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This is not my favorite Harryhausen film, but I'll bet a sequel based on the ideas below might well have been so.
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Valley of Gwangi - Thinking Outside the Plot

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Thinking Outside the "Plot"!
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~ A Question for the Members: When we were kids, how many movies with dinosaurs did we watch and then endure a climax which destroyed the amazing "lost world" we loved so much?

Here's the sad list.

The Lost World (1925)

King Kong / Son of Kong (1933)

Lost Continent (1951)

The Lost World (1960)

~ My Theory: A few "lost worlds" actually did survive beyond the movie's climax, like The Land Unknown . . . and The Valley of Gwangi.

This movie ends with the T-Rex being killed in a Mexican town, and the struggling Wild West show ends up being financial ruined!

Or is it?

Let's think this through, shall we!

The discovery of the hidden valley and it's treasure trove of prehistoric creatures is more valuable than all the gold that came from the California Gold Rush!

The members of the Wild West show owned by Richard Carlson know the location of this amazing discovery! Furthermore, the existence of Gwangi, a living T-Rex, would serve as undeniable proof that the valley does exists!

A sequel to Valley of Gwangi would have been a guaranteed success. The potential story could have gone in numerous directions.

My preference would be for the Mexican government to demand their rights to be in full control of the region, and they would protect it from foreign interference at all cost!

Naturally the American government would loan Mexico millions of dollars to protect the region — knowing that the return on our investment would show a huge profit when Mexico repaid the loan by giving us priceless specimens of prehistoric life forms!

The U.S. government would also realize that this gigantic economic boom for our southern neighbor would result in much greater prosperity for us, because the global scientific community would flock to Mexico and pay them billions of dollars just for the chance to study the prehistoric valley!

This in turn would result in the Mexican government being able to greatly bolster both their own police and military forces to such a degree that they could virtually wipe out all the drug cartels!

As a result, the U.S. could significantly diminish our nation's drug problem!

Meanwhile, Mexico would experience an explosion in tourist trade because of the new economic boom — some of which would be caused by tourist attractions similar to Jurassic Park, which would be established all over the country!

I can just see the colorful posters which promoted these resorts and theme parks, using catchy slogans like these!

Come to Prehistoric Mexico — where time stands still!

Honeymoon in the land where time is eternal!

Come to Mexico and witness the Dawn of Creation!



* Gosh, folks, have I ever mentioned that from 1992 to 1993 I was a free-lance advertising campaign writer? I was a paid "bullshit artist". It was a lot of fun!

Come on, guys! I’m asking a question and suggesting several interesting answers. So, now it’s YOUR turn.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)