27 Oct 08
Originally posted by sonhouseIf its the movie I remember then it is about a group of people that do not know how to start a fire, who go on a search for someone else who has fire. This could occur at any time, even today, all it requires is a group that is ignorant of the skill. I believe that in the movie they met other tribes that did know how to start fires. The story was not about the first group of people to use or start fire.
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre49p23s-us-fire/
They found solid evidence for fire making ability almost 800,000 years ago! The timeframe for Quest for fire was about 80,000 years ago.
A great flick IMO, Rae Dawn Chong stars.
I suspect though that we are fairly dependent on cooked food for survival and it is possible that a group that did no know how to start a fire would not last very long (though the group in the movie did know how to keep a fire going once they had obtained it.)
28 Oct 08
Originally posted by twhiteheadIt was a great flick for sure, very funny in places! They called it quest for fire because they lost the embers they had collected and had to go looking for a naturally occurring fire to get embers, you remember the woven bucket they carried around after they found a fire and stored the ember in ashes but they fell into a stream and killed the ember so had to look for more, and through a long plot, they were with Ray Dawn almost all the way and she knew how to make fire all along but didn't know they didn't know how till it was finally communicated their need for fire so she shows them how to utter shock and awe!
If its the movie I remember then it is about a group of people that do not know how to start a fire, who go on a search for someone else who has fire. This could occur at any time, even today, all it requires is a group that is ignorant of the skill. I believe that in the movie they met other tribes that did know how to start fires. The story was not abou ...[text shortened]... ong (though the group in the movie did know how to keep a fire going once they had obtained it.)
