This movie is laughable
Some of the worst over acting I've ever seen. And if there ever really were cave men, I don't think they'd have perfect teeth and clean hair every time you see them.
sharealmost forgot, why does d. hannah's character look like a normal person when everyone else has protuding foreheads (even if she is from another clan)? guess it must not have been in her contract. lol.
shareAyla and the Clan are two different types of humans.
Clan are basically Neanderthals, but Ayla was born to the 'Others'. They're basically modern humans.
But yeah, the movie does sorta blow. The book is SO MUCH better.
The movie itself isn't terrible, it's not the best in the world, but it creats a believeable world of early man.
What bothers me more than the choice of actors, was the fact that they put the movie out of sequence from the book, other than time constrants, why would they leave out such importaint things, and add new character that aren't in the book, aka the blue eyed man at the gathering? where did he come from?
i'm just waiting for book six, any thought as to what will happen>????
Does anyone know when book six will come out? If I recall correctly, there were 10 - 12 YEARS between 4 and 5. I can't wait that long.
shareThere's lots of information on the books here:
http://ecfans.com/
Auel has now said there will be 7 books :D And I also heard she was writing book 6 at the same time as book 5, so hopefully we won't have such a long wait if it's already been partially written.
"Auel has now said there will be 7 books :D And I also heard she was writing book 6 at the same time as book 5, so hopefully we won't have such a long wait if it's already been partially written."
I clicked on the link and took a look at the FAQ. Apparently, Auel did write a few chapters of the sixth went she was writing the fifth book. But Auel has only confirmed there would be a sixth, she hasn't said anything about a seventh book.
I guess the blue eyed man was supposed to be half clan half cro-magnon (Ayla's people), and that they used him instead of the other half clan/half cro-magnon baby from the book.
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The book is AWESOME.I have read it a least 6 or 7 times.............
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Wow. You really should know the facts before you speak. I don't mean to be rude. Ayla was a Homo Sapien Sapien (different than a Homo Sapien, and just like we are today). The others were Neandertals. It is only a theory that these two species coexisted, but it is very possible. Also, I don't understand the complaints about her character having blond hair because we did exist at one point in time. I'm not exactly sure when blondes/whites appeared, and I wonder if it is possible to tell hair color from an ancient skull/skeleton. It's also said that Neandertals and humans (Ayla) weren't even related as in we did not descend from Neandertals, obviously the movie portrays this. Some people believe the modern-like humans killed the species off. Just a few facts. No, I'm no expert. I just learned about it today.
shareI believe the prevailing theory is that the Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons (like Ayla) diverged from a common ancestor, so they did co-exist for a while. The Neanderthals became extinct.
A similar thing happened with the other primates. Humans did not evolve FROM monkeys--as creationists especially love to (incorrectly) misquote evolutionary theory--rather, proto-humans and primates diverged from a common ancestor a few million years ago.
THANK YOU!!!
Someone who actually understand evolutionary theory!
I follow you on this one, I really do. The evolutionary theory that Darwin wrote down waas just a theory. However, when he admitted he was wrong it was too late, everyone accepted his theory as the truth. But thank God there are still people that know more.
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Well Darwins basic theory was right, hre just had a few things out of whack...Evolution is for real, and it is still happeneing today, despite how the bible thumpers try to distort it...We did not evolve from apes, or monkeys they are more cousin like, than grandparently..(is that a word??)
Blondes came about as soon as we left out of Africa, and got into cooler less light intense area, lighter skin also, those that stayed behind stayed dark, and those who left became lighter..it is interesting tho how people fetures changed so much, such as the oriental look....Wish I knew more about this whole subject.
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