Planet Of The Apes Movies Poll!

True, as as much as I love the original five films, and the short-lived TV series, had they never made any of the sequels, "Planet" would still be my favorite film of all time.

 

Yep, "Conquest" is the one with the slave apes dressed in the jumpsuits...

As far as Taylor and crew not knowing it was Earth because of the apes speaking English, as Heston explained, English is the language of film, and Lord knows how many other films/TV series/comics/novels, etc. had the aliens speaking English, so "APES" was nothing new in that arena... As far as not seeing the moon, as Dodge says, the nights are cloud covered, so they're blocking the moon-And that one is entirely believable to me, as I've been outside at night a lot of times, with a cloud covered sky, and the moon wasn't visible, though the sky was still luminous (as Dodge says, "Cloud covered nights, and that strange luminousity, yet there's no moon").

 

I rate the original films as:

"Planet"
"Beneath"
"Escape/Conquest" tied, which one I like better depends on my mood
"Battle"

 

The original is a great, iconic classic - its sequels, not so much.

The Burton film was a total misfire.

The modern trilogy is great. They are far more mature, thoughtful/thought-provoking films than one usually gets with the usual big action/visual FX movies.

 

good points.

 

I really hope they make more Apes films.

 

Planet of the Apes vs The Predators.

 

The crossover possibilities are endless. For example, imagine if the astronaut apes from "Escape" landed on Gilligan's Island?

 

I recall someone suggesting something like that in the old APES comics from the early 90s... They never did do it, but there *is* a comic mini-series where they did a cross over of APES and Alien-Nation... And the APES/Alien-Nation story is *not* good in either story or execution.

Just say no to cross-overs!

 

I believe there is something in the works.

 

Original + most recent 3.

A lot to like about the ‘70s sequels but ultimately just too patchy for me.

 

I love all Apes even the 2001 stinker.
The TV series and cartoon series as well.
Never enough Apes.
I collected Apes stuff for years
Mego stuff to banks , puzzles , games , you name it. Just 60's and 70's stuff though.

 

I'm with you all the way on most of this, but I can't get behind loving Burton's mess of a film.

 

Yeah Disney- has that Wes Ball new Apes film still in the works.
I still just want the original five pota films redone in 4k like I always say ad nauseam with even more elements of Conquest put back.
Their stance on video releases makes this untenable.
Pota 1968 and Conquest are my top 2. Seeing them in theaters when they were released and being at that impressionable age makes them, for good or ill, my favs of the list. John M.

 

All of the obfuscation by the astronauts was simply to hide the fact that they were on Earth all this time and to give the audience that "what the F$$$ ending. John...

 

I only like the first 2.

 

Battle For The Planet Of The Apes had a great story but was made on the cheap, unfortunately. The first 2 are my overall favorites, but each one has something good to offer.

 

the only future I can see for the Ape films is if HBO does a new series chock full of nudity and softcore porn. it worked okay for Westworld. They probably should not dwell very much on nude, frisky apes though.

 

Zira is hot.