-"Hey, let's do a sequel to the movie that saved 20th Century Fox from going under." -"Brilliant idea, sir!" -"Now let's cut the budget in half." -"Brilliant idea, sir!"
Same here. I too saw it at the flicks back in 1970. The whole underground sets really creeped me out. The face mask reveal made me and my sister hide behind the seats in front!
Me too. I was either 10 or 11 when it came on tv. In 1973. It really grossed me out when they took their masks off ! That and when Taylor and Brent got shot.
Hard to watch but great scfi as a kid always. When being baby sat. An aunt showed us the original. Totally hooked. Epic impact. Classic. Parents did not like sci fi. Bonus
The mutants abilities to create illusions is a concept deservedly equal to 'discovering' a planet of apes. Even the makeup of their radiation ravaged flesh compares on the level of the apes makeup. But the ultimate 'zinger' is the worship of 'The Almighty Bomb'. That is 'outside-the-box' creativity at it's best.
Sometimes critics and fans treat sequels as remakes and compare them to the original. If there had to be sequel to Planet, Beneath was the best sequel that could have been made. Even the producers themselves said to justify a sequel they had to do something entirely strange and bizarre and go off into another direction. They certainly did, and if Beneath had failed at the box office, we would not have the Apes franchise today.
Yes, Linda Harrison was some looker in this movie. But for that the press had badmouthed her all the time talk came to this movie. There was that often reptated movie that she had kept her role because she was all to willing to jump into bed with the director of the film all to willing. I think that is bad gossip but here and there it is mentioned in reviews to the film.
I think the first is a sci fi classic. Man , when they show the apes for the first time in the cornfield was a shocker . And the first 40 minutes is suspenseful with that music in the background.
Im the same way. I always considered Beneath and original as all one big movie. I really like the super dark ending of Beneath as well. Really dark endings like that are rare in movies. Glad they didnt do a happy ending. I dont really
@@bxyhxyh Second that point. The 2nd ('Beneath') was really the most original and took the most risks conceptually of any installment (save the first) and yet gave the audience what it was looking for: "Just what is in that Forbidden Zone???"
@@emilrodriguez2705 Not Donald Trump, but Dementia Joe will be the one who blew up the world. You had been brainwashed by anti-Trump propaganda mainstream media and leftist high-tech corporations.
@Ol' Dee LOL! Anti-Trump propaganda mainstream media brainwashed you to loathe Christian values and encourage you to vote for Dementia Joe! You will regret dementia Joe triggering a nuclear war. 😱
@@timetraveler2518 no not really, just multiple videos of mobs carrying Trump flags, bringing violence and destruction to the Capital building on January 6 2021, and I'm pretty sure none of it was CG. Sounds as if you've been brainwashed into thinking Adolf Trump did nothing wrong.
"A green and insignificant planet.... is now dead." Chilling words, but damn I loved that ending. It just sucks that with each successful movie in the series.... the damned studio slashed the budget for the next one. 🤨
Teacher…, are you saying the whole world has been lied to by these MASONS all our lives since the MUD FLOOD WARS of 1853 to 1854 that ended in 1855??? Look at this world we live in: where Your Community Leaders are Complicit in the UNITED NATIONS “Corporate” International Mafia of Jobs for we The Human Populations, and what do you’m have in your Towns and Mega Cities, and how many of you are “too young” to REMEMBER a World where Apple - Amazon - WALMART, and all the rest in this 21st Century did not exist.?.?.?, and we had Local “Community” Businesses where WE THE PEOPLE could make our own Tech from Shops like Radio Shack, and we could Make our Own Cars, and Boats, and Burger Joints, and what do you see if you are 50 years or older if TV has not wiped your mind and your memories??? Nothing but INTERNET Stores where The TV is a plethora of shows……., and these COMMERCIALS that “teach you” and Instruct your [children] how to kill yourselves……, and your children, and Your parents “by way of” these SIDE EFFECTS on them Drugs aka Pharmaceutical??????? Do you have DEPRESSION, or does the TV Commercial SUGGEST you have “Bi-Polar” and you watch TV Shows so Very Much that your MEMORIES are not about dancing and singing and going too clubs, but your whole HUMAN “life” is nothing but what you have {watched} on these HD 2D TV Flat Screens… You have lost the ability to THINK for Your Self….., you play Video Games day in and day out…….., and you have become such COWARDS as Humans that you are “Terrified” to learn how to Drive a Fucking Car or Motorcycle when you turn 16 years old… And for those of you’m whom are 33 years and younger.?.?.?, I want you to know that FREE MASON Lodge in your hometown is “why” we are Locked in our Houses for this FAKE {NEWS} World Empire……..., and do not tell me the TV Talking Heads whom lie to your faces with Malfeasance are not FREE MASON Lodge Members of Demolay - Jobs Daughters - Shriners - Rainbow Girls - Eastern Stars, and they all work for the “U.N. FLAG” as JADE HELM 15 and PROJECT BLUE BEAM where the TV Screen has “always” been used as a CONTROL COLLAR on you!!!! You people whom read the Bible………, and Talk of the “Mark” of the Beast??? What do you hold in your RIGHT HAND to change (The Channels) [{**}] of YOUR PROGRAMMING on your ROKU TV SETS??? What is the Mark of the BEAST on your Head, but your very eyes “compelled” to WATCH THE ENTERTAINMENT aka Enchantments, Raptures, and Spells of the CASTERS known as The Cast on any nations {TV Screen} no matter your so called Birth FLAG??? Why do you see TV Screens and TV Shows no matter where you go…. You are “The Beast” my People, and these FREE MASON O.T.O. Trump of Hollywood YOUR FIRED Types have {cast a spell} [{*}] on you too DO WHAT THE TV TELLS YOU!!! Why do you “dress” a Certain Way, cause the kids on MINECRAFT dress and Talk that way.?.?.? Why do you “worship” WAR IS MURDER when you don’t want no one murdering or raping you??? Cause everyday you play VIOLENCE be it {3D CGI} Virtual Reality Games Games Games, and then the Military / * \ that is run by these MASONS have programmed you to go to other LANDS…., and murder the “People” +=+ in your ZOOM CHANTS!!! The TV is a WEAPON..., and you need to LISTEN to the [Side Effects] of Drugs cause they are not warnings.., THEY ARE SUGGESTIONS., and you “listen” too the Suggestion???, and then you say to yourselves: I must be Depressed or Sad’ cause the TV Commercial “tells me” too Take these Medications, and I don’t LISTEN that the Side Effect is actually “telling and spelling” you too become More Suicidal, Cut Your Self, or if you give this Medication to your Gran Ma or Gran Pa, or maybe your Mom and Dad are so PROGRAMMED by these TV Commercials “they” do it: as instructed and know the SIDE EFFECT will Kill our human Old People, and they do it!!!!! And Yes` the FREE MASON Run Your town, so they are all in on this (COVID19) World Domination Plot too kill off “WE ARE” The remaining Human Populations +=+ on this side of FLAT EARTH inside our Celestial Sphere… The Book of EXODICE!!! videos.utahgunexchange.com/watch/venezuela-caracas-receives-russian-sputnik-v-vaccine-to-begin-phase-three-trials_JIqXnRqacV5JL3w.html The ONLY Good Mason is a DEAD Mason, and we kill them in Secret [by ways] Q’s of Poison, Run them off the Road in our Cars Q+, too Shoot them in the head Q, and then put their Dead nonhuman Bodies in Wood Chuckers and “feed them” The Whopper that is made of Human Meat as you don’t hear about ALT-MEAT anymore do you????, and how else can they dispose of all our nonmason dead by way of the “Corona” Common Cold, then to INJECT your Old Folks, your Mentally Ill, and Take the Homeless off the STREETS and turn them into {Ground Beef} and then feed them back to your TV Zombies as you are eating your “human” dead at McDonald's, Wendy's, Jacks, and Arby’s for all BEEF is processed in SECRET just as them FREE MASON “Lodges” in your home towns are all Churches of Satans for Demons, Devils, and Angels from the Book of Enoch… The Sentinel…. Everyone ON TV and this includes these TH-cam “Personalities” are FREE MASON Actors and Actresses practicing [O.T.O.] @QANON /_\ Masonic Lodge Members Sorcery be they 10 year old girls to Old Wild Men whom act and call themselves {INFLUENCERS} as EVIL Witches, and Warlocks, and Wizards aka The W.W.W. would “Trick and Treat” you my human children into killing yourselves to BE LIKE THEM!!! Do you ever hear “anyone” on your TH-cam or TV shows tell you The Truth that (COVID19) is just Code in FREE MASON Double Talk or {Duality talk} as the O.T.O. like to present it??? Why must you WEAR A MASK - STAY HOME - WASH YOUR HANDS as if you are still a child at 99 years old.?.?.? This is all a lie……., and they pull off the lie: by being the ONES in control of all TV shows and “TH-cam” Celebrity Channels as you watch, and DO AS YOU ARE TOLD MY “Human” Populations: No Matter what U.N. FLAG [Occupies] your Home Lands… The Society of nonmason~ [///|||\\\] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
John Wilharm Interestingly enough, that intelligence test scene is drawn from the original 1963 novel where 2 human captives are required to stack objects to reach for food.
"...with each successful movie in the series.... the damned studio slashed the budget for the next one." That's how it works with most sequels. They figure it's pre-sold, so why spend a lot of money on it? Some exceptions are "Terminator 2", "Road Warrior" (Mad Max 2), and arguably some of the Indiana Jones and Star Wars sequels. But generally a sequel is an admission that you don't have any new ideas.
I remember the Mad magazine parody. The subway station area full of skeletons is described as being a well preserved area - it looked like that in the 20th century too. At the end Taylor is about to detonate the bomb. Ursus tries to stop him but Taylor explains that if you survive this movie you're going to appear in the next sequel. Ursus tells him to hurry up and detonate it.
I’ve always liked this film as much as the original. James Franciscus is great, Taylor and Nova make an appearance again, Leonard Rosenmann supplied a wonderfully chilling atonal score in the spirit of Jerry Goldsmith’s original and there are great performances to be had by Jeff Corey, Paul Richards, Don Pedro Colley and the other cast members in the role of the mutant prefects. Plus the film moves along at a great pace, replete with some very snappy dialog!
Fransiscus was very reluctant to take this part. He read the draft and called Chas. Heston and whined to him about it. He demanded that he'd make changes (and the studio agreed) or he'd walk.
Linda Harrison is prominently featured throughout. Actually, the actors did not turn in good performances really. It was great director Ted Post that got the superb performances. Post could make anyone in his film seem to be their characters. Check his Dirty Harry "Magnum Force" where everyone even Clint Eastwood seems their character.
@@bnelso2833 Well I’ve seen Victor Buono, Gregory Sierra, Paul Richards and the others in various other roles and for me they all turned in a solid performance, in general alignment with their other roles. As for Jeff Corey, NO ONE needed to show him how to act-he ran a well sought after, prestigious actors studio and taught many great future actors the art of the craft.
@@historybuff66 The actors turn in tremendously solid dramatic performances as their characters because Post gave them powerful direction. Buono was usually cocky here he is all serious. Richards is more deep than humanly possible. Sierra is all stolid. Corey is in deeper than humanly possible. It is Post incredible direction. He was a one in trillion director.
@@bnelso2833 For Buono, his role required him to be unflappable and deadpan in keeping with the stoical portrayal of a theistic high council. Have to disagree about Corey-I seriously doubt he needed a great deal of directing, he himself being a marvelous director in his own right.
I love Beneath The Planet Of The Apes, it’s a worthy sequel to the original. I loved the insight to what they were going to originally do with the sequel and I’ve see pictures of the “ape boy” in the past but people weren’t ready for that. I’ve like to have seen Taylor survive with Brent and Nova and lead a revolt against the Apes with the help of the mutants. But you would lose that iconic ending that would lead to the next three movies. Maybe they’ll do something like that if they make any more Apes movies.
James Gregory with his facial mannerisms, speech pattern, and breathing was fantastic. He spoke with pauses as if what he is saying is extremely meaningful, even though it is a rather plain, juvenile choice of words he uses, an elementary level vocabulary, the militant Ursus is one of the most memorable, best characters in motion picture history, IMO. He played the role very well. His bravado is so audacious, it is comical at times, yet scary, and very entertaining to watch. He's the real stand out in this movie. "The only good human, is a dead human!"
I loved this movie, when they went into the underground train / subway in this movie and the re-uniting with Taylor and the cool ending and the psychic human mutants.
I still remember the review for Battle for the planet of the apes, I think. When the apes first took over from man. "The apes are revolting. come see the revolting apes"
kirby culp My take is that I was kinda happy for Taylor shutting up Dr. Zaius once and for all, what with his constant invective over how “destructive” Man is, turning the ‘Forbidden Zone’ from a garden into a desert, etc. And Taylor is like, “Destruction? I’ll show you destruction...”
Me and my great grandmother went to see battle for the planet of the apes in the theaters. She was in her seventies at the time I was just 12 years old. She said it was the most unbelievable thing she ever saw. I had more fun watching her reactions to the movie than the movie itself!
I enjoy all The Planet of the Apes movies, especially the scores. All 3 composers(Jerry Goldsmith, Leonard Roseman and Tom Scott) brought something unique to the table. Although I never really watch the TV series, Lalo Schifrin's score was stellar as usual.
This was the very first movie I ever saw at the theater without my parents. A young person now-a-days can have no idea how cool this movie was to an 11 year old boy in 1970.
DoubleMrE I was also 11 in 1970 and how I wished I had seen it on its original release. I did see it around 1975 or so when they started re-releasing the films under the “go ape for a day” promotions.
One plot device that had to be altered from the first film was how Brent arrived on future Earth. In the first film, Taylor and his crew flew through space at near-light speed in which time dilation allowed them to age slightly over the two thousand years it took for them to return to Earth. In the sequel, Brent's ship simply passed through a time warp/bend of some kind. This had to be done because if Brent's ship had taken the same course as Taylor's and, allowing for time dilation, then by the time Brent arrived on Earth, Taylor, Zira, Zaius and cast would have been dead for many centuries.
I think Escape was much better than Beneath, even with the jarring, and easily fixable, discontinuity of the apes knowing all about how they came to displace humanity in the future.
James Franciscus was absolutely phenomenal in this movie, it would have never have had the legs it did without him. I really think this movie was better than the first
Beneath was definitely the best sequel, but the original will always beat it. I still remember seeing it on one of the cable channels on one late summer night and it floored me. I still remember how I felt when I saw that ending. Don't get me wrong, Beneath had a gloriously epic dark ending but that sight of the destroyed statue of liberty may be the greatest movie ending of all time. The only one I can think of that stands a chance against it is the ending of Empire Strikes Back.
I am big fan of this Ape sequel and I like the dark ending. Scenes with mutant people without mask are pretty scary. Its little bit of rehash of first movie in first act ,but then its goes better.
This was fantastic to watch. The format, the visuals and the audio of your deep dive series into movie production are perfect. I have not watched Beneath the Planet of the Apes in years. I am going to have to rewatch it today. A true classic that should be seen by everyone.
When I first saw Beneath, I was immensely blown away. For every silly mutant makeup, and James Franciscus' performance as a bootleg Charlton Heston (why they didn't recast him as Taylor since Heston didn't even want to return in the first place is beyond me), the visuals were stunning, and moments like the statue of the lawgiver bleeding and then exploding are just chilling to the bone. Plus, POTA were killing off it's main characters long before Infinity War did
James Franciscus was perfect for that movie! I really liked the 2nd movie...and it gets intresting once he realizes where he is in ape city and when he meets up with Taylor!
If they recasted Taylor’s actor the film would loose legitimacy… it wouldn’t feel like your watching the same story bc the main star of the original film would be missing. Hestons presence in this movie was enough to solidify this as a legitimate sequel. Made these sequels valid. that’s why
Apparently women even had lip sticks the Second World War, it was considered important for their morale etc I guess, I learnt this watching a war film documentary where the female resistance fighters had it on, I like it when it's historically accurate like that, rather than twisted to fit a modern mindset, like they do.
The poster at 13:48 was for the special summer promotional "Ape-orama" where all 5 films were shown back to back. Saw it at the Twin Bays theater back in the day.
More folks need to know who Jonny Baak is. He is one of the best, purest enthusiasts for science fiction on You Tube. I usually don't comment because I can't add more to what he already does. I can't critique what he does either. I don't want to. I just want to watch and enjoy what he does.
@@JonnyBaak Teacher…, are you saying the whole world has been lied to by these MASONS all our lives since the MUD FLOOD WARS of 1853 to 1854 that ended in 1855??? Look at this world we live in: where Your Community Leaders are Complicit in the UNITED NATIONS “Corporate” International Mafia of Jobs for we The Human Populations, and what do you’m have in your Towns and Mega Cities, and how many of you are “too young” to REMEMBER a World where Apple - Amazon - WALMART, and all the rest in this 21st Century did not exist.?.?.?, and we had Local “Community” Businesses where WE THE PEOPLE could make our own Tech from Shops like Radio Shack, and we could Make our Own Cars, and Boats, and Burger Joints, and what do you see if you are 50 years or older if TV has not wiped your mind and your memories??? Nothing but INTERNET Stores where The TV is a plethora of shows……., and these COMMERCIALS that “teach you” and Instruct your [children] how to kill yourselves……, and your children, and Your parents “by way of” these SIDE EFFECTS on them Drugs aka Pharmaceutical??????? Do you have DEPRESSION, or does the TV Commercial SUGGEST you have “Bi-Polar” and you watch TV Shows so Very Much that your MEMORIES are not about dancing and singing and going too clubs, but your whole HUMAN “life” is nothing but what you have {watched} on these HD 2D TV Flat Screens… You have lost the ability to THINK for Your Self….., you play Video Games day in and day out…….., and you have become such COWARDS as Humans that you are “Terrified” to learn how to Drive a Fucking Car or Motorcycle when you turn 16 years old… And for those of you’m whom are 33 years and younger.?.?.?, I want you to know that FREE MASON Lodge in your hometown is “why” we are Locked in our Houses for this FAKE {NEWS} World Empire……..., and do not tell me the TV Talking Heads whom lie to your faces with Malfeasance are not FREE MASON Lodge Members of Demolay - Jobs Daughters - Shriners - Rainbow Girls - Eastern Stars, and they all work for the “U.N. FLAG” as JADE HELM 15 and PROJECT BLUE BEAM where the TV Screen has “always” been used as a CONTROL COLLAR on you!!!! You people whom read the Bible………, and Talk of the “Mark” of the Beast??? What do you hold in your RIGHT HAND to change (The Channels) [{**}] of YOUR PROGRAMMING on your ROKU TV SETS??? What is the Mark of the BEAST on your Head, but your very eyes “compelled” to WATCH THE ENTERTAINMENT aka Enchantments, Raptures, and Spells of the CASTERS known as The Cast on any nations {TV Screen} no matter your so called Birth FLAG??? Why do you see TV Screens and TV Shows no matter where you go…. You are “The Beast” my People, and these FREE MASON O.T.O. Trump of Hollywood YOUR FIRED Types have {cast a spell} [{*}] on you too DO WHAT THE TV TELLS YOU!!! Why do you “dress” a Certain Way, cause the kids on MINECRAFT dress and Talk that way.?.?.? Why do you “worship” WAR IS MURDER when you don’t want no one murdering or raping you??? Cause everyday you play VIOLENCE be it {3D CGI} Virtual Reality Games Games Games, and then the Military / * \ that is run by these MASONS have programmed you to go to other LANDS…., and murder the “People” +=+ in your ZOOM CHANTS!!! The TV is a WEAPON..., and you need to LISTEN to the [Side Effects] of Drugs cause they are not warnings.., THEY ARE SUGGESTIONS., and you “listen” too the Suggestion???, and then you say to yourselves: I must be Depressed or Sad’ cause the TV Commercial “tells me” too Take these Medications, and I don’t LISTEN that the Side Effect is actually “telling and spelling” you too become More Suicidal, Cut Your Self, or if you give this Medication to your Gran Ma or Gran Pa, or maybe your Mom and Dad are so PROGRAMMED by these TV Commercials “they” do it: as instructed and know the SIDE EFFECT will Kill our human Old People, and they do it!!!!! And Yes` the FREE MASON Run Your town, so they are all in on this (COVID19) World Domination Plot too kill off “WE ARE” The remaining Human Populations +=+ on this side of FLAT EARTH inside our Celestial Sphere… The Book of EXODICE!!! videos.utahgunexchange.com/watch/venezuela-caracas-receives-russian-sputnik-v-vaccine-to-begin-phase-three-trials_JIqXnRqacV5JL3w.html The ONLY Good Mason is a DEAD Mason, and we kill them in Secret [by ways] Q’s of Poison, Run them off the Road in our Cars Q+, too Shoot them in the head Q, and then put their Dead nonhuman Bodies in Wood Chuckers and “feed them” The Whopper that is made of Human Meat as you don’t hear about ALT-MEAT anymore do you????, and how else can they dispose of all our nonmason dead by way of the “Corona” Common Cold, then to INJECT your Old Folks, your Mentally Ill, and Take the Homeless off the STREETS and turn them into {Ground Beef} and then feed them back to your TV Zombies as you are eating your “human” dead at McDonald's, Wendy's, Jacks, and Arby’s for all BEEF is processed in SECRET just as them FREE MASON “Lodges” in your home towns are all Churches of Satans for Demons, Devils, and Angels from the Book of Enoch… The Sentinel…. Everyone ON TV and this includes these TH-cam “Personalities” are FREE MASON Actors and Actresses practicing [O.T.O.] @QANON /_\ Masonic Lodge Members Sorcery be they 10 year old girls to Old Wild Men whom act and call themselves {INFLUENCERS} as EVIL Witches, and Warlocks, and Wizards aka The W.W.W. would “Trick and Treat” you my human children into killing yourselves to BE LIKE THEM!!! Do you ever hear “anyone” on your TH-cam or TV shows tell you The Truth that (COVID19) is just Code in FREE MASON Double Talk or {Duality talk} as the O.T.O. like to present it??? Why must you WEAR A MASK - STAY HOME - WASH YOUR HANDS as if you are still a child at 99 years old.?.?.? This is all a lie……., and they pull off the lie: by being the ONES in control of all TV shows and “TH-cam” Celebrity Channels as you watch, and DO AS YOU ARE TOLD MY “Human” Populations: No Matter what U.N. FLAG [Occupies] your Home Lands… The Society of nonmason~ [///|||\\\] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I can still remember the first time I saw the trailer for 'Planet of the Apes', while sitting in my living room at around age 13 or 14. I'm pretty sure I was at the theater the first weekend. Cool shot of the spaceship at 1:49 . In 1996, I was on a road trip thru the southwest, and ended up in the area where it had crashed into the lake. I thought it looked eerily familiar at the time, but it wasn't until I saw the film again a few years later, that I realized where I had been.
I've always found this an enjoyable movie. It's familiar but very different in tone, which is nice to see in a sequel. They also did a great job with the small budget. Heston gives it his all and never seems bored or uninterested. And, how can you out-do the ending of the first - this film has the answer.
My favorite of all the sequels-always felt Beneath... was underated as a movie,it had a good cast ,plot make-up and strong direction despite a smaller budget
I always felt this was the better of the two movies of POTA and BTPOTA. I loved Brent far more than Taylor in that Brent was a fighter. He wanted to fight till the end. Franciscus infused Brent with so much life as oppose to Heston's Taylor. That scene in the bomb chamber after Taylor is shot and Brent is taking out as many apes as he can has always been a favourite of mine. He's fighting right up till the end when he dies a bad ass. The scene between Zaius and Taylor was the denouement to their story and fitting to take us into "Escape." Thanks for the video. This film doesn't get the love it should.
They should NEVER have killed off Nova! She could have been in the space ship that carried Cornelius and Zira back to Earth of the 1970's. I loved when she said the name "Taylor"! And I hated that she got shot by a stupid gorilla.
As usual, excellent video, keep on the great work. Excellent follow-up to the first film btw, and the soundtrack of the movie fantastic. Never ever knew bout the half-kid half-ape test footage, that's a first to me. And I always thought roddy mc dowell was in "beneath....", I am surprised. In conclusion the movie was really great.
Thanks Jonny, for these great documentrys, very well made and some never before seen artwork,would have been interesting to have these artwork designs on the original quad and American movie posters. Beneath was a huge hit on release, over twenty million in the USA and the same abroad , at that time their weren't that many science fiction movies on release .Nice to read all the positive comments about the movie, the film certainly had the write impact on people. Thanks again for all your efforts.
Yes, very loosely. Serling actually improved upon it by replacing a sign in the desert for Reno, along with telephone poles, and substituting them with the Statue of Liberty. Though I'd argue that Michael Wilson upgraded Serling's story with his complete rewrite. It was Wilson that gave it that nihilistic Kafkaesque tone and sharp dialogue in the final script.
This is the one that puts the Rewrite Hat on my head. I just think it would have been cool to have a group of humans regaining their speech and IQs and plotting to nuke the Apes. Brent was cool, but I think his wondrous look at the world could have been more naive to set up a truly crestfallen character when he finds out it is Earth. Really, I think it should have been Nova as the lead discovering new things and gaining speech.
I agree. Much better than most people say. James Franciscus should have been a bigger Hollywood star. The original book is underrated as well. The ending was intended to be a message to world powers but it went unheeded. Great Documentary, Baak!
Dude, the music at the end is from U.F.O. ?!?! That's awesome. You need to do at least one Gerry Anderson vid, if not one for UFO, Space 1999, and Journey to the Far Side of the Sun!
Well, if you look at the last film in the series timeline, you would know that Taylor does/should probably be ARRIVING again, with a potentially (?) Different outcome
@@arcticfox6808 Even Heston admitted his attitude might have been different if sequels were more common. Except for James Bond, most movie franchises were considered to be just B movies.
I'm a big fan of the Apes franchise as a whole and have always loved Beneath. In my opinion it's a great sequel with a very, very dark ending, which I appreciated. I thought James Franciscus was great as Brent, the astronaut sent to find out what happened to Charlton Heston's character Taylor from the original film. I was genuinely surprised to find that some people don't rate this film.
Beneath is a great film and right up there with the original. The ending is just as shocking as the original too, lingering long after the credits have rolled.
Charlton Heston's character was in every scene in the original POTA. Even during the few moments where he wasn't in frame he was just in the other room, listening to the other characters talk and the audience was aware this. The point is that Charlton Heston _is_ the movie. And that is why the sequels never performed as well as the original. Without Heston there is no POTA.
Teacher…, are you saying the whole world has been lied to by these MASONS all our lives since the MUD FLOOD WARS of 1853 to 1854 that ended in 1855??? Look at this world we live in: where Your Community Leaders are Complicit in the UNITED NATIONS “Corporate” International Mafia of Jobs for we The Human Populations, and what do you’m have in your Towns and Mega Cities, and how many of you are “too young” to REMEMBER a World where Apple - Amazon - WALMART, and all the rest in this 21st Century did not exist.?.?.?, and we had Local “Community” Businesses where WE THE PEOPLE could make our own Tech from Shops like Radio Shack, and we could Make our Own Cars, and Boats, and Burger Joints, and what do you see if you are 50 years or older if TV has not wiped your mind and your memories??? Nothing but INTERNET Stores where The TV is a plethora of shows……., and these COMMERCIALS that “teach you” and Instruct your [children] how to kill yourselves……, and your children, and Your parents “by way of” these SIDE EFFECTS on them Drugs aka Pharmaceutical??????? Do you have DEPRESSION, or does the TV Commercial SUGGEST you have “Bi-Polar” and you watch TV Shows so Very Much that your MEMORIES are not about dancing and singing and going too clubs, but your whole HUMAN “life” is nothing but what you have {watched} on these HD 2D TV Flat Screens… You have lost the ability to THINK for Your Self….., you play Video Games day in and day out…….., and you have become such COWARDS as Humans that you are “Terrified” to learn how to Drive a Fucking Car or Motorcycle when you turn 16 years old… And for those of you’m whom are 33 years and younger.?.?.?, I want you to know that FREE MASON Lodge in your hometown is “why” we are Locked in our Houses for this FAKE {NEWS} World Empire……..., and do not tell me the TV Talking Heads whom lie to your faces with Malfeasance are not FREE MASON Lodge Members of Demolay - Jobs Daughters - Shriners - Rainbow Girls - Eastern Stars, and they all work for the “U.N. FLAG” as JADE HELM 15 and PROJECT BLUE BEAM where the TV Screen has “always” been used as a CONTROL COLLAR on you!!!! You people whom read the Bible………, and Talk of the “Mark” of the Beast??? What do you hold in your RIGHT HAND to change (The Channels) [{**}] of YOUR PROGRAMMING on your ROKU TV SETS??? What is the Mark of the BEAST on your Head, but your very eyes “compelled” to WATCH THE ENTERTAINMENT aka Enchantments, Raptures, and Spells of the CASTERS known as The Cast on any nations {TV Screen} no matter your so called Birth FLAG??? Why do you see TV Screens and TV Shows no matter where you go…. You are “The Beast” my People, and these FREE MASON O.T.O. Trump of Hollywood YOUR FIRED Types have {cast a spell} [{*}] on you too DO WHAT THE TV TELLS YOU!!! Why do you “dress” a Certain Way, cause the kids on MINECRAFT dress and Talk that way.?.?.? Why do you “worship” WAR IS MURDER when you don’t want no one murdering or raping you??? Cause everyday you play VIOLENCE be it {3D CGI} Virtual Reality Games Games Games, and then the Military / * \ that is run by these MASONS have programmed you to go to other LANDS…., and murder the “People” +=+ in your ZOOM CHANTS!!! The TV is a WEAPON..., and you need to LISTEN to the [Side Effects] of Drugs cause they are not warnings.., THEY ARE SUGGESTIONS., and you “listen” too the Suggestion???, and then you say to yourselves: I must be Depressed or Sad’ cause the TV Commercial “tells me” too Take these Medications, and I don’t LISTEN that the Side Effect is actually “telling and spelling” you too become More Suicidal, Cut Your Self, or if you give this Medication to your Gran Ma or Gran Pa, or maybe your Mom and Dad are so PROGRAMMED by these TV Commercials “they” do it: as instructed and know the SIDE EFFECT will Kill our human Old People, and they do it!!!!! And Yes` the FREE MASON Run Your town, so they are all in on this (COVID19) World Domination Plot too kill off “WE ARE” The remaining Human Populations +=+ on this side of FLAT EARTH inside our Celestial Sphere… The Book of EXODICE!!! videos.utahgunexchange.com/watch/venezuela-caracas-receives-russian-sputnik-v-vaccine-to-begin-phase-three-trials_JIqXnRqacV5JL3w.html The ONLY Good Mason is a DEAD Mason, and we kill them in Secret [by ways] Q’s of Poison, Run them off the Road in our Cars Q+, too Shoot them in the head Q, and then put their Dead nonhuman Bodies in Wood Chuckers and “feed them” The Whopper that is made of Human Meat as you don’t hear about ALT-MEAT anymore do you????, and how else can they dispose of all our nonmason dead by way of the “Corona” Common Cold, then to INJECT your Old Folks, your Mentally Ill, and Take the Homeless off the STREETS and turn them into {Ground Beef} and then feed them back to your TV Zombies as you are eating your “human” dead at McDonald's, Wendy's, Jacks, and Arby’s for all BEEF is processed in SECRET just as them FREE MASON “Lodges” in your home towns are all Churches of Satans for Demons, Devils, and Angels from the Book of Enoch… The Sentinel…. Everyone ON TV and this includes these TH-cam “Personalities” are FREE MASON Actors and Actresses practicing [O.T.O.] @QANON /_\ Masonic Lodge Members Sorcery be they 10 year old girls to Old Wild Men whom act and call themselves {INFLUENCERS} as EVIL Witches, and Warlocks, and Wizards aka The W.W.W. would “Trick and Treat” you my human children into killing yourselves to BE LIKE THEM!!! Do you ever hear “anyone” on your TH-cam or TV shows tell you The Truth that (COVID19) is just Code in FREE MASON Double Talk or {Duality talk} as the O.T.O. like to present it??? Why must you WEAR A MASK - STAY HOME - WASH YOUR HANDS as if you are still a child at 99 years old.?.?.? This is all a lie……., and they pull off the lie: by being the ONES in control of all TV shows and “TH-cam” Celebrity Channels as you watch, and DO AS YOU ARE TOLD MY “Human” Populations: No Matter what U.N. FLAG [Occupies] your Home Lands… The Society of nonmason~ [///|||\\\] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Charlton's character was cynical in these movies. And then he flips the switch, but it is a warning of what could have happened in real life. Humanity gone, which is truly insane. Good message. Epic
I went to a movie theater that ran all of the movies in a marathon for the price of one. I remember being in the movie theater all day to see all of the movies but I enjoyed it
As a kid I saw the first 3 movies at the local drive-in. The 4th was the only one I saw in a regular theater. I also believe this is the first of the series in which Natalie Trundy is in as she goes on to be in the subsequent sequels in different roles.
Loved the movie-especially because we got to see Nova again! That said, I remember watching the ending as a kid and still thinking to myself, “A bomb that could blow up the whole earth? How is that even possible?” You don’t have to even be a science nut to know that that’s just over the top even for fiction (so is the Death Star too-sorry). It never took away from my overall enjoyment (and rating) of the movie at all. But if I had to nitpick just one tiny plot device in the story, the planet destroying bomb would probably be it.
It was a decent sequel despite the budget cuts. I don't think it would have done well if Chuck didn't reprise his role albeit briefly. The possible stories before it was made seem interesting as well. The following films breathed new life with other stories, I wonder if there were other possible stories that might have been different from the next 3 films. Overall a great franchise. I had some of the Mego action figures. I own the VHS remastered 5 films as well as the DVD of the short lived action series and remember watching the cartoon as a boy. The 2000's movies brought it back to life. I really had wondered after the Tim Burton film if a sequel could have been made, it left you wondering with the ending similar to the original.
At age 9 -- I went to the 'Sneak Preview' of the original PLANET OF THE APES at the Fox Warfield Theater in San Francisco ... and thought it ever so cool. When PLANET OF THE APES REVISITED was in the works, I was ecstatic. In later years -- I would go on to meet both Heston and Franciscus and was amazed at what such nice guys they were. That said, the current spate of APE films are fantastic and I am hoping for more. D.A.
Another GREAT video, Jonathon, thanks! You’ve got a nicely balanced style, now, the editing, timing, music, your signature relaxed narration. I love your stuff, it’s great for late night viewing. Btw, there‘s a slightly odd edit at around 3:20-ish, I’m curious, did TH-cam flag something that you had to clip at the last minute? Always a pleasure. Keep em coming!
I do wish they'd had a storyline with Nova and Taylor exploring the world more. The Marvel comics showed a lot more of the POTA world than we ever saw in the movies, that would have been cool. Great video BTW, lots of details I didn't know about or at least remember. Where did you find the Icarus sitting on it's landing stage from, it's a very cool version?
I think a sequel with just Nova doing whatever Nova does would have gone over well. You know, riding a horse on the beach, walking out of the surf, posing in the sand - tossing her hair back, slowly sucking on a ripened fruit. Ohhh Yeeaaahh.
Suggested by *TH-cam,* I watched it, then looked to see what other videos you've done, and I was very excited at what I found. When I saw that you made one about *Robinson Crusoe on Mars,* I knew I _had to subscribe._ These are the kinds of films I watched as a kid on Saturday and Sunday afternoons on _World Beyond_ and _Action Theater._ A double feature movie block that aired each weekend, on a local TV station in the late morning and early afternoon.
You said it @@zzygyy! And I wrote that *before* I saw the totality of what he had available ─ not just the many films (some now considered to be somewhat obscure), but many TV shows that I adored as a kid in the 70's as well. While he can't go wrong with classic _STAR TREK_ in my book, some of the shows truly _are_ obscure. 😃
The TV series was actually pretty good for the time. I enjoyed it so much i actually bought the TV series on DVD. Thankfully these things aren't lost too often anymore. Sure it was campy, and the production quality wasn't all that, but it was a sci-fi TV series, so you have to cut it some slack.
Another great video, as usual. This one brings back fantastic memories (the whole 70s 'ape-mania' vibe and much more). I was a kid back in them golden days....
It's really too bad that the POTA franchise never explored the telepathic mutants of the underground city any further. This gave depth to the POTA story arch.
I love the inevitable, nihilistic ending, but I also wonder what would have happened to Taylor if he just simply went "anywhere" else with the enormously hot Nova.
Serling's ending is what he did in many Twilight Zone episodes for Rod it was nothing special since he had done it on TV at least five times over the course of Twilight Zone.
What's best about the entire Apes film series are the messages contained within. After recently watching the entire run with my wife (who shame on me had never seen any of them) the latter 3 films, Escape / Conquest and Battle establish some interesting ideas about humanity and how we might deal with such an uprising. Sadly I feel we would treat the Apes in a similar fashion making them pets and servants following a disease that wiped out cats and dogs. Not to mention the government interference and arrogance on full display. But this is what the best science fiction does. Allows us to insert aspects of real life events into futuristic films. Apes and Star Trek TOS provided this opportunity very well.
BronzeAgeBryon In essence, the films were quite faithful to the tone, themes and social commentary you raise...as described in depth in Pierre Boulle’s original 1963 novel.
The first film is still the best, I mean it blew my mind as a kid! 🤯🤯🤯🤯 There’s not been anything since like it thats sucks you into a world and bends your mind! 🤯🤯🤯
This scene makes more sense if the uncut Battle for the Planet of the Apes were more widely available. In review France Nguyen's character was ordered by the Governor to fire the weapon at the ape city should he not return. Oh yes the Alpha Omega prop was reused. Mendez convinces her otherwise and that they must learn to live in a new way. In Beneath in the church scene there is clearly seen chapter and verse "Mendez".
I had no idea how many films there were at the time I started watching them back when I was in college. I knew there were at least 2 maybe 3. I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed each one and when I saw there was another movie to watch. You can tell the budget was less each time but the writing was so good, I didn't really notice. I have to watch this one again because I didn't even notice that it wasn't Roddy McDowel in the movie.
-"Hey, let's do a sequel to the movie that saved 20th Century Fox from going under."
-"Brilliant idea, sir!"
-"Now let's cut the budget in half."
-"Brilliant idea, sir!"
I remember the mutants taking their face masks off. As a young kid when I saw it in the theater it freaked me out.
Same for me when seeing it on tv for the 1st time in the near late 70's as a young kid.
Same here. I too saw it at the flicks back in 1970. The whole underground sets really creeped me out. The face mask reveal made me and my sister hide behind the seats in front!
Me too. I was either 10 or 11 when it came on tv. In 1973. It really grossed me out when they took their masks off ! That and when Taylor and Brent got shot.
Hard to watch but great scfi as a kid always. When being baby sat. An aunt showed us the original. Totally hooked. Epic impact. Classic. Parents did not like sci fi. Bonus
Yup, saw it in the theater (drive-in) and every time it came on TV. Saw the first two movies at the drive-in.
Beneath is a damn good film! Far better than a lot of people will give it credit for.
It certainly makes an impact. That and it was unpredictable
Largely due to the magnificent direction of director Ted Post. He could make any actors seem just like their characters. Linda Harrison helped.
The mutants abilities to create illusions is a concept deservedly equal to 'discovering' a planet of apes. Even the makeup of their radiation ravaged flesh compares on the level of the apes makeup. But the ultimate 'zinger' is the worship of 'The Almighty Bomb'. That is 'outside-the-box' creativity at it's best.
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Sometimes critics and fans treat sequels as remakes and compare them to the original. If there had to be sequel to Planet, Beneath was the best sequel that could have been made. Even the producers themselves said to justify a sequel they had to do something entirely strange and bizarre and go off into another direction. They certainly did, and if Beneath had failed at the box office, we would not have the Apes franchise today.
I never get tired of looking at Linda Harrison in those 2 movies.
She made the perfect woman.
Absolutely, positively. She was fiiiiine.
She was hot!
@@keithmolbeck260 A woman that can't talk back, perfect?
Yes, Linda Harrison was some looker in this movie. But for that the press had badmouthed her all the time talk came to this movie. There was that often reptated movie that she had kept her role because she was all to willing to jump into bed with the director of the film all to willing.
I think that is bad gossip but here and there it is mentioned in reviews to the film.
Nova was smoking hot and Charleton Heston is a legend.. the end! literally the end lol
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@Joseph Lomeo lucky dude then i mean seriously look at her
She was! This movie was amazing! I can still watch it over and over and never get tired of it!
I think the first is a sci fi classic. Man , when they show the apes for the first time in the cornfield was a shocker . And the first 40 minutes is suspenseful with that music in the background.
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I consider this movie as Part 2 of the first, and rarely watch the one without the other. The mutants are disturbing and the ending is chilling.
Im the same way. I always considered Beneath and original as all one big movie. I really like the super dark ending of Beneath as well. Really dark endings like that are rare in movies. Glad they didnt do a happy ending. I dont really
I dont really care for the other sequels that much though. To me the the first two were the story.
@@cesarmedina7080 Same. First one is the best, second one is good. Others are fine, but lost all premise original had.
@@bxyhxyh Second that point. The 2nd ('Beneath') was really the most original and took the most risks conceptually of any installment (save the first) and yet gave the audience what it was looking for: "Just what is in that Forbidden Zone???"
I didn't know it was a different Cornelius, he did a great job imitating the original guy.
"Mr. Brent, Mr. Taylor, we are a peaceful people. We don't kill our enemies. We get our enemies to kill each other..."
-Donald J Trump
@@emilrodriguez2705 Not Donald Trump, but Dementia Joe will be the one who blew up the world. You had been brainwashed by anti-Trump propaganda mainstream media and leftist high-tech corporations.
@Ol' Dee LOL! Anti-Trump propaganda mainstream media brainwashed you to loathe Christian values and encourage you to vote for Dementia Joe! You will regret dementia Joe triggering a nuclear war. 😱
@@timetraveler2518 no not really, just multiple videos of mobs carrying Trump flags, bringing violence and destruction to the Capital building on January 6 2021, and I'm pretty sure none of it was CG. Sounds as if you've been brainwashed into thinking Adolf Trump did nothing wrong.
@@emilrodriguez2705 Democrat cheating party false flag operation.
"A green and insignificant planet.... is now dead."
Chilling words, but damn I loved that ending.
It just sucks that with each successful movie in the series.... the damned studio slashed the budget for the next one. 🤨
Teacher…, are you saying the whole world has been lied to by these MASONS all our lives since the MUD FLOOD WARS of 1853 to 1854 that ended in 1855??? Look at this world we live in: where Your Community Leaders are Complicit in the UNITED NATIONS “Corporate” International Mafia of Jobs for we The Human Populations, and what do you’m have in your Towns and Mega Cities, and how many of you are “too young” to REMEMBER a World where Apple - Amazon - WALMART, and all the rest in this 21st Century did not exist.?.?.?, and we had Local “Community” Businesses where WE THE PEOPLE could make our own Tech from Shops like Radio Shack, and we could Make our Own Cars, and Boats, and Burger Joints, and what do you see if you are 50 years or older if TV has not wiped your mind and your memories??? Nothing but INTERNET Stores where The TV is a plethora of shows……., and these COMMERCIALS that “teach you” and Instruct your [children] how to kill yourselves……, and your children, and Your parents “by way of” these SIDE EFFECTS on them Drugs aka Pharmaceutical??????? Do you have DEPRESSION, or does the TV Commercial SUGGEST you have “Bi-Polar” and you watch TV Shows so Very Much that your MEMORIES are not about dancing and singing and going too clubs, but your whole HUMAN “life” is nothing but what you have {watched} on these HD 2D TV Flat Screens… You have lost the ability to THINK for Your Self….., you play Video Games day in and day out…….., and you have become such COWARDS as Humans that you are “Terrified” to learn how to Drive a Fucking Car or Motorcycle when you turn 16 years old… And for those of you’m whom are 33 years and younger.?.?.?, I want you to know that FREE MASON Lodge in your hometown is “why” we are Locked in our Houses for this FAKE {NEWS} World Empire……..., and do not tell me the TV Talking Heads whom lie to your faces with Malfeasance are not FREE MASON Lodge Members of Demolay - Jobs Daughters - Shriners - Rainbow Girls - Eastern Stars, and they all work for the “U.N. FLAG” as JADE HELM 15 and PROJECT BLUE BEAM where the TV Screen has “always” been used as a CONTROL COLLAR on you!!!! You people whom read the Bible………, and Talk of the “Mark” of the Beast??? What do you hold in your RIGHT HAND to change (The Channels) [{**}] of YOUR PROGRAMMING on your ROKU TV SETS??? What is the Mark of the BEAST on your Head, but your very eyes “compelled” to WATCH THE ENTERTAINMENT aka Enchantments, Raptures, and Spells of the CASTERS known as The Cast on any nations {TV Screen} no matter your so called Birth FLAG??? Why do you see TV Screens and TV Shows no matter where you go…. You are “The Beast” my People, and these FREE MASON O.T.O. Trump of Hollywood YOUR FIRED Types have {cast a spell} [{*}] on you too DO WHAT THE TV TELLS YOU!!! Why do you “dress” a Certain Way, cause the kids on MINECRAFT dress and Talk that way.?.?.? Why do you “worship” WAR IS MURDER when you don’t want no one murdering or raping you??? Cause everyday you play VIOLENCE be it {3D CGI} Virtual Reality Games Games Games, and then the Military / * \ that is run by these MASONS have programmed you to go to other LANDS…., and murder the “People” +=+ in your ZOOM CHANTS!!! The TV is a WEAPON..., and you need to LISTEN to the [Side Effects] of Drugs cause they are not warnings.., THEY ARE SUGGESTIONS., and you “listen” too the Suggestion???, and then you say to yourselves: I must be Depressed or Sad’ cause the TV Commercial “tells me” too Take these Medications, and I don’t LISTEN that the Side Effect is actually “telling and spelling” you too become More Suicidal, Cut Your Self, or if you give this Medication to your Gran Ma or Gran Pa, or maybe your Mom and Dad are so PROGRAMMED by these TV Commercials “they” do it: as instructed and know the SIDE EFFECT will Kill our human Old People, and they do it!!!!! And Yes` the FREE MASON Run Your town, so they are all in on this (COVID19) World Domination Plot too kill off “WE ARE” The remaining Human Populations +=+ on this side of FLAT EARTH inside our Celestial Sphere… The Book of EXODICE!!!
videos.utahgunexchange.com/watch/venezuela-caracas-receives-russian-sputnik-v-vaccine-to-begin-phase-three-trials_JIqXnRqacV5JL3w.html
The ONLY Good Mason is a DEAD Mason, and we kill them in Secret [by ways] Q’s of Poison, Run them off the Road in our Cars Q+, too Shoot them in the head Q, and then put their Dead nonhuman Bodies in Wood Chuckers and “feed them” The Whopper that is made of Human Meat as you don’t hear about ALT-MEAT anymore do you????, and how else can they dispose of all our nonmason dead by way of the “Corona” Common Cold, then to INJECT your Old Folks, your Mentally Ill, and Take the Homeless off the STREETS and turn them into {Ground Beef} and then feed them back to your TV Zombies as you are eating your “human” dead at McDonald's, Wendy's, Jacks, and Arby’s for all BEEF is processed in SECRET just as them FREE MASON “Lodges” in your home towns are all Churches of Satans for Demons, Devils, and Angels from the Book of Enoch…
The Sentinel….
Everyone ON TV and this includes these TH-cam “Personalities” are FREE MASON Actors and Actresses practicing [O.T.O.] @QANON /_\ Masonic Lodge Members Sorcery be they 10 year old girls to Old Wild Men whom act and call themselves {INFLUENCERS} as EVIL Witches, and Warlocks, and Wizards aka The W.W.W. would “Trick and Treat” you my human children into killing yourselves to BE LIKE THEM!!! Do you ever hear “anyone” on your TH-cam or TV shows tell you The Truth that (COVID19) is just Code in FREE MASON Double Talk or {Duality talk} as the O.T.O. like to present it??? Why must you WEAR A MASK - STAY HOME - WASH YOUR HANDS as if you are still a child at 99 years old.?.?.? This is all a lie……., and they pull off the lie: by being the ONES in control of all TV shows and “TH-cam” Celebrity Channels as you watch, and DO AS YOU ARE TOLD MY “Human” Populations: No Matter what U.N. FLAG [Occupies] your Home Lands…
The Society of nonmason~
[///|||\\\]
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Paul Frees!
John Wilharm Interestingly enough, that intelligence test scene is drawn from the original 1963 novel where 2 human captives are required to stack objects to reach for food.
"...with each successful movie in the series.... the damned studio slashed the budget for the next one."
That's how it works with most sequels. They figure it's pre-sold, so why spend a lot of money on it?
Some exceptions are "Terminator 2", "Road Warrior" (Mad Max 2), and arguably some of the Indiana Jones and Star Wars sequels. But generally a sequel is an admission that you don't have any new ideas.
Yes. The damn studio. Damn them all to hell.
This film always scared me as a kid, but I still loved it. Watched it so many times!
I remember the Mad magazine parody. The subway station area full of skeletons is described as being a well preserved area - it looked like that in the 20th century too. At the end Taylor is about to detonate the bomb. Ursus tries to stop him but Taylor explains that if you survive this movie you're going to appear in the next sequel. Ursus tells him to hurry up and detonate it.
bukster1 I remember that! It was so funny!
Mad was my go to resource to find out if movies were worth seeing. LOL!!
Yeah why on Earth would Taylor destroy Earth?
I can remember as a kid watching these movies and being blown away. Still love them today. Thanks for posting.
I’ve always liked this film as much as the original. James Franciscus is great, Taylor and Nova make an appearance again, Leonard Rosenmann supplied a wonderfully chilling atonal score in the spirit of Jerry Goldsmith’s original and there are great performances to be had by Jeff Corey, Paul Richards, Don Pedro Colley and the other cast members in the role of the mutant prefects. Plus the film moves along at a great pace, replete with some very snappy dialog!
Fransiscus was very reluctant to take this part. He read the draft and called Chas. Heston and whined to him about it. He demanded that he'd make changes (and the studio agreed) or he'd walk.
Linda Harrison is prominently featured throughout. Actually, the actors did not turn in good performances really. It was great director Ted Post that got the superb performances. Post could make anyone in his film seem to be their characters. Check his Dirty Harry "Magnum Force" where everyone even Clint Eastwood seems their character.
@@bnelso2833 Well I’ve seen Victor Buono, Gregory Sierra, Paul Richards and the others in various other roles and for me they all turned in a solid performance, in general alignment with their other roles. As for Jeff Corey, NO ONE needed to show him how to act-he ran a well sought after, prestigious actors studio and taught many great future actors the art of the craft.
@@historybuff66 The actors turn in tremendously solid dramatic performances as their characters because Post gave them powerful direction. Buono was usually cocky here he is all serious. Richards is more deep than humanly possible. Sierra is all stolid. Corey is in deeper than humanly possible. It is Post incredible direction. He was a one in trillion director.
@@bnelso2833 For Buono, his role required him to be unflappable and deadpan in keeping with the stoical portrayal of a theistic high council. Have to disagree about Corey-I seriously doubt he needed a great deal of directing, he himself being a marvelous director in his own right.
The ending floored me as a kid...depressed for days!
Er Sturdevant me as well. I couldn’t believe it. The entire Earth over?!😱. I was completely taken by surprise.
If this was bad, wait until dementia Joe will trigger a nuclear war! That will pee inside your pant! 😱
One of those wouldn’t be able to produce the outcome of the movie. Why was writing in old TV so bad?
I love Beneath The Planet Of The Apes, it’s a worthy sequel to the original. I loved the insight to what they were going to originally do with the sequel and I’ve see pictures of the “ape boy” in the past but people weren’t ready for that. I’ve like to have seen Taylor survive with Brent and Nova and lead a revolt against the Apes with the help of the mutants. But you would lose that iconic ending that would lead to the next three movies. Maybe they’ll do something like that if they make any more Apes movies.
James Gregory with his facial mannerisms, speech pattern, and breathing was fantastic. He spoke with pauses as if what he is saying is extremely meaningful, even though it is a rather plain, juvenile choice of words he uses, an elementary level vocabulary, the militant Ursus is one of the most memorable, best characters in motion picture history, IMO. He played the role very well. His bravado is so audacious, it is comical at times, yet scary, and very entertaining to watch. He's the real stand out in this movie. "The only good human, is a dead human!"
I loved this movie, when they went into the underground train / subway in this movie and the re-uniting with Taylor and the cool ending and the psychic human mutants.
Screw the critics. The movie was great!
Yeah, those critics dont know a squat of anything.
My favourite movie of 1970 though not a great year. Kelly's Heroes and Patton make up my top 3.
Grew up with these movies. Good stuff.
I still remember the review for Battle for the planet of the apes, I think. When the apes first took over from man.
"The apes are revolting. come see the revolting apes"
You know a movie is great when it ends with the entire world blowing up, and they still make three sequels.
Beneath has the most brutal ending of any film. Moses blows up the earth
Well, those mind-control mutants were as annoying as shiznitte so blowing up everything to blow them up in particular is still a win.
kirby culp My take is that I was kinda happy for Taylor shutting up Dr. Zaius once and for all, what with his constant invective over how “destructive” Man is, turning the ‘Forbidden Zone’ from a garden into a desert, etc. And Taylor is like, “Destruction? I’ll show you destruction...”
His hand looks like an ape hand as activates the bomb.
Well, Moses did break all Ten Commandments at once when the Israelites worshipped the golden calf.
@@JohnnyTran-qh3ot 15 commandments, Moses dropped one tablet according to Mel Brooks. LOL
Me and my great grandmother went to see battle for the planet of the apes in the theaters. She was in her seventies at the time I was just 12 years old. She said it was the most unbelievable thing she ever saw. I had more fun watching her reactions to the movie than the movie itself!
That's a great memory, thanks for sharing it :D
This was a great movie !!!
I enjoy all The Planet of the Apes movies, especially the scores. All 3 composers(Jerry Goldsmith, Leonard Roseman and Tom Scott) brought something unique to the table. Although I never really watch the TV series, Lalo Schifrin's score was stellar as usual.
This was the very first movie I ever saw at the theater without my parents. A young person now-a-days can have no idea how cool this movie was to an 11 year old boy in 1970.
DoubleMrE I was also 11 in 1970 and how I wished I had seen it on its original release. I did see it around 1975 or so when they started re-releasing the films under the “go ape for a day” promotions.
@@historybuff66 "Go ape for a day" --hehehe! Ah, the good ole days!
One plot device that had to be altered from the first film was how Brent arrived on future Earth. In the first film, Taylor and his crew flew through space at near-light speed in which time dilation allowed them to age slightly over the two thousand years it took for them to return to Earth. In the sequel, Brent's ship simply passed through a time warp/bend of some kind. This had to be done because if Brent's ship had taken the same course as Taylor's and, allowing for time dilation, then by the time Brent arrived on Earth, Taylor, Zira, Zaius and cast would have been dead for many centuries.
@Enzo 1965 ????
Incredible sequel. Haunted me as a kid.
The first 2 films were by far the best of the series.
That’s usually the way
I think Escape was much better than Beneath, even with the jarring, and easily fixable, discontinuity of the apes knowing all about how they came to displace humanity in the future.
Conquest was by far the best of the series !
Same with Jaws 😉
The 3rd one is good too. Its different
Who remembers the Saturday morning cartoon of Planet of the Apes?
Me!
Loved it,but apes driving tank's was amusing 😄
Me. In the mid 70's on NBC Saturday mornings.
I have the cartoon on dvd but not as good as I remembered them growing up. I do like the tv show they had, I also have that on dvd.
I do. I remember thinking the stories were pretty good but the animation was terrible.
James Franciscus was absolutely phenomenal in this movie, it would have never have had the legs it did without him. I really think this movie was better than the first
Beneath was definitely the best sequel, but the original will always beat it. I still remember seeing it on one of the cable channels on one late summer night and it floored me. I still remember how I felt when I saw that ending. Don't get me wrong, Beneath had a gloriously epic dark ending but that sight of the destroyed statue of liberty may be the greatest movie ending of all time. The only one I can think of that stands a chance against it is the ending of Empire Strikes Back.
Well,…..no not better
Same. The most bleeding ending ever. It was borderline horror. People were gunned down. The mutants were scary.
So Charlton Heston donated his entire salary to charity? The more I learn about Chuck, the more I have to respect the man...
a WW-2' vet , he actually marched with MLK and an all around smart guy
I am big fan of this Ape sequel and I like the dark ending. Scenes with mutant people without mask are pretty scary. Its little bit of rehash of first movie in first act ,but then its goes better.
This was fantastic to watch. The format, the visuals and the audio of your deep dive series into movie production are perfect. I have not watched Beneath the Planet of the Apes in years. I am going to have to rewatch it today. A true classic that should be seen by everyone.
When I first saw Beneath, I was immensely blown away. For every silly mutant makeup, and James Franciscus' performance as a bootleg Charlton Heston (why they didn't recast him as Taylor since Heston didn't even want to return in the first place is beyond me), the visuals were stunning, and moments like the statue of the lawgiver bleeding and then exploding are just chilling to the bone. Plus, POTA were killing off it's main characters long before Infinity War did
James Franciscus was perfect for that movie! I really liked the 2nd movie...and it gets intresting once he realizes where he is in ape city and when he meets up with Taylor!
If they recasted Taylor’s actor the film would loose legitimacy… it wouldn’t feel like your watching the same story bc the main star of the original film would be missing. Hestons presence in this movie was enough to solidify this as a legitimate sequel. Made these sequels valid. that’s why
Heston was a great human-being. Generous to a fault.
@Sparkling Cyanide This makes me like Charlton Heston even more.
Nova was so hot in this movie! It's crazy that in this post-apocalyptic world women stopped growing hair on their legs!
... and under their arms.
Ha, ha, true! I love how innocent and not PC the old stuff is.
Apparently women even had lip sticks the Second World War, it was considered important for their morale etc I guess, I learnt this watching a war film documentary where the female resistance fighters had it on, I like it when it's historically accurate like that, rather than twisted to fit a modern mindset, like they do.
The Bomb must have made it so.
All praise The Bomb!
The poster at 13:48 was for the special summer promotional "Ape-orama" where all 5 films were shown back to back. Saw it at the Twin Bays theater back in the day.
More folks need to know who Jonny Baak is. He is one of the best, purest enthusiasts for science fiction on You Tube. I usually don't comment because I can't add more to what he already does. I can't critique what he does either. I don't want to. I just want to watch and enjoy what he does.
Thanks so much :-)
@@JonnyBaak Teacher…, are you saying the whole world has been lied to by these MASONS all our lives since the MUD FLOOD WARS of 1853 to 1854 that ended in 1855??? Look at this world we live in: where Your Community Leaders are Complicit in the UNITED NATIONS “Corporate” International Mafia of Jobs for we The Human Populations, and what do you’m have in your Towns and Mega Cities, and how many of you are “too young” to REMEMBER a World where Apple - Amazon - WALMART, and all the rest in this 21st Century did not exist.?.?.?, and we had Local “Community” Businesses where WE THE PEOPLE could make our own Tech from Shops like Radio Shack, and we could Make our Own Cars, and Boats, and Burger Joints, and what do you see if you are 50 years or older if TV has not wiped your mind and your memories??? Nothing but INTERNET Stores where The TV is a plethora of shows……., and these COMMERCIALS that “teach you” and Instruct your [children] how to kill yourselves……, and your children, and Your parents “by way of” these SIDE EFFECTS on them Drugs aka Pharmaceutical??????? Do you have DEPRESSION, or does the TV Commercial SUGGEST you have “Bi-Polar” and you watch TV Shows so Very Much that your MEMORIES are not about dancing and singing and going too clubs, but your whole HUMAN “life” is nothing but what you have {watched} on these HD 2D TV Flat Screens… You have lost the ability to THINK for Your Self….., you play Video Games day in and day out…….., and you have become such COWARDS as Humans that you are “Terrified” to learn how to Drive a Fucking Car or Motorcycle when you turn 16 years old… And for those of you’m whom are 33 years and younger.?.?.?, I want you to know that FREE MASON Lodge in your hometown is “why” we are Locked in our Houses for this FAKE {NEWS} World Empire……..., and do not tell me the TV Talking Heads whom lie to your faces with Malfeasance are not FREE MASON Lodge Members of Demolay - Jobs Daughters - Shriners - Rainbow Girls - Eastern Stars, and they all work for the “U.N. FLAG” as JADE HELM 15 and PROJECT BLUE BEAM where the TV Screen has “always” been used as a CONTROL COLLAR on you!!!! You people whom read the Bible………, and Talk of the “Mark” of the Beast??? What do you hold in your RIGHT HAND to change (The Channels) [{**}] of YOUR PROGRAMMING on your ROKU TV SETS??? What is the Mark of the BEAST on your Head, but your very eyes “compelled” to WATCH THE ENTERTAINMENT aka Enchantments, Raptures, and Spells of the CASTERS known as The Cast on any nations {TV Screen} no matter your so called Birth FLAG??? Why do you see TV Screens and TV Shows no matter where you go…. You are “The Beast” my People, and these FREE MASON O.T.O. Trump of Hollywood YOUR FIRED Types have {cast a spell} [{*}] on you too DO WHAT THE TV TELLS YOU!!! Why do you “dress” a Certain Way, cause the kids on MINECRAFT dress and Talk that way.?.?.? Why do you “worship” WAR IS MURDER when you don’t want no one murdering or raping you??? Cause everyday you play VIOLENCE be it {3D CGI} Virtual Reality Games Games Games, and then the Military / * \ that is run by these MASONS have programmed you to go to other LANDS…., and murder the “People” +=+ in your ZOOM CHANTS!!! The TV is a WEAPON..., and you need to LISTEN to the [Side Effects] of Drugs cause they are not warnings.., THEY ARE SUGGESTIONS., and you “listen” too the Suggestion???, and then you say to yourselves: I must be Depressed or Sad’ cause the TV Commercial “tells me” too Take these Medications, and I don’t LISTEN that the Side Effect is actually “telling and spelling” you too become More Suicidal, Cut Your Self, or if you give this Medication to your Gran Ma or Gran Pa, or maybe your Mom and Dad are so PROGRAMMED by these TV Commercials “they” do it: as instructed and know the SIDE EFFECT will Kill our human Old People, and they do it!!!!! And Yes` the FREE MASON Run Your town, so they are all in on this (COVID19) World Domination Plot too kill off “WE ARE” The remaining Human Populations +=+ on this side of FLAT EARTH inside our Celestial Sphere… The Book of EXODICE!!!
videos.utahgunexchange.com/watch/venezuela-caracas-receives-russian-sputnik-v-vaccine-to-begin-phase-three-trials_JIqXnRqacV5JL3w.html
The ONLY Good Mason is a DEAD Mason, and we kill them in Secret [by ways] Q’s of Poison, Run them off the Road in our Cars Q+, too Shoot them in the head Q, and then put their Dead nonhuman Bodies in Wood Chuckers and “feed them” The Whopper that is made of Human Meat as you don’t hear about ALT-MEAT anymore do you????, and how else can they dispose of all our nonmason dead by way of the “Corona” Common Cold, then to INJECT your Old Folks, your Mentally Ill, and Take the Homeless off the STREETS and turn them into {Ground Beef} and then feed them back to your TV Zombies as you are eating your “human” dead at McDonald's, Wendy's, Jacks, and Arby’s for all BEEF is processed in SECRET just as them FREE MASON “Lodges” in your home towns are all Churches of Satans for Demons, Devils, and Angels from the Book of Enoch…
The Sentinel….
Everyone ON TV and this includes these TH-cam “Personalities” are FREE MASON Actors and Actresses practicing [O.T.O.] @QANON /_\ Masonic Lodge Members Sorcery be they 10 year old girls to Old Wild Men whom act and call themselves {INFLUENCERS} as EVIL Witches, and Warlocks, and Wizards aka The W.W.W. would “Trick and Treat” you my human children into killing yourselves to BE LIKE THEM!!! Do you ever hear “anyone” on your TH-cam or TV shows tell you The Truth that (COVID19) is just Code in FREE MASON Double Talk or {Duality talk} as the O.T.O. like to present it??? Why must you WEAR A MASK - STAY HOME - WASH YOUR HANDS as if you are still a child at 99 years old.?.?.? This is all a lie……., and they pull off the lie: by being the ONES in control of all TV shows and “TH-cam” Celebrity Channels as you watch, and DO AS YOU ARE TOLD MY “Human” Populations: No Matter what U.N. FLAG [Occupies] your Home Lands…
The Society of nonmason~
[///|||\\\]
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I loved the planet of the apes as a kid and still do. I’m looking foward to the rest of this series!
The ending of Beneath scared me more than the first
I can still remember the first time I saw the trailer for 'Planet of the Apes', while sitting in my living room at around age 13 or 14. I'm pretty sure I was at the theater the first weekend. Cool shot of the spaceship at 1:49 . In 1996, I was on a road trip thru the southwest, and ended up in the area where it had crashed into the lake. I thought it looked eerily familiar at the time, but it wasn't until I saw the film again a few years later, that I realized where I had been.
I've always found this an enjoyable movie. It's familiar but very different in tone, which is nice to see in a sequel. They also did a great job with the small budget. Heston gives it his all and never seems bored or uninterested. And, how can you out-do the ending of the first - this film has the answer.
My favorite of all the sequels-always felt Beneath... was underated as a movie,it had a good cast ,plot make-up and strong direction despite a smaller budget
Huge fan of the 1st 3 installments.. Thanks for this post. Really enjoyed it.
One of my favourite sci-fi films from that era. Good story line, great characters, with an unforgettable ending.
I always felt this was the better of the two movies of POTA and BTPOTA. I loved Brent far more than Taylor in that Brent was a fighter. He wanted to fight till the end. Franciscus infused Brent with so much life as oppose to Heston's Taylor. That scene in the bomb chamber after Taylor is shot and Brent is taking out as many apes as he can has always been a favourite of mine. He's fighting right up till the end when he dies a bad ass. The scene between Zaius and Taylor was the denouement to their story and fitting to take us into "Escape." Thanks for the video. This film doesn't get the love it should.
They should NEVER have killed off Nova! She could have been in the space ship that carried Cornelius and Zira back to Earth of the 1970's. I loved when she said the name "Taylor"! And I hated that she got shot by a stupid gorilla.
Killing her was a terrible choice.
Everyone dies after the atomic bomb anyway. Terrible ending and makes no sense that the 3 apes escaped in the spaceship after for the next movie.
As usual, excellent video, keep on the great work. Excellent follow-up to the first film btw, and the soundtrack of the movie fantastic. Never ever knew bout the half-kid half-ape test footage, that's a first to me. And I always thought roddy mc dowell was in "beneath....", I am surprised.
In conclusion the movie was really great.
Thanks Jonny, for these great documentrys, very well made and some never before seen artwork,would have been interesting to have these artwork designs on the original quad and American movie posters. Beneath was a huge hit on release, over twenty million in the USA and the same abroad , at that time their weren't that many science fiction movies on release .Nice to read all the positive comments about the movie, the film certainly had the write impact on people. Thanks again for all your efforts.
Co-writer Rod Serling adopted the first movie's ending from his own Twilight Zone episode "I Shot an Arrow into the Air."
WOW!!
Yes, very loosely. Serling actually improved upon it by replacing a sign in the desert for Reno, along with telephone poles, and substituting them with the Statue of Liberty. Though I'd argue that Michael Wilson upgraded Serling's story with his complete rewrite. It was Wilson that gave it that nihilistic Kafkaesque tone and sharp dialogue in the final script.
This is the one that puts the Rewrite Hat on my head. I just think it would have been cool to have a group of humans regaining their speech and IQs and plotting to nuke the Apes. Brent was cool, but I think his wondrous look at the world could have been more naive to set up a truly crestfallen character when he finds out it is Earth. Really, I think it should have been Nova as the lead discovering new things and gaining speech.
I totally agree
Good sequel.
James Gregory was great as General Ursus.
One of the best sci fi franchises ever.
Nova looks even better in this movie !!!
I agree. Much better than most people say. James Franciscus should have been a bigger Hollywood star. The original book is underrated as well. The ending was intended to be a message to world powers but it went unheeded. Great Documentary, Baak!
Dude, the music at the end is from U.F.O. ?!?! That's awesome. You need to do at least one Gerry Anderson vid, if not one for UFO, Space 1999, and Journey to the Far Side of the Sun!
Interesting closing theme music.
I wish they hadn't killed off Taylor, his character should have had a more satisfying story arch.
Heston said he dies.
Well, if you look at the last film in the series timeline, you would know that Taylor does/should probably be ARRIVING again, with a potentially (?) Different outcome
Back then sequels were considered trash. It wouldn't have happened today. Heston would have made bank!
Heston didn't want to do sequels that's why they killed his character off.
@@arcticfox6808 Even Heston admitted his attitude might have been different if sequels were more common. Except for James Bond, most movie franchises were considered to be just B movies.
I'm a big fan of the Apes franchise as a whole and have always loved Beneath. In my opinion it's a great sequel with a very, very dark ending, which I appreciated. I thought James Franciscus was great as Brent, the astronaut sent to find out what happened to Charlton Heston's character Taylor from the original film. I was genuinely surprised to find that some people don't rate this film.
Beneath is a great film and right up there with the original. The ending is just as shocking as the original too, lingering long after the credits have rolled.
Growing up watching movies like these compared to most of the crap or crappy remakes kids get today makes you realize how lucky we were.
Thanks for the show!
Charlton Heston's character was in every scene in the original POTA. Even during the few moments where he wasn't in frame he was just in the other room, listening to the other characters talk and the audience was aware this. The point is that Charlton Heston _is_ the movie. And that is why the sequels never performed as well as the original. Without Heston there is no POTA.
When all this shit is over they should do a marathon in the theatres. I would go
Teacher…, are you saying the whole world has been lied to by these MASONS all our lives since the MUD FLOOD WARS of 1853 to 1854 that ended in 1855??? Look at this world we live in: where Your Community Leaders are Complicit in the UNITED NATIONS “Corporate” International Mafia of Jobs for we The Human Populations, and what do you’m have in your Towns and Mega Cities, and how many of you are “too young” to REMEMBER a World where Apple - Amazon - WALMART, and all the rest in this 21st Century did not exist.?.?.?, and we had Local “Community” Businesses where WE THE PEOPLE could make our own Tech from Shops like Radio Shack, and we could Make our Own Cars, and Boats, and Burger Joints, and what do you see if you are 50 years or older if TV has not wiped your mind and your memories??? Nothing but INTERNET Stores where The TV is a plethora of shows……., and these COMMERCIALS that “teach you” and Instruct your [children] how to kill yourselves……, and your children, and Your parents “by way of” these SIDE EFFECTS on them Drugs aka Pharmaceutical??????? Do you have DEPRESSION, or does the TV Commercial SUGGEST you have “Bi-Polar” and you watch TV Shows so Very Much that your MEMORIES are not about dancing and singing and going too clubs, but your whole HUMAN “life” is nothing but what you have {watched} on these HD 2D TV Flat Screens… You have lost the ability to THINK for Your Self….., you play Video Games day in and day out…….., and you have become such COWARDS as Humans that you are “Terrified” to learn how to Drive a Fucking Car or Motorcycle when you turn 16 years old… And for those of you’m whom are 33 years and younger.?.?.?, I want you to know that FREE MASON Lodge in your hometown is “why” we are Locked in our Houses for this FAKE {NEWS} World Empire……..., and do not tell me the TV Talking Heads whom lie to your faces with Malfeasance are not FREE MASON Lodge Members of Demolay - Jobs Daughters - Shriners - Rainbow Girls - Eastern Stars, and they all work for the “U.N. FLAG” as JADE HELM 15 and PROJECT BLUE BEAM where the TV Screen has “always” been used as a CONTROL COLLAR on you!!!! You people whom read the Bible………, and Talk of the “Mark” of the Beast??? What do you hold in your RIGHT HAND to change (The Channels) [{**}] of YOUR PROGRAMMING on your ROKU TV SETS??? What is the Mark of the BEAST on your Head, but your very eyes “compelled” to WATCH THE ENTERTAINMENT aka Enchantments, Raptures, and Spells of the CASTERS known as The Cast on any nations {TV Screen} no matter your so called Birth FLAG??? Why do you see TV Screens and TV Shows no matter where you go…. You are “The Beast” my People, and these FREE MASON O.T.O. Trump of Hollywood YOUR FIRED Types have {cast a spell} [{*}] on you too DO WHAT THE TV TELLS YOU!!! Why do you “dress” a Certain Way, cause the kids on MINECRAFT dress and Talk that way.?.?.? Why do you “worship” WAR IS MURDER when you don’t want no one murdering or raping you??? Cause everyday you play VIOLENCE be it {3D CGI} Virtual Reality Games Games Games, and then the Military / * \ that is run by these MASONS have programmed you to go to other LANDS…., and murder the “People” +=+ in your ZOOM CHANTS!!! The TV is a WEAPON..., and you need to LISTEN to the [Side Effects] of Drugs cause they are not warnings.., THEY ARE SUGGESTIONS., and you “listen” too the Suggestion???, and then you say to yourselves: I must be Depressed or Sad’ cause the TV Commercial “tells me” too Take these Medications, and I don’t LISTEN that the Side Effect is actually “telling and spelling” you too become More Suicidal, Cut Your Self, or if you give this Medication to your Gran Ma or Gran Pa, or maybe your Mom and Dad are so PROGRAMMED by these TV Commercials “they” do it: as instructed and know the SIDE EFFECT will Kill our human Old People, and they do it!!!!! And Yes` the FREE MASON Run Your town, so they are all in on this (COVID19) World Domination Plot too kill off “WE ARE” The remaining Human Populations +=+ on this side of FLAT EARTH inside our Celestial Sphere… The Book of EXODICE!!!
videos.utahgunexchange.com/watch/venezuela-caracas-receives-russian-sputnik-v-vaccine-to-begin-phase-three-trials_JIqXnRqacV5JL3w.html
The ONLY Good Mason is a DEAD Mason, and we kill them in Secret [by ways] Q’s of Poison, Run them off the Road in our Cars Q+, too Shoot them in the head Q, and then put their Dead nonhuman Bodies in Wood Chuckers and “feed them” The Whopper that is made of Human Meat as you don’t hear about ALT-MEAT anymore do you????, and how else can they dispose of all our nonmason dead by way of the “Corona” Common Cold, then to INJECT your Old Folks, your Mentally Ill, and Take the Homeless off the STREETS and turn them into {Ground Beef} and then feed them back to your TV Zombies as you are eating your “human” dead at McDonald's, Wendy's, Jacks, and Arby’s for all BEEF is processed in SECRET just as them FREE MASON “Lodges” in your home towns are all Churches of Satans for Demons, Devils, and Angels from the Book of Enoch…
The Sentinel….
Everyone ON TV and this includes these TH-cam “Personalities” are FREE MASON Actors and Actresses practicing [O.T.O.] @QANON /_\ Masonic Lodge Members Sorcery be they 10 year old girls to Old Wild Men whom act and call themselves {INFLUENCERS} as EVIL Witches, and Warlocks, and Wizards aka The W.W.W. would “Trick and Treat” you my human children into killing yourselves to BE LIKE THEM!!! Do you ever hear “anyone” on your TH-cam or TV shows tell you The Truth that (COVID19) is just Code in FREE MASON Double Talk or {Duality talk} as the O.T.O. like to present it??? Why must you WEAR A MASK - STAY HOME - WASH YOUR HANDS as if you are still a child at 99 years old.?.?.? This is all a lie……., and they pull off the lie: by being the ONES in control of all TV shows and “TH-cam” Celebrity Channels as you watch, and DO AS YOU ARE TOLD MY “Human” Populations: No Matter what U.N. FLAG [Occupies] your Home Lands…
The Society of nonmason~
[///|||\\\]
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Underrated gem. My 3rd favourite of the original series
Charlton's character was cynical in these movies. And then he flips the switch, but it is a warning of what could have happened in real life. Humanity gone, which is truly insane. Good message. Epic
So true
I went to a movie theater that ran all of the movies in a marathon for the price of one. I remember being in the movie theater all day to see all of the movies but I enjoyed it
I’m shocked that Tora Tora Tora wasn’t a hit! But I digress.
I want to see all these potential concepts for sequels to the original movie .
Awesome insight into movies Jonno
As a kid I saw the first 3 movies at the local drive-in. The 4th was the only one I saw in a regular theater. I also believe this is the first of the series in which Natalie Trundy is in as she goes on to be in the subsequent sequels in different roles.
A most thorough and enlightening expose I thank you so
Loved the movie-especially because we got to see Nova again!
That said, I remember watching the ending as a kid and still thinking to myself, “A bomb that could blow up the whole earth? How is that even possible?” You don’t have to even be a science nut to know that that’s just over the top even for fiction (so is the Death Star too-sorry). It never took away from my overall enjoyment (and rating) of the movie at all. But if I had to nitpick just one tiny plot device in the story, the planet destroying bomb would probably be it.
bcs2em And you didn’t wonder how the mutants could have psychic abilities???
@@phdtobe Ha, ha. Equally ludicrous & very true indeed. But hey, most sci-fi errs on the side of the highly improbable, eh.
It was a decent sequel despite the budget cuts. I don't think it would have done well if Chuck didn't reprise his role albeit briefly. The possible stories before it was made seem interesting as well. The following films breathed new life with other stories, I wonder if there were other possible stories that might have been different from the next 3 films. Overall a great franchise. I had some of the Mego action figures. I own the VHS remastered 5 films as well as the DVD of the short lived action series and remember watching the cartoon as a boy. The 2000's movies brought it back to life. I really had wondered after the Tim Burton film if a sequel could have been made, it left you wondering with the ending similar to the original.
Great stuff as always.
Grew up watching all these as a young kid and loved them! Hate any of the new ones. The makeup back then still looks good today I think!
At age 9 -- I went to the 'Sneak Preview' of the original PLANET OF THE APES at the Fox Warfield Theater in San Francisco ... and thought it ever so cool. When PLANET OF THE APES REVISITED was in the works, I was ecstatic.
In later years -- I would go on to meet both Heston and Franciscus and was amazed at what such nice guys they were.
That said, the current spate of APE films are fantastic and I am hoping for more.
D.A.
Was the first movie I saw that had a shocking, twist ending. Love this whole franchise.
Another GREAT video, Jonathon, thanks! You’ve got a nicely balanced style, now, the editing, timing, music, your signature relaxed narration. I love your stuff, it’s great for late night viewing. Btw, there‘s a slightly odd edit at around 3:20-ish, I’m curious, did TH-cam flag something that you had to clip at the last minute?
Always a pleasure. Keep em coming!
Yes there was a couple of things they flagged, I had to take off the video footage due to copyright, which sucks.
JonnyBaak thought so! It must be so frustrating when you had it perfect. Well, it happens, glad you found a work around.
If you love the original 'Planet of the Apes', this is a must see!!! It's like an extension of the first.
We miss your videos, Jonny!
Fantastic Presentation My Brother 💯
I do wish they'd had a storyline with Nova and Taylor exploring the world more. The Marvel comics showed a lot more of the POTA world than we ever saw in the movies, that would have been cool. Great video BTW, lots of details I didn't know about or at least remember. Where did you find the Icarus sitting on it's landing stage from, it's a very cool version?
I think a sequel with just Nova doing whatever Nova does would have gone over well. You know, riding a horse on the beach, walking out of the surf, posing in the sand - tossing her hair back, slowly sucking on a ripened fruit. Ohhh Yeeaaahh.
@@aliensoup2420 lol
Suggested by *TH-cam,* I watched it, then looked to see what other videos you've done, and I was very excited at what I found. When I saw that you made one about *Robinson Crusoe on Mars,* I knew I _had to subscribe._
These are the kinds of films I watched as a kid on Saturday and Sunday afternoons on _World Beyond_ and _Action Theater._ A double feature movie block that aired each weekend, on a local TV station in the late morning and early afternoon.
Same here. This channel is pure nostalgia. Being much older and watching these detailed videos is pure awesome.
You said it @@zzygyy! And I wrote that *before* I saw the totality of what he had available ─ not just the many films (some now considered to be somewhat obscure), but many TV shows that I adored as a kid in the 70's as well.
While he can't go wrong with classic _STAR TREK_ in my book, some of the shows truly _are_ obscure. 😃
My favourite of the franchise, the dark ending gives it credence in my opinion.
What an informative video and put together really well
The TV series was actually pretty good for the time. I enjoyed it so much i actually bought the TV series on DVD. Thankfully these things aren't lost too often anymore.
Sure it was campy, and the production quality wasn't all that, but it was a sci-fi TV series, so you have to cut it some slack.
Another great video, as usual. This one brings back fantastic memories (the whole 70s 'ape-mania' vibe and much more). I was a kid back in them golden days....
It's really too bad that the POTA franchise never explored the telepathic mutants of the underground city any further. This gave depth to the POTA story arch.
Another great idea for a video, thanks.
Still have my DVD...from the Evolution box set.
Got that box set as well, will work on the rest of the movies very soon.
Same here. We need a new series on Netflix...taking place off the 70s tv series in which their still searching for Taylor
The action figures and model kits for Planet of the Apes were awesome!!!
The Best work than i never see before .with Charlton Carter Heston with Linda Harisson
I love the inevitable, nihilistic ending, but I also wonder what would have happened to Taylor if he just simply went "anywhere" else with the enormously hot Nova.
Charlton Heston is one of my favorite actors.
Serling's ending is what he did in many Twilight Zone episodes for Rod it was nothing special since he had done it on TV at least five times over the course of Twilight Zone.
Great video about a great and entertaining movie
What's best about the entire Apes film series are the messages contained within. After recently watching the entire run with my wife (who shame on me had never seen any of them) the latter 3 films, Escape / Conquest and Battle establish some interesting ideas about humanity and how we might deal with such an uprising. Sadly I feel we would treat the Apes in a similar fashion making them pets and servants following a disease that wiped out cats and dogs. Not to mention the government interference and arrogance on full display. But this is what the best science fiction does. Allows us to insert aspects of real life events into futuristic films. Apes and Star Trek TOS provided this opportunity very well.
BronzeAgeBryon In essence, the films were quite faithful to the tone, themes and social commentary you raise...as described in depth in Pierre Boulle’s original 1963 novel.
The first film is still the best, I mean it blew my mind as a kid! 🤯🤯🤯🤯 There’s not been anything since like it thats sucks you into a world and bends your mind! 🤯🤯🤯
This was great! Thank you.
Cheers dood. Enjoyed that, nice take 🤘🏻
This scene makes more sense if the uncut Battle for the Planet of the Apes were more widely available. In review France Nguyen's character was ordered by the Governor to fire the weapon at the ape city should he not return. Oh yes the Alpha Omega prop was reused. Mendez convinces her otherwise and that they must learn to live in a new way. In Beneath in the church scene there is clearly seen chapter and verse "Mendez".
One of my favorites!
I really liked this movie !!!!
I had no idea how many films there were at the time I started watching them back when I was in college. I knew there were at least 2 maybe 3. I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed each one and when I saw there was another movie to watch. You can tell the budget was less each time but the writing was so good, I didn't really notice. I have to watch this one again because I didn't even notice that it wasn't Roddy McDowel in the movie.