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Any good prehistoric movies out there?

Discussion in 'Codex Public Library' started by Peter, Feb 20, 2012.

  1. Peter Scholar

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    I'm talking Stone/Bronze/Iron age. Hunter-gatherer tribes, early pottery and smithing, paganism etc etc. Movies about the beginning of civilization, basically. I've done some searching and the only stuff I can seem to find is goofy 'man vs dinosaur' caveman stuff. So, do any good movies about this era even exist?

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    "Quest for Fire", maybe ? I've only read the book, which I really enjoyed, but there's a fairly well-known movie adaptation.

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    Quest for Fire and, uh... QUest for fire?

    Yeah, I think it's pretty much Quest for Fire

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    You mean other than Herpasic Derp and Quest for Herpaderp? No. Not that I know of. But it would make a very good movie premise. So many things you could do with that.

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    Monk Brofists this.

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    That one was actually entertaining. Not at all accurate but who cares?

    An accurate depiction could be very fun and informative. Like a Neaderthal/Saipiens encounter from either or both perspectives would be very cool. But who is going to tell Hollywood (or anyone else) to make a movie like this nowadays.

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    A frog in an ice cube? That's deep.
    DwarvenFood Brofists this.

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    Try a documentary:

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    Oh, there are numerous cool documentaries. I've watched quite a few of those and they actually get better every year.

    But I thought the OP was about fictional movies. Not any of them as far as I know are really very good at all even if you suspend your disbelief as far as it will go. They are just bad movies.

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    There's this movie. It stars Daryl Hannah but I never watched it. I'm pretty confident it's shit but you never know.

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    If it's anything like the book it blows serious chunks. I was visiting a relative and bored out of my mind so decided to delve into her book collection. I couldn't even get through a two chapters of this 'fantasy paleo-mandingo love' fantasy drek. That book really sucked. It was like a cavemen harlequin romance.

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    The Thirteenth Warrior is cool: Vikings vs. Neanderthals. It's fairly accurate to the writings of Ibn Fadlan, Chrichton, et al.

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    And surprisingly on-topic.

    Also, great thread !
    I have nothing to contribute, very unrepresented genre.

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    To add to what Infinitron shared:



    Purrrrrrr

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    Movies hadn't been invented back then, so the answer to your question is no.

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    One Million Years B.C. looks exactly like the campy B-movie stuff that I don't want to see.

    Quest for Fire looks kinda shi- wait, Ron Perlman is in it? Ok, I guess I'll have to check this one out.

    Even though Olefas isn't exactly what I was looking for, I guess that Northern Europe was still very much in the Iron age before the spread of Christianity, so it kinda counts. Will check it out.

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