I would agree. Thanks for your comment. Appreciated.

Same here! It's so unique and odd. AND THAT ENDING

The part where the masks are removed it soooo creepy and the ending was awesome.

Nuclear War, man. Again.

100% most comments and video titles I see about Beneath the Planet of the Apes claim it's the worst of the sequels. I could not disagree more. It's bold and complex. Expands on the original in ways you could never anticipate. Love it

Spot on! Escape (No.3) was interesting. But after that, they were well into TV movie territory.

I think the original film was amazing and had such an epic bad ass ending most forgot that Beneath was actually a damn fine sequel. It gave us more of the NYC ruins and lots of action. Tim Burton's POTA is actually a decent movie and gets way too much hate and the ending was much more in line with the book. But then Matt Reeves gave us an amazing prequel trilogy.

What's a fucking misytory how Trump got into your esmement. Biden who can't keep food in his mouth. Is 2' away from nuclear war. Unbelievable.....man is doomed...🤣

For me, the hoaky Chimp hippy protesters made the original a little too cornball, so my top from the original series is: 1.The Twighlight zone cut of "Planet of the Apes" 2. Beneath 3. "Planet of the Apes." I know there was a lot of dated stuff in there, but the doomsday cult element made it all the more intriguing. It was a very original idea to bring in the whole Forbidden Zone and everything found there.

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 they teased more when they showed that spaceship launch. wish they'd make more of them.

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The Original Film franchise will ALWAYS BE BETTER than the 2001 and the 2010 films.

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Same here

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Indeed. Faster than Whoopsie Goldbrick could throw a sieg heil at a bar mitzvah. Thank you for your comment, appreciated.

Oh Oh Dr. Zaius!

@@DCMarvelMultiverse Come on and rock me Dr. Zaius.

I hate every chimp I see, from chimpanA to chimpanzee!

​@@arricammarques1955 "you'll never make a monkey out of me" 🙈

The studio needed something that would generate box office returns after a string of expensive products which lost money. They felt the need to keep costs down and that's what they did, but I still think Beneath did well with visuals and effects on a limited budget. And it was a hit - the best sequel in the original franchise. Thanks for commenting, Edmund. Appreciated. T.

What was up with that outro? Also I was really hoping for explanations on the Mutant/Humans or why Taylor decided to nuke everything

Oh, the irony!😄

A few people posting comments seem to have had the same experience, Raymond. T.

If you want something to terrify you as an adult, Chris, watch Tim Burton's remake of the original movie. Worked for me.

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Tora! Tora! Tora! cost just over $25 million to make and broke even with a worldwide box-office take of just over $37 million by the December of 1970. It was the 9th highest grossing film in the US in 1970. It was the sixth highest grossing film in Japan in 1971. But unfortunately none of that means it turned a profit for the studio or that they didn't lose money on it. Other factors apparently, whatever they are. And although I don't often agree with the late film critic Roger Ebert, on this occasion I found it to be as deadly dull an experience as he did. Thanks for your comment, though. Appreciated.

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I quite like the Nova as lead character idea. Thanks for your comment. Appreciated.

I was unaware Escape is considered the second best or indeed by who, but opinion-wise and personally for me it's definitely Beneath. I can't get on with Escape. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Appreciated.

Unlikely to confuse it with Dr Dolittle, although it was another kamikaze picture. Tora! Tora! Tora! cost just over $25 million to make and broke even with a worldwide box-office take of just over $37 million by the December of 1970. It was the 9th highest grossing film in the US in 1970. It was the sixth highest grossing film in Japan in 1971. But unfortunately none of that means it turned a profit for the studio or that they didn't lose money on it. Other factors apparently, whatever they are. Possibly the general notion that a film needs to make 2-2.5 times its budget to be considered profitable. Thanks for your comment, though, Gerry. Appreciated.

Just watch the reboot prequel movies they tell you what happened.

The virus

@@Robd07 I keep thinking how surprisingly shocking alot of these SciFi movies are you think they're just a work of fiction but they seem like it could happen.

I would and do rewatch the originals, but the later ones, reboots, I''ve seen once and will never see again. And anything new under Disney I will steer well clear of. Thanks very much for commenting, Sean. Appreciated. T.

My only reasoning, and it's flimsy I know, is that the rescue ship followed exactly the same trajectory as the original and encountered the same anomaly/rift (or whatever it was) that sent it into the future. Other to that, I'm empty. From one Tony to another, thanks for commenting. Appreciated. T.

@@tonybush555 I thoroughly enjoyed the video. Thanks

@@tonyguidry1388 Good of you to say. Regards. T.

Decent theory, Chungking Express. Thank you for commenting. T.

Well, that's a coincidence, pambos. Mention of Valley Of Gwangi reminds me I must take a look at a Harryhausen film at some point. Thanks as always. T.

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Mentioning the ABC in Newport reminds me that I once went there to see a film called Earthquake, a disaster movie with Chuck Heston in it. The film came complete with a gimmick called Sensurround which caused the chairs to vibrate quite violently when a quake struck onscreen. It was a bit like an oversized version of a Nintendo rumblepack. Only you could never tell exactly when it would kick in - the technology was a bit temperamental. Caused me to spill a Kia-Ora over my trousers after I'd rested it on the chair arm. Made it look like I'd pissed myself. That's entertainment for you. Happy days.

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Many thanks. Appreciated.

Thanks, hank964. Appreciate you taking the time to view and comment. T.

@@tonybush555 you're welcome

I think that's a fair take on it. Thanks for commenting. Appreciated. T.

Fair enough, Rooster. Thanks for commenting. T.

It's been mentioned. But thanks for mentioning it again. You are of course correct and that was my error entirely. Don't know what I was thinking. Thanks for taking the time to comment and correct. Appreciated.

Hey, thanks for commenting, E.S. Appreciated.

The franchise represents a part of my early seventies formative life, along with Kung-Fu, Blaxploitation, Hammer flicks, etc. So, yes, nostalgically, they have their time and place in my affections. "Soft spot" is as good a term as any. Thanks Graeme. T.

You are of course correct and that was my error entirely. Don't know what I was thinking. Thanks for taking the time to comment and correct. Appreciated.

I've read his part was supposed to be more significant but he was claustrophobic in the Milo makeup so the script and story were changed in having Mineo's character killed off earlier than intended. I've tried to find earlier script synopsis indicating how Mineo's character would have been involved if the makeup wasn't so anxiety inducing but never found any documentation.

@@yeldarbarrow3172 Thanks for that. Interesting comment, I was unaware of the information you provided re. Sal Mineo. The makeup was groundbreaking for the time, but I understand it caused a lot of problems for the actors, very uncomfortable, resulting in contact dermatitis and rashes and making both eating and drinking a problem.

Although I retain a degree of affection for all the apes films in the original franchise, they went downhill after Beneath. Thanks for commenting, Sigma Six. T.

@@tonybush555 The remaining films deserved better scripts.

Yeah, how foolish. Ah, well...

After Dr. Zaius granted them clemency in return for their silence about Apes' prehistory, Cornelius & Zira's only other hope for advancing their society's progress was through technology. They would have confided in Dr. Milo about the location of Taylor's ship. As Cornelius would later reveal in "Escape," Dr. Milo only half-understood its workings. Dr. Milo might have been able to engage the Auto-Pilot to carry out the launch functions. When Dr. Milo summoned them after the Ape Army departed the city for the Forbidden Zone, Zira & Cornelius already knew Taylor's ship was capable of flight. They took up Dr. Milo on his invitation for them to accompany him on a test flight. They may well have thought they would land in some other region of the country or in another country altogether. In either case, if the test flight succeeded, they apparently hoped to exploit it to try to advance their society's progress technologically and to leave the Dark Ages behind.

@@JamesWilliamKing Some interesting theories and conjecture. Just one issue: "the location of Taylor's ship" - wasn't Icarus at the bottom of a lake? It filled with water and sank like a brick as I recall. I'm guessing either the lake could have dried up or the apes had developed advanced marine salvage and flotation technology to bring it to the surface. Once they'd used their scuba-diving gear, or sonar to pinpoint it's exact position (it was a big lake which would have made it tricky to find). What's your theory on this? I think the lake drying up is the most likely. But as the events of Beneath take place directly after the events of Planet would that leave enough time for a lake that size to evaporate? Or, another possibility is that the writers of Escape decided to conveniently forget that Icarus was lost and useless. But, in the end, it's whatever floats your boat. Or spaceship. Thanks for commenting. T.

Who said the Icarus was "lost and useless"? The Dead Lake didn't appear to be all that deep. All Dr. Milo and his crew would have had to have done was locate the craft, dive down and put a large air bladder into it, inflate the bladder from the surface, and raise the ship up just enough so that they could attach some lines to it and tow it to shore using a large team of horse to pull it ashore. The apes could have done that with their more primitive means.

@@JamesWilliamKing No one has to say it, it’s obvious from what we see on screen. The actual lake where it was filmed is approximately 185 miles long, 24 miles wide, covers 161,000 acres with an average depth of 132 feet. Most humans can free dive up to 40 feet (that’s without equipment) before things become intolerable - water pressure on lungs and organs, etc. May be different for apes and chimps, I don’t know how they fare as swimmers and divers traditionally. I suppose they could have forced their human slaves to do the heavy lifting. Now bearing in mind this is a film, so you can revise those factual numbers to fit your theory so that Icarus is not lost and, therefore, useless and is really easy to locate. But to all intents and purposes, from what we are shown on screen in the original film, the ship fills with water, sinks in a big deep lake and therefore is lost and useless. Until Escape, of course, which revises that scenario. Unfeasibly so, in my opinion. T.

Welcome aboard and thanks for commenting, Scott. Have no fears, I don't discriminate, I host a perpetual open season on all politicians - the more ludicrous and dumb they are, the better fodder for a cheap joke or wisecrack. There are some reviews that target Biden just to make a point or for the sake of a laugh. Shop around on here and you'll find them. Thank you again for taking the time to watch and comment and thank you for subscribing. It's people like you that help keep the channel going. Appreciated. T.

Nah, I was thinking of Krakatoa, East Of Java. Which was actually west of Java, but hey. Whole erroneous film title there. Still, as you're only the 822nd person to point the error out this week so far, I've taken steps to rectify it, so that pesky misinformation no longer presents a danger to anyone. The edit will take a while to kick in, so let's hope no harm is done in the meantime. How's that for doing better? Regards. T.