The thing that always bugged me about the Planet of the Apes movies.

[Mikey]

… did you sober up yet?

I hope so, considering that drunk post was made in 2008

[Megotastrophe]

I had always assumed that the same virus that killed the dogs and cats stupefied the people and enlightened the apes. I was glad to see the current ape movies used that for their simian flu.

[Confessional]

… no way after only a few thousand years could the land rise around the statue that much and burry its bottom half

Coastal erosion. It was buried, along with everything else (IE: BTPOTA), and is being exposed.

… did you sober up yet?

[Confessional]

Couple thoughts, no fiction…

1. The work of Jane Goodall; 50+ years of research that pretty much debunked most of the accepted primate science, and proved chimps are more like us than we'd like to admit.

2. I've seen every animal imaginable for sale in the State of Florida, in addition to a global black market in exotic and endangered species. The impossible is quite possible.

… I'm glad the Apes won too!

[Mikey]

I've always wondered about the Statue of Liberty

As a kid I used to think "you blew it up" referred to the statue and we were only looking at the top half of it.

But then on the other hand, no way after only a few thousand years could the land rise around the statue that much and burry its bottom half

[Werewolf]

But hey, science fiction.

That's really the best explanation.

I really do enjoy the movies and sometimes I know I just over think stuff. Like I also think that there still would have been apes world wide that would have been kept as pets and treated like surrogate children and family members instead of servants. What happens to them and their families? Ugh, again I'm over thinking it.

[Hedji]

The part I had to force myself to accept was that wild apes evolved into the more human hybrid Roddy McDowall in a matter of decades. You can train apes, sure... but they end up more like Eastwood's Clyde and less like McDowall's Caesar.

The virus story also conflicted with the original concept that the Apes were a nuclear war mutation. Yet, both storylines led to exactly the same outcome.

But hey, science fiction.

Fun Fact: Did you know that Apes sequel writer Paul Dehn was the life partner of Legendary Hammer Film Composer James Bernard?

[Nostalgiabuff]

they really weren't pets though, they were trained as servants and were treated as slaves

[Hector]

And I’m sorry...nothing more terrifying than humans...they make chimps look like angels.

A chimp will rip your face off and go after your genitalia. But humans will also do that plus rob, con, rape, poison, torture, kill your entire family, steal your identity, decapitate, shoot, pollute, deceive, drive you insane, plan further evil things...and...well...you just can’t compare a chimp to the worlds most dangerous animal...homo sapiens...

I’m glad the Apes won...

[Hector]

A gorilla is gonna poo in your backyard, just like Fido...

[Werewolf]

To be clear, I'm not trying to mock the movies. The first movie in the series was groundbreaking and I think the TV series was a lot of fun. I think it all just worked better without knowing what caused it. Because the explanation they came up with didn't really work and kind of ruined the mystery of it. I don't know. I'm just weird.

[TrekStar]

Oh now come on, who wouldn’t want a nice warm cuddly Orangutan to play with and tickle? of course if you wanted Tangs-Chimps and Gorillas, I would get a female, because when it comes that time for males, you all better run for cover.

[Werewolf]

Even ignoring the danger of them you aren't going to be sitting on the couch watching TV gently petting an adult silverback in your lap. And where is it going to go potty? Because it sure as hell ain't using wee wee pads. Putting diapers on a 450 pound adult silver back isn't gonna be easy.

[enyawd72]

Okay, the whole thing started because cats and dogs all died from a virus so people took in Chimpanzees, Gorillas and Orangutans as pets.

So, people took in animals that can weigh up to 450 pounds, 5 and a half feet tall, violent and strong enough to rip their heads off as a replacement for house cats and poodles. Instead of say like rabbits, hedgehogs, squirrels, foxes, skunks, ferrets, parrots, canaries, chinchillas, mice, hamsters, raccoons etc. You know domestic Skunks actually make pretty good pets. They are sweet and can be trained to use litter boxes. But they were like to hell with those cute small animals I want a huge damn super strong mountain gorilla in my house.

EXACTLY. THIS is why I've ALWAYS said Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes has a better story. I don't care what anyone else thinks...it's my favorite Apes film. It took the themes of the original and expanded on them, and created some fantastic original characters in Thade, Attar and Limbo.

[PNGwynne]

Chimps are scary as hell.