The Entire History of PLANET OF THE APES: Sci-Fi's Strangest & Strongest Series
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- A retrospective of the entire Planet of the Apes franchise, including a look at the history and making of every Apes movie, from the 1968 original through the newest Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, including the behind the scenes conflict that reshaped the original franchise, the failed Tim Burton reboot, the incredible modern Andy Serkis trilogy, the forgotten TV shows, the many unmade Planet of the Apes movies, and a ranking of every film.
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How would you rank the PotA movies?
The original series as well as the current series are all time classics that 2004 Tim Burton film doesn't exist
There's a little mistake in the video. You say the government supported violence against african americans, but it was the regional governments who did that. The federal government was actually pro civil rights, specially Johnson and Nixon. This wasn't out of the kindness lf their hearts however, they did it because they thought civil rights would help them win more support from the younger generations.
1. The original
2. war
3. dawn
4. kingdom
5. rise
6. conquest
7. escape
8. battle
9. beneath.
10. the tim Burton remake
1) War
2) Dawn
3) Escape
4) Kingdom
5) Rise
6) Conquest
7) Planet of the Apes (1968)
8) Beneath
9) Battle
10) Planet of the Apes (2001)
I really think all of them are varying levels of great until Battle and Burton which I deeply dislike
Dawn
Rise
War
Kingdom
Planet of The Apes
Escape
2001
Conquest
Benneth
Battle
I only recently watched the Caesar trilogy for the first time in preparation for Kingdom, but I was blown away by its quality. I’m a huge fan of the original film from 1968, and I loved how the Caesar trilogy showed the gradual decline of human society and the rise of the ape empire. Not to mention Caesar, portrayed by the immaculate Andy Serkis, has cemented himself as one of the best protagonists in science fiction. Very excited to see where things will go next following the release of Kingdom.
Caesar is home
"Son will know...who father was...and what Caesar did for us."
Roddy McDowell’s performance in the OG films are so good even the redone ending of Conquest manages to work thanks to his delivery.
Conquest is my favorite because of Roddy. He was such a great actor.
What I really loved about the Caesar trilogy and even in Kingdom is seeing how the apes evolve as time moves on. It went from Caesar speaking only a few words in Rise to apes having full on spoken conversations by the time Kingdom rolls around.
I like how some Apes speak more fluently while some still speak a little primitive.
Its because the director of Kingdom wants to connect to the original Planet of the Apes. He has said in interviews that there is no reason to "reboot" the series, they could simply make the films in a way that they will eventually connect to the originals because he loves the originals so much
The scene with Koba attacking the city on horseback firing machine guns while the city burns in Dawn needs to be a heavy metal album cover
"Returning to Monke"
"Primal Rage: By Koba"
They knew what they were doing putting that visual in slow-mo.
Pretty certain there were ManOWar fans on the writing crew👍
So much of Matt Reeves “The Batman” looked just like that scene. He really likes the color orange.
The first film is so great it’s unbelievable. Legit odd masterpiece
The dialog is just amazing, some of the best i've ever heard
@@TheDRODOR it’s at the same time extremely pretentious and philosophical yet it never feels unfitting for the circumstances. Every interaction with dr Zaius is golden. The first lines of the film tell you everything. The script carries so much
@@pizzawithkaas i wouldn't call it pretentious, it's just very theatrical, a lot of films at the time were written that way, until the 70s
Actually i'm surprised we didn't get a Planet of the apes play, that would be so awesome
@@TheDRODORthat would be great yeah. It is indeed also a style from the time. Heston just encapsulated it perfectly throughout his career. I love stuff like the original star trek and twilight zone for the same big bold theatrics. I see it as a bit pretentious in a good way. The themes are unsubtle yet filled with little subtleties. Rod Serling has his fingerprints all over it.
Bro missed the ripe opportunity to call the video: "The History of the Planet of the Apes"
Ripe? Like a banana??? THAT'S ANTI-APE
@@MattDraper How embarrassing, even your joke replies are 'WOKE'....
SMH.
@@MattDraper Also, this is my Ranking of the franchise:
1. War for the Planet of the Apes
2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
3. Planet of the Apes (1968)
4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
5. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
6. Escape from the Planet of the Apes
7. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
8. Planet of the Apes (2001)
9. Beneath the Planet of the Apes
10. Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Interesting! I haven’t watched the last 3 of the original series so maybe I will now.
I think Escape and Conquest are absolutely worth your time
This is the kind of crossover I’m here for!
Can we expect a sequel to your "apes in comics" video? I think there used to be a Planet of the Apes series written by Doug Moench... 😉
@@Bruce2504 Doug Moench wrote a TON of original Apes stories for Planet of the Apes magazine in the 70s, which was basically comix in a magazine format. Moench really expanded the Apes universe!
One of my best childhood memories was me and my Mom binging the original Ape movies. She had watched them when she was a kid and I don't remember what made us decide to watch all of them. All I know is that my child brain was Not prepared for those films and have stayed in my mind ever since. Our favorite was always Escape.
How can someone not think Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is BY FAR the best movie in the whole franchise is beyond me.
Honestly, given the high quality all throughout the franchise, I'm not too perturbed by that opinion. You can almost choose any of the modern films and many of the old ones as the "best."
An hour long plus Draper video makes my day.
Thanks for the spoiler tag! I didn't think I'd be able to finish the video.
Just saw Kingdom. A LOT of it is a throwback/homage to the original movie. Like, a lot.
Yeah that is on purpose. The director has said in interviews they don't need to reboot the series, these films can be made in a way that they connect to the original films. That these newer films can be made as prequels that eventually connect to the timeline of the first film.
One of my favorite scenes from the first film is Taylor's trial, when the three judges deny all the evidence they are shown: a parody of the three wise monkeys, and the perfect representation of human stupidity.
The original is one of those movies where the vibe and stories behind it are just so inspiring and compelling. It's an almost perfect product of its time, but dressed so perfectly unconventionally.
I rather liked Kingdom too. It didn’t have near the emotional resonance of the trilogy, but I didn’t really expect it to. My favorite thing was how they didn’t soften Freda Allen’s character. Most movies would have had her fully befriend and join the apes at the end, but she stuck to her own agenda even if it meant destroying her friend-ish relationship with Noah.
I think you’re spot on about the original sequels. Each one had something interesting to say, and how often do we get that from major franchise sequels!
I was surprised by how artful Kingdom was at moments and its thematic cohesion with the Caesar trilogy. And this coming from the director of the Maze Runner trilogy, of all things.
I will now wait for that dedicated Godzilla × Kong deep dive video now that it's on digital 😏
Soon!
@@MattDraper Can't wait! 😁👍
FINALLY!!!! One of my favorite RUclipsrs will explain this series!
Will you ever post individual videos reviewing each movie?
I doubt it, I like doing big retrospectives like this to create a more complex portrait of a franchise
@@MattDraper I've only seen the original series, and the 2001 one. I probably won't watch the new ones-I don't like new movies very much
The Saturday morning cartoon series (My fave as a kid) Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975-76, NBC) is actually the most faithful filmed adaption of the original Pierre Boulle novel.
Just wanted to say you do awesome retrospectives sir and I have been on an apes kick lately so seeing one of my favorite youtubers take the time to compose this made me cream my pants this morning. You sir are a legend!
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Great video. I thought i missed a lot of the apes movies from the 70's, but after watching your video i remembered watching each one a long time ago. Thanks for the fun trip down memory lane. I should go back and watch those again some time.
Me and my friends watched Planet of the Apes during a vc on discord. I'd not expect how engrossed we would become in the movie, the visuals are fantastic and even tho we had all previous knowledge of the movie it was wild to have that be our first real viewing of it.
Masterpiece of a movie, truly that was indeed a "The Planet of the Apes"
The way riots are portrayed in conquest is interesting, as it matches the pov of many civil rights leaders and public figures at the time. Riots were seen as evil but a byproduct of unfair and repressive policies. Rioting was also seen as an evil by many civil rights leaders like Bayard Rustin because they helped fueling anti civil rights arguments. Comic book writer Stan Lee, who was known for his pro civil rights attitude, made the same argument as Rustin in a Captain America story called "Crack-Up on Campus!", in which Captain America gives a speech in support of civil rights and protesting, but makes clear that rioting will only help the enemies of civil rights.
Dr. Milo in Escape is in a way the Boba Fett of the Apes series because in the Boom Studios comics he’s a mad scientist who spent years exploring the Forbidden Zone and is responsible for repairing Taylor’s ship and saving Cornelius and Zira only for him to die on film.
First of all thank you for all of your content second HUGE chrono trigger fan so goosebumps on the sound quality i appreciate the quality of your stream thank you
Outside of Battle and the attempted reboot in 2001, the Planet of the Apes movies are such a great quality movie series and franchise. Rise, Dawn and War is second only to Lord of the Rings as my favourite movie trilogy.
It's weird how there isn't really a wider fandom surrounding them as they're far better than Star Wars has been since the 1980s.
i cant believe it but hearing cody rhodes theme in the background while talking about kingdom pops
I was expecting the three in the top three, but I was not expecting the order Matt put them in. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!
What I love about Rise is how they cleverly reused aspects of Escape and Conquest; taking the complicated time travel plot and making it feel more grounded as a Frankenstein-like tale of man playing God. Ultimately writing a plot that, while outlandish, feels like a strangely prescient warning of man's demise. They still mostly keep Caesar's origin story. Both versions of the character are the son of an intelligent ape who was mercilessly gunned down by humans, and both are secretly raised by a kind scientist at birth. But while they keep the basic outline, they took away the time travel element. Instead of Caesar's mother being an ape from the future, she is the first ape to be tested using an experimental drug that heightens cognitive functions. Instead of Caesar forming full sentences, the evolution of the ape's speech feels more real and terrifying, beginning only with primal grunts and words like "no." They seem like small changes but they help create an illusion that this frightening future could actually happen, that apes could eventually and gradually evolve like humans once did many years ago.
Matt, I knew this vid would be another banger as soon as I noticed the needle drop of '600 AD' from Chrono Trigger over the behind-the-scenes/ background info of the OG Apes films.
Great use of Kingdom lol, every time this channel makes a pro wrestling reference it catches me off guard before I remember all the others.
This is absolutely amazing keep up the great work can’t wait to see more 🔥!
Hip hop hooray, a new Matt Draper video today!!
The music at the end…you just get it man. Amazing video!
Watching this video has made me realize I need to rewatch these movies! I saw all the movies years ago but I can barely remember the finer details about them, and I remember really not liking Escape. Curious to see what I might appreciate about it more now that I’ve grown up a bit
I love how you used the CronoTrigger music. Tuned me in even more
Man, I never knew that so much of the OG saga influenced the reboot!!
I’m usually not much of a sci-fi fan but this has got me interested in seeing the original movies.
A few weeks ago I was thinking how much I’d love to see you do a video on the original planet of the apes franchise, in the same spirit as your Godzilla retrospectives (which I’ve watched multiple times now), and here it is. It really didn’t disappoint. As a huge fan of the original films I loved hearing your take on it. Also, that ending with the Simpsons clip was perfect. 😊
Quality work, well done. Subbed.
I felt like I was in a video game during that scene with the ape (forget which one) commandeered the tank & took over the turret, going balls to the wall! That was a fuggin' great scene!
Oh look... a retrospective on Planet of the Apes... haven't seen any of those lately! Only joking, it's great to see how different creators present these movies. I've seen all the movies relatively recently apart from the original sequels. Retrospectives like these are great way to restructure what I can remember about those movies. Listened to the audiobook version a little over a year ago, different characters to the movie and some major differences, yet parallels all the way through. What I have least exposure to was TV series. I was midway through typing 'I was too young to see it the first time around' but when I thought about it I wasn't even born. I was never aware of repeats when I was younger. Great presentation with your typically warm and friendly style.
I would love to see you do a retrospective on Scream, Child’s Play, or Hellraiser!
All of these WILL happen
Playing Cody Rhodes Kingdom during the spoilers for Kingdom of The Planet Of The Apes is hilarious 😂
Your best episode yet!!! Appreciate your unique take on the pop culture your fans adore
Watched all five of the originals in one day once. Solid day.
Have you read any of Jack Kirby’s Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth comics? DC lost the license to Marvel so Kirby was instructed to make his own knock off without having seen the movie. It’s a really fun post apocalyptic adventure with intelligent apes, dogs, rats, tigers and more.
Rise being ranked so low is crazy
Top 5 Franchises for me, Loved the new Kingdom, the slow World building is right up my alley. I wouldn’t mind some comics bridging the gap between War and Kingdom. Great job as always.
Was I the only one who thought they heard Cody Rhodes theme? At 47:09
One thing i say Burton’s movie does have going for it is the makeup. Oh god its so good. General Thade and Attar look absolutely incredible and i prefer that look of the apes rather than the cgi of Ceasar in the new films.
I like how the Caesar trilogy leads right to the original series
Original Series: "Long, complex analysis, explaining the good, the bad, and the follow up"
Current Series: "Long, complex analysis, explaining the good, the bad, the possible future"
Burton Movie: "Let's explain this quick and get out of here"
Love it haha
The Tim Burton movie is far from anything resembling terrible. Its not perfect, but its not in any universe awful. They also wanted to make the original movie a futuristic type city with the same types of things as the Burton movie but didn't have the budget and it was cheaper to make it more primitive.
The Chrono Trigger music is appropriate for this.
I need to watch the Escape after rewatching the OG.
I just rewatched the first nine movies and watched the new movie and the two TV shows for the first time. I think that the sequels to the original and live action TV show are underrated people should watch those more
Playing Kingdom by downstait is an inspired choice for the Kingdom Review.
Zaius: You would actually co-exist with these... *vermin?*
Caesar: Yes.
Caesar never spoke with Zaius. They were from different times.
@@moonprincessRN Multiverse shenanigans
@@matthewmccoyd2578 Nope
@@matthewmccoyd2578 Caesar did speak to an orangutan advisor, but he wasn't Zaius.
@@moonprincessRN No, I'm saying that this would happen in a hypothetical multiverse crossover type thing
It's fanfiction
This is an unkillable franchise. The first movie marathon I ever saw was the re-release of the first 3 films. I caught the original as a child at the drive-in when it came out. Pierre's original concept is brilliant. I read the book after seeing "Bridge on the River Kwai" realizing what a departure it was from that triumph. Even Tim Burton's reboot tried a variation of the novel's original ending. Great consolidation and I look forward to future developments.
Another aspect that isn't talked about with the reboot trilogy is it's music, all three scores are underrated. I wish some of Patrick Doyles work made into the other films. That being said Michael Giacchino's score, especially for War is some of the most moving music of recent times. My favorite piece of his might be Apes Together Strong when Nova restores Caesars broken spirit and his tribe reassuring him that they'll get through this dark time together. It's one of the few times I almost choked up in a theater.
So well put. Nice. Really enjoyed this.
Do you ever deal with the other media associated with the franchises? There was a series of comics from Marvel after the first apes movies, and a magazine format from Marvel/Curtis Magazines. It would be interesting to see those discussed as well.
Absolute legend ending the video with the PoTA Simpsons Musical
I've seen the OG PotA so many times but it always hooks me in and feels fresh. Nice choice for #1 = Escape! I always get a man-crush on Ricardo Montalban in that one. :P
NGL I love Burton's movie. It's so fucking funny dude
Now I haven’t seen the original ending of Conquest, so the things I’m about to defend might be in the original, but I actually like the theatrical ending. It enhances questions about where this timeline is going that we’re raised in Escape. The records that Cornelius dug up indicate Caesar said “No” in regards to his oppressors. But in Conquest, it’s Lisa who says “No” to Caesar. This throws things off a bit, and makes us ask if this world is heading towards the same future. Have things been changed? Or have millennia of records fragmenting and oral tradition evolving resulted in the story being garbled? Who’s to say? It makes us wonder about fate and free will in more subtle ways than a lot of time travel stories do.
cody's theme straight into jungle boy's theme, howay!!
Dat chrono trigger music hits so good
The sweet Chrono Trigger music, chef’s kiss
I flipped for Tarzan Boy
I guess i am the only person who has this perspective, but the classic Planet of The Apes and the 'modern reboot' are TWO SEPERATE franchises and should not be grouped together. The original five films are one franchise and had continuing characters from film to film. So is the reboot saga..but in the reboot saga, the characters ARE NOT THE SAME characters as in the original, they are new characters BASED on the original ones, so therefore, they are two different franchises. These 'new' versions have NO connection to the original story and concept and is a totally different take, so it is a different franchise.
You're right, you are the only person who has that perspective.
Nothing compares to the original saga. The newer films are fine, but I find the lack of good science-fiction storytelling the issue. In the originals each film took a drastic turn science-fiction wise and kept bringing new elements into play. The new films are simply a progression on one theme. For that I find them lacking. They have realistic looking apes, but not the most compelling science-fiction. The originals were never about realistic apes, more stylized, but the science-fiction storytelling is absolutely top notch and can’t be touched.
another well done review on a film series. i have seen all of the recent planet of the apes, including kingdom and i can agree these movies are some the best in terms of sci-fi storytelling. i haven't seen the original film series yet aside from the first movie, but seeing your review wants me to check them out.
While i apppreciate the Running Theme of Humanity attempting to reclaim dominion over Earth in the Reeves duology. I feel like Kingdom was in the perfect spot to leave that behind, yet it rears its head again and i feel that was unnecessary and takes time and focus away from the conflict with Proximus and his Kingdom
I’m interested to see how much of a focus that will be in the next few films, I was hoping to mostly just focus on the ape conflict
I never bothered going past the first original planet of the apes movies but starting with escape they seem pretty interesting. I might have to track them down somewhere.
I actually just saw the most recent film two days ago (At the time I'm writing this of course) and I have to ask... How can a franchise be so consistent in its quality and its identity even after almost 50 years?
In short, The Planet of the Apes films are actually my favorite Sci-Fi film franchise.
I mean, when you have the bar set by acting greats like Charlton f**king Heston and Andy freaking Serkis, it would be disrespectful to not put effort into these films.
"it is the MGSV of the Franchise." Harsh but fair.
“Gary Old-Man” 😂
The original 5 movies were the best ones !!!!
In the original movie, the apes don’t believe that apes came from humans; that’s the theory of the protagonist ape scientist, Cornelius. That concept is taken by Dr. Zaius as heresy.
What a wonderful day!
This is my favorite 1# Sci-Fi movie.
Phenomenal and often excellent analogy movie series with flaws. Great reboot series ...
16:33 Man, heston went full Leto II on the writing for Beneath.
Conquest director's cut cracking the top five rather than placing first? ...I'll allow it
Wow! Thank you, Matt!
I think that the last adaptation began fantastic but loose itself on the next movies. Looks like we always should be contented with the first movies of the franchise...
The ending to the first movie is really such a non-twist. Even as a child I realized (without knowing how the movie ends) that it was so obvious that it was earth. There's breathable air, water, horses, orangutangs, chimpanzees and gorillas. Not to mention that the apes spoke, read and wrote in ENGLISH? Three ANSA space travellers couldn't figure that ish out?
The OG ending of the book is really well thought of compared to the movies lazy ending.
Yeah, I was ten and I saw it coming a mile off. Well at least we got to see some classic Heston overacting.
Are you kidding me ! The original Planet is number one and the best sci-fi movie of the sixties.
It's a fascinating insight into some of the current US population who see scientists and the wrong " truth" as correct and can nuclear war have the " right" winners
*hoots excitedly* Draper...videos...strong
A lot of framilar music, very cool
14:31 this is gonna sound so nuts but I really appreciate that you use “Based” for actually positive things instead of the usual horrible stuff people use it for
Cesar in War looks so much more like Andy Serkis, it's very cool
I would never put Escape above the original movie or Conquest, but I agree that all three movies are great, and more than make up for any clunkers in the first series.
The greatest Apes parody of all time? MST3K. It had the Lawgiver, Prof. Bobo(descendant of the great Chim Chim), even the Alpha Omega nuke. It was so good dare I claim it's canon. Or even APE LAW!!
Great video, thanks! 👍
I read the book for the first time a couple of years ago. It's quite refreshing in it's differences. But ..the Simpsons' musical parody kicked in whenever I read "Dr Zaius". _Sigh_
Burton's PotA is the only film in the series that I watched once and never attempted again. Of all the less conventional directors, you would have assumed Burton to have been a natural fit for the series.
Anyone know the name of the track of music at 01:34? Its gonna drive me nuts...
Corridors of Time from Chrono Trigger
@@MattDraper That it! Fantastic video btw
the 60s films came out at a time when movies didn't always have happy endings, civil uprisings in real life and counter culture, the current releases dont really reflect that, they dont really shock like they would have done back then