tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post5222832815391148655..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Homages on the Planet of the ApesDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-11311385705969817882011-09-01T07:32:38.916-05:002011-09-01T07:32:38.916-05:00Ah, that's a great catch on the Ten Commandmen...Ah, that's a great catch on the Ten Commandments in the background. Very creative on the part of the filmmakers!<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-65051183811462677242011-08-31T22:04:51.643-05:002011-08-31T22:04:51.643-05:00@ Doug: Yes, there was an "easter egg" ...@ Doug: Yes, there was an "easter egg" of a sort; *SPOILER* - the "infected" neighbor, who was also a military officer had taken a plane to New York. Before he boards the plane, he sneezes...and a drop of his infected blood hits the airport floor. We then see a computerized map of how the virus was spread during some of the end credits; when the world is just about covered in travel lines, the computer winks out...<br /><br />@ Inkstained Wretch: I caught that scene as well; looked like it was a clip from "The Ten Commandments"...after all, wasn't Moses known as "The Lawgiver" (?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-70116898091953576432011-08-31T15:01:24.628-05:002011-08-31T15:01:24.628-05:00Wasn't there a clip of an old Charleton Heston...Wasn't there a clip of an old Charleton Heston movie in the film? I remembered one of the characters -- I think it was one of the ape house managers -- watching it on television.Inkstained Wretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-84676634859619327402011-08-31T11:52:38.053-05:002011-08-31T11:52:38.053-05:00And, that would have been an homage to Burton'...And, that would have been an homage to Burton's film, as Michael Clarke Duncan uttered that variation on the famous line of Heston's.<br /><br />My son saw the movie a second time, and said there was a scene shortly into or after the credits about the neighbor who had contracted the virus from Franco's lab asst? Did any of the rest of you see that? Certainly showed, from what I was told, how apes will get the upper hand in the next two films.<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-65867620999001124822011-08-31T11:49:58.731-05:002011-08-31T11:49:58.731-05:00Spotted most of them, but although I enjoyed it a ...Spotted most of them, but although I enjoyed it a lot, I was kind of gutted Ceasar didn't say: " Get your filthy hands off me, you damn dirty HUMAN!!! " That's the bit I was waiting for.pete doreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004574271734256770noreply@blogger.com