Rich I really love the Ursus drawing on the homepage of Hasslein books. It makes me want to sculpt him!

On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 7:12 PM, rassmguy <handleyr@...> wrote:

I also wanted to thank James for all the effort he's put into promoting my POTA books by creating group homepage photos with the covers inserted. It's much appreciated, James--AND funny, to boot!

For those who've not seen James' work, it's all archived here:
http://www.hassleinbooks.com/timelinehumor.html"

Rich

You're welcome Rich. Had a lot of fun putting them together.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "rassmguy" <handleyr@...> wrote:
>
> I also wanted to thank James for all the effort he's put into promoting my POTA books by creating group homepage photos with the covers inserted. It's much appreciated, James--AND funny, to boot!
>
> For those who've not seen James' work, it's all archived here:
> http://www.hassleinbooks.com/timelinehumor.htmlbr>>
> Rich
>

Thanks for the heads up Chris!

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, lawford42@... wrote:
>
> The five original films, one per day for five days, Monday January 3rd
> through Friday January 7th on Cinemax (East) and CinemaxHD (East), every
> day at noon EST. Looks like it's the theatrical version of BATTLE though.
> Still, it's always cool to see these broadcast on television.
>
>
> Chris L.
>

Thanks, Jess! Those images at the top of the page are thumbnails of Pat's art from the book. Each one is a full-page illustration. Isn't he amazing? (And yeah, that'd be a great one to sculpt.)

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, jessica rotich <jessicarotich@...> wrote:
>
> Rich I really love the Ursus drawing on the homepage of Hasslein books. It
> makes me want to sculpt him!
>

It shows! I was inspired by your efforts, by the way, and added a bunch of my own to that page. (Keep in mind that unlike you, Paul and Dave, I'm not a graphics expert.)

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "jamesa1102" <JamesA1102@...> wrote:
>
>
> You're welcome Rich. Had a lot of fun putting them together.
>

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:49 AM, rassmguy <handleyr@...> wrote:

It shows! I was inspired by your efforts, by the way, and added a bunch of my own to that page. (Keep in mind that unlike you, Paul and Dave, I'm not a graphics expert.)

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "jamesa1102" <JamesA1102@...> wrote:
>
>
> You're welcome Rich. Had a lot of fun putting them together.
>

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--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, Haristas@... wrote:

> I'd say the natives don't know how to make trailers.

LOL!

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POTA (and "Escape") were shot at Zuma Beach, not Point Dume. There's a difference.


From: Haristas@...
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 1:30 PM
To: pota@yahoogroups.com
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If you think I'm done with this kind of stuff, think again.

Here's some screen grabs from a 1955 MGM movie called MOONFLEET. A little over halfway through the movie is a sequence at an ocean cove that's the same place (Point Dume) where PLANET OF THE APES would be shot some twelve years later (MGM also shot at another CA beach and made it look in the movie as if it was all one place).

MOONFLEET is available on DVD-R from Warner Archives. I haven't bought it, yet, but every so often it shows up on TCM and that's where I copied it from here.

The scenes are dark compared to PLANET because it was supposed to take place at night (smugglers unloading their goods) and MGM used a heavy blue filter. I've actually lightened them up a bit. In the bottom shot you'll see a navel officer atop the cliff above the cove. Well, he's just been shot in the head and is about to fall backward off the cliff! The actor that played the unfortunate fellow was John Hoyt, who played a chimp a couple times in the POTA TV series.

Jeff Krueger has been to this beach, but as far as I know has never taken a header off the cliff top, not that anyone can tell the difference.

-- Rory

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 1:30 PM, <Haristas@...> wrote:

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If you think I'm done with this kind of stuff, think again.

Here's some screen grabs from a 1955 MGM movie called MOONFLEET. A little over halfway through the movie is a sequence at an ocean cove that's the same place (Point Dume) where PLANET OF THE APES would be shot some twelve years later (MGM also shot at another CA beach and made it look in the movie as if it was all one place).

MOONFLEET is available on DVD-R from Warner Archives. I haven't bought it, yet, but every so often it shows up on TCM and that's where I copied it from here.

The scenes are dark compared to PLANET because it was supposed to take place at night (smugglers unloading their goods) and MGM used a heavy blue filter. I've actually lightened them up a bit. In the bottom shot you'll see a navel officer atop the cliff above the cove. Well, he's just been shot in the head and is about to fall backward off the cliff! The actor that played the unfortunate fellow was John Hoyt, who played a chimp a couple times in the POTA TV series.

Jeff Krueger has been to this beach, but as far as I know has never taken a header off the cliff top, not that anyone can tell the difference.

-- Rory

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Except unlike the old 4:30 Movie, the films won't be chopped to pieces and packed with commercials.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, Haristas@... wrote:
>
>
> It's like an old "APES Week" on the 4:30 Movie. I wonder if the HD telecasts will be in the full letterbox or cropped? We'll see.
>
> -- Rory
>

*** They'll leave the "packed with commercials" airings to AMC... ***


In a message dated 12/28/2010 9:13:37 AM Central Standard Time,
JamesA1102@... writes:

> Except unlike the old 4:30 Movie, the films won't be (chopped to pieces
> and) packed with commercials.

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--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, mlccougar@... wrote:

>
> *** They'll leave the "packed with commercials" airings to AMC... ***
>
>
> In a message dated 12/28/2010 9:13:37 AM Central Standard Time,
> JamesA1102@... writes:
>
>
> > Except unlike the old 4:30 Movie, the films won't be (chopped to pieces
> > and) packed with commercials.
>
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>

Since I don't have any of the Cinemax packages on TWC, and I don't like commercial interuptions when the story gets interesting, I'll have my own marathon with widescreen presentation of all five,
plus the T.Burton version, and both tv version to 'Overdose' on
POTA fix....And a data projector and huge screen with 5.1 to
enjoy the Tim Burton version because stereo was not that big of a deal back in those days for the original versions, it was just there.
I do my POTA super overdose once a year till another version is produced. Which at that point, I'll add it to my "fix' <grin>

Zuma Beach is on one side, Point Dume State Beach is on the other. A local told me it is part of Zuma Beach and that's what it's called in "Behind the POTA" by Roddy himself. Do you want to believe Roddy or Wikipedia? Maybe you're just a Point Dumekopf.


From: Haristas@...
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 12:11 PM
To: pota@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [pota] Re: Point Dume




Boy, Oh, Boy! Jeff Krueger better read this before he leaves his house -- and gets lost!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Dume


Meanwhile, I wonder how much of the recent rains in Southern CA have affected Malibu Creek and the rest of the park? It was heavy rains that finally did in most of the Ape City set back in 1971.

-- Rory

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I loved that APES story - i remembered the UK APES comics i got every sat. from my local newsagents - that story featured Characters Aarlic, hs partner Reena, Human pal Starkor & Ape pal Grymalkin - the dark, mysterious ( i'd thought , spooky at the time ) atmospheric art by Tom Sutton!   Robin --- On Fri, 17/12/10, jamesa1102 <JamesA1102@...> wrote: From: jamesa1102 <JamesA1102@...> Subject: [pota] Re: Marvel To: pota@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, 17 December, 2010, 14:50   That was the Future History Chronicles. --- In pota@yahoogroups.com, Bill Hollweg <billhollweg@...> wrote: > > I forget the name of the story-but my fave Marvel back story <which i got in > the Escape Comic Magazine adaptation when I was in like 4th grade or > something- then lost over time-but thankfully found again at Hunter's > Brilliant site>> was the one with the Ship and the humans lived under the > decks as shackled slave and rowers, and a masked vigilante <human> was going > about murdering apes. >

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The following pota poll is now closed. Here are the
final results:


POLL QUESTION: What was your favorite POTA comic?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Marvel's Terror series, 9 votes, 42.86%
- Marvel's Future History Chronicles, 1 votes, 4.76%
- Marvel's Derick Zane Adventures, 1 votes, 4.76%
- Malibu's POTA series, 1 votes, 4.76%
- Malibu's Ape Nation miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Malibu's Urchak's Folly miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Malibu's Ape City miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Malibu's Blood of the Apes miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Mr. Comics' Revolution miniseries, 5 votes, 23.81%
- None of the Above, 4 votes, 19.05%



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On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 9:53 PM, <pota@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

The following pota poll is now closed. Here are the
final results:

POLL QUESTION: What was your favorite POTA comic?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Marvel's Terror series, 9 votes, 42.86%
- Marvel's Future History Chronicles, 1 votes, 4.76%
- Marvel's Derick Zane Adventures, 1 votes, 4.76%
- Malibu's POTA series, 1 votes, 4.76%
- Malibu's Ape Nation miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Malibu's Urchak's Folly miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Malibu's Ape City miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Malibu's Blood of the Apes miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Mr. Comics' Revolution miniseries, 5 votes, 23.81%
- None of the Above, 4 votes, 19.05%

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In case you didn't know, scans of the UK POTA comic are available on Hunter's website: https://pota.goatley.com/marvel_uk.html"

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, Robin Medford <robinartwork60@...> wrote:
>
>
> I loved that APES story - i remembered the UK APES comics i got every sat. from my local newsagents - that story featured Characters Aarlic, hs partner Reena, Human pal Starkor & Ape pal Grymalkin - the dark, mysterious ( i'd thought , spooky at the time ) atmospheric art by Tom Sutton!
>  
> Robin
>

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Not surprizing that Terror won. It was the first original POTA comic series and for many their first exposure to POTA.

For myself, Terror lost me after the 3rd or 4th chapter, as soon as they brought in the mutant brains in jars. That's Star Trek, not POTA. It always seemed to me that the folks at Marvel were not that interested in the Apes or their culture. There was plenty they could have explored there but instead they went in many other directions.

Say what you want about Revolution, and it had its flaws, but at least the stuck to the core POTA concept and didn't just put talking apes in different situations and call it POTA.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, pota@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
>
> The following pota poll is now closed. Here are the
> final results:
>
>
> POLL QUESTION: What was your favorite POTA comic?
>
> CHOICES AND RESULTS
> - Marvel's Terror series, 9 votes, 42.86%
> - Marvel's Future History Chronicles, 1 votes, 4.76%
> - Marvel's Derick Zane Adventures, 1 votes, 4.76%
> - Malibu's POTA series, 1 votes, 4.76%
> - Malibu's Ape Nation miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
> - Malibu's Urchak's Folly miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
> - Malibu's Ape City miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
> - Malibu's Blood of the Apes miniseries, 0 votes, 0.00%
> - Mr. Comics' Revolution miniseries, 5 votes, 23.81%
> - None of the Above, 4 votes, 19.05%
>
>
>
> For more information about this group, please visit
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pota
>
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Funny, I voted 'none of the above' because I had read some of those comics. LOL!

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, jessica rotich <jessicarotich@...> wrote:
>
> I had voted none of the above because I have never read any of the comics.
>
> Jess.
>

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I haven't read them all either, but . . .

Here's 100 famous movie likes in 200 seconds,

including one from POTA and Brando shouting Stella for Kim.

 

 

YouTube - 100 Best Movie Lines in 200 Seconds

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QUT0tweX1M

 

In a message dated 12/30/2010 8:02:20 A.M. Central Standard Time, jessicarotich@... writes:

 

I had voted none of the above because I have never read any of the comics.

 

Jess.

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I can see ending with Yo Adrian

instead of Bond for dramatic effect,

but how'd the joker get in there?

Did Jim Belushi put this together?

 

 

In a message dated 12/30/2010 8:02:20 A.M. Central Standard Time, jessicarotich@... writes:

I had voted none of the above because I have never read any of the comics.

 

Jess.

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Rob R

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To: pota@yahoogroups.com
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:08:12 -0800
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*** The link you posted was actually for Amazon-Canada... I would guess if
they have it on sale, Amazon-US and UK might have it cheap too... ***



In a message dated 12/30/2010 3:12:50 PM Central Standard Time,
jessicarotich@... writes:

> Did you ever get the book that comes with the BluRay disks? I know that
> in the UK the anniversary BluRay disks did not include the book. Amazon is
> pricing it new for $30 before s/h. It's worth it just for the book even
> if the BluRay disks cannot work with your UK system.
>
> <A
> HREF="http://www.amazon.ca/Planet-Apes-40th-Anniversary-Blu-ray/dp/B001GLX6RQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293736603&sr=1-1">
> http://www.amazon.ca/Planet-Apes-40th-Anniversary-Blu-ray/dp/B001GLX6RQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8
> &qid=1293736603&sr=1-1</A>
>
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>

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The following pota poll is now closed. Here are the
final results:


POLL QUESTION: What was your favorite Marvel POTA movie adaptation?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Planet, 7 votes, 38.89%
- Beneath, 5 votes, 27.78%
- Escape, 4 votes, 22.22%
- Conquest, 1 votes, 5.56%
- Battle, 1 votes, 5.56%



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Not really surprized by these results although I thought Conquest would have done better.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, pota@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>
>
> The following pota poll is now closed. Here are the
> final results:
>
>
> POLL QUESTION: What was your favorite Marvel POTA movie adaptation?
>
> CHOICES AND RESULTS
> - Planet, 7 votes, 38.89%
> - Beneath, 5 votes, 27.78%
> - Escape, 4 votes, 22.22%
> - Conquest, 1 votes, 5.56%
> - Battle, 1 votes, 5.56%
>
>
>
> For more information about this group, please visit
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pota
>
> For help with Yahoo! Groups, please visit
> http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/forms/general.htmlbr>>

Have a happy, healthy and safe (and Alpha-Omega bomb free) New Year!

Those are UK release dates. As far as I know, "Apes" and "Cars" will battle it out for the fast lane in the U.S. on June 24.
I agree people don't seem to be expecting much and there's a feeling of "been there, done that" (instead everyone is excited about yet another shovelful of superhero movies). So instead of being a risk, the CG might bring a fresh element to it.



From: Haristas@...
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 9:22 AM
To: pota@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [pota] RISE opening alone?




According to this preview article (http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-49-films-that-will-define-2011), the opening for CARS 2 has been pushed back to July 22nd. This is the first I've read of this (Have I just scooped "Rona" Krueger?).

The article goes on to say that the dropping of prosthetics in favor of CGI is risky for APES, but since no one is "expecting much" from the movie it could be the "sleeper hit of 2011."

We'll see.

-- Rory

There's a movie coming out this year the group might like. Ya think?! AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
"The Hangover 2"? No, not that one, you scamp!
Maybe it starts with an "R" and ends with an "Apes". Getting closer?
"Rapes"? No, I don't want to see something called that.
YOU figger it out!

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To: pota@yahoogroups.com
From: serenity1960@...
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:06:19 +0000
Subject: [pota] Happy New Year

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Doesn't it start with C as in Caesar: Rise of the Apes?

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff K." <veetus@...> wrote:
>
> There's a movie coming out this year the group might like. Ya think?! AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
> "The Hangover 2"? No, not that one, you scamp!
> Maybe it starts with an "R" and ends with an "Apes". Getting closer?
> "Rapes"? No, I don't want to see something called that.
> YOU figger it out!
>

Happy New Year to you too and everyone else here.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, DONNA SPIRES <dspires501@...> wrote:
>
>
> May the new near be a lot better than the old year.
>
> Donna
>
>

It concerns me that FOX is doing nothing to promote the film. Not even a teaser trailer or poster yet. A page for the new film was added to the group website months ago (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pota/files/Misc./Stuff/Rise.htm) and there is still nothing from FOX to include on it.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, Alex Ruiz <pota1968@...> wrote:
>
> More like "under the radar." Just saw the line up of movies for next summer on
> E.T. along with trailers for both summer and fall.
> Not one mention nor clip of Rise of the Apes. If apes is a hit, It'll be more of
> a coma than sleeper hit. :o)
>
> Al
>

Last night I was forced to watch the movie 'Date Night' and noticed several POTA connections.

The film features both Marky Mark and James Franco, the stars of the last and next POTA movies.

Franco's character in the film uses the alias Thomas Felton, odd coincidence.

Also, Tina Fey's alter-ego, Liz Lemon, is a POTA fan with the French one sheet of the original POTA hanging in her office.

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Fox was really cheap on advertising and promotion last year. They spent one cent on "Predators" and made two cents (which makes no sense). I guess they're content to hit a lot of singles instead of home runs. It works for them. They were the # 3 studio in 2010 despite all their box office disappointments.


From: jamesa1102
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 7:20 AM
To: pota@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [pota] Re: RISE opening alone?

It concerns me that FOX is doing nothing to promote the film. Not even a teaser trailer or poster yet. A page for the new film was added to the group website months ago (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pota/files/Misc./Stuff/Rise.htm) and there is still nothing from FOX to include on it.

If it's called "Caesar: Rise of the Apes" I'll go bananas. That's a terrible name.
Fox said the name is temporary. I think they'll get back to the "P" word.


From: jamesa1102
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 7:13 AM
To: pota@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [pota] Re: H A P P Y N E W Y E A R ! ! !

Doesn't it start with C as in Caesar: Rise of the Apes?

I'm searching for a witticism but am still hungover and at a bit of a loss :-)

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff K." <veetus@...> wrote:
>
> Those are UK release dates. As far as I know, "Apes" and "Cars" will battle it out for the fast lane in the U.S. on June 24.
> I agree people don't seem to be expecting much and there's a feeling of "been there, done that" (instead everyone is excited about yet another shovelful of superhero movies). So instead of being a risk, the CG might bring a fresh element to it.
>

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WOW, already everybody is in a panic. Relax Its more than six months away. Valium..Valium...John M.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, Alex Ruiz <pota1968@...> wrote:
>
> Oh, make that Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall lineups with no mention of Caesar.
> I just saw the E.T. segment once again. They must have previewed 50 movies in
> that lineup (one complete year of movies).
>
> Amazing. Way to go Fox! :o)
>
> Al
>
> Â
>
>
>
>

*** It's a safe bet that it will not receive nearly as much pre-release
hype as the Burton film... There's not going to be a thousand and one different
magazine covers, probably no type of fast food tie-ins, etc... ***



In a message dated 1/1/2011 9:23:16 AM Central Standard Time,
JamesA1102@... writes:

> It concerns me that FOX is doing nothing to promote the film. Not even a
> teaser trailer or poster yet.

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**** One article I read calls it a "high profile" movie, but if that's the
case, it's status has changed a lot... What Alex says here is true, it's
status is way under the radar: At this point it's like a Stealth bomber.. I'm
not expecting much to happen with this film... ****


In a message dated 1/1/2011 6:53:44 AM Central Standard Time,
pota1968@... writes:

> More like "under the radar." If apes is a hit, It'll be more of a coma
> than sleeper hit. :o)
>

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Fox is investing a minimum of almost 100 million and its small potatoes to you guys! Where have ive been these last 10 years?

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, mlccougar@... wrote:
>
> **** One article I read calls it a "high profile" movie, but if that's the
> case, it's status has changed a lot... What Alex says here is true, it's
> status is way under the radar: At this point it's like a Stealth bomber.. I'm
> not expecting much to happen with this film... ****
>
>

**** $100,000,000.00 is a lot of money, but that's almost becoming the
minimum investment for most films these days... One hundred million dollars
today is not the same as it was 10 years ago...

I remember when a film made that much, it was considered a blockbuster...
It's almost to the point now where it needs to make that much just to break
even... ****



In a message dated 1/1/2011 4:24:40 PM Central Standard Time,
johnmermigas@... writes:

> Fox is investing a minimum of almost 100 million and its small potatoes
> to you guys! Where have ive been these last 10 years?
>

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**** I hope you're right, if for no other reason than the originals might
get a little more of the attention they deserve... Hopefully they don't just
don't do their main promotion for it on FMC, because a lot of people don't
have that network in their cable/satellite packages... They'd be better off
doing a lot of promotion on the regular FOX network with promotion included
on FX and FMC... Broaden their base a little more... ****


In a message dated 1/1/2011 4:24:10 PM Central Standard Time,
Haristas@... writes:

> I'm expecting "alot" of promotion on the Fox Movie Channel. In fact, I
> wouldn't be surprised to see June be APES month on that channel.

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Excellent job, great!...John M.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, Haristas@... wrote:
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>
> Here's something I've been wanting to show for a while, but only just borrowed the camera to take the pictures.
>
> Last year I bought "The Prisoner" on Blu-ray. It ended up coming in a Blu-Ray case that holds five discs. As soon as I saw it, I knew what I'd eventually do. I put the five "Prisoner" Blu-ray discs in their own slim cases, and then I took the five PLANET OF THE APES discs out of their "problematic" case, which I don't like pulling out everytime I want to watch one, but otherwise have little problems with, and I did what you'll see in the attached photos.
>
> This simply makes it easier to get at the discs, and notice that the pictures I used on the insert are screen captures from the trailers.
>
> -- Rory
>

Hopefully they'll at least get a teaser trailer and a poster out soon so people know what to expect. It's been months since we heard they finished the CG on the opening sequence and it sounded like that turned out good. Really there's not a whole lot of CG to it. Most of the time just one chimp. Get people used to the idea that it'll be one chimp and John Lithgow, not "Conquest".
I'm not asking for myself, it's just Rory REALLY wants that teaser. He loves to be teased.


From: Alex Ruiz
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 2:33 PM
To: pota@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [pota] Re: RISE opening alone?




Oh that's for sure. Truth of the matter is, a movie doesn't need to be promoted until at least 3 months prior to release.
Promote a movie now and in 6 months from now people will forget. Anything over 3 months is over kill.
And most likely never lives up to the hype anyway.

Al

.html This is true especially in the VIDEO market - when I had a video store the releases were at first 6 months released after being at the theatre - then 3 months to cash in on peoples memories

KJ

On 2/01/2011 9:33 AM, Alex Ruiz wrote:

Oh that's for sure. Truth of the matter is, a movie doesn't need to be promoted until at least 3 months prior to release.

Promote a movie now and in 6 months from now people will forget. Anything over 3 months is over kill.

And most likely never lives up to the hype anyway.

Al

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**** Agreed, these are very cool... ***


In a message dated 1/1/2011 7:01:16 PM Central Standard Time,
johnmermigas@... writes:

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> Excellent job, great!...

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Let's just hope they don't try to make it 3-D after the fact.

That would be a bad sign.

 

 

In a message dated 1/1/2011 4:25:02 P.M. Central Standard Time, johnmermigas@... writes:

Fox is investing a minimum of almost 100 million and its small potatoes to you guys! Where have ive been these last 10 years?

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Didn't they spend nearly double that on Avatar?

 

 

In a message dated 1/1/2011 5:59:24 P.M. Central Standard Time, mlccougar@... writes:

**** $100,000,000.00 is a lot of money, but that's almost becoming the
minimum investment for most films these days... One hundred million dollars
today is not the same as it was 10 years ago...

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According to imdb, "Rise of the Apes" shot in Hawaii. I would assume this was a small shoot for the African opening scene without the principal actors. But usually Kamloops is used when they need an exotic location for British Columbia productions. So there must have been something in Hawaii they needed.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1318514/locations

Very cool Rory! Thanks for sharing.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, Haristas@... wrote:
>
>
> Here's something I've been wanting to show for a while, but only just borrowed the camera to take the pictures.
>
> Last year I bought "The Prisoner" on Blu-ray. It ended up coming in a Blu-Ray case that holds five discs. As soon as I saw it, I knew what I'd eventually do. I put the five "Prisoner" Blu-ray discs in their own slim cases, and then I took the five PLANET OF THE APES discs out of their "problematic" case, which I don't like pulling out everytime I want to watch one, but otherwise have little problems with, and I did what you'll see in the attached photos.
>
> This simply makes it easier to get at the discs, and notice that the pictures I used on the insert are screen captures from the trailers.
>
> -- Rory
>

That is a great looking case you got there. Nice job!

Dario

----- Original Message -----
From: Haristas@...
Date: Saturday, January 1, 2011 5:25 pm
Subject: [pota] Homemade Blu-Ray Case [6 Attachments]

>
> Here's something I've been wanting to show for a while, but only
> just borrowed the camera to take the pictures.
>
> Last year I bought "The Prisoner" on Blu-ray. It ended up coming
> in a Blu-Ray case that holds five discs. As soon as I saw it, I
> knew what I'd eventually do. I put the five "Prisoner" Blu-ray
> discs in their own slim cases, and then I took the five PLANET OF
> THE APES discs out of their "problematic" case, which I don't like
> pulling out everytime I want to watch one, but otherwise have
> little problems with, and I did what you'll see in the attached
> photos.
> This simply makes it easier to get at the discs, and notice that
> the pictures I used on the insert are screen captures from the
> trailers.
> -- Rory
>
>
>
>

Just goes to show that money does not a good movie make. To me it was one of the worst movies ever made. Special effects-big deal- the story was so banal it made Apes 2001 read like Citizen Kane...John M.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, LordTZer0@... wrote:
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>
> Didn't they spend nearly double that on Avatar?
>
>
>

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Here's some TV Guide/newspaper clippings from the 70's I found in a envelope in my room. There's also a long Roddy article I'll put in another email.  Bruce

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I got my hands on issues 1-22, the Annual and Urchak's Folly and I'll be honest - these are crap. The Monthly had some of the worst writing and art I've ever seen. What are supposed to be apes look like mutants and other than the first few issues, the story denigrates quickly into crap. The names are also mental - Frito and Jojo? The Spirit of Governor Breck? How I didn't barf right on some of these issues is beyond me. The art in the monthly, as well as being dreadful, in the case of Ollo and his Gorillas, was simply a rip off the Gorillas from Jack Kirby's far superior Kamanadi series. The entire Simon and Grunt sub plot was decent - until Simon was dragged along by a Gorilla, supposedly to become and Aldonite. (I also thought the Taylorite idea silly, but the art in Urchak was the best of the series). This garbage made Terror and Revolution (which could have been great without some of the lamer ideas) look like Hugo award winning ideas.

Now I'm left with a lone idea - what do I do with these? :)

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I agree with most posts which say Marvel Comics lost the plot with 'Terror on the Planet of the Apes', but what the UK branch of Marvel did really took the biscut.
They took an earlier comic strip called Killraven and simply reprinted it, drawing apes over ordinary characters, and calling it'Apeslayer'.
Does anyone else remember that?

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>>Thanks for the heads up Chris! <<

>>It's like an old "APES Week" on the 4:30 Movie. I wonder if the HD

telecasts will be in the full letterbox or cropped? We'll see. <<

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*** I think for a few exceptions, most here would say your assessment is
right on... What could have been/should have been a minor resurgence of APES
turned out to be a nail in it's coffin overall... ***



In a message dated 1/2/2011 3:18:35 PM Central Standard Time,
serenity1960@... writes:

> I got my hands on issues 1-22, the Annual and Urchak's Folly and I'll be
> honest - these are crap. The Monthly had some of the worst writing and art
> I've ever seen. What are supposed to be apes look like mutants and other
> than the first few issues, the story denigrates quickly into crap. The names
> are also mental - Frito and Jojo? The Spirit of Governor Breck? How I
> didn't barf right on some of these issues is beyond me. The art in the monthly,
> as well as being dreadful, in the case of Ollo and his Gorillas, was simply
> a rip off the Gorillas from Jack Kirby's far superior Kamanadi series. The
> entire Simon and Grunt sub plot was decent - until Simon was dragged along
> by a Gorilla, supposedly to become and Aldonite. (I also thought the
> Taylorite idea silly, but the art in Urchak was the best of the series). This
> garbage made Terror and Revolution (which could have been great without some
> of the lamer ideas) look like Hugo award winning ideas.
>
> Now I'm left with a lone idea - what do I do with these? :)

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*** Yes, the "Apeslayer" idea was horrible... I can see "why" they did it
(they needed material quicker than Marvel US could provide it), but I don't
agree with what they did or the outcome of it... It was one of their worst
ideas, they should have just supplemented the UK weeklies with additional
pin-ups or something until more "original" material was provided... ***



In a message dated 1/2/2011 5:54:48 PM Central Standard Time,
jimmyobeirne@... writes:

> I agree with most posts which say Marvel Comics lost the plot with
> 'Terror on the Planet of the Apes', but what the UK branch of Marvel did really
> took the biscut.
> They took an earlier comic strip called Killraven and simply reprinted
> it, drawing apes over ordinary characters, and calling it'Apeslayer'.
> Does anyone else remember that?

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Very cool Bruce! Thanks for sharing.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, stenosaurus@... wrote:
>
> Here's some TV Guide/newspaper clippings from the 70's I found in a
> envelope in my room. There's also a long Roddy article I'll put in another email.
> Bruce
>

Got a question....In the 1975 V1,#4 comic magazine under
the story arc,...Can anyone help me remember what kind of ape
Gunpowder Julius is? I was trying to discribe him to another
Apesfan and wasn't at the time where Gunpowder Julius fit in
or type of character he was....Just in case, someone wants to
do a recreation of him as a costume.