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A confusing plot hole from Planet of the Apes (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 49 points 4 days ago

It's actually still earth and the protagonist time travelled.

They travelled to the past when only the upper half of the statue was built.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 156 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Did you even watch the movie? They explain it right away!

Someone "blew it up" and the resulting explosion launched it into space.

[–] winety@lemmy.zip 83 points 5 days ago (7 children)

I've only watched the musical from the Simpsons.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Doctor Zaius, Doctor Zaius...

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago

Can i play the piano anymore?
Of course you can!
I couldn't before!

[–] Vegeta@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

🎶 I was wrong. It was Earth all along. 🎶

[–] consumptionone@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Yes, you finally made a monkey out of meeeee!!!

[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago

I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-A to chimpanzee.

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[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I always thought that was silly. How did it stay so intact?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

like this

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[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 77 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

No, this is a misunderstanding. This is just an unusual rock formation. It has nothing to do with the actual statue, that still stands on Earth.

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Oh, kinda like Mt Rushmore. Nature truly is remarkable.

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[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So… in the novel… it IS actually a different planet and obviously the Statue of Liberty is not there.

You likely already know this but the statue in the movie is a convenient symbol for change over time which is relevant to the book. No spoilers.

Anyway… read the novel! It’s great.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

I haven't read the book, but that makes this even funnier to me. Lol

Will add that to my list.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 36 points 4 days ago (5 children)

No! They did it! They blew it up!

And then the apes blew up their society too. How could this happen?

And then the birds took over and ruined their society.

And then the cows. And then...I don't know, is that a slug, maybe?

Noooo!

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 days ago

If you reach the bird people you're too far ahead.

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 68 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Wait, that’s not Mega Maid?

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Suck! Suck! Suck!

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

She's gone from suck to blow

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[–] TechLich@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Oh shit, there goes the planet.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 54 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Fr*nch sent them one, duh

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

🎵Oh my God, you're so wrong.

It was Earth, all along.🎵

[–] happysplinter@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

I love you, doctor Zauis!

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[–] EaterOfLentils@lemmy.world 45 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (9 children)

It was a different statue that looked the same. Just a coincidence. It's not that deep.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Buy why is it human? I'm just happy they fixed this oversight in the (vastly superior) 2001 remake with the Lincoln Memorial.

[–] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 5 days ago

Just a coincidence, it was actually shaped by erosion

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[–] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 37 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That’s the ocean after global warming. They're really in Las Vegas.

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago (6 children)

GOD DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!

I like how the only thing left of fucking New York City is made of iron and thin sheets of copper.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 12 points 4 days ago

For reasons not directly related to the movie, I just so happen to have this on hand.

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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

A wizard did it.

[–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They sold it, to pay for the debts after the stock market crash of 2025.

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Actually it was the French aliens that transported them on their spaceship

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Hnng hnngyeeess, the Eeevil Council are French! Nyah hah! Nnggyah! Power me up, babyy! Nggyah hah!"

--Betty

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

gouald ha'tak vessels.

[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 30 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Everyone forgets that the planet of apes is actually las vegas, if the camera where to go a little more to the left we would see a eiffel tower as well

[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

These themed hotels are getting out of hand

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago

Monke

[–] hilly@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

It turns out, that on their planet, the apes have made an exact replica of the statue of liberty

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

This is either satirical or the biggest WHOOSH I've seen so far this year.

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 14 points 5 days ago (3 children)

More confusing is how it ended up next to cliffs on a shore line when it lives in a marshland enviroment

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Sold to aliens for scrap by a bankrupt country (for 10 hamburgers, which is approximately 10 hamburgers in todays hamburgers).

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago (6 children)

The bigger plot hole is that this is not consistent with any global warming or giant earthquake. Rising sea levels would not have a beach and rocky formation right next to statue of liberty. And a crazy violent earthquake that would move land and rock well above the statue of liberty and right next to it, would have knocked the statue over.

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[–] AugustWest@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Maybe it was a fleshy headed mutant from the forbidden zone.

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