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post #91 of 100
8/22/11 at 12:46pm

Add me to the chorus of those impressed by this movie.  Not a huge fan of the "Apes" franchise - like but don't love them - but really, really enjoyed this one.  Perhaps it's blasphemous to say so, but I might like "Rise" more than the original - definitely looking forward to a sequel...

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post #92 of 100
8/22/11 at 12:57pm

That is blasphemous, Colin.

 

However, I'll respect your religion.  smiley_wink.gif

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post #93 of 100
8/22/11 at 4:10pm
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Sitting 7' away from an 8' screen CAN replace that BIG screen experience, epically when it's 1080p and no people around to annoy or bother. So yes, I have no plans to return to the theater until Bond returns. Maybe Star Trek, but I'll need to see a trailer first.

 

Commercial theaters suck, as do the people that go to them because most are nothing but annoying. Oh, and just wait, wait for the "Orange cell phone breaks", there coming. 

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post #94 of 100
8/22/11 at 4:13pm
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Originally Posted by Ron-P 
Until then, everything else will be via Blu-ray

So you'll wait for the new Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Avenger and Star Trek films to be released on Blu-ray before going to the cinema ? Hmmm.....I doubt that. smile.gif


See my comments above.

 

Have I ever said how I really, REALLY HATE this forums new software. It REALLY sucks! Who thinks this shit up and buys into it?

 

 

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post #95 of 100
8/23/11 at 7:43am
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That is blasphemous, Colin.

 

However, I'll respect your religion.  smiley_wink.gif



And I appreciate that! biggrin.gif

 

I do really like the 1968 "Apes", and comparisons between it and "Rise" fall into the semi-apples/oranges territory: they're pretty different movies from different eras.

 

But I sure did enjoy "Rise"! smile.gif

 

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post #96 of 100
8/25/11 at 12:35am
Got dragged into seeing this, and enjoyed it more than I expected. (And I'm a card carrying classic POTA fan.) The lab scenes are pretty laughable in how they handle potentially dangerous biological materials. Hasn't anyone in Hollywood ever seen The Andromeda Strain?

Any primate sanctuary run like that in the real world today would probably be "liberated" by an animal rights group, and burned to the ground. I did enjoy the primate spin on just about every old prison movie clique' though!

I don't know where they can possibly go in a sequel that could surprise anyone. If they revisit the original film, there's no shock ending, we already know what planet we're on.

And what are the odds two Stargate Atlantis cast members appear in two different movie franchise reboots in the same month? smiley_wink.gif
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post #97 of 100
8/25/11 at 5:10am
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I don't know where they can possibly go in a sequel that could surprise anyone. If they revisit the original film, there's no shock ending, we already know what planet we're on.
 

 

Just speculation, but to me, this film suggests that the destruction of the world of man (seen in the original film) could have been a response to the ape uprising, rather than a war of man against man. The line "you know what they're capable of" towards the end of the film seemed to set that up. 

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post #98 of 100
8/25/11 at 6:32am

^Yes, I thought that too. After seeing "Rise," I watched my Blu Rays of the Original and "Beneath," and the impact of the Statue of Liberty and the apocalyptic ending of "Beneath" took on an even deeper tone, as opposed to "Rise" having spoiled any big surprise.

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post #99 of 100
8/25/11 at 10:44pm
Well, it was a big surprise to me the first time I saw it in the 70's, as was intended. How many people had that ruined by the first DVD cover with Lady Liberty poking up behind Cornelius' head?

Maybe the sequel will go down some other path, and forgo melted cities and bomb worshiping mutants entirely.
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post #100 of 100
8/27/11 at 8:00am

Yes, it was a big surprise to me too back then. But now the impact is not so much "Holy shit! I'm on Earth!" as it is a grim look at what our future may bring.

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