“Planet of the Apes” was a low budge attempt to milk some extra money out of the hit movies. The scripts weren’t all that great and there was no real point. Two humans run away from bad gorilla army. A friendly chimp helps them. This, unfortunately, is the plot of every single episode. There were stupid challenges along the way and they would help humans and apes and almost get caught.
The obvious metaphor was that the inter-species bigotry is the same as racial bigotry. The problem is that was repeated in every episode. Not a bad message, but there wasn’t anything else. And the sets were crap.
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Astronauts Alan Virdon and Pete Burke are thrown 1100 years forward in time to 3085 AD to find evolved apes have become the dominant species and humans their apathetic slaves. Feared by the ape authorities, their plight turns the head of a promising young chimpanzee named Galen, who adopts the heretical idea that maybe humans aren't a lower species and can co-exist with apes as equals. As the three struggle to survive life on the run, a bond of friendship grows between them like an intricate tapestry woven right before our eyes, a multi-threaded miracle born of compassion, respect, and the desire to replace fear with understanding. The series is loosely tied to the original movie series, reusing some footage and the ape makeup (albeit on a lower budget). Although it only lasted 14 episodes and spawned four paperback adaptations and 5 stitched-together TV movies, it retains a strong fan following and the occasional resurgence of interest with the 2001 remake of the original movie and the occasional SciFi Channel marathon or late-night cable showing of the TV movies.moreless
 Roddy McDowall |
Galen |
Ron Harper |
Alan Virdon |
James Naughton |
Peter Burke |
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