Comments on: JUST WATCHED: 'Quest for Fire' http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/just_watched_quest_for_fire The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:13:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: AronRa http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/just_watched_quest_for_fire#comment-1872 AronRa Wed, 07 May 2008 15:29:50 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=8041#comment-1872 I'd like to comment on the review of this film. This movie is unique in that it doesn't focus on <i>Homo sapiens</i> like every other caveman movie does. Rae Dawn Chong plays her own species, but the main characters are all what paleoanthropologists would call <i>Homo erectus</i>. What our reviewer referred to as "neanderthals" in the attack scene at the beginning of the film were actually paranthropines, also known as <i>Australopithecus boisei</i>. There are neanderthals in this film; but they were the red-headed cannibals who had Rae Dawn Chong tied up on a spit. I'd like to comment on the review of this film. This movie is unique in that it doesn't focus on Homo sapiens like every other caveman movie does. Rae Dawn Chong plays her own species, but the main characters are all what paleoanthropologists would call Homo erectus. What our reviewer referred to as "neanderthals" in the attack scene at the beginning of the film were actually paranthropines, also known as Australopithecus boisei. There are neanderthals in this film; but they were the red-headed cannibals who had Rae Dawn Chong tied up on a spit.

]]> By: SaraMichelle http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/just_watched_quest_for_fire#comment-1017 SaraMichelle Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:02:29 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=8041#comment-1017 It's werid that you just watched this one as I happened to re-visit it myself just a few weeks ago after seeing the trailer for 10,000 BC. It is amazingly easy to watch on second (or in my case, third) viewing, the film becoming even more poetic, powerful and, at times, magical as you are able to did deeper within its layers. It is easy to see why this one has held up so well, and even if a lot of people haven't seen it the film should still be considered a landmark for both its time and for many of the indoviduals involved. If you enjoyed this one, I would strongly suggest watching THE BEAR. Even though the director's other two films mentioned in the article are far more well known, this one is easily superior and one of the more exciting and suspenseful ecological adventures ever made. It's werid that you just watched this one as I happened to re-visit it myself just a few weeks ago after seeing the trailer for 10,000 BC. It is amazingly easy to watch on second (or in my case, third) viewing, the film becoming even more poetic, powerful and, at times, magical as you are able to did deeper within its layers. It is easy to see why this one has held up so well, and even if a lot of people haven't seen it the film should still be considered a landmark for both its time and for many of the indoviduals involved.

If you enjoyed this one, I would strongly suggest watching THE BEAR. Even though the director's other two films mentioned in the article are far more well known, this one is easily superior and one of the more exciting and suspenseful ecological adventures ever made.

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