Slog - Comments on Praise for 10,000 B.C. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc The historical inaccuracies in 10,000 B.C. are only to be found in the particulars... ...But the movie is not about the accuracy of the particulars but the accuracy of the universal. The universal history of the world is that of a struggle between slaves and masters. This is correct. This the movie gets absolutely right. And this right thing about the movie is its climax: a slave revolt. It is by far the most spectacular slave revolt I've ever seen on a movie screen. And like all slave revolts, it gave me immense (and intense) pleasure. Slave drivers getting trampled... Copyright 2008 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:20:53 -0800 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:25:23 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by left coast A slave riot is giving you a woody? You are twisted and preverted, and I can totally relate.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976305 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976305 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:30:26 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Mammoths R001!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976316 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976316 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:36:46 -0800 Comment by Jay I reviewed the film. It's a piece of shit. It doesn't work as history or fantasy.


]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976319 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:39:15 -0800 Comment by Peter F Emmerich's movies are so willfully mentally retarded that I would have to be paid to ever sit through another one. I think I felt brain cells being killed while viewing "Day After Tomorrow". Never, ever again.

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976321 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976321 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:39:59 -0800 Comment by mattymatt I am not entirely surprised to learn that Mudede identifies with cave-dwellers.

]]> mattymatt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976324 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976324 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:44:00 -0800 Comment by angela garbes charles, i am with you 100%. i loved this movie.

]]> angela garbes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976327 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:46:59 -0800 Comment by Jay #4 10,000 BC actually outdoes them all for pure unmitigated stupidity. It's kind of grand in its epic retardation.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976338 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976338 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:54:17 -0800 Comment by Jay #5: Charles fails to mention that the people don't live in caves in the film. I think there's one cave in Africa, but other than that everyone's living in huts. But since Charles doesn't care about historical accuracy, I suppose expecting accuracy in his film review is probably a pointless endeavor.

For the record, I just like being entertained, and it's on this basic level, the film falls on its face.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976345 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976345 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:58:23 -0800 Comment by julia Um, Charles, didn't you think the ending was a tad predictable? That ruined the movie for me even more than the terrible science and history.

]]> julia http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976353 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976353 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:02:55 -0800 Comment by COMTE I AM SPARTICUS!!!

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976358 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976358 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:08:06 -0800 Comment by D @7, Epic Retardation is the perfect description for this movie. It was so ridiculous and corny but I think it was supposed to be taken seriously?

]]> D http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976359 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976359 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:09:14 -0800 Comment by MvB It's absolutely a critique of global capitalism, Charles, and you're one of the few people to say so. A pyramid with a gold cap, a white guy theocracy, references to "the Almighty": it reverse-concretizes the power of the dollar. The plight of disparate populations losing members to economic slavery, then joining together, is going to play fairly well in worldwide release. It's a fairytale, sure. It's historically inept. But it's got a critical eye trained on globalism's backlash.

]]> MvB http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976386 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976386 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:31:37 -0800 Comment by Postureduck Remember when Charles recommended Bratz: The Movie?

]]> Postureduck http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976397 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976397 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:39:56 -0800 Comment by reverend dr dj riz charles
did they pay you to sit through this ? i made it through 17 minutes of it - the scene where they were eating fresh mammouth ribs was the straw that broke the back - before we exited asking for and
recieving our 18 dollars back. it was a waste of an otherwise lovely rain soaked and pot soddened afternoon. but maybe your pot is better than my pot.

]]> reverend dr dj riz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976440 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:12:57 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Hang on, hang on.

They ate mammoths, lived in caves, and built the pyramids by 10,000 B.C.?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976449 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976449 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:24:07 -0800 Comment by DjUtopia Historical inaccuracies to be sure! Everyone knows they didn't use slaves and ramps to build the pyramids, it was our alien progenetor's high technology that built them.

I scoff at the manpower theory!

*scoffs wildly*

]]> DjUtopia http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976490 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976490 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:03:41 -0800 Comment by Jay Well they certainly didn't build pyramids in 10,000 BC with mammoths.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976504 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976504 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:20:22 -0800 Comment by Jay 11: I think on some level Emmerich really thought he was creating something entertaining and worthwhile. Or at the very least, profitable.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976507 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976507 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:22:11 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV So if Neanderthal man was enslaved to build the pyramids, does this make him Jewish?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976534 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:48:55 -0800 Comment by D @18, well he failed miserably. Except for the profit part from what I've heard, which I also sadly contributed to.

]]> D http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976548 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976548 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:07:27 -0800 Comment by hazel zone HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A CGI MAMMOTH BEFORE
worth it.

]]> hazel zone http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976620 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976620 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:39:28 -0800 Comment by CP Slave drivers getting trampled by hairy, prehistoric elephants; evil masters losing their lily-livered lives to truth-driven slave warriors. WONDERFUL.
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How about Silky Johnson travelling back in time to shoot a slavedriver with his Luger? I'd like to see that again, but in a movie.

"How's about ... nowish?"

]]> CP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976793 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/praise_for_10000_bc#c976793 Film Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:25:23 -0800