Taylor’s hearing with Dr. Zaius showed that the social and political concerns of Ape City were the same as contemporary anxieties from when Planet of the Apes was released in 1968. As Dr.
In the acclaimed sequel to Planet of the Apes, another astronaut crashes through the time barrier searching for the missing Taylor. The daring rescue leads to a subterranean city where mutant ...
Planet of the Apes is an amazing film. A political-sociological allegory, cast in the mold of futuristic science-fiction, it is an intriguing blend of chilling satire, a sometimes ludicrous ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. “Set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in ...
In Brent's search for Taylor, he finds that the planet is run by a barbaric race of English-speaking apes, whose mission is in part to annihilate the human race. Brent eventually locates some of ...
Planet of the Apes was a franchise spawning phenomenon in the late 60s. Living in the center of the sci fi spectrum, it wore its b-movie camp on its sleeve right next to relevant social commentary.