tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618321368988528322.post3029719519819362697..comments2024-03-27T09:28:28.880+00:00Comments on Narrative Drive: The Ape's Tale: the Planet of the Apes movies by Pierre Boulle et alAndrew Cartmelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13006683245337354886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618321368988528322.post-70840769386652302002017-09-09T19:13:15.901+01:002017-09-09T19:13:15.901+01:00Hey James,
My heart goes out to you regarding lo...Hey James, <br /><br />My heart goes out to you regarding losing your previous drafts on the computer. "Argh!" is the word. <br /><br />Thank you for reading and your thoughtful comments — I did consider discussing the TV series, or at least mentioning it, but the post was already heading for an unwieldy length.<br /><br />If you do go for an Ape-athon and watch the reboots Rise and Dawn, I think you'll enjoy them. Perhaps enough to go to the big screen to see War, which I've written about this week.<br /><br />Don't despair about Miss Freedom — the reprint is poised to happen in the next few weeks. We're just finalising the cover design.<br /><br />Thank you for asking about it!Andrew Cartmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13006683245337354886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618321368988528322.post-53517773207262479692017-09-03T18:01:03.461+01:002017-09-03T18:01:03.461+01:00The computer ate my previous 2 comments so this is...The computer ate my previous 2 comments so this is a reconstruction.<br /><br />I really liked the first movie (1968), was depressed by the second, laughed out loud at the third despite its creepy/scary ending, and never saw 4 or 5.<br /><br />Did you ever see the TV series? I don't know where it fits in the timeline.<br /><br />Strangely, I had Planet of the Apes action figures when I was a kid, long before I'd actually watched any of them. Not sure who gave them to me or why, since I wasn't really into F&SF then (although I loved the 1970s Land of the Lost - I found out later many well known SF writers wrote for that show).<br /><br />The less said about the 2001 movie, the better.<br /><br />I enjoyed 2011's Rise, but for some reason never watched the sequels. I'll have to rent them some weekend and do a mini-marathon.<br /><br />Interesting review. Thank you.<br /><br />p.s., Any word on the Miss Freedom reprint? Or is that a dead issue now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com