Is Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes a Reboot of the Original 1968 Film?

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An examination of everything we know so far about Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and its apparent attempt to reimagine the iconic elements of the original.
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@NerdCookies 4 ай бұрын

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@sg-24 4 ай бұрын

I know a lot of evidence points to May being an astronaut, but I’m personally betting on the idea she’s a descendent of humans who fled underground in bunkers to survive the flu. Being this universes version of the mutants from Beneath Planet of the Apes.

@LuvShy45 4 ай бұрын

I thought all these movies were in the same universe and the newer movies from the past decade were prequels. Am I wrong?

@jacobyrassilon 4 ай бұрын

@@LuvShy45 They are not in the same Universe....in the original movies ape evolution was brought about by time traveling Cornelius and Zira going to the past, where a pregnant Zira gave birth to Caesar. Cornelius and Zira were killed but Caesar survived and years later led an uprising of apes who had been enslaved by humanity. The only virus was one that killed domesticated animals, which was the reason humans turned to apes...first as pets then as slave labor. So a completely different genesis that the new movies.

@LuvShy45 4 ай бұрын

@@jacobyrassilon appreciate that

@m.grahamburger2042 4 ай бұрын

@@jacobyrassilon TIME TRAVEL PARADOX RIGHT THERE LOL

@Ashw1115 3 ай бұрын

So, pretty much Fallout meets Planet of the apes?

@fox_e_crow3276 4 ай бұрын

I think a potentially amazing twist would be the discovery of nuclear weapons, by the apes, which they subsequently use in an attempt to destroy the remaining humans on the planet. The ‘68 film was about the deadliest possibilities of human nature; if the Apes launch the nukes, it elevates the topic to a broader discussion of the nature of consciousness and intelligence as such, regardless of species.

@marcb2raw 4 ай бұрын

I remember years ago I asked a movie podcast host if he thought they were going to do another trilogy connecting the astronauts that left during the first film Rise and dude responded with a solid “NO”. Look how far we’ve come.

@ZUGTFO 4 ай бұрын

I am excited, they BUILT this up to get to this point and earned my trust in telling a compelling story :)

@benparker1822 4 ай бұрын

What I find interesting is that I read the original novel by a French Author, and his idea was one of matching evolutionary tangents across two different planets. I liked the direction the original movie series took, to be honest.

@stsolomon618 4 ай бұрын

It's a mad house!! The 1968 film was written by Rod Sterling, the mastermind of the Twilight Zone. I also saw similar scenes of the 1968 film recreated in the 2024 trailer.

@leebishop7591 4 ай бұрын

Definitely watching Kingdom. I rewatched the pre-Kingdom ape movies. Im ready.

@gerauldvellabrincat6241 4 ай бұрын

Did the same with my girlfriend who hasn't seen the original or rebooted films. She is now a convert and looks forward to May 10th being ' A wonderful day '.

@michaelthomas5433 4 ай бұрын

Justice for Aperaham Lincoln.

@humanspoder777 4 ай бұрын

I watched an interview with the director and he said flat out no to this. He basically stated there is so much you can do with this world that he doesn't feel the need to just make it a reboot.

@ElrikofM84 4 ай бұрын

The ‘68 original has a special place in my heart. My grandfather was an enormous Sci-Fi and Charlton Heston fan. Planet of the Apes was a special film for us , we would watch the film series together while we sat on our recliners and drank root beer. These constant duplicate remakes/reboots/sequels have no understanding or awareness of the bonding and sharing people will have when your film is original, objective, and earnest.

@jopkwoa9404 4 ай бұрын

Womp womp catch up with the times boomer

@charlieries-coward8111 4 ай бұрын

My dad think loved the original one too and he loved science fiction genre too why I love those movies

@ElrikofM84 4 ай бұрын

@@jopkwoa9404 im in my 20s you fuckin retard

@ElrikofM84 4 ай бұрын

@@jopkwoa9404 im in my 20s retard.

@ElrikofM84 4 ай бұрын

@@jopkwoa9404 im in my 20s dumbass

@Disastatron 4 ай бұрын

Nope, the director already said he envisions these new movies run a timeline that leads directly up to the 68 film.

@PetoneRugbyNZ 4 ай бұрын

One problem with the astronaut theory... in one of the trailers, Mae is aware of the virus that decimated the human population. The astronauts had left earth prior to the impact of the simian virus.

@plo617 4 ай бұрын

Since mankind survived a while after the virus with their intelligence, perhaps there are records that she comes across that details what happened.

@michaelpipkin9942 4 ай бұрын

As the Critical Drinker would put it, "The girl who's the key to everything"

@AS-ri1mb 4 ай бұрын

Oh god not him

@premodernprejudices3027 4 ай бұрын

@@AS-ri1mb, why? He's great. What, are you butt hurt by him?

@jamesmarshall6619 4 ай бұрын

@@premodernprejudices3027 eh, he's average. Occasionally funny, occasionally insightful, often getting themes and key concepts wrong. He too often tries to pigeon hole things into a specific view and ends up contradicting himself and/or he thinks someone having a different vision for something is always political. He has a niche and sometimes because he tries to stick to that niche he ends up with bad analysis.

@pvs092 4 ай бұрын

I would prefer maybe 2 movies on this timeline showing the basis of ape's civilization while still be in contact with human's remains and then having a reboot with the lost astronauts a couple more centuries in the future where human civilization did not exist for them

@MyDudeMRP 4 ай бұрын

So you're telling me they Put A Chick In It🤔

@champisthebunny6003 4 ай бұрын

I love the orig PoTA as much as anyone, but, It has a lot of elements to it that dont work that well if you think about them even a little. But, the real head-scratcher for this nerd is, how is it that neither Taylor or his crew, while they were still around, at any point in time, never saw, or noticed, the moon? I mean, it may be 2000 years in the future, but, its a safe bet the moon hasn't gone anywhere. Unless they landed on the same Earth as Space 1999. Then, maybe. I still think the ending is definitely one of the most powerful endings in sci-fi film. I watched the movie recently, and still holds up today.

@stevekeithley8409 4 ай бұрын

Never thought of that. WOW. It's so big you can make out surface features from earth.

@michaelboldys3330 4 ай бұрын

It got destroyed during the nuclear war.

@JScotty4Reel 4 ай бұрын

Embracing the time travel shenanigans and connecting to old films would be cool, but don’t reboot. Rupert Wyatt had so much reverence for the OG films in Rise. It’d be a shame to disregard that

@LukeLovesRose 4 ай бұрын

You can never really replace the original masterpiece. No actor today could ever replace Charlton Heston

@davemathis4215 4 ай бұрын

They can make a earth shattering movie that can probably make more money than any movie in history but it’s going to have to bring back manly male character s named Taylor , dodge and Landon and they must have the same flaws and characteristics , dodge was a scientist, Taylor was looking for a life form better than man , and Landon was seeking fame , these flaws are profound and what made the original a hit , and can save the entire collapse of Hollywood

@noodlebear65 4 ай бұрын

Still waiting for the musical… “Can I play the piano anymore.!” “Well of course you can.” “well I couldn’t before…” 🎶

@mattyboyb523 4 ай бұрын

I didn’t realize she was potentially part of the space mission during the original trilogy. This is very very cool. Great way to reboot the original movie

@S.Kapriniotis 4 ай бұрын

I think I am in the minority that find this franchise]'s concept underwhelming and not interesting at all. Love to check your videos, even when they are about things that I don't like!

@TheBahamaat 4 ай бұрын

Wonder if the twist is that, instead of time travel, we will have parallel development, with still-speaking humans in a small colony on the red planet?

@javiervasquez625 4 ай бұрын

I myself hold the theory that a small community of surviving humans could have survived the outbreak and following pandemic by hiding underground within sealed away sewers and caverns where they remained in isolation until the virus died off before eventually returning to the surface. Since the sequel to the original film revolves around a similar premise (which i won't spoil) it's possible that this sequel might follow a similar storyline.

@alex_eats_hands8856 4 ай бұрын

The best twist would be those missing astronauts in the first 2000's rise of apes film. At the very beginning of that film there a news broadcast about astronauts in space missing, which could have just been an Easter egg for the og movies bit it would be crazy if it all came full circle and we see a space craft land on earth on at the last shot of the movie

@JediHangout 4 ай бұрын

Given this is a reboot and no association to the original films, but some rooted connections. This could be the case. I do feel that they will be bringing astronauts to the storyline at some point. Let’s also look at three other storylines. There was the Planet of the Apes TV series that was done right after the films. There were astronauts that came to earth. This is a totally different storyline, but with similarities. You can also see that it’s different than the original films because there was a dog in the TV show. Now going to the next storyline. The animated series. There was once again astronauts in this series. It’s different than the original because Ape city has technology in this series and they are driving automobiles (well Military Jeeps). Jump to 1999, Tim Burton’s version included astronauts, but it’s a different storyline. This one was actually a different planet with the apes, but then he returns to Earth that became dominated by apes. This one resembles the original novel more than any other storyline. Now we get to the new reboot series. I know in my mind that someplace, somehow astronauts will appear. As to being in this upcoming film or not is something we will yet to see. If not in this film, I am pretty confident in come future installment of this reboot series we will see astronauts.

@SarahBoones9thLawyer 4 ай бұрын

this is the first of a trilogy and the studio has been doing public polling/research for at least the past 6 months on how or if this new trilogy should link back to 1968.

@SarahBoones9thLawyer 4 ай бұрын

Mae is the "magical girl" who is the "key to everything" & Proximus enslaves the other tribes to help him find the human tech to "accelerate Ape evolution" one of the taglines proposed for this move was "One woman's secret stands between evolution and extinction."

@danelamoreaux4166 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like it will be awesome. Thanks to you and your team.

@anarwally 4 ай бұрын

Reboots and sequels. That's all Hollywood can seem to kick out these days.

@TheNinjaMarmot 4 ай бұрын

It makes sense. I'm just surprised it took them this long. It will never have the same impact the First 1968 film had on me though.

@JamesLaserpimpWalsh 4 ай бұрын

A generation as a measurement of time is twenty five years. So it is either fifty or seventy five years after the last film. I look forward to watching this film. Looks fun.

@dude-man 4 ай бұрын

director already said 300 yrs

@awokenv7302 4 ай бұрын

The whole franchise is a fucking reboot

@premodernprejudices3027 4 ай бұрын

I hope not, honestly. It is too soon for that. Do more world building, more civilizational development for the apes, and so on. After that, remake/reimagine the original.

@fingerfeller 4 ай бұрын

a speaking woman we dont know how many years before 1968 astronaut landing of lost astronauts landing 2000 years in the future on the same planet doesnt make sense, it cant be a reboot nor sequel but a stand alone movie aligning with the 2000s movies which are not related to the 1968 film in any way, even with the apes going back in history in 1970 and giving birth to cesear then getting shot in a lets say " chaotic era" of earth, but the time paradoxes are so unstable its hard to put them together

@mobious6340 4 ай бұрын

i can’t wait, let’s go!

@chrysm6842 4 ай бұрын

Thanks !

@stevekeithley8409 4 ай бұрын

I have been feeling real tired of these ape movies. I wasn't interested in this new one, but from this video it definitely sound a lot more interesting. It could be really cool.

@Domanill1 4 ай бұрын

No shit the prequel series "prequel means before hand" was setting up to reboot the original movies no surprise there, its as-tho this was the plan all along no shit. Cant wait i love the new planet of the apes movies this will be a cinema experience for sure

@icemankilla24 4 ай бұрын

No its not, watch the director interview. He directly contradicts this.

@leahcimwerdna5209 4 ай бұрын

You really thought they weren't going that route?

@charlieries-coward8111 4 ай бұрын

I just can’t wait to see kingdom of planet of apes I love and seen all the other planet of apes movies original ones Tim burton one and three other ape movies . Be awesome movie I even got book as love science fiction movies abd books

@ALTRON3 4 ай бұрын

looks interesting.

@renuvatio9986 4 ай бұрын

I have seen the original series so many times heck saw most of them in the theatre loved them all. TV series was crappy so was the cartoon. They seem to have condensed the astronaut's return from the original planet of the apes well do we want the mars people floating in space for 2000 years naa we can be nice. The reason for the humans being mute wasn't in the first series if you look at the movie "Battle for the planet of the apes" the apes and humans are at peace at the end of the film they go forward to the year 2670 so the peace has lasted over 600 years. I see where they are trying to tie it in but to me they will come up way short