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Battle For The Planet Of The Apes is SO gorram unnappreciated.

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 04:40
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:20 PM

CHRISISALL


Seriously. It was a small movie, almost a coda to the preceding series. It had heart, though. It was made with an obvious love of the source material.

Dvdverdict *almost* agrees with me...
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/battleapesee.php
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Many Apes fans cite this as the worst apes afterthought caught on film, indicating it would have been better to end the big-screen exploits with Conquest. Agreed.

Well, not really.

Eff 'em. I love this movie, especially the extended cut!!!


The fighting-like-apes Chrisisall



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Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:09 PM

CHRISISALL


Extended cut details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_the_Planet_of_the_Apes
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This version has been released before, via bootleg, and has been widely acknowledged by Apes fans as the definitive version. Here listed are the additional scenes:

* Near the end of the opening credits, the score continues to its original ending for 25 seconds, with extra footage of General Aldo approaching on a horse.
* The chase of the teacher of the apes is longer by 20 seconds.
* The mutant chief is walking around in his HQ, and has more dialogue.
* The entry into the ruins of the Forbidden City of the ape scout party with Caesar is 40 seconds longer, with more dialogue.
* The escape from the Forbidden City shows more footage and dialogue involving the apes.
* The scene where Cornelius is "shot" by a human boy begins slightly earlier, making it clear that the shooting is a game — which makes more sense, since no mutant party had yet even approached the ape city.
* DELETED SCENE: In this edited scene, Governor Kolp tells his lieutenant to fire an atomic missile on Ape City when he gives the signal.
* The assault by the mutants is shown 45 seconds longer. (In this sequence there were three more smaller cuts that reduced the battle scene by 40 additional seconds, and originally there was no musical score.)
* The scene where the Governor Kolp calls "Sergeant York" is missing.
* Again, parts of the assault are cut by almost 40 seconds.
* There are additional shots and dialogue before the mutants lay down the smoke screen.
* 15 more seconds of the battle were cut.
* 20 seconds of later battle footage cut.
* The scene where Aldo kills Governor Kolp and his followers in the school bus was cut in the U.S. theatrical version, but has been restored.
* The fight between Aldo and Caesar is longer.
* DELETED SCENE: The new Governor Mendez talks the mutant lieutenant out of firing the atomic missile. As they argue, they discover it is the ALPHA-OMEGA bomb. This scene was cut (Only with this sequence reinserted the odd cut from the Caesar conversation involving the humans to the ending sequence makes a little more sense and looks better).




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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 3:22 AM

LWAVES


I would love to agree with you mate and I do remember liking all of the Apes movies but It's been so long (I'd guess the early-mid 80s) since I've seen any but the first movie that I can't really say for certain.
I must watch these again.
I must watch these again.
I must watch these again.
I must watch these again.
I must watch these again.



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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 4:40 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by lwaves:

I must watch these again.




I actually don't own Escape & Conquest- they're burned into my memory though. And Battle does a nice job of flashbacking on them, so I kinda feel like I own all three in one flick anyway.
I will buy them as I see them used for a good price...


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