Category Archives: Planet of the Apes

Sci-Fi Insight on Current Events: The Slave’s Right to Punish His Persecutors

July 24th, 2009 | Posted in Planet of the Apes, political commentary, race, science fiction

America seems doomed never to be able to move beyond its struggles with racism. Despite having elected an African-American president, and other great strides since the days of slavery and the Civil Rights era, charges of racism continue to haunt the country in pop culture. From Al Sharpton connecting race with Michael Jackson’s death, to Jessie […]

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Planet of the Apes: Intelligent Sci-Fi Past and Present

July 14th, 2009 | Posted in Planet of the Apes, science fiction

Remember that science fiction film franchise from a few decades ago that captured the imagination of young and old alike, and which opened the door for merchandising that is now the industry standard? While it is tempting to think of the adventures of those “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” as […]

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Planet of the Apes Blue-Ray DVD Release

September 24th, 2008 | Posted in 1960s, Planet of the Apes, science fiction

I’m a little late in promoting this information from a press release from Fox announcing the Blue-Ray DVD release of Planet of the Apes this November. I am a huge fan of the franchise as a formative one in my childhood interaction with sci fi, and last night’s research in trying to track down Eric […]

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Planet of the Apes and Social Dynamics

May 4th, 2007 | Posted in Planet of the Apes, social dynamics

I am preparing for a “Faith and Film” course I will be co-teaching for Salt Lake Theological Seminary this summer, and one of the films I will be using is The Planet of the Apes (1968). I am reviewing various materials connected with it, and one of the resources I looked at again recently was […]

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Planet of the Apes: An American Myth

February 15th, 2007 | Posted in Planet of the Apes, race, science fiction

One of the films that I found most enjoyable growing up was Planet of the Apes (1968). So many things stand out in this film, from the great musical score by Jerry Goldsmith, to the cutting-edge makeup of the time by John Chambers, to the great screenplay and twist ending by Michael Wilson and with […]

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