The People That Time Forgot story
The film is a direct sequel to The Land That Time Forgot, which initiated the series in 1975. The story follows a rescue expedition, led by Patrick Wayne in search of his friend who had vanished many years before. The expedition lands on Caprona, the same fantastic prehistoric land where dinosaurs and barbarian tribes of men coexist. It is based on the novel The People That Time Forgot (1918) and Out of Time's Abyss (1918) by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
9 total · 4 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| friendship | major | Ben McBride led a perilous mission to rescue his friend Bowen Tyler who had been missing for several years. |
| human vs. beast | major | The Ben McBride led rescue party was attacked by dinosaurs on multiple occasions. A biplane was attacked by a giant pterodactyl. |
| isolated prehistoric land | major | We saw a sub-continent in the South Atlantic filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. |
| living dinosaur | major | We saw a sub-continent in the South Atlantic filled with dinosaurs. |
| arachnophobia | minor | Charly had a crippling fear of spiders. |
| human sacrifice | minor | A race of samurai-like warriors, called the Nargas, had captured Bowen and were planning to sacrifice him by throwing him into a volcano. |
| man vs. woman | minor | Ben McBride thought that "a man's job was a man's job" and resented that a woman, Charly, was permitted to accompany him on a perilous rescue mission to rescue his friend Bowen Tyler. |
| the battle of the sexes | minor | Ben McBride thought that "a man's job was a man's job" and resented that a woman, Charly, was permitted to accompany him on a perilous rescue mission to rescue his friend Bowen Tyler. |
| World War I | minor | Bowen was surprised to hear the news that this war was over. |