What started as meditation on historical revisionism in The Planet of the Apes evolved into the full blown article "How Rises messes with Apes canon (and 3 ways we can fix it all)" for Blastr.
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| Rise of the Planet of the Apes seemingly contradicts the accepted Planet of the Apes canon. The 1968 Planet of the Apes, loosely based upon Pierre Boulle’s 1963 satirical novel, spawned four sequels, a disappointing Tim Burton-helmed remake/re-imagining/relaunch/whatever-you-dub-this-garabage, a short lived TV show, an animated series and a multitude of comics from a variety of publishers. |
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| The many sources, all of which claim the ’68 movie and original novel as inspiration, created a muddled and contradictory history. But for most the only timeline that matters is from the initial five movies (Planet of the Apes, Beneath…, Escape From…, Battle For…, Conquest of…). Now comes Rise, which seemingly undermines one of the series’ cornerstone beliefs. |
I posit three potential solutions to reconcile this issue: Ape Shall Venerate Ape, an Abrahams Conundrum, and a Crisis on Infinite Ape Earths. Check out my Blastr article for all the particulars.