Ape shall not kill ape.

[Matt Deckard]

The original Planet of the Apes was a landmark for great makeup prosthetic artistry. The new Planet of the Apes looks like prosthetic makeup's death knoll. What do you think?

 

[C-dot]

Agreed. Like all films today with effects, it looks like a video game.

 

[Edward]

It has seemed likely for some years now that CGI and motion capture will bump-off prosthetic make-up. It is intersting that so often we perceive CGI as looking "less real" than a man in a rubber mask.... heh. I did read an article about this film in which they stated that if they were to do it with prosthetics rather than CGI, they simply would not be able to afford to have the scale they wanted in this film, with the number of apes they wanted to use. I've not seen it yet, so I'll reserve judgement on how it looks until then. What I am quite excited about is that they are keeping to the canon of the original franchise: as I heard it, if this one succeeds, they are planning on a trilogy which will conclude at the point at which the originals began. The interesting thing will be, I think, seeing how they tie up the relative lack of technology in the ape world (the logical thing being the nuclear war which we know the humans indulged in prior to the original Planet), and how the humans ended up mute (a side effect of radiation? Some sort of disease? Some kind of crude medical manipulation by the apes?). The low-level of technology that the apes had in the first film was an integral part of their world, in both the films and the television spin-off. The original book upon which the film was based had a much more technologically advanced ape society (as nodded to in the closing moments of the Burton re-imagining), but budgetary constraints led the production to adapt to something more primitive.

 

[Sam Craig]

Everything is still gelling, but it IS the future

Nevertheless, the whole thing hinges on good writing, which is missing from a lot of newer films ... of course if you go back and study them, it's missing from a lot of older films, too

This summer saw some good writing and the new Apes film is part of it ... it actually had some character development and has opened the door for all sorts of new direction, as did the Star Trek remake ... I am encouraged to see there are still some writers at work in Hollywood

Sam

 

[C-dot]

I am encouraged to see there are still some writers at work in Hollywood

They're at work alright... Remaking movies, and taking old ideas and doing nothing new with them.

 

[donnawhite]

Agreed. Like all films today with effects, it looks like a video game.

Agreed, but i just love this kind of video game


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[Edward]

Everything is still gelling, but it IS the future

Nevertheless, the whole thing hinges on good writing, which is missing from a lot of newer films ... of course if you go back and study them, it's missing from a lot of older films, too

This summer saw some good writing and the new Apes film is part of it ... it actually had some character development and has opened the door for all sorts of new direction, as did the Star Trek remake ... I am encouraged to see there are still some writers at work in Hollywood

Sam

Yes, the writing on the new Apes film was superb. I don't know who deserves a nod for their acting role more, though - Andy Serkis or John Lithgow. I love Lithgow in everything, but he's outstanding in this.