{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67ef8d23dd74d6439c160aa5/692d5b91b7087a1110582889?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Flight of Dragons","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67ef8d23dd74d6439c160aa5/1764580037415-116cbd2d-af1d-4540-9485-f22c4b61f1a1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Our final patrons' choice episode for 2025 is the 1982 VHS relic <em>The Flight of Dragons</em> from TV special animation legends Rankin/Bass. Based loosely on the speculative science book by Peter Dickinson and the fantasy novels of Gordon R. Dickson, the film sends the author insert character on a quest to save a magical realm from the suffocating encroachment of mankind's science. Along the way, Peter will meet wizards, dragons, a winsome princess, and an evil sorcerer voiced by James Earl Jones. But is it a forgotten classic that deserves to be in a domed nostalgic magic nature reserve, or should it be consigned to the straight-to-video bargain bin? Find out!</p>","author_name":"Conrad Chambers and Daniel Goh"}