Fox is bringing back the monkeys! POTA returns...again.

[kryptosmaster]

On a slight tangent but relative to Seeker's remarks:
The one thing that bothered me on the TV series and still bothers me to this day happens in the very first scene in the very first episode.
The WHOLE premise behind the apes becoming intelligent basically hinged on the humans adopting apes as pets and then slaves/servants after all the dogs and cats died.
So what is shown in that first scene???

A DOG!!!!

They never explained that glaring error.
Bugs the crap outta me.

Rich

[Seeker]

Actually one of Tim Burtons biggest mistakes in that movie is as follows.

Surprise.. We find that the apes and humans were actually desendents of the original crew of the Oberon when they entered the space rift to rescue our favorite Astronaut. So my question ....The million dollar question Where did the horses come from? This is NOT earth. there is a scene with TWO moons on the horizon. There are also jungle trees bigger then redwoods. Also the land masses seen when he crashes are "un earthlike" (As opposed to the Dumb A#s ending where you can obviously see North America... So how did Thade and the apes get from the Ape planet to Earth?) But I degress.

Some small lab animals I can see. The apes presense on board was explained. But do you really have the room to keep a breeding population of horses on a intergalactic exploration vessel? What do you do exersise them down the main corridor? Run them on a tread mill? Does poor unlucky ******* have to shovel all that Sh#t.

Come on Tim we are not stupid here................ Man I got way to much time on my hands tonight.

[monkey tennis]

They should keep there Stinking Paws off....?

Although, I'd probably still watch it.

What a cool thread title.

[Gorn Captain]

Burton's "mistake" was trying to remain faithful to the original novel, while for most people the movies were so iconic, that they became the standard.

So anyone making new POTA, should really stick close to the movies.

I'm curious to see what they make of it.

[palitoy]

Remaking Apes from the Conquest level is kind of smart IMO, it's an interesting point to work in and gets rid of all the benchmarks the first film has that the film maker has to address (such as surprise endings, homages etc)

I for one, like the genetic super monkey idea. It will never replace the original Conquest in my heart (I looooooooove Conquest) but if it keeps the populace and a new generation aware of the apes then bring it on.

[wolfie]

The first post called Tim Burtons film Crap. I enjoyed this film, ok it was not as good as the origanal but i still thought it was good.

Oh, and i liked Barb Wire aswell.

I'm easily pleased me.

[huedell]

They should subtitle some of these sub-forums:
"For Mego Collectors, Sci-Fi Fantasy Fans and Clairvoyants"

[The Bat]

It's gunna stink

There, I said it

I'm with Ya on this one Mike!

[huedell]

So anyone up for a remake of Barb Wire?

Depends.

Who's gonna be running around half-naked in it?

[huedell]

This could turn out ok but can't anyone in Hollywood come up with new ideas?

They come up with new ideas constantly...surprised you haven't noticed
WITH those new ideas they also make "remakes"---built in fanbase,
brand name recognition etc., ya know

This reworking of the Apes franchise (as a couple here have mentioned
already) does sound logical indeed...streamlining everything concerned...of
course it would be nice if the "streamlining" was of high quality....time will
tell.

[HardyGirl]

WWWWHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

[The Sentry]

Well, I think it's BRILLIANT! Conquest was my favorite of the 5. It was brutal, smart, and it had the thumb on the pulse of the times.


It sounds like this one does too.

I loved Caesar more than Corny if you want the truth about it. I felt more for Caesar. I mean he was born into a world that thinks he's dumb, his parents were killed because of simple fear of the future, and then he's considered public enemy number one just beacuse of who he is. He was the coolest of the apes.

So if they can make BAD remakes of crap I don't care to see, what's stopping them from making this? Oh, that's right I forgot, it would be too smart of a film for people nowadays. So anyone up for a remake of Barb Wire?

[vulcan2074]

I sure hope Not
Sammy

[Mikey]

It's gunna stink

There, I said it

[kryptosmaster]

The big question is will they maintain continuity with the same style of make-ups or are they going to leave the tracks again and give them a different look?

I wouldn't mind if they "improved" the makeup/appliances with whatever technology has come along since the 70's but I beleive they should keep them as close to original looking as possible. I think they could probably do some improvements to the mouths, etc so they look less puppet-like. In otherwords, make the lips form words better.
Rich