Planet of the Apes...whatever. Why do so many humans want apes to kill them?

RichA

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Jul 13, 2017, 5:24:35 AM7/13/17

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The casting of Harrelson is telling. A reactionary leftist who probably does think the human race should be wiped out. The suicidal wishes of a lot of liberal critics is depressing. Wouldn't just reaching for a handful of opiods do the job more easily than fantasizing about monkeys killing you?

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/war_for_the_planet_of_the_apes/reviews/?page=3&sort=

Inkan1969

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Jul 13, 2017, 11:12:14 AM7/13/17

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On Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 5:24:35 AM UTC-4, RichA wrote:
> The casting of Harrelson is telling. A reactionary leftist who probably does think the human race should be wiped out. The suicidal wishes of a lot of liberal critics is depressing. Wouldn't just reaching for a handful of opiods do the job more easily than fantasizing about monkeys killing you?
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> https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/war_for_the_planet_of_the_apes/reviews/?page=3&sort=

Quit projecting your own hangups onto movies.

- Inkan1969

Michael OConnor

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Jul 13, 2017, 12:26:31 PM7/13/17

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I'm looking forward to seeing this, probably next weekend. I usually only go to one or two movies a year, and I saw the other two POTA reboot movies at the theater, and both were great. I think this has a good chance to be the only film trilogy to produce three truly outstanding films besides the Lord of the Rings movies.

RichA

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Jul 13, 2017, 7:19:32 PM7/13/17

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On Thursday, 13 July 2017 12:26:31 UTC-4, Michael OConnor wrote:
> I'm looking forward to seeing this, probably next weekend. I usually only go to one or two movies a year, and I saw the other two POTA reboot movies at the theater, and both were great. I think this has a good chance to be the only film trilogy to produce three truly outstanding films besides the Lord of the Rings movies.

I don't even remember the first two, but I remember the 1960's-70's ape movies very well.

RichA

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Jul 13, 2017, 7:26:11 PM7/13/17

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Not mine, there is even a word for these people.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/antinatalism-people-think-world-earth-better-off-if-humans-not-exist-humankind-extinct-a7565591.html

Michael OConnor

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Jul 13, 2017, 9:18:11 PM7/13/17

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> I don't even remember the first two, but I remember the 1960's-70's ape movies very well.

The original was of course a classic, but they went quickly downhill, with only "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" being the only decent sequel.

Inkan1969

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Jul 14, 2017, 10:20:04 AM7/14/17

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On Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 5:24:35 AM UTC-4, RichA wrote:

> The casting of Harrelson is telling. A reactionary leftist who probably does think the human race should be wiped out. The suicidal wishes of a lot of liberal critics is depressing. Wouldn't just reaching for a handful of opiods do the job more easily than fantasizing about monkeys killing you?
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> https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/war_for_the_planet_of_the_apes/reviews/?page=3&sort=

The recent movies, "Rise" and "War", they're not in the same continuity as the Tim Burton remake, right? It's hard to tell.

- Inkan1969

Michael OConnor

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Jul 14, 2017, 1:01:52 PM7/14/17

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> The recent movies, "Rise" and "War", they're not in the same continuity as the Tim Burton remake, right? It's hard to tell.
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The Burton movie was ignored; it had nothing to do with the previous Ape movies and is on an island of it's own. The previous canon that dealt with the virus that killed all the dogs and cats yet genetically improved the apes, and the humans started using the younger apes as pets, and as they grew up, as domestic servants (which was explored in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes) was also ignored. This new movie series is a total reboot starting from scratch.

Michael OConnor

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Jul 22, 2017, 5:09:28 PM7/22/17

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Michael OConnor

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Jul 22, 2017, 5:16:06 PM7/22/17

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I went to see the new POTA movie today, in 3D, and it was great. A fitting end to the series, and it pretty much follows the Planet of the Apes canon as far as the apes start evolving as the humans start devolving. The CGI and special effects were top notch, and the story was compelling. I would rate it three and a half stars, same as the other two movies. As far as my favorite of the three movies, I would probably have to say the second one was my favorite, but all three were very, very good. And I have to say, this is the first film trilogy since Lord of the Rings in which all three movies have stuck to a high standard and there was no weak film in the bunch.