12/24/2023 0 Comments Symbolic to planet of the apes![]() For Apes fans this is, quite simply, a MUST-READ. These films really DID matter - and here's why." Like the final scene in the original 1968 film, Greene's book forces you to look back at all that preceded it (in this case, the POTA films & TV series) in an entirely new light. It was as if the author said, "You were right all along, Paul. I came to understand, finally, just why the Apes series and the world it evoked had, during my pre-teen and teen years, intrigued me on so many levels at once.and why the series' admittedly outlandish sci-fi premise always had to it the ring of truth. Something strange happened as I read Greene's lucid, insightful and cogent commentary. ![]() Still, had "Planet of the Apes as American Myth" been a mere nostalgic retrospective, it would not have riveted me as it did. It doesn't hurt that I grew up as a hardcore Ape-o-phile. ![]() I can count on the fingers (and fully-opposable thumb) of one hand the number of books that have impressed, entertained, and inspired me as much as this one. ![]()
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