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Odd we didn't have a thread on this (or I couldn't find it).

Anyway I mentioned the Alien "head" release elsewhere but the same piece:

www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=59940

also links to an ape head PotA Ultimate Collection which is just a little too scary and even if it was cheaper I'm unsure I'd want it in the house.

Piccie:
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0 ... ZZZZZZ.jpg

DVD Description

This amazing collector's item is an individually numbered limited edition Ape head, containing 12 DVDs within a digistack, which slots into the back of the head. It is an impressive set though!

The contents are:

  • * Planet of the Apes 35th anniversary edition (2 discs)
    * Planet of the Apes 1991 Special Edition (2 discs)
    * Planet of the Apes TV series (4 discs)
    * Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1 Disc)
    * Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1 disc)
    * Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1 disc)
    * Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1 disc)
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www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000B ... ntmagaz-21
 
The R1 of that is out:

Planet of the Apes: The Ultimate DVD Collection (R1) in March

Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Planet of the Apes: The Ultimate DVD Collection (Limited Edition) for 28th March 2006 priced at $179.98 SRP. Released to coincide with the DVD debut of Peter Jackson’s King Kong is this new limited edition Planet of the Apes box-set from Fox. Containing a mixture of new and old materials and limited to 10,000 units this 14-disc set comes with a certificate of authenticity and an official life-size bust of Caesar featuring plush fur, realistic eyes and the highest quality durable vinyl.

The set comprises of the 2-Disc 35th Anniversary Edition release of Planet of the Apes (see our review for details) with its sequels - Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest for the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes - all of which have been remastered to include Anamorphic Widescreen transfers and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround audio, and are THX certified. Bonus features on the sequels are identical to the previous R1 DVD releases, so rather weak (trailers, cast pages, web-links and a brief featurette per film).

The 1974 live-action TV series is also present and like its previous DVD release, is spread across four-discs with TV Spots and Still Photos making up the extras. And you will also find Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes in its two-disc special edition form inside.

That’s 12 discs, and on the last 2 making its DVD debut and rounding out the set is the 1975 Return to the Planet of the Apes animated TV series. All 13 episodes are included without any extras.


For those not interested in the Limited Edition features then you will be able to purchase the remastered versions of Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest for the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes separately, along with a single-disc edition of the original Planet of the Apes. Retail is $14.98 SRP each, or alternatively you can pick them up as one complete set via a Planet of the Apes Legacy Boxset priced at $49.98 SRP, which also includes the "Behind the Planet of the Apes" bonus disc with the two-hour documentary of the same name, Trailers, a TV Spot for the documentary and a behind-the-scenes look at the Planet of the Apes game.

And finally the 1975 Return to the Planet of the Apes animated TV series will also be available separately priced at $19.98 SRP.

Artwork for the Limited Edition set and the individual releases follow...
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www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=60027

Pre-order:
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E6E ... enantmc-20

I have to say I do hope they release a more reasonably priced box set at some point.
 
When I saw this, I was happy that I had passed on:

Link

the lifesize chimpanzee head as a birthday gift to myself.
(Besides the fact that my wife would have banished it to the basement
or garage or a closet...)

I would rather have a classic lifesize Roddy-as-a-chimp head
anyday! The Planet of the Apes movies had as big an effect
on my Sci Fi fasination as Star Trek or Star Wars.

Although I WILL pass on the animated series...
I'm still haunted by the gorillas in a jeep listening to
"I'm Going Humanoid Over You" on their radio. :roll:

TVgeek

[Emp edit: Fixing big link]
 
Ah ha I'd missed this:

For those not interested in the Limited Edition features then you will be able to purchase the remastered versions of Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest for the Planet of the Apes and Battle for the Planet of the Apes separately, along with a single-disc edition of the original Planet of the Apes. Retail is $14.98 SRP each, or alternatively you can pick them up as one complete set via a Planet of the Apes Legacy Boxset priced at $49.98 SRP, which also includes the "Behind the Planet of the Apes" bonus disc with the two-hour documentary of the same name, Trailers, a TV Spot for the documentary and a behind-the-scenes look at the Planet of the Apes game.
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Which is the boxset I was wondering about.

Pre-order (already reduced at Amazon to $34.99):

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000E6E ... enantmc-20
 
The firghtening boxset reaers it's head over here in Blighty:

Planet of the Apes Ultimate Collector’s Edition (R2) in April - Menus added
Fox Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of The Planet of the Apes (Ultimate Collector’s Edition) for 3rd April 2006 priced at £149.99. The simian-sized set contains 14 discs featuring all the ‘Planet of the Apes’ films and TV series, including the never-before-released animation ‘Return to the Planet of the Apes’, in an exclusively designed and hand-painted limited edition Ape Head Boxset unlike anything you have ever seen before! Only 12,000 numbered sets will go on sale in the UK.

Fox have informed us that all of the movie and live-action TV series discs included in the set are identical in terms of content, to the existing individual DVD releases. This makes the Return to the Planet of the Apes animated series the only new disc-based content of this release.

The set includes:

Planet of the Apes 2001 Special Edition (2 discs)
Acclaimed director Tim Burton’s visionary action adventure version of Planet of the Apes is a visual feast starring Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Michael Clarke Duncan and Estella Warren. This Special Edition DVD contains more than 13 hours of enhanced viewing including never-before-seen bonus programmes, behind-the scenes multi-angle features, audio tracks, extended scenes, featurettes, Easter eggs and much more!

Planet of the Apes 35th Anniversary Edition (2 discs)
This stunningly packaged set features the seminal ‘Ape’ movie starring Charlton Heston and Kim Hunter plus over three hours of historic and never-before-seen extras. Complete with a two-hour documentary presented by ‘ape’ star Roddy McDowall plus previously unseen footage, updated interviews with the cast, audio commentaries, outtakes, McDowall’s on set Home Movies, a screen test featuring Edward G. Robinson and a 1967 NATO Presentation.

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1 disc)
In the acclaimed sequel to Planet of the Apes, mankind is driven underground as another astronaut (James Franciscus) crashes through the time barrier searching for the missing Taylor (Charlton Heston). The daring rescue mission leads to a subterranean city where mutant humans, who practise mind control, worship a weapon capable of destroying the entire planet.

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1 disc)
Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter reprise their roles from the original Planet of the Apes in this third chapter of the Apes saga. Two intelligent simians from the future, Cornelius (McDowell) and Zira (Hunter) travel to present-day Earth. They become instant sensations, wined and dined and treated like instant celebrities – until a high-level plot forces them to run for their lives!

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1 disc)
The fourth episode of the legendary Apes saga stars Roddy McDowall and Ricardo Montalban. The time is the near future. Apes have substituted cats and dogs as household pets, and replaced servants as personal assistants – until their continual mistreatment provokes one advanced ape from the future, Cesar (McDowall), to lead a spectacular revolt that marks the beginning of the ape revolution.

Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1 disc)
The fifth and last chapter in the Apes saga is set in 2670 A.D. After the revolution, brought about by Caesar (Roddy McDowall), the world is now a desolated place. Now man and apes try to live together in an uneasy harmony, with apes having the edge over man as the leaders. When the smoke clears the carnage is everywhere, but there is hope for a new beginning for ape and man.

Planet of the Apes TV Series (4 discs)
Based on the enormously popular and successful Planet of the Apes movies, the 1974 TV Series is now a true cult classic. Starring Roddy McDowell, Ron Harper and James Naughton, this set contains all 14 episodes made, including ‘The Liberator’, which never aired during the show’s original run.

Return to the Planet of the Apes (2 discs)
Available for the first time on DVD and from the Oscar® winning creators of The Pink Panther, this high-concept 1970’s cartoon series returns you to the heart of mankind’s greatest adventure. Containing all 13 episodes made, this series is set in 3979 and features all of the familiar characters including Cornelius, Zira and General Urko.
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www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=60427

Pre-order:
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000B ... ntmagaz-21

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Some of the bits have been out for a while so you could probably shop around if you didn't want it all and the scary monkey!!:

The TV series:

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000 ... ntmagaz-21

The 6 disc film boxset is:

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000 ... ntmagaz-21

On the DVD: A glorious indulgence for diehard fans of the series, this handsomely packaged six-disc set contains all five original" Apes" movies, from the wonderful 1967 original to 1973's low-budget Battle. It all look as good as possible in widescreen anamorphic transfers, the first movie's starkly wonderful cinematography in particular is a treat to see on DVD. Planet has been remixed in vivid Dolby 5.1, highlighting the bold sound design and JerryGoldsmith's masterful avant-garde score. The others are good Dolby stereo, with the odd exception of Escape, which is mono. There are trailers on each disc, but no commentaries sadly. The sixth bonus disc consists of a relatively new two-hour documentary hosted by Roddy McDowall which takes us through the entire saga in detail, pointing out the series' daring social commentary and the increasing difficulties of working with progressively smaller budgets. Sensibly, the documentary spends about an hour on the first movie and then an hour discussing all the rest. Overall, this is a very attractive package
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This thread's so old that the Apes series is out on Blu-ray now. But formats aside, what do we think of the Planet of the Apes movies? Nobody likes the Tim Burton version, fair enough, but everyone likes the original with Charlton Heston (well, everyone except a friend of mine who didn't understand the ending).

So what's the best Apes film? Beneath is the weirdest by far, and Conquest is the civil rights one which some think is underrated. Or do you prefer the TV series? Or the cartoon? Or the comics? How about the breakfast cereal (there must have been one)?

Somewhere in the universe there must be something better than Man!
 
I prefer Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Esp the bomb worship sequence and the chimp students protesting as the gorillas went off to war. Damn good satire.
 
gncxx said:
What do we think of the Planet of the Apes movies? Nobody likes the Tim Burton version, fair enough, but everyone likes the original with Charlton Heston (well, everyone except a friend of mine who didn't understand the ending).
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I'm going to stick my head above the parapet, and say that I do like the Tim Burton version, and I'll tell you why.

It's not just the uncredited Chuck Heston cameo (although that's fun, and he reprises one of his famous lines from the old film) - I like the way Burton has gone back to the source material (ie Pierre Boulle's novel) and tried to include some aspects of it which were not in the original films. After all, in the novel, whatever the titular planet was, it most certainly was not Earth, whereas in the first film, the fact that it was, was kind of the whole point. Sorry if I've spoiled the ending, BTW, but the film is 40 years old!

Of course, certain aspects of the book are pretty much unfilmable: the humans are not just mute, but naked too, and the language of the apes is quite alien so the protagonist has to spend time learning it, the story is framed as a "found" document, adding a further twist... no film is ever going to be made which includes all these.

The ending of Burton's film, which might seem to us a bit corny, and lacking the emotional punch of the earlier film, is actually pretty faithful to the book. OK, so Burton had to introduce a warp in time and space to keep the story to a managable length, but I felt he did so quite neatly. Once I satisfied myself as to how Thade had managed to replece Abe Lincoln at the Washinton Monument, I was quite happy!

Anyway, that's my two pence worth. Just thought it was worth pointing out that not everyone hates the newer film!
 
ramonmercado said:
I prefer Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Esp the bomb worship sequence and the chimp students protesting as the gorillas went off to war. Damn good satire.
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All the Apes films have a civil rights message, it's what makes them such good science fiction, before that term came to mean laser guns and spaceship dogfights too often.

Beneath I'll always like because it freaked me out one evening when I was a youngster. I stayed up to watch it, having been blown away by the first film one Christmas previous, and when the psychic chaps and chapesses took off their faces it was pretty astounding to my tiny mind. Whenever I hear a bunch of people singing out of tune I think of those guys.

Maybe Battle was too straightforward, now I think about it. Not much satire in that one.
 
Peripart said:
Anyway, that's my two pence worth. Just thought it was worth pointing out that not everyone hates the newer film!
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OK, I was too hasty in saying nobody liked the Burton one, and there are things in it I like (Rick Baker is the man to go to for any ape-related costumes and makeup), it just never picks up the concept and runs with it the way the original does. No matter that the Burton is more faithful to the book, the sixties one found far stronger connections to their society than the new one ever did to its era. Burton turned it into more of a straight-ahead sci-fi romp.

As a matter of interest, how does Thade replace himself on the Lincoln statue? I went away thinking that the planet of the Apes that time around was Mars thousands of years ago, and they had used the human techonology to colonise the Earth, with their civilisation moving in a parallel to ours.

Might sound funny, but even though I wasn't a fan of it, I'd like to see a sequel to the remake just to see how they sorted all this out. Even in the original series there were things that didn't add up. Wasn't there a website that tied all five of the original films up with explanations of how the plots logically worked out? Probably long gone by now.
 
OK, I was too hasty in saying nobody liked the Burton one
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Don't worry - no offence caused! Both films have their merits, and you're right, the earlier series was a better satire, but I sometimes think that people dismiss the newer film because it's seen as a lazy remake, and to me, that's missing the whole point of what Tim Burton set out to do.

I'm not saying that the newer film is a masterpiece, but I feel it's enjoyable on its own merits, and if you have an interest in the source material on which an adaptation is based, then this later film becomes a very interesting take on the tale.

gncxx said:
As a matter of interest, how does Thade replace himself on the Lincoln statue?
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Well, it's only my take on it, so bear with me...

The space anomaly seemed to have a time-reversing and -stretching effect. If you recall, Mark Wahlberg's chimp went through first, then he followed some minutes later, and then the space station crashed through after that - possibly maner hours after. Down on the planet, however, the crashed station was already there when Marky Mark arrived, and presumably had been for generations. The chimp arrived shortly (a few days, I'd guess) after hero man.

Based on this evidence, I'm assuming that the same thing worked on the reverse journey, so anyone leaving the planet to return to Earth after Wahlberg would actually arrive before him - how much before would depend on the delay in departure.

My theory is that Thade escaped (or was freed) from his cell in the crashed space station, and managed to retrieve the pod which he knew was still under the lake. Then, having learnt a bit about pushing buttons in his recent adventures, he managed to hit the "home" button, and so returned to Earth, some time in the late 1800s. Obviously, a little imagination is required to envisage the man/ape battles which followed, but that's the gist of what I believe, and what I think Burton had in mind.
 
Yeah, that would make sense too, and it's a lot more obvious than my convoluted theory!
 
I quite liked the Burton one. I thought that the ending implied that he'd kicked off a parallel time line... :?


Back to the originals

I liked the first two ape films, but but Beneath the Planet of the Apes really wrapped up the story. The third one started OK, but succumbed to silliness with the baby chimp going "Mama Mama" at the end. The other two sequels just confused the timeline even further and were increasingly cheap looking.
They ran into the trouble that the Terminator series is running into, that because of the time travel element the sequels are effectively prequels, and not particularly interesting ones.

The live action TV series felt like an over-extended version of the first movie and never seemed particularly necessary.

I've never seen the animated series.
 
The best thing about Escape is the opening, and Jerry Goldsmith's fantastic funk version of the experimental themes he wrote for the first one. Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8-9_MQ7E8M
Tell me that's not superb!

There are a couple of episodes of the cartoon on YouTube too, but we're talking el cheapo animation there.

Give Conquest another go next time it's on TV, though, it's more interesting than you might think, as long as you think "allegory", although obviously you will know how it ends the moment it starts even if you've never seen it before.
 
The original one is the best, Chuck Heston is awesome and Nova is beautiful. :spinning

I did enjoy the remake for what it was, the apes did look absolutely fantastic.


Zoltar
 
Pota

Bah ,I don't like remakes, original is the best, I liked that recent episode of American dad where the son is exhibiting socialist tendencies, dad sees the Che Guevara poster on the wall ' there's something we can agree on ,planet of the apes is a great movie'
 
I've just heard that one of the scriptwriters for the (really good) remake series of Battlestar Galactica is trying to get a remake of Conquest of the Planet of the Apes off the ground. Supposedly a fine, intelligent script, too.

I know you can complain about Hollywood being out of ideas, but it's been like that for so long we may as well hope for the best for the ones they do remake, and Conquest is one of the best Apes sequels in my humble opinion. It was filmed on a budget that barely covered the Ape masks, so more money might match the ambition of the original script.
 
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111801 ... id=13&cs=1

Fox sets release for 'Apes' prequel
Rupert Wyatt to direct 'Rise of the Apes'
By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK

Studio is partnering with Peter Jackson's visual effects company WETA Digital on the film, which relaunches the "Planet of the Apes" franchise.

Chernin Entertainment is producing.

Wyatt will direct from a script by Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, who also are producing with Chernin Entertainment's Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark.

"Rise of the Apes" is an origins story set in present-day San Francisco. The film is a reality-based cautionary tale, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.

WETA will render, for the first time ever in the film series, photo-realistic apes rather than costumed actors.
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Sounds like they're going ahead with it after all. They've altered the plot, but it's still recognisably Conquest, now with added CGI.
 
At last! Always good to end a trailer with a gorilla leaping at a helicopter. If this is a hit, does that mean that the sequel will be a remake of Battle for the Planet of the Apes?
 
gncxx said:
At last! Always good to end a trailer with a gorilla leaping at a helicopter.
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Agreed, although it did raise my expectations for Pride and Prejudice a bit too much, in retrospect!

TBH, although I've enjoyed the various version of the Apes films (even though none of them - particularly not the 1968 version - quite follow the original book's final twist), I've only come across trailers for the latest film in the last couple of days. Good news for fans of Simian cinema is that it's out in the UK on August 11th.

gncxx said:
If this is a hit, does that mean that the sequel will be a remake of Battle for the Planet of the Apes?
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I suppose so, but since they've seemingly not kept any of the ape evolution back-story consistent with previous movies, they could presumably make a sequel any way they wished. The only direct correlation with Tim Burton's film would appear to be the title font on the posters!
 
Interesting to see James Franco in this - where will he get his hand stuck this time?
 
I saw the new movie last Friday-it was better than I expected.
No doubt in my mind they will do (or are already doing) a sequel-I think it did really well in box office receipts over the weekend.
 
gncxx said:
New Dawn of the Planet of the Apes teaser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_9-3Fj3ZdI

Rise was way better than it could have been, so high hopes for this one. It is a essentially remake of Battle, though, so...
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To anyone who's played GTA5 and seen 'The Simian' trailer ahead of Michael's movie, all future Planet of the Apes remakes are redundant.
THAT, I'd watch.
 
Full story:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film ... d-Cup.html

World Cup viewers were exposed to more violence than they might expect during the Argentina match against Holland on Wednesday night when the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes clip was shown during the advertisement break at halftime.

The trailer for the science-fiction action film was released online in June. However, many of the 9.7 million people watching the game, half of the audience share, according to overnights.tv, were viewing it for the first time.

There is a scene in the clip in which an ape pretends to befriend two armed humans before stealing one of their guns and shooting them both dead...

However, complaints were made because people thought the timing of violent advert within the semi-final was inappropriate, despite being shown at 10pm, after the watershed. BBC radio presenter Tim Wheeler commented: "Thanks for selling ads to #DawnofApes showing a chimp blowing a man's head off when kids will be awake for World Cup".
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The trailer in question plays at the link. Surely it wasn't as offensive as Gary Oldman's been recently? All grist to the publicity mill, I suppose. Is Paul Williams in this one?
 
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