I'm packing up for the flight home tomorrow (oy, please let the Philly airport not be a hellhole), and watching Fox Movie Channel. This weekend the network is playing all the Planet of the Apes classics this weekend, along with documentaries, promo films and documentaries -- calling it Channel of the Apes.
Planet of the Apes (1968, and I saw it in the theatre, kiddos - I am o-l-d)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Battle of the Planet of the Apes (1973)
I've seen all of the first four and about an hour of Battle. The first one still kicks ass, even today. Charlton Heston chews the scenery oh so well, and the innovative score by Jerry Goldsmith rocks (it earned an Oscar nom).
"Take your stinking paws off off me you damn dirty ape!"
More below the fold, including a poll.
"Beneath" is the strangest one by any stretch of the imagination but I always. The mutant humans worshipping a nuclear warhead in the ruins of NY? Deliciously bizarre. Also, it was the only one in the film series that Roddy McDowell didn't act in (Cornelius in this film is played by David Watson, though McDowell appears in footage from the first film).
One of the documentaries shown during this weekend featured test footage with Heston and a different Dr. Zaius, Cornelius and Zira:
In order to convince the Fox Studio that a Planet of the Apes film could really be made, the producers shot a brief test scene using early versions of the ape makeup. Charlton Heston appeared as an early version of Taylor (named Thomas, as he was in Rod Serling-penned drafts of the script), Edward G. Robinson appeared as Zaius, while then-unknown actors James Brolin and Linda Harrison played Cornelius and Zira. Harrison, who was the mistress of the head of the studio at the time, would later play Nova in the 1968 film and its first sequel, and have a cameo in the Tim Burton "reimagining" more than 30 years later (as did Heston). This test footage is included on several DVD releases of the film, as well as the documentary Behind the Planet of the Apes. Dr. Zaius was originally to have been played by Robinson, but he backed out due to the heavy make-up, and long sessions to apply it, that were required.The famous final scene from the first film:
I'm packing up for the flight home tomorrow (oy, please let the Philly airport not be a hellhole), and watching Fox Movie Channel. This weekend the network is playing all the Planet of the Apes classics this weekend, along with documentaries, promo films and documentaries -- calling it Channel of the Apes.
Planet of the Apes (1968, and I saw it in the theatre, kiddos - I am o-l-d)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Battle of the Planet of the Apes (1973)
I've seen all of the first four and about an hour of Battle. The first one still kicks ass, even today. Charlton Heston chews the scenery oh so well, and the innovative score by Jerry Goldsmith rocks (it earned an Oscar nom).
"Take your stinking paws off off me you damn dirty ape!"
More below the fold, including a poll.
"Beneath" is the strangest one by any stretch of the imagination but I always. The mutant humans worshipping a nuclear warhead in the ruins of NY? Deliciously bizarre. Also, it was the only one in the film series that Roddy McDowell didn't act in (Cornelius in this film is played by David Watson, though McDowell appears in footage from the first film).
One of the documentaries shown during this weekend featured test footage with Heston and a different Dr. Zaius, Cornelius and Zira:
In order to convince the Fox Studio that a Planet of the Apes film could really be made, the producers shot a brief test scene using early versions of the ape makeup. Charlton Heston appeared as an early version of Taylor (named Thomas, as he was in Rod Serling-penned drafts of the script), Edward G. Robinson appeared as Zaius, while then-unknown actors James Brolin and Linda Harrison played Cornelius and Zira. Harrison, who was the mistress of the head of the studio at the time, would later play Nova in the 1968 film and its first sequel, and have a cameo in the Tim Burton "reimagining" more than 30 years later (as did Heston). This test footage is included on several DVD releases of the film, as well as the documentary Behind the Planet of the Apes. Dr. Zaius was originally to have been played by Robinson, but he backed out due to the heavy make-up, and long sessions to apply it, that were required.The famous final scene from the first film:
From the NY Daily News:
A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.
...
Three other shoppers suffered minor injuries, cops said.
Wal-Mart spokesman Dave Tovar called the incident a "tragic situation."
The solution to this is clear: 'Wal-Mart' must be banned.
Such riotous thuggery goes against centuries of teaching about the true meaning of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Clearly, the source of all such problems relating to the sanctity of Thanksgiving and Christmas is the so-called 'Wal-Mart.'
Oh...
That doesn't make any sense?
Well, it makes about as much sense as banning same-sex marriage being a solution to all of the 'problems' with 'the family.'
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters
According to court records, the state of Florida paid former University of South Carolina professor George A. Rekers a $60,000 retainer to testify for the gay adoption ban.
Ironically, according to the same court documents, it is clear that Rekers’ testimony didn’t help the state’s case.
Court documents said:
Dr. Rekers’ testimony was far from a neutral and unbiased recitation of the relevant scientific evidence. Dr. Rekers’ beliefs are motivated by his strong ideological and theological convictions that are not consistent with the science. Based on his testimony and demeanor at trial, the court can not consider his testimony to be credible nor worthy of forming the basis of public policy.
Despite all of this, organizations on the right maligned Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy Lederman for her decision, calling her an “activist judge.”
Matt Staver of the Liberty Counsel said:
"This judge is merely an ideological activist, and ideological activists have no reason to don a black robe and sit behind a bench and pontificate. This judge's decision should be overturned, and moreover, this judge should be voted out of office.”
Moreover, comments on right-wing sites such as One News Now and Free Republic questioned not only Lederman’s objectivity, but her sexual orientation in lurid terms.
The American Civil Liberties Union, in an excerpt of proposed findings to the court, criticized the state of Florida for using Rekers as an expert witness even after he had been discredited in a similar Arkansas case involving gay adoption.
In 2005, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Timothy White ruled that the state did not have justifiable grounds to keep gays from adopting children.
The Arkansas court specifically said that “Dr. Rekers’ willingness to prioritize his personal beliefs over his functions as an expert provider of fact rendered his testimony extremely suspect and little, if any, assistance to the court” and "Dr. Rekers' personal agenda caused him to have inconsistent testimony on several issues."
That ruling led to a ballot initiative that was passed in November barring unmarried heterosexual and gay couples from adopting children.
Rekers would later sue the state of Arkansas for $200,00 for his testimony but settled out of court for $60,000.
About Rekers's testimony, the ACLU said, "The fact that the State resorted to hiring Dr. Rekers - and paying him a $60,000 retainer - despite the fact that he had already been severly discredited by another court in a similar case suggests an absence of credible experts who would testify in support of the prohibition against adoption by gay people."
What happened in Florida is nothing new. For years the religious right/anti-gay industry have brought in phony experts to push for anti-gay laws or stop the passage of pro-gay laws. If Lederman’s criticisms of Rekers sound familiar to you, then you obviously have read opinions about Paul Cameron. The two are almost interchangeable in their lies about the gay community.
According to a 1994 OutFront magazine article, the then Colorado Attorney General Gail Norton paid Paul Cameron over $15,000 in an effort to defend the state’s newly passed law outlawing gay rights ordinances. When Norton learned of Cameron’s dubious reputation, she did not use him or his “research.”
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the law in the same year.
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