In Planet of the Apes,who would you support more, humans or the apes?
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Apes are hypocritical to the extreme. We see ape characters accusing humans of being barbaric and uncivilized and all that crap - but the ape civilization engages in the exact same kinds of activity.
At least humans are honest in their savagery!
So I'd have to take humanity's side, really.
Apes are hypocritical to the extreme. We see ape characters accusing humans of being barbaric and uncivilized and all that crap - but the ape civilization engages in the exact same kinds of activity.
At least humans are honest in their savagery!
So I'd have to take humanity's side, really.
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That's the beauty of the Apes series. It's basically one giant misanthropic piece (as in 'hating' humankind) and uses said apes and brand them with all those humankind flaws. You cannot properly take one side because the tale is all about man.
That's the beauty of the Apes series. It's basically one giant misanthropic piece (as in 'hating' humankind) and uses said apes and brand them with all those humankind flaws. You cannot properly take one side because the tale is all about man.
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The apes just wanted power. That's all they ever cared about. Once their civilization rose, they felt free to engage in all of the things they hate humans for. Human civilization did not deserve to fall, but the apes gloated over it anyway and took full advantage.
Just like the machines in The Matrix - they engaged in brutality that rivaled anything that humans could have ever done to them.
If humanity reasserts itself and rises once again? How they then treat the apes might be quite telling. Would humanity be out for revenge? I can't say I'd disagree if they were. I am human, after all.
The apes just wanted power. That's all they ever cared about. Once their civilization rose, they felt free to engage in all of the things they hate humans for. Human civilization did not deserve to fall, but the apes gloated over it anyway and took full advantage.
Just like the machines in The Matrix - they engaged in brutality that rivaled anything that humans could have ever done to them.
If humanity reasserts itself and rises once again? How they then treat the apes might be quite telling. Would humanity be out for revenge? I can't say I'd disagree if they were. I am human, after all.
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Depends:
Original movie: humans, duh!
Original series to "Conquest of": Humans.
Marky-mark movie: Neither side seems too bright...
"Rise of" and "Dawn of:" Apes. The humans in these movies look like such a-holes.
Depends:
Original movie: humans, duh!
Original series to "Conquest of": Humans.
Marky-mark movie: Neither side seems too bright...
"Rise of" and "Dawn of:" Apes. The humans in these movies look like such a-holes.
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Taylor went through an unusual arc.
1) He started off being disillusioned with humanity. "There must be something out there better than man!"
2) He found someone who agreed with him-- the apes.
3) Now being hoist on his own loincloth, he inadvertently reversed himself by trying to defend humanity's cause. Hypocrisy, or just a reality check?
In any event, he took the position that man was still equal or superior to the apes.
4) He discovered he was wrong. He ended the first movie disillusioned with humanity again.
5) The second movie... well, the ending tells us that he was equally disillusioned with everyone. If we didn't know that already.
(Which is kind of amusing considering the number of illusions in the movie. )
Taylor went through an unusual arc.
1) He started off being disillusioned with humanity. "There must be something out there better than man!"
2) He found someone who agreed with him-- the apes.
3) Now being hoist on his own loincloth, he inadvertently reversed himself by trying to defend humanity's cause. Hypocrisy, or just a reality check?
In any event, he took the position that man was still equal or superior to the apes.
4) He discovered he was wrong. He ended the first movie disillusioned with humanity again.
5) The second movie... well, the ending tells us that he was equally disillusioned with everyone. If we didn't know that already.
(Which is kind of amusing considering the number of illusions in the movie. )
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Agree, humans.
Well said.
Apes are hypocritical to the extreme. We see ape characters accusing humans of being barbaric and uncivilized and all that crap - but the ape civilization engages in the exact same kinds of activity.
At least humans are honest in their savagery!
So I'd have to take humanity's side, really.
Agree, humans.
Well said.
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Horses seem to be neutral and happy in all the various versions of the Planet of the Apes, so I will take the side of the equines.
Horses seem to be neutral and happy in all the various versions of the Planet of the Apes, so I will take the side of the equines.
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Houyhnhnm loving weirdo.
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Points for the esoteric reference.
Points for the esoteric reference.
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Whichever side has air-conditioning.
Whichever side has air-conditioning.
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This. And broadband. I have to have broadband.
This. And broadband. I have to have broadband.
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Good point.
Thanks. As jokes go it was just a modest proposal.
Good point.
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So that's a 'neigh' vote, I take it?
So that's a 'neigh' vote, I take it?
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Bunch of yahoos, all of you.
Bunch of yahoos, all of you.
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