# What was planet of the apes about

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**Created:** [May 31, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-planet-of-the-apes-about/247871 "2004-05-31T02:19:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-planet-of-the-apes-about/247871/21 "2004-05-31T23:39:07Z")

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\*\* What was Planet of the Apes about?\*\*

Apes :dubious: 😃

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**Author:** ![Wasabee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@Wasabee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wasabee)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-planet-of-the-apes-about/247871/22 "2004-06-01T01:12:34Z")

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> [@kingpengvin](#):
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> In Beyond the Planet of the Apes they said the original cut of Conquest was more violent and the ending much bleaker (Roddy’s speech in the end was toned down with a redub). I wonder if that cut exists out there anywhere and whether it will ever resurface. Anyone have any ideas

As I remember it, and lord knows I am probably wrong… the original ending is Caesar’s inflamatory “Let’s murder those who would murder us” speech with the apes killing the governor at the end…this is the ending that caused the near riot in Watts. They tacked on the new speech (which is only done in extreme close ups of Roddy McDowell because they were done shooting the film). So technically the original ending is in the movie with the exception of the non-murder of the governor. The peaceful speech is a tack on to make the endign not so “death to humanity”

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**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-planet-of-the-apes-about/247871/23 "2004-06-01T01:13:12Z")

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Don’t expect _Planet of the Apes_ to make any logical sense. It’s scientifically ludicrous, and pretty heavy-handed satire, to boot… and yet I love it. Probably because of the strong impression it made on my seven-year-old self when it came out.

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