Showing posts with label Monkey Planet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monkey Planet. Show all posts

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Simian Reading Room: Before you see KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES...

...now in theatres...

......why not go back and read the original tale which inspired two different film series, a standalone film, and two TV series (live-action and animated)?
Note: none of the movie/TV series or the stand-alone film are continuity-linked to each other, but are considered part of an Apes multiverse much like the Marvel, DC, or Star Trek multiverses!
But the original five-film series and the current four-film series (including Kingdom) are internally-linked within their respective canons.)

Here it is in a graphic novel that most Americans have never seen...

Enjoy!

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The novel (Monkey Planet) that the movie (and the graphic novel) were based upon!
There was never a prose novelization of the movie itself, though there have been several comic book/graphic novel versions!

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder MONKEY PLANET Conclusion

The diary of Ulysse Merou, journalist with an interstellar expedition from Earth, is found floating in space by other astronauts.
It recounts how the team landed on a planet in the Betelgeuse system discovering both primitive humans and a society of intelligent apes utilizing technology equal to late 20th Century Earth!
Captured by the simians, Merou manages to demonstrate his intelligence, becoming something of a curioisity and celebrity in Ape society...
Written and illustrated by Ernő Zórád, this 1981 Hungarian one-shot adaptation of the original French novel by Pierre Boule has never been officially-published in English.
But, thanks to the fine work of Kyriee (Scans), Swatura Od (translation) and Avoros (scripting), we're finally able to understand this tale in English.
In the 1966 first drafts (and pre-production) of the movie, the plan was to follow the book's premise closer...

 ...as seen in this 1966 promo reel with an early makeup test featuring Edward G Robinson as Zaius, James Brolin as Cornelius, and Linda Harrison (who played the mute Nova in the first two movies) as Zira!

The background music is John "Johnny" Williams' 1st season soundtrack from the Lost in Space TV series!
And, the makeup design from this test footage (slightly modified) was used on Lost in Space...
..."Fugitives in Space" (S3E20), shot around the same time as the revised makeup was being filmed for Planet of the Apes (1968)!
Talk about corporate (20th Century Fox) synergy!
Trivia: that's Michael Conrad (Sgt Phil "Let's be careful out there!" Esterhaus from Hill Street Blues) under the latex!

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The novel (Monkey Planet) that the movie (and the graphic novel) were based upon!
There was never a novelization of the movie itself!

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder MONKEY PLANET Part 2

Cover of 1st British hardcover edition
The diary of Ulysse Merou, journalist with an interstellar expedition from Earth, is found floating in space by other astronauts.
It recounts how the team landed on a planet in the Betelgeuse system discovering both primitive humans and a society of intelligent apes utilizing technology equal to late 20th Century Earth!
Captured by the simians, who don't realize he's not one of their primitive humans, Merou is taken to a major metropolis...
To be concluded...
...Next Wednesday!
Written and illustrated by Ernő Zórád, this 1981 Hungarian one-shot adaptation of the original French novel by Pierre Boule has never been officially-published in English.
But, thanks to the fine work of Kyriee (Scans), Swatura Od (translation) and Avoros (scripting), we're finally able to understand this tale in English.
Thanks, guys.
Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics!
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The novel (Monkey Planet) that the movie (and the graphic novel) were based upon!
There was never a novelization of the movie itself!

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder MONKEY PLANET Part 1

There have been numerous graphic adaptations of the Planet of the Apes movies...
...and even the short-lived tv series, as we've shown HERE, but there had never been a graphic novel version of the original novel, which is quite different from any of the live or animated adventures in English!
To Be Continued
...Next Wednesday!
Written and illustrated by Ernő Zórád, this 1981 Hungarian one-shot adaptation of the original French novel by Pierre Boule has never been officially-published in English.
But, thanks to the fine work of Kyriee (Scans), Swatura Od (translation) and Avoros (scripting), we're finally able to understand this tale in English.
Thanks, guys.
BTW, both the 1970s animated TV series and the 2001 remake utilized more elements from the book than the 1960s-70s films and TV series or the recent reboot movie series.
Please Support Atomic Kommie Comics!
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The novel (Monkey Planet) that the movie (and the graphic novel) were based upon!
There was never a novelization of the movie itself!