Digital Drift 27: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
We conclude the Planet of the Apes series for now with the 2014 follow up to Rise, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Continuing the story of Caesar and his new tribe of intelligent, simian compatriots we rejoin earth ten years after the close of the last picture, a quiet, overgrown world of dilapidated buildings being reclaimed by nature, separated pockets of humanity scrabbling to survive and one group of apes living in peaceful...
Digital Drift 26: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Ten years after the Burton version surfaced, spluttered and sank this one came out of absolutely nowhere, surprising everyone. Set up as an alternate prequel to the premise of the original 1968 Planet of the Apes, this movie answered the question of “How could this actually happen?”. In marketing terms it serves as a reboot, beginning its own new series which has now branched off from the original five movies into its own...
Digital Drift 25: Planet of the Apes
2001: Planet of the Apes Some 28 years after the original quintet closed out, and after over a decade in development limbo being passed from writer to director like a hot potato, crossing the paths of some of the most significant of Hollywood players the reboot/remake/reimagining of the original 1968 Planet of the Apes was ultimately rushed to the screen with Tim Burton at the helm and the kind of slapdash, thrown-together approach...
Digital Drift 24: Escape from the Planet of the Apes / Conquest of the Planet of the Apes / Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1971: Escape from the Planet of the Apes 1972: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 1973: Battle for the Planet of the Apes (Star Rating is for Escape and Conquest) The remaining three movies from the original series of five get the Drift treatment. Again we went in having never seen any of them and reviewed them immediately following our first watch. So our emotions are raw and reactions pretty strong. Escape turned out to be a 70s...
Digital Drift 23: Planet of the Apes / Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1968: Planet of the Apes 1970: Beneath the Planet of the Apes (Star rating is for the original movie) For newcomers to the series, all eight movies of which will be reviewed over the coming weeks here is a brief breakdown of events. 1. Universe A: The first five Planet of the Apes movies spanning the period between 1968 and 1973. Planet of the Apes / Beneath the Planet of the Apes / Escape from the Planet of the Apes / Conquest of the...
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