Coby goes ape for PLANET OF THE APES (1968) Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING

Planet of the Apes (1968)
Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling, loosely based on the 1963 novel by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, and Linda Harrison. In the film, an astronaut crew crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future. Although the planet appears desolate at first, the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which apes have evolved into creatures with human-like intelligence and speech. The apes have assumed the role of the dominant species and humans are mute creatures wearing animal skins.
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[@Houston727Gal]

The doll didn’t have any batteries. It was a 60s iteration of a “Mama Doll”. Supposedly, that sound was suppose to be a baby saying “mama”. When you tipped it over, it made that noise. I remember playing with one. Good grief, I’m old!

[@AlanCanon2222]

With tiny little phonographs in them.

[@troyhoneck520]

@@AlanCanon2222 No, it had a diaphram inside that expands and contracts with air going in and out when tilted, causing the "mama" sounds.

[@RonColeArt]

Thank You. I was about to write the very same reply. Only people of our generation can remember toys that worked without batteries that were invented back when the human species knew how to build things with hands that had opposable thumbs and brains capable of operating them. The battery generations made a dessert of it.

[@gdiaz8827]

That's OK I remember taking the heads off the dolls the girl that own them got mad. It was a phase I just wanted to see inside and how they worked. Do they even make cord dolls anymore or is everything on batteries?

[@spencerbookman2523]

@@troyhoneck520...powered by, I assume, a shifting weight under the influence of gravity.

[@inhumanmusic1411]

There were three different classes of apes. 1: Gorillas. They are the soldiers and grunts. 2: Chimpanzees (Zera and Cornelius). They are the scientists and educators. 3: Orangutans (Zaius). They are the leaders, clergy and keepers of the faith. Also, the doll didn't have batteries. At the time of this film, most dolls didn't use them and used a bellows system instead.

[@gastronomist]

Bonobos are left out as usual. They don't get no love.

[@Rem91067]

@@gastronomist Gibbons also seem to have been forgotten.

[@gastronomist]

@@Rem91067 That's true. The gibbon always gets singled out as the weird kid in the playground.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

1. Dodge: doesn't dodge very well 2. Landon: doesn't landin' very well 3. Taylor: makes his own clothes: first and saving thing Zhira notices about him

[@benji285]

@@gastronomist And for good reason : gibbons are classified as apes, yes but lesser ones ; they're much less intelligent than gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans.

[@jedsithor]

He can talk. He can talk, he can talk, he can talk he can talk...I CAN SIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGG!!!

[@richardfriedman2633]

I saw this movie when it first came out in 1968 in New York City. In the scene where Charlton Heston first gets his voice back and yells “Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty apes” the ENTIRE audience stood up and started cheering and screaming at the tops of their lungs. I will never forget that moment.

[@Hammster69official]

What did the New Yorkers think of the ending?

[@paulknight9998]

bot

[@ChurchNietzsche]

​@@Hammster69official Zing!!

[@charles1203]

@@Hammster69official I can tell you being from ny I watched it at home sometime in the 80’s my dad had recorded it on vhs. That ending scared me. My dad was an American born in nyc. My mom was Dominican lived in nyc married to my dad. I used to love the statue of liberty and when I saw that ending I was like mom look at this. When she saw it she said, they destroyed it. I asked my dad what had happened and he explained, atomic war.

[@bbsj86]

Cringe American reaction

[@goORIOLES236]

Something important to note about this movie is that it was written by Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, which is why the iconic twist at the end is handled so beautifully.

[@briangregory6303]

My thoughts exactly.

[@prunyanprunyan8139]

Maybe the screenplay was written by Rod Serling. I don't know. But the book the movie was taken from was written by Pierre Boulle.

[@trentrock3210]

@@prunyanprunyan8139 I read that the book was satirical, and the author despised the movie.

[@robertlehnert4148]

Rod essentially re-wrote "I shot An Arrow Into the air" episode of the Twilight Zone

[@Stogie2112]

The film was based on Pierre Boulle's novel (1963). Rod Serling wrote the script, but that was scrapped (except for the end scene). Serling's version would have involved a lot of expensive props and sets. Michael Wilson was hired to rewrite the rest of the script.

[@randybass8842]

In the "old days" of the 1960s, dolls didn't need batteries. They "talked" by gravity and air pressure, as this one they found in the cave. Some had wind-up springs - you'd pull a string to wind it up and then let it go to unwind and speak.

[@vincentsaia6545]

Nova was played by Linda Harrison, a former Miss Maryland who was married to production head Richard Zanuck at the time.

[@timmooney7528]

She played Miss Gotham City and appeared a few other times in various roles on the 60's Batman series.

[@NateAZ]

More recently, she was in Cocoon and Cocoon: The Return, still looks fantastic also.

[@steveray9655]

She also had a small part in Tim Burton's version of "Planet of the Apes".

[@williamhicks7736]

Theatergoers in 1968, which was a very tumultuous time, were shocked by the ending… it still gives me chills when I see it… that and the scene where Taylor cries, “It’s a madhouse, a MADHOUSE!”

[@kmcleod31721]

I still use those lines all the time. When I'm stuck in traffic, stuck at the grocery store check out that's out of control. "It's a madhouse! MADHOUSE!"

[@BiffMan42]

So glad to see someone starting off with the originals, they seem to get lost in the noise of the reboots these days. Dated, but still so iconic and Charleton Heston in his prime is such a charismatic actor.

[@keithparker1346]

I'm 2 films into the modern reboot but prefer the original 60s 70s block. There's almost no mystery at all in the newer versions and they play out like zombie or war movies

[@BiffMan42]

@@keithparker1346 Yeah, I do hope she circles back to at least #2 and #3 of the originals at some point.

[@jamesba-xd7xf]

THANK YOU for reacting to this great movie, Im 64 and this was the first movie I ever saw in the theatre in march 1968 when I was 8 years old. my mother dropped me and my older brother off at the theatre on a cold saturday morning, we sat on the 4th row from the front. this movie scared the hell out of me especially when the apes were first shown!, I covered my eyes for a few seconds. the ending of this movie blew EVERYBODYIES Mind!, the theatre was silent and everybodies jaw dropped even when they were leaving the theatre. this movie will always be special to me for those reasons. I just wish more reactors would watch this movie.

[@JohnDAmico-ci2hz]

Exactly..... Was pretty traumatizing for it's time, especially that ending with the Statue of Liberty

[@allanrose3661]

I'm 64 and saw it in 68 also. A great childhood memory.

[@jameshose5043]

great story thank you ! i’m 60 and saw it on tv at probably the same age, in the early 1970s i never would miss it if i could help it, and had the lunch box

[@pixelroutine4609]

Charlton Heston. One of the greatest actors ever and this is coming from a guy who wasn't even alive in the man's prime.

[@SeeMore-ki7mq]

I was 9 when I watched Ben Hur at the cinema, still one of the greatest films ever made.

[@rfahy72]

Yep I agree, Heston was a man's man. He would be considered the dreadful toxic masculine type these days...

[@user-up7op1kb5v]

The Heston is THE greatest actor of all time. Soylent Green, POTA, Omega Man, etc... etc... Cinematic gold.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

A great actor but a horrible human being he even had to get his pro gun message into this movie saying he would rather have a gun even if he doesn't have to use it. It's a shame he was'nt as concerned about the cold dead hands of all the children that have died in school shootings since he made that comment.

[@user-up7op1kb5v]

@@WinstonSmith19847i guess marching in the civil rights movement made him horrible as well eh? Nothing wrong with the gun comment. The fact that they've been a staple since early americana and a constitutional right is the primary reason you even have the right to even make such a two dimensional comment. That's a personal preference of yours... not a testament to his character.

[@seandlg57]

Almost 60 years old and very relevant.

[@darthroden]

The irony of Taylor's journey is he left Earth because he was disgusted with his fellow humans. Then he found a place where humans were the second class under evolved apes. He makes the case that man was there before them and was better....only to find out that Dr. Zeius was right in the worst possible way.

[@civwar64bob77]

I love your reactions, Coby. Since you kept mentioning how Dr. Zaius and all the other blond apes looking the same, you missed that the head politico/scientists like him were orangutan descendants, the gorillas were the hunters on horseback, and the chimps were Cornelius/Zira, et. al.

[@pasteye1671]

Back in the day, film-makers did not have the modern crutches of CGI, etc and so had to use skill and intelligence to make films. Also, sequels were fewer (bad example here!) so, many more original scripts were produced, but all having the same essential element - a story. This may be why you are having such a successful visit to the past in cinema. So glad you enjoy these - there are so many "old" films to chose from! Love watching you watching them.

[@qtcore2200]

That last scene is the most scary thing i've ever seen on a screen (i was a teen i think), no horror movie or sudden murderer appearance, this, is what most scared me, some 35/40 years ago... and even now i felt a little shiver on my back and scalp.

[@chrisbrimhall1613]

This movie is almost 60 years old….in my opinion it’s still the best in the series the soundtrack was epic…you have to understand…this movie was made at the height of the Cold War with the USSR….so the ending truly hit home hard

[@mxbblife_mu]

No offense but Conquest of the Planet of the Apes was better than the Original 😊

[@denveradams4909]

An interesting fact: The actor portraying Dr. Zaius, also portrays Samantha's father, Maurice, in the 1960s sit-com, Bewitched. Once you hear that voice, you always recognize it.

[@eaglerider1826]

He was also the Puzzler on Batman . his voice is so unique .

[@martinboyle9163]

Not to mention that E.G. Marshall was the bad guy at the end of "Creepshow."

[@gregsager2062]

Maurice Evans was his name.

[@scottmoore1614]

I also loved him as Hutch in “Rosemary’s Baby”. A fine actor.

[@richardbalducci4490]

We ALL had a crush on Linda Harrison back in 1968. In fact, YOU could be Nova’s Daughter❗💜🍸

[@Eddie-zk2qi]

I was actually thinking that myself. When I saw the side by side of Coby and Linda Harrison I was amazed at the resemblance.

[@richardbalducci4490]

@@Eddie-zk2qi They’re both Dreamgirls. But don’t let them know it❗😆

[@davidwarring1572]

You mean she could be Linda Harrison's grand daughter lol

[@joelds1751]

Yes, a cool,surprise ending back in 68. Nuclear war was popular conversation back then with the cold war. Saw this at our local drive in theater. The Apollo moon missions were going on also.

[@guitarman8462]

Did you notice at the hearing ? One ape covered his ears , another his eyes and the other his mouth.

[@JohnDAmico-ci2hz]

Classic scene

[@mudageki]

SanSaru

[@Tony-Plinkett]

See No Evil Hear No Evil Speak No Evil

[@conureron3792]

One of the orangutans was James Whitmore who played Brooks in the Shawshank Redemption

[@Tony-Plinkett]

@@conureron3792 Wow! didn't know that one 😊

[@mikematusek4233]

some facts: When it came out in 1968 it was Rated R, two years later rereleased as PG, then in 72 it was released again as a G movie. The ship went down in Lake Powell, Arizona. They walked through Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah. The fields and Ape City Are at the 20th Century Ranch in Malibu, Ca. a few miles from the M*A*S*H set. where he's being chased in town and in in a net Heston had the Flu when he said the line. The Hunters were Gorillas, Zira is a Chimp, and Zaius is an Orangutan. The story is from a book written in 1963. Nova, the hot girl was a Model dating the producer or director. In the book, all men were Nude. Not all talking dolls used batteries.

[@LoveOldMusic808]

When my older brothers took me to see it in 1968, it had a weird "M" rating. They had a hard time getting me in because I was only 8 at the time, but they got me in. I've loved this movie ever since then.

[@hammerpocket]

@@LoveOldMusic808 The MPAA rating system was brand new in 1968. M was the original rating between G and R. It was changed to GP and then to PG within a few years.

[@LoveOldMusic808]

@@hammerpocket That makes a lot of sense why the people at the theater wasn't sure if I could go in with my brothers without my parents. The M rating couldn't have been around that long, that's the only time I saw it. The reason why I remember it so well was because they had a hard time getting me in the theater. Thanks for the info.

[@kinokind293]

The concern at the time was about the possibility of imminent nuclear war, and viewers then mostly assumed that was the cause of earth's demise. Pollution was also a great concern, but not as much so. The film, and the original novel by Pierre Boulle, were intended to be satires of the actions of the human race. The screenplay was a dark satire that took the occasional obvious digs, like the orangutan's assuming the see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, speak-no-evil postures in the courtroom scene. Taylor's girlfriend (Linda Harrison) ended up marrying Daryl Zanuck, the studio head.

[@davidbourhenne8540]

I read the novel several years ago. In it, it was a different planet. The apes had cars, planes, all the same modern technology. Very different from the film.

[@mightybean7840]

David, you stated apes had modern technology; and it didn't take place on Earth. David on this planet, where it all took place, did the Apes speak their own language? You see, one of the first things that bothered me about this movie was why didn’t Taylor stop to ask himself, "How are these apes, from another planet, able to speak English?" I would think Taylor should have realized he was back on Earth because what are the odds he landed on a planet where apes are the dominant species and they speak English! Anyways I'm curious how the book handled this issue if at all.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Had a better ending, too.

[@bryansc5]

Linda Harrison (Nova) is my friend's mother. Dean Zanuck. She married into Hollywood royalty. The Zanuck Family, Richard D. Zanuck producer of too many movies to mention.

[@commieRob]

When you say you can't wait to watch more Planet of the Apes movies, I can't help hearing the voice of Dr Zaius. "You may not like what you find."

[@anorthosite]

"MAD Magazine" did a satire called "The Milking of the Planet that Went Ape". Nothing in the later 60s/70s franchise matches the Original !

[@rainbowdeep9234]

I can't help hearing the voice of Taylor " They stink "

[@finnmccool1591]

The most recent reboots have been surprisingly good, though.

[@rainbowdeep9234]

@@finnmccool1591 -- Yeah, they are pretty good. I cried when Caesar died .

[@keithparker1346]

​@@finnmccool1591I disagree, there's almost zero humour in them

[@thomasben5735]

Watching this as a kid & having the dolls. When suddenly a news report on tv comes on saying guerrillas have made attacks & took over the streets of Saigon. I freaked out

[@finnmccool1591]

That's hilarious!

[@goldenager59]

I think I'd have paid money to see _that_ reaction! 🤭

[@user-mw1mj8do1z]

I've read that the actors who played apes had to have their lower mouth prosthesis removed to eat lunch and, without thinking about it, they all sat in the same groups; the gorillas sat together, the orangutans sat together and the chimpanzees sat together. I'm not entirely sure what that says about human nature, but there's a strong lesson to be learned about people gravitating to their perceived own kind as a natural response.

[@josephmayo3253]

Good reaction Coby. The reveal of the Statue of Liberty 🗽 got people really good when this came out. If you want to see another Charlton Heston movie, I recommend Soylent Green.

[@williamvigil2481]

... Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, Omega Man...

[@JohnDAmico-ci2hz]

Ya, I'm sure to this day nobody laughed at iconic scene but her...

[@fiddiehacked]

... or True Lies (supporting role), The Agony & The Ecstasy, The Three Musketeers, The Big Country, and... if you want cinematic masterpieces... Touch of Evil or Ben Hur.

[@julienielsen3746]

@@JohnDAmico-ci2hz Really. Why laugh?

[@solidamber]

No batteries in the doll is a simple mechanism like a tube with a weight that makes a noise when you tip it.

[@NZBigfoot]

Same principle as the little boxes you can get that make sheep baas and cow moos, its a very old tech too and simply produced by kinetics, pretty sure it was something that was available in the late 1800s.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@NZBigfoot Used to great effect in Benny Hill skits!

[@fuzzytalz]

Coby's reactions are so genuine. It's very addictive to watch her watching.

[@paulymar5996]

I love the look on Taylor's face as Cornelius reads from the sacred scroll. He's the ultimate cynic when he crash lands with Dodge and Landon. However, he's forced to change his tune a bit and defend humanity when harshly treated and put on trial, and as Cornelius reads him about the beast man, Taylor knows everyone of those observations could have come from his own mouth not long before he was captured.

[@ebashford5334]

I remember my sister bugging my parents for a "Chatty Cathy" doll popular in the 60s. No batteries needed as they were totally mechanical activated by pulling a string and they also had squeeze activated, like dog toys today.

[@davidmacias741]

I saw this movie when it came out in the 60s, I was 7 years old and it scared me. I had nightmares of being on the beach and the gorilla's on their horses! Eventually after the third one came out the downtown theaters would show all 3 ,so you would be there all day. What a great time to be a kid.

[@eaglerider1826]

I was lucky enough to go to a drive in that was showing a Planet Of The Apes marathon . It showed all three back to back . We had lounge chairs on the back of a pick up and backed into the parking space to watch it .

[@gregsager2062]

There weren't three, there were five: *Planet of the Apes* (1968), *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* (1971), *Conquest of the Planet of the Apes* (1972), and *Battle for the Planet of the Apes* (1973).

[@laurab68707]

This movie was a big deal back then. The makeup was considered exceptional for its time. So, so good. I still enjoy watching it. The ending is one of the best ever in a movie. It was a gasping, shock when people saw it in the theater.

[@TonyP7007]

I still prefer the actors with the ape makeup over the CG ones! Incredible makeup for its time, agreed; I think it still stands up well.

[@JonEdwards666]

I do like the design of the makeup in this one and it was given a Special Achievement Award at the 1968 Oscars. But 2001: A Space Odyssey was released the same year and the makeup effects for those apes were *way* more advanced.

[@hemlock399]

@@JonEdwards666 The physical acting by the ape-actors in 2001 is fantastic as well.

[@AlbertHuebsch]

He does care. He knows more than he's letting on and he is terrified of it.

[@knight4iam]

Finally... someone watches the original first, now you will recognize all the references in RISE OF. About every channel has watched the newest movies first and had no clue they are filled with Easter eggs.

[@keithparker1346]

Shame the newer movies didn't concentrate on better plots rather than Easter eggs

[@georgenelawson9917]

Love that huge beautiful smile you got when the apes show up! We got apes lol !

[@tonyherrera2570]

During the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s, nuclear war was our biggest concern, not “climate change”. That’s what Taylor meant when he said “You blew it up!” As long as nuclear weapons exist, there’s still a possibility of nuclear war and the destruction of earth as we know it…

[@Uncle-Charlie]

The makeup and costumes were excellent in this! This was fun to watch great job!

[@theylied1776]

The behind-the-scenes behavior was studied by sociologists. The extras who were dressed in Gorilla, Chimp, and Arangata costumes all stayed in their species groups, even when they weren't on camera. And they wouldn't associate with any other species.

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

Heston is my favourite actor. He portrays my favourite historical figure in the film "Khartoum" as well, he's in films I really like "Soylent Green", "the Omega Man", "55 Days at Peking", "Ben Hur", "The Ten Commandments", "El Cid", and this movie

[@LoveOldMusic808]

I forgot all about "55 Days at Peking". That was another good movie of his. Thanks for the reminder.

[@anorthosite]

Over the time line of his career, he morphed from being very politically Progressive, to being Arch-Conservative/pro NRA. But then, in the (critically-mixed, sometimes ridiculous) Tim Burton "remake" of POTA, he did a cameo as a dying ape leader - who attributed all of society's downfall to "the gun". Never figured out how that went down.

[@sonsofliberty75]

El CID is my favorite Heston movie

[@vytallicaq.6881]

I turned 8 that year, but sadly, I didn't get to see it in the theater. My parents only took me to Disney movies back then. I did see it with a friend a few years later, when they first ran it on TV. It blew us away! It still works as a metaphor for how man too often behaves in unevolved, ape-like ways. That was the message. The apes are highlighting what's wrong with us. They represent the worst in us. WE are the unevolved APES. And we REALLY need to improve! The old band DEVO was stressing that message too. But with music! 🎶

[@davidwilburn4734]

That baby doll doesn't use a battery it has a weighted valve in side that moves through a chamber and produces a variable whistle that produces that Ma Ma sound.

[@rickardroach9075]

37:18 "Oh my God, I was wrong. It was earth all along!" 🎶

[@Brando_1983]

I'm just happy she forgot that lyric!

[@TheBigTamale]

Dr. Zira gives the best presents!

[@martinboyle9163]

Coby, you've watched one of my favorite movies of all time! 💕 VERY dark! I love how we just hear the waves crashing over the credits as the reality of a nuclear holocaust sinks in... I never get tired of rewatching it. If you like this one, perhaps you'll love my favorite, Forbidden Planet. ❤ Great show! EDIT: The Orangutans were the administrators, the Chimpanzees were the working class, and the Gorillas were the soldiers. There were a few references to racism (it was 1968, after all) and my favorite is Taylor's reference to Animal Farm when it's stated that all apes are created equal: "It seems some are more equal than others." The movie is a very loose adaptation of the book and was rewritten by Rod Serling, which is why it's like a two-hour Twilight Zone episode. I really appreciated that you kept right up with the movie and all its irony. You must be a very observant and intelligent person. I love how Taylor asks hypothetically if man has stopped making war and it shows how opposed he is to killing when he mouths "Damn" after he shoots and kills an ape. (There were talking dolls that used gravity instead of batteries back in the day.) I also love how Zaius then warns, "Don't look for it Taylor, you may not like what you find." He STF didn't! 😮 Best to you! ❤

[@dolphinsrr]

Forbidden planet is my favorite too!

[@martinboyle9163]

@@dolphinsrr It's the perfect movie! I've been writing a companion piece about the crew of the Belleraphon called, 'A Dark Winter's Nightmare' but I need to work it greatly because I don't want to be the guy that took something perfect and messed it up with something obscene. I've seen that flick even more than the Rocky Horror Picture Show and every single line and every scene is absolutely perfect. I really don't think that it can ever be topped. I only hope that whatever I end up writing does it great homage instead of besmirching something beautiful and classic. I think the pilot of Star Trek "The Cage" is quite similar, and the unmolested original Star Wars is almost just as good, but truly, I've seen hundreds of great movies in my life, but not one of them holds a candle to the perfection of Forbidden Planet. I'm glad that I'm not alone in thinking it's the greatest film ever made! Best to you! 😊

[@jamielandis4308]

Charlton Heston starred in a trio of sci-fi movies from the late 60’s-early 70’s: Planet of The Apes, Soylent Green, and The Omega Man. All three are worth the watch. Planet of The Apes was the first true movie franchise with 5 original movies, a cartoon series, live action series, a reboot and then 4 new movies. I recommend watching the first four original movies and new movies with CGI. Another fun sci-fi movie filmed at the Lake Powell location (where the ship crashed) is “Evolution,” starring David Ducovny and Julianne Moore.

[@tvdroid22]

Orangutans are "orange." Point being why some are different colors. Notice the distinctions. The Orangutans are the intellectuals, the Gorillas are the muscle, and the chimps are the general worker class. Nova, played by Linda Harrison, was da bomb. She was Miss Berlin at age 16. Then went on to model and act. No batteries in the doll. It was motion activated. Consider the impact in 1968.

[@ChrisReise]

32:10 No batteries. The simulated voice is activated by tilting the doll. Kinda like a giggle stick.

[@TTM9691]

That was a FANTASTIC reaction! Man, Coby is such a great reactor, and this is such a great movie. Her reaction to the apes reveal was priceless. Her commentary is always excellent, it's really great when a reactor already has a lot of knowledge and is just "filling in" the titles they don't know, and she is one of those types of reactors. PS: And that Dr. Zaius song from The Simpsons is such a classic, I'm so happy she now knows the reference! When she sees it again, she'll laugh even harder!

[@BlueShadow777]

“FANTASTIC reaction” 👏🏻🤣 Ask her, maybe she’ll do some cartwheels and handstands and maybe some juggling for you too 👏🏻🤣

[@JohnDAmico-ci2hz]

Seriously? Fantastic?? Look, i love her uniqueness but she seemed clueless throughout the movie. Couldn't figure out the orange one's were Orangutan's which were the smartest. Batteries? 😂 And laughing at one of the most climatic scenes in film history with the showing of the Statue of Liberty? Meh...

[@BlueShadow777]

@@JohnDAmico-ci2hz Agreed (apart from the “unique” reference)

[@TTM9691]

@@JohnDAmico-ci2hz PS: Any questions, leaky shitbag?

[@TTM9691]

Hey Blue Shadow and Dopey D'Amico, how come I never get comments like this when I leave the same exact wording on male reactors? It's only when it's a pretty girl! That's the only time! You two are LOSERS.....who CANNOT GET LAID, that's your hilarious problem. How embarrassing. You're upset at reaction channels.🤣

[@tommyswoodpileadventuresan9552]

The music won an academy award.

[@chrino21]

Absolutely BLEW MY MIND when I was 8 and saw it at the Drive-In.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Or late-night TV.

[@flibber123]

One of the elements i like best about this movie is the humor. There are plenty of jokes but the jokes don't detract from the story or characters. For example, "On this planet, it's easy" that sounds exactly like something Taylor would say.

[@brianraper8214]

seen this movie when i was 9 years old... 50 cents to get in ...popcorn .25 cents ...pop .15 cents ....paper route money ...the best of times...........

[@williamjamesrapp7356]

DOLL did not have batteries to make it talk. They still had toy dolls in the 80's that talked without having batteries

[@tubularap]

Yes, this movie was amazing to see in the cinema, straight after it came out. We were eagerly waiting for this movie to be finished and shown. There was some build-up hype in advance. As a boy I already read about the making of this movie, in the weekly magazines. Even with pictures of the apes, with how the prosthetics were done. Still everything in the movie was a surprise when we watched it for the forst time. The ending was never spoiled so everyone had the chance to see it as was intended. Thanks for sharing your experience. PS. Those dolls with sound work because of gravity. Inside is a rather simple mechanism that creates the sound after the dolls is being tilted a couple of times. No batteries needed.

[@jonmercano1138]

Oh my god, yes! Please continue with the originals! They don’t get enough attention! And then do the reboot prequels

[@NZBigfoot]

Yeah everyone just does the first... yeah the second is kinda middling, but the 3rd is pretty good. 4th isnt to bad, but the 5th eh id give that one a slip.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Escape is my personal favorite.

[@julienielsen3746]

Back when movies were really art.

[@dolphinsrr]

​@@NZBigfootthe third one doesn't make sense. Their is no reason they could have recovered and took off in taylor's ship.

[@Monkeynut358]

And rightly so. There is only one movie. The other four movies are only ridiculous bullshit and haven`t deserved to be associated with this movie.

[@tomyoung9049]

This was definitely a mind blowing movie way back then. Remember their limitations on effects. You laughed at the "masks", but this was nominated for an Oscar for the make-up effects of the apes. The rest in the original series are not as well received as this one. They all have flaws, but I enjoyed them. It would be up to you if you go further.

[@keithparker1346]

I would have liked to have seen a movie that was set before Beneath as I was interested how psi mutant human beings , unintelligent humans and intelligent apes came into being but I don't think it was explored

[@darost]

In 1968, the War in Viet Nam was hot and heavy. This movie was almost bitter satire.

[@markmorningstar5374]

The Dr. Zeus song from The Simpsons was a mixup of this movie with the song by Falco "Amadeus".

[@claudelemire2451]

The final reveal is one of the most iconique in cinema. But Taylor as an astronaut would have eventually seen and recognized the Moon. At the beginning of the movie they mention not observing any moon around this new planet.

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

The moon is moving away from the Earth as we speak. Maybe it was gone.

[@claudelemire2451]

@@dirtyhawkstv1575 If I recall it is only 2cm or 1 inch per year.

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

@claudelemire2451 Yeah, something like that, but I guess in Sci-Fi, it could have accelerated or been blown up in a war.

[@claudelemire2451]

@@dirtyhawkstv1575 Speaking of a missing Moon... All episodes of Space 1999 are live streaming now and Episode one is on KZbin on another site.

[@sparky6086]

I read somewhere, it's supposed, Man had blown up or otherwise destroyed the Moon, and that's why it wasn't there.

[@DR_DOOM_3298]

One of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time, loved it since I was a kid. The ape makeup was revolutionary at its time & won John Chambers an honorary Oscar in 1969. Twilight Zone creator, Rod Serling, wrote the original screenplay for this & it has a lot of Twilight Zone style social commentary around class, nuclear war, race, religion, etc. The ending at the time was a real shocker right up there with the twist ending of Psycho. Unfortunately, it's been parodied so often in pop culture over the last 56 years that it's not quite as powerful as it once was. The final scene, when Taylor (Charlton Heston) realizes he’s been on Earth all along, was filmed at a secluded cove on the far eastern end of Westward Beach, between Zuma Beach and Point Dume, Malibu, CA. Nova is played by Linda Harrison who was recommended to the production by her then boyfriend movie producer Richard D Zanuck. The next four sequels to this film are good & worth watching, but not on the same level as this classic.

[@1001Hobbies]

You thought it was going to be "like a fight thing" because that is what movies are today. However, instead, you enjoyed a movie with a STORY, which is what movies used to be. They were far more entertaining.

[@keithparker1346]

Very good observation. The modern versions just seem like war movies

[@rickardroach9075]

21:30 “He can talk, he can talk, he can talk!” “I CAN SING!!”

[@richarddefortuna2252]

The concern back then was less environmentalism and more nuclear war. Both devastating, but one much more instantaneous in its impact as compared to the other.

[@SameRatChannel]

Coby, Bravo...The final Statue Of Liberty scene was actually filmed at Point Dume Beach in Malibu California.

[@markharris1125]

I remember reading that when this film won an Oscar for the makeup, Stanley Kubrick was annoyed and remarked that the judges must have thought those were real apes in 2001.

[@TrCic]

32:00 they didn't use batteries, it worked by tilting them if i remember correctly.

[@calme-dx2dp]

It was very amazing to see in '69. When we saw the Apes we were awestruck by the makeup. There had been several behind the scenes looks at how they did the makeup. We went to the theatre in the day, and stayed until nearly closing time. We watched it over and over again. Back then a movie would stay in theatres for a very long time. We watched *Planet of the Apes* along with *In the Heat of the Night* Both were awesome.

[@SeeMore-ki7mq]

This film was way ahead of its time and though the sequels aren't as good they are still fun and worth watching.

[@richardvinsen2385]

Escape from the Planet of the Apes is excellent.

[@TonyP7007]

Totally agree!

[@hemlock399]

Honestly, I don't even think the 2001 film is worth watching. The franchise re-boot that started in 2011 is pretty good, but none of the re-boot films is anywhere near as thematically ambitious as the original.

[@richardvinsen2385]

@@hemlock399 The 2001 film is an embarrassment. The newer films are popular mostly because of the amazing CGI motion capture apes.

[@Monkeynut358]

no they aren`t.

[@xaviperez26]

The real twist is Dr. Zaius is the hero of the film.

[@moviemonster2083]

And the actor who portrayed him, Maurice Evans, would (or had already) play a character in another now-classic horror film, 'Rosemary's Baby'. 1968 was a very good year for him!

[@user-jg5ie8rc1s]

Great film. Loved Roddy McDowall as Cornelius.

[@theylied1776]

Each level in an archeological dig site can represent a different decade or century.

[@BondFreek]

32:00 you can have a talking doll without batteries. Back in the 60's we didn't have battery-operated dolls. This is called gravity speech. There's a little tube inside the doll with special holes in it. Inside this tube is a plastic ball or diaphragm. The diaphragm or ball slides up and down the tube pushing air through the holes and just like an organ it creates sound which mimics speech. The dolls not actually saying mama it's hitting musical notes to imitate the word mama. Stop assuming everything has batteries in it. We did live in a world with amazing technologies before the invention of batteries.

[@alanfeldstein9761]

Dolls of the 1960s and 1970s didn't speak on batteries. There was a pull cord.

[@SG-js2qn]

When the madness hits or passes 11, we all give that laugh that Heston gives after the tiny flag is planted. BTW, the little song you were singing is "Rock Me Admadeus." Also, back when this film came out, the overriding concern was nuclear war. It was only a few years since Russia tried to put nuclear missiles in Cuba, a situation which almost resulted in a nuclear war.

[@MauricioDelaRosa-db7rr]

Coby I have seen all the reactions of the original Planet Of The Apes and IMHO yours is the best one of them all. 👍🏼

[@rickardroach9075]

32:00 Old toy dolls typically had a mechanism inside that, when the doll was turned over, would produce a sound resembling “mama.” This sound was often generated by a simple bellows or reed system that emitted the word when activated by motion.

[@calebwilliams7659]

The Dr. Zaius song on the Simpsons was a parody of the 80's song "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco, which is an homage to Mozart and came out about the same time as the famous movie "Amadeus".

[@christophercurtis4131]

Olivia Hussey is the actress who was in Romeo and Juliet. She was also in the 1990 television miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's IT. Linda Harrison is the actress who plays Nova. She was also in the Cocoon films in the 80's. As a little boy in the 70's, I grew up watching all the Planet of the Apes films on TV, as well as the live action series and the animated series. Each film is thought provoking in its own way. And that reveal at the end, when Taylor finds out that he has been on Earth the whole time. Mind blowing. I cannot wait to see your reactions to the other films. Hoping you also react to the trilogy from the later 2000's, with Andy Serkis.

[@youngsteph1]

I always liked Maurice Evans in this as the devious Dr Zaius. Always remember him as Maurice, Samantha's father in Bewitched.

[@jamesodonnell3636]

I believe the mechanism that makes the baby-doll's "Mama" sound is similar to that which makes the little cylindrical toy dealies say "Moo" when you invert them. Also, it's funny that Coby doesn't blink at the relationship between Taylor and Nova, who is essentially an animal. All appearances aside -- and, yes, Nova is pretty -- it's literally a human being taking an animal as his mate. Under the circumstances, Taylor's choice is understandable, but I expect he's going to get bit the first time he gets creative in the boudoir!

[@Parallax-3D]

Nova is human, she’s just uncivilized and uneducated.

[@danbaldwin9511]

My dad took us kids to the movies to see this in the stationary wagon. I was 8 and sat wondering up until they ran into the apes wondering when that was going to happen.

[@rickardroach9075]

28:53 That day, Taylor was amazed to discover that when Cornelius was saying "As you wish," what he meant was, "I love you.”

[@c3host]

I saw this in the theater in 68. shortly after that I saw 2001 a space odyssey...been hooked on si-fi ever since!!!

[@Hammster69official]

An uncle of mine (Dad's closest brother) always referred to this movie as THE PLANET THAT WENT APE. When I finally saw the ending the first time, I realized he was right.

[@CapitalExpression]

I love Zaius' last words to Taylor, its a genuine plea to not seek out the truth. He even calls him by his real name for the first time.

[@PolferiferusII]

The doll doesn't need batteries, it just needs a squeeze. A bladder inside fills with air upon release, drawing through a plastic reed which gives it a sound.

[@Hammster69official]

The "Dr. Zaius" song from The Simpsons is a parody of Austrian singer / rapper / lyricist Falco's classic "Rock Me Amadeus".

[@thinkbolt]

This was a hell of a movie! I really freaked people out back in 1968!

[@JayG63]

Fun fact. The makeup artist, John Chambers, received a special Oscar for the ape makeup. There wasn't an Academy Award for makeup, at the time. Also, Chambers was working with the CIA, as well. You can see his collaboration with the Agency in Argo.Chambers is played by John Goodman.

[@johnscott4196]

You would have preferred the traditional ape suit with hunched over beefed up posture? Remember, this 4,000 years later on "another world" and another time.

[@dockecj]

Just found this video in my recommendations. Forgive me for saying this, but Coby is BEAUTIFUL.

[@columbusbankerbob6123]

So glad you reviewed this. Loved your reaction. Was waiting for the final scene of the Statue of Liberty! I am in my mid-50s and saw this as a boy and fell in love with the whole franchise. This was probably one of my favorite movies as a boy. Led me to read all the books, and then watch many of the new adaptations. So glad you liked it!

[@sabrinapittsley2304]

I saw this movie in Maine 1968 on a family vacation, after we went out to dinner. The ending scared me as a 10 year old to see the Statue of Liberty 🗽 in the water like that. Shocked the audience. 😮

[@baronvg]

Singing the Dr Zeus song was too cute! 😂

[@johnscott4196]

Cornelius had some terrific facial expressions while she was talking to Taylor after the paper airplane. Amazing transformation for the 60's

[@sparky6086]

Zira. Cornelius was her boyfriend.

[@AlmightyTod]

Hands down one of my favorite movies from my childhood.

[@gregjarnigan3515]

The greatest surprise ending in the history of cinema.