Planet of the Apes: Difference between revisions

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* [[Twist Ending]]: the [[Planet of the Apes Ending]].

** Considering [[Rod Serling]] had a hand in the 1968 screenplay, [[The Twilight Zone|it really shouldn't have been that surprising]]...

* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: When the movie starts out, the year on the ship's on-board calendar reads 1978. When they crash-land on the titular planet, {{spoiler|it's 3972.}}

* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: Viewers are expected to understand the subtleties, such as slowly making new discoveries and realizing that apes' cruelty towards humans represents ''our'' monstrous, self-destructive acts.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Dr. Zaius, according to [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]. In any case, he obviously already knows what Taylor would discover in the ending.

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'''Taylor''': That still doesn't give me the why. A planet where apes evolved from men? There's got to be an answer.

'''Dr. Zaius''': Don't look for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find. }}

* [[Wham! Shot]]: The broken Statue of Liberty at the end, which gave rise to the [[Planet of the Apes Ending]], is one of the best known and most iconic examples.

* [[You Fail Biology Forever]]: ~~the~~ ship with the protagonist is sent into space to colonize a new planet. That's why it contains three males and one female. D'oh!

* [[You Fail Biology Forever]]: The ship with the protagonist is sent into space to colonize a new planet. That's why it contains just three males and only one female. D'oh!

** Also, portraying gorillas as warlike and violent, chimpanzees as reserved and rational, and orangutans as wise and social. Gorillas are very gentle and docile animals while chimps have been known to exterminate other tribes, including the infants, to take the females and food. Orangutans have a completely anti-social society; males leave upon puberty and live on their own, attacking anyone that comes into their territory.