pendell

Current Hyperfixation: Wizard of Oz

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I use outdated technology just for fun, listen to crappy music, and watch a lot of horror movies. Expect posts about These Things. I talk a lot.

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pervocracy
@pervocracy

the real challenge in caveman stories is that having them speak grunty broken English doesn't make any sense if they're meant to be speaking their own language among themselves

but it's so iconic


pendell
@pendell

insert the first Doctor Who serial where prehistoric cavemen are inexplicably speaking fluent English and can communicate flawlessly with the modern day protagonists - the TARDIS being able to translate wouldn't be established for over a decade, so at the time this was likely expected to just be a part of the viewer's suspension of disbelief.


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in reply to @pervocracy's post:

every single time you see them doing this among themselves theyre actually doing it on a lark. even back in the Fictional Cave Man Past it was the fucking peak of comedy to say that grunk hit rock on rock over sticks make hot