Why did the apes have guns?
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JamesA-1102 — 9 years ago(October 09, 2016 08:42 PM)
The screenwriter would disagree with you.
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leadzeppelin69 — 11 years ago(November 22, 2014 10:46 AM)
Yeah but they're not using primitive black powder muskets, they're using like legit assault rifles with bullets and clips. Maybe it's just me but I found that to be strange that their guns would randomly have become so strikingly similar to human weapons without human weapons having been an inspiration. Maybe this is better explained in the book, from what I hear the ape civilization is quite a bit more advanced in the book, they are on par with 1950's America. They have cars and TVs etc.
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Fletcherj119 — 11 years ago(November 23, 2014 02:33 AM)
Look at the weapons Caesar had in his armory on Battle. Naturally, as the guns aged and needed replacing, the apes would copy those weapons. Over time there would end up being modifications as the one Taylor possesses.
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Stevicus-2 — 10 years ago(May 29, 2015 01:32 AM)
I don't think the apes were necessarily ignorant of technology, even if they operated under the assumption that the apes invented it all. They may have still had awareness and knowledge, even if it was kept secret by the Orangutans. Even if their living conditions seemed primitive, I got the sense that was more out of choice than a lack of knowledge. Perhaps they had an aversion to technology overall, yet keeping a few guns around might still have been considered a good idea.
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georgijeg1 — 10 years ago(June 14, 2015 04:48 AM)
Guns can't survive for 2000 years, obviously the apes made them themselves.
If they could make cameras, wagons, pressurized water systems and perform brain surgery, then why shouldn't they be able to make guns? I think the apes in the movie are somewhere around the 19th century in terms of technology, and around the 15th century in terms of philosophy
