Comments on: 12,007 years ago…

By: Casey

Casey — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:03:20 +0000

I think we need to create a “Bad Archaeology” website too
Where do we begin… with all the inaccurracies, in the trailers alone? I can only imagine what silliness awaits in the full movie.

We’re doing an article, “The REAL 10000 BC” on our new science blog. We just couldn’t resist.

Now, as inaccurate as it is, I’d still like to see it - as a pure fantasy movie only!

By: Lurchgs

Lurchgs — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:12:33 +0000

Not being much of a movie-goer for various reasons (not the least of which is most theaters are about as comfortable as most commercial aircraft), I’ve not seen the trailer..

So, I do have a question.. was it a Mammoth or a Mastodon? One was a forest dweller, the other was a plains dweller. IIRC. At least both were native to the Americas - along with the Smileodon…

Another thing you never see in movies is the Dire Wolf..

And I wonder if they picked 10K BC for the movie as that was about the time (give or take a few thousand years) that the north american megafauna went extinct

Finally - of COURSE their buildings survived to the present day. BA and I (and many others) live right next to them. Of course, most of the world knows them as The Rocky Mountains, but we know better, don’t we, BA?

By: Buzz Parsec

Buzz Parsec — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:58:39 +0000

Oops! She is 1,002,032 in 2007. Can you imagine having to blow out all those candles? Shw must have enormous lung power!

By: Buzz Parsec

Buzz Parsec — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:54:40 +0000

I think the point is if she was 26 in 1,000,000 BC, then she would have been 1,001,993 in 1968, or 1,002,022 today.

By: Ribozyme

Ribozyme — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:37:14 +0000

And regarding mixed-up dates, Raquel Welch was born in 1940 and 1,000,000 years B.C. was filmed in 1966, so she was 26 at the time, and when she toured with Bob Hope she was younger than 30… So, the unusual thing would be that she weren’t “holding up well for her age”…

By: DesertFox82

DesertFox82 — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:20:11 +0000

Yeah, definitely a Dromornithidae of some kind. Time index 00:43 shows a pretty good shot of the head, complete with tan feathers and darker crest.

They do seem to have their historical periods and peoples mixed up. I wonder how much the spastic editing that goes into creating trailers accounts for this.

What I want to see is a movie adaptation of West of Eden. Murgu against ustuzou for control of a continent. Now that would be great!

By: Crux Australis

Crux Australis — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:50:29 +0000

Gary says…”As I recall, the development of agriculture was for the primary purpose of having a steady supply of beer. THATâ€™S why they needed a standing army(with BRONZE weapons), to protect the brewery.”

Jeez, you’ve got a good memory. I can barely remember the brewery I visited last night.