Despite the perfect atmospheric readings, the obviously Earth-like landscapes, and not to mention the humans roaming the place and the identical-to-his-world archaeological relics? Did he seriously think it was some alien world, reinforced by the horror that apes could be running the place? Is he really that naive and delusional?
Why are you here if you haven't seen the movie yet?
As Taylor notes at the beginning of the film, they had been traveling out into space for six months, and space is a big place. The odds of them landing back where they started were, pun intended, astronomical.
shareAdd to that travelling at near the speed of light for a further 12 months away (supposedly) from Earth, why would he think he was on Earth?
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The better question is how his ship could have landed back in Earth, was this ever explained in the movie/sequels?
shareIt was never explained in the movies, but in the TV series, the ship was caught in some kind of storm and some kind of emergency protocol kicked in returning the ship to Earth, though a thousand years in the future.
Now maybe something struck Taylors ship (we know there was some damage as Stewarts sleeping chamber was cracked) and the computer automatically set back to Earth.
Just a theory of course.
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When they crash land they are the planet they're on has three moons.
Which is conveniently forgotten about by the ending.
I thought it had no moons. Which is also forgotten by the end. Whatever happened to the moon, anyway? Is SPACE: 1999 tied into this?
shareWhat about the apes speaking English? That should have tipped him off.
shareBack then all aliens in the movies spoke English.
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shareAlso don't forget the landscape changed because of the war. No grass not wild life for many miles and the humans looked primitive. They could've been on any planet.As of now, earth is the only planet with humans on it. He had absolutely no reason to believe he was absolutely anywhere else. There were also three species of apes, horses, and a cave full of artifacts that dated to around the time Taylor left. The funny thing about the horses is that the presence of horses is a regularly cited plot hole in Tim Burton's version because it doesn't take place on earth. Even if we accept the English language as a story-telling device, this is absurd. It would be easier to believe aliens built a replica of the statue of liberty by coincidence than everything else. This movie is seriously a product of it's time. If it were being made for the first time today, people would think it was ridiculous. share
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If it were being made for the first time today, people would think it was ridiculous.
That's very true. And you know why? Because for some nutty reason Americans can't handle subtitles.
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Why should the fact that they were apes not have "tipped him off" before they even spoke?!!
shareA planet with a breathable atmosphere, edible plants, and lifeforms that look like the ones on Earth…yet it takes the ENTIRE FILM for the protagonist to realize that he’s…wait for it… been on Earth the entire time. This is an astronaut who almost certainly had the basic training in science to figure it out.share