although the movie be clearly date and audience can still easily identify with the plight of hapless buster in this timeless and very funny underdog tale . buster fight against unkindly odds in three different age represent the stone age and the roman age and and the moden age and play almost the same character with just a change of scenery to help u identify the different age . in this movie we see one of the early comedic depiction of the caveman stereotype and who win his love not by romance but by brute force and as well a a funny twist on roman gladiatorial combat and two comedic sketch that long predate such spoof a mel brooks history of the world represent part i. the underlying theme of the movie be simple yet convince represent although the time may have a change and we still face the same struggle even in modern time that we fight in prehistoric time in order to win the girl ( keep in mind this be the theme of 1923 america and a time when chauvinism be still en vogue ) . it be interest to look at this movie over eighty year later and and consider how dramatically thing have change from this movie modern time to now .