>he hasn’t yet realized the new Planet of the Apes trilogy is a soft remake of the latter trilogy of classic apes movies and is only cannon with 1 & 2 while 3-5 are their own canon that begin right after 2
>he didn’t like when the stand-alone Mark Whalberg apes was on FX every day after school
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I haven't watched any Ape movies since the one with Elvis's daughter and Charlton Heston as an ape with a gun, but I liked all the ones from before that.
Which of the new movies are worth a watch?
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Literally the entire franchise is worth a watch. I’d only ever seen the new Caesar trilogy and the first two originals, but there’s another 3 movies after 2 and they’re kino, just got done watching them.
The main character of the post-Apes2 trilogy is also named Caesar like the new trilogy and he’s the man (he’s played by the same actor that plays the main doctor ape in the op gif).
There’s
>Planet of the Apes
>Beneath the Planet of the Apes
then there’s the original Caesar trilogy that picks up right from where Beneath left off
Then there’s the Mark Whalberg one that’s its own standalone canon.
Then the newest trilogy only takes the original Planet of the Apes 1 & 2 into account and makes a new story
Every single one of these movies is kino.
this is the only gif i made that actually became common use on Cinemaphile
i'm kind of proud of it
You did great bro, I'm actually a little honored to reply to you
Great gif
Me too anon. It’s one of my favorites.
Well done, sir
The directors cut of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is pretty brutal. Once the shooting starts and the riots happen there’s blood everywhere. It has a much better ending.
Caesar’s monologue after he sacs the city was horrifying lol
been lookin for it, know where i could find it?
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How does everyone rank the classic apes movies? I've only ever seen the first one.
original > Beneath > Conquest > Escape > Battle
More like 1 = 2 > 3 = 4 = 5
The new trilogy is canon with the first two original movies, but there’s two separate Caesar trilogies that are their own canon that both take 1 & 2 into account.
Kind of like how both Heisei Godzilla and Millenium Godzilla are both sequels to the original but obviously are their own canon.
I didn't like the humor in Escape. Also Beneath is just 1 but with low budget Heston. It's good but not equal
>Also Beneath is just 1 but with low budget Heston.
No it’s not Heston is in the fricking movie too. And it’s nothing like 1. 1 is about the apes, 2 is about what’s left of the humans. I don’t even get what you meant by this post.
Eh, in broad strokes he’s right. Accidental time traveller stranded on strange planet that turns out to be a dark future of Earth, is taken captive, meets mute love interest, escapes and ponders the folly of man.
I mean, it picked up right where 1 left off with Heston venturing forth and I guess 2 could have been the same movie it was without the second guy showing up but then Heston would have no one to talk to.
The new movies are canon with all the originals. The time traveling apes in Escape simply change the history created in Dawn.
Huh is that what happened? I thought that they indeed changed history when they time traveled and they MAY have been able to avert the ending of 2 but kept it ambiguous as to whether they would or not.
But the original Caesar trilogy takes place in the future and the new Caesar trilogy takes place in modern day so how does that work?
So you’re saying there’s a separate timeline where the time traveling apes died and never time traveled?
What? No. The very first time they travelled was in Escape, it changed the timeline, creating the time loop. The only discrepancy is the launch of Taylor’s ship, both series have it occur in their own modern day, but that can be ignored. So after Escape Milo/Caesar replaces Caesar in the timeline, but presumably everything else occurs essentially identically, in an endless loop.
Is that really how it be?
Am I dumb for thinking the newer Apes movies were a sorta spiritual prequel to the original movies? Like, this is what happened before the apes evolved to how we see them in the original film
Planet of the apes are a metaphor for black takeover of America
>society burnt down
>new society is just as backwards and even more warlike than man except they live in mud huts and have no technology
>planet explodes
Yeah maybe 1 & 2 could be seen that way but the two Caesar trilogies are nothing like “black” takeover (israelite takeover) of America. In real life blackies are gonna burn right along side whiteys, it’s not like israelites’s promise to blacks to wipe out white people and turn America into Wakanda is gonna fricking happen lol we’ve been in a steep decline since Obama. So no other than monkeys = blacks in what you’re saying the two are nothing alike.
the apes in the films are intelligent though
wtf are you trying to say? stop using moronic memespeak and articulate your point like a normal person
>Have you seen the classic Planet of the Apes films? What did you think of them?
>The Tim Burton Planet of the Apes is unfairly hated.
never understood why people didn't like the wahlberg movie. The ending is dumb but the movie looked great and acting was fun
Why was the ending bad though I don’t get it. I didn’t even realize anyone thought the ending was bad until I discovered the internet and still don’t know what exactly people don’t like about it. That it was a “bad” ending? So was the original.
>That it was a “bad” ending? So was the original.
I don't really disagree there
first the overly sentimental bit where the humans and apes reconcile and the chimpanzee landing isn't very good. The bit with Wahlberg landing on a modern Earth but it's all apes with the Lincoln statue being General Thade is just a dumb twist for a twist ending sake and doesn't make any sense. It was a decent world and fun setting setup, it did not need a happy ending and obviously there's not enough for it to stand on to get a sequel but the ending should've mirrored more the original with Wahlberg riding off into the wilds or something to explore what's left of the world
the ape makeup holds up fairly well
Conquest > Planet > Escape > Battle > Beneath
No one likes Beneath, huh?
It has a kind of interesting plot but it's so slow and plodding.
They lost me with the hamfisted songs and (Hollywood) moralism religion and nuclear power is le bad. I still like it because of Heston and the idea of the physic powers even if they dont do much with it.
I don’t think it was making a statement about nuclear power or religion, you’re looking at it through a modern lens.
it stands on its own
The good thing about the first ones is that the time loop makes actual sense. Literally the only movie series that answers how the frick did the loop start.
Just to compare it to T1. Who was Johns Connor's father in the first timeline that led to the first skynet and first revolt? Once Connor was born he could have grown to send his own (new) father but we never get to see or know about the original timeline. T1 happens already in the time loop. Of course nerds will try to rationalize it by inventing time traveling rules that are completely foreign to what happens in the movie (headcanon mechanics like it was like that from the beginning).
Meanwhile in Apes, you can easily deduce that the revolt led by the time traveling Caesar, was done originally by Aldo in the original timeline some time later even if Caesar never time traveled. Caesar only jump started the revolution a bit earlier.
Because before they time travel you learn about Aldo the revolutionist, but Caesar does said revolution in 4 and finally meets him in Apes 5.
Really not that hard. Id wish most time travel movies werent so moronic. Also Apes 4 is complete kino.
Wow he sounds really fricking moronic.