phydeaux2 writes "
Yahoo! TV Coverage reports that the project to remake Planet of the Apes has gotten the green light. " Wow. I'm stunned. Tim Burton...and Planet of the Apes.
"Get your scissorhands off me, you damn dirty stinking ape!"
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I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
But will it be accurate?
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0xdeadbeef
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Planet of the Apes made use of popular preconceptions of the great apes that are wrong.
Gorillas are docile herbavores. Chimpanzees are intelligent, but violent and warring. Orangatans are solitary. It would be a far more interesting movie if the ape society is extrapolated from the real dispositions of the apes.
I have to say, I have my doubts about Tim Burton and this film. He's one of those visual guys - almost strictly visual - and Planet of the Apes is very much story-driven.
It wasn't really a movie which depended on creating an atmosphere; it was more cerebral than that. It was loudly metaphorical, and Taylor was more a abstraction than a character. He was Man. Or rather a facet of Man, distilled in such a way as to promote the writer's point. It was meant to be disturbing.
And I just have a hunch Burton's going to miss a lot of that. Without replacing it with another metaphor, either. Burton's films lack discipline and direction. That can be okay if you're trying for a simple visual experience, but Planet of the Apes seems a poor choice for that.
But then, I thing Lucas has similar problems (and talents), and I disliked The Phantom Menace for similar reasons... your mileage may vary.:-)
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"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." - Alexander Hamilton
Confirmation, http://us.imdb.com/Title?0133152
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J-Tempte
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"Get your scissorhands off me, you damn dirty stinking ape!"
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
Planet of the Apes made use of popular preconceptions of the great apes that are wrong.
Gorillas are docile herbavores. Chimpanzees are intelligent, but violent and warring. Orangatans are solitary. It would be a far more interesting movie if the ape society is extrapolated from the real dispositions of the apes.
It wasn't really a movie which depended on creating an atmosphere; it was more cerebral than that. It was loudly metaphorical, and Taylor was more a abstraction than a character. He was Man. Or rather a facet of Man, distilled in such a way as to promote the writer's point. It was meant to be disturbing.
And I just have a hunch Burton's going to miss a lot of that. Without replacing it with another metaphor, either. Burton's films lack discipline and direction. That can be okay if you're trying for a simple visual experience, but Planet of the Apes seems a poor choice for that.
But then, I thing Lucas has similar problems (and talents), and I disliked The Phantom Menace for similar reasons... your mileage may vary. :-)
"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." - Alexander Hamilton
checkout
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0133152
J-Tempte
.. in a musical version!
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius!
I love you Dr. Zaius!
One of the funniest things I've ever seen.