Not even theoretically feasible...

I beleive the "virus" is based on the spread of HIV. HIV exist in apes, but the symptoms are almosy nonexistent and similar to having a mildcold. HIV is a zoonotic virus, like rabies. HIV spread because when research on apes became more commonplace, along with the rising popularity of circuses and zoos, trappers would catch the apes and get bit a lot of times. Those trappers would sleep with prostitutes and spread the disease. The virus came to the USA through travelers and "Patient Zero" was a pilot just like Caesar's neighbor next door. The virus thing could actually happen, but it would be contained way before it wiped out human kind.

The voice box part: it's pure science fiction :)

How long has it been since you actually just sat back and enjoyed a film instead of nitpicking he hell out of it?

1. IT'S A FREAKING MOVIE

2. IT'S SCIENCE FICTION, that means its a FAKE story built around science

3. Its said in the conference at the beginning that the drug being given had cell repairing properties so its possible that one of the cells its repairing the the larynx

Has it ever occurred to the OP that all these changes in Ceasar's physiology was part of the story and not an oversight? Ceasar's brain was changed physically since birth, and he continued to change through out the movie. Not only did he develop his vocal chords, pallet and being able to control his breathing to enable speech, did you also notice that at the end of the movie he also stood as tall Dr Rodman? Hello? The ape must have changed physically, not just mentally - it's all there plain as day. After all, he spoke! ...and he was taller! Get it?

The problem with nitpickers as well as proffessional movie critics is that they don't seem to know how to watch a movie. You need to be able to take a step back and cut down on some of the critical thinking. I'm saying SOME, not all of it. Just enough to accept such basic things like we never see IRL such as being transferred through time and space via scene cuts and transitions, as well as story developments that defy likelyhood and that break into the area of the extraordinary.

Ceasar's physiology changed so drastically that he was able to stand tall like a man, think and speak like one. This was improbable, but not impossible like the OP stresses. What really happend, I think, is that the OP was so busy nitpicking that he was the one overlooking the all possiblilities with the 112 virus.

Same goes for those who say that the virus should have killed the apes like it killed the humans. After all both are primate species that share about 99% of their genetic makeup. However, improbable as it may be, it was that 1% that difference that made all the difference. That's not unrealistic, in fact it happens all the time IRL. Things happen despite astronomical odds against.

So just sit back and just accept the information fed to you and see the movie as truth, while you watch it. Otherwise,you might as well find another form of entertainment. Like a documentary.

Speaking of documentaries, I saw one the other day on how spider silk is being replicated to create the next generation of kevlar and fibres so strong it can replace the nails that hold an airplane together. Spider silk!? Totally, theoretically impossible and really bad science. Oh wait...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Z0xn4pYSY

Johnny the chimp in this video is quite clearly saying 'Mama', as outlined in IMDb's FAQ section too.

Although sentences are obviously a bit of a leap, and their vocabulary would be very limited, basic speech like 'No' isn't perhaps as farfetched as you may believe.

You forgot the fiction part in science-fiction. It's not just there to make the word prettier.

OP: Get a grip. It's fiction.

Not reading the whole thread. This script is rubbish. I don't expect hard science from a pop corn blockbuster scifi story. But I don't accept absolute absurdities either.


If people keep defending this sort of stuff by saying 'it's a movie' rather than requiring writers to at least conform to the most basic laws of physics, then hack writers will continue to peddle their crap successfully.

apes and homo sapiens are in the same biological order, how is it that the virus destroys the homo sapiens body (by presumably attacking the nervous or respiratory system), but when the primates inhale it, their brain power is increased?