Last night I wuz at USC for the "Rise" screening and the "Business of the POTA" panel (about the comic books, books, fan stuff and Fox's care and feeding of them). Hunter's site got a mention as one of the best Ape sites around. I also won Gary Gerani's POTA Topps cards book.

Very cool (both items)! Thanks!

Hunter

2018-04-17

David Naughton was a guest at Spooky Empire 2018, and Bong Velasquez recorded video of David discussing his role as Dr. Stole in the Apes TV series episode "The Surgeon." Click on the image or click here to watch and/or download the video! Also added, courtesy of Greg Champy: an autograph card for Pat Cardi, who played a chimp student in Battle. You can find it and many others on the Apes Autographs page.

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2018-04-12

It's hard to believe it has been 11 years since the 2007 Memorabilia convention in the UK. I've long offered videos from the event in the Archive, but I've now added higher-quality versions of the videos that are embedded on the page (and can be downloaded), as well as added a 20-minute video slideshow of photos from the event. The videos available are: Darren Stockford's overview of the event, with clips of Linda Harrison, Buck Kartalian, and various Apes fans, including John Roche and Dave Ballard. Rob Reading's recording of Les Hemworth's interview of Linda Harrison and Buck Kartalian The Memorabilia 2007 Photo Slideshow All can be found on the Memorabilia 2007 page.

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From: John
Date: May 5, 2018 at 3:07:29 AM EDT
To: JamesA1102@..., veetus@..., goathunter@...
Subject: Rory Monteith RIP

Hi James, Jeff and Hunter,

I wish I was contacting you with better news.  I thought I should let you and the kind folks at the Apes Yahoo! Group know that our Fellow Apes aficionado, and my friend Rory Monteith, died tragically and unnecessarily on March 30, 2018 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had recently become extremely depressed after losing his job, was uninterested in seeking treatment, legally purchased a handgun and took his own life.

I was lucky enough to spend time with him last May when he accompanied me on the journey of a lifetime, when we located and visited several Planet of the Apes locations in Utah untouched by man (or ape) since the crew left in May 1967.

Rory was very generous, extremely bright, possessed a razor-sharp wit and was devoted to Planet of the Apes from the time he was 8 years old.. I'll miss him.

Rory in front of the "Rock Pool" at Malibu Creek State Park (aka Fox Ranch) last May 26, 2017

Regards,
John O'Callaghan

 

It's best to let this speak for itself. I am without words at the moment.

Begin forwarded message:

From: John
Date: May 5, 2018 at 3:07:29 AM EDT
To: JamesA1102@..., veetus@..., goathunter@...
Subject: Rory Monteith RIP

Hi James, Jeff and Hunter,

I wish I was contacting you with better news.  I thought I should let you and the kind folks at the Apes Yahoo! Group know that our Fellow Apes aficionado, and my friend Rory Monteith, died tragically and unnecessarily on March 30, 2018 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had recently become extremely depressed after losing his job, was uninterested in seeking treatment, legally purchased a handgun and took his own life.

I was lucky enough to spend time with him last May when he accompanied me on the journey of a lifetime, when we located and visited several Planet of the Apes locations in Utah untouched by man (or ape) since the crew left in May 1967.

Rory was very generous, extremely bright, possessed a razor-sharp wit and was devoted to Planet of the Apes from the time he was 8 years old.. I'll miss him.

<20170526_160152.jpg>

Rory in front of the "Rock Pool" at Malibu Creek State Park (aka Fox Ranch) last May 26, 2017

Regards,
John O'Callaghan

So sad. Rest in Peace.

Sent from AOL Mobile Mail

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On Saturday, May 5, 2018 Tim apefan23 <pota@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Oh no.... so tragic... Rest in Peace Rory....

On May 5, 2018, at 3:15 AM, James Aquila JamesA1102@... [pota] <pota@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

It's best to let this speak for itself. I am without words at the moment.

Begin forwarded message:

From: John
Date: May 5, 2018 at 3:07:29 AM EDT
To: JamesA1102@..., veetus@..., goathunter@...
Subject: Rory Monteith RIP

Hi James, Jeff and Hunter,

I wish I was contacting you with better news.  I thought I should let you and the kind folks at the Apes Yahoo! Group know that our Fellow Apes aficionado, and my friend Rory Monteith, died tragically and unnecessarily on March 30, 2018 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had recently become extremely depressed after losing his job, was uninterested in seeking treatment, legally purchased a handgun and took his own life.

I was lucky enough to spend time with him last May when he accompanied me on the journey of a lifetime, when we located and visited several Planet of the Apes locations in Utah untouched by man (or ape) since the crew left in May 1967.

Rory was very generous, extremely bright, possessed a razor-sharp wit and was devoted to Planet of the Apes from the time he was 8 years old.. I'll miss him.

<20170526_160152.jpg>

Rory in front of the "Rock Pool" at Malibu Creek State Park (aka Fox Ranch) last May 26, 2017

Regards,
John O'Callaghan

Just wanted to say a few words now that I've been able to absorb this news.

I first met Rory 17 years ago when I joined this group. At first we clashed, a lot (and I've made sure to spell a lot correctly because it drove him crazy when someone wrote a lot). But over time we grew to respect each other and ultimately became friends.

While Rory could be harsh and had a rough exterior, he did have a kind heart once you got to know him. And his love of POTA, especially the original film, was unwavering.

He will be missed.

On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 3:02 PM Jeff K. veetus@... [pota] <pota@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I guess that's pretty much it for the Yahoo groups.

Rory and I could still hold a conversation. It's a Facebook world now and we're just living in it.

I enjoyed the idea of a place people could come to instead of looking for everyone's Facebook page.

A lot of good memories here. I've been thinking about it this weekend.

Anyway, it was a fun two decades and we got to cap it off with a solid Apes trilogy. Now Disney will probably bury it.

RIP Rory and RIP POTA Yahoo.

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

From: JamesA1102@... [pota]
Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2018 10:50 AM
To: pota@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [pota] Re: Sad and Tragic News

Just wanted to say a few words now that I've been able to absorb this news.

I first met Rory 17 years ago when I joined this group. At first we clashed, a lot (and I've made sure to spell a lot correctly because it drove him crazy when someone wrote a lot). But over time we grew to respect each other and ultimately became friends.

While Rory could be harsh and had a rough exterior, he did have a kind heart once you got to know him. And his love of POTA, especially the original film, was unwavering.

He will be missed.

Begin forwarded message:

From:
John
Date: May 5, 2018 at 3:07:29
AM EDT
To: JamesA1102@...,
veetus@...,
goathunter@...
Subject: Rory Monteith RIP


Hi James, Jeff and Hunter,
I wish I was contacting you with better news. I
thought I should let you and the kind folks at the Apes
Yahoo! Group know that our Fellow Apes
aficionado, and my friend Rory Monteith, died tragically and
unnecessarily on March 30, 2018 from a self-inflicted
gunshot wound. He had recently become extremely depressed
after losing his job, was uninterested in seeking treatment,
legally purchased a handgun and took his own life.
I was lucky enough to spend time with him last May when
he accompanied me on the journey of a lifetime, when we
located and visited several Planet of the Apes
locations in Utah untouched by man (or ape) since the crew
left in May 1967.
Rory was very generous, extremely bright, possessed a
razor-sharp wit and was devoted to Planet of the
Apes from the time he was 8 years old... I'll miss
him.

Rory in front of the "Rock Pool" at Malibu
Creek State Park (aka Fox Ranch) last May 26, 2017
Regards,
John O'Callaghan

That sounds like a great idea.  I will watch the original one more time in honor of Rory.  It's just a shame we will not have any more pointed commentary from Rory on any number of subjects.  I do hope that the book by John O'Callaghan is released from his and Rory's adventures at Lake Powell, I'm really looking forward to that.  He will be missed.

Mike M. 

Happy Friday!

It has been a while since we've done this, but to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our favorite movie we are proud to offer group members a downloadable PDF version of Marvel's comic adaptation.

Just click here to download: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AhEAgJD9hQEJvbBqP8_O_-vtrtrQLQ

If anyone as a problem with that link, the PDF will be available on Hunter's site shortly.

And we will be releasing PDFs of Marvel's comic versions of all five original films, one a month for the next few months.

Have a great weekend everyone!

On Fri, 11/5/18, JamesA1102@... [pota] <pota@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: [pota] Marvel's Planet of the Apes
To: pota@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, 11 May, 2018, 21:59



Happy
Friday!
It has been a while since we've done this, but
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our favorite movie we
are proud to offer group members a downloadable PDF version
of Marvel's comic adaptation.

Just click here to download: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AhEAgJD9hQEJvbBqP8_O_-vtrtrQLQ
If anyone as a problem with that link, the PDF will
be available on Hunter's site shortly.

And we will be releasing PDFs of Marvel's comic
versions of all five original films, one a month for the
next few months.

Have a great weekend
everyone!









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On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 1:18 PM Hunter Goatley goathunter@... [pota] <pota@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

On 5/15/2018 11:29 AM, Hunter Goatley wrote:

If you live in the U.S. an are interested in a printed issue of Simian Scrolls #20, Kass has received copies from John. The issues are $7, cash or check, and that includes shipping.

If you're interested, please email Kass at valwp@...

She'll reply and tell you to proceed from there.

PDF versions of all twenty issues of Simian Scrolls can be found here:

https://pota.goatley.com/scrolls.html"

Hunter

Happy Friday everyone!

It has been a while since we've done this but as we begin this Memorial Day weekend a very special LESSON FROM THE LAWGIVER is now online. Thanks to Glen and all who contributed.

To read the LESSON click the banner on the group's Yahoo! home page or click this link: http://www.potamediaarchive.com/LFTL.htm.

Have a great holiday weekend!

Visit all the Group's special features including:

• Message Archive - Posts from group members.
• The Group Website - Original POTA One Sheets & Lobby Cards, Trailers & Rare Videos, Trading Cards and more.
• Marvel Archive - Online archive of Marvel Comics' adaptations of the original POTA movies.
• Cornelius' Journal - The Memoirs of Dr. Cornelius.
• Ape City Chronicles - The First 75 years of Ape City's history, written by Virgil.
• The Illustrated Monkey Planet - Hungarian comic adaptation of Pierre Boulle's original novel.
• The Mendez Dynasty - Keepers of the Divine Bomb.
• The Ape - Ape City's Weekly Newspaper.
• POTA Locations - The places where the POTA films were shot.
• The Art Gallery - Works of POTA Art by our members.
• The Database Section - POTA info ranging from Characters to Comics.

 

Happy Friday everyone!

It has been a while since we've done this but as we begin this Memorial Day weekend a very special LESSON FROM THE LAWGIVER is now online. Thanks to Glen and all who contributed.

 

To read the LESSON click the banner on the group's Yahoo! home page or click this link: http://www.potamediaarchive.com/LFTL.htm.

 

Have a great holiday weekend!

 

Visit all the Group's special features including:

• Message Archive - Posts from group members.
• The Group Website - Original POTA One Sheets & Lobby Cards, Trailers & Rare Videos, Trading Cards and more.
• Marvel Archive - Online archive of Marvel Comics' adaptations of the original POTA movies.
• Cornelius' Journal - The Memoirs of Dr. Cornelius.
• Ape City Chronicles - The First 75 years of Ape City's history, written by Virgil.
• The Illustrated Monkey Planet - Hungarian comic adaptation of Pierre Boulle's original novel.
• The Mendez Dynasty - Keepers of the Divine Bomb.
• The Ape - Ape City's Weekly Newspaper.
• POTA Locations - The places where the POTA films were shot.
• The Art Gallery - Works of POTA Art by our members.
• The Database Section - POTA info ranging from Characters to Comics.

James Cameron produced and is on camera for AMC's "History of Science Fiction".

For sci-fi fans it's a great look at various sci-fi subjects (aliens, robots, etc.).

There are 6 episodes total. The episode "Dark Futures" does right by POTA and is worth a watch.

But I say the whole series is worth a watch if you get AMC on your cable provider.

Thanks for the reminder! I forgot all about this show after I read about it earlier this year.

Hunter

 

Good morning everyone!

Continuing our 50th anniversary celebration a downloadable PDF version of Marvel's comic adaptation Beneath the Planet of the Apes is now available.

Just click here to download: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AhEAgJD9hQEJvbIxGc5zma5hKoKP0w

If anyone as a problem with that link, the PDF will be available on Hunter's site shortly.

Have a great weekend!

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 6:41 PM Jeff K. veetus@... [PotaDG] < PotaDG@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

The future home of Fox's assets (including POTA) just got trickier. Comcast (home of Universal Pictures) has put in a bid of $65 billion (all cash) for the company despite the Fox powers that be agreeing to a $52.4 billion (all stock) sale to Disney.

Fox will discuss the Comcast offer Wednesday at a scheduled meeting.

I think in the end Disney will get the goods because, well, Disney always wins (except with "Solo" – yikes!).

But a Comcast victory might be a good thing in the POTA department. Disney has successful franchises coming out of their Mickey Mouse ears (Marvel, Star Wars, etc.) and there's a chance POTA could get neglected.

Comcast could use more franchises. Their Universal has been pretty successful (incl. the new Jurassic World 2, already at $400 million worldwide) but there's plenty of room to continue Apes.

Dylan Clark, producer of the recent Apes movies, actually has a deal at Universal, producing movies for them like a new Battlestar Galactica and a new Scarface.

Chernin Entertainment, the Apes production company, has experience producing the big Tom Cruise sci-fi epic "Oblivion" at Universal. It wasn't a hit but a foot in the door.

So if Comcast got the rights the new POTA could pick up where they left off pronto.

How POTA would fit in the Disney image is less clear.

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

It's hard to imagine Comcast coming up with a tempting enough offer to thwart a done deal.

I also read that if Fox were to back out of the Disney deal, they will have to pay Disney $1.5 billion for breaking their deal.

Hunter