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Planet of the Apes: The TV Series
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Planet of the Apes Theme Parks
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War for the Planet of the Apes Info
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O Trapalhão no Planalto dos Macacos
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International Planet of the Apes Day
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Top 5 Online PotA Resources
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The Center for Great Apes
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Letters to Zaius
Lost Photo Of The Apes
DIY: Wigs and Hair
Book Review: Beneath the Planet of the Apes
DVD Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Stars Of The Apes: Roddy McDowall
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Episode 1:
Episode 2:
Episode 3:
Episode 4:
Episode 5:
Episode 6:
Episode 7:
Episode 8:
Episode 9:
Episode 10:
Episode 11:
Episode 12:
Episode 13:
Episode 14:
Escape From Tomorrow
The Gladiators
The Trap
The Good Seeds
The Legacy
Tomorrow’s Tide
The Surgeon
The Deception
The Horse Race
The Interrogation
The Tyrant
The Cure
The Liberator
Up Above The World So High
On The Cover
Our cover for Issue #2 reflects the majority of what you’ll find inside this issue,
namely that of the Planet of the Apes TV Series. It was painted in acrylic by our own
publisher, Steve “Zaius” Kimball.
Ape Planet Magazine Issue #2, February 2016. Produced in the United
States of America. ISSN: 0000-0000. Ape Planet Magazine is published
by Kimball Publications, LLC, by the hand of Steve “Zaius” Kimball of
Kimball Publications. Ape Planet Magazine is published online in the
Adobe Acrobat PDF™ format quarterly. We are a licensed publisher and
news service in the State of Delaware # 2006601923. Copyright ©2015
by Kimball Publications, LLC, PO Box 1231, Bear, DE, 19701. This
magazine is neither recognized or approved by 20th Century Fox
or any trademark or copyright holders of “Planet of the Apes.” This
magazine is by and for fans of the subject matter and no infringement is
intended. All Rights Reserved both foreign and domestic by their owners.
No work may be copied or reproduced without the express permission
and consent of the publisher. All correspondence should be addressed
to: Publisher Zaius, Ape Planet Magazine, PO Box 1231, Bear, DE
19701 U.S.A. All submitted writing and images become the property of
Ape Planet Magazine. All issues of Ape Planet Magazine are available
in a electronic version.
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as well following up on several
of the monster-themed conventions around the world. It will
be out in mid-March, 2016.
Thus, in order to make A p e
Planet Magazine a bit
more successful, we’re going to
open the magazine up to advertising. If advertising catches
on, it will eliminate the cost of
each issue altogether.
Initializing a crossover to the Star Wars Universe, “Jedi Zaius,”
a.k.a. our esteemed publisher, infiltrated the Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, CA. He was the only ape in attendance.
A p e P l anet Magazine
was released last February to a
very luke-warm response. In
fact, to date, we’ve only experienced 28 downloads of Issue
#1. Although our Facebook
group page alone has over 440
members, very few gave up
their single dollars to support
the magazine.
Either there’s a lot less Planet
of the Apes fans than we expected or the $1 cost was too
high for the quality of the magazine.
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Our friends over at Podcast of
the Apes really liked our first
issue, giving us these accolades
on their podcast:
We’ll also make both issues
#1 & #2 (this one), free as
well. Our other Kimball Publications that are downloadable for
free include both The Pyrates
Way magazine and Cos&FX
Magazine.
“A new fan magazine, Ape
Planet Magazine, is amazing. It
is such a great magazine, I
highly recommend it. I have it
on my Kindle and it's just a slick
magazine. It's got a great feature article on the Mego figures.
Speaking of our umbrella
publishing company, Kimball
Publications is proud to announce our next digital magazine adventure entitled
“Pitchforks & Torches” that will
feature all of your movie monster favorites, fan fiction and
art, plus reviews of books,
movies and sound tracks.
There will be DIY information
magazine. I've got it on my Kindle and it's very Kindlefriendly. It's a really good
Planet of the Apes magazine. . .
it's just so good.”
We thank you so much for
your kind words and hope to
feature your podcast in a future
issue of A p e P l a n e t
Magazine.
It's not like some kind of
email you're going to get, like in
html or whatever. It's a .pdf
that you get and it's just a great
fan magazine. A lot of articles
and the cost of it? One Dollar.
There's quite a bit of material
in there so I highly, highly recommend it. It's a great fan
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Planet of the Apes
was an American science fiction television
series that aired on
CBS in 1974. The series stared Roddy McDowall (Galen), Ron
Harper (Virdon), James
Naughton (Burke), Mark
Lenard (Urko) and
Booth Colman (Zaius).
It was loosely based
on the 1968 Planet of
the Apes film and its sequels, inspired by the
novel of the same
name by Pierre Boulle.
Discussions for a Planet of the Apes television series were made by producer Arthur P.
Jacobs (executive producer of all of the ape
films) as early as 1971. Because of the success
of the films, the idea of a television series was
put on hold until after the completion of Battle for
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Originally slated
to air during CBS's
Tuesday night family hour, the first
regular episode of
the series aired on
Friday, September
13, 1974 from 8:009:00 PM. The remainder of the
series aired in this
same time slot until
December 27,
1974, when its thirteenth and final
broadcast was
shown as a result of
a premature cancellation of the series
due to lower-than
expect ratings vs.
cost of the show’s
production.
the Planet of the Apes in the first half of 1973.
However, shortly after the premiere of
Battle, Jacobs died, and his production company
APJAC Productions sold all Planet of the Apes
rights and privileges to 20th Century Fox. Subsequently, television rights for the first three Planet
of the Apes films were sold to CBS and aired
successfully in September 1973.
Based largely on high viewership of
"movie-of-the-week" TV broadcasts of the first
few films, CBS began to focus away from other
contenders for a new science-fiction series, including Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II (1973)
and look solely at the prospects for an Apes TV
series. Fox and CBS went on to continue
Jacob's plans of a series the following year.
CBS ordered 14 episodes of Planet of the
Apes to be produced. The series was filmed for
the most part on location at what is now Malibu
Creek State Park (the site of some of the original
PotA filmmaking), with a budget of about
$250,000 for each episode.
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The series ran in the U.S. from September 13 to December 20, 1974. The series was
canceled after half a season because of low ratings due to direct competition by NBC's Sanford
and Son and Chico and the Man.
Only thirteen of its fourteen episodes were
broadcast; all 14 episodes were later included in
the DVD box set.
It was screened in Britain by 13 of the 14
ITV companies from October 13, 1974 each
Sunday, until January 18, 1975. STV never
screened the series in 1974/75, opting to broadcast Sale of the Century instead.
The series was repeated in many regions
from September 1975 until 1978, but was still not
seen on STV. The series then received its first
UK-wide transmissions on Channel 4 in 1994,
and later on the Sci Fi Channel.
The TV movie compilations have also
been screened on Sky Movies and Horror Channel.
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A pan dropping down from a tree and around a volcanic rock, the title of the episode
appears following the commercial break that followed the title sequence for the series. A human sleeps beneath a tree when he is startled by the barking of a dog
(our first diversion from the Planet of the Apes canon, as all dogs and cats should
be dead as explained in Conquest for the Planet of the Apes). A pre-teen chimpanzee and his dog are unimpressed with the human who’s been tree ‘d in terror
from the vicious dog who is referred to by the chimp simply as “Dog.”
Meanwhile the human has helped the two humans from the spacecraft revive and
we learn that the two astronauts from the ship are “Burke” and “Verdon” and that
their companion “Jonesie” is who died in the crash. Their filthy human samaritan
is named “Farrow.”
The sounds of a spaceship landing (taken directly from that of the Jupiter 2 from
the Lost in Space series) is heard and heavy winds blow dirt, rocks and leaves at
the couple on the ground and the man in the tree. The noise and off-camera sight
of a spaceship apparently crashing scares off the chimp and his four-legged companion. The man in the tree, however, is not so afraid and climbs down to investigate the noise. He finds the crashed spaceship at the end of a long, burned trail of
melted dirt and finds he can touch the craft without burning his hands.
Farrow brings the men food, and later clothing from said Chalo that’s been set
aside as a place where the humans are supposed to live.
With the touch of a lit button in an open panel on the wing, the filthy human opens
the access port along the side of the ship. This is the second division from the PotA
canon, as the access port is not a door in the movies, but rather an open escape
hatch much further up on the spacecraft. It leads one to believe that this is not like
Taylor’s or Brett’s ships from the original movies but rather one that looks similar but
was designed for a different purpose. The human curiously looks inside to find
three unconscious fellow humans in strange clothes, surrounded by beeping metal.
Farrow breaks out a very old book of “stories.” Burke and Verdon realize, after
looking at the photos in the tome that they’re actually on Earth, possibly thousands
of years into the future. The only way they could really find out is to check the
chronometer on the downed spaceship. . . if it still even works.
The human checks each passenger of the downed craft for vital signs in a rudimentary fashion, finding one of the men dead but the other two very much alive. Knowing that the young chimp that he encountered earlier would report such a find to
adult apes nearby, the human quickly removes the living men from their strapped
chairs in the spaceship and carries each one over his back to safety in the man’s
secret lair.
The scene shifts to the chambers of Counsellor Zaius, an elder orangutan who is
interviewing a candidate for a position as his assistant. The chimpanzee is Galen,
son of an old friend of Zaius’ when the message arrives from Prefect Veska. Zaius
realizes the threat to ape society and brings in Security Chief General Urko to discuss what to do about this message. Galen is completely flabbergasted that both
Urko and Zaius actually take the message’s nonsense about a human spacecraft
seriously. Urko wants the men dead, Zaius wants to question them. . . first.
The scene shifts to the young chimp entering an ape village then into a guarded
and very nasty-looking barred door. One can only guess that this is the home or office of some major ape figure in the local community.
Zaius reveals to Galen that such an event had happened before, much to the
amazement of Galen who has had his whole ape-reality shaken to its core. Zaius
does not want Urko to kill the “as-tro-nauts” like he apparently did with the earlier
flying humans. Urko objects and wants to treat the space humans as an infection
by wiping them out. Urko leaves Zaius’ office in a huff to the shock of Galen.
They learn that Farrow prefers the solitude of his cave, that is an old fallout shelter, than the local village of Chalo, where he doesn’t like Prefect Veska.
The whole topsy-turvy world of apes and man confuses the astronauts and they
discuss at what point in their voyage things went wrong and how they ended up on
this planet that reminds them so much of Earth.
Together with their new friend Farrow, the two Earthmen hatch a plan to get back
into the ship, even though it’s guarded by lone gorilla soldier.
Adult apes, with the young one in tow, arrive on the scene of the downed spacecraft
where we’re introduced to the eyepatched Prefect Veska and his son, the young
chimp, Arno.
Yet Zaius orders Galen to accompany the headstrong Urko.
Prefect Veska has left a lone gorilla to watch the crashed spaceship, waiting for orders from Central City’s Counsellor Zaius and the Lead Ape Council.
Inside the ship the apes find the dead astronaut and the young Arno gets a scolding
for interfering in his father’s investigation. Prefect Veska is obviously shaken up
that humans were found in such an advanced craft and finds it difficult to explain to
his young one about what the child has seen. The child leaves the craft, worried
about what he’s seen and how angry his father is. The father barks orders to the
gorilla soldiers in his company to 1) bury the dead human and 2) bring a message
to Central City about the incident.
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Farrow’s plan is to distract the gorilla guard in order to give Burke and Verdon time
to check out the ship’s chronometer. The gorilla soldier believes Farrow’s claim
that he’s seen the two fugitive humans and the ape slumbers off to follow the filthy
human and desert his post.
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The gorilla soldier has been killed and by the hand of Galen, all within eyesight
of General Urko. The two astronauts make their escape into the woods.
The fumbling apes have torn the capsule to shreds with almost nothing usable.
However the chronometer gives them a general idea of how far into the future the
two astronauts have been sent. Virdon finds a photo of his family.
Apparently the soldier was a Lieutenant gorilla and Urko brings Galen up on
charges of the guard’s murder, the escape of the two humans and treason.
Galen owns up to the murder as a mistake but tries to convince Zaius that it
was Urko who set up the escape in the secret plan to kill the humans
A shot rings out that brings the astronauts out of the capsule with a start, to find
Farrow, bleeding, and telling them to run. Farrow collapses as Zaius, Urko and
Galen arrive.
Urko shows Zaius the storybook that Galen had as further evidence of the
heresy that Galen is accused of. Zaius reminds Galen that just by having the
book in his possession is punishable by death under ape law. Although Galen
was originally going to be Zaius’ assistant, Zaius can not do anything to save
Galen from his fate, condemning the chimp to death. While this scene is unfolding, the two astronauts, still on the lamb, find their way to Zaius’ home
Urko wants to shoot the humans but Galen stops him. Galen also acts surprised to
find out that the two humans have compassion for their fallen comrade. Galen verifies that Farrow is dead and takes the story book from Farrow’s pack.
Camping out in the woods, Virdon works on cutting his bonds with a sharp rock but
cannot finish because Galen arrives to question them. Galen marvels at how different these two humans are.
Galen asks them about the rumor that the two humans are from the planets future
and about the photos Galen had seen in the story book. The idea that humans ran
complex machinery and built large structures to live in and furthermore that apes
were kept in cages is too much for Galen to believe. Astounded by the humans’
heresy, he hisses at them and tells the gorilla guard to make sure that the humans
are bound tight and to keep an eye on them.
When Zaius arrives home, finding the remaining grenade missing from his
glass case. The two astronauts step out of the shadows and question Zaius
about the grenade, being of human technology. Zaius reveals that there were
other astronauts, none of which lived long enough to be questioned. He goes
on to tell the humans about the destruction of the planet by their own kind.
Zaius also tells them that Galen must die to keep the secret of human past so
that it does not infect the ape present.
Urko takes a device from the glass cabinet in Zaius’ office prior to the High Council’s meeting.
The astronauts make Zaius their prisoner and force him the the jail, using the
remaining grenade to destroy the door to the cell containing the doomed chimpanzee Galen.The fugitives escape as Urko arrives, having heard the explosion.
Urko and Zaius angrily question the two astronauts during the meeting of senior
apes and Urko raises the point that the humans will spread their sacrilege and
heresy to the other humans. Urko uses the device, that is a small grenade to blow
up a door and “prove” how dangerous the humans are.
Fast forward a week later, Virdon is busy trying to remove the crashed spaceship’s flight recorder. Galen and Burke don’t agree with the plan.
The astronauts are thrown into a stone cell and Urko gives a cryptic expectation to
the guard, to do something “after dark.” The guard is on board to whatever his general has commanded him to do and Urko leaves him to it.
Urko and his troops arrive just as Virdon removes the flight recorder, a small
magnetic disc full of the information about what went wrong. The astronaut is
hopeful that they might discover a computer somewhere on this planet of the
apes that will help them devise a plan to possibly return to their past.
After a heated discussion with Zaius, Galen visits the astronauts to gather further
information about the past, trying to confirm and believe the outlandish story.
Galen plans to return later to continue their conversation.
The three fugitives flee into the woods before Urko’s men can snag them.
Urko first order the ship searched and then destroyed.
Hearing the ship’s explosion, the two astronauts realize they might not ever return home. The dynamic of their lives has changed and the astronauts are now
just men, Pete Burke and Alan Virdon. Together with their newly found friend
the chimpanzee Galen, all three fugitives from the law stick together in order to
survive on the Planet of the Apes.
Apparently, the gorilla guard has followed his orders from General Urko, as both astronauts are allowed to escape from their unlocked cell. Both astronauts realize
that the situation is a trap but attempt to escape anyway.
Passing by, Galen sees the hidden soldier outside in the bushes, his gun sights on
the two escaping astronauts. Galen yells an alarm to the two humans and jumps
the gorilla soldier. The two apes struggle and the gorilla’s gun goes off.
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The three sneak into the village of Kaymak under the cover of darkness and
find the prefect’s hut. Galen promises Virdon that he will get the disk back
from the prefect and visits Barlow.
This episode was one of two that formed the second TV movie The Forgotten
City of the Apes which was broadcast in 1981, some seven years after the series was cancelled. Look for a very young Marc Singer, leading actor from the
Beastmaster films and the mini-series V.
Prefect Barlow has uncovered many artifacts including a golf club, all of which
he cannot explain. He keeps the disk in a box as one of his many archaeological finds.
This episode begins with our three fugitives moving through the underbrush
far from Central City.
Meanwhile, General Urko is explaining to Lieutenant Jason that the three had
been sighted in two spots near the city, heading to the sea. Urko is unsure of
anything that has to do with the astronauts, as they think so differently from
the humans the apes are used to dealing with. Urko wants Jason to ride to
the nearby human settlements and alert the ape prefects in each about the
renegade Galen and his human companions. The general wants the humans
delivered to him or better. . . to be killed during apprehension.
The two chimps hear alarmed horses outside, only to find Burke and Virdon
trying to steal a couple. They are soon surrounded by gorilla soldiers and
after Prefect Barlow assume they are the highwaymen that Tolar and Dalton
engaged, Burke and Virdon are arrested.
Back in the underbrush, Burke deduces that they are in an area that was north
of the former San Francisco and should be eating apples and pears and yet
the only fruit are “Oper” that “look like a bomb, peel like a banana, and taste
like an orange.” The tropical fruit must be a mutation. Virdon continues to
pine for home, putting all his hopes into using the flight recording disk’s data.
The scene underscores Burke’s settling in this new reality while Virdon only
thinks of getting back to the way things were.
Virdon and Burke wake up in their zoo-like cage, being ogled by the human
villagers and guarded by gorilla soldiers. They have no idea what will happen
to them until Tolar and Dalton arrives. Tolar throws dirt in the face of Burke.
The grunts of two men fighting interrupt their discussion and the three investigate.
The dirt throwing apparently targeted Burke for “the games” and he is lead off.
Meanwhile Lieutenant Jason continues on his journey towards Kaymak and
other outlying human settlements.
In the prefect’s hut, Barlow explains to Galen about man’s violence to one another and how the prefect controls human violence in his village by giving the
humans an outlet for their natural destructiveness.
Prefect Barlow leads Galen to the top of a viewing stand overlooking a primitive gladiator arena. The entire human village has turned out and Barlow announces the start of the games featuring the undefeated Tolar and his
challenger. . . the stranger, Burke. This is to be a fight to the death and bigger
Tolar seems to have the upper hand for most of the match.
From a hidden spot, they notice two men seemingly battling to the death. One
man, much larger than the other, is winning. Not liking the fact that a big guy
is beating a small guy, Burke jumps into the fray to protect the smaller of the
two.
At one point Tolar lifts Burke into the air and cracks his back against a knee
but after a quick feint, Burke begins to take over the fight.
The smaller one surprisingly attacks Burke while the big one holds the astronaut in a full-nelson. Seeing his friend in the losing side of a two-on-one fight,
Virdon reluctantly jumps into the fray to save his friend Burke.
Lieutenant Jason arrives, looking for Prefect Barlow and hearing the crowd
noise from a distance.
The fight ensues for several minutes, during which the precious flight recorder
disk is dropped from Virdon’s pocket into the dirt. Galen alerts the men that a
horse was heard and all three head back into the underbrush.
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Burke has defeated Tolar and Barlow throws down the killing sword.
Chimpanzee Prefect Barlow arrives to check on the two fighting humans, Tolar
and his son Dalton. Barlow is informed about Burke and Virdon’s attack but
the prefect dismisses them as stray highwaymen.
Burke refuses to kill Tolar and Galen sees the approaching Lieutenant Jason
and flees. Just as Jason speaks to Barlow, the human crowd goes into riot
mode since Burke did not kill Tolar, providing the blood lust they apparently require. Gorillas with guns break up the crowd and Burke meets up with Galen.
Meanwhile, the fleeing Virdon realizes the disc has been lost and retraces
their steps back to the scene of the fight, much to the chagrin of both Burke
and Galen.
Lieutenant Jason gives Prefect Barlow the one-over about losing important
prisoners to silly “games” and plans to report this to Urko.
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Prefect Barlow visits Virdon in his cage. Virdon reveals that the metal disc that
Barlow picked up is the reason that he and his companions are in the village
at all. Barlow admits that he would have given Galen the object if the chimp
had explained.
Back in Tolar’s shack, Dalton tries to raise his father’s spirit but to no avail.
Tolar believes that he is dead, disgraced by Burke’s unwillingness to kill Tolar.
Tolar is without honor in his own eyes and although Dalton realizes that Burke
actually saved the life of his father, Tolar feels lost, betrayed and dead.
Tolar still does not want Dalton to help the strangers but Dalton has quickly
become a pacifist, himself. He even confronts the prefect, who puts him in jail.
Tolar attempts to see his son and as the guards move to intercept him, Burke
and Galen leap onto them from the roof and release the prisoners.
Lieutenant Jason and Prefect Barlow question the human capture, Virdon,
about where the humans meet in secret. Barlow does not agree with Jason’s
violent attempts to secure information from Virdon, to which Jason tells Barlow
that the prefect might not have his title for long, after Jason’s report falls under
the eyes of General Urko.
The fight moves further into the village square as more gorillas move in. Our
three heroes are now teamed up with Dalton as Tolar confronts the gorillas. Lt.
Jason shoots Tolar in the stomach but Tolar attacks him anyway and the gun
goes off again, this time during the struggle and Jason falls to the ground.
Barlow reveals that the arrival of Virdon and Burke has ruined his life.
Both combatants are dead but Prefect Barlow sees to it that the “unfortunate
incident” will not interfere with the village’s normal routine.
Galen and Burke visit the home of Tolar and Dalton as they can’t leave without
their friend Virdon. Dalton is amazed that Burke can have an ape friend. They
explain that they have to retrieve Virdon but Tolar interdicts, “NO.” Dalton decides to help the strangers, to which Tolar admits defeat and slowly returns to
his bedroom feeling more depressed than before.
Afterall, with the violent death of Tolar, the village’s human bloodlust has been
satiated. . . at least for now.
Dalton and our heroes escape, unfollowed.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Jason is writing up his report and Prefect Barlow tells
the gorilla that the violent questioning tactic would not work as the prefect has
made a study of human behavior. Barlow goes on to explain that his way with
the humans is most effective and with a minimum of cost. He also admits that
the games did not produce a death this time and the humans need their bloodlust quelched by such means. Jason is convinced and will give the humans
what they need. . . via the death of the human prisoner Virdon.
As Barlow rides from the city, he comes across Dalton alone and Barlow admits that the games died with Tolar’s death. He also tells Dalton how brave
and good his father was.
Burke has given Dalton more to think about as he reales the stories of when
humans were more important than apes. Burke guesses that during the
events where humans destroyed each other during great wars, that the apes
somehow came into control of what was left. Dalton is still a bit confused, not
understanding why Burke, who came from a time of such death, did not kill his
father Tolar during the games. Burke explains what pacifists where and Dalton
realizes that his own mother was a pacifist.
In continuing his coverup of the event. the prefect reminds Dalton that his
“friends” never met the Prefect, nor has he ever met them.
They both agree that there must be a better way than bloody games to govern
a community.
Barlow wishes them all good luck and hands the flight-recorder disk to Dalton.
Dalton directs our trio of heroes where they should head and refuses to join
them in their adventure. He feels the killing must stop and he must stay.
Prefect Barlow unexpectedly arrives, Tolar comes from his room telling the
prefect how ashamed he is. Barlow announces that honor will return to his
family as there will be a second round of games in which Dalton will fight Virdon to the death that very night under torchlight.
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“There will be a death,” commands Prefect Barlow. “I want no error, there will
be a death.”
Dalton heads back after “good lucks” are shared.
Virdon agrees with Burke that the world needed a new beginning and they
might have just witnessed it.
Our three heroes run tinto the sunset.
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This episode is our single favorite of all the Planet of the Apes television series. It gives you a sense of the raw power of war that it took to destroy the
human way of life, making room for the rise of the Apes. It also touches on
General Urko’s understanding of how much a threat the two fugitive astronauts are and how quickly their ideas could infect and destroy the ape way of
life. We also get to see some human technology that apparently is still alive
and working, in hopes that in some future episode that will be revisited.
Burke, still roped, all-but-drags Urko across the streen when another tremor
hits, opening up a whole in the street that swallow Burke. Urko, with the line
still attached to Burke falls in after the human down into a dark hole.
Gorilla Major Zako has not returned from a mission to explore a local bombedout city for the two fugitive humans and their chimpanzee friend. Both Lieutenant Olam and gorilla soldier Mema have no answer for Urko, and he is not
pleased.
Galen meets up with Virdon and tells him of the sad events that happened to
both Urko and Burke. Galen is convinced that Burke is dead.
The tremor continues, dropping the side of a building onto the trapped gorilla
and the renegade human terrorist.
Meanwhile, with the help of Burke and Virdon, Galen is able to signal Urko’s
men to head their search in the wrong direction.
Virdon, on the other hand, won’t be convinced until he sees a body and the
two begin to hatch a plan to distract the other still-searching gorillas, Zako,
Olam and Memo, so that they can investigate the hole that swallowed Burke
and Urko.
Galen leads his friends to the human village of Numai, known to be a sanctuary for renegade humans. They meet a human named Miller who takes them
to his home and feeds them. Oddly, there does not seem to be a prefect of
the village, or at least none is ever mentioned. While they feast, Miller’s children arrive and show off several computer parts they discovered in the nearby
destroyed city.
Burke awakens from the fall to find him and Urko trapped in an abandoned
subway system, part of the Bay Area Transit of ancient San Francisco. Urko
wakes up and throws himself at Burke, wanting to kill the human immediately.
Through his choking break, Burke convinces Urko that the gorilla might need
his help if either one of them were going to escape, as Burke came from the
time on Earth when this old transit system was in use.
Virdon, still wanting to get answers out of his small flight recorder, convince
Burke and Galen that it would be worth checking out the old city, despite the
dangerous earthquake aftershocks that have been occuring.
Burke shows off the level of technology that the ancient humans possessed
and how it worked. There are even several advertising posters different technological wonders but Burke makes sure that Urko does not lay eyes upon a
poster advertising the San Francisco Zoo, showing a child giving a banana to
a caged gorilla. In Urko’s mood, Burke realizes nothing good would come of
it.
They leave only moments before Urko and his men arrive at the village, as
Urko also knows Numai’s reputation plus they have discovered the ruse that
Galen made with his signal mis-direction.
Burke finds a ceiling light still operating, using energy from ancient batteries
connected to some long-forgotten solar shield.
Urko also discovers the Miller children’s pieces of old technology and quickly
discovers that the fugitives have gone to the city. Urko, after threatening the
humans, takes his men to the city where they’ll devise a trap to capture all
three enemies of the state.
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Once arriving in the streets, it’s not long until Urko and his men come upon the
fugitives, spreading out his gorillas to canvas the area.
Enough is enough and Urko believes that Burke is making all of these claims
up and attacks him again. Burke lies to Urko, that humans were pets of apes
and nothing more, that all of this technology was created by apes long ago. It
is the only way to keep Urko from killing him.
The gorillas all give chase and Urko chases Burke on horseback, roping the
human by the leg and tripping him. Once to his feet, Burke pulls on the rope
hard enough to force Urko to dismount.
Under an agreement of truce, Lieutenant Zako agrees to have his soldiers lay
down their weapons in order to talk with Galen about an attempt to save both
the esteemed General Urko as well as Galen’s friend Burke.
Galen is able to hide and Virdon falls upon one of the gorilla apes and also
makes his way into a safe hiding place.
They find an accord but there are two stipulations, Zako is still in charge and
that Zako give his word that the three fugitives will be set free afterwards.
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From the i-beam that stretches from the surface to deep into the old subway
station, Virdon, using Morse Code, communicates with Burke, The messages
include that both human and ape are alive but that the air is steadily being poisoned by trapped pockets of gas. Time is critical and both the teams below
and above ground understand how important it is to work together, ape AND
man.
He explains that Urko’s not seriously hurt and Burke is then raised through
the ceiling in a similar fashion. Burke is looked over by his friends as Zako
gives the unconscious Urko a one-over.
Zako reminds the order-spouting Virdon, that the Major is still in charge, thus
for every order Virdon shouts, Zako repeats it just as loud to his soldiers before they’ll even consider following the order.
Urko regains consciousness for a few moments, ordering Zako’s men to
shoot the fugitives, an order belayed by Major Zako, who has given Galen
and Virdon his word that they would be allowed their freedom in exchange for
rescuing General Urko.
The two teams have reverted to the “us-against-them” grouping as the law is
on one side and the villains are on the other (depending on who you think is
who).
This makes for very slow going, but it seems to be working
Urko falls into unconsciousness, damning Zako and his honor.
Below, both Urko and Burke construct a ladder, to be used to meet their rescuers half way, should they even be able to uncover the whole below which
they are trapped. To make the ladder, Burke needs another beam and Urko
reluctantly obeys the order of this lowly human to which fate has trapped him
with in this evil place where the air is noxious.
Zako then talks down his soldiers who still want to follow Urko’s orders by
telling them that he will perform the execution of the three criminals himself
and that both Olam and Memo must put the general on his horse and take
him to a doctor.
The gorilla soldiers above help both Galen and Virdon construct a yoke to harness the power of all the horses together and use a nearby metal structure as
a fulcrum for their “advanced” engineering feat. (In truth, using the structure in
such a way is a basic pulley, NOT a fulcrum, which is part of a lever system thank you, sixth grade science teacher).
Once the three gorillas are out of sight, Zako allows our three heroes to leave
and then fires three gun shots into the air.
The soldiers do as they are told and go off with the unconscious general.
The gorillas with Urko slung over his horse, hear the shots, confirming the
deaths of the three fugitive and with a nod, they continue out of the bombedout city to find a doctor.
Meanwhile Zako finds the folded zoo poster, apparently fallen from Urko’s
gauntlet when he was pulled from the hole. Zako all but weeps while he rips
the poster to shreds, realizing that folly of letting the prisoners go.
While looking for a beam to help Burke in the ladder construction, Urko discovers the zoo poster and using a makeshift shiv, quietly cuts the poster down,
folds it, and stuffs it into his gauntlet. . . all while Burke is busy refitting the discovered solar-power lamp into a work light so that they might see their workspace a bit better while digging out.
Urko, in his silent eyes, is right. The two humans’ knowledge of human history could bring havoc to this planet of the apes.
Confused, Burke ponders why Zako did not shoot them, eventhough Urko
had given him an order to do so. Galen explains that Burke, himself, would
not follow an order that was wrong. Burke agrees.
Enraged again, Urko attacks Burke, but quick-thinking Burke raises the lamp
in which Urko thrusts the bare-metal shiv, shorting out the lamp and electrocuting, although not critically, the gorilla general.
“You don’t think you are any better than a gorilla, do you?” responds Galen.
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With the pulley system working to open up a gap in the subway’s ceiling,
Burke reluctantly binds Urko with the rope to send him up first.
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BOOK REViEW OF THE APES
Since I am a huge science fiction
fan I had to read Beneath the Planet
of the Apes. It’s the last book of the
series, which were movies before. I
was sucked into this book very
quickly and finished it in two days
between reading other books.
Packed with heroic action and cheesy
romance, the story delivered quickly.
The plot of the story begins with 6
astronauts that mysteriously crash
land on their home planet. Only two
of them are left. Apparently they believed that they went through a rip
of space and time. They are separated from the beginning of the first
movie. Taylor meets a girl he calls
Nova, a girl enslaved to the Apes.
Years of silence had made them
silent. I really enjoyed this portion of
this story. It was really outdated in a
way, apes obviously couldn't take
over the earth now. The writing style
is very nice. It’s almost as if the
writer was taking down many notes
when he watched the movie.
Then the story takes a sharp
twist. After Taylor and Nova reunited with Brent, the other astronaut, they flee to the Forbidden Zone
to evade the Gorilla Army. They dis-
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Out. I
guess
that this
means
that an
atomic
b o m b
was set
of before and
caused
people
to turn
to apes?
I don’t
know, I
never
read the
fi r s t
one. I
didn't
really
like this
portion
of the
story it
made it
feel unr e a l .
T o o
c o m mercial
almost.
cover an
u n d e r ground
complex
where mutant people
way
beyond the
intellect of
themselves
were living, hiding. They
also worship
an
atomic
b o m b
n a m e d
Omega,
the
end.
The
one
before that
was named
Alpha.
I
thought
the names
were really
stupid.
Kind of reminds me
of Megaton
in
the
game Fall
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If the mutants were so powerful,
why didn't they kill of the Apes?
The ending of the book was a little
disappointing, but it worked. The
Apes took control again, and caused
the heroic Taylor to defiantly set the
bomb off. And that’s the end. The
last of line of the book really impacted me on how insignificant: In
one of the countless billions of galaxies in the universe, lies a mediumsized star, and one of its satellites, a
green and insignificant planet, is
now dead. It was really unfortunate
that they couldn't overwhelm the
Apes the save their lives (no pun intended).
If the astronauts and Nova managed to do so, I would have given the
book a full 6 stars. This book is perfect for all audiences, it has great action to it, the characters are heroic,
and it makes you really think if this
could really happen. The author’s
way of writing didn't bother me. It
was pretty realistic.
review by Qadeirarayne @
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Although this was the fourth episode to be broadcast, this was actually the
first episode filmed after the pilot. Many of the simple machines “discovered”
by the two humans from the future and taught to the apes had to already be
known by the apes for both textile development (clothing) and blacksmithing
(such as shoes for horses). The plot device of “bringing new technology” to
the apes fails in both this and the prior episode. This episodes shows us the
ape caste system and how low the farming community ranks in ape society.
Galen tells Polar that the humans will work for their keep to which Polar
agrees. Jillia is still confused that Galen keeps calling the humans his
friends. Polar decides the humans can stay and must work and stay away
from the cow.
The local patrol gorilla visits, telling of renegade humans. Anto wonders if
there is a reward for reporting them.
Later, in the fields, Virdon teaches Polar simple plowing techniques to save
water from ruining the topsoil.
The gorillas are continuing in their search, under the orders of General Urko,
to find Virdon, Burke and Galen. After the sun sets, the moon rises high but is
covered by clouds, Galen tells the men that apes use the stars to find their
way at night. Virdon shows Galen a compass that he’s made, so that they
can continue to travel, without the use of the stars. The gorillas indeed run in
circles without direction. Galen takes a fall down a short cliff, impaling his leg
on a stick.
Anto wants no part of it runs off at the strange ideas that the human has presented.
Polar reminds Virdon that Anto is very worried about his cow.
The humans build a stretch for their fallen friend and continue their journey.
By morning they run across a secluded farm run my a older chimpanzee
named Polar. The rest of the family, wife Zantis, daughter Jillia, and sons Anto
and Remus come out of hiding to gather around the fallen Galen.
At Central City, four days hard ride from Polar’s farm, Urko reprimands his
lieutenant for losing Virdon, Burke and Galen a few nights back. The Lieutenant and Urko decide to investigate the area where they lost sight of the
fugitives, despite similar cloudy conditions at night.
Zantis knows she can help and convinces Polar that the group of strangers
should stay until she can fix Galen’s leg. Jillia makes eyes at Galen.
The older son, Anto, does not like the humans. Both he and Remus question
Galen as to whether or not he is a rich ape, owning two bonded humans. Neither of the younger chimpanzees can fathom the thought that Galen is actually
FRIENDS with the humans and that they share a mutual respect.
Back at the farm, Burke teaches Remus how to make a pole fence which will
be stronger and outlast the previous version, which was just long sticks stuck
into the ground. Remus agrees that the pole system of fence-building is better and an off-color statement about Lincoln is made, to Remus’s confusion.
about pole fences.
Zantis stops the questioning and orders Polar to get the injured Galen into the
house. Polar agrees and sends the humans off to the barn to rest.
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The exhausted Virdon and Burke sleep hard but are soon awakened, via
pitchfork, by Anto. Anto knows that humans are a curse to cows as they eat
the cooked flesh of them. The cow that the humans were sleeping near is
pregnant and should a bull be born, Anto can start his own farm with it, as ape
farmer tradition dictates. For five years Anto has waited with only heifers
being born. This birth could be his ticket to start his own future and he doesn’t
want the curse of the humans screwing with his chances.
Virdon shows both Polar and Anto how to move hay in bales from the ground
to the barn via ox and rope (block and tackle) instead of by fork.
Remus enters the barn and tells them that their friend Galen is up and wanting
to see his human friends. Anto tells the humans to wash before entering his
home. . . filthy humans.
Later that night, Virdon teaches Remus about which seed is most important
to plant, i.e. “The Good Seeds.” Burke tells the family that when Virdon was
young, he was a farmer and that’s why he knows all that he does.
Meanwhile Galen is sitting up and chatting with Polar, Zantis and the veryfriendly young Jillia. Polar is visually upset when Zantis tells him Galen needs
to stay and rest for a few days.
Teaching the young chimp about farming brings about Virdon’s thoughts of
teaching his own son about farming and the lesson ends, as the human becomes too distraught to continue.
Anto takes an almost Amish view, stating that the hay should be pitched by
fork not by sorcery.
The cow is birthing but Anto is convinced the humans have cursed his cow.
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At the local gorilla guard and patrol compound, Anto asks about a possible reward for reporting the whereabouts of any renegade human slaves. The gorilla responds, “You farmers are all the same. You want to get paid for doing
your duty.”
Burke pretends to take Remus hostage as a ruse to get Virdon free from the
threat of Anto’s pitchfork. The fake works and Virdon helps the cow deliver
not just one bull but a pair of bulls.
The gorilla threatens to arrest Anto for loitering around horses and Anto
moves on.
Anto is exstatic that he now has two bulls to start his farm. The celebration is
cut short as horse hooves beat the ground outside.
Urko and his lieutenant have met up with the returning patrolman and his superior gorilla. Urko believes now that the human seen showering at Polar’s
farm is either Virdon or Burke. The four have ridden hard to the farm to investigate. Of course, as they arrive, Galen, Virdon and Burke hide in the hay
loft. Urko questions the family.
The gorilla soldier meets up with a fellow patrolman, the very one that was at
Polar’s farm earlier in the day. The patrolman recognizes the young chimp
from Polar’s farm and becomes suspicious that the chimp would ask about a
bounty to be paid for humans. The soldier and the patrolman agree that perhap’s Polar’s farm needs to be closely watched.
Angry and frustrated, Anto tries to reason with his father about the curse of the
humans and that they’re staying so that when the cow dies, they can eat it.
He even tells his father that Galen can stand.
In truth, Galen can stand, with the help of a crutch. Jillia’s crush on Galen
grows with every question she asks him, despite not understanding the ideas
of the humans nor Galen’s friendship with them.
With the new found like of the humans, Anto goes into a comedic, crazy routine, putting corn flour on his face to whiten his appearance. He mimics a
man’s walk and chases chickens to the delight of his family and the three gorillas. Urko is not laughing nor does he buy into the idea that the act was for
the family’s amusement and the shower was used only removing the
makeup.
Virdon and Burke are working on a windmill, but when Burke explains to Polar,
Anto and Remus how it will pull water from the ground and onto Polar’s field,
Anto calls the system unnatural. Between this and using the oxen to lift hay,
no wonder his cow is dying.
“Eyes that deceive once, can deceive twice,” says Urko. He has one of the
gorillas search the barn but he doesn’t find the hidden fugitives but reports
back to General Urko that there were two new calves though. He tells the
general that had the humans been around, the calves would have been
eaten.
Meanwhile, Urko and his lieutenant continue their hunt for the three fugitives.
This is enough evidence to say Urko and he and the gorillas leave.
Virdon and Burke meet with Galen in private and talk about the risk Anto presents. If the cow doesn’t deliver a bull or worse, dies, Galen reminds the humans that Anto will have the right to kill both humans for cursing the birth.
Anto apiologies to Virdon for his antics with the cow and Virdon calls it even
since Anto embarrassed himself in order to save the fugitives. Anto goes a
step further, wanting to learn more about “modern farming.”
Galen explains that getting horses is out of the question as only the police and
gentry apes (land-owners) are allowed. Farmers such as Polar, can only ride
Oxen or Goats. They must wait to leave until Galen is fully recovered.
That evening, as our three heroes are packing to leave, Anto announces that
he’s named the two new bulls Burke and Virdon in honor of the humans.
Burke and Virdon have also built a shower system. But while using this “modern” convenience, they are spied upon by the patrolman gorilla who rushes
back to inform his superior.
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Anto has begun tolling the bell, announcing the cow is about to give birth. Virdon, after checking, tries to tell Anto that the calf inside has turned and that’s
why the cow is in such pain. Anto attacks Virdon.
The next morning, Polar and Remus are watching the windmill power the
water pump and watching the water move through bamboo pipe ala “Gilligan’s Island.”
The episode ends with our three heroes travelling over a familiar creek.
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DVD REViEW OF THE APES
When I first saw the trailer for this film
I began to think that I may have made a
mistake. I had shunned the first in the reboot series assuming that it was bad.
After all, the Marky Mark remake was
awful, why wouldn't the James Franco
prequel be as well? And I'm a big fan of the
original movies; these ones couldn't possibly be as good. But the trailer for this
film was enough to get me intrigued as to
the new take on the old story. So I
watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It
may not have been incredible, and yes
Franco sucked, but Caesar the ape was so
exceptional that I was hooked for as many
movies as they wanted to make. He stole
the show and made the flaws of the film
fade into the background. What could
Andy Serkis do with another movie, one
that didn't cast a pothead as a neuroscientist?
You have got to see Rise in order to understand this film, so go back and watch
it if you haven't and you're reading this review. Consider that a spoiler alert. Anyway. Dawn is a look into the future, a
bleak time for mankind. The virus accidentally released by Will's second attempt
to cure Alzheimer's has gone global, decimating the human population. War follows, famine, societal breakdown, you
name it. And meanwhile, Caesar and his
band of super-intelligent apes are flourishing. Their community has been growing and advancing, taking advantage of
the lack of human contact. But when a
group of survivors from San Francisco
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one that worked over a large number of
films and apparently never really got old.
And even knowing how the plot will eventually play out, I still found myself enjoying the story.
Civilization is
so fragile when
you examine it
closely,
and
this film does
that in a quick
& brutal way
that's frighteningly refreshing to see on
screen. No one
is the good guy
here, everyone
is just trying to
survive. Some
think cooperation
affords
them the best
chance of advancement,
others
think
war will win
them the future. Who's to
say which side
is right; it may
not even matter. When two
groups that are so different find themselves fighting for the same goal, can they
ever get along, or is it necessary that one
side win?
stumble upon the apes, tensions return
immediately to a high level. Some members of both species just want to leave the
others alone, while others want to eliminate their
competitors
before
all
out
war
breaks out.
But war may
be
inevitable, as
a dominant
s p e c i e s
needs
to
make itself
known in a
world wiped
clean
and
awaiting a
master race.
Let's talk
about
the
story first.
It's
awesome. If you
enjoyed the
movies
of
the
70s
you'll know
the
basic
premise;
that
apes
eventually evolve to be the dominant
species, that humans return to their animal roots, and that the planet is no longer
ours. It's a pretty kick-ass sci-fi storyline,
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You could spend a lot of time examining
the themes raised in the film, enjoying it
for that reason alone. But there's still an
entertainment value needed to keep our
attention, and man did they ever keep
mine. The film is pure adrenaline, not
throw-away action, but intense scene
after intense scene all sculpted to make
audiences understand how desperate the
times depicted are. You root, you cringe,
you despair; it's a wild ride if ever there
was one. And Caesar is there the whole
way through to guide you through the
chaos. Caesar is the star of the film, he's
the catalyst, the leader, the hero, the reason to watch. I loved him in the first film;
he topped himself here. Andy Serkis does
an amazing job portraying this epic ape,
and the team in charge of animation
should win all the Oscars there are. The
emotions portrayed are so basic and so
honest, coming across clearly and shedding a revealing light on the "complex"
emotions we love to define ourselves by.
If you want to feel all-important and unbeatable as a species don't watch this film.
At times it doesn't make humanity seem
all that special or noble. We often look like
beasts, imagine that. Dawn is an excellent
film, taking an established storyline, combining stellar acting with cool technology,
and rolling out a product that is both
highly entertaining and wonderfully intriguing. A must see.
review by olie coen @ dVdtalk.com
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Meanwhile, Burke and Galen continue to work on the battery as the signal of
alarm is sent from old Oakland to center city. It’s not long before General
Urko arrives with Dr. Zaius in tow. This is the first time we’ve seen Zaius
since the pilot episode.
Zina Belthune, who played the human woman Arn, explained that during the
shooting of the opening scent that “a stray puppy ran in and out of the shots”.
James Naughton apparently fell in love with the pooch and adopted him.
(NOTE: in the PotA movie canon, all dogs are extinct)
Our three heroes have climbed up and over several hills which has led them
to the bombed out city that was formerly Oakland, CA. The scene looks
eerily similar to the back lot used in the filming of Episode #3. Hearing the
oncoming hooves of gorilla soldiers on horseback, the three heroes hide.
They discover the old “Oakland Science Institute” and explore the ruined
building.
Both Zaius and Urko discuss which method is best to interrogate the human.
Urko and Zaius are worried that the thoughts of these humans will spread
among the domesticated human population. Zaius has an idea of how to get
the information out of Virdon using both Arn and Kraik.
They discover a huge heavy metal door with fallen timbers and rock around
it. They clear away the debris and open the door which automatically opens
when unlocked.
amongs the company of the human woman and child. . . both of which remind him of the family he left in Earth’s past.
Virdon has been drug into an old castle/holding cell only to find himself
At the same time, Galen and Burke have interrogated one of the patrolling
gorilla soldiers in order to find Virdon’s whereabouts but to no avail.
The vacuum-sealed room contains a single piece of machinery that neither
astronauts recognize.
The sounds come to life on the machine and the holograph of an elder
human scientist appears. Before the hologram can reveal where a local
repository of human science knowledge can be found, the machine runs out
of power.The astronauts decide to build a battery to run the unit.
“Urko doesn’t need an excuse to kill me, I wonder why he didn’t do it,” says
Virdon to Arn. He wants to find out why Urko didn’t kill him but instead imprisoned him with the two other humans. At one point Virdon looks out a topfloor window which overviews an open area underneath. . . a perfect escape
route. . . but he almost gets his head shot off by a gorilla. Virdon wonders
why the gorilla didn’t shoot him. It must be a trap.
Urko is not convinced that Zaius’ method of interrogation will work. Zaius
feels that if Virdon takes a liking to his fellow captured human child and
woman, perhaps he’ll begin to reveal some of his secrets in a way that would
never work under Urko’s torture.
They go outside to start looking for materials. The gorilla soldier group discovers them and our heros run.
Apparently Dr. Zaius’ methods work, as the young child and Virdon bond
quickly, first by an open flame. Then Arn finds a bag of food with two days
worth of supplies in it. There’s even a pot to cook them in provided!
Virdon falls and hurts his leg and in seeing this, a small child named Kraik
rats out the human astronaut just as Virdo finds cover with a young human
woman, Arn. The child is treated to a day’s food as a reward from the gorillas.
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Meanwhile Urko divides his men into a search party that will look for Galen
and Burke, building-by-building throughout the city.
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Over a meal, Kraik asks Virdon where his friends are but Virdon won’t tell
him. Arn tells Virdon that he reminds her of her dead rebel husband Tomar
and Virdon, reminded of his wife, all but breaks down telling Arn that she’s a
good woman. Virdon whittles an airplane out of a piece of wood and tells
Kraik about the past.
Kraik reveals to Virdon that he knows a way for them to escape. Using a
ruse about a gun, Kraik and the gorilla captain look for it in the bushes. His
leg apparently all healed, Virdon jumps from the window and knocks the gorilla out and Arn climbs down the building. All three disappear into a hidden
area.
Kraik tells Virdon that he knows all the sewers and secret windows around
the city and can get around undetected. Virdon gives up the information that
buried somewhere is human knowledge that might just make the world a better place to live. Kraik reminds Virdon of his own son.
Urko vents his frustration to Zaius about not finding anything at the Science
Institute just as the three fugitive human “family” members climb out of the
sewer and into said Science Institute. The three unblock the holographic
projector and see the first part of the message just as Zaius, Urko, and men
return to the scene. Zaius gets the projector to run and with Virdon, etc. al.,
are standing by, also watching.
Urko is hustling through the city with his soldiers, checking every human.
Galen warns Burke, who is just about finished with the battery for the holographic projector.
The hologram tells of where the trove of knowledge is located, at the railway
station. Kraik tells Virdon that in using the sewers, they could get there
quicker than the apes can on horseback through the rubble of the city. The
humans quickly disappear under the city before the apes can mount their
horses.
Virdon gives up more information about where his friends are and what
they’re doing to both Arn and a very attentive Kraik who Virdon tells to go do
some chores.
Meanwhile Burke is messing with all of the computers found at the station to
the amazement of Galen. “Could man have ever have learned so much and
done so little with it?” The three humans meet up with Galen and Burke on
Track 4. Despite this being the exact place that they could possibly find a
computer to read the flight recording disc that Virdon cherishes, they have to
abandon the room as the apes approach.
Arn tells Virdon about the farm that she lived on with Tomar but now she’s
too lazy to go back to it, “It’s easier to do nothing.” While she speaks, Virdon
notices that the wooden airplane he made is missing from the shelf he put it
on.
Virdon confronts Kraik about stealing the airplane and Kraik smashes it to
the ground in a rage, running off further into the castle/cell. Kraik is ready to
give the Gorilla captain all of the information he’s learned from Virdon, as
long as he gets paid in food for it. After spilling his guts, Kraik returns to the
“family” of humans. Kraik admits to Arn that he told the gorilla everything he
heard from Virdon.
“Destroy everything in here. . . burn this place to the ground,” orders Zaius.
It doesn’t take much convincing of Urko to destroy the knowledge that could
threaten this planet of apes.
Virdon and Burke say goodbye to their fellow humans and with Galen’s help
they get Arn back to her dead husband’s family farm and she and Kraik will
start a life. Virdon says goodbye to his “family” and he, burke and Galen
travel down the road.
Urko and his search party have reached the Science Institute where the pile
of rock and timber have been put back over the door of the holographic projector. Apparently not only did the battery work, but both Burke and Galen
have gone off to find the cache of human knowledge.
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As Disney and Universal continue to butt
heads in the ongoing war between their
theme park empires, 20th Century Fox is
looking to enter the arena in a big way.
Armed with the rights to some of the biggest
and most beloved movie franchises of all
time, they have the right ingredients
for something special.
But most of you reading this are
in for a bit of a trip if you want
to visit the newly announced 20th Century Fox
World. The new park and
resort is heading to Dubai in
the United Arab Emirates,
where it will capitalize on the
nation’s increasingly huge tourism
industry.
The story comes to us via Deadline, who
report that the studio is teaming with the Al
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Ahli Holding Group to build the resort. This
will be the second theme park Fox has built
(the other will open in 2017 in Malaysia),
but it will be the first to bear the company’s
name in the title. That is statement – here
is a studio that wants to be in the same
conversation as Universal and Disney
in a field those companies have
long dominated.
Details are scarce, of
course. The report says
that the park will debut
in 2018, but that
sounds optimistic, especially when it takes
some theme parks several years just to finish a
new attraction or themed area.
They did announce that the park will include
“themed retail street featuring unique shop-
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ping and dining based on Fox properties”
and “the world’s first Fox-themed resort
hotel,” but that’s those are givens. What
properties? What are the rides going to be?
Universal’s Wizarding World of
Harry Potter raised
the bar on recreating beloved movies
and worlds and Fox
has
plenty
of
movies that could
draw in fans from
around
the
world.Right now,
it looks like Fox is
going to reach far
and wide across its library to deliver a big
variety of themed entertainment. The
movies and shows slated to be transformed
into attractions include Ice Age, Rio, Planet
of the Apes, Aliens, Predator, Night at the
Museum, Titanic, The Simpsons, and Sons
of Anarchy.
Every theme park fan look at that list of
title and imagine the possibilities. A creepy
dark ride through a Xenomorph-infested research station. A kid-friendly simulator ride
that lets you soar with talking birds. A
walk-through tour of a magical museum.
The only truly
gigantic Fox franchise not listed
here is the X-Men
series, but we can
only imagine the
rights issues that
prevent that from
getting its own
ride.
The UAE has
been going after
those tourism dollars in a big way over the
past few years. Furious 7 practically
stopped to become an advertisement for the
country’s tourism industry, making life
s
there look like a swanky, sexy adventure.
Meanwhile, theme park fans already have a
reason to visit so they can visit Ferrari
World in Abu Dhabi, home to the world’s
fastest
roller
coaster (and other
rides that are
pretty much big
advertisements
for cars most people cannot afford).
As movies continue to cater
more directly to
international audiences,
the
movie-based
theme parks will follow suit. Tourists from
all over the world used to travel to the
United States to visit the likes of Disney
World and Universal Studios. Now, these
companies are seeking opportunities elsewhere, working to appease the people who
are really driving box office revenues these
days. So start saving for your 2018 vacation
now. Tickets to Dubai aren’t cheap.“Fox
World will be a world-class destination that
will help fuel Dubai’s emergence as a global
tourism destination,” Fox Consumer Products president Jeffrey Godsick says.
The
studio’s
Global Live and
Location
Based
Entertainment
SVP Greg Lombardo adds that
the park “will provide an ongoing
platform for immersive brand engagement
with
our
consumers
from around the world, including key international markets of Europe, Russia and
China.”
In addition to thrill rides, the partners
plan to offer a “themed retail street featuring unique shopping and dining based on
Fox properties” as well as “the world’s first
Fox-themed resort hotel.”
Fox’s characters “will help us spearhead
this project and add value to our latest offering in the global entertainment space”
“Al Ahli CEO Mohammed Khammas says.
Abdul Rahman Falaknaz, chairman of International Expo Consults (IEC) and organizer of the Dubai Entertainment Amusement
and Leisure (Deal) show, said the increase
of theme parks based on movie franchises
reflects international stakeholders' interest
in the Middle East's amusement and leisure
industry. Dubai's theme parks are expected
to
generate
close to $5 billion in revenue
by 2020, according to IEC.
T h e s e
theme parks
based
on
movies
will
also bring in a
huge number of
tourists
to
Dubai, according to the IEC. Ongoing construction of
amusement attractions are in line with
Dubai's vision to transform into a family
tourism destination.
"There is a huge role that entertainment
attractions play in Dubai's tourism sector.
Our theme parks could compete with their
globally renowned counterparts.
Parks with movie themes are a win win
for both moviemakers and stakeholders as
the former need to find ways to leverage
their intellectual properties to something
that will still generate long-term revenue
after their masterpieces have hit the big
screens," said Falaknaz.
The popularity of the movie and show
franchises will drive revenues to these de-
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velopments. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
has forecast that current and upcoming UAE
amusement tourist destinations can draw
about 18 million theme park visits by 2021.
Currently, there are three developments
being constructed in the UAE, mostly revolving on Hollywood blockbusters: IMG
Worlds of Adventure, 20th Century Fox
World and Dubai Parks & Resorts.
Deal 2016 will introduce the amusement
operators and franchise showcase pavilion,
which is set to host visitors of various profiles such as investors and decision makers
in the amusement franchising industry, real
estate firms involved in shopping centres
and mixed-use developments, theme park
and FEC operators, retailers
and education
providers,
event organizers and gove r n m e n t
figures.
The
recently-announced 20th
Century Fox
World, set to
open in 2018, will feature rides and attractions based on big and small screen hits
such as Titanic, Ice Age, The Simpsons and
Planet of the Apes.
Dubai Parks and Resorts will allocate
various themed areas, including Motiongate, with 27 themed rides and attractions
based on DreamWorks (Shrek, Madagascar,
Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon),
Lionsgate (Hunger Games and Step Up),
Sony Picture Studios (Hotel Transylvania
and Zombieland), Smurfs Village and Studio
Central.
Bollywood, the biggest movie producer
in the world, will also be the central theme
of Bollywood Parks Dubai. This theme park
is set to attract Bollywood enthusiasts to
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the UAE, with attractions based on Bollywood's best reel hits.
"Around the globe,
the most popular theme
parks revolve around
movie themes. Cases in
point: Universal Studios
and the Disney World
franchises. Those who
are looking to visit a
family entertainment
center want something that is recognizable. Most movie enthusiasts would want to
engage in something similar with a set
tour, sans
the green
screen,"
a d d e d
Falaknaz.
"Theme
parks need
not introduce characters
or
concepts as the ones in the movie are already familiar. The possibility of these
movies being tangible or coming to life
with immersive experiences and excitement are brought about by the perfect mix
of hit movies with theme park rides."
In the 1950s and 1960s, brothers Bill
and Will Morey were
both successful entrepreneurs. Bill operated
concessions along the
boardwalk in Wildwood, while Will was a
successful contractor
and developer who
took advantage of the
development boom in
Wildwood, NJ in the
1950s and 1960s
s
changing the face of the town by building
the "Doo Wop"-style motels that now
characterize the town.
In 1968, the brothers spotted
a giant 12-lane fiberglass slide
operating near a shopping center
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The
brothers knew that such an attraction would be a successful addition
to
the
Wildwood
boardwalk and they started
making plans to acquire one
of their own. Given the size
of the slide, the brothers
could only find one location large enough to accommodate it. The
construction of a new
pier and the purchase of a
struggling restaurant and
miniature golf complex located
on the boardwalk became the site
of Surfside Pier.
The complex was actually two
small piers separated by a swath
of municipally owned land.
The town also owned the
boardwalk frontage, but permitted access to the piers via
twenty-foot wide catwalks. The
small start-up operation was
initially met with skepticism by
the more established operations
along the boardwalk. They considered it unwise
for
the
Moreys to occupy so much
valuable pier
space with
the
large
slide, which also blocked the view
of any future attractions they would
add to the pier.
But people flocked to the slide, which
they called the Wipe Out, and as if to vin-
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dicate their decision, two competing giant
slides were constructed along the boardwalk the following season.
Their success continued through the
1970 season and by 1971, they started
adding more attractions including such favorites as the King Kong ride, which consisted of a 40 foot tall fiberglass statue of
King Kong around which airplanes circled
in 1971 and the Haunted House in 1972.
By the spring of 1974, the city decided
to auction the land that separated the two
portions of the Morey's operation. It would
not be exaggerating to say that the future
of Morey's operation was contingent on
winning the auction as the winning bidder
could cut off access to their complex from
the boardwalk. In a spirited round of bidding, the Morey's prevailed with a bid of
$756,000, the Moreys won out.
At last, the two parts of the operation
could be unified. The pier, which became
known as Morey's Pier, was immediately
expanded to 80,000 square feet and several
new rides were added.
At the time, Wildwood was one of the most
competitive amusement park markets in the
world with five different operators fighting for
the summer tourist trade. The Moreys sought to
stand out by developing a number of one-of-akind attractions, including the Poseidon Adventure in 1974 and In Concert and Planet of the
Apes in 1975.
Planet of the Apes started with a ride on
a space ship. Once everyone was seated the
ship would start to rotate and a light show
would begin. During the short trip through
space and time the audience is told the story
of the Planet of the Apes.
The ship would soon begin to slow down
and come to a stop. At this point the hatch
would open to a world inhabited by primates. Ape soldiers would burst through the
door attacking the captain and his crew.
Meanwhile the audience would be led
through the interior space door and into a
primitive underground world. The cave that
one walked through was dotted with wax
figures depicting apes and primitive humans
from the motion picture franchise.
After being shuffled through caves and
corridors you would exit the ride out onto
the boardwalk.
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There was usually a young busker in a
jump suit and ape mask that would run
from the cave out onto the boardwalk,
chasing and scaring the public in hopes
that the excitement of being chased by
an “ape” would drive customers into the
“wax museum.”
Reflecting changing tastes, the ride
was later converted into a Star Wars
themed attraction in 1975. The spaceship part of the ride had also been used
as a Star Trek ride.
The spaceship was actually a Futuro
home, one of only a few dozen that have
survived to the present day. The ship was
originally designed in the 60's by an architect named Matti Suuronen. Suuronen's
thought was that they could be used as a
ski-cabin or weekend getaway. His plan was
to mass produce these objects but that
never came to be.
Back in the spring of 2003 it was rumored
that the spacecraft which was once part of the
Planet of the Apes ride on Morey's Pier through
the 70's, was spotted in Hancock's Harbor in historic Greenwich, NJ.
The new owner of the spaceship is Scott
Gifford, who also owns the Bait Box Restaurant and Hancock Harbor Marina.
Apparently the futuro had been parked in
Delmont for the previous 10 years until Scott
purchased it from former owner Tom Platt.
He plans on having it refurbished and repainted and making
it a sales office or
gift shop.
Thanks
to
Scott this lost attraction is found,
and a piece of
Wildwood,
NJ
and Planet of the
Apes history is
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This episode formed the first half of the fifth TV movie Farewell to the
Planet of the Apes originally broadcast in 1981.
Virgil and Burke are brought before Prefect Hurton*. The ape believes that
the men are thieves and not fishermen, as they don’t wear the bands of fishermen. It’s also revealed that humans are expected to hold their breaths for
long periods of time in order to spearfish under water. The two humans must
prove their fishing abilities by swimming under water that has a sheet of fire
atop it. It is the only way to prove a fisherman’s abilities under water.
Burke, Virdon and Galen have reached the western shore. The humans
enjoy a casual run through the surfline and the cautious Galen keeps to the
dry sand on a parallel course. Apes aren't fond of the water as humans are.
When they stop to discuss whether they're at the former Pismal Beach or
not, they spot a makeshift raft in the water with a human figure on it.
Meanwhile back at the cave, Galen tries to feed Gatto but is refused. Galen
tells the old man “my friends have a saying, I think it goes something like
this. . . ‘you are a pain in the neck’.” Galen warns the old man that if anything should happen to his human friends, the chimp will feed the old man to
the sharks, piece by piece. With the astronauts gone for a whole day, worry
prompts Galen to go look for his friends.
The old man is tied to the raft and barely alive. The astronauts tow the raft in
by hand, passing a blue shark on the way. The realize, upon freeing the old
man, that this was a deliberate act.
Over at the test area covered in fire, one human makes it under swim of fire.
they must each swim under the pool of water, covered in fire with a fishing
spear and come out unscathed. Virgil swims under the pool and comes up
with a fish.
Galen finds a cave and the astronauts bring in the old man and try to revive
him. “I’m dead, leave me” sputters the half-drowned old man. Although Galen
thinks that they should just leave the man, since he wants to be dead anyway, the astronauts at least get the name “Gahto” out of him.
Just up the beach, a gorilla guard discovers the Gatto’s abandoned raft.
“That’s the band of an enforced labor camp,” says Galen when the two men
discover the bolted-metal wrist band on the old man. The metal band identifies the human in an effort to keep them from straying too far from the labor
center.
Burke also passes the test but with a bigger fish than Virgil, who responds,
“show off.”
The astronauts decide to go find the labor camp that’s missing Gahto.
The Prefect wants to show off the two new fisherman to “Bandor,” apparently
the ape commissioner above Prefect Hurton.
Galen, who is going under pseudonym “Zuma” arrives to rescue this friends
but to do so is very tricky as the story he tells Prefect Hurton about the humans is not the one they have told Prefect Hurton.
Apparently a fishing labor camp, several humans with long spears are stabbing at fish when the blue shark appears and is shot at by a gorilla guard.
The astronauts, from a covered location above the scene, notice the similar
bracelets on all the humans as Gahto had. They are discovered by another
guard and led to the village.
It is revealed to Galen that the “gods of the sea” will decide the fate of the
humans. . . the sharks being said gods.
Galen sneaks a knife to Virgil at the shoreline. Virgil points out that Galen
should watch his back “I don’t think they’re too particular about who they
shoot.”
After the guard leaves to report the strange humans’ arrival to Prefect Hurton, the astronauts querie the growing crowd of humans about Gahto. No
one steps up to involve themselves in the issue.
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Both men, now holding their breath, try to hide among the kelp beds as the
sharks (now black-tip sharks) circle.
Commissioner Bandor, an orangutan, arrives to meet with Prefect Hurton.
The prefect shows off the two new fishman to Bandor. Bandor claims that
without papers of ownership “Zuma” must give up claim to the two humans.
Prefect Hurton also points out that the chimp stole a female.
One shark attacks Burke but Virgil, with knife wrestles and stabs at the
shark. When the blood pool rises to the top of the water, Prefect Hurton is
satisfied that it was the sharks who won the battle.
Much to his surprise, Burk and Virgil surface with the now-dead shark. They
walk ashore to much cheer from the other fishermen.
That night, Burke and Virgil work on a fishing net prior to the morning’s banding ceremony.
However, a gorilla guard arrives explaining that he’s discovered the raft of
Gatto that has had the lashings cut. The prefect decides that the two strange
new humans and “Zuma” can leave until Bandor arrives.
At the ceremony, the two new producing humans are missing. When a gong
is heard, the entire village, apes and humans head to the beach.
Galen returns to the cave, only to find Gahto gone. The zombie-like man is
staggering through the surf, heading for the deep water and death. Galen
grabs him before he can get more than ankle-deep and returns him to the
cave.
Gahto, at Galen’s and Soma’s beckoning yells into the surf for the two astronauts to come ashore. The net is filled with more fish than spearfishing
could do in a month. The credit is given to Gahto for creating the net and his
life is saved.
Galen promises death to Gahto if he’ll stay in the cave.
Galen then meets with Burke and Virgil and discuss their immediate future
and what to do when Bandor arrives. The humans then head out to do their
day’s fishing. Once at the site, looking at the ropes, Virgil has an idea.
As a bonus, “Zuma” and the two humans climb a raft and head to sea for the
big fish capture.
Meanwhile Prefect Hurton bitches at Galen about quotas and the Gods of
the Seas.
With Bandor holding the other end of the line, the humans paddle the raft beyond the surf.
Gatto’s daughter Soma meets with Burke, Virdon and Galen. She is worried
that they will all be punished if it’s found out Gahto is still alive.
The line’s end is run out and the raft is quickly out of sight before a gorilla
guard can get off one shot.
Galen devises a plan to get Soma out of the village and to the cave where
her father is.
That night Soma’s husband Romar storms into Burke & Virdon’s fishing hut,
demanding to see his wife.
The raft comes ashore and the humans, after a joke, chase Galen up the
beach with much laughter.
He runs out of the hut screaming her name and when he dares leave the
confines of the village, he is shot in the shoulder by a gorilla guard.
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Stars of the Apes: Roddy McDowaLL
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude "Roddy" McDowall (1928 – 1998) was an English born American actor, film director, photographer, and voice
artist. His roles included Cornelius, Caesar, and
Galen in the Planet of the Apes film and television
series. He began his acting career as a child in
England, and then in the United States.
In the 1968 film Planet
of the Apes, Roddy played
the part of inquisitive chimpanzee archaeologist Cornelius. He described how
he first learned of the project on a flight back from
London, and his memories
of the film: "A year before
production, Arthur Jacobs
talked to me about the project. I was one of the few
people he explained the
whole thing to, including
the ending. He talked with
me about playing Cornelius,
and I thought it was all intriguing. About a year
later, I signed to do the
film, and to have my face
molded for the makeup.
The first film was very difficult because it was made
in the summertime, at the
Malibu Ranch."
"The heat made us perspire, which in turn
worked on the spirit gum which in turn forces the
reapplication of the adhesive - which in its turn
works on the skin."
Indeed, when the sequel, Beneath the Planet
of the Apes, was made, it was without McDowall,
who was unavailable to reprise the role as he was
set to direct the film Tam Lin.
McDowall returned to the franchise in 1971,
reprising the role of Cornelius in Escape from the
Planet of the Apes. "I like 'Escape' very much. I
went to a movie house to see it, and I liked what
it did to an audience. I admire Don Taylor very
much, and I admire J. Lee Thompson beyond any
description."
Thompson was the director of the fourth Apes
movie the following year: although Cornelius was
killed at the third film's climax, Roddy still had
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spend a little under four hours in the make-up
chair being transformed into a chimpanzee; but
that's not the main thing that bothered me.
I'm not a true claustrophobic, but after a time,
not being able to scratch my nose, eat anything
or drink except through a straw really works on
my nerves. After about five hours I really become a basket case!"
In 1974, 20th Century Fox hired McDowall
to play yet another chimpanzee character. This
time, he played the role of the Natie ape
refugee, Galen on the Planet of the Apes television series.
McDowall appeared in all fourteen episodes
of the short-lived series. It took three hours to
transform Roddy McDowall from human to ape.
Once the makeup was on, the actor could
eat only by drinking liquids through a straw.
Roddy, a chain smoker, was forced to puff cigarettes through an extra-long holder as he
spoke to Smash magazine about the makeup in
1974: "Well, you get very hot, and not only
that, but as the day wears on, you don’t get
enough oxygen to your skin. It’s somewhat disturbing."
"I have a marvelous makeup man, Freddie
Blau, who puts a lot of stuff on my face to protect
it. And then, we made a deal when I came to do
this series that the makeup can be on my face
only a certain number of hours a day. Having had
experience with the films beforehand, I know
where the exhaustion point is. When the makeup’s been on about 10 hours, you start to get really bugged."
"Even so, I enjoy the reality of the appliance. It's
really very effective. I got a day off every four days,
and I don't work more than 12 hours at a time."
plenty of work to do, and starred in Conquest of
the Planet of the Apes playing Caesar, the son of
Cornelius - a more complex role.
"Certainly the role of Caesar has much more
substance than many of the 'regular' parts I've
had in other movies. I’ve enjoyed my roles in all
of the films, yet I felt that 'Conquest' was the
greatest challenge.
Roddy revealed that
there was no difference
at all in the makeup of
Caesar from that of Cornelius, but that it was
instead the very different personalities of the
characters that separated them: "Different
thoughts present a different visage, and
that's what acting is all
about.
McDowall
played
Caesar once again for
the final film of the
Arthur P. Jacobs line,
Battle for the Planet of
the Apes, during which
Roddy caught cold and
also had to have three
small cysts surgically
removed from his face,
cysts which had been caused by the continual application and removal of the appliances. "I tended
to forget the discomfort. Eight months or more
would pass between these films and I didn't quite
remember how wearing they really were. I had to
report for work at five o'clock in the morning to
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Still, Roddy spent at least 50 hours a week in
the tortuous simian makeup, and his face was insured for $100,000.
McDowall didn't consider the TV show to have
the kind of social and political themes associated
with the movies: "The apes mistreat humans in
the same way that humans mistreat each other
today. I don't think this point is directed at any
particular ethnic situation. It's just that the fabric
of the show's material seems to cover all the
kinds of prejudice and injustice we are guilty of.
Basically, the show is just great entertainment. "
On October 3, 1998, McDowall died of lung
cancer at his home in the Studio City district of
Los Angeles. "It was very peaceful," said Dennis
Osborne, a friend who had cared for the actor in
his final months.
"It was just as he wanted it. It was exactly the
way he planned." Before he died, he had many of
his friends visit him in his home, including a famous reconciliation between Elizabeth Taylor and
Sybil Christopher (Richard Burton's first and second wives). He was cremated through the Neptune Society Columbarium, "No ostentatious
funeral or formal memorial service," were
Roddy's wishes. Elizabeth Taylor held a memorial
gathering at her house with about 100 of Roddy's
friends approximately a month after his death.
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A trio of gorilla soldier, on patrol in the woods, spots our two astronaut
heroes and their chimpanzee companion.
Thus, Burke and Galen jump a gorilla guard with a cart. As Burke subdues
the gorilla, the human that was also in the cart makes a run for it. It
seems our heroes now have the transportation that they require for the
long journey to the hospital.
The gorillas fire on the fugitives, one bullet catching Virdon in the shoulder, knocking him to the ground.
Leander and Kira’s dinner date has gone OK. Kira seems removed from
the conversation, apparently mulling over the ideas that Galen has put in
her head about the equality of humans.
Burk lifts the injured man to his shoulders as Galen points the way.
The three gorillas have not given up and continue to scour the area on
horseback.
Their date is interrupted by an orderly announce the arrival of Dr. Adrian.
Our heroes find a hidden building inside an outcropping of low-hanging trees.
Virdon is still awake and explains that the bullet must have lodged somewhere near a nerve, due to the pain. Burke realizes that they must get
Virdon to a hospital. “Our Blue Cross expired about a thousand years ago,”
jokes Virdon.
Travin, the orderly in charge of the humans, argues with Burke about the
care of Virdon and barely makes room for the sick man among the other
human workers of the hospital. Burke wins the battle of wits and Virdon
is treated to Travin’s private room.
Galen talks of a medical center just outside of Central City.
Although the surgery was a success, the patient died and Chief Medical officer Kira, old friend of Galen, ruminates over the loss of a patient. Leander, her boss has other motives as he strokes her ego despite the death.
He sets up a date with her for the next evening.
Apparently the only manuals that Dr. Kira has are about ape anatomy,
there are none written for humans. She worries that blind surgery may
kill Virdon. Galen has seen human anatomy books written by humans, in
the study of Dr. Zaius.
Chart in hand, Kira strolls into her office finding flowers on her desk and
Galen skulking in the corner. “You are a criminal and a traitor,” Kira dismisses Galen.
Meanwhile, Virdon has entered a fever stage and is hallucinating.
Galen, in the guise of Dr. Adrian, warns Travin to keep away from his orderly.
Galen explains to her about the wounded Virdon but she wants nothing to
do with helping. . .but finally submits to his charms.
Galen returns to the men with a bag of items. One is a blue medical smock
for Burke and for himself, the tunic of “Doctor Adrian.”
In the next room, a human is attack a younger, female and Burke rushes in
to protect her and a brawl ensues. The attacking human is no match for
the martial-arts-trained Burke who takes the man out easily.
But in order for them to get to the hospital, which is miles away, they
must come up with a plan to safely transport Virdon.
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The guard who’s cart was stolen reports to General Urko. Urko convinces
the guard that he did not se what he thought he saw. . . no chimpanzee
ever worked with a human to commit a crime. . . not on this planet.
Virdon is set under apaesthesia and with a normal BP and the support of
Dr. Leander, the operation continues.
Burke and Dr. Adrian, with the use of a hospital cart, enter the restricted
area near Zaius’ home, explaining to the local guards that the Minister of
Science has had a heart attack.
Halfway through the operation, Dr. Leander figures out that they’re using
a human book of knowledge and when he tries to leave the scene, Galen
pulls a knife on Leander, forcing him to stay.
Burke and Galen get into Zaius’ house.
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Although the door is locked Burke picks the door open to the library and
accesses the book that they need. Using a bust of Zaius and pillows, they
arrange a body on the stretcher and sneak the stretcher back into the cart
and get the book back to Dr. Kira.
Zaius confers with Urko over the break-in of Zaius’ office. Urko shows
Zaius that a book is missing and that the book was of human surgery.
Without saying anything, Urko understands why the three fugitives
sneaked back into Central City.
With Virdon in very bad shape, they don’t believe he’ll make it through an
operation. Since apes think that transfusions are against nature, Burke
feels that the reason they’ve failed in the past is that the blood types
weren’t the same. They test all of the humans in the work group.
With one slight scare of Virdon’s death, Dr. Kira removes the bullet from
Virdon and closes up the wounds.
Burke talks to one scared female into providing her blood, she is the last
holdout of the humans and she is considered a non-human for reasons not
explained thus far into the episode. Of course she ends up being the only
available candidate for transfusion to Virdon. It’s finally revealed that she
killed her brother in a hunting accident.
Dr. Leander scares Urko off with a lie of an impending plague which has
killed six thus far, his surgical mask gives him an aire of validity. With the
surgery a success, preparations are made to get the three out of Central
City ASAP.
Via a transfusion experiment by the apes, the incompatibility of the blood
killed her brother via her “evil” blood. Burke convinces the girl to give up
her blood, nonetheless.
We finally find out that the girl’s name was Arna. Hidden in a plague cart,
the three fugitives find their way out of town. This is the first time in the
series that the three heroes are not filmed “walking into the sunset” together.
Just as they finish Urko and a troop of gorilla guards arrive.
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Here’s what we know so far with hints and information pulled from all over the interwebs.
First, we can’t forget the prior movie, dawn of
the planet of the apes, that showed this scene in
its trailer but which never made it to the final cut
of the movie.
dawn director Matt Reeves explained that they
didn’t want Dawn to end with military involvement. “We actually did have an ending that went
one step further, and I realized late in the game I
was like ‘Wait a minute, I don’t want us to be boxed
in this way.”
Reeves went on to state that in addition to story
concerns for the next installment, the main narrative thrust that he wanted to end the film on was
that of the final moment between Caesar and Malcolm.
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As a result, a very similar-looking battleship is
found listing to its side below the Golden Gate
bridge in the final cut of the film. Apparently the
Naval Base is the scene for the film’s “armory” and
one might speculate that the use of those big guns
on a grounded battleship might come in handy for
the apes in war for the planet of the apes, should
The clip begins with military forces moving into
the California Redwoods where the apes made their
home in 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
The troops then begin shooting at unseen (and,
presumably, soon-to-be-added by CGI) apes attacking from above.
Matt Reeves and star Andy Serkis — in the motion-capture outfit that he wears to perform the
lead role of Caesar in the series — then introduce
the contest, (which has a central online hub) asking
fans of the Apes series to upload video of themselves doing, as Serkis describes it, their "most
lifelike ape imitation" for a chance to be flown to
the set, put into a mo-cap suit and film a performance for the movie.
Filming had begun in October of 2015 with a
wrap date of mid-March 2016. The film, is slated
to be released in March of 2017.
“I know that part of the desire for Matt to do
this next movie is about continuing the enjoyment
of seeing these apes evolve. So I don’t think we’re
they get them working.
We’ve not heard a great deal about the film
since November of last year which culminated in
the announcement that veteran star Woody Harrleson would be cast a character known as “The
Colonel.”
We do know that the conflict between humanity
and primates is going to get more intense in war,
judging from footage released as part of a new contest inviting fans to get their ape on for a chance
to appear in the upcoming movie.
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going to see a situation where we’re jumping
[ahead in time],” series star Andy Serkis said of
the film last year. “…It might be three films, It
could be four. It could be five. Who knows? But the
journey will continue. It might not necessarily be
summarized or completely fulfilled in this next one.
The point being, eventually we know that we’re
going to end up back at ‘the planet of the apes,’
but whether it’s this film or not, I don’t know.”
By the way, in case you’re still sending in ape
auditions, forgetaboutit. Here’s Andy Sirkis on set
with contest winner Roxanne. “Amazing audition
video - wait until you see her on the big screen!”
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Sestus reads over the recently buried body of Lucian, father of Fauna. It’s
not revealed if this is a scripted Eulogy or if Sestus reads from the Sacred
Scrolls.
Fauna admits to not being blind her whole life and what she misses most
about being able to see. Apparently no one saw two humans attacked and
killed him. While pouring milk, the view can see the special cups used for
the apes. Sestus arrives and the three have to rush out the back, telling
her that they were on the lamb.
“It has been said of the ape, that his days are like grass. Like a flower of
the field, he flourishes. Ripening in fullness and is gone.”
Lucian was apparently a friend to humans and was cut down by them.
Fauna, a blind chimpanzee, hates the humans for what they did. Several
of the gathered apes want to take matters into their own hands. . err. .
paws. . . but Gorilla Guard Zon won’t let them. He insists that the law be
carried out by the gorilla force. . . his force.
Fauna knows of a secret place near the beach where the three can hide out.
At a cottage nearby the human Jasko serves dinner to our three heroes. He
tells them of a group of masked apes calling themselves “Dragoons” who
prey upon the humans, killing them. Jasko insists that the ape soldiers
Zon and Perdix try, but they “cannot be everywhere.”
Galen stops Sestus on the road and lies to him about being attacked by two
humans and having his horse stolen. Sestus agrees to let him ride on his
cart in order to report the incident to the police in the next village.
In the darkness, Fauna reveals that his was the place that she could shut
out the rest of the world. She begs them to stay, promising food in the
morning.
Burke heads back to the cave and Virdon follows one of the Dragoons.
Galen/Phoebus tells Sestus about running humans out of his last village
even killing a few and burning their houses which solved the human problem.
While Burke, Galen and Virdon are out fishing, the torch-carrying Dragoons fall upon Jasko’s cottage. They drag Jasko behind their horses and
burn his home to the ground. Our three heroes come to Jasko’s aid but he
is already dead.
Virdon fights the gorilla he’s seen, eventually knocking him out.
They decide to meet with the blind Fauna. To disguise their identities from
the human-hating female chimp, Galen introduces himself as “Phoebus”
and refers to Virdon as “Alar” and Burke as “Pargo.” She offers them food
and drink back at her home that she shares with her uncle, Sestus. Sestus
is out getting supplies.
He discovers the Dragoon’s meeting place. On the way back to the hiding
place, he meets up with Burke who tells them of Lucian’s journal and how
loved he was by the humans. There was no way Lucian was killed by humans, when he was the only ape around who treated them as friends.
Fauna and Galen chat a bit and Fauna admits falling in love with
Burke/Pargo. The idea horrifies Galen, knowing that Pargo is a human and
Fauna does not know he is so.
Meanwhile the Dragoons end their raid, each going to their own home.
One of the chimps, as the others leave, removes his sack-cloth mask. It’s
his Fauna’s Uncle Sestus, brother of the fallen Lucian.
In a rage, Fauna sends Galen away.
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Galen meets up with Burke and Virdon back at the cave. He reveals that
not only that Sestus knows about the Dragoons, but he is one of them.
Galen angrily reveals that Fauna is in love with Burke.
This becomes one of the most dramatic scenes in the TV series. Many will
scoff at the Imray but the truth of the scene is not just in the “KKK” resemblance but also with those in England who refused to pay taxes of th
Revenuers. Much of the mask imagery draw back to “Dr. Syn. . the Scarecrow” of Romney Marsh, and how his band of “rebels” fought against what
they thought was unjust.
Burke decides to meet with Fauna in private and work the whole situation
out. Galen understands that Burke must be gentle in letting Fauna down.
In private, Burke tells Fauna the biblical story of an old blind man named
Isaac and his sons Jacob and Esau. The mix of the two, one with soft skin
and one with rough, and the deception, resonates with Fauna although not
in the way Burke intended. He leaves, vowing that Fauna shall never hear
his voice again. Fauna is heartbroken.
Burke allows Fauna to touch his face. . . to realize that he is human.
Burke and Virdon jump Perdix, who is one of the gorilla soldiers that
wants to keep all of these events within the prefix of the law. The one they
snag is NOT Perdix.
Zon, the gorilla, still spouts hatred about humans, saying that they must
be driven from the lands of the apes.
despite Fauna’s hate of humans. . . she realizes that this particular human
saved her life. Sestus admits that with Zon, they killed Lucian for being a
friend to the humans.
“KILL THE HUMANS” is what he screams but the brethren of the Dragoons know better and one by one they take off their masks and drop them
at the feet of Zon.
Later the Dragoons are called to order. Sestus vouches for “Phoebus” in
much the way a modern KKK member would. The initiation is similar.
Burke and Virdon are trying to convince Perdix of what’s going on with the
Dragoons and the village.
They leave as Perdix arrests Zon for creating the Dragoons. He even takes
the weapon of Zon.
Galen interrupts the interrogation with a gun and with a Dragoon’s mask
over his head. Between the three of them, they coierce Perdix to be part
of their plan. . . to catch the Dragoons.
Zon is taken away to face Ape judgement.
Fauna marches to the cliffs to kill herself, just as the Dragoons arrive on
the beach below.
Sestus, despite his hatred of humans, offers all three of our heroes to stay
on. They decline, stating that they must move on.
At Virdon’s suggestion, Perdix interrupts the Dragoons. Perdix recognizees Zon, Sestus admits that the Dragoons have gone too far. It’s at this
point that Fauna throws herself into the sea.
Burke begs Fauna for forgiveness. . .for decieving her. In the end, Burke
kisses her with human lips and all seems to be OK in the world.
Burke jumps into the sea to save Fauna. Then Virdon follows suit.
With one last “goodbye” from Burke, our trio of heroes head up the beach
and into the sunset.
. . .and the Dragoons arrive on the beach within minutes of the rescue.
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It’s a planet where apes evolve from men. A world where gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees hold domain and where humans are little more than pets and slaves. It’s a mad house! A
mad house!
And it’s only a short
balloon ride from Rio de
Janeiro.
The original “Planet of
the Apes” film, based on
the Pierre Boulle novel of
the same name, was an
enormous success upon its
release in 1968.
The concept even made
its way to other countries.
And in 1976 it was taken
on by some very silly people in Brazil.
Meet “Os Trapalhões,”
aka The Tramps, a Brazilian comedy troupe who are a little bit The Three Stooges and a
little bit Abbott and Costello. And part of their shtick, much like
Abbott and Costello meeting Frankenstein, is getting mixed up
in other movies.
One of their earliest films was “O Trapalhão no Planalto dos
Macacos” — “A Tramp on the Plateau of the Apes.”
Though from the beginning you’d have a hard time believing
the film has anything to do with
apes. The story begins with a couple
of friends named Conde and Alex
who are off to spend the day surfing, but when they accidentally run
over a police officer’s foot and get
mistaken for a couple of jewelry
thieves, they find themselves on the
run.
They get into a very messy fight
with the police officer and the real
thieves at an egg factory, and finally
stumble across the launch ceremony of a hot air balloon that can allegedly travel to other planets.
They attempt to hide in the balloon, but the predictable happens and it accidentally takes off with
them inside – the police officer included. And after a
long journey they crash-land onto the plateau of the
apes.
It’s here where we begin to find ourselves in familiar territory. Just as in the 1968 film, our shipwrecked protagonists become reluctant explorers as
they’re forced to investigate their strange surround-
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ings. Their wanderings lead them to a banana plantation, but their hopes of a meal are shattered by
the appearance of violent, intelligent apes on
horseback.
What’s notable about “O Trapalhão no Planalto
dos Macacos” is that the locations and overall production design are remarkably similar to “Planet of
the Apes.” It certainly doesn’t have the Antoni
Gaudi-inspired look of it’s big budget cousin, but
it’s VERY reminiscent; and there are moments
where you could easily believe you were watching
the real thing.
Even the costumes and ape
masks
are
surprisingly
effective, despite
being
cut-rate versions of their
models.
Other notable
similarities to
the original
“Planet of the
Apes” films
include an
analogue to
Taylor’s mute companion Nova — here called Hula
— and an equivalent to General Ursus, whose sole
aim is the destruction of the Tramps. They even
have their own Forbidden Zone filled with relics of
an ancient human-dominated civilization, even
though such a thing makes very little sense in this
context.
But for the most part, the Plateau of the Apes
simply serves as a primitive playground for the
Tramps’ zany hijinks. And that’s something it does
very well. In fact, it often feels quite a bit like a live
action cartoon, which is no doubt the intention.
“Planalto dos Macacos” is an extremely silly
film. Of course it is, it’s a kid’s movie. But it’s also
one of the more entertaining Trapalhoes parodies
of American films. If you’re adventurous and interested in seeing it for yourself, it was recently released on DVD in Brazil along with their other
films.
But be warned: the troupe’s comedy is a bit like
Vegemite. If you’re not from the country and didn’t
grow up on it, you may not find it as palatable.
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Racing neck-and-neck, two apes are whipping their horses through the underbrush and between red flags in what seems to be the ape-equivalent of
the Kentucky Derby. . . but with less fans, roses and big hats.
Gregor finally gets back and Burke administers the antidote. It should take
a half an hour to work and in the meantime, Gregor shows his father the
bullet wound in the horse, shot by the surprised gorillas earlier.
A gorilla races in red and a chimpanzee in yellow as they push on through
the course to the cheers of several apes standing by.
Before Virdon and Martin can fix the horse’s wound, the surprised gorillas
arrive. Gregor admits to riding the horse and is arrested.
Watching the race from a small grandstand. . .more like a stage with seats
is General Urko and the prefect. This prefect has bet both half his horses
and half his lands on the outcome.
Prefect Barlow runs the village. He was transferred to this village from
the village of Kaymak by Urko. This is the same Prefect Barlow from the
episode “The Gladiators” which you can read about on page 7.
Cheating (as always) a tree branch almost knocks the prefect’s rider from
the horse but he recovers but has lost his standing against Urko’s rider.
There is a great deal of humor between our three outlaws and Barlow and
in the end, he comes up with a proposal which will save Gregor’s life.
However the fates are with the prefect as Urko’s horse throws a shoe and
the prefect’s horse wins. Urko does not take losing very well.
In order to convince Barlow that Virdon is a great rider of horses, he tasks
the human with breaking in a horse that’s gone wild. . .not even an ape
can break him. The bronco busting is violent and at one point, Wota the
horse plunges through the corral. Virdon is successful and agrees with
Barlow’s proposal to be Barlow’s rider in the coming race with Urko’s
rider.
He blames the local blacksmith and the gorilla who used the blacksmith to
shoe the horse. Urko threatens both if it should happen in the next village, so much for “ape shall not kill ape.”
Of course, the blacksmith in the next village, Venta, Martin and his son
Gregor, have befriended our trio of fugitives, the same three that Urko has
been hunting in almost every episode those far.
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Urko’s men arrive with the maligned horse needing a shoe. They leave just
as screams echo from the blacksmith’s workshop. “I’ve been bit!”
Gregor overhears a conversation with a very curious Galen and a local. It
seems that Urko never comes to town except on very important business,
yet he has come to the village and will definitely discover Galen, Burke and
Virdon.
Galen has been stung by a Tiger Scorpion and without the antidote, he will
die. There is a medical clinic nearby but it is a five mile ride and of course,
humans are forbidden to ride horses. Gregor knows a back route and is a
fast rider. He puts his life on the line for our three heroes, much to Martin’s regret. They tie a rope tournaquet around Galen’s arm.
Urko visits Barlow, curious as to why a human is going to ride against one
of his apes. He thinks Barlow a fool for such a challenge. Still, it’s a good
bet Urko will win and thus he raises the stakes to include all of Barlow’s
horses and all of his land. All that Barlow wants in return is to get his old
job back in Kaymak. Urko agrees.
Gregor rides off, pushing the horse to its limits then once being close by to
the clinic, ties off the horse after dismounting, so as not to be seen by anyone. He gets his hands on the antidote and runs off toward his horse.
Burke and Galen chat with Barlow about how Urko will shoot Virdon, as
soon as he sees him on the horse. Galen questions the notion of “honor
among apes” and Barlow heaps on the fact that Urko doesn’t always win
these horse races fairly.
Galen curses Barlow. . .knowing that he is involved in some way.
The horse is tied right near a new camp erected by gorillas who stare in
shock as the lonely human mounts the horse and whisks off.
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While Burke is making muddy pits to even the racing odds while Galen
carves a noise-maker. Meanwhile Martin and Virdon are making ultra-thin
shoes for Wota.
As the second lap comes to an end, Virdon and his horse aren’t even seen
as the ape jockey gallops through the village center. A minute or two goes
by and finally Virdon enters the village, Wota running as if demonized.
Urko and his minions are also setting traps for the human jockey including
obstacles to throw him and nets to capture him.
Virdon is now only a length or two behind the ape when a net falls from a
gorilla hidden in a tree! It snags Virdon but he quickly whips it off.
Urko and his gorillas are confident that all of their work will pay off and at
one point they amuse themselves with spear-throwing target practice.
Apparently Zaius has given permission for a human to ride a horse this one
time and it irritates both guards and Urko that they can’t just shoot the
jockey for just cause. Martin brings news to Urko that he can “fix” the
shoes on the human’s horse, if Urko lets Gregor go.
The riders are now neck-and-neck as the gorilla jockey whips at Virdon
with his crop over and over again. Virdon snatches the crop and throws it
away. Virdon gains a small lead on the ape.
The very sneaky Galen walks up behind the assassinating gorilla solder,
and opens a cocoanut on his shoulder, releasing a Tiger Scorpion that will
sting said gorilla if he moves. . .even to fire his weapon at the human
jockey.
Galen, among the crowd of onlookers, jumps and sets off the noisemakers,
distracting Urko from seeing Virdon mount the horse. The horse is in pain
from the wedges that Martin has put into Wota’s shoes and Virdon is
thrown. . into the mud. . .disguising him. Virdon and Burke remove the
wedges just as the starting gun goes off.
Virdon wins the race.
General Urko gets so angry that the human remains alive that he pulls his
pistol and starts firing, unsuccessfully, into the crowd. Urko demands his
soldiers mount, knowing that Virdon was the jockey, but Virdon, Burke
and Galen disappear into the panicked crowd of humans and apes.
Virdon, now a bit behind from the start, gets Wota up to speed and the
hurdles in front of the horses in this steeplechase are easily taken. Virdon
is barely behind the ape jockey as they finish the first lap of three.
There are many cheers for the human jockey from the townsfolk, to the
annoyance of all of the gorillas who are armed and ready to shoot Virdon,
especially if he wins but even if he loses the race.
At Gregor’s pen, the gorilla guard unlocks the cell and dares Gregor to
make a run for it. . . if the human runs, he can kill Gregor for escaping.
Burke makes a running kick into the gorilla’s back, just in time. Virdon
and Wota pick up Burke while with a “yahoo,” cowboy Galen makes off
with the cart carrying Gregor.
Burke climbs aboard the slow moving cart and Virdon leads the ensuing
Urko and friends off course. Wota is fast enough to lose the gorillas and by
the time they’ve caught up, the cart is let lose (empty) and the gorillas follow that instead.
Wota jumps the same hurdle that the ape jockey has managed to eek past
but his foot falls into one of the traps laid by Urko’s minions and once
again, Virdon is thrown from his horse into the dirt.
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By the end of the episode, Prefect Barlow is on his way back to Kaymak
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We celebrate International Planet of the Apes Day on the date that the original movie's initial release date, February 8, 1968. It was initially released in New York City and then a month later (March 27) it was released in Los Angeles. The major release across the United States was on April 3, 1968. However, some countries did not get to see the original move for over a decade! Thus, to be fair to all of the Planet of the
Apes fans worldwide, we celebrate the day on the movie’s original release date.
What brings us all together is that it doesn’t matter which version you love in the franchise, whether it’s the original movies from the 60s-70s, the TV series and animated series from the 70s, the Tim Burton version of the 2000s, or the newer franchise. It’s PLANET OF THE APES!
It’s time for us all to celebrate the very best science fiction franchise EVER!
1. Call everyone you meet a “Filthy Human.”
2. Find a gorilla costume, put it on, and walk around throwing
poop at humans. (Use chocolate kisses so you don’t get arrested)
3. Kneel before all those street performers who work for Liberty
Tax Service, dressed as the Statue of Liberty and scream “You maniacs. . .you blew it up. . . . God Damn You All To Hell” while
punching the ground.
4. Only eat bananas all day. . .unless you’re dressed as Zira, then
demand oranges.
5. PLANET OF THE APES ORIGINAL MOVIE MARATHON AT your
HOUSE!
6.Any time a co-worker goes to the toilet say “You may not like
what you find.”
7. Put a sign up on your door/cubicle/window that says “Ape shall
not kill Abe.” Then count how many people ask you “what the hell
does that mean?”
8. Grab your most-evil child (male or female) by the jaw, pull it
open and say “Is there a soul in there? “
9. Ask your significant other if they know who John Chambers is.
If they think it’s a porn star, divorce them.
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10. Instead of prayers at dinner and at night, you recite, instead,
the 29th Scroll, 6th Verse:
“Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among
God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will
murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not
breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and
yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the
harbinger of death.”
11. or. . .if you’re more human, then pray this way: “Glory be to
the Bomb, and to the Holy Fallout. As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be. World without end. Amen.”
12. Act confused, looking for your prescription. . . ALZ-113
13. Read Pierre Boulle’s original La Planète des Singes (Monkey
Planet) and decide which versions of the story (if any) match the
novel.
14. For no reason during the day, act like you’ve been shot and
produce a stuffed chimp baby and thow it into any nearby water. .
.whether it be river, pond, lake or puddle.
15. For dinner or bar conversation, ask your friends which type of
great ape would they want to be if they were on PotA. .. gorilla,
chimpanzee, or orangutan (we don’t add bonobo ‘cause they’re a
secret).
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16. Ask anyone at the bar what Charlton Heston’s best role was.
If they say anything about PotA, buy them a drink. If they say
“Moses” hit them with a large pointy stick.
17. Wear a vintage Planet of the Apes T Shirt to a board meeting.
18. Go to a Union meeting or VFW meeting or Rotary or any group
of folks gathered for a common cause and shout: “Where there is
fire, there is smoke. And in that smoke, from this day forward,
my people will crouch and conspire and plot and plan for the inevitable day of Man's downfall - the day when he finally and selfdestructively turns his weapons against his own kind. The day of
the writing in the sky, when your cities lie buried under radioactive rubble! When the sea is a dead sea, and the land is a wasteland out of which I will lead my people from their captivity! And
we will build our own cities in which there will be no place for humans except to serve our ends! And we shall found our own
armies, our own religion, our own dynasty! And that day is upon
you... now! “
19. Walk up to a friend who’s not seen Dawn of PotA and say “War
has... already begun. Ape started war. And human... Human will
not forgive. You must go... before fighting begins. I am sorry...
my friend. “ Then just walk away.
20. Nuke the planet while a couple of your friends watch from
space.
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This episode formed the second half of the fourth TV movie Life, Liberty
and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes.
A gorilla guard explains to Urko that a female chimpanzee drove a hay cart
into the city and abandoned it. Urko has a suspicion that Galen’s father
might be involved and tell the Gorilla soldier to go to the Ape Councilmember’s home and search it.
It opens with a large group of gorilla soldiers on patrol who spot our three
fugitives heading across a long field.
Meanwhile Yalu and his son have a huge argument about Galen’s human
friends. Galen and Virdon hide in a secret room when the Gorillas arrive.
Burke is being spun about on a table. . . further torture in the brainwashing technique. Burke, with his military training intact, repeats only his
name, rank, and serial number.
Our heroes split up so the gorillas only go after Burke, afterfall, one prize
is better than none. Burke is netted and beaten.
The gorillas will take Burke to Central City.
Wanda is now über-frustrated. Galen and Virdon break into the jail but
can’t find Burke anywhere.
At the actual spot where Burke is being held, Urko has had about enough
of this “brainwashing” and confronts Wanda. The general wants to beat
the information out of Burke while Wanda screams her discontent.
A chimp called Wanda (pun intended) is a brilliant scientist according to
Dr. Zaius and is convinced that her work can help break down the captured
Burke and reveal all the secrets that make the two astronauts different
from the other humans on the planet. Urko disagrees. He feels that destroying Burke, Virdon and the chimp Galen will be an easier solution.
She threatens to tell Zaius of Urko’s involvement. Urko leaves.
Much to Urko’s chagrin, Wanda has been given the approval of the Ape
Council to use brainwashing methods to break Burke.
Yalu confides to Galen that he had no idea that Burke would not be held in
the main jail.
At the first interrogation, Burke is not as cooperative as Wanda would like
and he begins to see through the brainwashing technique which of course
frustrates the female chimp. Besides the deafening drums and bells, she
adds blinding light and darkness to the procedure.
Galen and Virdon figure out that Urko must keep records and that they
must break into his office to find out where Burke is.
Meanwhile, Virdon and Galen ambush an ape cart driver. Eventhough
Urko has ordered every soldier to check every cart and visitor, Galen,
dressed and acting as a female ape, manages to outsmart gorillas. Virdon
hides under a false floor.
Our two heroes manage to break into Urko’s office and get into the general’s filing cabinet. Pulling out many scroll parchments, they sift through
them under candlelight until they’re almost discovered. They blow out the
candle and hide as two guards enter the office.
Under the cover of darkness they come upon the home of Galen’s mother
Ann and his father Yalu, who has just been elected to the Ape Council.
Reading from the brainwashing book of 1986, written by humans about
humans, Wanda finds a passage about using feminine memories to be
pulled up from the “patient’s” subconscious.
Apparently Yalu does not feel for humans as his son does. “He is a
human,” talking about the also-visiting Virdon. “. . . and therfore my
enemy.”
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She orders the turntable to be stopped and beings to speak to Burke with a
very nurturing, female voice.
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Dr. Malthus is apparently the only doctor available and Ann argues that
the life of the injured ape she has brought in should take precedence over
that of a human, despite the human’s importance to Urko.
The brainwashing is starting to work as Burke begins to have waking
dreams of the past, his past, on Earth. He dreams of his old girlfriend and
the fun they had at a picnic. . .just as she bends to kiss him, she is replaced by Wanda and he snaps out of it.
She looks over the ordinary human patient while palming a scalpel and a
knife.
As Burke struggles to awaken, Wanda informs the guards that her time
with the prisoner is past and he now “belongs” to Urko.
The morning dawns and both Galen and Virdon are still going through
Urko’s papers, trying to discover where their friend Burke is stashed.
Ann slips the knife to Galen and the scapel to Virdon from behind her back
as Dr. Malthus runs off to find a bed for the wounded ape.
They discover a possible clue, five special guards to the Crystal Cavern. .
just as Urko arrives. Although his papers are strewn about, he gives it no
pause.
At the cavern, our heroes see Burke being loaded onto a hospital cart, surrounded by gorillas. They must get to the hospital to intercept Burke before he’s labotimized.
Virdon and Galen subdue the two gorilla guards, thanks to a distraction
from Ann. However, she freaks out!
Urko gives the operating physician, Dr. Malthus, 30 minutes to prep before surgery. . . . not a lot of time for Burke to remain alive.
Meanwhile (wow, we use that word a lot in this article), Virdon and Galen
are speaking with Ann. They want to take her carriage to the hospital to
break out Burke in.
Her screams bring in the other Gorilla soldiers and a huge fight engages.
They move a gorilla-filled hospital bed in front of the door of the operating
room and sneak Burke out of the hospital, “stealing” Ann’s carriage. It
was all a well-planned ruse by Ann as Urko and his soldiers race after an
empty carriage.
Ann gives in and gives them the use of her carriage. . . and more.
Later, under scrutiny by General Urko, Ann protests that the chimp seen
aiding the humans was Galen, “A mother knows her son.”
At the hospital, Galen’s mother tells a disguised Virdon to help a wounded
ape (Galen) from the carriage. They all three enter the hospital together.
Urko drops the case agains Yalu and Ann. He storms out of their home in
disgust.
“I don’t pretend to understand the friendship between you and those humans,” admits Yalu to his son Galen. “but I do understand friendship. . .
and I understand principles.”
A gorilla Lieutenant tries to stop the three from entering but thanks to
Ann’s influence as wife of a councilmember, they are given access to the
hospital.
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Sometimes I’m a little slow,” he continues. “Without your mother I might
never have realized the son we have.” The episode ends with a group hug.
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This episode formed the second half of the third TV movie Treachery and
Greed on the Planet of the Apes.
A soldier gorilla on horseback leads two others on a cart full of bags of supplies.
Aboro and a group of troopers arrive at Janor and Mikal’s farm and
threaten Janor, the elder of the two brothers. Mikal admits to stealing the
grain, telling Aboro where it is hidden. Aboro orders Janor killed anyhow
and Mikal freaks, attacking troopers.
Our three heroes are helping some human farmers, Janor and Mikal, when
they hear the soldiers’ horses. They hide in the barn at a spot where they
can overhear and see what’s going on.
During the scuffle both brothers are shot by the troopers and Aboro orders
the barn burned as a warning to other humans.
Apparently taxes have been raised and the soldiers take all of the human’s
grain stores. The soldiers move on to the next farm.
Our three heroes arrive after the barn has burned to the ground, finding
Janor with just a flesh wound and Mikal dead.
Burke, Virdon and Galen come out of hiding. Janor explains that the senior
gorilla, Daku, is the lieutenant of Aboro, who taxes all the humans without
prejudice.
At the burial site for Mikal, Janor admits to the ape and the astronauts
that he was wrong for not fighting the apes and that Mikal died because he
would not fight them. Janor wants to kill Aboro.
They hatch a plan to hijack the grain and get it back to the farms, ala
Robin Hood (on the Planet of the Apes).
Galen’s cousin Augustus happens to be the prefect of the village, ruling
over District Chief Aboro.
Galen pays a visit to his cousin. Galen briefly explains how he became a
fugitive and his ideas of human/ape equality.
Our heroes plant trip wires then hide as someone approaches. It’s Mikal
who wants to be a part of the plan.
Augustus takes great pride in his position and can hardly believe that
Aboro has been corrupt. In a “speak of the devil” moment, Aboro arrives,
also to visit the prefect. Galen hides. . . as usual.
The caravan of goods with ape soldiers approach and the trap is sprung
with much violence and chasing of humans.
Prefect Augustus presents his accusations against District Chief Aboro.
The clever humans race off with the cart, picking up Galen along the way.
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Despite Mikal wearing a veil over his face, Daku recognizes the boy.
Aboro produces a scroll and reads it to Augustus, “Effective immediately
Prefect Augustus is reassigned to Davado, District Chief Aboro is hereby
promoted to prefect in place of Augustus.”
Aboro is most displeased that three of his troopers and Daku were overpowered by three lowly humans. He threatens to shoot Daku and tells him
to find out who the strangers are while Aboro “takes care of” Mikal.
Later, Daku tells Aboro that he belongs in the prefect’s chair, not Augustus. Prefect Aboro now sports a tabard with a gorilla emblazoned on a red
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Aboro is stunned as Daku watches General Urko arrive.
General Urko literally turns the table and unmasks the chimp, recognizing
Galen immediately.
It seems that Urko and Aboro are old friends and give each other friendly
insults when meeting. Urko admits how pleased he is that Aboro was
made prefect.
Virdon gets the drop on Urko with a rifle to the gorilla’s neck. Burke hits
Urko with the butt of a rifle when he surprises them in the tent.
Aboro cheated at the Academy and his bitterness still resounds with Urko.
Burke and Virdon believe that Aboro bought his promotion but Galen tries
to hold onto a value that apes are not corrupt.
However they all realize that should they shoot Urko, the troops will be on
them. If they leave, Urko will call his troops on them. All the cards seem
to be in Urko’s paw. Urko agrees with a plan to trap Aboro.
Burke sews Galen a red tabard and Virdon has whittled an awesome cane.
This is all part of their ruse.
Nearby, a passing gorilla patrolman finds the tied-up Daku and releases
him.
Galen presents himself as “Octavio,” assistant to Zaius, at the office of
Prefect Aboro.
Urko, his guards, and our three heros head for Prefect Aboro’s office.
Aboro is busy chatting with Daku about his capture by humans he doesn’t
remember, who interrupted his trip to meet with the human assassinator,
Amhar.
Octavio questions the ambitiousness of Aboro, since the gorilla satisfied at
just being the prefect of a minor village. He convinces Aboro that Zaius
wants him to overthrow Urko, who often disregards the Counsel.
Aboro plots with Daku about a backup assassination plot against Urko.
Daku has listened in and thinks Aboro should take the chance to usurp
Urko. However, Aboro is not convinced of Octavio’s sincerity.
Aboro finds Urko and Octavio at his door. Just as they all sit in a friendly
gathering, there is another knock at the door.
He sends Daku off to investigate Octavio. Octavio passes the investigation
and Aboro accepts the offer to take Urko’s place. They must find a way to
make Urko look criminal to the Counsel. Aboro wants to assassinate Urko
instead. . . . a quick and permanent solution.
It is Burke, pretending to be Amhar. Of course Aboro knows that Daku
never got the chance to set up the assassination, and has Burke taken before Urko.
Aboro rushes to get out of the locked hut. . . as the bomb that Daku has lit
is brought in by Virdon.
Daku knows of Amhar, a human used by Urko’s assistant Bolta for murder.
Daku rides out to retrieve Amhar.
He threatens the group of apes with the bomb unless they allow our three
heroes to escape. The gorillas comply and indeed our friends escape, but
not before disconnecting the bomb.
Along the way, Daku is ambushed by our three heroes, is tied up and hidden in nearby brush.
Urko arrests Aboro, promising to take him to trial in Central City.
Galen, wearing a mask and disguising his voice, points a gun at Urko, after
sneaking into his tent. Prior to this, Galen had taken Aboro’s signature
stamp and written a letter affixed with Aboro’s seal, now given to Urko.
“Bribery, corruption, conduct unbecomming an ape.” Urko concludes.
“You’re finished Aboro. . . finished!”
The episode ends without any walk into the sunset at all.
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TOP ONLINE PLANET OF THE APES RESOURCES
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1.planet of the apes wiki.
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What started with just a bunch of costumed
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However General Urko wants to burn the village to the ground. . . Zaius
interrupts him pointing out the distinguished Chief Medical Officer, a
chimpanzee named Dr. Zoran.
This episode is one of the few to feature a future big star, in this case,
Sandra Locke as Amy.
The village of Trion has many humans moving about under the watchful
eyes of gorilla guards, most of humans working fields, plowing, planting
and whatnot.
Zoran promises that if he can treat this outbreak that apes may never have
to fear for another outbreak ever. Humans are their workforce, they absolutely need them healthy.
A man emerges from a cliff area carrying a big bundle of kindling. He
drops a piece here and there and looks like he can’t breathe in the heat. He
drops his load and collapses at the base of a pool.
A coal carrier from Trion runs across our heroes saying that he was lucky
to be outside of the village when it was quarantined. He saw a fellow
human shot for trying to leave Trion.
Seeing this and not knowing what to make of it, one of the gorilla guards
rides off.
Virdon wants to go back to Trion and try to help the human population.
Both Burke and Galen object strenuously. Burke gives in but Galen is really pissed off and yells at his comrades about how stupid the idea is of
going back.
An older human male, Talbert, is begging Galen and Burke to stay but they
have to be moving on. His daughter Amy runs into the scene, followed by
Virdon. Apparently Virdon has told Amy about the fact that they’re not
just strangers, but humans from another world. She wants no part of it.
They get to the gates of Trion but the gorilla guard won’t let them
through.
Our three heroes walk out of the village.
They take the back road to the village and come across the dead man from
the beginning of the episode, covered in poorly animated mosquitos! The
astronauts have an idea of what the “plague” really is, and they head toward the village just as Urko and his soldiers approach from the main
road.
Later, Amy finds Talbert in his bed, moaning and sweating, he tries to play
it off like nothing is wrong.
Meanwhile the observant gorilla guard reports to General Urko that the humans in Trion have the “sleeping sickness.”
Upon entering the village they see a man dying on the side of a building
begging for help. Virdon and Burke, after looking at the man, know that
the plague is really Malaria.
Galen tells his human friends that he doesn’t believe that they are trying to
protect each other. “Time and time again you have cautioned us that we
must tell anyone about ourselves,” confides Galen. Galen does not like
that Virdon told Amy their story just to keep her from falling in love with
the astronaut. “Not only did you trust her with your life but you trusted
her with ours,” Galen is visibly distraught.
Amy catches up to Virdon and tells him that Talbert has died.
Talbert is quickly dying, shaking and crying.
Virdon gathers all the human villagers together. He starts to bark orders
about creating smoke to fend off the mosquitos and working parties to create places to heal the sick. . . but all of this is silenced by the arrival of
the Supreme Ape Counsel’s Chief Medical Officer. . . Dr. Zoran and his gorilla guard, Inta.
Zaius brings the Counsel to order. One of the Orangutans tells Zaius about
a plague that had run through many humans in a rural zone in times past.
Zaius realizes this and that’s why he’s issued a quarantine of Trion
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Galen tries to convince the Doctor that Virdon and Burke have information
about the sickness and can help. Zoran refuses to listen to them and finds
their “Malaria” treatment insane.
Although Dr. Zoran shows General Urko that he holds the cure, made
from the bark of trees, Urko dismisses this. He knocks Zoran to the
ground saying that he will not allow “experimentation on my troops!”
More gorilla guards show up and before they get the chance to shoot the
insolent strange new humans, Neesa, the head guard falls ill and passes
out.
It turns out that Neesa has died from Malaria. Not even apes are safe. Dr.
Zoran has no explanation for this.
The Ape Council meets again. “Burn the village now before we’re all destroyed,” yells Urko.
Urko gives orders to shoot anyone trying to leave the village. In a tent set
up just outside of Trion, the Ape Counsel meets to try and find a way to
end the sickness. Urko wants to purify the place with fire.
The decision falls to Zaius who tells Zoran that he only has until noon the
next day to prove his cure is working.
Zoran tells the counsel of something he’s discovered, a rare disease called
Malaria. He gives the council all of the information that Virdon had told
him. The council laughs at him, except for Zaius.
Virdon and Burke are delivering the Quinine to all the sick, but of course,
recovery takes time. Virdon worries about the variables with the cure. . .
the cinchona could have been mutated with no medicial value. . .or this
strain of Malaria might be immune.
Zoran needs more than a few hours to figure out a cure.
Kava is dying from Malaria and Virdon gives him the cure.
Trion is set up exactly as Virdon originally asked all the humans to create.
Urko marches early the next morning with his gorilla troops, armed with
torches. Dr. Zoran goes to meet Urko who has defied the Council’s orders
by marching before noon. Even Zaius and the other council members try
to stop Urko. It is only when the former malaria victims leave the clinic
and Kava himself meets with Urko, that the peace is returned.
Zoran takes Virdon and Burke aside to ask them about a cure for the disease. They tell him that the cure, in the form of Quinine, comes from the
bark of the cinchona tree, a tropical tree that may grow nearby.
Masked humans, under the orders of a masked Galen, begin to drain the
stagnant pools of water. The masks keep the mosquitos from biting them.
As some of the apes and humans commiserate about their good fortune,
Dr. Zoran asks to take our three heroes aside. Zoran has figured out that
Burke and Virdon are the two astronauts wanted by the ape council. He
tells Galen that of the three, he can go, to which Galen responds “You
see, where they go. . . . I go.”
The rest of the humans, with Burke and Virdon, go searching for cinchona.
While they are all out, Amy falls ill with the disease.
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When the men return to Trion, the cinchona bark that they’ve found must
be ground to powder form. The bitter powder is diluted in water and given
to the sick humans, including Amy.
Convinced, Zoran will make no play to stop our heroes and once again the
three must leave Trion and Virdon must leave Amy. He kisses her goodbye
and wishes her well.
Another gorilla, Kava, falls ill. He is one of Urko’s guards. Dr. Zoran is
sent for from the village.
Our heroes walk off into the night after a final wave from Dr. Zoran.
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By this point, the series was going to be cancelled and in many markets
this episode went unaired. However, CBS and the Nielsens both show
data that the episode was indeed aired in several markets.
They soon all arrive at what looks like a bombed-out Aztec temple, complete with sacrificial altar. Clim is tied to a wooden standing rack at the
front of the building.
Several gorilla apes arrive into the village of Borak. Some of the local villagers and some of the “meadow people” are tied in expectation of the
apes arrival.
Young and strong, all of the humans will serve the apes in the mines. Of
the group offered to the apes, one human, Clim, escapes, to the dismay of
the village elder, Brun.
Clim screams for mercy as Miro tells Galen that Brun is in contact with the
gods and won’t talk with him until after Clim’s punishment is handed out.
The gorillas chase after him through the underbrush.
From within the structure walks out a human covered in yellow robes and
a large wooden mask, almost voodoo-like in appearance. He grabs the
cart connected to Clim’s rack and drags it into the structure.
Our three heroes are casually walking down a dirt road. Galen talks to his
human friends about his old home in Central City. This is one of those rare
moments in the series that they all just chit chat.
The masked and hooded man tells of man’s law and how Clim has broken
it. Without touching Clim, Clim dies on the rack, apparently judged by the
gods.
The sound of horses drives them into the woods.
Clim runs right into our heroes and he thanks them for hiding him. However he lies to them about the gorillas, saying that they collect a grain tax
and then chase humans for sport.
Galen catches up with Virdon and Burke who are in bamboo cages just
outside Borak. Galen tells the astronauts about how Brun, the costumed
man, prayed over Clim and the man just died. Galen’s human friends
don’t believe him they don’t think it’s only the power of suggestion.
Galen tells the men that he’s reluctant to talk with Brun. . . “If chimpanzees were ever afraid of humans, he is a human to fear.”
The truth really is that Brun provides five mine workers for the apes each
summer month, like some sort of ritual sacrifice.
Talia brings the humans in the cage food and Burke attempts to seduce
her, but she is Miro’s woman.
The Brun sends his son Miro and others to find Clim. They run across Clim,
Galen, Virdon and Burke. Clim turns on his new “friends” and tells Clim to
take the two humans instead of him.
Galen meets with Brun, who shows no fear even when Galen threatens
him. He is quickly frustrated when he learns that gorillas have given
Brun, a human, the ability to hold any humans wandering into Borak to be
“sacrificed” to the mines, run by the apes. . .instead of village people.
The humans all but threaten Galen as well. His stature as an ape doesn’t
mean much to them. They take their orders from Brun.
“Brun is the master of Borak,” claims Clim.
Although Galen does not want to believe it, Brun tells a story of Apes in
the past, looking for mine slaves made a deal with the village of Borak.
Virdon advises Galen that he should meet with this “Brun.”
Miro and his gang of human thugs comes to the cages and selects a
“meadow person” that they had captured. Then they take Burke and Virdon, who decide that to work with these humans may bide them time.
Clim orders the humans to be taken to the village and politely tells Galen
to follow him.
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Burke and Virdon go to the fields where they chop lumber, building muscle
for their eventual servitude to the ape miners.
When they arrive, Burke goes into the temple to show that he’s OK inside
of it. . .then he gets breathless. . .and faints, calling for Virdon. Virdon
rescues him, spotting a geothermic pit of smoking chemicals when he does
so. Galen doesn’t understand how Brun is unaffected by the gas created.
Miro meets with Talia about his hunt, of which he never fails. In this case,
humans hunt humans in order to satisfy Borak’s quota of slaves. Apparently the human miners don’t live more that a few months and replacements are often necessary.
Borak’s humans hunt the meadow people so they, themselves do not have
to become slaves.
That evening, Galen knocks out the cage guard of his friends. He is caught
trying to break out the astronauts by villagers. Galen is locked in his hut
and Brun comes to visit, while Talia visits Burke and Virdon.
Burke recovers (of course) and they try to figure out a way to enter the
temple without being killed by the gas, as Brun has done. At the altar they
find a lot of charcoal which they crush and using a wet cloth they plan to
use it as a filtered mask to enter the temple.. . . they have to do this
quickly as several Borak human-hunters arrive.
Miro comes back from the hunt, he only caught one, old meadowperson.
Brun prayed for a good hunt, but Miro feels that he failed. Adding insult,
the old man attacks Miro and the guards, cutting Miro’s arm.
Once inside the temple they discover not only Brun’s mask, but an old,
human-made gas mask inside. Further into the temple they discover that
the gas is no longer in the air.
Brun wants to take Miro to the temple to pray, but Burke and Virdon convince the humans that a tourniquet will work better.
They find that the gas is being created over a fire pit and collected in “bottles” of clay. At that point Brun rushes in with a machete in defiance.
Later that night, Talia brings drink to the humans and Virdon tells her that
Miro will be OK. Miro’s wound is clotting and now wrapped by a bandage.
Vidor demonstrates that he can be unharmed by the “gods” (aka fumes) by
using his crude charcoal mask. . . Brun is amazed. Galen convinces Brun
that the astronauts know of such miracles. Brun is dismayed, he’s collected the gas for a long time, wanting to drop it all on ape villages. Burke
and Virdon relay the history of man, chemical, biological and nuclear
weapons. Brun is unconvinced and Galen hits him with a branch. “He
won’t kill my people, either.”
The villagers are convinced that only the leader and his magic (Brun) can
enter the temple and live. Miro is convinced he is too weak to follow his
father. He is angry that when the gorillas come, Talia has been chosen to
be taken.
Miro’s frustration with the law of Borak grows. He confronts his father to
no avail. The next morning he takes over the duty of watching the caged
astronauts. He strikes a deal with the humans but only if Galen is allowed
to leave with them.
In the series, it’s Galen’s turn to act like a human with drastic measures. .
. he sets fire to the temple. Knowing that the gas might be combustible,
the Astronauts grab Brun and tell Galen to get out of the room. They pick
up Talia along the way and escape through a back cave . . . Brun, waking
up. . . runs back into the cave just as it explodes.
The go to the village and free Galen.
Away from Borak, our three heroes meet up with Miro and Talia. Miro
points out the way so that Burke, Virdon and Galen will be safe. Talia will
show them the way, although she objects to Miro staying behind. . .possibly to take her place as the next mine slave. With all the roads blocked by
Borak villagers, our heroes and Talia must go to the temple to escape. .
.the temple where anyone but Brun dies.
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As a burial party carrys Brun, Miro admits to our three heroes that things
have to change. He plans to meet with the meadow-people so that they
can bind together.
Galen admits to like Miro’s change in attitude and is thanked by the
human. As usual, our three heroes walk off into the sunset.
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History
The Center for Great Apes has its beginning
roots in the rain forests of Indonesian Borneo,
where over 31 years ago, in
1984, founder Patti Ragan
spent several months volunteering on a rehabilitation project for wild
orangutans. During this intense time of living with
orangutans and gaining experience caring for orphaned infants, Patti
learned to love and appreciate the quiet and gentle
nature of orangutans.
Because of her experience with orangutans in
Borneo, Patti was asked in 1990 to help care for a
four-week old infant orangutan who was held at a
tourist attraction in Miami. Believing that the infant
was going to eventually be sent to live with other
orangutans at an AZA accredited zoo, she was surprised to learn that the owner intended to sell the
baby orangutan to a circus trainer. However, because
of a serious illness that affected the infant, he was
not sold and the owner agreed to allow Patti the opportunity to find an appropriate home for the infant.
She soon learned that accredited zoos did not
want a mixed Bornean/Sumatran orangutan, especially one that was hand-raised. Realizing that
there were no opportunities for placement in an accredited zoo, and that there would never be a
chance for him to live in the wild, Patti set out to
find a sanctuary for the orangutan infant. However, at that time, there were no sanctuaries in the
United States that had orangutans or experience
caring for them.
While still volunteering to care for the infant
orangutan, the Miami tourist attraction owner
asked Patti to also give foster care to a threemonth-old baby chimpanzee for a few months. She
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Q. May I visit?
A. Yes, we offer guided educational tours to the
public depending on their membership level.
There is a membership program that allows members two visits per year during the sanctuary’s
Annual Spring Member Day and Holiday Open
House.
learned that that infant chimpanzee was to be sold
to another tourist attraction in Orlando. So, she decided to start a sanctuary for not only orangutans,
but for chimpanzees also.
After formally establishing a nonprofit organization in 1993, it took four more years to find the
perfect location for a
sanctuary site that
was both affordable
and would meet the
needs of the apes.
She found that place
in Wauchula, a small
rural community in
southern
central
Florida. Starting with 15 acres of beautiful and
tropical wooded habitat surrounded by orange
groves and away from development, the sanctuary
has now grown to over 100 acres.
Those first two infants Patti cared for became
the first great ape residents of the sanctuary.
Pongo, the infant
orangutan, is now a
magnificent
adult
male in his 20s and
weighs over 270
pounds. Grub, the infant chimpanzee, became the dominant
and powerful leader of his group of chimpanzees
and one of the most loved chimpanzees at the sanctuary. Sadly, Grub passed away from a terminal illness in 2011 when he was just 20 years old.
Q. Do visitors get to touch the apes?
A. No, visitors are not allowed to touch the apes.
Chimpanzees and
orangutans
are
many
times
stronger than a
human and could
potentially be dangerous. The sanctuary’s trained care
givers never go into
the habitats or night houses with the apes. The
orangutans and chimpanzees are shifted into another area on a daily basis for staff to clean their
habitats, night houses, and chute systems.
Q. Do you breed orangutans or chimpanzees?
A. We do not breed apes at the sanctuary. With a
life expectancy of over 50 years in captivity, it
would be irresponsible to intentionally breed
great apes and add more individuals to a life of
captivity when there are already so many in need
of rescue. Not all birth control methods are perfect, but to-date there have been no pregnancies
or births at the Center for Great Apes sanctuary.
Q. Can the great apes at the sanctuary be released
into the wild?
A. None of the apes at the sanctuary are able to
be released into the wild. They were all raised in
captivity by humans and lack the basic survival
skills that would have been taught to them by
their chimpanzee or orangutan mothers in the
wild. And unfortunately, the rainforests and wild
habitats are rapidly disappearing due to the palm
oil trade, logging, and mining. Therefore, we
provide permanent lifetime care to all of the residents at the sanctuary.
tHe sanctuary.
In the midst of the
tropical forest surroundings, the chimpanzees
and
orangutans each live
and play in one of the
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Q. Do you have Bubbles, Michael Jackson’s pet
chimpanzee?
A. Yes, Bubbles is a resident at the Center for
Great Apes.
Q. How is the Center for Great Apes Funded?
A. The Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, receives no government funding, and relies
solely on the generosity of its members, private
donors, and grants from animal welfare foundations. Donations made to the sanctuary are tax
deductible as provided by law.
Q. How can I help the Center for Great Apes?
A. You can help the sanctuary in many ways! It is
expensive to care for 45 orangutan and chimpanzee residents so monetary donations are always needed and appreciated. You could also
support the sanctuary by volunteering, collecting
wish list items, setting
up and manning informational booths at local
festivals or events. In
addition, you could help
by holding a fundraiser
or spreading the word
about the sanctuary and
the important work we
do.
Q. I am interested in volunteering. What do I need to do?
A. For information about volunteering, visit our
Volunteer page.
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twelve large three-story high domed enclosures.
The largest of these outdoor living areas are from
50- to 80-feet long and 34-feet tall. The habitats
provide plenty of running room, climbing space
and height for swinging through their environment. All outdoor ape habitats have a variety of
climbing structures and swinging vines as well as
numerous toys, tubs, culverts, and enrichment
devices.
Additionally, there are three other enclosures
for quarantining new arrivals and a special ape
habitat for our handicapped and geriatric apes.
Each large ape habitat has attached night
houses that not only provide a place to sleep at
connects all the enclosures allowing both the
orangutans and the chimpanzees the liberty to
run through the woods and across the creek.
They enjoy going over to watch other groups of
apes at the sanctuary as well as following the
staff and visitors around the Center.
A specially designed indoor and outdoor area
suited to the unique needs of handicapped and
older apes was completed in 2008. The first resident was our young chimpanzee with cerebral
palsy, Knuckles. The outdoor areas are designed
to be long, but narrow so that while residents
have 60-feet of "walk-ahead" space, they are only
15-feet away from any of several doors leading
night, but also a place to rest during the day if the
apes wish to retreat from summer rainstorms or
the hot Florida sun. The night houses have high
nesting areas, hammocks, and bed-shelves. They
are heated in the winter and are strong enough
to safely withstand Florida hurricanes.
All indoor and outdoor habitats have security
cameras and audio monitors so the staff can see
day and night from several locations that the
apes in each night house are safe and well.
Our residents are free to explore, using a
unique feature of our facility - an elevated tunnel
system which meanders more than one and a half
miles through the property. This chute system
Bubbles was born in a Texas biomedical
laboratory in 1983, but taken from his
mother and sold to a Hollywood trainer
while still an infant. He was purchased for
Michael Jackson and soon gained fame as
Jackson's pet chimpanzee. He appeared in
television shows, movies, and music videos
before he was “retired” at age 6 or 7. When
Bubbles was only 4 years old, he toured
Japan in a promotional tour with Michael
Jackson. But, as he grew too strong to be
around people, he lived most of his life at
the trainer’s California animal compound in
the company of an older chimpanzee named
Sam. Both Bubbles and Sam arrived at the
Center for Great Apes in March 2005 with
a large group of chimpanzees, all from the
entertainment world.
Michael Jackson bought at least two
more pet chimpanzees after Bubbles was retired, and their names were Max and Action
Jackson (A.J.), but the public thought that
he still had the original “infant Bubbles” for
those additional years. There are a number
of photos of Michael with one of the other
later chimpanzees, but all titled “Bubbles”.
The names of those other chimpanzees were
not made public, and one was eventually
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into the night rooms. So, when a big storm is
coming, or very cold weather is near, the staff
has only a short distance to bring them inside for
safety.
The inside rooms of the ape habitat have special adaptations also. One entire cage wall moves
to gently push a resident back to a corner so that
when there is the need to administer treatment
or medication, the ape can be contained and
safely handled through the cage mesh by the care
giver staff. There is also special rubber flooring
installed to insulate and cushion against injury.
Video and audio equipment installed here allows
24-hour monitoring by the staff.
sold to a zoo in Korea and the other sent to
a breeding farm in Kansas. However,
Michael always maintained ownership of
Bubbles as he was his first and favorite
chimpanzee, and he considered him as his
son. However, Michael did not include Bubbles in his will as some erroneous news stories have claimed, and the Center still must
raise funds from our supporters to provide
care for Bubbles.
As a 185-pound adult male, and about 4
½ feet tall, Bubbles now is the dominant
male in a group of chimpanzees at the sanctuary including his best friend Ripley, the
adult females Oopsie, Boma, Jessie, and
Kodua, and the juvenile Stryker.
Bubbles does not like cameras. Even
when his care givers try to take a photo, he
will turn his back if he sees a camera. He
occasionally will spit water at people when
annoyed about cameras and is able to throw
sand with amazing accuracy. However, he
is extremely gentle with the youngsters, especially Stryker. In fact, when Stryker was
a baby, he could often be seen riding around
on Bubbles’ back.
Bubbles can be sensitive and dramatic.
If he has any kind of cut or scratch on his
body…no matter how small… he will show
it many times during the day to his care
givers and ask for sympathy.
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This episode formed the second half of the fifth TV movie Farewell to the
Planet of the Apes. In many areas it was not aired at all, although it’s the
official last episode of the series. Debuting on December 20th of 1974 didn’t
help it. Many of the annual Christmas movies and programs were shown instead of network programming. Interesting to note one of the “missing link”
between great ape and man, according to evolution theory, Australopithecus
afarensis is discovered and named Lucy just a few weeks before this airing.
The troopers drag the remains of the flying contraption and the reptile
mask and costume to the Ape Council in Central City. Konag, one of General
Urko’s right-hand. . . gorillas, vouches for the discovery, eventhough Zaius
does not want to believe a man can fly especially when apes cannot.
The chimpanzee scientist Carsia brings up an interesting notion.
The gorillas capture Leuric. . .much to the dismay of Galen who reports
this event to Burke and Virdon who’ve spent the day moving all of Leuric’s
equipment to a secure location.
Galen spies a flying reptile. . . aka a human in a reptile suit in a hangglider. He does not believe Burke and Virdon’s explanation that it’s a human
in a home-made glider. Hooves are heard (as they often are in the series)
and our three heroes hide in the underbrush which is always conveniently
nearby.
Meanwhile Konag has put Leuric into a cell prior to Dr. Carsia’s arrival.
Konag feels put out that his garrison must host a doctor who tends to humans.
Meanwhile, Leuric is being beaten by gorilla guards just as she arrives
to check on her new human patient. . . . and meanwhile Burke tries to get
some info out of Carsia’s cart driver about why she’s in town.
Two gorilla soldier on horseback are bemused by the sight of some huge
winged “thing” in the sky.
They hear it land (aka crash) and they gallop off to investigate.
Leuric gets a private audience with Carsia. . .who grills him about flying.
Galen, pretending to be a scientist named “Protus” waits for Carsia in
the main village hut, because Konag is out inspecting the troops. Once Carsia
arrives, Galen convinces her that he’s on an archaeological expedition (a
throwback possibly to the Cornelius character played by Roddy
Mcdowall/Galen in the original series of PotA movies).
Our heroes want to intercept the flying man and investigate him for
themselves. Galen understands that a flying human will be killed immediately.
Protus finds Carsia fascinating and pays her many compliments.
Before the gorillas arrive, Burke, Virdon and Galen arrive to help Leuric,
the flying man.
She truly wants for Leuric to succeed in his flight. . . she wants to save
the human for some reason. Even Galen as Protus, wonders why. Burke
teases Galen about how much the chimp might have fallen for the female
with the beautiful eyes.
While Leuric works in his shop on a glider, based on his original design,
Burke, Virdon and Galen work on their own, based on 20th century technology. A bit of boiled tree sap and corn flour and they come up with a glue to
seal the tarp to the frame of their glider.
Back in his workshop Leuric shows our heroes his designs. . . and his
makeshift “wind tunnel” for testing. He doesn’t think these new human
friends will understand the idea of flight, and does not want to give up his
“secrets.” He thinks that Viron and Burke want to steal his ideas of flight.
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They soon talk Galen into flying their makeshift glider even though he
puts his foot down on the matter.
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It becomes obvious that Carsia’s demented intentions go beyond her position. She confides in Protus that Chimpanzees should hold higher positions
in the Ape Counsel. Carsia believes that if fragmentation bombs are dropped
on the council and Urko’s command. . . then the chimps will rule the world
With the expert help of flying by Burke and Virdon, Galen actually enjoys
his initial flight and after a run around the cliffs, he sets down gently on
beach sand below.
The next morning our heroes try to kidnap Leuric but to no avail.
Leuric is brought before Carsia at the flight test site. Gorilla troopers
are on the beach, the cliffs and everywhere in-between. Leuric was injured
in the kidnapping attempt and Protus was arrested. It’s decided that Protus
will fly the glider, since he’s doomed to be executed anyway.
With the test flight of the astronaut’s glider such a success, “Protus” decides to pay a visit to Carsia and see Leuric’s flying machine for himself.
Leuric, after Carsia leaves, recognizes Galen and the chimp tells the human
that his contraption will not fly. Leuric insists that he can fly the very next
day in his machine despite Protus’ warning.
“Carsia, I knew that you were cruel,” says Protus/Galen “but I didn’t
know HOW cruel.”
Burke takes out one of the guards in the hills as Galen with Leuric on
his back take off. The cliffs they fly off of are actually the cliffs over the
beach that had the destroyed Statue of Liberty in the first Pota movie but
this time without the matte painting of the French statue.
Late, Virdon comes to the conclusion that they need to stop Leuric from
killing himself in a glider that won’t fly instead of giving him a glider that
will.
On the day of the flight, Protus shows off his “expander” which is a magnifying glass which Burke has made for him.
Galen takes the glider out to sea and the gorillas fire upon them.
Conveniently, Galen puts the magnifying glass in such a position that the
sunlight through the window will amplify and create an pinpoint heat source
on Leuric’s doomed flying machine. Of course, it smokes and then catches
fire immediately. . . burning to the ground.
The glider hits the water and Carisa explains to Konag that the pilots
are dead “and so is the secret of flight.”
All of the gorillas holster their weapons and leave the cliffs, knowing
that the experiment is a failure and all of the participants are certainly
dead.
Carsia agrees to let Protus’ servants provide everything needed to rebuild
the glider. Burke and Virdon arrive to help, having taken apart their glider
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Carsia and Protus get closer that evening in a romantic scene not seen
before in the series. Carsia is trying to seduce Galen . .. uh. . . Protus. Just
as they are about to kiss, Konag, the garrison commander, interrupts them
with news from General Urko. The general has passed word that Leuric will
die if the flight is delayed any longer.
Burke and Virdon have secured a raft and are already paddling out to
the downed space. .uh. . . aircraft. . . in order to pick up the survivors.
Leuric is ecstatic at the flight and Galen wants to get to shore. . . afterfall,
apes HA
TE water!
Burke and Virdon knock on the door next, to inform Protus that their
work is done in helping Leuric with the glider, they happen to spy an old
fragmentation bomb pack. The humans try to get Protus/Galen’s attention
but it fails. . . or so they think. Galen meets with his human friends and
they explain what fragmentation bombs do. . . Galen doubts Carsia’s scientific sencerity.
Thus the series known as Planet of the Apes ends where the first movie
began, splashing in water that used to be the human’s home.
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