re: Flaws in Planet of the Apes

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1. THe obvious one. Speaking English. Book accounts for it, movie doesn't. Doesn't even wonder why he can understand the apes.

2. Three military men. Suffer a long hike through the desert. So what do they do? All three get naked and jump into a lake. Leave weapons and food unguarded. Um, did it occur to soldiers/officers that maybe, just maybe, they should let one or two get in water and at least one guard their stuff.

3. They see the humans. Wow, lets gets up in the middle of them. You'd think soldiers would know to hide and observe from a distance.

4. Anyone notice the plastic tube used in transfusion? How the hell do the Apes make plastic? Does that seem like they had the technology to create it?

5. They hate humans. Humans are dumb. They like shooting them and putting them in cages. Maybe I'll try to show how smart I am and that I can talk. Yeah, they will want to be friends with me if I do.

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I assume you're talking about the original?


The later movies sort of account for this. I won't give you a specific instance, as it could be spoilery. Other reasons are in line with the saga. There are artifacts from when humans were intelligent.


You could argue the longevity of language spanned the end of the last intelligent human and the first "human-minded" ape and went from there.