Review The PLANET OF THE APES Franchise

[johnnybear]

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This game I have locked away in a cupboard! As a lifelong fan I was a bit disappointed that there were no Gorilla soldier figures chasing the humans
JB

 

[Doctor Omega]

 

[johnnybear]

Yeah I've seen that cover before! I've got two issues somewhere, not sure where but I have the Kirk and Spock dancing and the Fonz issue which has a Space 1999 parody! Think they might be worth something but they're not in mint condition sadly!
JB

 

[johnnybear]

Same here, Gav! I always wanted the original film as a book as a teenager, when my Apemania was at it's greatest!
JB

I remember back in 75 or so that the only novels you could buy were Escape, Conquest and Battle! Now I wasn't happy with that so I kept going into a big bookshop in town to ask and eventually they said there was a novel based on Beneath and the original story! So I patiently waited until both turned up but was disappointed to discover that Monkey Planet is not the same story as Planet of The Apes! In the end it never did arrive as such until years later I discovered an edition called Planet of The Apes with photos from the first film on the cover and I decided to make do with that which was better than the other copy I had I guess!
JB

 

[Doctor Omega]

Yeah, I too remember being disappoined with MONKEY PLANET.

 

[johnnybear]

It's a shame as it's a good book but sadly not up to the brutality of the world seen in the film!
JB

 

[Doctor Omega]

 

[Doctor Omega]

Mego Planet of the Apes dolls commercial

 

[Doctor Omega]

"ZIRA: THE WOMAN SCIENTIST!!"

 

[johnnybear]

Wasn't it Palitoy here in the UK, Doc? I had a few of those figures as a kid! Corneillius, Dr. Zaius, General Urko, Soldier Ape and Ursus! I've always been a great Apes fan and still love the original films and series to this very day!
JB

 

[Doctor Omega]

 

[Doctor Omega]

Palitoy it indeed was, JB.

I never had an Ape figure, but did have Spock, The Thing and Lizard from Marvel.

I struggled at first with this universe colliding of franchises.

Then, after a burst of inspiration, I stripped Spock down to his underpants and - hey presto! - he began a new life as a fairly convincing Sub-Mariner!

 

[Doctor Omega]

I stripped Spock down to his underpants

I can't believe I just wrote that sentence!

 

[johnnybear]

Yes, Spock and the Sub Mariner have always looked very similar and as an avid comic collector I love that cover of Sub Mariner #35 as well, Doc! The Doctor Zaius figure pic takes me back some forty odd years to when I was obsessed with the Apes stuff! Happy days indeed!
JB

 

[Doctor Omega]

70s Planet of the Apes Colorforms on "Playing with Toys"

 

[Doctor Omega]

Celebrate over 50 years of one of cinema’s most influential franchises with this one-shot collection of stories highlighting the simian citizens of the world of Planet of the Apes!


https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2018/12/preview-of-planet-of-the-apes-the-simian-age-1/planet-of-the-apes-the-simian-age-1-3/

Featuring stories from both the original films and new series canon, including the life of an Ape Soldier in General Ursus’s army, and a story set before Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, revealing Koba’s early struggles to remain loyal to Caesar.

 

[ant-mac]

 

[johnnybear]

So that's what happened to Galen then!!!
JB

 

[ant-mac]

So that's what happened to Galen then!!!
JB

Well, his descendant, Cornelius, never mentioned him.

 

[Doctor Omega]

One that is also on the way is a new film in the “Planet of the Apes” franchise – one that’s expected to continue on from the three recent ones and it’s unlikely director Matt Reeves will return as he’s busy with “The Batman”.