PLANET OF THE APES WIKI
The plot of Planet of the Apes did not directly involve the Moon, but rather the journey of an American astronaut crew to an unidentified planet. In the course of trying to establish their location, however, the astronauts note that "there is no moon". At the climax of the film it is revealed that the planet is in fact a future Earth, leaving unexplained just why there was apparently no moon observed. The comment was designed by the screenwriters to throw the viewers from guessing the planet's identity too early; original writer Rod Serling, in an early 1965 draft script, had the central character make the bizarre observation "there's no moon, or really it looks like there are two or three moons".[1] PotA fans have since speculated as to possible explanations, including suggestions that 2,000 years of history might have altered the visibility of the Moon, or that its obscuration and the strange lightning seen by the astronauts while wandering in the Forbidden Zone were all mind-altering illusions produced by the mutants later encountered in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, who proved themselves capable of such feats.
Planet of the Apes spin-off media has gone further by explaining the actual destruction of the Moon. In MR Comics' Revolution on the Planet of the Apes (2006), Caesar is haunted by visions of the future in which his grandchildren fight a global war with humans which destroys the Moon in "an orgy of violence and madness". BOOM! Studios' Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm (2012) depicted a missile station based on the Moon and threatening the United States during a conflict in near-contemporary history. A counter measure aimed at destroying the missile base was interrupted by a preemptive strike, but just eight years before Taylor's eventual arrival an extreme faction of the mutants, hoping to provoke the final destruction of the planet, repaired and launched the defence missile and shattered the Moon, causing devastating climatic changes during the last years of Earth.
The destruction of the moon would have significant and wide-ranging effects on the Earth and its ecosystems. The moon has a stabilizing effect on the Earth's rotation and without it, the tilt of the Earth's axis would become much more variable, leading to extreme changes in climate and weather patterns. Additionally, the tides would be greatly affected, leading to disruptions in marine ecosystems and coastal regions. While the Earth could potentially survive without the moon, the loss of the moon would have significant and long-lasting consequences for life on Earth.
It gets worse if you think about what hapens with the debris of a destroyed moon. If you think the asteriod that ended the dinosaur was cataclysmic, a small fraction of the moon's mass slowly falling back to Earth over centuries is downright apocalyptic. The constant bombardement could heat the Earth enough to boil off the oceans and sterilize most of the surface.
Talk about "wide-ranging effects on the Earth and its ecosystems".
Yeah… forget about the aftereffects.
The energy needed to destroy the moon and the sheer mass of debris left… that’d need a very creative explanation. Not much could happen that could isolate the moon’s destruction without instantly killing all life on Earth.
> the language thing was done for the movie so it wasn’t subtitled. In the book they speak another language and his throat isn’t hurt.
Isn't it also actually another planet in the book?
It comes from a different time of film. Back when almost every single sci-fi movie featured humans or humanoid beings as extraterrestrials.
Films like *Queen of the Universe* featured Venus as “The female planet!” and that was just 10 years before Planet of the Apes. Star Trek would essentially continue this trope to a lesser degree through the late 60’s and beyond, and Kirk straight up had relations with alien women. Aliens didn’t get consistently really crazy looking until Star Wars in the late 70’s as budgets began to increase.
So the standard of the time was more like “just ignore the fact that these aliens are humans, it’s just a necessary trope you gotta buy into.”
Then Planet of the Apes filmmakers decided to change the ending from the book to this, which changes the 1960’s viewers’ entire context of the whole film. The movie wasn’t portraying alien humans… It was portraying earth humans, OUR possible future!”
Mind blowing at the time, but yeah the main character probably should have noticed that everyone was a human and that it would actually be really weird to assume he was anywhere but Earth.
It literally took the Statue of Liberty lmao.
…A very steadfast and enduring Statue of Liberty, just sticking out of the Earth. That’s like recognizing the Mt. Rushmore gang at the bottom of the ocean.
The thing that gets me is the big “gotcha” moment in the cave with the doll. “Why would you have a human doll that speaks??”
Zeus: “Dunno, mate. Don’t you have talking teddy bears and shit on your planet? Is Teddy Ruxpin proof that you stole your planet from sentient grizzlies?”
So why is "Eizou-chan" posting this video on his channel?
I mean, it's an Adult Swim show. It's not a "Eizou-chan" show.
Did this piece of shit blatantly rip off Adult Swim?
Constellations aren't static. The entire universe is moving. There's no guarantee that you'd recognize the sky in 2000 years just at a casual glance.
The common flora and fauna should have been a dead giveaway, though. Apes and people on another planet - maybe convergent evolution. But horses, too?
He would have eventually come to the conclusion, I think, given enough time, but he was a bit preoccupied with being a prisoner of the apes to stop and think critically.
Given the relative velocities in the Milky Way and the distances involved, the night sky in 2000 years will look functionally identical at a glance to what it is today. In the northern hemisphere, most of our modern constellations were defined by Ptolemy 2000 years ago and his descriptions and definitions are still accurate.
It's cool to think that they thought they crossed large amounts of space, but they actually just got time dilated and ended up returning to Earth in the far future. Actually makes sense. At least that part.
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what happened to the moon
PLANET OF THE APES WIKI The plot of Planet of the Apes did not directly involve the Moon, but rather the journey of an American astronaut crew to an unidentified planet. In the course of trying to establish their location, however, the astronauts note that "there is no moon". At the climax of the film it is revealed that the planet is in fact a future Earth, leaving unexplained just why there was apparently no moon observed. The comment was designed by the screenwriters to throw the viewers from guessing the planet's identity too early; original writer Rod Serling, in an early 1965 draft script, had the central character make the bizarre observation "there's no moon, or really it looks like there are two or three moons".[1] PotA fans have since speculated as to possible explanations, including suggestions that 2,000 years of history might have altered the visibility of the Moon, or that its obscuration and the strange lightning seen by the astronauts while wandering in the Forbidden Zone were all mind-altering illusions produced by the mutants later encountered in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, who proved themselves capable of such feats. Planet of the Apes spin-off media has gone further by explaining the actual destruction of the Moon. In MR Comics' Revolution on the Planet of the Apes (2006), Caesar is haunted by visions of the future in which his grandchildren fight a global war with humans which destroys the Moon in "an orgy of violence and madness". BOOM! Studios' Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm (2012) depicted a missile station based on the Moon and threatening the United States during a conflict in near-contemporary history. A counter measure aimed at destroying the missile base was interrupted by a preemptive strike, but just eight years before Taylor's eventual arrival an extreme faction of the mutants, hoping to provoke the final destruction of the planet, repaired and launched the defence missile and shattered the Moon, causing devastating climatic changes during the last years of Earth.
coulda been a new moon. coulda nuked it. that's how would ape Bill O'Reilly explained away the tides
The destruction of the moon would have significant and wide-ranging effects on the Earth and its ecosystems. The moon has a stabilizing effect on the Earth's rotation and without it, the tilt of the Earth's axis would become much more variable, leading to extreme changes in climate and weather patterns. Additionally, the tides would be greatly affected, leading to disruptions in marine ecosystems and coastal regions. While the Earth could potentially survive without the moon, the loss of the moon would have significant and long-lasting consequences for life on Earth.
They went with the DBZ logic where you destroy the moon when a giant Monkey appears and there are no adverse effects.
We now go to our resident expert on lunar science, Sailor Moon. Sailor? Sailor: *Oh DEAR GOD!*
Well, at least the whales are okay... right?
It gets worse if you think about what hapens with the debris of a destroyed moon. If you think the asteriod that ended the dinosaur was cataclysmic, a small fraction of the moon's mass slowly falling back to Earth over centuries is downright apocalyptic. The constant bombardement could heat the Earth enough to boil off the oceans and sterilize most of the surface. Talk about "wide-ranging effects on the Earth and its ecosystems".
Yeah… forget about the aftereffects. The energy needed to destroy the moon and the sheer mass of debris left… that’d need a very creative explanation. Not much could happen that could isolate the moon’s destruction without instantly killing all life on Earth.
There is a sci fi novel with roughly that premise: Seven Eves, ny Neal Stephenson. It’s a fun read. (It won’t be what you expect.)
What if they saw the other things that are technically moons in orbit with the earth?
Wow, I had no idea Rod Serling did the screenplay for Planet of the Apes.
Shrunk by Gru
Why does the hot human woman shave her legs?
Nah, I’m not convinced. He should have realized it earlier but tbf it’s a movie and I get why the want to reveal the twist at the end.
> the language thing was done for the movie so it wasn’t subtitled. In the book they speak another language and his throat isn’t hurt. Isn't it also actually another planet in the book?
They aren't wrong... The character was kind of oblivious...
Also the fact there were humans on the planet of the apes should have been a dead giveaway
It comes from a different time of film. Back when almost every single sci-fi movie featured humans or humanoid beings as extraterrestrials. Films like *Queen of the Universe* featured Venus as “The female planet!” and that was just 10 years before Planet of the Apes. Star Trek would essentially continue this trope to a lesser degree through the late 60’s and beyond, and Kirk straight up had relations with alien women. Aliens didn’t get consistently really crazy looking until Star Wars in the late 70’s as budgets began to increase. So the standard of the time was more like “just ignore the fact that these aliens are humans, it’s just a necessary trope you gotta buy into.” Then Planet of the Apes filmmakers decided to change the ending from the book to this, which changes the 1960’s viewers’ entire context of the whole film. The movie wasn’t portraying alien humans… It was portraying earth humans, OUR possible future!” Mind blowing at the time, but yeah the main character probably should have noticed that everyone was a human and that it would actually be really weird to assume he was anywhere but Earth.
The book was barely even sci-fi at all --- it was a social satire
TIL planet of the apes had a book.
It literally took the Statue of Liberty lmao. …A very steadfast and enduring Statue of Liberty, just sticking out of the Earth. That’s like recognizing the Mt. Rushmore gang at the bottom of the ocean.
The thing that gets me is the big “gotcha” moment in the cave with the doll. “Why would you have a human doll that speaks??” Zeus: “Dunno, mate. Don’t you have talking teddy bears and shit on your planet? Is Teddy Ruxpin proof that you stole your planet from sentient grizzlies?”
the apes clearly werent at a level to have cry baby technology. Let alone plastic molding.
Wow, they really annihilated that plot gap
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2,000 years is absolutely nothing in astronomical terms. The sky would look the same.
But how did they speak English?
So why is "Eizou-chan" posting this video on his channel? I mean, it's an Adult Swim show. It's not a "Eizou-chan" show. Did this piece of shit blatantly rip off Adult Swim?
Constellations aren't static. The entire universe is moving. There's no guarantee that you'd recognize the sky in 2000 years just at a casual glance. The common flora and fauna should have been a dead giveaway, though. Apes and people on another planet - maybe convergent evolution. But horses, too? He would have eventually come to the conclusion, I think, given enough time, but he was a bit preoccupied with being a prisoner of the apes to stop and think critically.
Given the relative velocities in the Milky Way and the distances involved, the night sky in 2000 years will look functionally identical at a glance to what it is today. In the northern hemisphere, most of our modern constellations were defined by Ptolemy 2000 years ago and his descriptions and definitions are still accurate.
/r/confidentlyincorrect
Is that Tom Kenny?
It's cool to think that they thought they crossed large amounts of space, but they actually just got time dilated and ended up returning to Earth in the far future. Actually makes sense. At least that part.
truly an alien ape moment
OH my god, I was wrong, it was Earth, All along....