Classic TV - Planet of the Apes

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[@BlackieNuff]

I still find the entire POTA saga of the original run a mind-blowing experience. When I nabbed the original 5 films on DVD, I decided to add the TV series (also on DVD) to my collection, and while I found the TV series "not as good" as the films, it was still pretty decent, and I was disappointed to learn it was unceremoniously cut short (canceled), with a couple of episodes unaired (which I think are included in the DVD set), without benefit of a formal conclusive episode to wrap things up. I really wish that shows which get suddenly canceled, are either granted a proper 1-2 episode finale, or at the VERY least, a "scrolling epilogue" that is added to the "last" episode in the series that provides some closure for viewers.

[@andrewdrabble8939]

Loved this series. Eventually bought it on DVD and finding out there was an unaired episode on it. The series dealt with quite a few matters eg: malaria, torture to gain information, hero worship, and above all, slavery. I always smiled when I heard Mark Lenard as Urko pronounce the word astronaut

[@fuzzballzz36]

Mark Lenard was great, and often funny as Urko. "Well how can you wash the brain if you don't take it out of the skull!"

[@allenjones3130]

TV series based on films have generally been unsuccessful. In all likelihood, "POTA" would still have been a ratings failure even if CBS had put the show in a better time slot.

[@chelseaacidcasual2825]

The first “Planet of the apes” movie is an iconic film and years ahead in many ways.

[@mtrich8113]

Planet of the Apes back then was a phenomenal in the 70s. I was always looking forward to CBS showing the movies and was really excited when the series came out. True it didn't have this spark the movies had but it was still enjoyable.

[@williamporter7596]

Always looked forward to the POTA series when it was first airing, getting the dvd boxset much later the formula of each episode was much more obvious. Still love the opening theme though. And the whole Apes concept. The Marvel comics opened up the world a lot more.

[@tub19]

Remember the cartoon as well.

[@gmorgan7603]

Wow. Remember watching the TV show when I was little. You really hit the nostalgic nerve

[@axxessmundi]

I remember all the toys for Planet of the Apes. What a great time to be a kid.

[@insanelook]

Absolutely loved that show in the mid 70's, I was kindda 8 years old then, the intro was simply enough to remain legendary.

[@fernandoruiz8109]

During the 70's, here in the NYC area, WABC ran "The 4:30 Movie" which were movies edited down to an hour and a half and shown every afternoon before the local news broadcast. Often, The 4:30 Movie featured week-long themes where they would air similarly themed movies every day for a week. There was "Godzilla Week," "Monster Week" and others. "Ape Week" of course featured most of the original Planet Of The Ape films (The first was shown in two parts over two days so "Battle" never made the cut for Ape Week.) Ape Week was very popular and led to a SECOND Ape Week. This second week featured "movies" that were actually two episodes of the TV series edited together into one flick. They actually got Roddy McDowell to reprise his Galen role and film book end hosting sequences that aired before and after each. On the last day after the last movie, "Galen" told the audience that Alan and Pete eventually found a way home!

[@slagit]

They did the same thing in Texas at the time. Fun memories as a kid watching those afternoon films. I also recall during the APES weeks showings they also had some behind the scenes material they would show some days.

[@samslick9000]

I remember being at school on Friday full of anticipation of it airing that evening. My favourite show as a kid

[@IggyStardust1967]

Top of the morning to you, Jonny! My introduction to Planet of the Apes was during that "Movie of the Week" showing that you talked about. I was a young child, and the movies appealed to me right off the bat. We were allowed to watch such "violent" content back then, and I am very glad for it. When the TV show came out, I noticed a lot of differences between it and the movies, but felt it could be explained away by being the "first go through" of the paradox. The series took place in the original timeline, before Taylor's ship(and Brent's) landed back on Earth the first time, which changed the timeline. As Yoda put it in Attack of the Clones, "Truly wonderful, the mind of a child, is." Needless to say, because I had fallen in love with the movies and the show, I ended up with all the toys. Still have some of them, despite being in horrible condition. Hey, they were well used, don't judge. ;) I want to "side note" for a moment; I am not a fan of reboots, remakes, reimagining's, etc. However, the recently done trilogy of Apes movies were well written, well acted, and overall, very well done. Let's not mention the Tim Burton one... the less said about that, the better. Growing up in the 70s, and coming of age in the 80s, was truly a wonderful thing to experience. We had entertainments, such as Planet of the Apes, which gave us a measure of social commentary, without beating us over the head with an Agenda. The commentary was there specifically to make us think, rather than believe a certain way. It opened our minds to possibilities undreamed. I look forward to your next video. Have a wonderful day!

[@rsangala]

Such a good series, a remake would be great. I am watching it again currently

[@theninthheart4736]

A ‘ remake’ lol

[@georgelea4297]

Loved the movie and enjoyed the tv series

[@jasona9]

As a child, I enjoyed this series far more than ANY of the 'Ape Sequel movies'. There was great quality in this series and acting by Roddy McDowall, James Naughton and Ron Harper. Unfortunately, the series was EXPENSIVE and it was running against hit comedy series like "Chico and the Man" and "Sanford and Son". It was destined to be cancelled after only 14 episodes (only 13 aired on TV). The entire series is available on DVD. I recommend, especially for young 'Ape' fans. Sequels like 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' (mutants and atomic bombs) were too scary for young viewers. This series is good 'Ape' family fun!

[@penhdog2207]

I loved this video! Now am having flashbacks to some of my earliest memories which are of play planet of the apes figures (or models, I can't clearly remember). I loved this as a kid.

[@jackgrattan1447]

Lalo Schifrin's best known work is the theme from MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.

[@kevinmarcus5125]

I absolutely love the original Planet of the Apes movie series (that was my “thing” growing up before Star Wars). And I also loved the TV series and had all the Mego dolls, paperbacks, etc. Although short-lived, this series will forever live in my heart! Roddy McDowell was amazing and I thought Ron Harper & David Naughton made the most of it. Too bad sci-fi shows weren’t given a chance to thrive back in the early/mid-70s, as this show could’ve grown into something really great and long lasting.

[@marktaylor4674]

I loved watching this TV series...

[@doorswhofan]

I loved the entire franchise as a kid in the 70s: The movies, the TV show, the animated cartoon, the toys and other regalia. POTA, Star Trek, Logan's Run, Space: 1999, Star Wars. The 70s were a spectacular time to be a sci-fi fan. :-)

[@Gerry1of1]

Highly underrated series. I have the box set and have watched more than once.

[@BigGiantMonster]

I read an interview with Roddy McDowell once right before he died, he said that the cancellation of this show was his biggest professional regrets. He said "There were so many stories left to tell." As I recall the plots were formulaic as they say here, but some of these episodes were social commentary and hold up as well as the early Trek, if not better, IMO

[@robd1329]

Legacy was the best episode of the tv series

[@DerekNewtonKeswick]

All these classic shows should be on Netflix.

[@funzjag]

Great review , as usual. I remember watching and enjoying this show as a boy. Even at a very young age (5 to 6 years old) I realized that every episode was basically the same.

[@drewnogy]

I was 11 when the show came on, and after about six episodes, I realized the same thing.

[@funzjag]

@@drewnogy Still, I wanted to watch it every week because I was fascinated by the Ape world. Also, as mundane and repetitive as the show was, it was still better than whatever else was on the tube. My fascination with Science Fiction began at the tender age of 4. I remember my dad telling me that I couldn't watch Star Trek if I didn't stop sucking my thumbs. It worked, the absence of Star Trek really gave me a scare.

[@funzjag]

@Dark Wolf Yep, that's the formula. If I remember correctly, the cartoon was much the same.

[@iananderson3799]

The series was a huge success in the UK.

[@christopherumberger6142]

I really wish this show had lasted longer

[@josephvalenzuela311]

I really liked this show. Born in 1970. I also like The Logan Run TV Show as well

[@geoffjoffy]

The make up for the time was awesome. Still is!

[@starclone4]

It was a cool series... I enjoyed it greatly !!!!

[@whitleybayman123]

Loved this as a kid.

[@tomgrossnickle9705]

"Can someone please help me aim the tv antenna ?...the Apes are on!" There were absolutely no interruptions Friday nights when the tv series came on as a kid. Great memories .... Thank you Roddy 🐵

[@rods6405]

Same hear Tv series was great use to discuss it at school the next day!

[@jerseyforhawks]

I was 10 when this premiered on TV, and loved it. Seems few others did. Too bad.

[@dalecooper9942]

I loved Planet of the Alps

[@thrashpondopons2776]

Funny Mr. Naughton mentioned 'The Fugitive'... Because Virtually ALL US TV Sci/Fi (apart from anthology series!) Fits 'The Fugitive' templet! IE... Hero is seeking something WHILST being ruthlessly pursued by someone / thing! Going from place-to-place & making things 'just a little bit better' when they move on! It's my understanding that even Ellison's 'A Boy & His Dog' Teleplay (had it been picked up) would have gone the same road!

[@cha5]

The original 1968 movie will always be my favorite, I showed my nephew and niece my Blu-Ray of that movie and they were really into it, although before the end of the film he was able to figure out that this was taking place in the Earth of the future. He still really loved that film though. Probably as a kid the 1968 film, BTPOTA and the TV series and Saturday Morning cartoon are what I remember most from the Ape franchise.

[@jilescrouch3211]

I was 9 yrs old when the tv series came out. I was fascinated by the whole Planet of the Apes phenomenon. It was a huge part of my childhood. I have all the dvd movies regular and blu ray along with the tv show and cartoon series. Still loves them. So much fun to watch on lazy cold days.

[@Monkofmagnesia]

Thank you for all the work it took to make this enjoyable video. I was twelve when the show first aired and now I have the episodes in a boxed DVD set. I gave you a Thumbs Up and Subscribed.

[@RadioFanBoy]

After the show was cancelled, 20th Century Fox TV was able to sneak it into syndication by reworking 10 of the episodes into 5 "new" Ape Sequels: "Return To The Planet Of The Apes", Forgotten City Of The Planet Of The Apes", "Treachery and Greed On The Planet Of The Apes", "Life, Liberty and Pursuit on The Planet Of The Apes", "Farewell To The Planet Of The Apes"

[@DerekNewtonKeswick]

I was born in 69 and grew up during what I believe was the best era for tv and movies. I loved this show and recall collecting the bubblegum cards which I obsessed over.

[@rudyrudy6882]

Thank you for your work, and give us souvenirs for our youth

[@peterpayne2219]

I was born in 1968 and have a huge love of this film.

[@generalyellor2187]

You could make a drinking game out of this. Every time the narrator says "Plana" of the Apes, you take a drink, and by the time you completed the nine-and-a-half minutes of the video, you'd be flat-out drunk. I'm teasing because I appreciate the video, and for the first time in decades learned a few things I didn't already know. And because I was Gene Roddenberry's fitness trainer a few years before be passed, I wish I had known he had this kind of involvement in my favorite franchise of all time because I would have ambushed him with all sorts of questions.

[@admiralawesomeDC]

I loved the Planet of the Apes tv series, here in the UK it was very popular, I remember all my friends at school talking about it, back when there was no such thing as a reality TV show, i miss those days

[@101Waylander]

I loved the tv series. I remember being gifted the annuals for Christmas. I bought the entire series on DVD a few years ago, and still enjoy watching it.

[@trevorrandom]

I was Ape for the TV series!

[@thrashpondopons2776]

You've gone Bananas!

[@randybarnett2308]

I liked the planet of the Apes TV series,much better than that horrible Mark Wahlberg movie.🦍

[@robd1329]

Did you remeber the episode Times Legacy? I highly recommend it!

[@trevorrandom]

@@robd1329 this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6esfod8gL-ad9E

[@spinofthewheel5345]

@@randybarnett2308 the worst planet of apes film out of all of them

[@plumcrazypreston2797]

Right after the last Apes film came out in 1973, America was pretty much all "aped out" by then to continue to follow this craze on television in 1974. In 1975, a cartoon version of this came out but would not last long. There was an episode of the Mike Douglas show in the early-mid 1970's where Mike himself was made up in an ape mask during the program. I was an American soldier and know full well how ungodly uncomfortable greasy war paint is to wear on one's face and can sympathize with the Ape actors as Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter.

[@karatefella]

Lalo Schiffrin also scored the music for the Bruce Lee film Enter The Dragon

[@tintomara6209]

Not to mention arguably his most iconic-Mission Impossible!

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

Can't wait to see you review The Brady Bunch at some point

[@vtbn53]

Aaaaaaggghhhh aaaaa!

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

The first Planet of The Apes is a bloody terrific film. Beneath The Planet of The Apes is a boring sequel in the same way that Exorcist 2 was boring. Escape From The Planet of The Apes is a little bit entertaining Conquest of The Planet of The Apes is pretty brutal The less said about Battle for The Planet of The Apes, the better. This TV show was just a cash in.

[@greyinvader]

Agreed all except for Beneath. It's a little dull but nowhere near as bad as Exorcist II. Also Escape is awesome .

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

@@greyinvader I beg to differ. I personally put Beneath the Planet of The Apes in the same category as Exorcist II and Beyond The Poseidon Adventure as pretentious depressing 70s movie sequels that take themselves way too seriously

[@greyinvader]

@@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051 Cool. I think I just like a lot of bad 70s movies. I have a special affinity for movies where the Earth is destroyed, hence my fondness for Beneath.

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

@@greyinvader I love everything about the early to mid 70s

[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

@Daniel Appleton Yeah

[@fuzzballzz36]

I love this show and have the DVD set. I honestly wish it had at least gotten a second season. I loved the writing, the characters, the music, the actors, everything. They put it on too late in the evening and put it on opposite Sanford and Son, basically setting up the show to lose. One correction though: 4:13 Urko never sent anyone to protect Virdon and Burke. He wanted to execute them immediately. Galen helped them escape and foiled a plan amongst the gorillas to murder the two, becoming a fugitive in the process.

[@mato5758]

I loved the TV series, have it on dvd set too. Always thought it strange the 2 astronauts were always clean shaven.... Like they are on the run, trying to survive, but must have always had time for a daily shave....

[@aaronstoyscollectiblesandg7681]

The mego toys are so good I got the old ones and the new ones

[@davepavey2737]

I loved this series, i even own this Series of shows on DVD to this Day, and every Ape film, old and new. To an 8 year old boy, Planet of the Apes, (POTA) had everything, ie space, adventure, and "Monkey's on Horseback with Rifles" I just loved this series, to a wide eyed 8 year old, POTA it was magical, and as a 8 year old anything was possible! Sadly in the UK it was shown on Saturday morning Telly, just before World of Sport at 1pm, So it basically was deemed a Children's program, it may have already been dead an buried before it's uk airing, but I loved it, and it and all the POTA films are as valued in my DVD collection as Stargate, but i have other 60's and 70's Classic such as Kojak, Hawaii 5 O, The Sweeney and many others. I JUST LOVE THESE OLD SHOWS. ie to a growing child these were my heroes, and they still are! :)

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

Born in 71, I discovered POTA is the late 70's as Saturday Matinee's and syndicated re-runs. I can remember being terrified of an apes run society and their experiments on the humans the found in the original 1968 film. These days I really enjoy the original film and it's first sequel Beneath the Planet of the Apes and find them both very re-watchable. The others are kind of mediocre for me, but I did have the whole line of Mego Toys that came out, and still wish I did. But we played with our toys as kids and they are lost to the ravages of time and my Mom's garage sales while I attending college in later years.

[@NelsonStJames]

Remember recording the opening of this series on it's premiere off the television with my Super 8 camera I was such a fan of the PotA series. Also Marvel comics has a very nice B&W magazine out around this time that adapted the movies as well as had an original story set in the original PotA timeline. The book was cancelled before the story came to completion, but it's still a good read.

[@和田裕広志-o2c]

テレビドラマ版の『 Planet of Apes 』の日本語吹き替えには、あの！植木等さんが、チンパンジーのギャラン( ゲイラン starring by ロディ = マクダゥウェル )の声を演じていました❗

[@Jetfire-kk1ti]

To quote Nomad, "Your facts are uncoordinated". The ship in the pilot episode was NOT from the first film. It was from "Escape From The Planet Of The Apes". There are major differences. The ship in the first film did not have the gull wing hatch. It was larger and had a circular hatch in the nose. Burke, Virdon and Jonesy were NOT in suspended animation. There was no room for the cryo-chambers. The ship in the first film was much larger.

[@DerekNewtonKeswick]

The Fantastic Journey is one of those series that I find no one remembers. I really liked it.

[@kevinmarcus5125]

I do! Weird, but fun! I love 1970s sci-fi and still enjoy watching my childhood favorites. FYI - this series is on dvd (from Australia - see eBay!)

[@slagit]

The actually had that on a digital channel about a half a year ago. I forget which one as there are so many out there.

[@michaelmcchesney6645]

I was 7 years-old in 1975 and watching this show during its original broadcasts was my first exposure to the Planet of the Apes. I remember some time after I had first started watching the show, I was given a Planet of the Apes coloring book. But I remember being upset because it was based on the original Charlton Heston film and not what I was familiar with. That was something of a pattern in my childhood. My first exposure to several famous films wasn't the films themselves but spin off TV shows, usually cartoons. For example, I used to watch the Filmation Fantastic Voyage cartoon as well as their Journey to the Center of the Earth cartoon. Now I really wish some streaming service would offer the Filmation cartoon library. Though if I could only pick one show it would be the Hanna Barbara produced Banana Splits. I really loved the Arabian Knights and Three Musketeers cartoons that aired as part of that show. I was less a fan of the Jan Michael Vincent/Ronne Troup live action Danger Island serial. But I had a real crush on Ronne Troup on My Three Sons.

[@PhilosophyINC]

I remember when this show was canceled, I was eight, and just couldn't understand why.

[@cheddarcheese7928]

Too young for the original run. I got introduced to it when it would appear in the 1980’s as a “Go Ape” week of T.V. Movies..The uhf network would give it names like “Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes.Loved it!

[@jamesburnsfisher3304]

The first movie will allways be a hallmark in sci-fi.Its at the time groundbreaking make up and distopian story with a surprise ending kept it playing at drive -ins and tv for many years.Unfortunately the concept was getting old by the time it hit the small screen.Kim Hunter was wise to stay away and they must have paid McDowell very well to get him back.

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

I only saw the TV series when it aired on MeTV a couple of years ago. Too bad it got cancelled so soon. I personally loved seeing Mark Lenard as General Urko.

[@brandonb1681]

This show was great. The sets, props, and music were much better than the normal 70's sci-fi stuff. Using horses kind of gave me a western vibe when watching. It is better than the Starlost.

[@jimsimpers127]

While the series was not nearly as good as the movies, it definitely had it's moments. Sad that only 13 of the 14 episodes originally aired, but the DVD set had all of them. And some were put together to make some 2-hour movies. I recall one was Life, Liberty and Happiness on the Planet of the Apes, cant recall the others

[@HerrEllsworth]

Actually, all 14 episodes did air originally. My brother remembered them all.

[@prokesuk]

I never saw the TV series, that I can remember. But, I had the Mego Galen and Astronaut figures. At the time I thought they were characters from the movies.

[@robertpolanco1973]

Personally, I kind of liked the "Planet of the Apes" TV series even though it wasn't in any way perfect. I also LOVED the "Apes" movies because they were unique in every way from 1968 to 1973. As for the 2001 remake, it was so damn awful because it was laughable and a total mockery of the themes that were presented in the original films. As for the later reboots of "Rise...," "Dawn...," and "War...," I would admit that I had a hard time with those movies because they were so unalike the original "Apes" films as well. Anyway, the "Apes" TV series had some interesting moments as well as the way the plots of the episodes were presented in the best science-fiction way possible.

[@paulrose319]

Got this one on DVD

[@cresshead]

great tv show watched at the time at was shown in UK now also have the DVD's

[@MarvelX42]

Have you ever done the Logans Run TV series or The Fantastic Journey TV series?

[@mariogiresi6792]

Very good vid. Believe it or not, I enjoyed the 1975 cartoon series more the 1974 live action one. It stayed close to the world we knew from the first two films.

[@cyberfrank-bx2nv]

Urko was Sarek, ha, ha! I had no idea.

[@henrikschmidt3964]

The next time I need to fall asleep really fast, I'll go and put on this video.

[@andykaufman7620]

Realize that this TV series is set 1000 years after Battle for Planet of the Apes but that movie is a resetting of the timeline and a new 'future' that the original 1968 movie was not going to be that same new future. Meaning when Cornelius goes back in time with Zira they change their own past, or tweak it, and so the Humans and Apes are living in 'harmony by the end of that movie speaking of Caesar as the Lawgiver, but the re-ignition of Ape superiority and human fragility fracture this harmony, and why can the humans talk? Because remember the timeline was re-set and humans lived alongside Apes in a new society so that the world Taylor found was not going to be the future. That also means the humans who are mutants in Beneath the Planet of the Apes need not be the future human offshoot either.

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

I haven't seen these episodes since their original run on TV. I was a kid of course, but I really thought the show was on ABC. I wonder if any of those unused scripts will adapted in comic book form or something. Are they out there anywhere to even read online? Fun Fact: I was intrigued when the final current film War for the Planet of the Apes explained the mute humans as the result of a type of virus that effected the intelligence centers of the brain.

[@salliewagenblatt5188]

I actually think the cartoon series of planet of the apes called return to the planet of the apes was even better then the live action tv show as it was more closer to the book the original movie was based on with the apes having modern technology such as tv cars and radios and felt more exacting and moved at a faster pace if this series had been that it meant have had a longer life though I did like this aswell it's just a shame nether show lasted beyond there first series without conclusions.JB would love to see you do a retrospective review on the animated series.

[@kevinmarcus5125]

I have both the tv series and animated series on dvd! Highly recommend picking them up if you can.

[@salliewagenblatt5188]

Don't think the cartoon series is available in the uk on dvd as far as i know it's the only thing of the planet of the apes franchise you can't get hear.

[@slagit]

Yep the animated series was close to the MONKEY PLANET book. Of course in the books the humans were mute and running around nude. There really were much more like animals than even in the films I guess.

[@andrewjurkiewicz4393]

Bought the DVD series last week

[@jmen4ever257]

Me tv shows POTA every Saturday night. Having Roddy Mcdowall and Mark Leonard made the show. Shame it didn't last longer.

[@FandersonUfo]

Your music at the end sounds very familiar.

[@louisborselio8608]

U.F.O.

[@PrimarchX]

Looks like "Starsky and Hutch on the Planet of the Apes".

[@MarsGundam]

I came across the series on KZbin, I found it to be very interesting. Was more entertaining than Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

[@celticsarebest]

It’s to bad the series didn’t change over at the end with more special effects and better stories.Could of lasted a few more years

[@jeffreydevoti7000]

Really enjoyed the first movie, I thought the TV slow was cheesy and cashing in but I enjoyed it anyway. Another sci-fi from The late 70's was Quark staring Richard Bengerman as space garbage collectors. Light-hearted and funny, but cancelled after not too many episodes.

[@archenema6792]

Their biggest mistake was not using Jerry Goldsmith. He created the most iconic soundtrack of all time for the 1st movie.

[@TheJayrockerr]

ArchEnema 67 -I agree. That is one of my all time favorite soundtracks. Jerry Goldsmith is underrated. However, I do see him getting a little more praise now. Like so many greats. Sadly, after his passing.

[@MonaichFother]

So Lalo Schifrin wasn't good enough for you? The composer of "Theme from Mission: Impossible" with five Grammy Awards and six Oscar nominations.

[@robertpolanco1973]

@ArchEnema 67 - Well, Goldsmith USED to do his music scores for television BEFORE he ended up doing only movies for the rest of his career. So I can understand what you were saying about Goldsmith.

[@dadoctah]

Sorry you didn't mention Marvel's black-and-white comic series that took place sometime between "Battle" and the TV series. It featured a couple of young people, one human and one chimpanzee, named Jason and Alexander, on the run from the authorities, and was interspersed with similar comic adaptations of the five films. (You also didn't mention that James Naughton's brother was David Naughton, of "I'm a Pepper" and American Werewolf in London fame.)

[@micshork]

I wish this series had a proper ending and used some of the scrapped scripts. I’d say an even 28 Episodes would have been good.

[@battlestarmarc]

Great sci fi show that should have lasted longer.

[@robd1329]

This needs a Netflix remake!

[@andykaufman7620]

I would like to see a re-boot of the original series with that same style of Ape, not like the new movies, but due to advances in technology realize a more realistic portrayal would be one where the apocalypse happens much farther in the future and thus they have to advance human civilization much further than the 20th century. That is not easy to do so maybe the Apes or Astronaut encounter Robots or Androids the more advanced humans left behind, or AI and many other possibilities. The Apes were largely pre-industrial technology, had rifles and pistols, and basic cannon. Largely speaking they were effectively more like a 19th century fighting force.

[@andykaufman7620]

The Fantastic Voyage is awesome.

[@theninthheart4736]

Lol @reboot. Television & film is over, it’s dead, long gone

[@platiniathens8066]

I watched at last the 14 episodes of the TV series. Pity the series didnt make it. I wonder if the 2 astronauts could ever manage to rerurn back home.

[@kascnef]

The movie made the book popular

[@simonparry5958]

Novels shown novelise the cartoon series, not live action, pictures are wrong

[@guyfawkes8313]

There were 5 POTA movies. 😉

[@godzilla6740]

The ape tv show, as u say, u could tell where studio cut costs especially makeup. It seemed like the same type storyline every week. By the time the tv show appeared the franchise was getting a bit long in the tooth. The last feature was more silly than the rest of the films and even in the sequels u could see where studio cut costs.

[@VCYT]

I bet president Trump thinks 'planet of the apes' is a film about Africa.

[@G0Chiefs]

So Dr. Zaius lived 1000 years?

[@chrismulwee4911]

I thought I heard that this series was a midquel, taking place between the events of the first and second movies.

[@gailbrooks4883]

I loved the show. It needed better stories. I loved Pete Burke and had the books too.

[@General_Urko_ItsACityOfApes]

Mark Lenard Ooga Booga.

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

Yep, STAR WARS pretty much cancelled all of this sci-fi.

[@theninthheart4736]

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[@Endgame707]

@@theninthheart4736 i come from an alternate universe where apes oppressed humans from 1392 to 1765 the apes colonized earth and enslaved humans

[@Endgame707]

Say no to ape imperialism and colonialism

[@seanabbins5481]

The series could have been so much more; it didn't live up to its potential. One problem is that the characters were too one dimensional. The astronauts were always so smart, innovative and ethical, whereas the villains of the episodes were always ignorant, stupid and corrupt. The movies, especially the first one, had an ambiguity to the characters, where reasonable viewers can see both sides of the argument; this was absent from the show and the show suffered because of it. It was fun to see different parts of the ape civilization and I it was always enjoyable to a degree, but the scripts never were outstanding. I would be interested to see what Rod Serling's scripts were like and if he could have improved the show with his creative talent.

[@JENDALL714]

The show was never given a chance, it should have taken a break at Christmas and than come back in the spring, to allow time to tweak the show, but it was cancelled right before the Holidays and never came back, that's a lot of time and effort wasted.