Lum: Prehistoric Woman

***Lum: Prehistoric Woman*** is a film reimagining the titular character who originated from the 1981 anime series, *Urusei Yatsura*. The film is set in a deliberately anachronistic vision of prehistory, portraying dinosaurs, prehistoric humans, Cenozoic mammals and Paleozoic creatures as coexisting within the same time period and incorporating many elements of survival, comedy, action, and adventure.

The film marks KB Fan Fiction's revisit to human-centered prehistoric fiction since the *Stone Age Dinosaur* films.

## Premise

Set a million years ago in an anachronistic prehistoric setting, the premise centers on a 17-year-old prehistoric woman named Lum and her young cousin Ten - both the last survivors of a predatory dinosaur attack on their village - in their struggle to survive, forming a bond with a *Tyrannosaurus* they nursed to health in the process.

## Plot

The film is set 1 million years ago in an anachronistic world where prehistoric humans struggle to survive, and dinosaurs roamed the Earth. A rampaging *Giganotosaurus* attacks a human encampment and devours the panicking residents, injuring an eye in a fight against the village chief. Lum, a 17-year-old cavewoman, returns to the village from a hunting trip only to find everyone killed, except one survivor - her infant cousin Ten, whom she rescues while running away from the *Giganotosaurus* and jumping into a waterfall.

After washing up on the banks of a river crossing a grassy plain, Lum and Ten set up camp at the riverbank. Lum teaches Ten basic survival skills. One day, Lum goes on a hunting trip, when she sees the silhouette of a theropod dinosaur. Believing it to be the *Giganotosaurus* that killed most of her family, Lum follows it and encounters a *Tyrannosaurus rex* with two offspring. The *Giganotosaurus* returns, and the *T. rex* battles it, getting its leg injured in the process. The *Giganotosaurus* then proceeds to eat the *T. rex* offspring before leaving. Lum recognizes the *Giganotosaurus* to be the same dinosaur responsible for slaughtering her village, as it had a scar on its left eye. Finding some nearby herbs, Lum treats the injured *T. rex*. Able to walk again, the *T. rex* decides to follow Lum back to the camp, and the two develop a bond. Lum gives the *T. rex* the nickname "Darling" and introduces her to Ten, who is scared at first but learns to respect the alpha predator.

Now hunting food as a team, Lum, Ten and Darling go on an expedition when they witness a *Triceratops* herd defend their young from the same *Giganotosaurus*, injuring it. Noticing some of the *Giganotosaurus*'s blood on the ground, the team catches the scent and is ready to take revenge on the predator. They then camp near the carcass of a large *Dreadnoughtus*, and begin to build a trap using available materials including the bones from the massive dinosaur carcass and using the flesh to lure it. The *Giganotosaurus* arrives as they had expected to, and Darling battles it, injuring it significantly before it begins to turn the tables. The ensuing fight sprang Lum and Ten's trap, which only managed to knock the *Giganotosaurus* down. Lum uses the chief's spear, which she had kept, to ambush the *Giganotosaurus and* managed to pierce it on the shoulder before Darling gets back on her feet and pushes the *Giganotosaurus* into the sharpened bones on the trap, finally killing it.

The team sets off to find a new home. Months later, they settle into a new home near the shore. Darling finds a new mate and lays a clutch of eggs. The credits roll among a montage of the team carrying out activities and interacting with the variety of prehistoric life.

## Cast members

* Lum is the female protagonist of the film. A resourceful 17-year-old prehistoric woman who is one of the last survivors of a *Giganotosaurus* attack on her village. She forms a bond with a *Tyrannosaurus* which she nicknamed "Darling". Due to her signature outfit, she is reimagined as a prehistoric human in the film.
* Ten is Lum's toddler cousin who also survived the *Giganotosaurus* attack. He learns survival skills from his older cousin throughout the film.

### Species depicted in the film

* *Tyrannosaurus* - one individual, later nicknamed "Darling", develops a bond with Lum and Ten after they nursed it back to health after a fight against a *Giganotosaurus*.
* *Giganotosaurus* - one individual is the antagonist of the film.
* *Spinosaurus*
* *Allosaurus*
* *Carnotaurus*
* *Velociraptor*
* *Gallimimus*
* *Therizinosaurus*
* *Brachiosaurus*
* *Apatosaurus*
* *Dreadnoughtus*
* *Parasaurolophus*
* *Iguanodon*
* *Triceratops*
* *Nasutoceratops*
* *Pachycephalosaurus*
* *Stegosaurus*
* *Ankylosaurus*
* *Pteranodon*
* *Quetzalcoatlus*
* *Dimorphodon*
* *Mosasaurus*
* *Dimetrodon*
* Ammonites
* Trilobites
* *Meganeura*
* Woolly mammoth

## Trivia

* The film's title is inspired by *Prehistoric Women* (1968).