On 6/15/2016 2:41 PM, Bill Steele wrote:
> On 6/15/16 12:00 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>> In article <
41df2e36-34f6-424a...@googlegroups.com>,
>> RichA <
rande...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 15 June 2016 07:45:07 UTC-4,
peterjc...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 1:12:46 AM UTC-4, RichA wrote:
>>>>> There's a scene where he's going to fight some large ape, they're
>>> swinging toward each other. In reality, the largest apes are 5-7 times
>>> stronger than a man. A gorilla 10-15 times stronger.
>>>>
>>>> It is unclear what you are trying to convey here. Gorillas ARE the
>>> largest apes.
>>>
>>> What he's going to fight in the movie seems like something other than
>>> a gorilla.
>>
>> Canonically, Burrough's established that the apes who raised Tarzan
>> were not Gorillas and were some unknown species with a rudimentary
>> spoken language.
>>
>
> I'm guessing from the context that the opponent is Bolgani, who killed
> Tarzan's adoptive mother. So, a gorilla.
Pretty sure it's a mangani and Tarzan is fighting him for primacy over
the tribe as he did Tublat in the novels, having to reestablish himself
after his absence. In fact, this appears to be at least very loosely
based on "The Return of Tarzan" (as well as other, later books in the
series, since Tarzan and Jane are married in this one) so it may well
actually be that same fight.
Also, to Rich's point, pretty sure there is another trailer that shows
more of the scene and when Tarzan and this ape collide Tarzan gets the
shit knocked out of him and goes flipping through the air like a rag doll.