Earlier this week Turner Classic Movies broadcast “One Million Years B.C.” late night.
Most of us have probably seen the iconic Raquel Welch poster, but I’ve never seen the film. I missed the first part and fell asleep towards the end. But saw enough to be able to say it was truly awful. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a score of 67% and I don’t know how it managed that.
It’s praised for it early special effects break throughs, but it was so historically inaccurate it was “almost” unwatchable.
I say “almost” because Raquel Welch is the saving Grace. My God, what a fine specimen of a Woman. She fills out a cavewoman bikini like few others can.
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Raquel Welch in a fur bikini was the reason they made the movie. If it was a 75 minute music video with her dancing in that costume it would have done better at the box office.
RIP Raquel..... an iconic Sex symbol; top five material for sure in my book.
Lol. I happened to notice it was on. I was watching something else so I just flipped to it during commercials to see Raquel. She looks fucking amazing, but I can't imagine watching that movie all the way through. The 8 foot tall T-Rex was good for a laugh though.
Raquel Welch was the special effects you watched like playboy you don’t need to read the article
I loved that movie when I was a kid, and I'm pretty sure that Welch in a fur bikini triggered the onset of puberty.
When I revisited it a few months ago, I got to about 15 minutes and tapped out.
Speaking of TCM, “The Cincinnati Kid” was also on over the weekend.
Pretty good movie with an All- Star cast. Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Edgar G Robinson, Tuesday Weld and a whole bunch of familiar faced character actors.
Ann-Margaret was simply stunning. She and Raquel sure formed a 1960’s babealicious power duo.
I don't know if it's the way our diets have changed since the 80s, or lifestyles, or genetics, but it seems like there were more women with smaller waists, tighter stomachs, and larger natural breasts in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, and declining from the 80s through present day.
Seriously flip through any vintage playboy or similar porn mag from that era to see for yourself .
The fur bikini is OK, but my favorite scenes with her are the water dump railroad scene in 100 Rifles, and her bedroom scene with Dudley Moore in Bedazzled. An iconic beauty for sure!
Ann Margret dance scene is not bad.
Since we’re sharing links, here’s the water tower shower scene from 100 Rifles.
And of course, Bedazzled. Lilian Lust, the babe with the bust!
Yeah hell Raquel Welch totally
One thing I'll always remember is seeing Raquel Welch and Janis Joplin together on the Dick Cavett show. They were about as different as two women could be. They seemed to get along ok, though.
Ha this thread is so true. I think the pornography vs art standard in movies those days was “redeeming social value.” So the “story” of caveman survival was necessary to justify the jiggle-fest. But yeah, it’s as unwatchable now as an episode of Gilligan’s Island or Simon & Simon (both top-10 shows in their heydays).
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