Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

[Ben]

I enjoyed the James Franco reboot of Planet of the Apes that came out a few years ago, but I was disappointed that it deviated so far from the original prequel storyline. I had no burning interest in seeing the second one.

Then I saw this trailer.



Does that not look intense as hell? And then there was the tv-spot that showed Caesar riding a horse carrying an M-16. And now, just a few days ago, a new trailer came out:



Jesus. Christ. This looks like it's going to be everything I wished the first reboot had been and more.

What do you guys think? Am I alone in my love for the Planet of the Apes franchise?

[trashcanman]

Nope. You're among friends. Anything that furthers the cause of forgetting that Tim Burton thing ever happened is welcome as far as I'm concerned. The first movie was excellent, and I like that they are doing more than just retreading the original series. Bring this one on.

[Ben]

The Burton one was the only one I never bothered watching. I have a really vivid memory of my old man coming home pissed off after he went and saw it in the theater. I don't know if I've ever seen him visibly upset over a film apart from that one time.

[The Curmudgeon]

The Burton one was just.. what the fuck. What a mess. So much wasted potential that it soured me on the idea of another retread of the original. And how wrong I was. One of the first movies in years to give me legit goosebumps (Cesar's "NOOOOOO" yell, to be exact).

This looks great as well. Count me in.