I watched the first Planet of the Apes film recently and it still holds up. It's my favorite Charlton Heston role and I am always impressed by how much emotion Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter were able to portray under such heavy ape makeup. Of course, Nova wasn't too hard on the eyes either. I have vague memories of watching the TV show when I was a kid, and I know I must have liked it because I had a Planet of the Apes Lunch box for a while!
The Tim Burton movie had some nice makeup and visuals but the story just did not do it for me and in the end it was a pale and unnecessary imitation of the original. I understand there is a new film in the works with James Franco titled Rise of the Apes, which is meant to be a prequel. I am a bit wary after the last attempt, but I will still keep an eye on this and hope it can capture some of the old magic again.
I think this one's my favourite of all the ones you've done. i wish they'd make this.
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ReplyDeleteI believe this is your best cover so far. Have you thought of teaming him up with E-man and Doctor Solar?
ReplyDeleteThis would be an awesome team-up for the holiday issue of B & B and tie in the annual Wish Book. A page toward the back of the Sears' or Penney's toy catalog with Batman Mego figures and Planet of the Apes figures. Thanks for the '70's flashback - it was awesome!
ReplyDeleteI pretty much follow how you saw the APES saga and agree pretty much with your assessment of it all. As I type this the newest film has come out and I really liked it and feel we now have a new APES saga about to play out. I really hope it takes the reboot route at this point.
ReplyDeleteActually, in my permanent opinion, the ending of the Tim Burton remake is a perfect segue' to DOTPOTA. Which is another way of saying the latter is a perfect prequel of the former. And, pretty soon, we shall see if the sequel to the prequel continues to uphold the earlier quality!
ReplyDeleteGood scenario. Although DC already has it's own version of of Planet of the apes, Kamandi.
ReplyDeleteThen, how about Kamandi and Thundarr the Barbarian vs. the POTA?
ReplyDeleteKamandi and Thundarr the Barbarian vs. the POTA would rock!!!
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