Are the next movies prequels? -Not exactly. Are they sequels? -Not exactly. How can they be neither or both? -Exactly

Please do the rest of the original originals! There's still gold even though the budget gets less and less

Happy to hear you'll be watching all the original franchise of Planet of the Apes! I think this series should be watched BEFORE watching the newer movies. I particularly LOVE the last scene of the last movie of the original franchise!!! Hope you love it too!

One thing that showed the budget was lower than in the original film is the crowd scenes of the apes. Instead of the full ape makeup pretty much everyone is just wearing bad ape masks.

The only OG Ape movie without Roddy McDowell. Roddy even did the tv series. The next one Escape is cool and a flip. You see something they would never do today in a movie. Plus it has Khan!!!

OH HELLYEAH!! The orignals!! I am so in for this!!

The female mutant was played by Natalie Trundy. She also appears in the next three movies playing two other roles. By an amazing coincidence she was also married to the producer.

I think you’ll get a kick out of the next movie, Escape

Roddy McDowell who played Cornelius in the first movie and will return was unavailable for Beneath the Planet of the Apes and was covered by another actor. Thankfully the ape makeup did its thing to make us believe it is him and he he even sounds somewhat like him.

Heh, yes, Heston didn't want to do more Apes movies, hence why his character (literally) vanishes early on. Fine, but it's comical they cast a look alike as the lead.

They couldn't get Roddy McDowall for this one, but the actor playing Cornelius tries to imitate his voice. McDowall will be back for the next one, which is one of the most interesting ones.

I remember seeing this as a kid when it aired on some random cable channel. It was my introduction to the whole series and that ending was... a lot to take in 😅

The crashed spaceship prop was recently discovered, being used as a post for a Hotel sign or something like that..😊 A fan noticed it as the prop has been missing for years.

The Tim Burton one is still worth the watch. It really flies in the face of canon, but the costumes and make-up are phenomenal.

Kim Hunter, aka Dr. Zira, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Stella Kowalski in the 1951 film adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. James Gregory, aka General Ursus, played Sen. John Yerkes Iselin in the 1962 Cold War classic, The Manchurian Candidate, starring Frank Sinatra. James Franciscus, played rodeo stuntman Tuck Kirby in the 1969 fantasy Western, The Valley of Gwangi, a cowboys verses dinosaurs cult classic. And Charlton Heston, starred in dozens of films over a five decade career. He played Moses in the 1956 film, The Ten Commandments, won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Judah Ben-Hur in the 1959 film, Ben-Hur, played "Mike" Vargas in the 1958 Orson Welles classic, Touch of Evil, and he played Detective Robert Thorn in the 1973 sci-fi film, Soylent Green. Each of these films is a stand out film worthy of a reaction.

You'll appreciate a DS9 connection to Escape.

Glory be to the Bomb, and to the Holy Fallout. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. World without end. Amen.

Well, sir, in over three years of following reactors' shows, yours is the first I know of to proceed beyond the original movie, for which I heartily commend you. _Do_ proceed to the remaining three, and do _not_ be deterred by counsel to skip any, whatever they may have to complain about. _I,_ at least, will be paying attention. And I do wish we could meet in person and discuss this particular film at length, because for a long time I found it the most fascinating of the series. (I still haven't forgiven Heston for punking out of the series and forcing the ending that we got here. But then, more's the pity, I'm not him.) 😎

YES!!!!! Thank you, Ollie!

First reacter I've seen who watched the first in this series. Enjoyed it and you took the plunge . Going for the rest of these.

Great review. Watching you react to these Ape movies reminds me of when my brother and I watched them for the first time back in the 1970's. Now onto Escape from The Planet of the Apes! Enjoy!

Charlton Heston was 6' 3". He also died in several of his movies. Next up for Heston movies should be The Omega Man (based on I am Legend) and Soylent Green if you haven't done either one yet.

Heston didn't want to be in a sequel so they introduced Brent and included Heston towards the end of the movie.

This sequel movie and the original Planet of the Apes are for me the top two Planet of the Apes films ever. Because we have in this sequel again George Taylor played by Charlton Heston and Nova played by Linda Harrison. And I really like James franciscus. These two movies are very much linked together. Thanks for your reaction here.

now you have to watch "escape from" because it takes it back to the beginning of how it all started.

i remember watching all 5 in one week on a TV "Go Ape" Marathon in the 1970s. it was cool.

Thank for going thru my suggestions. In some time in the future I will write to you a full list of all must-watch movies (classics plus my choice, as much as I can remember; 100 at least) There was supposed to be another ending, but Heston didn't want to play more so they wrote Taylor destroying the Earth. It was supposed to be the end of the saga.

Sooooo glad you're watching the original 5! The effects take a bit of a hit as it goes on, but still a very fascinating story! Where the current series and the classics caaaan loosely fit together, the Tim Burton one is its own thing, but also worth the watch, if for no other reason than to satisfy your curiosity.

I just re-watched these again. I really like the direction it takes during the 3rd film. Even if you only watch the original version of #4 (Conquest), try and catch the R-rated director's cut (with different ending) on the Blu-ray edition...

Finally someone continues the series. You are right that they do get dark with each entry. However I love the lightness that Escape From POTA has. I kind of compare that to Star Trek IV The Voyage Home in regards to tone. Also, part of the deal for Charlton Heston to return, Taylor had to die in this movie.

Heston did NOT want to do another "monkey movie", but the product talked him into it on the condition that the Earth was destroyed at the end making another film impossible. But the movie made a nice profit and... well you'll have to watch the next one to see how they got around that little problem. 😊 Oh, and why did the undeground people wear masks? To reduce production costs with fewer long days in makeup.

Needless to say, in the 3rd movie, someone escapes...

Biden saids holy fallout eh😅😆🤣

After "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" the quality admittedly dips, but the originals still are worth it.

Yay! Happy cry!

Yay! Continuing the originals! It’s not uncommon in old sci fi for aliens and their planets to have impossible similarities to Earth like language, environment, species, etc with maybe small differences. Hence why so many indicators that this actually is Earth aren’t taken as such in this or the first movie A cult of humans lacking hair that have an anti ape mindset and identifying with the Alpha and Omega symbols. Now why does that sound familiar? 😏

Great reaction to this classic Ollie, please watch the next one 'Escape From The Planet Of The Apes'. It is very good.

If you ever see the Ralph Bakshi animated version of The Lord of the Rings, it was scored by the same composer. You can tell because the score in places is almost identical to this one, specifically in the Battle of Helm's Deep. (I think you might find it interesting -- it's certainly unique!) My story here -- I first saw this in the theater way back when. But I didn't realize I'd gotten the start time wrong and came in just when Brent and Nova were first going underground. Not having seen the first movie, and missing the beginning of this one, I never saw the "It's Earth!" reveal until much later (but I figured it out pretty quickly.)

you found my fav movie ending

Not a popular opinion but of the original 5 movies this one is my favorite. The next one, Escape, is a good story but very different than the first two. Movie 4 and 5 are enjoyable but definitely suffered from a B movie budget and not nearly as good writing. But they are still enjoyable and have a TON of social commentary which I know you enjoy.

25:40 A = Alpha 🙂

This movie is necessary for the narrative but the next is also my favorite. The new franchise borrowed so much that I agree you should see the older ones first.

I like the next movie a lot more. It's good that you watched Star Trek first. You'll know it when you see it. Back when this movie was made, people were very aware that a few slip ups would mean the end of the world. But we had diplomats, behind the scenes, working to make sure that neither side pushed things too far. Nowadays.....good luck kids! Especially as you weren't taught the trick of ducking beneath your desk.

Remember that one of the things that is different about this world is that the moon is gone, blasted out of orbit, and that shifted the Earth's rotational axis.

Everyone thinks the sequels to Aliens and Planet are the worst films in the world and they are not. People need to let people make their own decisions and stop telling to not watch.

This movie was unfairly hated for it's time. I think if anything, the only minor issue is that the movie tries to keep topping the big twist of the first movie, by introducing FOUR twists in this one. But instead of any of them topping the first, they are quantity over quality. None of the four twists are inherently AWFUL or anything, but none of them really hit as hard as "It was earth all along." Most of them are like B-teir Twilight Zone episode twists, just one after another until it gets to be a tiny bit much. The reveal of the mutants were maybe the closest thing to a twist on PAR with the statue of liberty, but it still doesn't quite measure up. That having been said, I think reviews at the time were too hard on it. It's a decent followup.

Crazy ending? What? The end of the world? Didn't see that coming, did you? The ending is crazy. But people worshiping a bomb is normal.

Alpha and omego particles in quantum mechanics 🤨😑

They are sequels yet also prequels, which is part of their beauty of time travel

Watch Escape from Planet of the Apes and you'll finally get the 'bigger twist'. I wouldn't bother with the final two as they're just footnotes, Escape really ends it.

Granted, the second and fifth movie in this series are generally considered the weaker movies of the series, but I still like the underground "New New York" (as shown in Futurama) in this movie as a big leap in the world-building. I can't wait until you get to the third and fourth movies which I consider rather important for the contribution their narratives make to the canon of the franchise.

Glad to see you reacting to the entire series. Beneath the Planet of the Apes is actually my least favorite. Can't wait to see you react to the rest!

Escape From the POTA is great. Conquest is pretty good. Battle For is lame.

Too many Americans seem to particularly underrate this, hopefully you didnt. It's like they think there can't be a nihilistic ending to a world the US dominates.

The worst sequel. Rushed into production after the unexpected success of POTA. The next film is much much better and I have a soft spot for “Conquest of the apes” - it’s very grim. I recommend reading “Death of the planet of the apes” for a much better sequel to the first film. I’m a mega apes nerd obvs.

Thanks, Oliver! Thanks, Huxley! 🦧 This was my least favorite of the originals, but it's necessary, as things are. But the next one is one of my favorites; have tissues handy.