Planet of the Apes (1968) Question

[Eye Candy]

I re-watched Planet of the Apes (1968) and I have a couple of questions:

1. When the "scarecrows" are seen, are they facing toward the Forbidden Zone or away from the Fordbidden Zone? In other words, are the scarecrows specifically mounted to scare people from going into the Forbidden Zone, or to scare people from coming out of the Forbidden Zone into the Apes territory ?

It seems to me that the scarecrows are facing the Forbidden Zone, to scare people from entering Ape territory, so the apes don't really seem to care if any humans go into the Forbidden Zone, because the humans would probably die before they could find sustainence.

2. At the end of the movie, just before we see the top of the statue of Liberty, do we have any idea of what we see that is "metal" that is shown ??


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[Sam Kirk]

Originally Posted by Eye Candy

I re-watched Planet of the Apes (1968) and I have a couple of questions:

1. When the "scarecrows" are seen, are they facing toward the Forbidden Zone or away from the Fordbidden Zone? In other words, are the scarecrows specifically mounted to scare people from going into the Forbidden Zone, or to scare people from coming out of the Forbidden Zone into the Apes territory ?

It seems to me that the scarecrows are facing the Forbidden Zone, to scare people from entering Ape territory, so the apes don't really seem to care if any humans go into the Forbidden Zone, because the humans would probably die before they could find sustainence.

2. At the end of the movie, just before we see the top of the statue of Liberty, do we have any idea of what we see that is "metal" that is shown ??


Smart Alec replys are not being sought to these queries....
If you don't know, or don't have any idea, or just don't care..... then please don't bother to reply.

Well first of all I would like to know how was the movie? Since you re-watched the movie you must like it. But did you notice the following incident in the movie?

The astronauts find a plant which they declare their first "life" seen on the planet. They are oblivious to the grassy ridge behind them, seen when they are squatting.

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by Sam Kirk

Well first of all I would like to know how was the movie? Since you re-watched the movie you must like it. But did you notice the following incident in the movie?

The astronauts find a plant which they declare their first "life" seen on the planet. They are oblivious to the grassy ridge behind them, seen when they are squatting.

The movie was good, but it was not as impressive as when I originally saw it as a 12 year old, on the big screen, in 1968..



I'll have to look for the grassy knoll/ridge, and see if there was s/t there I missed...

[pitmosher]

I believe the scarecrows are there to keep people from entering the forbidden zone. The apes want them around to catch or wrangle up later. I figure they think the more humans are around the more for the picking. Just my theory. Not quite sure of your second question tho.

[J. J. Hunsecker]

The Scarecrows are to keep the humans from eating the Apes' food. Although it didn't seem to work, since people wandered into the crops and stole food anyway.

I think the metal thing you are talking about is the girded structure of the Statue of Liberty. It was obviously exposed once the statue sustained damage.

[blonde_devil]

i think the scarecrows were for both - keep people from entering the ape city and a reminder to the apes to go no further.

[Show spoiler]it`s been a while but didn`t the mutant show them burning in the second one, along with apes bleeding, to keep the apes out.

[aiman04]

My 12-year-old son saw the reboot trilogy first and loved it, I admit they’re good even though for our generation we already know where it’s going. He was curious about the original so we saw it yesterday, he enjoyed it but wasn’t surprised at the ending at all. Should’ve let him see the original first, it was a big twist for us back then.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by aiman04

My 12-year-old son saw the reboot trilogy first and loved it, I admit they’re good even though for our generation we already know where it’s going. He was curious about the original so we saw it yesterday, he enjoyed it but wasn’t surprised at the ending at all. Should’ve let him see the original first, it was a big twist for us back then.

He'd definitely be surprised with the ending to Beneath though.