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Your choice for dumbest thing in the movie?

posted 16 years ago by dim_sumus
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What would you consider the dumbest thing in Trog the movie? There are so many to choose from. A few of my choices:

- Trog, who is a possible missing link comes out of the cave wearing a loin cloth and foot coverings.

- Trog has killed several people but at an inquiry that's not mentioned; rather, only that he killed a neighbor's dog. I guess those people whom he killed had it coming.

- Trog turns a car on its side and it inexplicably explodes!

- Dr. Brockton makes the statement regarding Trog's diet "Trog is not a carnivore" and then proceeds to feed him lizards and fish. Kind of a contradiction there. Last time I checked, lizards and fish were meat.

[–] JackNorth (244) 4 years ago

The hideous hairy head on an otherwise hairless body.

[–] Wuchak (8162) 4 years ago

This is what I wrote in my review several years ago:

The head and facial features of the ape-man look quite good for 1969, it's the rest that leaves much to be desired. Basically, Trog is just a small-ish white dude walking around in a loin cloth and fur "tennis shoes" with what looks like a short fur cape. This is the extent of the Trog costume and it looks lame, which is probably why people mock the film -- the "monster" is more laughable than fearsome.

Upon reflection, though, since Trog is half-human and therefore mostly hairless, it makes sense that he would obtain furs to make rudimentary clothing for warmth warm. This assumes, of course, that he'd have to occasionally leave the caverns to kill animals for furs; and likely food as well (after all, what would he eat in the darkness of the caves?). Since he's half-human he would have the intelligence to do this.

[–] Satan2016 (23521) 4 years ago

"troglodyte" is a human, not some ancestor. Nobody had a dictionary?

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

Trog