Timeline for hypothetical remake [SPOILERS]
Hey, when I say "spoilers," I'm not kidding around. If you haven't read the book, you may want to just skip this whole thread.
It's also pretty long (as you might expect a scene-by-scene description of a 2:06:00 long movie to be).
SCENES
ERB meets David Innes while in the Sahara
Two minutes, movie is now two minutes long.
David begins his story; introduces Abner Perry & his Iron Mole
Three minutes, movie is now five minutes long.
Iron Mole malfunctions; trip through Earth's crust
Three minutes, movie is now eight minutes long.
Advent in Pellucidar; notice absence of horizon; Abner starts to say...
Two minutes, movie is now ten minutes long.
Chased by megatherium; captured by tailed men
Three minutes, movie is now thirteen minutes long.
Tailed men's village; Abner's hollow Earth theory
One minute, movie is now fourteen minutes long.
Traded to Sagoths; forced marching
One minute, movie is now fifteen minutes long.
Meeting Dian, Ghak, Hooja; learning language
Two minutes, movie is now seventeen minutes long.
Fight with Hooja; Dian grows aloof; Hooja & Dian escape; Ghak explains
Three minutes, movie is now twenty minutes long.
Arrival at Phutra; meeting Mahars; put to work in the archives
Two minutes, movie is now twenty-two minutes long.
Abner learns to read Mahar; David, Abner & Ghak plot escape; geography
Two minutes, movie is now twenty-four minutes long.
Secret Mahar chambers; David talks murder; the Great Secret
Two minutes, movie is now twenty-six minutes long.
The arena; Mahar "music"; tarag and thag battle; thag in the stands
Five minutes, movie is now thirty-one minutes long.
David escapes; Ja; Mezop village
Six minutes, movie is now thirty-seven minutes long.
Mahar temple; David falls in; David attempts to return to Phutra
Five minutes, movie is now forty-two minutes long.
Sithic; Ja again; return to Phutra; Abner not distressed, timelessnes again
Four minutes, movie is now forty-six minutes long.
Mahars question David; sent to pits; vivisection of slave; David picks lock
Five minutes, movie is now fifty-one minutes long.
David, Abner and Ghak begin escape
Two minutes, movie is now fifty-three minutes long.
David kills 4 Mahar; steals Great Secret; he loves Dian
Five minutes, movie is now fifty-eight minutes long.
Hooja joins party; escape from Phutra; to the edge of Sari
Four minutes, movie is now one hour and two minutes long.
Hooja sent ahead; David leads Sagoths off track; uses archery; ryth
Five minutes, movie is now one hour and seven minutes long.
David finds Dian; Garden of Eden chapter
Five minutes, movie is now one hour and twelve minutes long.
Fight with Jubal
Four minutes, movie is now one hour and sixteen minutes long.
David, fed up with Dian, leaves; returns, declares his love; she loves him too
Four minutes, movie is now one hour and twenty minutes long.
David & Dian make their way to Sari; snakes & poison arrows
Four minutes, movie is now one hour and twenty-four minutes long.
Federation of Tribes is formed with David as Emperor
Three minutes, movie is now one hour and twenty-seven minutes long.
Skermishes w/Sagoths & Mahars begin; Abner's inventions fail
Four minutes, movie is now one hour and thirty-one minutes long.
Refurbishment of Iron Mole
Four minutes, movie is now one hour and thirty-five minutes long.
Big battle; Sarian women and Dian scared of Mahar prisoners
Seven minutes, movie is now one hour and forty-two minutes long.
Return to the Outer World; Hoojas's trick; back to ERB
Five minutes, movie is now one hour and forty-seven minutes long.
ERB gets stuff for David; ERB called back to America; ERB writes ATEC
Four minutes, movie is now one hour and fifty-one minutes long.
Last letter; can't find cairn
Five minutes, movie is now one hour and fifty-six minutes long.
End Credits
Ten minutes, movie is now two hours and six minutes long.
TOTAL MOVIE LENGTH: TWO HOURS AND SIX MINUTES
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