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I say it takes place in about the 24th century.
So the Wikipedia article on the film says "300 years after Caesar's death." That's the 24th century.
I have sworn off any story that the whole premise is anchored to Fantasy, Violence or Calamity. All they are selling is it's futile to resist.
Well, it looks like The new Apes reboot series is following the old Star Trek films rule: Even numbered films are the best of the lot.
This is #4. And it solidifieds this rule. I thought the second one was the best but this one tops that or at least equals it.
This is #4. And it solidifieds this rule. I thought the second one was the best but this one tops that or at least equals it.
I say it takes place in about the 24th century. They screwed up on the guns not being stored in barrels of gun oil to preserve them. Only the sci fii series The 100 got that right. But that is par for the course in most sci fi. A minor issue.
There were a lot of homages to the original 1968 film in this one. The music score and human hunt scenes. That it takes place in the LA basin area is another plus.
A special shout out for the human infant doll:
Now what makes this particularly special is that either the props staff a) got lucky and acquired an almost identical doll from Eastern Europe (because you won't find a white girl doll in America or Western Europe like that) or b) spent some bank to have it custom spec prop made. I vote for b but do bot rule out the possibility of a. They put some effort into it either way.
Anyway. No woke shit in this film. No gay ape but sex or trans ape bullshit. And it did a great job promoting themes that impact Ape beliefs in the future. Especially in how the only premeditated murder depicted is human on human.
And no. The orang is not Lawrence Fishbourne. I though it was too but looked it up. I could've sworn it was him, too. Even the facial expressions was a lot like him. But it was Peter Macon from The Oroville. Who is a lot like Fishbourne.
Anyhoo, even if the Apes thing isn't yours, it is better than the crap Hollywood usually produces. I would trust these guys to do a reboot of the 1968 classic. Although they really don't need to.