There is only one original novel of "Planet of the Apes", but the film and television works derived from it are as many as nine movies, a live-action TV series, and a cartoon drama, which shows that Hollywood is true love for this subject, which is almost catching up with our enthusiasm for the "Journey to the West" IP. Coincidentally, the important protagonists of "apes" and "journey to the west" are primates, and it is probably that the animals most similar to humans are more likely to be used as "references" for humans themselves. However Chinese Sun Wukong has mastered wisdom and then goes to learn the scriptures and find greater wisdom; the human apes in the Westerners have to use wisdom to "realize" the power to rule the planet.
The ending reversed well, and the popularity and word of mouth did not run
The science fiction novel Planet of the Apes was written in 1963, and by the time I first read it, The Earth was on the verge of entering the 21st century. Fortunately, the shock it brought to me was not limited by the times. Its winning point is that it is full of rich details, so that the planet where humans degenerate into "animals" and apes evolve into rulers is in front of them, and the reflections, satires and sighs of human social problems are hidden in it; the second is the reversed ending, a few strokes, and the pen is heartfelt.
The move of ending reversal is also widely used in current literary and film and television works, but there are really not many that can be used well and watched well, and many times it is even a hard reversal for the sequel, and it is sad to give new words. Therefore, among all the film and television works in the "Apes" series, only the first film that is consistent with the original name and has the highest degree of story overlap is the most classic and meaningful. Today, 40 years later, the "Planet of the Apes" movie still has a Douban score of 8.1, undisputedly the first of the nine movies in the "Ape Universe".
The irony is used beautifully, and the ape people refer to each other
For a long time, mainstream science fiction works have been permeated with a mood of scientific and technological pessimism, but this pessimism is not decadent, but more reflective and prudent. Therefore, good science fiction works always have strong practical significance. This is the case with the original Planet of the Apes. The so-called "ancient as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall; with people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses", then the "ape" series is "ape as a mirror", so that apes establish a world based on human society, and people reflect on some common problems from the perspective of "aliens", such as the abuse of science and technology, the cruelty of animal experiments and so on.
One of the most interesting details of Planet of the Apes is how earth scientists, after falling into the world ruled by intelligent apes, are caged as laboratory animals, and prove to ape scientists by various means that they are intelligent creatures. This is reminiscent of a passage on the Internet: "If you are accidentally put in a mental hospital one day, how can you prove to the doctor that you are a normal person?" In the process of "self-proofing", people will find many paradoxes and absurdities in life.
I want real emotions and motion capture plus eyes
The movie "Rise of the Apes" trilogy, from a human point of view, should be a disaster movie, because it is about the rise of the ape race and the destruction of the human race. But no one will watch it as a disaster movie, because the audience's emotions can easily be substituted for the role of the "male protagonist" Caesar. In addition to the reasons for the solid script and full acting skills, the special effects shock brought about by technological progress are also indispensable. Special effects determine the texture of a science fiction film. In the "Planet of the Apes" five-part era, it also relies on latex masks and full body sticky hair to perform orangutans; in the "Rise of the Apes" trilogy, the top motion capture and animation technology created by the ape Caesar can impress people's hearts with his eyes. Emotionally and technically, the books and movies in the "Apes Ball" series are classics worth seeing. Shenyang Evening News and Shen Bao Rong Media reporter Tang Ziyun
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▲ The original novel "Planet of the Apes" was created in 1963 and focuses on the experience of a human scientist who escaped from life on a planet ruled by apes.
■ Planet of the Apes first series consisted of five films: Planet of the Apes (1968), Lost Orangutan Ball (1970), Escape from the Apes Ball (1971), Conquest of the Apes Ball (1972), and Showdown with the Apes Ball (1973). The pentagram introduces the brain-burning elements of time travel on the basis of the original book, creating a grand "ape universe".
■ In 2001, ghost director Tim Burton remade "Decisive Battle of the Apes Ball", with a unique personal style, but unfortunately the reputation hit the street.
■ From 2011 to 2017, the "Rise of the Apes" trilogy was born, part of which was remade from the last two of the five parts of the "Planet of apes", which can be seen as a prequel to the content of "Planet of apes", but there are a lot of innovative content.