Feb 21 2008New '10,000 B.C. (or so)' Trailer
I have to wonder, was the "a world lost in time" tagline conceived before or after it was realized that 10,000 B.C. was completely and hopelessly lost in its own twisted chronology? Roland Emmerich's latest blockbuster epic looks like one of those Discovery Channel shows where, out of ideas for programming, they start disproving crazy hypotheses under the guise that some scientists actually believe them. "Could saber-toothed tigers have existed alongside the Mayans? If so, might they have been bus-sized? Maybe Ancient Egyptians had lasers, too? Watch how we spent our year's entire effects budget to find out."
Truthfully, those shows are usually pretty great, and if Emmerich had stuck with that format, only breaking up the action for a scientist to explain why it would never happen, he may have had something. Unfortunately, he had to add a plot and some dreadlocks, and that will be its downfall.
Reader Comments
1. John - February 21, 2008 6:35 PM
first - I've a feeling this film could flop!!!! looks good but then the critics go after it and you end up disappointed... I can't see it getting nominated ofr best picture at the oscars!!! :-)
2. uwe boll could have made a better godzilla movie - February 21, 2008 10:58 PM
I can't wait to watch this out of the corner of my eye with the sound muted while I play a videogame.
3. Og - February 22, 2008 12:20 AM
This show reeks of flop sweat.
4. MallMonkey - February 22, 2008 7:15 AM
Yeah, well think about what the critics did to Conan The Barbarian and he's governor now. Who laughs last?
5. Bobeyo - February 22, 2008 9:58 AM
Conan the Barbarian is governor someplace?! I want to move there. And here I thought only an older, flabbier version of the actor who portrayed him was governor... wow.
6. Melissa - February 22, 2008 3:56 PM
As an anthropologist I'm going to say in advanced this movie is the most chronologically inaccurate piece of shit to come out in years. If this is supposedly taking place in the western hemisphere - agricultural practices didn't even begin until late mid 4000BC let alone monumental architecture and civilization.
Ok I'm done being a nerd.
And I'll leave with:
What the fuck were they thinking and how are they pulling off ridiculous prehistorically inaccurate bullshit?
7. Pilatunes - February 24, 2008 7:23 AM
Let me guess....he manages somehow to defeat this 5,000 pound predator...
8. uni'tard - February 24, 2008 3:36 PM
i'm pumped. this looks cool. i'm wondering though if they ever stop running at any point in the film though...?