In 2011, the "Rise of the Apes" became very popular. The film tells a story:
humans have invented a virus that can improve the intelligence of orangutans, but this virus is fatal to humans. The virus accidentally spreads. Human-like intelligence was produced. Because humans treated orangutans as experimental objects before, they became the opposite of humans, and the struggle began. With the shocking special effects, the extraordinary "acting skills" of the apes, and the novelty of the story,
quickly detonated the summer file of the year.
The popularity of the first part of "The Rise of the Apes" gave the producers a huge market potential, so they produced the second and third parts, continuing to tell the story of the struggle between the smart orangutan and humans.
You may not know that, 51 years ago, as a tribute to the "Rise of the Apes" series, "Planet of the Apes" is a cruel metaphor for the future destiny of mankind (orangutan and ape are the same, but the Chinese translation is different That's it), which has more warning significance.
"Planet of the Apes" |1968
Director: Franklin Sfanner
Production area: United States
"Lord of all things, human beings, the contradictory creatures who sent me into space, will they kill themselves and put children in war?"
An expedition spaceship captain named Taylor said to himself that the long life in space made him lonely and unbearable.
then entered the sleeping room like the other crew members, waiting for the autonomously piloted spacecraft to reach its destination.
However, for some reason, the spacecraft accidentally fell on the lake of an unfamiliar planet, and the spacecraft was about to sink. They took away supplies and materials as much as possible and began to search for life on this planet.
In addition, it was 3978 AD at this time. The spacecraft left the earth in 1972. More than 2000 years have passed. However, due to some theoretical reasons under the speed of light, the time that happened to Taylor and others has only passed 18 months. .
After a long journey, Taylor and the others finally found the traces of life when the supplies were exhausted. They were excited to hold up the grass, which was all their hope.
Afterwards, they found forests and pools, and they swam happily in the water, sweeping away the previous decadence.
But soon they discovered something wrong with this planet. There were traces of people around. After searching, they discovered a group of humans who only rely on gathering for a living and lost their language ability.
However, the crisis came suddenly. A group of apes on horseback, armed with guns, and speaking English appeared on the stage. How absurd and unreasonable. The furry apes regarded this group of humans as prey. A fierce hunting began, Taylor and others. People were also involved. Tyler was arrested and shot in the neck, unable to speak. The other two players are also uncertain.
The captured Taylor witnessed the society of orangutans and began to have a general understanding of the world-the world was completely ruled by orangutans with high intelligence, and humans were reduced to prisoners.
is even more ironic that the orangutans treat humans as guinea pigs as experimental objects, and believe that the orangutans are evolved from humans. All of this completely reverses the position of the apes and humans.
In the orangutan world, there is a faction that advocates knowledge, mainly scientists, such as the Connelly couple, and there are cruel hawks, such as Dr. Cai. After Taylor was captured, his behavior different from other humans quickly attracted the attention of the Connelly couple.
Taylor’s abnormal performance is just like a normal wise person’s behavior, writing, drawing, gesture expression, etc., but this is extremely abnormal in the eyes of apes, because in their eyes, humans have low IQ animal.
What shocked the Conliny couple even more was that Taylor had a technological concept that the world of the apes had not yet mastered. Taylor simply folded a paper airplane and watched the paper airplane float in the air magically. The Conlinys were dumbfounded.
The hawkish Dr. Cai, who learned of all this, was terrified. He seemed to have a more thorough understanding of humans. He had hidden the truth about the relationship between humans and apes, so he tried every means to persecute Taylor.
On the other hand, Taylor seized an opportunity to escape, but still failed to escape.Under the siege, Taylor was caught desperately. At this time, Taylor's injured neck had healed and he was able to make a sound, so Taylor yelled at this absurd and crazy world to the limit, "Don't touch me with stinky paws! You dirty apes". The roar of
frightened the apes. How could human beings speak like them? Taylor's actions shook the entire apes society, and as a result, a fierce discussion was triggered, involving the scientific and technological circles, religious organizations, and political circles.
The Connelly couple who advocate freedom, knowledge, and individual rights believe that Taylor can think, speak, and logically think, and is inextricably related to the evolution of the apes.
Hawkish Orangutan Dr. Cai tried his best to suppress them with religion, discrimination, and asymmetric power, thinking that Taylor was just a special human who could learn to speak.
After arguing, he didn't figure out Taylor's identity. Taylor was also controlled by Dr. Cai, who was ill-intentioned and sentenced to death.
Fortunately, Taylor got help from the Connelly couple and escaped, so Taylor and the Connelly couple went to the "forbidden area" called by the apes in search of the truth, where the secret of the evolution of the apes was hidden, and the spaceship that fell with Taylor at the beginning The place is very close.
Pursued by Dr. Cai, Taylor and others finally came to a ruin in the forbidden area, found evidence that human civilization precedes orangutan civilization, and clarified the relationship between humans and apes.
and Dr. Cai didn't give up and still wanted to eliminate Taylor, but he was controlled by Taylor.
And at this time, Dr. Cai finally told the truth that he knew: human beings did have wisdom, but they killed each other and ruined in their own hands. They hunted and killed the same kind for fun, desire and greed, controlled by emotions and Will kill brothers for profit. The words are full of fear and irony towards humans.
At this time, Taylor's eyes were full of confusion and doubts in his heart, so he began to look for the truth along the coastline of the restricted area. After
, a scene that shocked Taylor happened: a huge portrait appeared before his eyes, which was a mutilated Statue of Liberty.
Desperate Taylor yelled hysterically, the place where humans and apes were upside down is still the earth, and his spacecraft traveled back to the origin through time and space. What's more cruel is that human beings are approaching extinction because of their own reasons. It is human beings who have created the tragic situation of human beings today. Then, under Taylor's angry roar, the film ends, "You nasty lunatics, you ruined everything. It’s time to go to hell!"
"Planet of the Apes" was released in a special year. It was the most chaotic era in the United States. The threat of the Cold War, human rights movements, sharp social contradictions, and the quagmire of the Vietnam War. It was during this period that the film showed It reflects the sorrowful warnings of the people for the future, and reflects the various ugliness of mankind in society.
But the most ironic thing is that Martin Luther King was shot to death shortly after the film was released. The hopeless mapping of humans in the film is so realistic.
