10,000 B.C. - Page 2

PosterOfStuff · 03-07-2008, 05:00 PM

I saw this last night, I think the movie starts well but then just meanders to the end. There are no surprises as the plot/story line is very bland, and therefore not that engaging.

To me it was just Apocolypto but with much better CGI.

There are quite a few prophecies in this movie, and smart animals !

For me they needed to go full on stone age with the characters trying to survive against giant beasts of all types. Or the other extreme a Conan type world.

In the end they ended up in the middle of the road, which is basically what the movie turned out to be.

Goliath · 03-07-2008, 07:17 PM

I thought it was great. You can't always be "looking" for surprises. Movies aren't video games, they aren't always supposed to be that interactive. Sometimes a great movie is one that you can just soak in and let the story seep into you. One factor of the ending was lame, however.

PosterOfStuff · 03-08-2008, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Goliath

I thought it was great. You can't always be "looking" for surprises. Movies aren't video games, they aren't always supposed to be that interactive. Sometimes a great movie is one that you can just soak in and let the story seep into you. One factor of the ending was lame, however.

Thats true (I totally agree with the soak in comment), and really what I was trying to say was I think 10,000 bc was a very "safe" movie thats all. I don't expect a movie to be interactive or have a zillion twists and turns in order to make it a great or even good movie.

The movie borrowed concepts such as a tale set in a Conan type world, with fantastical monsters and magic or a tale of early man as they battle the elements and creatures of the time, and they needed to merge the two elements better.

All in all it was a movie by numbers for me.

Occido · 03-08-2008, 06:18 AM

It had Terrorbirds in it.... they went extinct in 7,000 B.C. , wtfo.

Dethfang · 03-08-2008, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Occido

It had Terrorbirds in it.... they went extinct in 7,000 B.C. , wtfo.

I am no historian... but isn't 10,000 B.C. about 3000 years before 7,000 B.C.? So wouldn't that mean that the terrorbirds weren't extinct yet?

Regime · 03-08-2008, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Dethfang

I am no historian... but isn't 10,000 B.C. about 3000 years before 7,000 B.C.? So wouldn't that mean that the terrorbirds weren't extinct yet?

I wish we had some Terrorbirds loose in New York.

CyrusReij · 03-08-2008, 10:41 AM

....I know we are scientifically nitpicking a fucking movie here and all, but what species of Terror Bird was still alive at 7k BC? And on what continent did this movie take place? The latest dated (or however that is supposed to be said) fossil was for Titanis walleri around 1.8 Million years ago. While relatively not that long ago, its obviously way the fuck before 10k BC. Also Terror Birds only lived in South America, with a few species migrated to southern North america (Florida/Texas), which means they would encounter Mastodons not Mammoths.... oh fuck I'm trying to analyze a goddamn action movie, Cthulu have mercy on my soul....

Frax · 03-08-2008, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Regime

I wish we had some Terrorbirds loose in New York.

Or at least loose in the democrat / republican conventions!

EmiliaEQ · 03-08-2008, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Occido

This applies with almost everything.

AvP
Die Hard 4
The Ring

And other various movies that shoulda been "R"
So I take it it's not worth seeing then.

In Stallone we trust !

Astrocreep · 03-08-2008, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dethfang

I am no historian... but isn't 10,000 B.C. about 3000 years before 7,000 B.C.? So wouldn't that mean that the terrorbirds weren't extinct yet?

i think the guy got a little confused. i will watch this movie off the net but to be honest i thought it bit fucking dumb the trailer had dudes in dreadlocks running around. i thought that was a bit of a modern touch for 12,000 years ago.

Occido · 03-08-2008, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Dethfang

I am no historian... but isn't 10,000 B.C. about 3000 years before 7,000 B.C.? So wouldn't that mean that the terrorbirds weren't extinct yet?

I watched the "Making of 10,000 B.C." last night and they were talking about the Lost Valley?? I think they said where the Terrorbirds attacked. According to the guy talking said they they were extinct 3000 years before the "movie takes place" in. They had the birds in it, cuz it was a Lost Valley and the "last pack of terrorbirds" lived there. I coulda swore he said 7,000 B.C. though.

ziggyholiday · 03-08-2008, 07:28 PM

Seemed to take place in Africa, Egypt to be exact.

Was an ok movie all in all. Seen better and far worse.

Xakk · 03-08-2008, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Occido

It had Terrorbirds in it.... they went extinct in 7,000 B.C. , wtfo.

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Originally Posted by wiki

Phorusrhacids ("Rag-Bearers"), or terror birds, were a family of large carnivorous flightless birds that were the dominant predators in South America during the Cenozoic, 62–2 million years (Ma) ago. They were roughly 1–3 meters (3–10 feet) tall.

It was once believed that T. walleri only became extinct around the time of the arrival of man in North America[1], but subsequent datings of Titanis fossils have failed to provide evidence for their survival more recently than 1.8 Ma ago.

yeah 7,000 bce is about right

Kuriin · 03-09-2008, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Dethfang

I am no historian... but isn't 10,000 B.C. about 3000 years before 7,000 B.C.? So wouldn't that mean that the terrorbirds weren't extinct yet?

You are correct. :]

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yeah 7,000 bce is about right

Oh my God, finally someone else who uses BCE rather than the retarded BC.

PosterOfStuff · 03-09-2008, 04:34 PM

I would not of said no to some dinosaurs in this movie, screw accuracy (well in the realm of this movie at least.).

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Occido Your money's on the dresser. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains Posts: 1,577	It had Terrorbirds in it.... they went extinct in 7,000 B.C. , wtfo. __________________ When a man isn't busy killing another, he spends the rest of his time killing what resembles himself the most.

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CyrusReij I <3 Cats Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 578 -3 Internets	....I know we are scientifically nitpicking a fucking movie here and all, but what species of Terror Bird was still alive at 7k BC? And on what continent did this movie take place? The latest dated (or however that is supposed to be said) fossil was for Titanis walleri around 1.8 Million years ago. While relatively not that long ago, its obviously way the fuck before 10k BC. Also Terror Birds only lived in South America, with a few species migrated to southern North america (Florida/Texas), which means they would encounter Mastodons not Mammoths.... oh fuck I'm trying to analyze a goddamn action movie, Cthulu have mercy on my soul.... __________________

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ziggyholiday Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 195	Seemed to take place in Africa, Egypt to be exact. Was an ok movie all in all. Seen better and far worse. __________________ Work in progress

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03-07-2008, 05:00 PM	#16 (permalink)
PosterOfStuff Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 193 -13 Internets	I saw this last night, I think the movie starts well but then just meanders to the end. There are no surprises as the plot/story line is very bland, and therefore not that engaging. To me it was just Apocolypto but with much better CGI. There are quite a few prophecies in this movie, and smart animals ! For me they needed to go full on stone age with the characters trying to survive against giant beasts of all types. Or the other extreme a Conan type world. In the end they ended up in the middle of the road, which is basically what the movie turned out to be.

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PosterOfStuff Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 193 -13 Internets	I would not of said no to some dinosaurs in this movie, screw accuracy (well in the realm of this movie at least.).