Planet of the Apes

[Drewish]

So it seems like a new widescreen release is now available. I've been meaning to pick this series up (I saw the first, second, fourth and fifth movies when I was younger.) Am I just being nostalgic or are they as good as i remember them being? And I recall the 4th one not being that good, is the third worth watching (I'll take them in order of course if I end up buying the set as some of the plot specifics escape y memory.)

[klr]

So it seems like a new widescreen release is now available. I've been meaning to pick this series up (I saw the first, second, fourth and fifth movies when I was younger.) I'm I just being nostalgic or are they as good as i remember them being. And I recall the 4th one not being that good, is the third worth watching (I'll take them in order of course if I end up buying the set as some of the plot specifics escape y memory.)

I thought they would have been all widescreen anyway in DVD format? They were all originally shot in 2.35:1 format.

I saw this set (including the bonus disc) on sale in HMV a year or two ago, and it was priced a lot lower than this. I assume it's the same product.

I saw all of these one time, many years ago. They were shown late Friday/Saturday night over the space of a few weeks.

[Drewish]

I've seen a few collections. Some widescreen, some not. And with people remarking at varied video and audio quality. I want the good stuff for sure, and this doesn't seem too steep for all 5 movies. I'm just not sure whether they're as good as I recall them being, or if I'm just remembering them fondly (I was like 9 or so when I saw most of them.)

[BrettA]

... or are they as good as i remember them being?

They're so far down on my list that I'd never consider any of 'em... but some of mine might be equally far down your list.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

The first 3 are all pretty good. The 4th and 5th are quite easily missable.

[klr]

The first 3 are all pretty good. The 4th and 5th are quite easily missable.

A movie series that went down the tubes after the third instalment. Who'd have thought it? There was a lesson in there somewhere, Mr. Lucas.

[Drewish]

Well I do recall disliking the fourth (though it has only a vague impression and the details of the impression are not there any longer) and I haven't seen the third. But since people seem to be claiming that the third was worth watching, I guess I'll pick this up.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I saw the first one in the theater, and was highly pissed. That didn't make the movie any more interesting, however.

[Clinton Huxley]

I was in a lecture re chimpanzee communication on Saturday and I don't believe that the apes portrayed in Planet of the Aforementioned were terribly accurate.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I was in a lecture re chimpanzee communication on Saturday and I don't believe that the apes portrayed in Planet of the Aforementioned were terribly accurate.

What were you doing in church?

[klr]

I was in a lecture re chimpanzee communication on Saturday and I don't believe that the apes portrayed in Planet of the Aforementioned were terribly accurate.

What were you doing in church?

And on a Saturday.

[Clinton Huxley]

I was in a lecture re chimpanzee communication on Saturday and I don't believe that the apes portrayed in Planet of the Aforementioned were terribly accurate.

What were you doing in church?

Hah.

Manchester Science Week. Was terribly informative. Chimpanzees emit 13 disticnt sounds, apparently.

[klr]

I was in a lecture re chimpanzee communication on Saturday and I don't believe that the apes portrayed in Planet of the Aforementioned were terribly accurate.

What were you doing in church?

Hah.

Manchester Science Week. Was terribly informative. Chimpanzees emit 13 disticnt sounds, apparently.

Are you sure you weren't just sitting next to some football fans?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I was in a lecture re chimpanzee communication on Saturday and I don't believe that the apes portrayed in Planet of the Aforementioned were terribly accurate.

What were you doing in church?

Hah.

Manchester Science Week. Was terribly informative. Chimpanzees emit 13 disticnt sounds, apparently.

I watch a docu. once that solemnly proclaimed that cats used exactly one sound, "meow", with humans. I doubted.

[Clinton Huxley]

I was in a lecture re chimpanzee communication on Saturday and I don't believe that the apes portrayed in Planet of the Aforementioned were terribly accurate.

What were you doing in church?

Hah.

Manchester Science Week. Was terribly informative. Chimpanzees emit 13 disticnt sounds, apparently.

Are you sure you weren't just sitting next to some football fans?

All the Humanzees were at Old Trafford....