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** Why are you assuming that Yor's world is Earth? It could be a futuristic colonial world of Earth that had dinosaur-like species living on it before the human colonists had a nuclear war or just an alien planet in which human-like beings and dinosaur-like creatures on it, which also had a nuclear holocaust.
** Why are you assuming that Yor's world is Earth? It could be a futuristic colonial world of Earth that had dinosaur-like species living on it before the human colonists had a nuclear war or just an alien planet in which human-like beings and dinosaur-like creatures on it, which also had a nuclear holocaust.
** I would think that would be obvious. Well, by bad-movie logic anyway. {{spoiler|[[I Love Nuclear Power|It mutated!]]}}
** I would think that would be obvious. Well, by bad-movie logic anyway. {{spoiler|[[I Love Nuclear Power|It mutated!]]}}
** [[Truth in Television]]: [http://geodicti.blogspot.com/2011/02/top-10-dinosaurs-that-arent-what-they.html Recent fossil evidence]{{Dead link}} suggests that Triceratops did indulge in the occasional carnivorous meal, and was a carrion-eater in addition to eating plants. Of course there was no possible way for the filmmakers of ''Yor'' (not mention filmmakers of yore) to have known this, so it still counts a goof.
* [[Spoiler Title]] - The film seems to present as a shocking twist the idea that it is set in a post-apocalyptic future rather than the past as a great revelation after the Overlord's technological minions appear. Despite the fact that it ''says in the title'' that it's set in the future.
* [[Spoiler Title]] - The film seems to present as a shocking twist the idea that it is set in a post-apocalyptic future rather than the past as a great revelation after the Overlord's technological minions appear. Despite the fact that it ''says in the title'' that it's set in the future.
** Strictly speaking, the title only says that ''Yor'' is from the future, without saying why or how. That he is from the future because it ''is'' the future becomes a bit of a twist, in that light<ref>[[Fridge Logic|Why would the title emphasise that he is ''from'' the future if everyone in the movie is just as much from the future as he is?]]</ref>.
** Strictly speaking, the title only says that ''Yor'' is from the future, without saying why or how. That he is from the future because it ''is'' the future becomes a bit of a twist, in that light<ref>[[Fridge Logic|Why would the title emphasise that he is ''from'' the future if everyone in the movie is just as much from the future as he is?]]</ref>.

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Yor's world, he's the man! Yor's world, he's the ma-an!

Yor, the Hunter from the Future, also known as Yor's World, is a film released in 1983. It was directed by the famous Italian B-movie director Antonio Margheriti and starring Reb Brown of Space Mutiny fame. The setting is a mixture between prehistoric and futuristic, borrowing elements from numerous popular franchises of the time. It has a growing cult following, and has been released on DVD in Germany.

The movie opens with Yor (Reb Brown) jogging around the stone towers of Cappadocia, Turkey while a very cheesy rock ballad plays in the background. In a nearby village, Kala, a seemingly primitive cave-woman, and her older protector Pak are hunting. Suddenly, they are attacked by a triceratops. Yor appears out of nowhere and kills the dinosaur with his axe. Yor is befriended by the village and together they cut the choice meats to be feasted upon in a celebration.

While Yor is there, a band of cavemen with bluish skin attack the village. Only Yor and Pak escape. Yor immediately swears to get Kala back. Yor and Pak track the blue cavemen to their lair where Yor shoots a giant bat with his bow and arrow. He then uses the dead bat like a hang glider to storm the lair and sneak out the back with Kala before flooding the cave... yes, you read that sequence of events correctly.

Kala and Pak decide to follow Yor in his adventure to find his origins. Along the way, they find a mysterious society of sand mummies, lead by a blonde woman; with an amulet similar to Yor's.

Eventually, Yor (in an effort to discover his true origins), makes his way to an island surrounded by storms. There he discovers that his parents were from a small band of nuclear holocaust survivors. An evil man named the Overlord has taken control of the remaining nuclear technology with his android army.

The 90 min movie of Yor that most viewers know of was edited from a four episode Italian TV mini series. Reviewed by The Spoony One here and Something Awful here.

Tropes used in Yor, the Hunter from the Future include:
  1. ↑ Why would the title emphasise that he is from the future if everyone in the movie is just as much from the future as he is?
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