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>>> Personally, I didn’t like the remake of the original, and I’m less inclined towards the recent ones. <<<
>>> I didn’t see the first remake and never had any plans to see this. I am glad that I shall miss absolutely nothing. <<

Rise (2011) and Dawn (2014) are set in their own universe and have nothing to do with the silly Tim Burton's helmed “reimagining” Planet of the Apes (2001) with Marky Mark, aside from using the same source material. They're made by a different creative team and take a completely different approach. They are also not remakes, although Rise uses a similar premise as the fourth film, Conquest (1972). It's akin to saying you won't be seeing the James Bond movie Casino Royale (2006) with Daniel Craig because you hated the James Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967) with Woody Allen. Or that you won't see it because you hated the Pierce Brosnan era James Bond movies, etc. Or to use another franchise example, boycotting the Christopher Nolan Batman movies because you hated the Joel Schumacher one with George cLooney. In short, you need to judge the current set of films on their own merits.

(Of course that being said, even though it has a completely different creative team, I'll wait for the 2014 Godzilla remake to come to video... and yes that's because I got sick of the franchise after the 1998 remake. So I suppose I'm being a hypocrite here, but it just seems to me that “Godzilla” and “American film studio” DON'T mix)

>> There is only one “Planet of the Apes” movie and it is the original starring Charlton Heston. All of the others stink. That is all. <<

Actually, Heston was in three of them: the 1968 original, the 1970 sequel (Beneath), and the crappy 2001 remake (appearing as a Ape!).He also makes a “cameo” of sorts in Rise, via stock footage. Though with the exception of Rise, I would agree all the 70s sequels can't hold a candle to the original, but a couple of them are entertaining never-the-less.

>> I agree. We shouldn’t give guns to apes. We should limit gun ownership to humans. And possibly some intelligent dogs and horses. <<

Heh. Well I suppose this movie IS “anti-gun” if you favor extending 2nd amendment rights to chimps and think its unfair that it applies to humans only. ;-)

>> Hollyweird missed the point of “revolution”. Of course the chimps are going to use guns. Our founding fathers understood this. So do Communist dictators. <<

>> Wouldn't a few guns (and ammo) come in handy with a bunch of apes running around? But yeah... it’s things go “primate”, it’s good to have weapons. <<

I would say so. I feel a lot better about seeing this movie knowing Gary Oldman told off the Hollywood left and he's starring in it (as a human, not a chimp)

>> I think people are just on-edge in general, knowing that everything and anything to do with the left is ultimately about getting control. So... everything will be about that in peoples’ views. It’s kind of just where we are right now. <<

Eh, it reminds me of when some conservative activists were insisting there's some incidious pro-gay propaganda in the Disney movie Frozen. While the company as a whole is undoubtedly a huge cheerleader for the gay agenda, I finally sat down and watched the movie on DVD back in March, and it was 100% kid friendly and had a nice traditional heterosexual love story. The song “Let It Go” could be symbolic for ANYTHING – it only “represents” someone “coming out” as gay if that's what you say it does. Hysteria about the film just makes our side look bad and does more harm that good, IMO. That being said, I think the left is 10X worse when it comes to demonizing something as right-wing propaganda. The hillarious thing is they think “Fox News”, “Karl Rove” and the “Koch Bros” control us all.

“...Hysteria about the film just makes our side look bad and does more harm that good...”

Spot-on.

Funny things about guns and APES series. There was an animated Planet of the Apes cartoon on Saturday mornings in the early 70s.

From what I heard from someone who worked on the show, ACT (Action For Child'run's Television) objected to the pistols and rifles that the apes were carrying. So the creators amped up the firepower into something that the kiddos couldn't find around the house.

And google image searches really suck now BTW (they again have changed their algorithm and database). No picture to support the statement (if any even exist).

The second amendment definitely does not apply to damn dirty apes who are obviously not “people”! 3 bananas a day, if they agree to do your housework, are all apes are entitled to!