Tag: Cave Art
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Episode 45: A.R.O.G: A Prehistoric Film (2008)
A.R.O.G (2008), the sequel to G.O.R.A (2004), is the story of a Turkish rug salesman who is sent a million years back in time by an old intergalactic foe, and must help his newfound stone-age friends progress through the technological ages to… eventually invent a time machine to return? That, or win a football match……
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Episode 44: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) with Fredrik Trusohamn
We’re diving into the depths of pseudoarchaeology this week with Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). Ross is away but we’re joined by Fredrik Trusohamn, host of Digging Up Ancient Aliens, who helps us navigate the history of the mythological city. Fredrik came prepared with sources, so if you haven’t had enough of Atlantis by…
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Episode 43: Horror Express (1972)
Horror Express (1972) tells the tale of an anthropologist who discovers a frozen hominin in China which, unbeknownst to him, is possessed by a telepathic extraterrestrial life form. It’s basically The Thing on a train. Ross was so excited when he discovered this one that he couldn’t wait until Halloween. Get in touch with us!…
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Episode 42: Troll (2022)
To kick of 2023 we’re reviewing Troll (2022), a Norwegian movie in which the government enlists the help of a paleontologist to stop a rampaging troll. We dig into mythology, tooth ontogeny, and sexual dimorphism, and determine that taxonomically trolls are monkeys. Get in touch with us! Twitter: @SotSA_Podcast Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com…
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Episode 41: A Flintstone Christmas (1977)
This holiday season we’re traveling back to the town of Bedrock for A Flintstone Christmas (1977), a slapdash holiday special featuring everyone’s favourite modern Stone Age family. In this episode we ask hard-hitting questions, like why or how does this pre-Christian society know about Christmas, and why does Santa exist in the Stone Age with…
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Episode 40: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) is the story of a badass woman archaeologist from Belle Époque France. Well, she’s really more of a journalist and grave robber, misappropriating ancient knowledge for personal reasons. Still, it’s the only movie I know of that has resurrected Egyptian mummies, pterodactyls, and nuclear-physics-based telekinesis! Get in touch…
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Episode 39: Ammonite (2020)
Ammonite (2020) is a fictional historical love story based on the lives of two real Victorian paleontologists, Mary Anning and Charlotte Murchison. Kim has a bee in her bonnet about this movie: too much hot sex and not enough paleontology! We’re definitely earning our “explicit” tag on this episode! Get in touch with us! Twitter:…
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Episode 38: Mammoth (2006)
Mammoth (2006) is a made-for-TV Sci-Fi Channel original in which a frozen mammoth becomes possessed by an extraterrestrial being, and the Men in Black enlist the help of a local paleontologist to save the town from total annihilation. This movie asks many important questions, like: How do mammoths behave in the wild? Do they attack?…
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Episode 37: The Thaw (2009)
Today we’re getting into the Halloween spirit with The Thaw (2009), a climate change horror movie in which a parasitic plague is unleashed from a thawed mammoth. In this episode we talk climate change, virus evolution, and glacial archaeology, and since we are all pandemic veterans by now, we are thoroughly unimpressed by these scientists’…
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Episode 36: Trog (1970)
We’re getting into the spooky season with Trog (1970), a British horror movie about a thawed caveman who goes on a murderous rampage, and an anthropologist who wants to study him for reasons which are not always clear. Is this a B-movie classic or does it take itself too seriously to be campy? Find out…
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Episode 35: Inherit the Wind (1960)
Inherit the Wind (1960) is a fictional retelling of the Scopes “Monkey” Trail of 1925, the seminal case which pitted science vs. religion. Turns out the movie is actually a parable for McCarthyism, and there is barely any evolution in it at all. In this episode we talk about evolution anyway, and finally settle the…
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Episode 34: Skullduggery (1970)
Today we’re reviewing the most problematic movie we’ll ever recommend you watch (but only once, and then never again): Skullduggery (1970) stars Burt Reynolds as a charismatic misogynistic capitalist who manipulates an anthropologist into accidentally discovering a living missing link, whom he enslaves, and whose humanity he later tries to prove in a court of…
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Bonus Episode: Indy-anna Jones and the Tower of Ivory – Chippin’ Away
On this special bonus episode, we’re excited to present the other side of our crossover with the Chippin’ Away Podcast: From the South of Asia to the North of America, we discuss the influence of popular culture on archaeology and the study of the past. If you started following archaeology after Indiana Jones’ movies, Lara…
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Episode 33: Night at the Museum (2006)
On this episode we’re spending the Night at the Museum, the 2006 blockbuster where dinosaurs skeletons, historical dioramas, and ancient archaeological artifacts come to life. Josh is frustrated by the plot holes, but Ross uses all of his academic might to rationalize the inconsistent worldbuilding. Either way, this movie is a celebration of museums, and…
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Episode 32: Mohenjo Daro (2016)
On this episode we’re joined by Akash Srinivas and Durga Kale of the Chippin’ Away podcast to review Mohenjo Daro (2016), the story of a simple farmboy’s first trip to the big city where he falls in love, discovers his destiny, and saves an entire civilization. Mohenjo Daro was a real city in the Indus…
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Episode 31: The Ugly Little Boy (1977)
The Ugly Little Boy (1977) is an adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s touching short story about a Neanderthal child kidnapped across time by unscrupulous scientists. In this episode we talk about chaos theory, the ethics of human research, and the 1970s Canadian film aesthetic. Get in touch with us! Twitter: @SotSA_Podcast Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email:…
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Episode 30: Prometheus (2012)
We’re venturing into the space age again with Prometheus (2012), the Alien prequel in which an archaeologist couple travels to a distant planet in search of humanity’s creators. Our opinions of this one are mixed, but we can all agree that the influence of the Ancient Astronaut hypothesis on popular culture is uniformly bad. Get…
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Episode 29: RRRrrrr!!! (2004)
On this episode, Predrag (Pedja) Radović joins us as we travel back to l’Âge de Pierre in the French movie RRRrrrr!!! (2004), a comedy in which cavemen use shampoo and investigate the world’s first murder. We wish we understood French better because we probably missed a lot of good puns in the translation. Get in…
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Episode 28: Jurassic Park (1993)
We were so preoccupied with whether or not we could we didn’t stop to think if we should! On this episode we’re joined by Dr. Elsa Panciroli to discuss Steven Spielberg’s classic Jurassic Park (1993), even though it has nothing to do with the Stone Age. We all agree it is a perfect movie and…
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Episode 27: Encino Woman (1996)
Happy Anniversary! This episode marks one full year of SotSA, so to celebrate we’re reviewing Encino Woman (1996), the made-for-TV sequel to our favourite movie, Encino Man. It’s really not fair to compare the two, but this movie has its own message and it does its best to tell it. Or maybe it’s just the…
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Episode 26: The Cannibal in the Jungle (2015)
On this episode we’re joined by Dr. Matt Tocheri to discuss The Cannibal in the Jungle (2015), an Animal Planet mockumentary which blurs the line between fact and fiction. The (fictional) story centres around a team of ornithologists who were attacked by a group of Homo floresiensis (the so-called “hobbits”), which happen to be Matt’s…
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Episode 25: Neander-Jin (2011)
Neander-Jin: Return of the Neanderthal Man (2011) is an obscure and inexplicable “romantic comedy” about a Neanderthal who somehow travels trough time and falls in love with a young professional woman, but ultimately becomes corrupted by commercialism and fame. What do Japanese culture, German Unity Day, and gummy bears have to do with Neanderthals? Nothing,…
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Episode 24: Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Regular listeners know how much we love bigfoot, so we’re very excited to be reviewing Harry and the Hendersons (1987), the story of a family of hunters who accidentally befriend a sasquatch and have to protect him from an obsessed cryptozoologist (and the rest of human society as well). What will it take to scientifically…
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Episode 23: King Kong (2005)
This week we’re taking a look at King Kong (2005), Peter Jackson’s epic three-hour remake of the 1933 classic. We talk about the biology and evolution of island ecosystems, but we should have had a physicist guest host this episode because this movie can’t seem to help breaking the laws of physics! Get in touch…