tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4632934292335268335..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Tribal life in 10,000 B.C.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-69913554913612551832014-09-04T05:18:59.945-07:002014-09-04T05:18:59.945-07:00That could refer to *a* northern star that doesn&#...That could refer to *a* northern star that doesn't move at all. But not to Polaris, since it wasn't the North Star then. <br /><br />Or it could refer to a planet, a "star" that doesn't move as all the other stars move. I.e., a "star" that moves differently from other stars.<br /><br />Either way, no one first discovered an oddly moving or stationary star in 10,000 BC. The ancients would've known about it for thousands of years before then.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-57451943943763601932014-09-04T05:12:58.685-07:002014-09-04T05:12:58.685-07:00According to a website:
http://www.moviemistakes....According to a website:<br /><br />http://www.moviemistakes.com/film7276/corrections<br /><br />The young warrior D'Leh is speaking to the young Evolet telling her that she will never be alone, in doing so he uses as an example a "light in the sky that does not move as all the others do."Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-12120839342556588212009-06-21T09:24:43.643-07:002009-06-21T09:24:43.643-07:00The "strange" star was Polaris not a pla...The "strange" star was Polaris not a planet. All of the other stars seem to rotate around the "North Star" as seen from the Nothern hemisphere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-36620703486965328812009-06-04T00:21:22.202-07:002009-06-04T00:21:22.202-07:00"Suitably Eurasian" looks like a wide ra..."Suitably Eurasian" looks like a wide range of people with a blend of European (white) and Asian features. It doesn't look like Lindsay Lohan or someone else who's pure Caucasian.<br /><br />As for your second question, I'm not sure what you're asking. How do I know what the movie's tribal people would wear in terms of clothing, makeup, and hairstyle? <br /><br />I don't know any more than the filmmakers do. But I do know how indigenous people look today. Then tend <i>not</i> to wear dreadlocks, eye makeup, or mud on their faces.<br /><br />The filmmakers didn't model their tribe on an existing tribe. Nor did they give it a completely new look. Instead, they used a mishmash of stereotypes from different cultures to make their characters seem strange and exotic. This reflects a Western bias against indigenous people.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-74858158623106161442009-04-13T13:10:00.000-07:002009-04-13T13:10:00.000-07:00While we're pointing out stereotypes, what does "s...While we're pointing out stereotypes, what does "suitably Eurasian" look like? Especially 12,000 years ago.<BR/><BR/>Also, how do you know what Pleistocene "indigenous Caucasians" would like in terms of representations of themselves?<BR/><BR/>I agree about the blue eyes trope, and nobody ever gets Pleistocene hunting right.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if mammoths could be stampeded. If they behave like modern African elephants, than no. Fact is, we don't know the ethology of mammoths.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-56913188731387472082009-01-23T01:33:00.000-08:002009-01-23T01:33:00.000-08:00You said it. "Evolet" sounds like something made ...You said it. "Evolet" sounds like something made up and tested in a focus group, not a real indigenous name.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-43030889677975137372009-01-16T10:40:00.000-08:002009-01-16T10:40:00.000-08:00The Detroit Auto show is on."Evolet" sounds like t...The Detroit Auto show is on.<BR/><BR/>"Evolet" sounds like the name of some "green" concept car from Chevrolet, that will be seen spinning slowly on a turntable, with 2 or 3 lovely models standing here.<BR/><BR/>"It's a new evolution in automotive experience...."dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com