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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!
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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.