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Planet Of The Apes
David Lindsay
I just saw "Planet of the Apes". I didn't expect it to live up to it's
predecessor. How could it? It is impossible to not compare this to the
original movie.
From mimicking the lettering style of the original's title to Danny Elfman's
mimickery of Jerry Goldsmith's excellent original theme, not to mention lifting
classic lines of dialogue from the original.
The thing that was impossible to eclipse from the original was the timing of the
original.
The original was released a week after the Tet Offensive started, two months
before LBJ announced he wouldn't run for re-election, upon which Martin Luther
King's assassination came five days later, followed by the a couple of weeks of
the worst rioting this nation has ever seen, followed by RFK getting assassinated,
after which the 68 Democratic Convention erupted, culminating in the election of
Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon by a fewer number of votes than Gore got over Bush.
With it's anti-racist, anti-war, anti-establishment themes it was one helluva
picture superimposed over one helluva year.
If the current "Planet of the Apes" had accurately reflected it's times it would
have been a movie about a bunch of overzealous religous fanatic apes overwhelming
a bunch of liberal minded free thinkers into submission when the free thinkers
should have known better than to be done in by a sucker punch.
But that would not have been an action/adventure movie, that would have been a
comedy/tragedy.
--David Lindsay
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More Musings From The ShadowCatcher
The ShadowCatcher
You know I got to thinking this morning about dreams,how screwy they are, did
you ever notice that when youare dreaming, that there is something missing?
You can be walking in a field of flowers, but you can't smell them, ya might
as well be standing in a hog-pen. Then ya come across a banquet, the table
filled withyour favorite vittles, lobster, steak, luscious apple pies,
Angel-food cake, and an abundance of tasty fruit. But then after stuffing your
mouth full, ya can't taste them, ya might as well be eating saw-dust.
I use to dream of walking through shopping-malls, and when I went into a store,
here were counters filled with my favorite things, and no clerks behind them, hell,
there was nobody else in the store except me, no cameras looking down at ya, no
locks on the cabnets, a shoplifter's paradise, then ya get to thinking, how
much can you carry, and whatta ya gonna do with them? Ah Forget it.
Now I don't know just where a dream turns into a nightmare, but when you are
suddenly confronted by some fearsome monster, and you open your mouth wide and
let out a yell!, nota sound comes out, not even a peep, but what good would that
do? Nobody could hear you. Yet when your in real trouble, you
can just wake-up, and still be in one piece. Whew!
But in real life when you're awake & faced by a similar situation, ya can't just
fall asleep, although I've heard that some animals do that, but I dont think that
would work for me. But who knows? ha!
Now I haven't mentioned those 'wet-dreams', that can get messy, I don't have them
anymore, guess I'm getting too old, and not as bold as I use to be. So when it
comes right down to it, I'd rather be awake than asleep.~~~~~ha!
Regards
ShadowCatcher
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