Why Is Taylor So Pissed At The End Of The Film?
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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(November 26, 2016 11:14 PM)
Up until he discovered the statue, he'd believed he was on another planet formerly inhabited by a different race of intelligent humans. Zaius insisted that those humans had been evil and Taylor was defending them, as there was no direct evidence that they were belligerent.
But after reaching Lady Liberty, not only did he realize he was home all the time, but that Zaius was right. -
roland-rockerfella — 9 years ago(November 27, 2016 11:55 AM)
Yes I understand that. However Taylor instantly jumps to the conclusion that his Humanity destroyed itself with atomic weapons when their was plenty of evidence that some natural calamity had wiped out modern civilisation allowing for the apes to rise, much like the giant asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs allowing mammals to take a foothold. Why the instant conclusion from Taylor, or was it just his cynical nature perhaps?
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JamesA-1102 — 9 years ago(November 27, 2016 02:30 PM)
Taylor instantly jumps to the conclusion that his Humanity destroyed itself with atomic weapons when their was plenty of evidence that some natural calamity had wiped out modern civilisation
Actually, there wasn't "plenty of evidence" of either. All that is seen is the result, not the cause. Taylor comes to the conclusion that he does because he knows about the planet from his time.
much like the giant asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs
Any asteroid that big would wipe out all humans and all apes. -
roland-rockerfella — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 04:54 PM)
I agree they are all good points. However there is no proof that man in Taylor's time blew himself up instead of some natural calamity knocking man back to the Stone Age. I think it's just Taylor's natural dour attitude that makes him jump to this conclusion.
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snickerdoodle68 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 06:22 PM)
If you're thinking of Taylor's line "You blew it up!" he wasn't referring to man destroying himself with atomic bombs, but of Dr Zaius blowing up the cave that contained the evidence that modern ape sprang from man and not vice versa.
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haristas — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 10:00 PM)
You're right, Taylor jumps to the conclusion that man has destroyed himself with nuclear weapons without any implicit evidence that that is actually what happened. But Zaius does imply quite exactly that his breed made a desert of the Forbidden Zone ages ago, so it's a reasonable conclusion on Taylor's part, and it's certainly what the filmmakers wanted the audience conclusion to be.