10,000 B.C. Teaser Trailer

[mmadsen]

Those who read Conan know that the stories are set at 15,000 to 12,000 B.C. and Kull's tales take place from either 100,000 B.C. or 20,000 B.C. (Kull's timeline is a point of conjecture), in which huge cities do exist and more technology (crossbows, steel weapons, etc).

I must say though, the trailer had quite a Robert E. Howard feel to it -- and it didn't seem to have quite the cheesiness of, say, Scorpion King.

 

[DonTadow]

Those who read Conan know that the stories are set at 15,000 to 12,000 B.C. and Kull's tales take place from either 100,000 B.C. or 20,000 B.C. (Kull's timeline is a point of conjecture), in which huge cities do exist and more technology (crossbows, steel weapons, etc).

Suspending disbelief is part of enjoying a good story, regardless of its elements.

Yeah but neither of those movies say that its based on 12,000 bc earth. If you're going to name a movie after a time period do just a tad bit of reserach and make it realistic to it, else call it something else. If I call a movie 1960 and have space ships zooming in out out of the atmosphere while JFK launches a laser missle to take out one, I'd be wrong. There's suspend belief and then ask audience to be stupid. This felt like ask audience to be stupid.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

...If I call a movie 1960 and have space ships zooming in out out of the atmosphere while JFK launches a laser missle to take out one, I'd be wrong...

No you wouldn't. That totally happed. It's why the elves had him shot. I don't know where you get your history.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

I'd imagine humans had full language by 10,000 BC. No one knows exactly how far back language goes, but 12,000 years ago isn't implausible. Elements of culture have been discovered that date back about 40,000 years ago or so, and it's not unlikely language would date back that far as well too.

There is also significant evidence that the Giza Plateau was occupied and probably had megalithic construction present about that time period, in the form of astronomical relationships with the pyramids and Sphinx. In particular, the Sphinx shows signs of weathering from rainfall much more intense than that commonly found in the area for the last 4000 years, arguing that it's much older than commonly estimated.

Brad

 

[frankthedm]

Movie looks entertaining. Would rather have Serpent People being the main foes, but I doubt we will get that.

 

[GlassJaw]

Saw a pretty lengthy trailer for this before I Am Legend today. Looks pretty cool, albeit not very historically accurate (which is fine).

 

[David Howery]

There is also significant evidence that the Giza Plateau was occupied and probably had megalithic construction present about that time period, in the form of astronomical relationships with the pyramids and Sphinx. In particular, the Sphinx shows signs of weathering from rainfall much more intense than that commonly found in the area for the last 4000 years, arguing that it's much older than commonly estimated.

Brad

don't want to turn this into a big historical discussion, but that weathering on the Sphinx has been discredited... turns out that it was actually caused by the limestone banding in the stone that the Sphinx was made out of... dew gets into it at night, expands in the morning sun, and flakes off tiny pieces of the limestone, on a daily process. After thousands of years of that, the Sphinx ends up with a 'weathered' aspect, because the flaking happens in bands, due to the layering of the limestone...