I am a POTA freak, especially since the abbreviation (as I said, POTA) starts the word “Potato.”

Anyway, I really enjoyed the old and the new versions of it. Discuss which one is better/worse in a few different sections:

1. The Endings- this section is full of spoilers for those of you who never saw it. Please don't say the swear words George Taylor/Charleton Heston says at the end of the original film, however you can discuss all the other stuff there. Here is an example of the kind of thing you could say- 2001 version's ending is even MORE CONFUSING AND WEIRD! weird twists are awesome.

2.The Stories- They have extremely different stories. Talk about which one you prefer. Example- the 1968 one was more about proving Taylor was a human that was smart. It was cool seeing the court stuff and whatnot- whereas the 2001 one had a lot to do with battles.
I like 'em both for different reasons.

Create your own sections if you like, but consult me before you do so.

PLANET OF THE APES

Well…
I watched the OLDER version I THINK when I was young…
Sad ending D:
Such a shame that the guys were all killed (in this case, one guy dumb, no brain XD)

oldest best
even the director hated the new one (i think he disowned it)

breakfast- wrote:

oldest best
even the director hated the new one (i think he disowned it)

Wow.

Ehehehehe this is no contest.

I haven't even seen the remake but from what I've heard, it's not very good.
The original is one of my favorite films of all time, though.

banana500 wrote:

Ehehehehe this is no contest.

I haven't even seen the remake but from what I've heard, it's not very good.
The original is one of my favorite films of all time, though.

Yeah, my dad doesn't really like the 2001 version. I prefer the original, but the 2001 version has a better twist. Rather than sad, it's almost funny.

What about the one that came out recently?

Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

maxdoss wrote:

Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

That one was pretty good, actually.

I don't think that I watched the newest one.
The oldest one was with the trickiest ending I think.

2001. no contest.

ImagineIt wrote:

What about the one that came out recently?

thats a prequel (though id imagine you could still discuss it)
the two being discussed here are straight remakes

breakfast- wrote:

ImagineIt wrote:

What about the one that came out recently?

thats a prequel (though id imagine you could still discuss it)
the two being discussed here are straight remakes

Ah. I see.

Well, I've only seen that one, and I thought it was pretty good.

dsaztur wrote:

2001. no contest.

Could you explain though?

I can see why dsaztur likes the 2001 version- way more action, not to mention rather than nearly all the apes being evil (with the exception of Cornelius & Zira) there are a lot of mean apes but there was actually a main “mean ape” in that one. The twist in the 2001 version I like a lot more though.

one other thing- once I've seen all the POTA movies, (I saw the first three, the 2001 version, and Rise) I will make a discussion for all the movies, and have the VS stuff on this forum. However awesome Rise is (Rise of the blah blah is my dad's favorite POTA movie) this forum is not for rise. Please discontinue your discussions for that.

Please keep it in the subjects, and do more comparisons than just saying “____” is better.

I admit to breaking this rule, but I will stop.

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Oh where, oh where have the scratchers gone…

BOBBYBOB3 wrote:

Oh where, oh where have the scratchers gone…

I think there's pretty much nothing to discuss anymore here.