We Were Wanderers On A Prehistoric Earth

January 18, 2012 6:02 PM

We Were Wanderers On A Prehistoric Earth (3m14s, fullscreen)
posted by stbalbach (6 comments total)

I enjoyed the video, but the phrase "prehistoric" bugs me.
I enjoy urban exploration. A few years ago, I was exploring the old Masonic temple in Providence. It's since been replaced with a restaurant called "The Temple" with valet parking. By the time I had made it to the temple, it had been combed over a thousand times, but somehow- and I really have no idea how- someone had missed a false radiator. It slid out easily. I found some books back there that made the Sumerians look like newborns. For me, the phrase "prehistoric" encompasses a much, much smaller amount of time than is most often assumed.
posted by Uppity Pigeon #2 at 6:29 PM on January 18, 2012 [2 favorites]

someone had missed a false radiator. It slid out easily. I found some books back there

Woah! For real? Did you get to keep them?
posted by ian1977 at 7:41 PM on January 18, 2012

Very beautifully curated footage (if nearly antiseptic).

I think of Marlow's prehistoric pondering inextricable from its colonial baggage. Does the appropriation here strike anyone else as a little tone deaf?
posted by dougmoon at 7:50 PM on January 18, 2012

Hard to believe it's the same man doing the narration. Versatile chappie.
posted by unliteral at 8:42 PM on January 18, 2012

> Woah! For real? Did you get to keep them?

Weird lovecraft reference, I am guessing.
posted by mrzarquon at 10:05 PM on January 18, 2012 [1 favorite]

Weird lovecraft reference, I am guessing.

Yeah that is what I guessed initially but at the very least Uppity Pigeon referenced a very real restaurant. I don't care, I choose to believe. :P
posted by ian1977 at 5:22 AM on January 19, 2012