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[Bogmeister]

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The serious version of earlier fare such as Trog (1970), about bringing a living representative from the caveman era into the modern world.

In this case, the frozen prehistoric man (John Lone) is from 40,000 years ago. He is, of course, presumed dead and an autopsy is prepared, but — against all odds — the doctors found out that he might be revived. This all takes place at a base in the Arctic. Timothy Hutton stars as the anthropologist faced with the task of making some sort of connection with the man-out-of-time.

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It's a foregone conclusion that the caveman, nicknamed "Charlie," will never fit in the modern world. It raises the question of why it became possible to revive him — was there some hidden purpose to it all? The ending is ambiguous and perhaps inelegant, as if all concerned were unsure of how to end it.

Hutton is kind of pedestrian in this. Other members of the Arctic research team are played by Lindsay Crouse, Josef Sommer, David Straithairn and, in one his earliest roles, Danny Glover.

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BoG's Score: 6.5 out of 10

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BoG
Galaxy Overlord Galactus

[Bud Brewster]

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Things have certainly changed in the five years since Bogmeister (Andrew Bogdan) added the above post to his own message board in 2014.

If Eadie hadn't stumbled across it and brought it to my attention, the thousands of post he made there (but did not tell anyone on All Sci-Fi about} during the five years he diligently maintained his board from 2010 until 2015 (with only 11 members who made a total of 7 posts!) would have been lost forever.

I will never understand why my loyal and dedicated co-site administrator here on All Sci-Fi from 2008 until 2014 never revealed the existence of the Galactic Base of Science Fiction and invited us to join!

I also don't understand why he didn't add any of the posts he created there to All Sci-Fi in 2014 when he and I had to recreate the board from scratch, and we desperately needed to add material to this version after Randy Everett and I created it.

It was, at first, completely empty of posts!

Admittedly, Andrew did transfer 74 of his ASF posts from the old version to this one . . . but none of those were created for the Galactic Base of Science Fiction!

However, I've been working hard for the last few months to save Andrew's reviews (like the one above), and I'm pleased by the fact that now — in 2019 — I can add a YouTube version of Iceman to this thread so that All Sci-Fi members can enjoy it.

Guys, please help me honor the memory of our fallen comrade by replying to my "rescued reviews" of our late friend, Andrew Bogdan. He passed away at the relatively young age of 54, and I'm proud of the fact that I've been able to keep his legacy alive on All Sci-Fi.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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My feelings about this movie are the same as they were when I first saw it at a theater: the basic premise is interesting, but what the producers did with it demonstrates a sad lack of imagination.

Being sort of a "cautious agnostic" who's suspicious of all religions and the folks who are devoted to them. this movie spends most of it's time fusing over the question of "Charley" the Neanderthal man's religious beliefs and his fascination with helicopters.

I'd much rather have seen this movie treat Charley more like the scientist did in Charly, the great Cliff Robertson movie.

Instead of deceiving the Neanderthal man by putting him in an artificial environment in the middle of Arctic, they should have transported him to facility in a region which had a similar environment to the one he was familiar with.

Then they could teach him English so he could describe the "lost world" from which he came, along with his culture and religion. That supposed to be what scientist are interested in.

Instead of this, the scientist waste their time with efforts to deceived the Neanderthal man into thinking he's back home. However, their efforts fail spectacularly, and the movie ends on a very unsatisfying notes.

Prehistoric Man Frozen For Thousands Of Years, But He Is Still Alive.


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)