A Look at The Planet of the Apes

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

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  • @goopah
    @goopah 3 года назад +46

    I feel bad for anyone who sees this film knowing the ending in advance. I was fortunate to see it in the theater on its release, and now I hope that anyone who sees it now as a young person gets to see it without knowing anything about it beforehand. That iconic ending is such a kick in the gut, and really deserves to be experienced that way.

    • @reneharde3459
      @reneharde3459 3 года назад +3

      Totally agree - I got to watch it on after school TV as a young kid in the 70's, and it took me a few years to understand it fully - Made me an intellectual sci fi fan for life and a wicked skeptic of any form of religion

    • @SpacedCobraIII
      @SpacedCobraIII 3 года назад +5

      Unfortunately they were all too happy to spoil the ending on the movie's cover during the VHS and DVD era. =/

    • @goopah
      @goopah 3 года назад +1

      @@SpacedCobraIII Oh yeah. I do remember that one. I'm guessing somebody got fired. Or hell, probably the whole advertising department. I mean, cover art is a decision made by more than one person I imagine.

    • @boobah5643
      @boobah5643 2 года назад +1

      @@SpacedCobraIII Just tell them the iconic image is actually just _Spaceball One,_ not an indication that it was Earth all along.

    • @HenryConway007
      @HenryConway007 Год назад

      I didn’t know the ending, but I pretty quickly figured out it was Earth. I mean, it’s pretty damn unlikely that apes and humans would evolve pretty much the same on a different planet, not to mention the fact that the apes can speak and read English.

  • @rmeddy
    @rmeddy 3 года назад +64

    I forgot how much of a good script this was, it's great how it flips back Taylor's misanthropy twice on him.
    That last speech of Zaius quoting Ceasar is such a mic drop

    • @DarthSideous63
      @DarthSideous63 3 года назад +12

      Maurice Evans was a classical Shakespearian actor. He always quote Shakespeare on Bewitched.

    • @Philbert-s2c
      @Philbert-s2c 3 года назад +3

      @@DarthSideous63 God how I miss that show.

    • @SmartCookie2022
      @SmartCookie2022 3 года назад +2

      I totally agree. Wilson's rewrite of Sterling's first 2 drafts is a masterstroke of genius. Everything is word perfect.

  • @goopah
    @goopah 3 года назад +22

    Dad took me to see this in the theater in 1968 when I was 8 years old. I was enthralled, even though a lot of it was way over my head. Actually, I was terrified, especially during the cornfield hunt, when the apes are revealed for the first time. The camera zoomed in on the ape on horseback, and I freaked out. Also that first half-hour or so of the film was masterfully done. The suspense it builds is almost unbearable. I was so frightened, and yet it was shot in bright daylight! Those X-shaped "scarecrows" still give me the shivers every time I see this film to this day. They are so damn menacing, and hint at something terrible to come. In the weeks before my father's death in 2005, I thanked him for taking me to see this film, as it had a massive impact on me, an impact that has only increased with every viewing since. One of my top 3 favorite films of all time, and a true masterpiece put together by masters in their respective fields.

  • @dingusdangus1790
    @dingusdangus1790 3 года назад +87

    This movie is so ridiculously underrated for modern audiences.

    • @charlesvan13
      @charlesvan13 3 года назад +4

      But with cheesy sequels.

    • @Future_Vantas
      @Future_Vantas 3 года назад +6

      Agreed, theres so much to dig into this movie, its a true classic.

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 3 года назад +5

      It was always a joke to me growing up, but now I can recognize it has value.

    • @richelliott9320
      @richelliott9320 3 года назад +5

      I remember seeing this on tv in 1971 probably as a kid. Loved it then love it now

    • @sunsetlights100
      @sunsetlights100 3 года назад

      Like with the space agencies modern CGI still there yet.

  • @stantheman9072
    @stantheman9072 3 года назад +18

    I don’t get how anyone can apply the word “underrated” to this classic. It was groundbreaking and a huge hit at the time, a rare feat then and almost unheard of now. It immediately spawned four film sequels and a tv series (all of disappointing quality, at least in comparison), multiple books, comics and graphic novels, a filmed remake over 30 years later (meh) and then a reboot film series (mostly pretty good). The original production is both celebrated and iconic.
    I realize everyone is currently on a downer about modern life and culture so everything once great is somehow not appreciated enough, but good grief can we give it a rest when it’s demonstrably untrue? The only ones not recognizing this greatness are those who don’t know about it and, last I checked, being young, ignorant and foolish was not a sin. It’s the natural order of things. If we are dumb enough to follow youthful ignorance into foolishness, that’s on us. There’s enough falsehood to deal with today as it is.

  • @ImperatorPenguin
    @ImperatorPenguin 3 года назад +51

    Unfortunately, Taylor arrived too late to notice that Dark Helmet, Colonel Sanders, and President Scroob climbing out of the nose. If he had, he would've realized that this wasn't Earth, and that wasn't the Statue of Liberty buried on the beach.
    ...yeah I've watched Spaceballs recently.

    • @carsonsmith7314
      @carsonsmith7314 3 года назад +13

      Oh Shit. There goes the Planet.

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank 3 года назад +4

      Charlton Heston: "There's got to be an answer."
      Maurice Evans: "Don't look for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find."
      Tim Russ: "We ain't found shit!"

  • @athenassigil5820
    @athenassigil5820 3 года назад +9

    One of the things I love about this video is the comments. Not only is the video interesting, but the audience here also loves this underrated classic. I was born in 1966 and for some reason they played this throughout the 70s on Friday Night Horror Theatre. I'd watch this over and over and honestly I still love it. I have digital, blu-ray and even an old DVD somewhere in my collection. There were 4 other films after, but none of them measured up to the original. I also liked the early 2000 version with Mahky Mahk and really loved the later trilogy...but the 68 version resonates with me still till this day.

  • @tommyallen4683
    @tommyallen4683 Год назад +1

    I was lucky enough to catch the re-releases of all the apes movies at the theater in the 70s, i didnt have to wait years in between the movies and certainly didnt already know the mind-blowing ending of this one, it was a great time to be alive...

  • @andersonic
    @andersonic 3 года назад +9

    "Turn around, bright eyes! Every now and then you fall apart." Congratulations and DAMN YOU TO HELL.
    This really was one of your best essays yet.

  • @JoshuaCraigStrain
    @JoshuaCraigStrain 3 года назад +16

    Great job , Dude !! I'm 54 , so I grew up on these movies ! Matter of fact , I just got Cornelius , Zaius and Gorilla Soldier Mego action figures for myself for Christmas ! I always thought of those scarecrow looking things as a little bit like a crucifixion type warning as well . Thanks for all the hard work , effort and detail you put into these vids !!

  • @nigel_saxon
    @nigel_saxon 3 года назад +35

    " The Only danger is if they send us to that terrible Planet of the Apes. Wait a minute, Statue of Liberty... that was our planet! YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL! "
    - Homer Simpson

    • @BleydTorvall
      @BleydTorvall 3 года назад +10

      "Oh my God, I was wrong, it was Earth all along. You've finally made a monkey out of me!"
      -Troy McClure

    • @seatspud
      @seatspud 3 года назад +5

      *belches* (passes out) - Barney Gumbel

    • @palmercolson7037
      @palmercolson7037 3 года назад +6

      @@BleydTorvall I hate every ape I see, from chimpanA to chimpanzee.
      The whole Planet of the Apes musical was a brilliant bit with clever lyrics.

    • @anjetto1
      @anjetto1 3 года назад +3

      I love you, Dr. Zaus

    • @KutWrite
      @KutWrite 3 года назад

      "Ha haaaa!" - Nelson

  • @aggielonghorn
    @aggielonghorn 3 года назад +1

    Beginning at 16:10 - Total Eclipse of the Heart. I see you RUclipsr. Nice one.

  • @indianastones6032
    @indianastones6032 2 года назад +2

    The way the apes have courts is just like how the cardassians have courts just for show rather than justice.

  • @sailorbychoice1
    @sailorbychoice1 3 года назад +7

    10:30 I was a kid when this movie came out, and the make-up was considered leaps and bounds above anything else ever done in a movie before... it was _The Cutting Edge_ in its time.

    • @homoerectus744
      @homoerectus744 3 года назад

      First,thnx.i listened to this while the Pittsburgh Steelers were slowly fading in another room.i saw this in '68 was in Jr. high.my mom had the novel....I just jumped to the to leading up to the statue of liberty to scene.it was so profound for me at the time .

    • @reneharde3459
      @reneharde3459 3 года назад

      I still prefer the make up in the original better than the tech of the newer films - this film has real content and acting, something sadly missing from any of the "action" reboots

  • @IggyStardust1967
    @IggyStardust1967 3 года назад +29

    I would love to see you do the rest of the movies in the series. While the budgets were slashed for each one, I like them all, as they all serve to tell an overall story. The fact that the last movie's ending is left up to interpretation is pretty smart. Did Taylor's landing cause history to change, or was it all going to happen anyway?

    • @simonholyoak8869
      @simonholyoak8869 3 года назад +2

      All of the five ape films are a time loop

    • @robertw31968
      @robertw31968 3 года назад +2

      I agree @John Linde I loved all 5 of them. Still one of my favorite top movie franchises.

  • @willmfrank
    @willmfrank 3 года назад +8

    A little while ago, I learned that the movie "John Carter" filmed some of the Mars exteriors in the same locations as some of the Forbidden Zone exteriors in "Planet of the Apes." Around the same time, I learned that Charlton Heston's real name was John Charles Carter. So how's this for a trippy bit of synchronicity?
    An actor originally named John Carter played a character whose last name was Taylor in the same locations where, some forty-five-odd years later, an actor whose first name is Taylor played a character named John Carter.

    • @slagit
      @slagit 3 года назад +1

      That is some trippy synchronicity for sure!

    • @MrMarquestor
      @MrMarquestor 3 года назад +1

      It's rather Kitschy actually, along the lines of the Abe Lincoln/John Kennedy coincidences.

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank 3 года назад +1

      @@MrMarquestor I see what you did there. 😁👍

  • @reyonXIII
    @reyonXIII 3 года назад +16

    That ending monologue is perfect. Too often, we lower our guard towards villains who are otherwise entirely correct in their assertions and motives, suddenly thinking that they should not be called villains because they are understandable and relatable. People then insist on simply using the term "antagonist", or worse, "anti-hero".
    Except, that ignores what they do with that knowledge, with what makes them relatable. That they do appalling things in the name of what would otherwise be something that most of us could get behind.
    Zaius is a VILLAIN. There's nothing heroic about what he does. In fact, the "good" he acts towards is also questionable, compared to the actual good that Cornelius and Zira, and even Taylor's misanthropy-from-disappointment represent.
    The dark irony of Zaius' beliefs is that...he's no less human than the race which he fears, simply because he has achieved sapience and the ability of self-consciousness.
    The irony is, contrary to what he believes, apekind is no less naturally capable of evil as man is, and his actions to maintain his well-intentioned status quo are proof of that.

    • @erikbjelke4411
      @erikbjelke4411 2 года назад +1

      Even scarier, Chuck draws the deliberate parallel between Zaius and the people responsible for destroying humanity and letting Apekind evolve in the first place. "My reasons are good, my logic is sound, ergo what I am doing is RIGHT." Showing that, really, Zaius is not so different from the humans he fears and despises, that he too is making all the wrong choices for all the right reasons, and that his way of thinking may lead to just as bitter an end.
      Or to put it another way: Those who forget their past are condemned to repeat it.

    • @brucardi
      @brucardi 8 месяцев назад

      This point is made further in beneath the planet of the apes when the apes storm the mutants base and massacre them. Taylor ask zaius for help in his dying moments and zaius refuses saying “man is only capable of death and destruction” as they kill every human underground

  • @merseydave1
    @merseydave1 3 года назад +2

    I first saw this film as an 8 year old in 1973, I grasped the ending scene however I was far to young to understand the nuances of the storyline ... your analysis of this film is %100 brilliant.

  • @josephwatkins1190
    @josephwatkins1190 3 года назад +13

    So in the end Dr. Zaius is the villain because he has become like the Humans he despises

  • @flrpitflrp1965
    @flrpitflrp1965 2 года назад +1

    This, Logans Run and Godzilla were my childhood.

  • @lynngreen7978
    @lynngreen7978 3 года назад +8

    I was going to make a Total Eclipse of the Heart joke, but Chuck beat me to it.

  • @karmicselling4252
    @karmicselling4252 3 года назад +2

    "It's themes were timely. But its message timeless."
    All the great works of humankind possess that nature.

  • @DocFlamingo
    @DocFlamingo 3 года назад +7

    New sub, great vid! I grew up with Planet of the Apes, there's no overstating the mania for it in the early 70's. Planet of the Apes everything was everywhere. I first saw the short-lived TV Series and then later the film on HBO.

    • @athenassigil5820
      @athenassigil5820 3 года назад

      I grew up in the 70s, too. And yes, not only the films, but the 2 tv series, one that was live action and the other the animated version. I also remember there was a board game and the me go action figures...Ah, memories.....

    • @mikepastor.k6233
      @mikepastor.k6233 3 года назад +2

      As a kid who grew up in the 70's, I remember Kung-Fu, then Kolchek: The Night Stalker, then the Planet of the Apes TV show followed by the Six Million Dollar Man on Friday night's.. That had to be one time of my life I was glued to the TV all night.

    • @sailorbychoice1
      @sailorbychoice1 3 года назад

      @@mikepastor.k6233 Kolchak: The Night Stalker

  • @Truthseeker1515
    @Truthseeker1515 2 года назад +2

    The greatest anti-war movie ever made....as an 80s teen, this was always on TV on lazy afternoons.

  • @MatthewCaunsfield
    @MatthewCaunsfield 3 года назад +1

    I'm loving this new direction for the Christmas Day specials

  • @PinkPixie019
    @PinkPixie019 3 года назад +5

    I watched the one you posted earlier and then went to look for a timeline video on the movies. Then came back and saw this posted. Woot. New lore day!

  • @clauditamel
    @clauditamel 3 года назад +1

    One of my favorite movies. It really legró an impact. I was 12 years old when I watched it. Great video. Greetings from Lima, Perú.

  • @Wolfen443
    @Wolfen443 3 года назад +2

    Wow, I love that last sentence about Dr. Zaius, in trying to do the right thing he chooses the wrong course of action.

  • @00Boogie
    @00Boogie 3 года назад +15

    This is wholly speculation, but is it possible Nova understood what writing was and humans doing it meant big trouble?

    • @Future_Vantas
      @Future_Vantas 3 года назад +8

      It does line up with how Zaius reacted to the writing. Even if Nova doesnt understand what writing is, she could have seen that other humans doing it were taken away forever, so she knows its something dangerous.

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 3 года назад +1

      aw that's kinda sweet.

    • @CaminoAir
      @CaminoAir 3 года назад +1

      I'd interpret it as Nova knowing that apes use writing and that it is wrong/evil for Taylor to do an ape-like thing. But it is unclear in the film.

  • @malgremor85
    @malgremor85 3 года назад +4

    Throughout the movie, you see countryside that is obviously California, then at the end, you find out you're in New York!

  • @myriadmediamusings
    @myriadmediamusings 3 года назад +31

    Kinda hard to say “I love you Dr. Zaius!” after the ending monologue.

    • @FunnyClementine
      @FunnyClementine 3 года назад +5

      "I hate every ape I see,
      From Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Zee!.."

    • @orchidfancy7809
      @orchidfancy7809 3 года назад +2

      You'll never make a monkey out of mee

  • @henkman00
    @henkman00 Год назад +1

    This movie has ape sequels so far...

  • @willswalkingwest7267
    @willswalkingwest7267 3 года назад +3

    This was awesome. I saw the film in the theater when it came out as a boy. I had no clue what the underlying messages were when I saw it, it was talking apes on the big screen. Years later I read the Pierre Boulle novel, I was disappointed in the movie after that, the book was fantastic. Of course, as the years went on and I've seen the film a dozen or more times, the subtleties became more obvious and each time I watched it the messages became clearer and clearer. I loved your take on it because every time I watched it I was looking at it through a Dr. Zaius point of view. Your take on Taylor's realizations and expectations was brilliant. Again, good job!

    • @portalrene2485
      @portalrene2485 3 года назад +1

      Like you, I was eleven when I saw the film during my first trip to NYC in 1971. Few movies have had the same impact on me since then.

    • @jamesnoggle2661
      @jamesnoggle2661 3 года назад

      I always thought the film's ending, and keeping the statue largely intact, was homage to the French author.

  • @lsporter88
    @lsporter88 3 года назад +4

    Superb analysis. Great presentation.

  • @dennissherier3209
    @dennissherier3209 3 года назад

    This is a wonderful description of the movie. Some of this I haven’t thought about in decades.

  • @romeovoid7276
    @romeovoid7276 2 года назад +1

    The guy that wrote Planet of the Apes also wrote Bridge Over the River Kwai.

  • @sheilaagan1222
    @sheilaagan1222 3 года назад

    Love the examination of this movie by the narrator! Well thought out!

  • @nekolalia3389
    @nekolalia3389 3 года назад +7

    [stares at end card in disbelief]

    • @boobah5643
      @boobah5643 3 года назад +1

      Hopefully trolling.
      On the other hand, it's hard to look at that scene without wondering why it was moved or why somebody built that cliff because that terrain is _all_ wrong.

    • @lynngreen7978
      @lynngreen7978 3 года назад +3

      @@boobah5643 I assume it isn't intact. That the bombs shattered the statue, and this part sits on the coast of some remnant of the New York/New Jersey coast.

    • @henrygvidonas9573
      @henrygvidonas9573 3 года назад +1

      @@lynngreen7978 But the NY/NJ coast looks nothing like this - and it won't look like this at the time in the future the movie happens. The only reason the upper part of the statue is upright and intact in such an environment, would be that somebody repaired it. How would it stay intact while falling from a considerable height, especially the outstretched arm with the torch? They transported it to a different place far away from New York (the beach/cliff shown in the movie is near Malibu, California!), and intentionally placed it that way as a memento for... whom exactly? Is that really what the last survivors of a nuclear apocalypse would spend time and effort on, instead of just trying to get out of the contaminated New York area as quickly as possible? How did they not drop dead from radiation sickness while doing that?
      If the statue is standing in its original location in the movie, the sea level is much higher than it is now, at least 175 to 200 ft. Liberty Island is entirely submerged, along with the base and lower half of the statue, the coastline is much farther west, possibly almost in eastern Pennsylvania. Most of New Jersey and all of NYC would be under water with only the remaining ruins of skyscrapers sticking out. The statue would be peaking out of the ocean, miles away from the coast, not be sticking out of a sandy beach next to a cliff.
      Stuff like this has always been why I don't really like "Planet Of The Apes" and can't get into it as a serious movie. If you slightly poke at almost anything in the movie, it falls apart immediately. Nothing makes sense, nobody thought any of this through, even for a minute during any of the rewrites. The "science" of it is laughable. And I'm not going to "switch off my brain and enjoy the ride" when I watch a movie that wants to teach me "important lessons" about humanity, civil rights, racism, the nature of good and evil, or rationality versus impulsivity. They want to lecture me on what a horrible monster I am deep inside as a member of the human species, but can't even get the most basic things right?
      That - and Charlton Heston who is impossible to take seriously with his ridiculous snarling and hammy self-important acting. Not to mention that he is one of the most instantaneously unlikeable human beings to ever appear in a movie.
      I've said this before and I'll say it again: "Planet Of The Apes" was a success because it has cool visuals and the amazing ape makeups, not because it has anything "important" to say. If the apes didn't look impressive and the Arizona landscapes weren't filmed as beautifully, it would be as well-regarded as something like "Yor, Hunter From The Future". Bad movie night fodder.

  • @thomasderosso5625
    @thomasderosso5625 2 года назад

    This was a fantastic video; you've gotten a new subscriber.

  • @jimsannerud6254
    @jimsannerud6254 10 месяцев назад

    I saw this as a kid in the theater with my parents. That classic ending will live with me forever, sharing space in my brain with Kane's death and the revelation of Luke's father.

  • @ArrozMisto
    @ArrozMisto 3 года назад +2

    Good stuff, thanks for the Christmas present.

  • @byronlemay2166
    @byronlemay2166 3 года назад

    This is an excellent analysis....I've seen this movie dozens of times but now I'll see it a bit more deeply. It's amazing that so many men were involved with the writing of this movie and it was able to keep so much clever nuance....they don't make 'em like this anymore, that's for sure. Nowadays it's leave your brain at the door.

  • @raminagrobis6112
    @raminagrobis6112 3 года назад +11

    An absolute masterpiece. It's really a pity that the second instalment was not up to the first's standards. Each subsequent part of the pentalogy leaves something to be desired and looks trivial compared to the depth of the original. Nevertheless, the 4 other parts are not actually bad: they just pale in comparison and are never at the same philosophical level.

    • @caitlinthomas2273
      @caitlinthomas2273 2 года назад +1

      I never understand how people say the second one was poor. Infact, it is the best one: It had an amazingky intelligent story. (SFX) was visually stunning. The mutants was just a brilliant inclusion, amazing make-up FX. The ending was heartbreaking in that our heroes all die, very few films do that. Conquest was the worst then Battle and then Escape.

    • @raminagrobis6112
      @raminagrobis6112 2 года назад

      @@caitlinthomas2273 It's the second best, really. The best? Hmmm... Although the ideas in the plot are brilliant at face value, the acting leaves to be desired. I'm not very fond of the mutants' look either. Something's missing to make this a fluent story. The fact that Heston didn't want to return imposed major changes to the story, and it shows. As you say, few films dare to kill all (well, except 2) of their heroes. On the other hand, as a stand-alone movie, it makes for a very depressing movie! As I said, the second best. But to each his/her own!

  • @stephendean2896
    @stephendean2896 3 года назад +2

    This movie horrified my dreams as child in the 70s. It was the first movie that showed how a nuclear war could end with all of humanity as its victims.

  • @dornravlin
    @dornravlin 3 года назад +1

    You made me want to see this movie again

  • @johnoneil9188
    @johnoneil9188 3 года назад +14

    A lot of the best villains and bad guys, at least for me, are the ones who have a point in thei agenda. Something you, the main character, or both on a fundamental level would aggree with but which then divides you when it comes to the way they want to realize it..

    • @boobah5643
      @boobah5643 3 года назад +2

      I always get weirded out when the production seems to think I should be sympathetic to the villain's aim when it's just abominable.
      Most often I see it with various forms of "I don't like the world, so I should ruin it for everyone else, too."

    • @Wildbarley
      @Wildbarley 3 года назад

      Sounds like Emet-Selch in a nutshell.

    • @boobah5643
      @boobah5643 2 года назад

      @@Wildbarley Assuming you mean the character from _FFXIV,_ his first goal was freeing his god. The destruction was only a means to that end. Everything else was, to my mind, rationalization.

    • @Wildbarley
      @Wildbarley 2 года назад

      ​@@boobah5643 His goal was to save his world. His "god" was a construct of his own summoning. Now it did warp his mind when it tempered him though. That is what corrupted his intent into villainy.
      And it was all by design. His fall was engineered and purposeful by another.

    • @boobah5643
      @boobah5643 2 года назад

      @@Wildbarley Disagree. He convinced himself that that was his goal, yes, but it's no coincidence that his plan succeeded in freeing his god while leaving the world permanently sundered, thanks to the disaster of the 13th.
      And manipulated by whom? The Endsinger? Venat? Lahabrea? Elidibus? I just don't see a case for any of them (although if I had to pick one, it'd be one of the latter two. We'll see how the rest of Pandemonium goes.)

  • @joecole1551
    @joecole1551 Год назад

    Nice Video. I relly enjoy your insight on the Movie as an POTA Fan any new Insight is good Insight. Beware of the Beast Man and Ape shall Never Kill Ape !!

  • @AlucardNoir
    @AlucardNoir 3 года назад +8

    You know what, you do make a good point. Why isn't the Eiffel Tower finished? They've had that metal skeleton up for over a century. I think it's about time they started pouring the concrete.

    • @Future_Vantas
      @Future_Vantas 3 года назад +1

      But who would pay for it?

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 3 года назад +4

      @@Future_Vantas germany, who else?

    • @simonholyoak8869
      @simonholyoak8869 3 года назад

      If they had really thought about it they could have made it part of the Brexit deal

  • @coyoteboy5601
    @coyoteboy5601 3 года назад +2

    'I hate every ape I see from chimpanz-A to chimpanz-Z,' Planet of the Apes: The Musical

  • @PaulKyriazi
    @PaulKyriazi 3 года назад

    This is a different analysis of character and story of the movie. Good job.

  • @CaminoAir
    @CaminoAir 3 года назад +14

    The most intriguing aspect of the film is trying to figure out exactly what Dr. Zaius knows and what he just suspects about the history of the planet and of humanity. My own guess, based on his body language in the cave's archeological dig, is that he knows the outline, but not the details. He has never journeyed beyond that cave and he does not want to know anything more than he already does. The Lawgiver probably passed down a version of the truth in the form of mythology that is known only to the highest ranking orangutan(s) on a strict need to know basis. His own mind is entirely closed to anything beyond the minimum he believes he needs in order to act to preserve ape society. There's only one contradiction I can think of. When Zaius tells Taylor not to look for the answer, because he may not like what he finds. Zaius believing Taylor is a mutant and/or throw-back from the Forbidden Zone surely would assume Taylor is already familiar with the Forbidden Zone and it cannot hold a surprise for Taylor. I understand that the script has to lead into the final shot of the film, but it seems to make little sense from Zaius' perspective.

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank 3 года назад +4

      I suspect that Zaius knows everything, but understands nothing.

    • @IggyStardust1967
      @IggyStardust1967 3 года назад +2

      Yeah. I agree with Will, Zaius is the keeper of the "truth", but lacks understanding of what happened. The scroll he has Cornelius read, while simplistic, is dead on accurate. Also, one has to wonder how many other "humans fell from the sky" previous to Taylor and his crew. (BTW- The ship's name is "Liberty"). We know from the first sequel that at least one other ship was sent up. Remember, Zaius said, "All my life I've awaited your coming and dreaded it." Indicating that "astronauts" had shown up in their recorded history before. Publicly, Zaius's whole purpose is to preserve the societies innocence. It's possible that the other two orangutans also knew the truth, which is why they acted the way they did during the courtroom hearing.
      Suppress the truth, and keep their society safe.

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank 3 года назад +3

      @@IggyStardust1967 The Sacred Scrolls, 29:6:
      "Beware the beast, 'Man,' for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport, or lust, or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home, and yours. Shun him. Drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death."
      Zaius: "All my life I've awaited your coming, and dreaded it, like Death itself...Because you're a man. And you're right. I have always known about Man. From the evidence, I believe his wisdom must walk hand in hand with his idiocy; his emotions must rule his brain; he must be a warlike creature who gives battle to everything around him, even himself...The Forbidden Zone was once a Paradise; your 'breed' made a desert of it...ages ago."

    • @IggyStardust1967
      @IggyStardust1967 3 года назад +3

      @@willmfrank ❤❤❤❤
      And not one thing that he said was wrong, either. As poignant today as it was in 1967. The US today could use that as a lesson.

    • @garyc39
      @garyc39 3 года назад +2

      The most iconic statement in the whole movie.Thats why people will not investigate global warming and collapse,they may not like what they find.

  • @daviddanyluk535
    @daviddanyluk535 3 года назад

    Thank you for your review of this classic. I had a chance to read the book after I watched the movie.Frankly, I was surprised by the ending in the book. The ending in the movie made more of a impact on me.

  • @DannyBeans
    @DannyBeans Год назад +2

    I hate to say it, but Heston's overwrought performance kind of ruins the movie for me. He really does make it the part Troy McClure was born to play.

  • @Robert-ff9wf
    @Robert-ff9wf 3 года назад

    Having seen this movie when I was a kid in 70s I thought this was a very good movie!

  • @jeremyclayborne6336
    @jeremyclayborne6336 3 года назад

    Thanks for all the background info

  • @flibber123
    @flibber123 3 года назад +14

    I think Dr Zaius's actions in this movie involve something more. He's not dumb, he doesn't think that apes are inherently better than humans. I think he realizes that apes can and would evolve into the same kind of aggressive beings as humans were. He has to hold them back from evolving further because they will evolve to the same ends as humans if they continue to evolve. I wouldn't call him 'wrong' in not believing Taylor came from space. Even if Zaius knew humans once had rockets, it's expecting one heck of a leap of logic to think he'd figure out that human space travel led to time dilation effects where some humans landed back on Earth after going forward in time thousands of years. If I was Zaius it'd be much more likely for me to believe that somewhere out there is a human base, where a tribe of old school humans survived and lived all this time. In my opinion Zaius thinks Taylor is an ignorant descendant of original man. I bet Zauis thinks Taylor has only heard good stories about human life back in the day. That would be why at the end he tells Taylor that he might not like what he finds. He thinks Taylor will find out the truth of humanity. The irony is that Taylor already knew the truth. The shock to Taylor is that he was right to feel that way about people. Right at the time Taylor finally had come around to a point in his life where he'd love to be around people again, he is slapped in the face with the reminder of why he had such a negative view of people in the first place. There is nothing quite so bitter as being right and realizing that all that it means is you are completely and totally screwed.

    • @treestandsafety3996
      @treestandsafety3996 3 года назад

      It could be construed that Dr Z knew Taylor was home, all along...Taylor was ignorant and indenial of that, all along..

    • @beachcomber2008
      @beachcomber2008 3 года назад +1

      The trick is in not believing that _until_ the moment we die. It's the only trick left in town, and beats non-existence for a short while.

    • @flibber123
      @flibber123 3 года назад +1

      @@treestandsafety3996 That's a tough one for me to buy. Mainly because it assumes Dr Z has access to a lot of scientific information that we don't see hints of anywhere in the movie. Remember that Taylor's crew was in some kind of suspended animation to make that trip. Dr Z knows about things like time dilation and suspended animation? Taylor didn't simply fly out to space for a while and fly back home. Without some information to explain how it's possible, why would Dr Z think Taylor somehow travelled through time into his future?

    • @treestandsafety3996
      @treestandsafety3996 3 года назад +1

      @@flibber123 I wouldn't say Dr Z knew or belived all that, but Taylor spoke English, was human and was ignorant of what lay in the forbidden zone..Z thought his story was protecting his talking human tribe, not that he was from another planet.
      This story, resonates with me more the older I get. Lets hope a Neanderthal Astronaut, waking up from suspended animation gets treated better...!

    • @flibber123
      @flibber123 3 года назад

      @@treestandsafety3996 I don't put much stock in the fact they all spoke English. I figured that was just necessary for the movie to get made. Who is going to make a movie, in the '60s, where the apes spoke some language the required subtitles? Imagine all the reading that would require in this movie. I agree that Dr Z thought Taylor was from that planet, it's the only thing that makes sense. But I don't think Dr Z understood what that meant. Taylor was not just from that planet, he was from that planet's past.

  • @StevenErnest
    @StevenErnest 3 года назад +3

    @sfdebris has a Red and Blue channel...?

  • @195511SM
    @195511SM 3 года назад

    I remember seeing the preview exactly one time......probably the week before it opened....& I was at the movie theater that following Saturday.

  • @alexbaxthedarkside
    @alexbaxthedarkside 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful video sfdebris, I love the original planet of the apes is awesome. Great stuff!

  • @katherinealvarez9216
    @katherinealvarez9216 3 года назад +1

    15:40 oh hey, the one moment that gave me nightmares.
    17:22 I remember that the filmmakers observed an interesting thing that happened with everyone wearing the ape costumes. They sort did an accidental experiment.

  • @GaryCameron
    @GaryCameron 3 года назад +3

    They should know exactly what planet they are on the first time they look up at the sky at night. (Or maybe even during the day)

    • @nancymontgomery8897
      @nancymontgomery8897 3 года назад +2

      Big Dipper, man in the moon, etc. You are correct.

    • @fromthecheapseats7126
      @fromthecheapseats7126 3 месяца назад

      That’s true, you’d think astronauts of all people would know enough about astronomy to realize that.

  • @nancymontgomery8897
    @nancymontgomery8897 3 года назад

    Even as a kid seeing this movie at the theater, I noticed a continuity error. Taylor rides his horse along the beach (where he spots Miss Liberty). However, the hoof prints run parallel to another line of tracks. Apparently the scene required more than one take.

  • @Rayyman
    @Rayyman 3 года назад +1

    You should review Altered States. Would love to hear your thoughts

  • @michaelcullen5308
    @michaelcullen5308 3 года назад

    Excellent work, well done!

  • @willmfrank
    @willmfrank 3 года назад +2

    A kangaroo court, but with orangutans...
    So...
    An orangaroo court.

  • @jdzencelowcz
    @jdzencelowcz 3 года назад +5

    I distinctly remember the lady astronaut looking far worse when the guys wake up....weird.

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 3 года назад +2

      yeahh i think we're remembering another show, maybe that Twilight Zone where the gold thieves are trying to sleep til the heat is off.

  • @twobyfour
    @twobyfour 3 года назад

    A true classic in every sense of the word and a very good breakdown here. However, that hammy laughing at the tiny flag totally broke the `Immersion`, so to speak. It reminds be of the bad guy/head honcho in every terrible kung fu movie. I sometimes wonder if it inspired Mike Myers, he had bad kung fu movies AND a superb cameo from Charlton Heston in Waynes World 2.

  • @Future_Vantas
    @Future_Vantas 3 года назад

    Hot damn that ending, bravo Mr. Debris, bravo.

  • @jimlejajde9776
    @jimlejajde9776 3 года назад

    Excellent commentary…!

  • @JallenMeodia
    @JallenMeodia 3 года назад

    Really makes you want to rewatch Planet of the Apes IV...said no man or ape ever.

  • @dwayne0t
    @dwayne0t 3 года назад +2

    nice Bonnie Tyler reference there 🎶

  • @Christian39521
    @Christian39521 3 года назад +2

    I hope you cover the rest of the franchise.

  • @BlackieNuff
    @BlackieNuff 3 года назад

    We may have avoided using complete nuclear annihilation to destroy ourselves, but we only managed to trade that in for a more prolonging option of self-destruction : devout belief in lies, obedience to coercion, and control of others through fear.
    This film series blew me away when I had the opportunity to see all 5 films marathon style. The "time warp" by the middle of the series totally blew my mind. Any film that utilizes time travel always leaves me flabbergasted in wonder & awe. Which is why I will always revere this set of 5 films (not so much the TV and animated series) as one of the best cinematic concepts of all time.
    The remake and reboot trilogy may have advanced spfx and such, but the original still cannot be touched. Perhaps it also is special to me cos I grew up in the 70s, and seeing all that "old advanced tech" (control panels composed of silver plates with a simplified array of large buttons and colorful lights, and maybe the odd toggle lever or reel-to-reel tape deck, lol) as envisioned and imagined at the time, is pure (childhood) nostalgia.
    And as an added bonus, seeing young people react to these films on the many YuoTube "reaction" channels is a thrill.
    It shows that I'm not merely exhibiting a bias for these films ; but that they're actually THAT GOOD.

    • @JaimeDoria-lw7ku
      @JaimeDoria-lw7ku 7 месяцев назад

      I saw all 5 in 1974.Your comments are right on.Groovy!

  • @doddsino
    @doddsino 3 года назад +3

    Here's a hot take....I actually liked the Tim Burton version.

  • @Mickt6
    @Mickt6 2 года назад +3

    planet of the apes is the ancestor of BLM

  • @Maximara
    @Maximara 3 года назад +5

    In the planning stages the relationship between Taylor (Thomas) and Dr. Zaius was more cordial but still adversarial as shown in the 1966 studio pitch/makeup test ruclips.net/video/a9cufbVNjr8/видео.html It looks like it was following the novel more than the movie ultimately did.

  • @kennygraham6522
    @kennygraham6522 Год назад

    Best sci fi film of the 60s

  • @DeconvertedMan
    @DeconvertedMan 3 года назад

    really well done sfdebris!

  • @choolaimedudude6284
    @choolaimedudude6284 3 года назад

    Plz advise me on these doubts,
    * How did the humans who survived with Caesar become mute? Lost the power to talk?
    * Why dint the Mutants try to save the people in the surface and bring them to the underworld?
    * Apart from Caesar or his descendants. How did other apes start to speak?
    * The Mutants could have used their mind control over the attacking apes.
    * The Mutants could have helped Taylor to find the spacecraft and return to the past to warn and save mankind. Instead they wanted to kill Taylor?

  • @SignoftheMagi
    @SignoftheMagi 3 года назад +1

    there is a red channel?

  • @TimBee100
    @TimBee100 3 года назад

    Any idea why at the beginning of the movie, Charlton Heston's character and the other men were clean-shaven, but then when they woke up at the planet, they had beards? No beard growth the first 700 years but then it started?

  • @TheMoneyMakingMentor
    @TheMoneyMakingMentor 3 года назад +1

    My dad took me to see this in the theater

  • @cyberfrank-bx2nv
    @cyberfrank-bx2nv 3 года назад

    how sarcastic that we are almost there...
    I feel a lot like Taylor now.

  • @Phylonyous
    @Phylonyous Год назад

    “USS Gus Grissom”! 😬😬😬😅😂🤣

  • @sgtpepr6260
    @sgtpepr6260 2 года назад

    They almost got it right, we have not become planet of the apes, but planet of the apps

  • @billcook4768
    @billcook4768 3 года назад

    You didn’t cover the part where Taylor sings of hating every ape, from chim-pan-A to chim-pan-Z. That’s the best part.

  • @johnrudy9404
    @johnrudy9404 Год назад

    This film has essentially become just a couple of minutes to most, who know what it mean. But, if we can get beyond that, watching it end paying attention to bits and pieces that foreshadow the main idea, it becomes a lot more pointed. For me, planting the flag and Taylor's response is key. Once we "know",
    it takes on even more significance and parody of life. In some ways, this film is similar to Forbidden Planet, if for nothing else, its music.
    Both films used unorthodox musical scores and instruments. Also, as the Krell faced the ID, this society has to deal with the arrival of the real version of man. So many facets to both films. The film stands on it's own. There should have been NO sequel($).

  • @crippledbazooka
    @crippledbazooka 3 года назад +1

    what is red channel?

    • @lynngreen7978
      @lynngreen7978 3 года назад +2

      One of two other channels SFdebris has.

    • @cthulhupthagn5771
      @cthulhupthagn5771 3 года назад

      @@lynngreen7978 less than helpful. What are they?

    • @cthulhupthagn5771
      @cthulhupthagn5771 3 года назад

      I searched for sfdebris and found a channel with a red logo. You'd think he'd list it in this channel description

  • @Morgil27
    @Morgil27 3 года назад

    Next year, can you do an analysis of the movie Soylent Green?

    • @lynngreen7978
      @lynngreen7978 3 года назад +2

      They made a movie about the meal replacement drinks?

    • @Morgil27
      @Morgil27 3 года назад

      @@lynngreen7978 :facepalm:

    • @lynngreen7978
      @lynngreen7978 3 года назад +1

      @@Morgil27 actual company, actual product.

  • @CybershamanX
    @CybershamanX 3 года назад +2

    (32:50) Wait. I always thought that somehow their spacecraft ended up back on Earth, not another planet. I never heard anyone say otherwise. So, is this a joke? It is a bit late for me. WAY past my bedtime. 😜

    • @blazerocker1734
      @blazerocker1734 3 года назад +1

      I think it was a matter of someone not paying enough attention to the script. Did you ever see that movie the 'Ghosts of Mars'? If you did then you likely paid attention and knew what was happening at the very end. I watched it in the theater and there were two other people watching it. When the movie ended one of the two asked me "Who were they fighting" and I was surprised that it wasn't clear enough for her to understand when it had already been made clear what the antagonists' capabilities were. Everything we had heard and seen up to that point had lead us to understand what was going on and it should have been even more clear than what had happened in Planet of the Apes.
      Taylor says that he's returned home, to the planet he left, yet in that movie I think we were supposed to infer that their ship arrived at its destination, their stasis/hibernation chambers didn't open like they were supposed to and the ship either returned home on autopilot or did a slingshot (either on purpose or accident) and that's how they got back to Earth. I know in the second sequel they explained this as the ship went through a temporal wormhole and came out the other side headed right back to Earth, but I think they were just retconning in order to milk another movie out of the franchise. - That's my take on it.

    • @CybershamanX
      @CybershamanX 3 года назад +1

      @@blazerocker1734 Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I always thought, through multiple viewings, mind you, that it turns out that they actually ended up back on Earth somehow. There were (and still are, I suppose) movies/shows that did a twist without not really thinking through the mechanics of how it would actually work out. But the way that plot hole title card at the end of the video is worded it sounds like a joke that is being multiple levels of meta. Like, it's making fun of people who take it all too seriously. Like, really? Someone is actually wondering how they _transported_ the statue _to_ the PotA rather than wondering how the astronauts ended up _back_ on Earth? I mean, I wouldn't put it past Chuck to go to that level of humor. I don't know. It was late when I wrote that comment and I just woke up right now, so maybe I just need to not watch videos or comment when I'm not fully online, so to speak. 😉

  • @Rychlewicz
    @Rychlewicz 3 года назад +4

    Rediscovering this gem makes me appreciate how story is about sociality ruled by harsh religious zealots and somehow all their actions are justified.

  • @dendostar5436
    @dendostar5436 3 года назад

    Good review.👍

  • @rrmenton8016
    @rrmenton8016 3 года назад

    This film is an undisputed classic. While I enjoy some of the sequels, I sometimes wish they had never been made. Before the sequels were made, the end of this first film has a very different connotation; it implies that the humans simply started world war 3, and destroyed themselves. The apes then, are simply the next species to come along and evolved, as though the humans blew their shot, and nature gave the next species a chance to evolve. I mean I kind of like the sequels, but taken in isolation, the implied message of the first film is far more profound.

    • @Christopher-ye6cv
      @Christopher-ye6cv 8 месяцев назад

      I can't remember. How did they go from an ape takeover at the end of Conquest to mutant humans in a radiated city at the start of Battle?

  • @randomsleepyness
    @randomsleepyness 3 года назад

    This movie is bananas

  • @robertdapoppa2778
    @robertdapoppa2778 3 года назад

    This was and is the only story that was needed to make it clear as to could mappen, all remakes were not needed to make the point and took away from the story

  • @paulwheat4557
    @paulwheat4557 3 года назад

    Loved that - although the comment at the end about a “plot hole” is meant as a joke - right? There is no plot hole. They landed on Earth exactly as programmed except it’s 2,000 years in the future - Ape City is located where NYC was in fact. Taylor actually realises he’s home and he says so. That’s why he’s so distraught. The Planet of the Apes is Earth which after millennia was taken over my evolved apes when mankind pretty much destroyed everything.

  • @KutWrite
    @KutWrite 3 года назад +1

    Beware of authoritative figures calling themselves "Doctor."

  • @westsidesmitty1
    @westsidesmitty1 3 года назад

    Awesome ending (comments on Zaius)!

  • @Basiclayton
    @Basiclayton 3 года назад

    i wish i could like this twice just because of 16:08

  • @davidawilliams252
    @davidawilliams252 2 года назад

    Brilliant.