# Rewatching Conquest of the Planet of the Apes for the first time in forever

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**Created:** [July 17, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-for-the-first-time-in-forever/968119 "2022-07-17T22:32:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-for-the-first-time-in-forever/968119/1 "2022-07-17T22:32:33Z")

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Some things so far I hadn’t noticed before.

1. There’s a large number of black characters on equal footing as the white ones. The message being as long as there’s a subclass to be the ocean, everyone in the boats float.

2. Holy crap, enroute to being auctioned, Caeser is taken to ‘inseminate’ a female chimp…and its played as a joke?? Ouch.

3. Man, Ricardo Montalban is good in this.

Is there a trope for 'bad guys paranoia beggars belief…but almost always winds up being correct.?"

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-for-the-first-time-in-forever/968119/2 "2022-07-17T23:21:35Z")

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It’s certainly a trope in all (but, perhaps, the last) original _Apes_ films. Someone should sell a “Zaius was Right!” t-shirt.

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**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-for-the-first-time-in-forever/968119/3 "2022-07-18T00:27:59Z")

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Holy crap this video is dead on.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3q6V_YtQ0pY/maxresdefault.jpg "Dr. Zaius Was Right") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q6V_YtQ0pY)

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-for-the-first-time-in-forever/968119/4 "2022-07-18T12:26:48Z")

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I am curious if you were inspired by The Orville because that made me want to watch this again but I haven’t yet.

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**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-for-the-first-time-in-forever/968119/5 "2022-07-18T12:41:34Z")

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No. What did the Orville do?

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-for-the-first-time-in-forever/968119/6 "2022-07-18T12:58:54Z")

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Spoilers for the Orville:

They showed the origin of an artificial race that was very similar to what happens to the apes in this movie.