Harsh talk, Ken. Peoples's tastes differ.

Come to NYC one of these days. We'll brawl about the Plizmos being the greatest rock band of all time.

(The Beatles were the greatest, natch. But Ken Guarino and I didn't write any songs for the Fabs. The Plizmos, we did write a few. Good ones, too. At CBGS, drummer Rick Reckless fell off his kit. "Mike, will you step in? Just keep the beat steady?" "Sure!" A pitiful 4/4...

Great review Tony. You've actually piqued my interest enough to see it. (on pay per view) I will hold you responsible if it sucks!

I only picked up about four references, but to be fair, I was too wrapped up in the movie to possibly catch them. The "Damn dirty ape" line, the Dodge Landon character was a combination of 2 of the last names of Heston's crew in the original film, and I recognized the "Bright Eyes" line and the nod to Cornelius by having another ape named "Cornelia" at the facility and the last one I noticed was the one dude watching a old Charlton Heston movie on the tube.

I am sure some more went over my head though. It has been some time since I watched the original films.

I only picked up about four references, but to be fair, I was too wrapped up in the movie to possibly catch them. The "Damn dirty ape" line, the Dodge Landon character was a combination of 2 of the last names of Heston's crew in the original film, and I recognized the "Bright Eyes" line and the nod to Cornelius by having another ape named "Cornelia" at the facility and the last one I noticed was the one dude watching a old Charlton Heston movie on the tube.

I am sure some more went over my head though. It has been some time since I watched the original films.

I will keep an eye out for those. Thanks. I know very little about TPOTA. I was always curious how they evolved so quickly and how long the astronaut was in outer space. It looks like this movie will answer my questions.

Harsh talk, Ken. Peoples's tastes differ.

Come to NYC one of these days. We'll brawl about the Plizmos being the greatest rock band of all time.

(The Beatles were the greatest, natch. But Ken Guarino and I didn't write any songs for the Fabs. The Plizmos, we did write a few. Good ones, too. At CBGS, drummer Rick Reckless fell off his kit. "Mike, will you step in? Just keep the beat steady?" "Sure!" A pitiful 4/4...

Mike, you know I was kidding right?:becky:

I will keep an eye out for those. Thanks. I know very little about TPOTA. I was always curious how they evolved so quickly and how long the astronaut was in outer space. It looks like this movie will answer my questions.

That was weird. I clicked on "Reply with Quote" on Rich's statement about the references to the original and it quoted your post. I swear I am not drunk and that it quoted the correct person before I hit "post" LOL.

Mike, you know I was kidding right?:becky:

I did, my brother!:alien:

I will keep an eye out for those. Thanks. I know very little about TPOTA. I was always curious how they evolved so quickly and how long the astronaut was in outer space. It looks like this movie will answer my questions.

In the original series of films, a disease wiped out all of mankinds pets, which led to us adopting apes as pets and bred them to abundance. Seeing that they were intelligent, we made them more than pets, we made them slaves/servants. Eventually, they rose up killed a lot of us, drove the rest into the wild or underground. Enter Heston and crew and thats where the original Apes film begins. In later films its explained that through time travel, an intelligent ape, Caeser, actually led the rebellion against man.

That was weird. I clicked on "Reply with Quote" on Rich's statement about the references to the original and it quoted your post. I swear I am not drunk and that it quoted the correct person before I hit "post" LOL.

You were drunk don't lie

I only picked up about four references, but to be fair, I was too wrapped up in the movie to possibly catch them. The "Damn dirty ape" line, the Dodge Landon character was a combination of 2 of the last names of Heston's crew in the original film, and I recognized the "Bright Eyes" line and the nod to Cornelius by having another ape named "Cornelia" at the facility and the last one I noticed was the one dude watching a old Charlton Heston movie on the tube.

I am sure some more went over my head though. It has been some time since I watched the original films.

Possible very minor spoilers below:

Caesar with the Statue of Liberty.
The mounted police with the numbers on their helmets on the bridge, (the corn field sequence of the original).
The fire hose scene with Caesar in the animal shelter.
The circus orangutan was named Maurice, the actor who played Dr. Zauis was Maurice Evans in the original.
The nice, weakling keeper at the shelter was named Rodney, Rodney "Roddy" McDowell was a huge player in the original series.
"It's a madhouse! A madhouse!" was another line along with the dirty ape line from Hestons character in the original.
And "No" being the first word is also connected to the original storyline/series.

Told you I was a fanboy.

There are more but I will rein in my geekyness. For now.

Possible very minor spoilers below:

Caesar with the Statue of Liberty.
The mounted police with the numbers on their helmets on the bridge, (the corn field sequence of the original).
The fire hose scene with Caesar in the animal shelter.
The circus orangutan was named Maurice, the actor who played Dr. Zauis was Maurice Evans in the original.
The nice, weakling keeper at the shelter was named Rodney, Rodney "Roddy" McDowell was a huge player in the original series.
"It's a madhouse! A madhouse!" was another line along with the dirty ape line from Hestons character in the original.
And "No" being the first word is also connected to the original storyline/series.

Told you I was a fanboy.

There are more but I will rein in my geekyness. For now.

Good lord man, that is a wealth of knowledge. Now that you mention most of them I see the connection. I didn't realize Roddy McDowell's name was Rodney so that was completely lost on me and I would never have gotten the Maurice connection because I had no idea who played the Orangutan in the original film.

I bow to your APE knowledge.