The 6th Degrees of Rise of the Planet of the Apes

I wanted to write about this movie right after I watched it.. but then I didn't had the time to edit this entry properly lol

This is not a remake but a prequel of the story, it has some sort of the background how human civilization fall and how the ape took over. I went to watch this because of just one actor who play a supporting role. His name is David Hewlett, he use to play Dr. Rodney Mckay in Stargate Atlantis (SGA). I thought they've given him the 'glorious pak pacak' role because it's been a long time since SGA ended. But I was wrong, even tho his character is just one of those supporting character and also an 'ass' (lol!) but his character did have a significant role on the whole story line of how human fall.

David's character attacked by the Caesar

David Hewlett as Rodney Mckay in Stargate Atlantis

I'm sure 'John Sheppard' will be proud because this time David's character is a pilot and in the end credit, we got to see him in his commercial airline uniform O.O. I want some slash crossover fic, right now! I wonder if his character had any name, because while watching I couldn't catch it.







John Sheppard and Rodney Mckay pic (David Hewlett and Joe Flanigan)

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http://cheesemeister97.tumblr.com/post/7620055711/not-posted-anything-mcshep-y-for-a-while-so-i










It is a good movie, the violent part is just towards the end. Andy Serkis did a wonderful job in showing the expression of the apes :D. He put a lot work into it. His character do not talk, it express its feeling with sign language and the rest through facial expression. I hope Andy will be nominated for the oscar.

My favourite scene is when Caesar was giving Tom Felton (Dodge) 'the stare of doom'. In all that stare says with such hate and it says 'I'm going to kill you' and at that moment, it was not an ape but something intelligent and you should not take it lightly.


I don't have that particular scene but this scene will do :D


Dodge Landon:“Take your stinking paw off me, you damn dirty ape!”




Caesar:“NO!”

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That particular cage scene with Dodge and Caesar reminds me of a spn scene Caged Heat S6 - Dean and Samuel. Samuel is Dean's grandad, and he just found out that Samuel screw them over. So Samuel lock Dean in a cell. There were heated exchange words

DEAN: I’ll tell you who I am. I’m the guy you never wanna see again. ‘Cause I’ll make it out of here, trust me. And the next time you see me, I’ll be there to kill you.

SAMUEL: Don’t think there’s gonna be a next time.

DEAN: Whatever gets you through the night.

Tom Felton is awesome as baddie..lol! There are times that made me want to spank him and say "Tom!... er Draco how many times must I remind you that the ape is NOT Harry, stop bullying him" :P


Tom in Harry Potter as Draco Malfoy

Tom as Dodge Landon the bully - he needs
new roles



 




I love John Lithgow :D. This story focus a lot on on dad and son relationship. There's Will and his Dad. Caesar and Will is also sort of dad and son, Tom Felton (Dodge Landon) and his dad. I guess Dodge is that way because his dad does not treat the animal well. And I see him spending all his time at that place, like 24/7, it look like he practically live there, working for his dad. Seem like it would twist his moral and brain for a bit.

David Hewlett and John Lithgow 

John Sheppard (SGA) would say "Rawdney! do not piss off the natives"

This story play with gene therapy. That is what Will trying to create. A gene therapy that could cure Alzheimer and its method of delivery is through virus. I don't really understand medical that much, is it not dangerous?

(OMG! In Stargate Atlantis (SGA), the crew undergoes gene therapy to enable them to interact with the Ancient Tech. For people who is not familiar with SGA, the Ancient Tech is activated by certain genes, and only very few have them, the strongest is John Sheppard. I figure they somehow use John Sheppard's gene to treat the other crew members. But in SGA it is not like the Alzheimer treatment in this Ape movie, you have to keep giving the treatment, maybe in SGA they did it only once and altered the genetic of a person to somehow made them a bit similar to John Sheppard's so they can at least activate one Ancient Device).

That is why John Lithgow character after sometime develop an immunity towards the virus (alz-112) - its 'postman', and the treatment no longer works for him. The apes are test subjects. The apes in this movie is 'huge'. I think normal size chimp are just short and smaller. They stay true to the original Charlton Heston apes movie. Caesar became intelligent  through genetic transfer. His mom was a test subject so it transfer to him through genetic.






So then when the alz-112 cease to function, Will create a new 'aggressive' virus for the gene vector (alz-113). Aggressive virus = bad. First human fatality was Will's assistant - the chimp handler - Steven Jacobs (OMG! the guy was in Reaper lol! How could I forget that. Sam's friend - Sock). It seems that the alz-113 virus had bad effect on human but not to the Chimps.

As Sock in Reaper (TV Series)  

Steve accidentally inhale it then got sick and sneeze blood. Then somehow through some cosmic joke (which happen a lot to this David Hewlett's character) Steve sneeze blood on David's character.



Things happen Will got caught up with Caesar problem in that animal place. Steve died and then the animals went into riot on the Golden Gate Bridge. I know there is a connection between this movie and Stargate Atlantis lol!

Ape riot at The Bridge

Atlantis lands in the San Francisco Bay and the balcony was looking at the Golden Gate Bridge after a fierce battle defending earth on the last eppy of the series.

See the guy with the Canadian flag on the right - tha'ts David Hewlett




After all the riots ends and the apes retreat to Muir Woods. You must stay until the end credits. There will be a scene where David's character all on his pilot uniform ready to fly.. and then he got nose bleed. Dum..dum dum!

This is what the last scene implies. He will fly all over the world and spread the virus. Humans population will die and decrease. After the years, the apes will multiply and intelligent will pass down through genetic. In the end, they will take over the world


Point to ponder : This gene therapy method is like a two edge sword. Is it beneficial and also dangerous.