Impression-wise, it kind of shook down like this:
- Even though I grew up within spitting distance of Berkeley, I just hit the big five-oh this year. Viewpoint characters with dreadlocks are a hard sell.
- Jesus Christ! Those man-eating ostriches were mean mamajammas! Feed those darn things!
- Guys, don't name your main character D'Leh. This is a movie; we can't see how it's spelled. Every time someone hollers at your guy, we'll just think they're telling him to slow down.
- Where was the tip o' the hat bit of casting... you know, the cameo from a previous generation actor/actress who made a prehistoric action classic 40 or 50 years ago (i.e. couldn't you have gotten Raquel Welch from ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. to play the Earth Mother?)?
- I noticed a real lack of saber-toothed tiger action. C'mon. This big honey kitty would have appealed to both lovers of felines and carnivores in the audience. He would have made a great sidekick... especially for those of us who remember those Beastmaster movies of days gone by.
- Is there some reason that the soundtracks for all pre-firearm historical actioneers need to sound exactly like GLADIATOR?
- The Wannabe God's younger sycophants reminded me of the Wayans Brothers. Two snaps up!
But, hey... I polished off my popcorn and had a good enough time. The big battle at the ending really was a whole lot of fun. I only wish Mark Singer would
have been in on the action. And John Amos and Tanya Roberts, too. With a little work, this coulda been just like THE BEASTMASTER. Come to think of it, the
final duke-out in that one was at a pyramid, too... only with RIP TORN* as the heavy!
Norm
*Yes, RIP TORN is an actor of such magnificence that his name requires ALL CAPS.
