Why didn't the apes have technology?
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JamesA-1102 — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 03:18 AM)
True but he seemed to suppress science that would lead to knowledge of man's history and true nature such as Zira's behavioral experiments and Cornelius' archeology. Yet he is for experimental brain surgery. As far as other technology, there is no evidence in the film whether he was for it or against it.
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bradhbbrd — 9 years ago(November 19, 2016 04:24 PM)
Real reason, budget.
In the book the apes have cars and helicopters but in 1968 SciFi was not the box office powerhouse it is now so the studio opted for a neo primitive look which also gave the art design a nice alien look.
Also this plays in with the idea that the elders rejected technologies that ancient man used.
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roland-rockerfella — 9 years ago(November 25, 2016 11:42 AM)
The technology of the apes does appeaser to be a bit of a mishmash. They still live in mud houses and ride horses yet they have semi-automatic guns and advanced medical procedures. This mainly comes from the films budget. The original script called for the apes to live in an advanced city but the producers soon realised they didn't have the budget to construct such an elaborate set so they went for the more modest low tech village you saw in the final film.
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creatorof2002 — 9 years ago(February 10, 2017 12:17 AM)
the 2001 version with a younger Mark Wahlberg ended that way. There was a time travel incident where history was altered and there was a modern Earth in the other time line run by intelligent apes.
I read in a movie magazine that the original plan WAS to have the apes be hi tech and the reason it was not done was because that would have been more expensive to film. The primitive ape village was cheaper to show on film. -
JamesA-1102 — 9 years ago(February 10, 2017 03:08 AM)
I read in a movie magazine that the original plan WAS to have the apes be hi tech and the reason it was not done was because that would have been more expensive to film. The primitive ape village was cheaper to show on film.
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SealedCargo — 6 years ago(May 18, 2019 05:46 PM)
if you want that, read the book. the cartoon as mentioned is based more on the boulle novel.
personally i don't think that would have worked for the movie. i think the primitive way of living was simply how they CHOSE to live and makes sense, and the irony of what the main character is feeling would have not fit if the apes lived in air conditioned condos.
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