# Planet of the Apes remake: any chance it won't suck?

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**Created:** [July 25, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-of-the-apes-remake-any-chance-it-wont-suck/590279 "2011-07-25T16:59:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-of-the-apes-remake-any-chance-it-wont-suck/590279/61 "2011-08-07T06:00:43Z")

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> [@jackdavinci](#):
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> I too thought that even the entire worldwide population of apes, made intelligent, and armed with machine guns, still would be quickly and easily put down.
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> But the movie sidesteps that issue entirely by going in a different direction.

Not that I want to spoil a movie before I’ve even seen it but is it similar to the scenario that was at the core of \*\*12 Monkeys \*\*(assuming you’ve seen that movie)?

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