POTA Prequel "Rise of the Apes" announced!

[DarkHelmet]

Looks like another disaster...

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/usmovies.accesshollywood.com/james-franco-goes-ape

CG apes...not actors....

I really, really hate Hollywood....

 

[propologist]

Charlton Heston just rolled over in his grave

 

[SgtFang]

Could the CG just be when they're showing "true" apes? Maybe they'll cut to actors in makeup after the genetic manipulation?

-Sarge

 

[DarkHelmet]

According to the article, no make-up for the movie.

I think the apes are going to be hybrid looking.

I do like the premise though. Genetically engineered does work for me.

 

[MARK M3]

They should leave well enough alone!


Nothing will top that first film with Heston.

How's about looking at the 1000 other Sci-Fi books that haven't been made into a film???

 

[Qui-Gonzalez]

I thought the apes from the new PotA were very well done. Why in the hell would they need CG? Even Congo had a good, passable ape. Then there is the Cadbury commercial. So many good looking FX apes to NOT have to go the CG route.

 

[EvilRocketeer]

well, james franco is in it. That can be considered a plus.

Also, Burton's planet of the apes was horrible. I think as long as it is better than that version than they have nothing to worry about

 

[Raffles]

Sounds awful, it'd make more money as a musical

 

[Tony]

Sounds awful, it'd make more money as a musical

:lol I think you may be right about that. I'd go. :lol

 

[SgtFang]

well, james franco is in it. That can be considered a plus.

Also, Burton's planet of the apes was horrible. I think as long as it is better than that version than they have nothing to worry about

Well, to mince words, the "story" was awful- The makeup and costumes ROCKED!

-Sarge

 

[CTF]

Charlton Heston just rolled over in his grave

Impossible.

He'll end up sticking himself on the bayonet.

 

[nickytea]

http://www.hulu.com/watch/149653/saturday-night-live-timecrowave

 

[KnightAsylum]

Sounds good to me, I like the work WETA does.
I remember folks complaining that they were not going to use real actors in AVATAR as well before it came out, and that turned out OK. Anything is better then the original apes (yes fine at the time, but did not age well, look and move like people in ape make-up.)

 

[SmilingOtter]

Sounds awful, it'd make more money as a musical

"I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-A to chimpan-Z..."

 

[CTF]

Sounds good to me, I like the work WETA does.

Weta, not WETA.

 

[KnightAsylum]

Weta, not WETA.

It was the way it was used in the article that this thread was about, as seen below, so I just repeated it - but thanks for the advice.

" ...The effects team WETA Digital, who wowed moviegoers with their work on "Avatar," will reportedly use photo-realistic apes and not actors in costumes for the movie..."

 

[Moviefreak]

They should leave well enough alone!

So true about so many remakes!!

 

[MooCriket]

Another POTA, with CGI apes?....What is this?...It's a mad house! A mad house! :lol

 

[0neiros]

"Get your filthy paws off me!!! You damn, Dirty, Computer generated image of an ape!!!"