full On Badass With The Adult Themes on Kids.
It’s Incredible!
Ommadon...when he speaks all is silent..when he delivers....all is in awe and terror.....and when he makes a threat...he carries it out proudly! What a fantastic villain!
I actually think this is my fave Jones' part ever. His delivery is INCREDIBLE. Brilliant lines as well.
Same fam.
Ommadon is a very underrated villain. His placement, attitude, and voice are perfect!
"Farewell! Can you not feel the world... Turning in my direction already...?"
"Send them back!", "Send them back!"
we see the Amazon at 0:55
My favorite darth vader quote .
I can definitely feel it and see it.
Villain's like Omadon must really be happy, they're always laughing.
As terrifying as Obadon (Omadon?) is in this sequence, one cannot entirely blame him for being angry that man is seeking to destroy the world of magic and fantasy, nor for seeking to defend his world against the encroachment. You can almost sympathize with Omadon on some level, and that just makes him all the more terrifying.
Ommadon.
Fair point. But he was still going to destroy the world regardless of whatever reason it was he needed to be stopped. It’s either a fading age trying to desperately prolong the inevitable defeat for a lost cause…or you simply just do what is needed and just go with the flow and stop struggling against the tide.
I don’t think Omadon is really defending himself as much as taking the opportunity to go all out and take the world as his own. Hell his plan is essentially to let humans embrace science to their own destruction as his realm is not endangered as much as the green wizard for example
Watch Merlin (1998). It was a made for TV movie and is very well done.
It explores the topic you discussed but from magic in general, not just evil magic.
Love that film!
(The sequel was... ...not...😅)
If it makes you feel better, Ommadon technically wins as the modern world is an almost exact reflection of his terrifying vision for mankind.
Heck, the red crown is brought to the modern world and kept whole, Saturn's shield is there as well indicating some kind of countering force (blue for red, great symbolism) but, Ommadon's influence upon mankind is clear.
☢️💣💥🍄
See y'all in the next cycle of magick!
With Christopher Lee sadly gone, James Earl Jones is undoubtly the most powerful villain voice on the planet.
He is great as a villain but he would have not suit Scar. Scar is a weak person who use his cunning as a weapon. James has a very powerful voice, who better fit a character like Mufasa, very strong and bulk
dougerber Ommadon, Thulsa Doom, Darth Vader.
He's just Made to play Evil Wizards.
Don't forget the Emperor of the Night
That creepy way he says 'I' has haunted me for years and I could never place where it came from until now. I'd really love to see this on bluray
Every word he said is creepy!
This speech is just as relevant today as it was 35 years ago.
"Can you not feel the world turning in my direction already?" Such an utterly chilling scene. And the way Ommadon is defeated at the end blew my mind as a kid. This is probably my favorite kid's movie of all time.
Unfortunately people tend to not need Omadon's "corruption" to make his dream come true.
I think the implication is that Omadon was able to infect humanity with his threats despite the other three brother's efforts.
Ommadon
Yes, the democratic party is picking up nicely where Ommadon failed.
@@parnpichate Omadon controls parties. Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter. We fight each other, while they get richer and stronger.
@@thylascene1142 you’re partially right. But the democrats are far worse right now. They have been completely subverted by Marxism.
No doubt, another fine gem under James Earl Jones’ belt😎
Well, everyone, it seems Omadon is having his way with our world. Technology and AI are our rulers now.
Ommadon
True. But I still have faith for humanity.
We made mistakes before, and we fixed them.
We have idiots and greedy people in power but like the Kings and Monarchs, tyrants and despots of old, they always go away in due time.
We are becoming more connected with the internet despite all efforts to crack down on it. Like Chaplin said, as long as people die, liberty lives on.
What or who is Al?
Straight out of the Bible.
@@ImTooDC what's straight out of the Bible?
The worst part is that everything Ommadon predicted came to be.
Not qutie. He could not comprehend how people refused to admire him. And that became his downfall.
James Earl Jones voiced Ommadon to warn us that we should avoid living in a fool´s paradise. That means we need to stop listening to guys like Ommadon (malignant narcissists) and we need to stop electing them into office!
came to be? humans have always been this way.
I mean, it was made in 1982
How is reading the news a prediction?
I heard that James said in a interview, that he really Loved doing the voice of Omidon, and it shows, I always wanted a live action version of this, if done right it would be cool, I use to watch this all the time on Vhs, when I was younger, in that old big boxed Vhs Clamshell case.
This move is amazing. I wish it would make a comeback, I haven’t met anyone my age who has seen it.
I used to watch this movie all the time on VHS as a kid too.
A live action was in production but was canned.
@@AngelEmfrbl That’s a pity. This movie deserves some recognition too.
@@Fixtionmaster101with the way modern woke Hollywood does to old beloved classics? No.
So Ommadon actually won, seeing his dark determination in the early 21st century.
The world turned in his direction and he made man wish his domain.
Not really since we didn't wipe ourselves out.
@@Igarappappa yet.
The game ain't over yet. Don't give up. Remember that despair and apathy are weapons that people who Ommadon would approve of use freely. The people who would create the world Ommadon talks about want us to give up and stop fighting. We're not there yet and we can still achieve something better but not if we surrender.
@@Igarappappa
Might as well have.
You have plastic in your blood now.
This was one of my favorite movies from my childhood. Still have it on vhs. The story was so powerful to me watching the dragons and wizards. Gorbash & Omadon are two names that have fascinated me since then. Omadon’s dragon was so scary to me.😌.... memories
Brayaugh
This guy outclasses everyone is delivery. Fricken amazing.
I love this movie so much. Gives my the feels and the shivers, and has influenced my world views till this day.
His laugh is amazing.
"Fear rules man"
"Man will never inherit my domain, for I am making man mine!"
I watched this when I was barely old enough to walk. Now I want to revisit it...
First it was a "cool movie about dragons"
Now it's a fantastic narrative that looks to still hold up even today... If not more than ever. Such a fantastic piece of literature
Funny because the whole movie is about stopping him from doing this, yet man still does what he said he would give man! So he won? 😂
If he won, then there would be *nothing* remaining in man but fear. They weren't trying to save man, they were trying to save hope/inspiration, the moral being, that is all it takes to destroy fear.
The world is turning in his direction, already..
As long as men and women lived without fear, he didn't win. In his domain, everyone was under his spell, the world isn't all evil and despair.
One of the man’s best voice acting roles. Vader can take a seat,
The scary thing is. ..everything Ommadon predicted came true. Greed, Avarice have prevailed in the world, brothers turn against brothers. And Man continuously uses his science and logic. . .to destroy himself.
But there are still good people to fight against it.
And science and logic, (like religion and that world’s magic) can be used to help as well as harm.
@@i39darkblade I’m here
While others use science for good.
""""Man""""". Sure, no one else is guilty of the judgments and accusations. Blame man, because that's working wonders for the world vilifying and alienating them.
He's a truly great actor
"FEAR, will keep the local systems in line... Fear of this Battlestation."
"I tried that once, as Obadon the Red. It didn't work out..."
"It is inevitable you shall seeee"
Aragorn: Wee shall seee!
In the end ommadon won, look at the world we live in, it is inevitable..........
Idk about you, but conflict between magic and technology is like a fight between traditional cultures and modernization.
That's because fear does rule man.
Maybe a partial victory, not a complete victory, because we have Christmas.
We haven’t lost yet, there is still hope. If we embrace all of the good that science has to offer, if we act with fierce courage and inextinguishable kindness, then we can mitigate and eventually overcome the twin evils of Greed and Ignorance.
@Tony Rubens technology isn’t what saves us, it’s science itself that will. The understanding of our world on a deeper level allows us to live in harmony with it, and to right the wrongs of our collective past. As we came to understand that throwing things in the river pollutes what is downstream, we decided on different methods of disposal. Once we understood that compost and waste was nitrogen rich, we diverted common waste compost to our farming sectors. This same theme, revelation and salvation through observation and counter action, is occurring all around the world. Tony stark may not fly in and save us with flashy new tech, but a humble gardener connecting their successes to the worlds problems through a knowledge of history can beat back an encroaching desert with a precisely placed line of trees. A similar technique can stop land erosion. Stop a drought. Save a harvest. Preserve a home from landslides. Rebuild a long dead forest, and ultimately recreate a sanctuary for creatures of all kinds. If technology is to be found in these processes, it is to make our efforts more timely and efficient.
I watched this movie so many times as a kid. My dad taped it for me. A lot of the messages were over my head but it was still a great movie. On that same tape I also had the movie version of Robotix.
This along with The Rock Of Ages from Merlin are some of James Earl Jones’s lesser known roles
That’s right! So glad you mentioned it 😃
Wow!! James earl jones is the greatest!
Im 37 years old and this is my favorite childhood animated movie, I love it
That was the most terrifying scene in the movie!
The most real.
His plan was a complete success.
I feel the world turning in his direction.. already..
I never knew the word “machines” alone could sound so full of evil
James Earl Jones *sells* every line in this movie. Another voice actor could've let the words come out cringey or hokey, but Jones made the effort to make every syllable work.
Ommadon is reality while the others are fantasy. He may be the villain, but we have more in common with him than the others even though they are protagonists.
The amount of contempt he puts into the word "man" in the line at 0:26... amazing delivery
So, given that the story takes place in basically our world but centuries ago, I think we can all agree that Ommadon won.
Nobody does the voice of a villain like James Earl Jones.
There's a later scene, where Lo Tae Zhao says, "because logic is so, logical". I LOVE how the ONLY wizard to have ANY understanding of science and logic, even almost approval, is the wizard of philosophy and enlightenment. For those steeped in science and logic, you know why that is DEEP. This is just one of many VERY deep concepts in the film. These guys put a lot of thought, love, into it.
Magic is the shortcut to the destination science wades through the jungle and treks across the desert to reach
This movie demands a modern remake. With the right director and actors it would be amazing. It has to be done while James Earl Jones is still alive. Nobody can play Ommadon like he can.
The only reason to do a remake would be to bring the final battle into consistency with the plot. Science and technology grow Ommadon’s power, yet the ending shows that their flourishing undoes him. That’s a major fall, and needs to be fixed.
@@curts7801 not really, because the whole symbolism is that as long as you have responsible people use technology, it can be used for good rather than evil. Think about it. antiquity said that Peter is from a family that had originally been the first dragon tamers in history, so he’s bound to be respectful to magic and imagination, ALONG with technology. I’m the final battle he shows us that technology is here to stay, and it’s how you use it that matters, rather than if it exists or not. It’s just like Carolinus said, logic needs magic to survive, because all great inventions were made because of magic (being an analogy for nature and imagination).
Carolinus: Patrick Stewart
Solarius: Michael Dorn
The Asian Wizard: Jackie Chan
Peter: Andrew Garfield
Millesand: Selena Gomez
The chemistry between JEJ and Mark Hamill carries to this movie in a time before the biggest line in movie history was ever spoken.
Hamil isnt in this. "Peter Dickenson" is voiced by John Ritter (RiP)
Omadon is describing the darkside of humanity and how we will destroy eachother, all we require is a little push off the cliff.
I love this movie because what Omadon says is true even in 2019 it is still true! James Earl Jones has spoken!
2019... if only we knew what lay ahead.
James Earl Jones elevates every scene he's in. This dialogue is really cheesy, but he makes it sound like Shakespeare wrote it.
I wouldn't call his dialogue cheesy
This is anything but cheesy
Christ, its almost like listening to the media, corruption government and big pharma. Its perfect. It'll never stop me loving this film though!
He is the only living cast member left
1:37
I REALLY want to know how James Earl Jones does that amazing, backwards-sounding laugh.
By being James Earl Jones
Yeah that's training. You can handle your voice differently including speech, laughter and whispering where you can hear it in the back of the theatre
James Earl Jones knew the assignment and he WENT for it
Before the world had Peter Jackson's take on Lord of the Rings, we had Flight of Dragons.
Fun fact he was voice by James Earl Jones also known for Darth Vader was Mufasa
how comes we dont get such amazing artistic cartoons anymore
Because animation/cartoon companies these days care more about profits rather than art, talent and storytelling. As Ommadon puts it, "Greed and avarice will prevail".
"By summoming all the dark powers" *T Pose*
James Earl jones did great as this guy
I wonder if he bids them "farewell" because he genuinely means it. They are all brothers, after all.
Could you imagine if Darth Vader was able to laugh like that? Nightmares
haha epic bad guy speech - you can tell he had fun doing the role
"I have weapons you would not dare use. The Force for one."
I love the way he talks later as he sits atop Bryaugh while a whole huge swarm of hypnotized dragons travel alongside him. James Earl Jones's voice in all its majesty. "A FLIGHT...OF DRAGONS!!!". No one "offended" over gender/race nonsense, no one toning it down because they think it's too violent for kids...those were the days.
]Bangs fists on table* Doom. DOOM!
I love this movie. One of my favorites growing up
still gives me goosebumps after all these years
One of the best villain monologues, and delivered with dripping malice by Mr James Earl Jones. This is one of my favourite movies of all time.
Omadon is and always will be on my top 10 favorite villains
So glad I found this! I can't decide which villain scared me more as a kid, Ommadon, or Hexxus from Ferngully. Both were amazing - and now I know why, because James Earl Jones and Tim Curry are legendary!
Ok James Earl Jones was an eldergod, a wizard, the god's hand, Mater of the sith......
My god the power at that man's disposal. We'll all fly like fairies!
I never saw this movie as a kid but this seems very relevant to the nowadays
The laugh is epic. You can tell Jones had fun with that one
Vader, Thulsa Doom, and Omadon. What a brilliant actor. Love jej
0:19 “Oh Jesus, here he goes with his ‘fear rules’ speech again…”
James Earl Jones is that guy whose voice can either be a mighty king or a a supreme dark lord.
Yeah, Jones is having way too much fun with these lines.
"Greed and avarice shall prevail. And those who do not hear my words shall end up on welfare."
I watched this a million times when I was a kid.
Omadon's prophecy came true :(
I used to rent the absolute hell out of this movie and their version of The Hobbit as a kid..I was legit scared the tapes would be eaten by my VCR from how often I watched them in the time I had. Fantasy is a big part of my childhood..sure I didn't get around to reading the actual book for The Hobbit until I was in my late 20's but I still have fond memories of those two movies.
"Mr Oppenheimer how did you and your team create the atomic bomb?"
"A little gremlin from a red wizard told me to."
Who could've known that an evil power-hungry warlock who looks like a dark eldar murder-grandpa IS ACTUALLY EVIL
Dude if he was a Drukarhi, it would be 40k times worse
Wow a lot of this stuff went right over my head as a kid.
Without evil, we can not see the good in the world.
The scariest thing about fantasy is how scary reality is, especially when it points it out like this. A child finds an evil wizard scary, and I realize how incredibly horrifying the power of the world's most powerful manmade weapons are in real life.
Classic 80’s American anime!! Got to love it !!
Wow, I must find and buy this now. Thank you for the upload.
Man I miss Rankin Bass animations. As much as I enjoy the stop motion stuff their 2d stuff is under appreciated. The designs alone make me wish THEY made an adaptation of Berserk
The world is Ommadon.