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I have to point out stupidness of them undressing and jumping into water

posted 3 months ago by emori (3128)
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I really hate when movies do that. Does it happen in real life? With people stumbling upon some lake and take all cloth off including panties and just JUMP into it? Not knowing the dept and bottom? Like you could easily cut your feet with sharp stones.

I actually did cut my feet when I was a child by jumping in the water to a place I never went into before. It was a lake but like few meters away from the place I went into water before. Which I knew was safe. But then I went there and it was horrible. Huge cut. Blood. It was healing for weeks. Never again after that I walked into new water place barefoot not knowing if its safe. I learned my lesson.

Here we have 3 grown up men who end up on strange planet. Jumping into the unknown water upon seeing it. There could be water monsters in there for all we know. Alligators, piranhas, anything. There could be glass, sharp stones. But they never even checked. Went into deepest deep. To swim.

I laughed so hard when those idiots went out of the water to see their cloth and belongings being stolen. "That's what you deserve, idiots" - I screamed.

Do people not guard their cloth when they do that in real life?

[–] millsey72 (9642) 3 months ago

They have been walking thru the desert for 3 days. Seeing water was a huge relief. And alligators don't live in lakes just outside deserts.

[–] emori (3128) 3 months ago

They were sure they were on another planet. For all they know water could be poisoness and God knows what creatures might live in there.

[–] millsey72 (9642) 3 months ago

Since they saw no creatures on land, there was no reason to think anything lived in the water

[–] emori (3128) 3 months ago

LOL. Thats not how it works. If you walk the shore and see no creatures it doesn't mean that there are no sharks in ocean or alligators in rivers.

That was lazy writing. They wanted for characters to lose their modern cloth and blend with other humans for that later reveal to Dr. Zira that Taylor can talk. When everyone thought he was just another human. So they made them undress and jump into water. And then humans for no reason stole their cloth and ran away. Forcing them to wear local cloth.

That's why they jumped into that water. Because script needed them to proceed to another plot.

[–] thingmakersback (1239) 14 days ago

What the hell is going on here? You are making sense!

[–] whynotwriteme (7195) 3 months ago

They crash landed in a huge lake. They also ran tests and the water was safe.

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7450) 14 days ago

They were sure they were on another planet. For all they know water could be poisoness and God knows what creatures might live in there.
Except at the end George Taylor finds out that he's on Earth so that point is moot. Also you're judging 3 men who have been traveling the desert for 3 days who are tired and hot being overjoyed to see water and stripping naked to get into said water. You probably never been in an experience like that. I know I thankfully haven't.

[–] Moonglum9 (10749) 3 months ago

"And alligators don't live in lakes just outside deserts"

Space alligators do!

[–] FootOfDavros (6916) 3 months ago

I really hate when movies do that. Does it happen in real life?

I actually did cut my feet when I was a child by jumping in the water to a place I never went into before...

[–] emori (3128) 3 months ago

I was stupid child. Not adult men like in the movie.

Never do that when I understand consequences now.

[–] FootOfDavros (6916) 3 months ago

Maybe it was a deliberate choice to appeal to kids of the 50/60s, who'd probably have done stuff like you mentioned, jumping in water holes (can't remember if it's a direct lift from the book or not?) a bit like the nostalgic appeal Stand By Me has to older viewers...

But funny - these cinematic astronauts clearly don't learn / care for dangers. Quite arguably worse than jumping in lake here are those Interstellar muppets who landed on that time dilating planet with the giant waves, despite clearly having much more advanced technology available to them - before they even landed! - than their 1960s counterparts...

[–] millsey72 (9642) 3 months ago

Did this movie really appeal to kids? I found it to be very misunderstood. Until these boards popped up, I always thought ancient apes transported the Statue of Liberty to their planet in another solar system

[–] FilmBuff (6736) 3 months ago

Isn't that what happened? How else can you explain the Statue of Liberty's presence on the Planet of the Apes? There is no way they coincidentally built one!

[–] millsey72 (9642) 3 months ago

Yes thats what a lot of us thought. But once these boards became public discussions, a lot was to be learned

[–] FilmBuff (6736) 3 months ago

I was in Las Vegas this week and noticed they have a Statue of Liberty there, too. I think maybe that explains how one got to the Planet of the Apes. They didn't transport it from earth, but instead the built a copy of it at some sort of ape casino that had been destroyed at some point in the past.

[–] mechajutaro (2788) 3 months ago

You've put forth the most likely explanation

[–] FilmBuff (6736) 3 months ago

It's the only thing I can come up with that makes sense.

[–] FootOfDavros (6916) 3 months ago

In this film Taylor says something about it being a "one way journey" and also having "three Adams and one Eve". So, whilst this very clearly tells us that the apparent "sequel" Beneath The POTA must have been set in a completely different continuity - following up on a story which required the crew to require rescuing, it also points to a sequel which would certainly NOT have been made to appeal to kids.

[–] millsey72 (9642) 3 months ago

Even as a kid, I was able to understand Beneath is a sequel to this one. Many of the same characters are in it and it takes place right after the original left off. Obviously, mankind changed their mind and decided to send another ship in search of Taylor. In the original, while still in the space ship, Taylor does mention Dr Hasslain who does appear in the 3rd movie

[–] FootOfDavros (6916) 3 months ago

Dr Hasslain clearly exists in both continuities, as does Taylor. That doesn't disprove the alternate continuity. Clearly things were similar but a la the butterfly effect some aren't - like a rescue mission being required for Beneath the POTA's continuity.

But I was more trying to point out with my previous post, that the sequel with three Adams and one Eve, set in the 60s, would have turned out more like Barbarella and would not have been suitable for the same kids lapping up watching Taylor et al laughing it up and jumping into the lake water without considering potential underwater Martians attacking them.

[–] thingmakersback (1239) 14 days ago

My head is spinning here... You are damn near to making sense again! If I was inclined to try making sense of such wildly inconsistent sequels, I'd have to say pretty much what you are saying. I prefer this sort of creative patchwork to claiming every goddamn movie in the series is set in a different universe.

Truth, in this case, is that I don't find it worth either explaining the inconsistencies or bothering to theorize different time streams. Truth is, that it is utterly inescapable that the makers just didn't give a damn if it made sense. They needed a sequel to the first film and were uninterested in Pierre Boule's "Planet of the Men" concept with Taylor leading a resurgent human race against their ape oppressors... It got even worse when they realized that Beneath made a bunch of money and they had to come up with a sequel to a movie where everyone and everything died at the end.

[–] moviebuff66 (20) 3 months ago

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[–] moviebuff66 (20) 3 months ago

You would think they would as astronauts they would have been trained in survival both how to and mindset . They saw the scarecrows so they knew they weren't alone some intelligence had created them. You let your guard down this is what happens one of their party Dodge was killed and both Taylor and Landon were captured .

[–] DarthAckbar (975) 14 days ago

which of the three male astronauts took off their panties?

[–] JoWilli (15674) an hour ago

panty raid!