Return to the Lost World story

movie: Return to the Lost World (1992) · 1992-03-09

A group of intrepid explorers return to a dinosaur roaming remote African plateau in answer to a plea for help from its native inhabitants. It is a sequel to the film The Lost World, which was released the same year.

18 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 11 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
isolated prehistoric land choice A group of explorers returned to a remote African plateau where dinosaurs still roamed.
living dinosaur choice A group of explorers returned to a remote African plateau where dinosaurs still roamed.
colonialism major The tribe inhabiting a remote African plateau came into conflict with oil drilling, Belgian colonialists who were in possession of government charter granting them access to the land's resources.
human vs. natural disaster major Professor Challenger used his newly invented high-explosive "Challengite" to prevent a volcanic eruption from destroying the whole plateau and everyone on it. [volcanic eruption]
imperialism major The tribe inhabiting a remote African plateau came into conflict with oil drilling, Belgian colonialists who were in possession of government charter granting them access to the land's resources.
land exploration major A party of six explorers journeyed to a remote Africa plateau where dinosaurs still roamed the Earth.
rivalry major Professors Challenger and Summerlee were feuding the whole time on account that Challenger had recently discredited one of Summerlee's theories.
academic occupation minor Challenger and Summerlee were both stereotypically haughty, British professors.
hexes and curses minor Palulu was convinced that his tribe was cursed after the Belgian colonists killed a sacred dinosaur in cold blood.
journalism minor The newspaper man Edward Malone was in India reporting on tiger skin smuggling.