Poll: Are you seeing the new planet of the apes movie?

[starwarsgeek]

Not immediately. However, I think a monkey apocalypse movie warrants a dollar theater trip.

 

[Deadpan Snarker]

Probably not, despite the surprising, good reviews. The only one I've liked so far is the original with Charlton Heston (though
the sequel was decent), after that they got pretty stupid (the original already was pretty cheesy, so that's saying a lot). So
I still am pretty skeptical about how the events of this film will lead to the original.

 

[Corven]

No.
Even for a sci-fi film the idea behind it is dumb. In reality if higher intelligence monkeys and apes tried to overthrow us, we would JUST SHOOT THEM.

We obviously had the ability to shoot them with tranquilizer guns before (how else did they end up in cages and zoo's?), shooting them with real bullets shouldn't be that much harder to pull off.

 

[Nouw]

The mere fact that apes somehow defeat humanity is so stupid that I'll just pass on this one.

 

[smithy_2045]

No, because I feel like I've already seen it with all the advertising I've seen for it.

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

It looked so ridiculously corny/hokey that I didn't even give it a second thought.

But it's been getting some pretty decent review on RT...

 

[LobsterFeng]

No, because it looks like they're completely butchering the premise of the original.

Spoiler

Original: Humans nuke themselves into the stone age, apes evolve to take their place.

This one: genetically engineered intelligent apes rebel against their human creators.

The premise has been done to death by now with robots anyway.

Pretty much this. That and I still need to see Captain America so I'll probably just go to that instead...if I ever get a chance to go to the movies.

 

[commiedic]

Don't know if people are just trolling, but this movie looks great to me. I love Planet of the Apes. Even have the Cesar bust from the collectors edition of the old movies. The last remake was a joke I will admit. It was really, really bad. Though this one looks quite good.

As far as sticking to the original it looks like it does it. Rise of the Planet of the Apes original was almost the exact same thing. Scientists created Cesar and starting keeping Chimps as pets after cats and dogs went extinct. After years and years they grew intelligent and Cesar led them against the humans. Rise of the PotA was freaking awesome back in the day and I believe this will be a great reboot. I hope they intend to make the rest of them.

EDIT: Woops. The original in which this one is based off of is Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.

 

[Mr. Gency]

Granted I am going to see it for free so I'm not sure that counts.

The only reason I'm watching it, so I answered no anyway.

PS: Also wtf upside down captchas???

I still want to see this one!

 

[commiedic]

No, because it looks like they're completely butchering the premise of the original.

Spoiler

Original: Humans nuke themselves into the stone age, apes evolve to take their place.

This one: genetically engineered intelligent apes rebel against their human creators.

The premise has been done to death by now with robots anyway.

I don't remember them ever saying in the first film that it all happened because of that catastrophe. Though it does happen if I remember correctly in the second movie.

 

[commiedic]

As someone who believes in films maturely reflecting the human condition, <url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.295386-Poll-Am-I-the-only-one-thats-pissed-off-at-Rise-of-the-Planet-of-the-Apes?view_results=1>I think I made my point painfully clear already.

Argh! You do realize this is a remake of Conquest for the Planet of the Apes and not the original!?!?!?

 

[BlindMessiah94]

I just don't understand the appeal of this series. It's apes. That's it. A movie about apes.
That's a pretty friggin niche topic to try to make a movie about.

But to each their own o_0

 

[commiedic]

I just don't understand the appeal of this series. It's apes. That's it. A movie about apes.
That's a pretty friggin niche topic to try to make a movie about.

But to each their own o_0

Eh, I would have to say what probably intrigued writers in 70's to make a movie out of this was because Evolution was a hot topic back then and nuclear war. Put those two things together and you get Planet of the Apes =P

 

[vaticanvice]

I don't think so. I thought I might, but now I'm afraid it might be good. Ish. As good as a movie about apes overthrowing us could possibly be, which is really not great.

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

God no. Mr. Franco? Why'd you agree to do this movie?

 

[Kimarous]

I think this more or less sums up my thoughts:

Spoiler: image courtesy of ZeKarmiSama

In actual words, I find the execution to be laughably stupid. Even if the apes were numerous enough to overwhelm the city, wouldn't humanity pull out the stops to end such an uprising quickly? I dunno... like tanks, flamethrowers, gatling guns, bombers, mustard gas, or a friggin' NUKE?