Some people may not have the patience to watch old movies because of qualities and pace, but at the same time, they don't know what they're missing 😁😁😁
It didn’t wash up lol. It’s been thousands of years. The planet and continents and everything slowly gradually shifts. Like how centuries ago the planet looked completely different as far as continent placements.
Well, they "blew it up", as in nuclear war, which was a real possibility in 1968, and becoming more possible again. The Lawgiver established the Forbidden Zone because of radioactive fallout. Zaius knows men destroyed their world, and fears that there may be more sentient men like Taylor on the far side of the Zone, which figures into the second movie.
No need for continental shifting if they landed in Nevada. The desert looks just like that and the statue could be the New York New York hotel in Las Vegas. All the nukes had to do is level the buildings and allow the Hoover Dam to overflow. And yes, it was a paradise where in a lucky night you could score a good payola, some booze and a couple of hookers. Whatever happens in the forbidden zone, stays in the forbidden zone.
Including poor Dodge. The Apes probably never saw a... dark-skinned man before, so he belonged in a museum! So they also replaced his eyes, just like we do when we stuff something.
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Like so many life-sized dioramas in museums were, whether of early humans or dinosaurs or of animal groups or even prehistoric environments, and sometimes to showcase different societal or cultural traditions. People today are possibly not familiar with seeing these large-scale displays that were a part of most major museums.
Taylor says at the end " You maniacs, you blew it up." He was referring that there was a nuclear war that destroyed parts of the continents. That is why they refer to the forbidden zone as deadly. Yes, he was in NY or somewhere east of the USA. Cornelius and Zira were engaged, not married. This movie was huge back in the day. The ending was mind blowing to everyone, when we realized he was on earth.
Thanks, Dan, for reacting to this movie. Please, keep on sharing with us your reactions to the following movies: *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* _(1970),_ *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* _(1971),_ *Conquest of the Planet ofthe Apes* _(1972)_ and *Battle for the Planet of the Apes* _(1973)._
"Planting your flag" is a real tradition, often used to "claim" that ground in the name of whatever that flag represents. The laughter was because Taylor understood how ridiculous "planting your flag" would be, light years away and thousands of years in the future. AND you immediately pinpointed why it is disappointing that people would see this movie AFTER seeing the current trilogy... The statue of liberty at the end is one of the most iconic twists in movie history, which is ruined if you know he's already one Earth...... AND WHICH is also ruined because streaming services and DVD covers often show the Statue of Liberty... "hey, look what's in the movie".
Great reaction young man!! I saw this at the theater with my Dad in 1968 at age 10, and yes the ending was a shocker!!! Please consider reacting to the other 4 of the 5 originals, back in those days they didnt do franchises much and the ones they did do, got their budgets cut so keep that in mind when watching them. I would say this is the best one of the 5, I liked the others but of course I am looking back through the lens of a child. After all 5 were released they would have Planet of the Apes marathons at the movies and then later on tv. The tv promos were so much fun, they would say things like , " On Saturday your channel will be taken over by Apes" lol
This is peak prosthetic work. The faces are composed of multiple pieces in order to give the actor as full a range of expression as possible. Over that is a super thin latex mask to help hide the joins and then fairly dense makeup. The only advances since this have been in the mass production and application of these kinds of effects to make them more practical on large scale and faster to put on.
yes it should have won the academy award for make up and costume design but instead it went to romeo and juliette but recently the academy recognized the oversight and gave it the oscar it deserved⚛😀
Holy crap you’re actually doing these! Immediately dropped what I was watching. 🤞 You react to the rest of the originals I should say, this is the best of the originals, so don’t expect the sequels to be as good. But they are worth a watch! Two are fan favorites
Charlton Heston was a major star in the 50’s and 60’s; best known as the star in the Oscar winning spectacle “Ben Hur”, as Moses in The Ten Commandments, and in Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil” and as Michelangelo in “The Agony and the Ecstasy” and as the lead in the dystopian “Soylent Green.” He tended to portray larger than life, powerful characters with a commanding voice.
In the summer of 75 or 76 our local theater decided to show all of the apes movies in one day. The two story theater was PACKED with kids. Cheering, clappy, throwing popcorn, from morning til dark. Such fun! 25cents‼️
What's interesting is that the ending would have been a surprise to the book readers as the book actually did take place on another planet. I'm also so glad you somehow managed to escape the Statue of Liberty spoiler reference throughout pop culture history your entire life. I honestly didn't think it was possible.
He says "You blew it up!" Nuclear devastation was a real threat in them days. It still is. The younger generation doesn't understand that. But it was an allusion to Taylor's belief that nuclear annihilation occurred. Watch the next movie in the series. 😊
Yes, please react to the other franchise films as well.. Beneath the Planet of the Apes ( 1970 ) Escape from the Planet of the Apes ( 1971 ) Conquest of the Planet ofthe Apes ( 1972 ) Battle for the Planet of the Apes ( 1973 )
I'd watch reactions to all 5 of the original series of movies if anyone ever took the time to react on camera. I know the quality varies from film to film but, the third and fourth in the series are quite good and really provide some clarity to the canon.
Based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle. The original script was a lot different than the final cut of the movie as the Apes were driving cars trucks tanks jeeps and flying helicopters and airplanes as well as having a hierarchy similar to the United Nations but this was too expensive to film. The budget was reduced to $5 million dollars. The film was a box office and critical success making $32 million dollars.
The Rise trilogy is a reboot in a different continuity. While not obvious from just the '68 film, the newer movies completely contradict the original five movies. The screenwriter of Rise has called it a reboot as well.
Roddy McDowall is Cornelius. Kim Hunter is Zira. Maurice Evans is Dr. Zaius. All three died many years ago. Linda Harrison aka Nova is still living today at the age of 78
There video clips recorded on film showing behind the scenes of Roddy getting made up as Cornelius. Some of the actors stated it takes about 3 hours to be Apes. Late legendary makeup artist, John Chambers created these Ape Prosthetics. He did all 5 Planet of the Apes from 1968 to 1973.
This is the first of 5 movies. Movie 2 progresses the story of Zira & Cornelius -- & gives a stylized hint of the nuclear war that ended human domination. Movie 3 tells us that Caesar is the talking son of 2 talking apes. Movie 4 shows ape slaves working for humans -- until Caesar leads the rebellion. Movie 5 shows the beginnings of ape society! When this movie came out,, everyone who'd read the book knew where this was -- a planet in orbit around Betelgeuse. That's why this movie is structured the way it is. The novel is about an engineer & a journalist flying to Betelgeuse. They're dumbstruck to find a human like ape civilization! Automobiles, aircraft, etc. The novel is a Gulliver's Travels like commentary on human society of the time. Safaris with hunters posing with their kill, animals being experimented on; zoos. One of the humans survives & returns to Earth. Maybe to the Caesar's world in the current movies? Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes is a completely different timeline, having nothing to do with either this series or your beloved series. A lot of fans dislike it, but I enjoyed it immensely, & consider it one of the better interpretations.
There are 4 more Movies, Next is Beneath the Planet Of The Apes, then Escape The Plant of the Apes, then Conquest of the Planet Of The Apes, and Finally Battle For the Planet of The Apes, and there was a Weekly TV show and a Saturday Morning Cartoon.
Great reaction and love how you loved this original classic 😊 the rest are not as good, some even laughable. My favorite after this one is Escape from The Planet of the Apes from 1971. would def love to see your reaction to that movie 😊
Taylor was 2,000 years past the New York City of our time. A LOT can happen in 2,000 years. Global nuclear war, massive changes to the environment and great changes to the coastline.
Yeah: But the GEOLOGY was all wrong: Even if NYC was Obliterated by a Nuke, the basic landscape (Other than Manhatten being Bisected by a HUGE Crater) would be recognizable. The astronauts would have landed in Long Island Sound. Then have to have crossed the Hudson, and climbed the Palisades XD
@@anorthosite ….it’s why we call it science fiction. Emphasis on the “fiction”. It’s not going to be scientifically accurate. You just go with it and enjoy it. 😃
In the original novel the planet actually was an alien planet. The twist came from a draft written by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling War also had a callback to this one. Apes were propped up in an X position, similar to the scarecrows. And the little girl was called Nova! The masks were revolutionary prosthetic make up for the time The full nature of the space mission is never explained in the movies. The dialogue suggests they were supposed to go back, but Stewart is also talked about like she was meant to carry their children. Apparently other later materials say it was mainly exploration and populating the planet was a backup plan if they got stranded The orangutan judges were doing see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil 😂 Yeah, the geography doesn’t make sense for the Statue of Liberty 😂 Who knows what natural occurences shifted the land in 2k years? 🤷♂️ There was a live action show with the same style and make up but set in a different continuity that explores different ape communities.
Rod Serling only came up with the idea of the ending. But as depicted in the film, it was not written by him as he was NOT actually responsible for the finished script and his influence on this film was very minimal. When he adapted the novel, his treatment was a very faithful adaptation, but it was too expensive to film. The book was very different, it was an advanced ape society set in a NYC-like metropolis. So, the other writer Michael Wilson (who's considered one of greatest screenwriters of all time) was brought in to scale down the story to a primitive ape society, which of course changed the whole theme of the story with apes living in a dogmatic society rather than a technologically progressive one. The whole story of Taylor being persecuted by this religious ape cult was based on Wilson's own experiences when he was blacklisted in Hollywood for his political views. The characters' names changed, all the dialogue was Michael Wilson's, the themes, the overall plot, the philosophical discussions, the situations etc. are all Michael Wilson. Even Serling credited 95% of the finished script to Wilson and said it wasn't really his movie. But the studio wanted to honor him for his contributions. The only thing really credited to Serling was the idea for the ending, which he used in a previous Twilight Zone episode. Although, the reveal of the Statue of Liberty was different in Serling's script. It was not the "You blew it up, D you all to H" moment as written in the film.
The novel makes use of the same characters as in this film, but the story is different. It's a French novel so Taylor (he has a different name, I forgot what the name was) of course spoke French and the Apes spoke their own language. It's a very different twist (one that Tim Burton's film makes use actually). It's a pretty good novel but when it came to making the film it needed to change. In the novel, the Apes had technology, big cities, and even plans. But due to budget it was changed to this. I actually have for a long time thought about what you mentioned, what about other areas on the planet and if there were Ape clans. I have assumed there were, but never really confirmed. The TV Series after these films takes place in the San Francisco area, but that entire show was so different that I think it was a different timeline. If you get a chance to see them I think you will enjoy them. There was only 13 episodes made and you can see episodes right here on TH-cam.
Yeah I love the amazing cgi also so well done but idk theres something more terrifying about seeing theses apes standing up straight and acting more human like only thing I think they could of shown more of the strength of the apes physically because apes are strong as Hell
Zira made a comment to Cornelius that Zaius had been hanging around for a few days and that something was bothering him. That something was Landon. He apparently spoke when he woke up. Zaius was summoned and ordered the brain surgery on Landon. Zaius pretty much admits to it in his meeting with Taylor: where there's one, there probably is another and another. Since he had seen one, Zaius was on the lookout for more. Also, the map Zira used in the office where Taylor described the route he and the other astronauts took resembles the New York City/Long Island area.
In case if you didn’t understand the ending basically the new trilogy and the originals are two different continuities and aren’t connected. While Col. Taylor was in space, humans on Earth went to nuclear war with each other and while that was happening apes evolved and gained human-like intelligence leading to the revolution, this lead to the world which is shown in the film. So in this universe it isn’t a simian flu that wiped out the human race it was the nuclear war that destroyed us and that’s why we see the Statue of Liberty in the ending because the astronauts landed in dystopian New York City. Hope this helps you understand. I hope you upload your reactions to the sequels, the best are Escape and Conquest.
Well if that's the case then why are all the humans mute? If you say there is no disease,virus or flu also it was referenced in the new trilogy that there was civil unrest & anarchy so a nuclear war could have happened during the 10 year period during dawn to war so in my opinion the films are connected.
There are some cliffs like that when you get up north a bit from NYC, on both NY and New Jersey sides of the river. But yeah, that looks like ocean so a lot of erosion and nature related super-storms may've significantly changed the landscape.
In these first films it wasnt a disease that caused humans and apes to switch places. You have to watch the 4th film in these first movies" conquest of the planet of the apes. In that time line a disease wiped out all cats and dogs so humans began using apes as pet and eventually as servants which began a revolt by caesar(who by the way is Cornelius and Ziras child when they went back in time to 1972). In youll have to watch 2 and 3 to give you context for the 4th movie.
This movie was made during the Cold War, plus with the theme of man being violent, that tells me that nuclear war was the way man ruined it all. It explains why apes have so much hate for man. A full scale nuclear war would do some damage to the landscape and environment. I can believe the Stature of Liberty might wind up like that. I think that statue was a good choice. It bookends the movie. Remember that one astronaut planted a US flag when they first reached land. So Taylor's adventure starts with the flag and ends with the Statue of Liberty, two iconic symbols of America.
As someone who saw this when it first released in '68,and how shocked the audience was...all the screams when the gorillas first rode into view during the hunt..the shocked silence when Taylor came across the Statue of Liberty and realizing he was actually on an Earth devastated by war.All these things we had never seen before..I really wish you had seen this BEFORE watching all those newer films you keep quoting and referring to.
You should definitely react to the rest of the originals , the 2001 film is its own film and i think was meant to be a reboot but was a complete failure but like these films it was all practical makeup for the apes
The outdoor scenes were shot in the west and southwest US - in Utah, Arizona and California. None of it even remotely looks like the “Midwest” - the Midwest is full of farms, fields, forests, lots of rivers and lakes, greenery, has all 4 seasons (so none of that desert or barren appearance) and has no real canyons, instead it has some cliffs. The Grand Canyon in Arizona however has a very distinctive, broad landscape, with much more color its rocky layers and more vegetation than these parched landscapes shown here.
@@cyrilmauras4247 Actually the 'quality' started dropping after the first film. They successively cut the budgets for each film after the original... It's a wonder that they had any funding left to make 'Battle for the Planet of the Apes'
If you want a view of a kinder, gentler Planet of the Apes, look for a copy of the SF novel _Genus Homo_ by L. Sprague de Camp and P. Schuyler Miller (which came out before M. Boulle wrote _La Planète de Singe_ ). 🤓
Happy you are reacting to this, but it's unfortunate that you saw the recent prequels before watching this original, since that spoiled one of the greatest twist endings in the history of cinema. Plus, there were plenty of references that you likely missed in the later films. This is very much a thought provoking movie, with lots of philosophical themes, and the makeup effects were considered groundbreaking at the time. I think Taylor was laughing at the flag, because obviously, the United States would no longer exist 3000 years from now.
the world was destroyed by atom bombs. It was during the Cold War. Apes don't kill apes, only humans kill humans. It also talks about all the different types of apes living together in harmony where humans are racist.
The Planet of the Apes movies were all the rage back in the day, it even got a short one season TV version in which Roddy McDowall (Cornelius) appears as 'Galen'. You should watch up until Escape from Planet of the Apes, that movie gives you the bigger picture and the ultimate twist.
Charlton Heston at the end said "They blew it up!" which suggests that New York City was blown up in an obvious apocalyptic war which we all know is possible in the future, that explains why NY might still look like a desert over time....or yes the Statue of Liberty floated somehow in the ocean. It's still one of my favorite movie endings ever.
It’s not the movie’s fault - that came out in the 1960s - that you know they’re on Earth already. People watching this for the first time didn’t know. So it shouldn’t be a knock on the film whatsoever. Keep it in context.
After this movie, the next sequel is Beneath the Planet of the Apes, then Escape From the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, and Battle of the Planet of the Apes. The Mark Wahlberg one has nothing to do with this movie. There was also a TV series from 1974. There were only 13 episodes.
The film takes place on the eastern part of the states but a nuclear war destroyed and changed the landscape. The original sequels while not as good are definitely worth watching. Interestingly 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' is loosely inspired by 'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes' and 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' is loosely inspired by 'Battle for the Planet of the Apes'.
This does take place in New York. At some point after Taylor left for his mission there was a nuclear war and the "Forbidden Zone" is what is left of that part of the area that hasn't recovered yet. You should most definitely watch the other movies in the series and do reactions to them, at least parts 2 and 3.
Charlton Heston used to be big back in the day. He was in Ben-Hur, Soylent Green, and played Moses in The Ten Commandments; a movie I used to re-watch every year around Easter. I had no idea that Rod Serling (Twilight Zone) was involved in this movie. The Twilight Zone episode Nightmare At 20,000 Feet with William Shatner gave me one of the most frightening jump scares in TV history.
Rod Serling only came up with the idea of the ending. But as depicted in the film, it was not written by him as he was NOT actually responsible for the finished script and his influence on this film was very minimal. When he adapted the novel, his treatment was a very faithful adaptation, but it was too expensive to film. The book was very different, it was an advanced ape society set in a NYC-like metropolis. So, the other writer Michael Wilson (who's considered one of greatest screenwriters of all time) was brought in to scale down the story to a primitive ape society, which of course changed the whole theme of the story with apes living in a dogmatic society rather than a technologically progressive one. The whole story of Taylor being persecuted by this religious ape cult was based on Wilson's own experiences when he was blacklisted in Hollywood for his political views. The characters' names changed, all the dialogue was Michael Wilson's, the themes, the overall plot, the philosophical discussions, the situations etc. are all Michael Wilson. Even Serling credited 95% of the finished script to Wilson and said it wasn't really his movie. But the studio wanted to honor him for his contributions. The only thing really credited to Serling was the idea for the ending, which he used in a previous Twilight Zone episode. Although, the reveal of the Statue of Liberty was different in Serling's script. It was not the "You blew it up, D you all to H" moment as written in the film.
The bleak destroyed mountains of the forbidden zone, were once The Northern Appalachian Mountains. The surface of area of NYC and its islands were buried in the vast, short lived explosions. Time eroded Lady Liberty back into visibility. The next movie Beneath, shows the only conclusion to this situation's timeline. The events from Escape are in hindsight just that, because it changes the future antagonists. Sorry, I have to be coy, but these movies especially the last one, play with many concepts, and evil characters that don't realize that they are making things worse. The these plot points unfold slowly. So the catalyst of 20th century astronauts appearance in the far future and its implications are known by the audience, but not the characters. But overall a franchise that begins with an extremely cynical story comes around to hope that the characters can only guess at.
was raised on all of the originals and was goin into teenhood when the remakes came out ! i would still rec recording your reactions to all the other ogs, so many links and references you will catch from/to the remake ! its alll connected lol
The entire 5 part classic movie line is one continuous story arch and the next movie Beneath the Planet of the Apes fills in a lot of the blanks you had about New York City etc. They are all entertaining and each has a dark chapter to it in one way or another. I suggest you watch and allow us to see your reaction to all the remaining 4 original movies as am certain you will enjoy them but also have all the pieces put together in the overall story would be awesome for us to see as well.
It's not so useful to use the plots of the new movies to try to understand what happened in the old ones. Apart from noticing cute call backs in the new ones that referenced the old, they are entirely different realities. At this point in the OG movies the forbidden zone in NYC is the way it is because of nuclear war and thousands of years of nature asserting itself. By the second movie we are introduced to possible further explanations for the mysterious storms and "weather patterns" there too, which are also have call backs in the the new series.
Cave with Relics was probably Staten Island NYC & The Ape Village was probably Central New Jersey area 2000 thousand in the future in this movie timeline
The fact that you mentioned in the reaction how you seen all the newer movies of planet Of The Apes and yet everybody still wants to be upset lmao. I seen the newer trilogy first as well so I wasn’t too surprised when I watched the original. It’s like IMPOSSIBLE to avoid watching the newer films if you weren’t living in the 1960s. It’s mind blowing how unaware people are, getting upset over a plot twist. I get that it sucks but I’m sure there are many reactions out there who will have a better shock of not knowing the plot twist at the end.
it was filmed partly in utah the beginning was shot at lake powell a lake formed by damming the colorado river and flooding the scenic glen canyon area causing tremendous controversy even to this day⚛😀
My Ranking of the Original series: The EXCELLENT: Planet Of The Apes The ENTERTAINING : Beneath The Planet Of The Planet Of The Apes (2nd in the series); Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (3rd in series); Conquest Of The Planet of The Apes (4th) JUST OKAY (Crap Shoot): Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (5th) Too slow of a start but it picks up later.
Some people may not have the patience to watch old movies because of qualities and pace, but at the same time, they don't know what they're missing 😁😁😁
Shame on those people there dead to me lol
Precisely, humans are dumb. This reactor f...ked up watching it out of order.
A good story is all about building the setup & the chararacters
The 70s were the best decade for films. And the 50s.
@@ethanholgate2512they are = they're
Nuclear war devastated the planet while he was in space. Man was knocked backwards, apes evolved.
Did you notice the orangutans doing the three wise monkey reference (see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil) when they were in the courtroom?
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Yeah, definitely up for all five originals!
It didn’t wash up lol. It’s been thousands of years. The planet and continents and everything slowly gradually shifts. Like how centuries ago the planet looked completely different as far as continent placements.
Well, they "blew it up", as in nuclear war, which was a real possibility in 1968, and becoming more possible again. The Lawgiver established the Forbidden Zone because of radioactive fallout. Zaius knows men destroyed their world, and fears that there may be more sentient men like Taylor on the far side of the Zone, which figures into the second movie.
Not centuries more like millions of years for continents to change much
@@richelliott9320 3 millennia could with drastic tectonic plate movement due to nuclear explosions.
@@jjkhawaiian NOPE: Nukes don't influence Plate Tectonics, any more than Asteroid Impacts (the latter, at least, not within the past 3+ billion yrs).
No need for continental shifting if they landed in Nevada. The desert looks just like that and the statue could be the New York New York hotel in Las Vegas. All the nukes had to do is level the buildings and allow the Hoover Dam to overflow. And yes, it was a paradise where in a lucky night you could score a good payola, some booze and a couple of hookers. Whatever happens in the forbidden zone, stays in the forbidden zone.
Those humans in the ‘Museum’ were stuffed. 😮
Including poor Dodge. The Apes probably never saw a... dark-skinned man before, so he belonged in a museum! So they also replaced his eyes, just like we do when we stuff something.
lol forced to stand still
To be fair, human museums have stuffed humans too:
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Like so many life-sized dioramas in museums were, whether of early humans or dinosaurs or of animal groups or even prehistoric environments, and sometimes to showcase different societal or cultural traditions. People today are possibly not familiar with seeing these large-scale displays that were a part of most major museums.
Remember when Zira passed out at the Natural History Museum in Escape @@Dej24601
Taylor says at the end " You maniacs, you blew it up." He was referring that there was a nuclear war that destroyed parts of the continents. That is why they refer to the forbidden zone as deadly. Yes, he was in NY or somewhere east of the USA. Cornelius and Zira were engaged, not married. This movie was huge back in the day. The ending was mind blowing to everyone, when we realized he was on earth.
Thanks, Dan, for reacting to this movie. Please, keep on sharing with us your reactions to the following movies: *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* _(1970),_ *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* _(1971),_ *Conquest of the Planet ofthe Apes* _(1972)_ and *Battle for the Planet of the Apes* _(1973)._
When Cornelius showed Taylor a map earlier in the film, you can make out the shoreline around New York City and Long Island.
The Earth was blasted by a Nuclear War, that's why it changed.
That and 2000 years of continental drift and the oceans rising, possibly climate change due to nuclear winter.
In Escape they say it was a plague
@@allenruss2976 I think they said the plague wiped out the cats & dogs.... I don't know about the landscape though
@@Tony-Plinkett ahh yes. Right right right
@@darthroden- Continental drift takes millions of years, not thousands.
"Planting your flag" is a real tradition, often used to "claim" that ground in the name of whatever that flag represents. The laughter was because Taylor understood how ridiculous "planting your flag" would be, light years away and thousands of years in the future. AND you immediately pinpointed why it is disappointing that people would see this movie AFTER seeing the current trilogy... The statue of liberty at the end is one of the most iconic twists in movie history, which is ruined if you know he's already one Earth...... AND WHICH is also ruined because streaming services and DVD covers often show the Statue of Liberty... "hey, look what's in the movie".
As in a Mystery Science Theater 3000 Spoof: "I Claim...This Planet...for SPAIN !!"
Please do all 5, not many reviewers do them. There are so many references from these films in the newer movies...
The map Cornelius shows Taylor, if you notice, really IS a map of the NYC area.
Great reaction young man!! I saw this at the theater with my Dad in 1968 at age 10, and yes the ending was a shocker!!! Please consider reacting to the other 4 of the 5 originals, back in those days they didnt do franchises much and the ones they did do, got their budgets cut so keep that in mind when watching them. I would say this is the best one of the 5, I liked the others but of course I am looking back through the lens of a child. After all 5 were released they would have Planet of the Apes marathons at the movies and then later on tv. The tv promos were so much fun, they would say things like , " On Saturday your channel will be taken over by Apes" lol
This is peak prosthetic work. The faces are composed of multiple pieces in order to give the actor as full a range of expression as possible. Over that is a super thin latex mask to help hide the joins and then fairly dense makeup. The only advances since this have been in the mass production and application of these kinds of effects to make them more practical on large scale and faster to put on.
yes it should have won the academy award for make up and costume design but instead it went to romeo and juliette but recently the academy recognized the oversight and gave it the oscar it deserved⚛😀
Holy crap you’re actually doing these! Immediately dropped what I was watching. 🤞 You react to the rest of the originals
I should say, this is the best of the originals, so don’t expect the sequels to be as good. But they are worth a watch! Two are fan favorites
The third and fourth ones are quite good in my opinion.
@@minnesotajones261 Oh yeah, agreed. I just mean the first remains as the best of the originals
It's a shame those American 'fans' so underrated Beneath.
"Beneath the Planet of the Apes" Expains Everything You need to Know! A Must Watch!
Escape does a better job
Look at the map they show Taylor earlier in the movie. It looks vaguely like the New Jersey/Long Island shoreline.
Charlton Heston was a major star in the 50’s and 60’s; best known as the star in the Oscar winning spectacle “Ben Hur”, as Moses in The Ten Commandments, and in Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil” and as Michelangelo in “The Agony and the Ecstasy” and as the lead in the dystopian “Soylent Green.” He tended to portray larger than life, powerful characters with a commanding voice.
Those people in the museum weren’t forced to stand still. They were dead and stuffed just like in our museums. Landon either had glass or dead eyes.
I know… “forced to stand still” 👏🏻🤣
There’s quite a level of stupidity permeating the younger generation these days 🤷🏻♂️
Beneath the Planet of the Apes has its main character in several New York City locations.
The stinking paws scene: When I was a kid I said to my Mom, but I thought he could not longer talk. She said Taylor became so angry he found his voice
In the summer of 75 or 76 our local theater decided to show all of the apes movies in one day. The two story theater was PACKED with kids. Cheering, clappy, throwing popcorn, from morning til dark. Such fun! 25cents‼️
What's interesting is that the ending would have been a surprise to the book readers as the book actually did take place on another planet. I'm also so glad you somehow managed to escape the Statue of Liberty spoiler reference throughout pop culture history your entire life. I honestly didn't think it was possible.
Please please watch the rest of the original too if possible ❤
Franklin J. Schaffner also directed "Patton" which is the best biopic I've ever seen.
He says "You blew it up!" Nuclear devastation was a real threat in them days. It still is. The younger generation doesn't understand that.
But it was an allusion to Taylor's belief that nuclear annihilation occurred. Watch the next movie in the series. 😊
Yes, please react to the other franchise films as well..
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
( 1970 )
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
( 1971 )
Conquest of the Planet ofthe Apes
( 1972 )
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
( 1973 )
I'd watch reactions to all 5 of the original series of movies if anyone ever took the time to react on camera. I know the quality varies from film to film but, the third and fourth in the series are quite good and really provide some clarity to the canon.
The Simpsons episode with the Planet of the Apes play is genius.
Based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle.
The original script was a lot different than the final cut of the movie as the Apes were driving cars trucks tanks jeeps and flying helicopters and airplanes as well as having a hierarchy similar to the United Nations but this was too expensive to film.
The budget was reduced to $5 million dollars.
The film was a box office and critical success making $32 million dollars.
Which kinda fits in with the 2001 movie, if at all.
The Rise trilogy is a reboot in a different continuity. While not obvious from just the '68 film, the newer movies completely contradict the original five movies. The screenwriter of Rise has called it a reboot as well.
Do they contradict or was the information in the future revisionist or just plain wrong? I just view them as all the same timeline more or less.
it's amazing how one global nuclear war can really mess up the planet 😳
1968 Planet of the Apes is much better than current films
Modern SF films use too much eye-candy and not enough good story telling .
Amen!
Modern films are still good
@@SupportGamin2024 too much cgi
@@nasserhafes3021 nothing wrong with CGI if done right
Yea they gave Landon a lobotomy to keep it a secret.
Roddy McDowall is Cornelius. Kim Hunter is Zira. Maurice Evans is Dr. Zaius. All three died many years ago. Linda Harrison aka Nova is still living today at the age of 78
There video clips recorded on film showing behind the scenes of Roddy getting made up as Cornelius. Some of the actors stated it takes about 3 hours to be Apes. Late legendary makeup artist, John Chambers created these Ape Prosthetics. He did all 5 Planet of the Apes from 1968 to 1973.
I have forgotten about Charlton Heston aka Taylor. He died few years ago
Linda Harrison plays the boy's mother in Cocoon. That's another film that needs some reactions.
Kim Hunter was Marlon Brando's wife in, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).
I grew up with the original 5 films. While I enjoy the new ones, nothing will out beat the original film that started it all. 🙈🙊🙉
This is the first of 5 movies. Movie 2 progresses the story of Zira & Cornelius -- & gives a stylized hint of the nuclear war that ended human domination. Movie 3 tells us that Caesar is the talking son of 2 talking apes. Movie 4 shows ape slaves working for humans -- until Caesar leads the rebellion. Movie 5 shows the beginnings of ape society!
When this movie came out,, everyone who'd read the book knew where this was -- a planet in orbit around Betelgeuse. That's why this movie is structured the way it is.
The novel is about an engineer & a journalist flying to Betelgeuse. They're dumbstruck to find a human like ape civilization! Automobiles, aircraft, etc.
The novel is a Gulliver's Travels like commentary on human society of the time. Safaris with hunters posing with their kill, animals being experimented on; zoos. One of the humans survives & returns to Earth. Maybe to the Caesar's world in the current movies?
Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes is a completely different timeline, having nothing to do with either this series or your beloved series. A lot of fans dislike it, but I enjoyed it immensely, & consider it one of the better interpretations.
There are 4 more Movies, Next is Beneath the Planet Of The Apes, then Escape The Plant of the Apes, then Conquest of the Planet Of The Apes, and Finally Battle For the Planet of The Apes, and there was a Weekly TV show and a Saturday Morning Cartoon.
Growing up I watched them all. Some are better then others. IMO the movies are worth watching.
The new movies aren't prequels.To this movie, they are its own universe.This movie has its own prequels
Great reaction and love how you loved this original classic 😊 the rest are not as good, some even laughable. My favorite after this one is Escape from The Planet of the Apes from 1971. would def love to see your reaction to that movie 😊
Taylor was 2,000 years past the New York City of our time. A LOT can happen in 2,000 years.
Global nuclear war, massive changes to the environment and great changes to the coastline.
Yeah: But the GEOLOGY was all wrong:
Even if NYC was Obliterated by a Nuke, the basic landscape (Other than Manhatten being Bisected by a HUGE Crater) would be recognizable.
The astronauts would have landed in Long Island Sound. Then have to have crossed the Hudson, and climbed the Palisades XD
@@anorthosite ….it’s why we call it science fiction. Emphasis on the “fiction”. It’s not going to be scientifically accurate. You just go with it and enjoy it. 😃
@@anorthosite Not true at all. You are the definition of fake news.
@@Stogie2112 The fact that the Apes speak and read English ;)
In the original novel the planet actually was an alien planet. The twist came from a draft written by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling
War also had a callback to this one. Apes were propped up in an X position, similar to the scarecrows. And the little girl was called Nova!
The masks were revolutionary prosthetic make up for the time
The full nature of the space mission is never explained in the movies. The dialogue suggests they were supposed to go back, but Stewart is also talked about like she was meant to carry their children. Apparently other later materials say it was mainly exploration and populating the planet was a backup plan if they got stranded
The orangutan judges were doing see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil 😂
Yeah, the geography doesn’t make sense for the Statue of Liberty 😂 Who knows what natural occurences shifted the land in 2k years? 🤷♂️
There was a live action show with the same style and make up but set in a different continuity that explores different ape communities.
The geography could be fine. Even if they lifted off in florida, who is to say they didn't crash in NY?
The geography could be fine. Even if they lifted off in florida, they could have crashed in NY.
Rod Serling only came up with the idea of the ending. But as depicted in the film, it was not written by him as he was NOT actually responsible for the finished script and his influence on this film was very minimal. When he adapted the novel, his treatment was a very faithful adaptation, but it was too expensive to film. The book was very different, it was an advanced ape society set in a NYC-like metropolis. So, the other writer Michael Wilson (who's considered one of greatest screenwriters of all time) was brought in to scale down the story to a primitive ape society, which of course changed the whole theme of the story with apes living in a dogmatic society rather than a technologically progressive one. The whole story of Taylor being persecuted by this religious ape cult was based on Wilson's own experiences when he was blacklisted in Hollywood for his political views. The characters' names changed, all the dialogue was Michael Wilson's, the themes, the overall plot, the philosophical discussions, the situations etc. are all Michael Wilson. Even Serling credited 95% of the finished script to Wilson and said it wasn't really his movie. But the studio wanted to honor him for his contributions. The only thing really credited to Serling was the idea for the ending, which he used in a previous Twilight Zone episode. Although, the reveal of the Statue of Liberty was different in Serling's script. It was not the "You blew it up, D you all to H" moment as written in the film.
The novel makes use of the same characters as in this film, but the story is different. It's a French novel so Taylor (he has a different name, I forgot what the name was) of course spoke French and the Apes spoke their own language. It's a very different twist (one that Tim Burton's film makes use actually). It's a pretty good novel but when it came to making the film it needed to change. In the novel, the Apes had technology, big cities, and even plans. But due to budget it was changed to this. I actually have for a long time thought about what you mentioned, what about other areas on the planet and if there were Ape clans. I have assumed there were, but never really confirmed. The TV Series after these films takes place in the San Francisco area, but that entire show was so different that I think it was a different timeline. If you get a chance to see them I think you will enjoy them. There was only 13 episodes made and you can see episodes right here on TH-cam.
Yeah I love the amazing cgi also so well done but idk theres something more terrifying about seeing theses apes standing up straight and acting more human like only thing I think they could of shown more of the strength of the apes physically because apes are strong as Hell
Zira made a comment to Cornelius that Zaius had been hanging around for a few days and that something was bothering him. That something was Landon. He apparently spoke when he woke up. Zaius was summoned and ordered the brain surgery on Landon. Zaius pretty much admits to it in his meeting with Taylor: where there's one, there probably is another and another. Since he had seen one, Zaius was on the lookout for more.
Also, the map Zira used in the office where Taylor described the route he and the other astronauts took resembles the New York City/Long Island area.
In case if you didn’t understand the ending basically the new trilogy and the originals are two different continuities and aren’t connected. While Col. Taylor was in space, humans on Earth went to nuclear war with each other and while that was happening apes evolved and gained human-like intelligence leading to the revolution, this lead to the world which is shown in the film. So in this universe it isn’t a simian flu that wiped out the human race it was the nuclear war that destroyed us and that’s why we see the Statue of Liberty in the ending because the astronauts landed in dystopian New York City. Hope this helps you understand. I hope you upload your reactions to the sequels, the best are Escape and Conquest.
Well if that's the case then why are all the humans mute? If you say there is no disease,virus or flu also it was referenced in the new trilogy that there was civil unrest & anarchy so a nuclear war could have happened during the 10 year period during dawn to war so in my opinion the films are connected.
Great reaction, it would be fascinating to see your view of the entire o.g series.
Definitely would love to see you react to the other movies!!!
There are some cliffs like that when you get up north a bit from NYC, on both NY and New Jersey sides of the river. But yeah, that looks like ocean so a lot of erosion and nature related super-storms may've significantly changed the landscape.
Just tell me you'll be doing the other 4 sequels to this movie.
In these first films it wasnt a disease that caused humans and apes to switch places. You have to watch the 4th film in these first movies" conquest of the planet of the apes. In that time line a disease wiped out all cats and dogs so humans began using apes as pet and eventually as servants which began a revolt by caesar(who by the way is Cornelius and Ziras child when they went back in time to 1972). In youll have to watch 2 and 3 to give you context for the 4th movie.
This movie was made during the Cold War, plus with the theme of man being violent, that tells me that nuclear war was the way man ruined it all. It explains why apes have so much hate for man. A full scale nuclear war would do some damage to the landscape and environment. I can believe the Stature of Liberty might wind up like that. I think that statue was a good choice. It bookends the movie. Remember that one astronaut planted a US flag when they first reached land. So Taylor's adventure starts with the flag and ends with the Statue of Liberty, two iconic symbols of America.
4:46 yeah that's why you always watch the original first
@17:48: The MAP that Cornelius shows Taylor looks a bit like NYC/Long Island/New Jersey/Connecticut: Easter Egg !!
As someone who saw this when it first released in '68,and how shocked the audience was...all the screams when the gorillas first rode into view during the hunt..the shocked silence when Taylor came across the Statue of Liberty and realizing he was actually on an Earth devastated by war.All these things we had never seen before..I really wish you had seen this BEFORE watching all those newer films you keep quoting and referring to.
You should definitely react to the rest of the originals , the 2001 film is its own film and i think was meant to be a reboot but was a complete failure but like these films it was all practical makeup for the apes
Rick Baker's make-up in the 2001 reboot is amazing.
The outdoor scenes were shot in the west and southwest US - in Utah, Arizona and California. None of it even remotely looks like the “Midwest” - the Midwest is full of farms, fields, forests, lots of rivers and lakes, greenery, has all 4 seasons (so none of that desert or barren appearance) and has no real canyons, instead it has some cliffs. The Grand Canyon in Arizona however has a very distinctive, broad landscape, with much more color its rocky layers and more vegetation than these parched landscapes shown here.
You should watch the 3rd one in the series escape from the planet of the apes. Very interesting.
The quality of the films drops rapidly after the third installment.
Just watched it again last week
@@cyrilmauras4247 Actually the 'quality' started dropping after the first film. They successively cut the budgets for each film after the original... It's a wonder that they had any funding left to make 'Battle for the Planet of the Apes'
If you want a view of a kinder, gentler Planet of the Apes, look for a copy of the SF novel _Genus Homo_ by L. Sprague de Camp and P. Schuyler Miller (which came out before M. Boulle wrote _La Planète de Singe_ ). 🤓
I hope you upload all the reactions to the original ones always fun to watch it with ya
Yea I knew from the beginning they were on Earth. But I guess it worked on a lot of people from what I’ve seen on other reactions.
Waiting for nxt part ❤️ Beneth the PlanetOfTheApes
Happy you are reacting to this, but it's unfortunate that you saw the recent prequels before watching this original, since that spoiled one of the greatest twist endings in the history of cinema. Plus, there were plenty of references that you likely missed in the later films.
This is very much a thought provoking movie, with lots of philosophical themes, and the makeup effects were considered groundbreaking at the time.
I think Taylor was laughing at the flag, because obviously, the United States would no longer exist 3000 years from now.
Taylor was in post WW3 New York the whole movie!
A planet where apps evolved from memes? It's a madhouse! A madhouse!
No, wait, that's our planet... never mind.
You're assuming that NYC and the topography would look the same after the humans blew up the world.
the world was destroyed by atom bombs. It was during the Cold War. Apes don't kill apes, only humans kill humans. It also talks about all the different types of apes living together in harmony where humans are racist.
The forbidden zone was New York all along , after nuclear destruction .
The Planet of the Apes movies were all the rage back in the day, it even got a short one season TV version in which Roddy McDowall (Cornelius) appears as 'Galen'. You should watch up until Escape from Planet of the Apes, that movie gives you the bigger picture and the ultimate twist.
Heston was in a few doomsday movies. Omega man was a good one.
Charlton Heston at the end said "They blew it up!" which suggests that New York City was blown up in an obvious apocalyptic war which we all know is possible in the future, that explains why NY might still look like a desert over time....or yes the Statue of Liberty floated somehow in the ocean. It's still one of my favorite movie endings ever.
36:18 because this was New York City the whole time.
I'd like to see your reactions to all five of the originals.
Movie fusion needs to make Taylor’s creepy laugh his ringtone 😂
Please react to Soylent Green and Logan's Run
It’s not the movie’s fault - that came out in the 1960s - that you know they’re on Earth already. People watching this for the first time didn’t know. So it shouldn’t be a knock on the film whatsoever. Keep it in context.
I never used it as a knock on the film at all
It would be cool if you can put your reactions to the rest of the films here on TH-cam. I would definitely watch all of them.
Oh, yeah, I'd like to see your reaction to the rest. Especially _Escape_ and those following.
If you look at the map in Cornelius And Zora's home, you can see the Hudson River, Long Island and New Jersey.
After this movie, the next sequel is Beneath the Planet of the Apes, then Escape From the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, and Battle of the Planet of the Apes. The Mark Wahlberg one has nothing to do with this movie. There was also a TV series from 1974. There were only 13 episodes.
No, part 4 Conquest Of...is a must see, part 5 Battle For....not so much.
The film takes place on the eastern part of the states but a nuclear war destroyed and changed the landscape. The original sequels while not as good are definitely worth watching. Interestingly 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' is loosely inspired by 'Conquest of the Planet of the Apes' and 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' is loosely inspired by 'Battle for the Planet of the Apes'.
This does take place in New York. At some point after Taylor left for his mission there was a nuclear war and the "Forbidden Zone" is what is left of that part of the area that hasn't recovered yet.
You should most definitely watch the other movies in the series and do reactions to them, at least parts 2 and 3.
A great classic SF movie .First saw it on TV in the mid-70s . Still like the original ape movies better than the remakes .
Charlton Heston used to be big back in the day. He was in Ben-Hur, Soylent Green, and played Moses in The Ten Commandments; a movie I used to re-watch every year around Easter. I had no idea that Rod Serling (Twilight Zone) was involved in this movie. The Twilight Zone episode Nightmare At 20,000 Feet with William Shatner gave me one of the most frightening jump scares in TV history.
Rod Serling only came up with the idea of the ending. But as depicted in the film, it was not written by him as he was NOT actually responsible for the finished script and his influence on this film was very minimal. When he adapted the novel, his treatment was a very faithful adaptation, but it was too expensive to film. The book was very different, it was an advanced ape society set in a NYC-like metropolis. So, the other writer Michael Wilson (who's considered one of greatest screenwriters of all time) was brought in to scale down the story to a primitive ape society, which of course changed the whole theme of the story with apes living in a dogmatic society rather than a technologically progressive one. The whole story of Taylor being persecuted by this religious ape cult was based on Wilson's own experiences when he was blacklisted in Hollywood for his political views. The characters' names changed, all the dialogue was Michael Wilson's, the themes, the overall plot, the philosophical discussions, the situations etc. are all Michael Wilson. Even Serling credited 95% of the finished script to Wilson and said it wasn't really his movie. But the studio wanted to honor him for his contributions. The only thing really credited to Serling was the idea for the ending, which he used in a previous Twilight Zone episode. Although, the reveal of the Statue of Liberty was different in Serling's script. It was not the "You blew it up, D you all to H" moment as written in the film.
Just FYI- the NOVEL has an incredible twist that is not in the movie. On the very last page. It's an amazing book.
The bleak destroyed mountains of the forbidden zone, were once The Northern Appalachian Mountains. The surface of area of NYC and its islands were buried in the vast, short lived explosions. Time eroded Lady Liberty back into visibility. The next movie Beneath, shows the only conclusion to this situation's timeline. The events from Escape are in hindsight just that, because it changes the future antagonists. Sorry, I have to be coy, but these movies especially the last one, play with many concepts, and evil characters that don't realize that they are making things worse. The these plot points unfold slowly. So the catalyst of 20th century astronauts appearance in the far future and its implications are known by the audience, but not the characters. But overall a franchise that begins with an extremely cynical story comes around to hope that the characters can only guess at.
was raised on all of the originals and was goin into teenhood when the remakes came out ! i would still rec recording your reactions to all the other ogs, so many links and references you will catch from/to the remake ! its alll connected lol
the second one is a drag to get thru but the other two are so fun ! so many things youll recognize
After watching your reaction, I cannot stress strongly enough that you would be very interested in this series as a whole.
The entire 5 part classic movie line is one continuous story arch and the next movie Beneath the Planet of the Apes fills in a lot of the blanks you had about New York City etc. They are all entertaining and each has a dark chapter to it in one way or another. I suggest you watch and allow us to see your reaction to all the remaining 4 original movies as am certain you will enjoy them but also have all the pieces put together in the overall story would be awesome for us to see as well.
In " The Planet of the Apes" with Mark Whalburg has him crash on another planet, like it does in the book.
It's not so useful to use the plots of the new movies to try to understand what happened in the old ones. Apart from noticing cute call backs in the new ones that referenced the old, they are entirely different realities.
At this point in the OG movies the forbidden zone in NYC is the way it is because of nuclear war and thousands of years of nature asserting itself. By the second movie we are introduced to possible further explanations for the mysterious storms and "weather patterns" there too, which are also have call backs in the the new series.
Cave with Relics
was probably Staten Island NYC
& The Ape Village was probably
Central New Jersey area
2000 thousand in the future
in this movie timeline
In this movies, Cornellius and Zira become Cesar's parents.
37:05 Hundreds maybe thousands of years have passed my guy. The continents and have shifted.
Perhaps the greatest movie ending ever.
The fact that you mentioned in the reaction how you seen all the newer movies of planet Of The Apes and yet everybody still wants to be upset lmao. I seen the newer trilogy first as well so I wasn’t too surprised when I watched the original. It’s like IMPOSSIBLE to avoid watching the newer films if you weren’t living in the 1960s. It’s mind blowing how unaware people are, getting upset over a plot twist. I get that it sucks but I’m sure there are many reactions out there who will have a better shock of not knowing the plot twist at the end.
New York after a nuclear war and 2000 years
it was filmed partly in utah the beginning was shot at lake powell a lake formed by damming the colorado river and flooding the scenic glen canyon area causing tremendous controversy even to this day⚛😀
My Ranking of the Original series:
The EXCELLENT:
Planet Of The Apes
The ENTERTAINING :
Beneath The Planet Of The Planet Of The Apes (2nd in the series);
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (3rd in series);
Conquest Of The Planet of The Apes (4th)
JUST OKAY (Crap Shoot):
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (5th)
Too slow of a start but it picks up later.