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Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comic books, toys, and other media about a world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control. The franchise is based on French author Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel La Planète des singes, translated into English as Planet of the Apes or Monkey Planet. Its 1968 film adaptation, Planet of the Apes, was a critical and commercial hit, initiating a series of sequels, tie-ins, and derivative works.
Four sequels followed the original film from 1970 to 1973: Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes. They did not approach the critical acclaim of the original but were commercially successful, spawning two television series in 1974 and 1975. Plans for a film remake stalled in "development hell" for over ten years before Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes was released in 2001. A reboot film series commenced in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which was followed by Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in 2014 and War for the Planet of the Apes in 2017.
The current film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes of the series released in May 2024.
Nobody has posted here in a while, so I thought I'd start the topic. How did you like the Kingdom and what would you rate it 1-10?
I think like the original sequels, this series became tired and derivative with each new release. They should have given it a rest and maybe done a premium TV series eventually instead.
It's true that TV shows offer more playroom to develop and add/remove characters, especially considering the sociological nature of POTA. So you're probably right, even though I very much do like the original trilogy (plus this movie).
I wonder how the Tim Burton version would have been received if he hadn’t thrown a tantrum and changed the ending. I actually prefer people in costumes and makeup playing the apes, rather than CGI. Just like spaceship models, sometimes well done practical effects work better.
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It was very immersion breaking that the feral homo sapien was a good looking, skinny white woman with perfect teeth, good posture, makeup and a nice haircut. I am very certain that's not what humans would look like if they lived as feral scavengers for several generations. They had a real opportunity to show us that the distinction between civilized being and animal was just a matter of culture and opportunity by showing is a truly stone age looking human, and instead we got pretty white chick because Hollywood.
Oh for sure. Bring back feral chicks.
I really enjoyed it. I’d say it was as good as the first one of the new series. Not on the level as sequels two and three but I look forward to seeing where this story goes. Solid 8 from me.