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Post by darkpast on Mar 1, 2018 6:53:24 GMT
is this one of the first blockbuster franchises?
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Post by alpha128 on Mar 1, 2018 13:09:36 GMT
is this one of the first blockbuster franchises? Yes, it was noted as such in the 1998 documentary "Behind the Planet of the Apes". The original "Apes" films introduced the kind of merchandising campaigns that were later used for "Star Wars".
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 15, 2018 17:15:30 GMT
Yes! This was very much "Star Wars" before there was a "Star Wars". The hype and merchandising around these movies was huge.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 18, 2018 3:12:34 GMT
Yes it was.
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Post by Nalkarj on Mar 24, 2018 22:21:56 GMT
Fifty years? Dear God.
At the risk of appropriating a tribute to the great man himself, Charles II, I suggest that we raise our glasses in a toast, thus:
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 17, 2018 8:26:40 GMT
It doesn't seem like 50, and yet in some ways feels like forever.
I wish they revisited the original universe timeline. The Ape City of POTA and Beneath...there was still a lot of things they could have explored with it after Beneath. The idea of the planet blowing up was pretty poor too-since we only have a voiceover (can one ever truly rely on Paul Frees for accurate reporting?) and what would Cornelius know about what the Earth looks like from space? He said he saw it melting--how would he know what he was seeing?
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Post by formersamhmd on Apr 17, 2018 16:34:52 GMT
It doesn't seem like 50, and yet in some ways feels like forever. I wish they revisited the original universe timeline. The Ape City of POTA and Beneath...there was still a lot of things they could have explored with it after Beneath. The idea of the planet blowing up was pretty poor too-since we only have a voiceover (can one ever truly rely on Paul Frees for accurate reporting?) and what would Cornelius know about what the Earth looks like from space? He said he saw it melting--how would he know what he was seeing? I dunno, I thought that was one of most surprising and nihilistic endings I've ever seen in a big Hollywood film.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 17, 2018 17:33:56 GMT
Yeah it is nihilistic but we dont see it explode. For a big Hollywood production it is kind of cheap to just have a narrator slap on a "that's all folks!" kind of statement.
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Post by formersamhmd on Apr 17, 2018 17:37:32 GMT
Yeah it is nihilistic but we dont see it explode. For a big Hollywood production it is kind of cheap to just have a narrator slap on a "that's all folks!" kind of statement. I dunno, having it all dissolve to white as Taylor sets off the bomb and then the narration worked for me. I remember watching it 20 years ago on a marathon and I couldn't believe what I'd just seen.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 17, 2018 18:02:25 GMT
I dunno, having it all dissolve to white as Taylor sets off the bomb and then the narration worked for me. I remember watching it 20 years ago on a marathon and I couldn't believe what I'd just seen. Believe it.
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Post by Jedan Archer on Apr 23, 2018 19:54:37 GMT
Yes, one of the first. But subject to the law of diminishing returns and budget per sequel.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Apr 24, 2018 20:14:24 GMT
Yeah it is nihilistic but we dont see it explode. For a big Hollywood production it is kind of cheap to just have a narrator slap on a "that's all folks!" kind of statement. It wasn't a big Hollywood production. Heck, it's budget was less than the first movie in the series'.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 24, 2018 20:18:45 GMT
It wasn't a big Hollywood production. Heck, it's budget was less than the first movie in the series'. It was for the time. 4-5 million was a healthy budget-and most of the sets had been made for the previous film so they saved money there. They certainly had the money to show the earth exploding with a still photo if they had wanted.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Apr 24, 2018 20:24:27 GMT
Nah, they didn't even have money for full on make up effects for all the apes. They had to use cheap pull over masks a lot more than in the original. And while they had some sets, they still needed the underground sets. Those weren't from the previous movie.
Plus, then people would complain about using a still photo. The fade to white works better as it symbolizes the flash of a nuclear explosion.
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