History Film / CaveWomenOnMars

''Cave Women On Mars'' was the third film by Creator/ChristopherRMihm and the third film in The Franchise/{{Mihmiverse}} SharedUniverse. It is notable for introducing the first major time skip in the Mihmiverse, taking place in the future of ''Film/TheMonsterOfPhantomLake'' and 'Film/ItCameFromAnotherWorld'', which were both set sometime in TheFifties.

''Cave Women On Mars'' was the third film by Creator/ChristopherRMihm and the third film in The Franchise/{{Mihmiverse}} SharedUniverse.

Set in the [[RetroFuture far-off future]] of 1987, the movie sees two astronauts - Captain Michael "Mike" Jackson and Lieutenant William "Liam" Elliot - making mankind's first trip to Mars. Upon landing, Lieutenant Elliot finds himself embroiled in a power struggle between two tribes - the [[DarkIsEvil dark-haired]], [[HellBentForLeather black-leather clad]] Liak and the [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde-haired]] Zil. After trying, and failing, to rescue an escaped Liak slave which was chased onto Zil lands, Lt. Elliot is captured by an AmazonBrigade led by Eina - Warrior Prime of the Zil tribe. Lt. Elliot soon finds himself falling for Eina and vice versa, even before he is taken to the High Priestess of The Zil Tribe and informed of a prophecy which mentions him by name.

* KlingonPromotion: The Liak tribe apparently is built upon this, with Gorga contemplating Hagra at one point to take her title.

Set in the [[RetroFuture far-off future]] of 1987, the movie sees two astronauts - Captain Michael "Mike" Jackson and Lieutenant William "Liam" Elliot - making mankind's first trip to Mars. Upon landing, Lieutenant Elliot finds himself embroiled in a power struggle between two tribes - the [[DarkIsEvil dark-haired]], [[HellBentForLeather black-leather clad]] Liak and the [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde-haired]] Zil. After trying, and failing, to rescue an escaped Liak slave which was chased onto Zil lands, Lt. Elliot is captured by an AmazonBrigade led by Eina - Warrior Prime of the Zil tribe.

Lt. Elliot soon finds himself falling for Eina and vice versa, even before he is taken to the High Priestess of The Zil Tribe and informed of a prophecy which mentions him by name. It is apparently his destiny to fall in love with a woman of Mars and reintroduce the idea of romantic love, which has long been forgotten by the Amazonian Martian women. The movie ends with Lt. Elliot staying on Mars to embrace the destiny that awaits him.

* GoodHairEvilHair: The blonde cave women, The Zil, while still seeing men as the weaker sex and treating them as useful pets, at best, do enslave their men and their government is a meritocracy. The brunette cave women, The Liak, are much more cruel, both in their interactions with each other and in how all their men are slaves.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While the Liak culture is built upon killing ones' superiors to prove your right to rule, the tribe has strict rules against outright murder and has strict requirements to prove a case based on murder by self-defense.

Set in the [[RetroFuture far-off future]] of 1987, the movie sees two astronauts - Captain Michael "Mike" Jackson and Lieutenant William "Liam" Elliot - making mankind's first trip to Mars. Upon landing, Lieutenant Elliot is captured by an AmazonBrigade and soon finds himself embroiled in a power struggle between two tribes - the [[DarkIsEvil dark-haired]], [[HellBentForLeather black-leather clad]] Liak and the [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde-haired]] Zil. After trying, and failing, to rescue an escaped Liak slave which was chased onto Zil lands, Lt. Elliot is captured by an AmazonBrigade led by Eina - Warrior Prime of the Zil tribe.

Lt. Elliot soon finds himself falling for Eina and vice versa, even before he is taken to the High Priestess of The Zil Tribe and informed of a prophecy which mentions him by name. It is apparently his destiny to fall in love with a woman of Mars and reintroduce the idea of romantic love, which has long been forgotten by the Amazonian Martian women. The movie ends with Lt. Elliot staying on Mars to embrace the destiny that awaits him, leaving a deeply annoyed Captain Jackson to return to Earth without him.

Lt. Elliot soon finds himself falling for Eina and vice versa, even before he is taken to

* LettingHerHairDown: Eina lets her hair down out of its usual pony tail after she starts to fall for Lt. Elliot.

** Elizabeth Kaiser, Michael Kaiser's daughter, plays the Zil Acolyte.

* TelepathicSpaceWomen: The High Priestess of The Zil.
* UnfortunateImplications: The High Priestesses of The Zil have known for generations that their mistreatment of the males of their people will to the Martians forgetting what love is. Yet they've done nothing to try and stop this in favor of waiting on a ChosenOne to arrive.
** This is ignoring the general implications of a group of TelepathicSpaceWomen, leading a LadyLand of awesome Amazon warriors depending on a male ChosenOne to save their people. Justified in that the movie is a parody of the Film/CatWomenOfTheMoon movies that encouraged this sort of anti-feminist thinking.

Lt. Elliot soon finds himself falling for Eina and vice versa

* [[MarsNeedsWomen Mars Needs Men]]: The Martian women have completely forgotten the idea of romantic love after years of only seeing men as beasts of burden. It is Lt. Elliot's apparent destiny to make one woman fall in love with him, so their son will grow up loved and knowing what love is, so he can speak of it and unite the two tribes as a new Martian king.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Eina's reaction to Lt. Elliot.
** The High Priestess of The Zil tells Lt. Elliot that it is his destiny to reintroduce the idea of love to the women of Mars, so that his son will be able to unite the two warring tribes.

* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Lt. Elliot seems to become an object of attraction to Eina and Hagra precisely because he is so unlike the submissive Martian men.

* GoodHairEvilHair: The blonde cave women, The Zil, while still seeing men as the weaker sex, do enslave their men and their government is a meritocracy. The brunette cave women, The Liak, are much more cruel, both in their interactions with each other and in how all their men are slaves.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: As in Film/PrehistoricWomen, the blonde cave women are kinder than their brunette counterparts.

* MeaningfulName: The evil womens' names evoke female monsters, with Liak underling Gorga's name sounding like "gorgon" and Hagra's name starting with "hag."

* NubileSavage: Eina

* SubspaceAnsible: Despite it taking only three weeks for an Earth rocket to travel to Mars, Earthlings have somehow created the means for instantaneous communication by picture phone between Earth to Mars.

** Josh Craig also plays Captain Mike Johnson, Director Jackson's son, with a shaved head and a goatee.

Set in the [[RetroFuture far-off future]] of 1987, the movie sees two astronauts - Captain Michael "Mike" Jackson and Lieutenant William "Liam" Elliot - making mankind's first trip to Mars. Upon landing, Lieutenant Elliot is captured by an AmazonBrigade and soon finds himself embroiled in a power struggle between two tribes - the [[DarkIsEvil dark-haired]], [[HellBentForLeather black-leather clad]] Liak and the [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde-haired]]

He also finds himself falling in love with Eina - a great warrior among the blonde tribe of cave women - and vice versa.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: There's no language barrier problems between the Martians and Earthlings. No reference is made to the more advanced Earthlings having a UniversalTranslator - indeed, they are surprised to find life on Mars!
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Lt. Elliot seems to become an object of attraction to Eina and Hagra precisely because he is so unlike the submissive Martian men who are used to being controlled by women.

* ClarkesThirdLaw: The cave women refer to Lt. Elliot as a sorcerer, because of his advanced technology. (i.e. the communicator he uses to keep in touch with Captain Jackson.)

** Michael Kaiser, the man in The Monster costume in ''Film/TheMonsterOfPhantomLake'', has a cameo as an escaped Martian slave. He also plays the monster Ojjo

Set in the [[RetroFuture far-off future]] of 1987, the movie sees two astronauts - Captain Mike Jackson and Lieutenant Liam Elliot - making mankind's first trip to Mars. Upon landing, Lieutenant Elliot is captured by an AmazonBrigade and soon finds himself embroiled in a power struggle between their two main tribes. He also finds himself falling in love with Eina - a great warrior among the blonde tribe of cave women - and vice versa.

* CreatorCameo: Christopher R. Mihm provides the voice of The Computer.
* DarkIsEvil: The brunette cave women are much crueler in how they treat their male slaves and their culture is based around a continual jockeying for position among each other.
* GoodHairEvilHair: The blonde cave women, while still keeping men as slaves, do not torture them for their own amusement and their government is a meritocracy. The brunette cave women are much more cruel, both to their slaves and in their interactions with each other.

* LettingHerHairDown: Eina lets her hair down after she starts to fall for Lt. Elliot.

** Michael Kaiser, the man in The Monster costume in ''Film/TheMonsterOfPhantomLake'', has a cameo as an escaped Martian slave.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: As in Film/Prehistoric Women, the blonde cave women are kinder than their brunette counterparts.
* {{Homage}}: To 1950s LadyLand ScienceFiction in general, with specific nods to ''Film/FireMaidensFromOuterSpace'', and ''Film/Prehistoric Women''.

* GoodHairEvilHair: The blonde cave women, while still keeping men as slaves, do not torture them for their own amusement and their government is a meritocracy. The brunette amazons are much more cruel, both to their slaves and in their interactions with each other.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: As in ''Prehistoric Women'', the blonde cave women are kinder than their brunette counterparts.
* {{Homage}}: To 1950s LadyLand ScienceFiction in general, with specific nods to ''Film/FireMaidensFromOuterSpace'', and ''Prehistoric Women''.

* GoodHairEvilHair: The blonde cave women, while still keeping men as slaves, do not torture them for their own amusement and their government is a meritocracy. The brunette amazons are much more cruel, both to their slaves and their interactions with each other.

* DarkIsEvil: The brunette cave women are much more cruel in how they treat their male slaves and their culture is based around a continual jockeying for position among each other.

Set in the [[RetroFuture far-off future]] of 1987, the movie sees two astronauts - Captain Mike Jackson and Lieutenant Liam Elliot - making mankind's first trip to Mars. Upon landing, Lieutenant Elliot is captured by an AmazonBrigade and soon finds himself embroiled in a power struggle between their two main tribes. He soon finds himself falling in love with Eina - a great warrior among the blonde tribe of cave women.

* Nubile Savage: Eina

Set in the [[RetroFuture far-off future]] of 1987, the movie sees two astronauts - Captain Mike Jackson and Lieutenant Liam Elliot - making mankind's first trip to Mars. Upon landing, Lieutenant Elliot is captured by an AmazonBrigade and soon finds himself embroiled in a power struggle between their two man tribes. He soon finds himself falling in love with Eina - a great warrior among the blonde tribe of cave women.

** Josh Craig also plays Captain Johnson, Director Jackson's son, with a shaved head and a goatee.

Set in the [[RetroFuture far-off future]] of 1987, the movie sees two astronauts - Captain Jackson and Lieutenant Elliot - making mankind's first trip to Mars. Upon landing, Lieutenant Elliot is captured by an AmazonBrigade and soon finds himself embroiled in a power struggle between their two man tribes. He soon finds himself falling in love with Eina - a great warrior among the blonde tribe of cave women.

* FurBikini: The standard clothing of the Martian women.

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