I'm watching 'Planet of the Apes' for the first time

[trekkor]

The 1968 original.

Let's talk about it.



KT

[exitwound]

Amazing film. The further you progress through the sequels, the worse they get

[URY914]

Trek,

You know its a true story, right?

[Racerbvd]

I loved that movie.

[trekkor]

I see an evolution debate looming...


So far I'm entertained.



KT

[dentist90]

Can I spoil the ending? They're on EARTH!!! Where have you been these last 40 years Trek?? I can't believe you haven't seen it yet.

"Get your filthy paws off me you damned dirty ape!"
~C Heston

[cl8ton]

"Why did you do that...scrape off your hair?"

Actually Charlton goes on to save the Jews from the Pharaohs until one day he meet Michael Moore!

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by dentist90

Can I spoil the ending? They're on EARTH!!! Where have you been these last 40 years Trek?? I can't believe you haven't seen it yet.

"Get your filthy paws off me you damned dirty ape!"
~C Heston

Yea, I was wondering about that too

[trekkor]

It's on Fox Movie Channel on DTV ch 258 again in 5 minutes.

I missed the first 30 minutes.

I seemed to remember the Statue of Liberty ending.

Somehow as a kid I just wasn't interested in anything 'ape'.

I was born in 1968 I just missed it. I grew up on Star Wars instead.


KT

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by URY914

Trek,

You know its a true story, right?

it is not true yet,

wait, wasn't the plague that kills all the dogs and cats supposed to have already happened

[trekkor]

So has *everyone* seen this movie but me???


KT

[dentist90]

I remember seeing it at a drive in theatre, but I was VERY young. Fell asleep in my sleeping bag in the back of the Ford station wagon. Didn't actually see the ending myself until I was a teenager.

[trekkor]

I was glued to the 'small' screen back then.

Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Lost in Space, etc...


KT

[911Rob]

I was 8 years old and in front of the big screen.
My cousins and I couldn't get over it; I'll never forget the experience, it was one of the real treats as a young boy.

I've got the whole series on DVD now in my vid library.

[cantdrv55]

That chick he was with was hot.

[sand_man]

Yeah it's one of my faves! Whenever AMC runs an Apes marathon, my eleven year old son and I are mesmerized by it!

I think there also was a Saturday morning Apes TV series...maybe I dreamed it?

[URY914]

Omega Man and Soylent Green were my favs.

[livi]

Originally Posted by URY914

Trek,

You know its a true story, right?

Practically a default mode reply, Trek!

Great movie by the way.

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by cantdrv55

That chick he was with was hot.

If I remember correctly she was doing the producer or director, somebody on the set. Wasn't an actress but obviously hot. So since she didn't have to 'act' they used her for that part. And after all isn't that the perfect woman? Hot & can't talk?

[competentone]

Originally Posted by URY914

You know its a true story, right?

I remember seeing it as a child; it upset me, but I didn't understand why.

When I saw it years later as an adult, I understood that it is commentary on human culture.

It's a very true story!