Refrences to the original in Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

[charlieray1]

I enjoyed Rise of the Planet of the Apes -- no classic, but a fun prequel. I was struck though by how many references there were in it to the original Planet of the Apes and it's sequels. These are the one that I caught -- any others?


NOTE: Aerodude suggested I add spoiler tags (thank you!) but there is only one plot point revealed in the 13 references listed and it has a separate spoiler when you open the list. Nothing else about the story is revealed below.

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• The title font is identical to the original film
• The character named Dodge Landon -- the names of the other 2 astronauts in the original
• "Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!"
• "It's a madhouse! A madhouse!"
• Charlton Heston on TV
• The use of the high pressure hoses on the caged apes
• The orangutan named Maurice -- Maurice Evans play Dr Zaius, an orangutan
• This is subtle, but there are news reports about a manned space shot, then a newspaper headline about the ship being lost. I took that to be Taylor's ship from the original film, lost in space to land on the PotA
• The main chimp is named Caesar, as in the 4th and 5th films
• [Show spoiler]In the sequels, ape lore has it that the first word spoken by an ape is "No!", as in the new film
• Caesar is shown briefly playing with a Statue of Liberty puzzle toy
• An ape is called Cornelia -- very close to the original Cornelius
• Caesar is called Bright Eyes, like Heston in the original film

Any others?

BTW, a fun in-joke I caught that has nothing to do with the old films: they're showing Francis, The Talking Mule on a TV screen -- another old

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[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by charlieray1

I enjoyed Rise of the Planet of the Apes -- no classic, but a fun prequel. I was struck though by how many references there were in it to the original Planet of the Apes and it's sequels. These are the one that I caught -- any others?

[Show spoiler]

• The title font is identical to the original film
• The character named Dodge Landon -- the names of the other 2 astronauts in the original
• "Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!"
• "It's a madhouse! A madhouse!"
• Charlton Heston on TV
• The use of the high pressure hoses on the caged apes
• The orangutan named Maurice -- Maurice Evans play Dr Zaius, an orangutan
• This is subtle, but there are news reports about a manned space shot, then a newspaper headline about the ship being lost. I took that to be Taylor's ship from the original film, lost in space to land on the PotA
• The main chimp is named Caesar, as in the 4th and 5th films
• In the sequels, ape lore has it that the first word spoken by an ape is "No!", as in the new film

I think I had a few others, but now I can't remember them all I'll post more if I think of them.

BTW, a fun in-joke I caught that has nothing to do with the old films: they're showing Francis, The Talking Mule on a TV screen -- another old "talking animal" film!

There's already a thread for the movie, plus, you Should use SPOILER TAGS (like I did above) for everything you posted. Not Everyone has seen the movie.

[charlieray1]

Originally Posted by Aerodude73

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There's already a thread for the movie, plus, you Should use SPOILER TAGS (like I did above) for everything you posted. Not Everyone has seen the movie.

Thank you sir -- tags are added! The other Apes thread isn't the same as this one -- this one is just for listing references to the old film.

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by charlieray1

Thank you sir -- tags are added! The other Apes thread isn't the same as this one -- this one is just for listing references to the old film.

Lol - No problem, I saw that you tagged em' a few mins ago.

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[Barbossa]

Slight correction:

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Originally Posted by charlieray1

Caesar is called Bright Eyes, like Heston in the original film

Bright Eyes is the name of Caesar's mother.

[hardcorefrokid]

[Show spoiler]Tom Felton's delivery of the line "Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!" was terrible.

[Lemmy Lugosi]

Originally Posted by hardcorefrokid

[Show spoiler]Tom Felton's delivery of the line "Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!" was terrible.

I agree.

I would've liked a few quick nods to the original, but I noticed every one of those the OP mentioned during the film (other than the newspaper headline), and I didn't like most of them. They squandered the old lines by giving them to the low-brow/mouth-breather in the film.