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'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' and the Weaponization of Caesar
Manage episode 418120911 series 3441560
Kelsi and Trey discuss Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as a successful adventure epic that thrills with its digital world-building and provokes with its subversive interrogations of the audience's relationship to Caesar. This is the 10th Apes installment and arguably one of the most ambitious of the 21st century; a compelling evolution conceptually and visually from its recent predecessors while also introducing audiences to a new set of characters with mysterious motivations–a true Apes movie that is in conversation with the radical 1968-73 films as Ball’s reinvention is unafraid to be a bit scathing in its commentary on fundamentalism and the white savior archetype.
(3:30) Non-Spoiler Reaction
(26:13) Timeline of the Apes Universe
(33:44) Spoilers Start (Prologue)
(34:30) World-building and Eagle Clan
(01:01:30) Adventure Epic and Raka
(01:10:00) Caesar Mythology
(01:30:08) White Savior Subversion
(01:46:15) Proximus and his Kingdom
(02:07:00) The Epilogue
Letterboxd: The Extra Credits
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177 episodes
Manage episode 418120911 series 3441560
Kelsi and Trey discuss Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as a successful adventure epic that thrills with its digital world-building and provokes with its subversive interrogations of the audience's relationship to Caesar. This is the 10th Apes installment and arguably one of the most ambitious of the 21st century; a compelling evolution conceptually and visually from its recent predecessors while also introducing audiences to a new set of characters with mysterious motivations–a true Apes movie that is in conversation with the radical 1968-73 films as Ball’s reinvention is unafraid to be a bit scathing in its commentary on fundamentalism and the white savior archetype.
(3:30) Non-Spoiler Reaction
(26:13) Timeline of the Apes Universe
(33:44) Spoilers Start (Prologue)
(34:30) World-building and Eagle Clan
(01:01:30) Adventure Epic and Raka
(01:10:00) Caesar Mythology
(01:30:08) White Savior Subversion
(01:46:15) Proximus and his Kingdom
(02:07:00) The Epilogue
Letterboxd: The Extra Credits
Instagram: @theextracredits
Twitter: @theextracredits
Send requests, questions, and thoughts to our email: extracreditspod@gmail.com
177 episodes
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