Planet of The Apes (Saga)

Parts in yellow are parts that are linked to the other films or A Bathing Ape/Bape references.


This past weekend I saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes (I'll get to that in a second) and it made me want to check out the original 1968 version. Upon downloading the original I found that there were several sequels. I watched Planet of the Apes, Beneath The Planet of the Apes, Escape From The Planet of the Apes and Conquest of The Planet of The Apes. I still have one more to watch Battle for the Planet of the Apes. The movies alone by today's standards are pretty laughable. The costumes were pretty good and the music is cool.

Planet of the Apes --- This starts off with Charlton Heston's character Taylor navigating a ship in space preparing for hyper sleep and a return to Earth. They say that they were gone 6 months their time but 700 years our Earth Time. When they land they discover that they have actually been gone 2000 years and one of the crew mates (the woman) died in hyper sleep. Upon exploring this seemingly strange new planet ( I still don't understand why they didn't think they were on Earth. They could breath the air, the sky was blue regular clouds etc.) They run across primitive humans and then get captured by Apes on horses. Interestingly enough the black guy gets killed, and later the other guy gets his brain meat cut out. Taylor was shot in the throat in the field chase and was not able to talk for a few days. The first word he shouted was "NO," when they tried to hurt his new cave girl friend Nova. Taylor is befriended by two scientist Apes Zira and Cornelius. He is then set free and learns that he was on Earth thee whole time.

Beneath the Planet of the Apes --- In this sequel a space crew is sent out to find Taylor's group on a rescue mission of sorts. It was only two of them and the one guy died as soon as they landed. The main guys name is Brent (which is very odd for the charcters to be named Brent and Taylor in these movies it really bugged me out). Brent acts just like Taylor its like the same movie as the original for a while. Taylor gets lost in a way and Nova is just kinda roaming around on this damn horse when Brent finds her. He tells her to take him to Taylor but since she is like thee dumbest person of all time she takes him back to the Ape village. Insert Zira and Cornelius... insert rescue. Now this is where the movie takes a turn. Brent learns that under the village in the "Forbidden Zone" are the ruins of New York City. He has his moment of "what has the world I know come to" blah blah. He then follows this weird humming noise and discovers a race of Super Humans with telepathic (pathetic) powers. They are a defenseless people but they have a huge Doomsday Atomic Bomb that they pray too. (Yeah this one gets wacky) The problem with this part is that they have telepathic powers and can make you see visions but they didn't use them on the Apes??? Plus the Apes found where they were very easily and based on no information. Taylor and Brent finally meet up in a cell in the Super Humans quarters. They are made to fight each other but they manage to get out of that situation. Unfortunately Nova dies during this part I think she managed to mumble something before she died. *Shrug* So the Apes are pillaging the Super (dumb) Humans lair and the leader is about to fire off the Doomsday missile. He gets shot. Brent gets shot to hell and Taylor gets blasted too. Upon his last breath Taylor pushes the button to release the Bomb thus destroying the entire Planet. Which then becomes ironic by the way the first one ended and Taylor thinking that we (humans) ruined the planet, b/c now sir you have blown it to shit. Also the styling of the General Gorilla's uniform is used again in the 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes. And the General Gorilla says the line "Ape Shall Never Kill Ape" that is used in A Bathing Ape t-shirt designs.

Escape From The Planet of the Apes --- Zira, Cornelius and Milo escape the Planet in what seemed to be the ship that Taylor used to get there. They follow his flight pattern back and they end up in 1973. They are apprehended by the military and taken to the Zoo. There they are put through tests and the base for the Ape house keeper character in Rise of the Planet of the Apes is seen antagonizing them while in there Cages. Milo was killed by a Gorilla in the cell next to them. When they were found to be harmless and intelligent they were put in front of a hearing for press and the world to ask them questions. When questioned what happened to the original humans Zira says a virus wiped us out. After the world sees that they are harmless and intelligent they become celebrities. (this ones kinda wacky). They say they escaped the planet because the Gorillas and Orangutangs were at war. Which was a lie b/c the Humans and Gorillas were at war. They said that they saw a bright flash and that the world was destroyed. Which was the effect of Taylor pressing the button for the Doomsday Bomb. Turns out Zira is pregnant and the bad guy in this one Dr. such and such says he wants the child killed and the parents too. For fear that they will one day rule this world knowing that 2000 years in the future they come to rule the Earth. The President says that the parents should live be the child should not. Insert chase scene. Zira names the baby Milo....which is wear Bape gets Baby Milo. She throws a fake baby in the water and both of them are killed.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes --- in this we find that Baby Milo has been saved by Ricardo Montalban and renamed Caesar. The setting is 1991. A virus kills all the worlds pet type creatures so humans use apes as the new pets, because they are so smart as they learned from Zira and Cornelius 20 years ago. The thing is humans started using the apes as slaves. Training them to be waiters, janitors and lowly workers. Caesar gets separated from Ricardo. Ricardo then gets questioned by the government about him knowing the whereabouts of the "talking ape." He passes one test then refuses to take another and jumps out of the window for some reason. Caesar left alone to fend for himself gets bought by the Governor. He is sort of befriended by the Governors assistant and is helped to be freed. Caesar puts together an army of Ape slaves to over throw the human captors thus giving you how the Planet became ruled by Apes.

Battle For the Planet of the Apes ---- DIDN'T WATCH IT YET

Rise of the Planet of the Apes --- James Franco stars as a scientist that thinks that he has discover the cure for Alzheimer's. And as with most things we test this drug on animals, Apes in specific. During a sort of show and tell session the Ape named Bright Eyes (which is what Zira called Taylor) flipped the hell out and was killed. Turns out she was just trying to protect her baby. The program is shut down and Franco takes the baby Ape named Caesar. He cares for Caesar and he becomes part of the family and grows smarter and smarter. Franco gives the drug to his father who then gets better. After learning that the human body starts to fight the drug and that his father condition worsens Franco makes another version of the drug. Caesar gets into an altercation with the neighbor and is court ordered to be placed in a Ape Shelter. After Caesar feels abandoned (Franco didn't really do a good job of acting like he wanted him when he bribed the dude to release him) he settles in and stages a revolt. He steals more of the drug from the lab and exposes the other Apes to it. Somewhere in here Caesar yells "No" as his first words to the shelter keeper guy. Somewhere in between they make sure they let you know that a Space Shuttle was launched for a deep space program, hopefully for a (good) Planet of the Apes remake. Eventually Caesar and his new friends end up in the woods of Southern California where he tells Franco that he "is home." The drug that was developed turns out to be deadly to humans thus wiping us all off the planet!

I think these movies tie in very well with the new one. I like how they took parts from each film and incorporated it in the prequel. The space exploration, time factors and virus concepts are all very interesting. The idea that the two Apes that had compassion and helped a stranded astronaut and that astronaut destroyed their Planet and then their baby basically destroyed ours is pretty fucking DEEP if you ask me. Had the President listened to the Dr. in Escape ... and killed the baby the planet would still be run by humans. Had Taylor would have died the Gorillas would have never searched the "Forbidden Zone" and the Earth as a whole would still be in existence. There are many if's and then's to this story and that's what I enjoy. I like how linear it is as well. Unlike Star Trek or Star Wars' Sagas this is just about Apes and Humans nothing more. And for films that were made from 1968 - 1973 they aren't that bad production wise.

Damn Dirty Ape

DRAG

Fast Five

I have never seen any of the Fast and The Furious films so maybe starting at the end wasn't a good idea. This movie was crazy over the top and did things that real cars could never ever do. BUT I'll be damned if this wasn't a hell of an entertaining movie. The fight scene between The Rock and Vin Diesel was great. All the characters were cool (not as cool as the Ocean's 11 group though). And it was just plain entertaining. If you're looking for movies that make sense this isn't for you. If you're looking for action this is definitely you're film.

Reggaton

DRAG

Jerry Champagne

You heard the man. 2013!!!!

Presidential Poetry

DRAG

Debt Ceiling

Wait a second! The Government is having problems paying there bills and they expect me to pay mine? This needs to be looked into.

Signed Concerned Tax Payer

DRAG

Amy Winehouse

Over the weekend singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her home in the UK. This unfortunate event was the ending to an up and down career. Throughout her music she expressed her life. Her real life. And in that you could see the trouble that she made into beautiful music.

NO NO NO

DRAG

Bad Teacher

This is a pretty "ehhh" movie. It's not really that funny and Justin Timberlake adds nothing to the film. I guess it promoted a good body image message but that was about it. Humor was few and far between. It was pretty much a bore.

F minus

DRAG

Jay - Z x Kanye West - OTIS

I mean damn. Half of thee appeal though is because the sample is so familiar. Try A Little Tenderness by Otis Redding. You've heard it a million times I swear. Jay kills it with "I invented swag." For me the song could truthfully end there. This song is full of quotables! Watch the Throne! Aug 1st - 5th. It'll be epic. Currently the live version with Funk Master Flex screaming wild and talking reckless is my favorite version. People keep saying that Kanye is going to mess the album up. You've got to be kidding! This is the new Biggie and Jay-Z. This is Brooklyn's Finest thee album. Kanye is the outrageous to Jay's wit and insight. It's the perfect balance. If you don;t get it....you never will!

Here It Here

In Flex We Trust

DRAG

STREET SCOTT ft. JAE POET - SO GONE

So Gone feat. Jae Poet (prod. by Street Scott)



This joint is CRAZYYYYYY. Street and Poet go off on this. This will bus ya speakers open and a music child will emerge.

OUTTA HERE

DRAG

THE FIGHTER

I kinda hate "based on a true story" films because then I have to determine what is true and what is "based." But this was a good film. For a crack head Dickie was very functional and he had great lungs (that boy could run!). And it teaches you family doesn't always mean right. Everyone had moment of clarity scenes except the mother who seemed to never really get it. Christian Bale's performance was great. His character got caught up with drugs after his claim to fame fight with Sugar Ray Leonard. He didn't win that fight but it was his moment. He was still very much into training his brother but that crack was strong and made his decision making a bit ummm how the French say...fucked up. But I'll be damned if Mick didn't bounce back and get great when he was counted out and called a stepping stone. This is a great movie about family, personal strength and over coming great odds.

"They're Doing A Film About Me"

DRAG

COMPANY OF MEN

This was a good film. Company cuts Ben loses his job and lives in denial for a few months until he realizes that everything isn't going to be ok. I think the overall theme and sense of the film is excellent. It captures a current problem in America where people everyday are losing there jobs and can't find jobs. No matter how many degrees you have or experience you have, its a new climate in today's workforce. I wish Hollywood would let Ben back into their good graces, I mean geez he never pulled a "Sheen" never struggled with any addictions he just made a few bad movies that weren't even his fault. Has he not redeemed himself with last year Oscar nominated The Town and now this film? I mean Kevin Costner is in it! With a Boston accent. Golden material!

Craig T. Nelson

DRAG

NEW MUSIC DRAG ft. DJ CRAIGO GETTEMS LA-VAN HAWKINS (PROD. BY MARK SHOTTA)

SUMMERTIME FLOW!!!

DRAG ft. DJ Craigo Gettems (prod. by Mark Shotta) - La-Van Hawkins by PenDragon

LISTEN AND DOWNLOAD HERE!!!

DRAG

TAGMG

NEW DRAG --- THIS MONDAY

THIS SONG WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE UPCOMING ALBUM. SEE YOU MONDAY!

TAGMG

DRAG

Fireworks Fail

I don't know which is more sad. The events that took place at the Harbor during the fireworks or the amount of Police dispatched downtown that still couldn't stop a 4 year old from getting shot and a 30 year old man from getting killed. Knowing that The 4th of July and Easter are the times when people become the most rowdy at the Harbor I think the Police did a horrible job at controlling the situations seeing that NO ONE IS IN CUSTODY & THEY HAVE NO LEADS & MUST RELY ON CAMERAS FOR ANSWERS. Cameras can not stop violence but a strong AWARE Police presence can. The Police were probably off harassing the homeless or questioning someone who was completely harmless while elsewhere people are getting hurt and killed and they know nothing. These guys really need to wake up. But the ultimate sad part is the Inner Harbor is this city's biggest "attraction" and now since "certain people" will feel unsafe I'm sure there will be some sort of man hunt and reassurance that everything is okay and these were isolated incidents. But everything isn't ok and 4 year getting shot in the leg is not isolated. Truly a sad state of affairs for all parties....the Police and the ignorant people that endanger others lives in their meaningless foolishness.

Wise Up

DRAG

Transformer: Dark of the Moon

First of all whoever does the voice for Optimus Prime has thee best voice of all time! Now with that out of the way. This movie was too long and sappy for my liking. It had it's good moments but ehh the movement of the film is too up and down. Plus too many gimmick points for me. The nerve watch, the "using the girl as bait," the "human traitor" really the list can go on and on. The fight sequences are good and the actually transforming never gets old. I didn't like anything about the storyline. They should have had Sam working with the Government from the start instead of him looking for a job and a cool but unnecessary John Malkovich and Ken Jeong cameos. Where is Unicron where is Ultra Magnus? Let's get some actual good story lines and prominent characters. The Rackers and the "Twins" and all the tiny weird other Transformers that serve as robot filler are a waste.

I applaud Mr. Bay for the way he cranks these things out but at some point they should chill a year and work on the content a little more. I how come Optimus can't fight or gets killed or nearly gets killed ever movie. That cloth Megatron was wrapped in was pretty awesome though. Shockwave was kinda impressive. I still don't really get what the Decepticons were trying to do though. I thought they were trying to rebuild Cybertron but then they were bringing Cyberton to Earth. Ahhhh stop the madness. Plus it was soooooooooooo longgggggggggggg. Good grief. They probably shot the whole 4th movie while I was in there. Shia kicking the hell out of the engine was the funniest part of the film.

2.5 Cyber Stars

DRAG

Dear Mr. President

Hey man sit down. Let's talk. Yeah yeah I know everybody hates those words but from me its good. Like the old Pac song said "I Ain't Mad At Cha." Nope not at all. See the problem is being the 1st Black President or the first Black anything for that matter is, you get the most blame in history. I mean you are still paying for all of George W's mistakes, but no one wants to talk about that. You tried to bring America up to par with the rest of the World with Health Care for all and were defeated in every step. You have agreed to bring home our Troops next year. You are trying to find an answer to meld a broken economy. If you raise taxes you're the devil, if you don't then you're not trying hard enough. Bombing Libya was a bit uncalled for but ehhhh.... people are getting killed left and right in Darfur and other places, you tried to right a wrong. People want to fight oppression only on paper. The minute you take action you get ostracized for it. The fact is, things like the Holocaust still occur within Africa and the Middle East. Now people get sad and outraged when you mention the Holocaust and how people were treated. But brown people are getting treated that exact same way yet (almost) nobody says or does anything.

Black people were undoubtedly your biggest supporters going in and now it seems that they have all turned on you. It's pretty turncoat if you ask me...and it sometimes makes me sad that my people lack the loyalty of other races....Take that comment however you'd like. I personally know people who voted for George W. Bush and still stand behind both his terms. It is disheartening that after not even completing a full term that African Americans are turning their backs on you. Even to the point that recently rapper Lupe Fiasco called you and every other President a terrorist. While bold I think that his words are foolish. I think people would love to live in a World that was conflict free but that is not the case. War and death are inevitable. Peace is a luxury. And though both statements are unfortunate that is the reality.

I cannot say that I condone every decision that you have made as President but who can say that they condone EVERY decision they ANYONE has made?? I don't even condone every decision that I have made. People just want a soapbox. People need to complain.

Donald Trump is a joke. Naysayers still naysay. And you're still the first Black guy in the Double O (Oval Office). I salute you Mr. President. Thank You.

USA

DRAG

X - Men First Class

HOW COME NOBODY TOLD ME KEVIN BACON WAS IN THIS MOVIE!!!! I mean it's Kevin Bacon. All comic nerd inaccuracies aside this movie was good. Better than the rest of the X-Men films. They should just start over from here. Nightcrawler's pops was ruthless! The dynamic of Charles and Magneto was pretty good. Emma Frost was a cool surprise. Of course the black guy died and the Latina chick was a traitor, but besides that it is a good film. It's strange though why they choose who they do to be in the movie. Havok?? Sebastian Shaw??? Odd, all very odd.

Foot Loose

DRAG

Baltimore's Very Own

Baltimore's Very Own is a music blog that highlights artists in/from Baltimore and surrounding areas. With multiple posts a week from artists newest music, this blog gives a great scope on the scene. Being only a one man operation I honestly have no clue how he listens to that much music...(without going crazy)! All artists should be thankful when bloggers show love and appreciation for the craft.

Peat!! (last time)

DRAG

Thanks to Everyone who came out Friday!

Thank You To Everyone that came out on Friday! Thanks to Billy Lyve the Wisdom Court Staff, Lisa Stant, and TAGMG!

TAGMG

DRAG

BLOOD OUT --- I AM NUMBER 4 --- MOVIE REVIEWS

I'm getting tired of these movies "starring" 50 Cent. He was in it for 2 scenes. The rest of the film isn't that bad though. It's about a cop taking revenge on a gang for killing his brother who wanted to get out. The end of the movie was pretty bad though. It seemed like they ran out of budget and just had to finish the film.



I Am Number 4 should have been called "When Is Timothy Olyphant Going To Die?" You knew it was coming you just didn't know when. They set it up a few times where you were like "it's about to happen," but it didn't and then when he actually did die it was kinda lame. In fact the whole film was pretty lame. This guy was supposed to be his Guardian but never told him anything i.e. how to fight, what type of power he might have....and did they ever tell us what was in the damn box? Additional how did the other kid just basically drop out of school to chase Space Monsters? Great message.

Two movies to RENT! I AM blah blah you can actually skip it's pretty dumb.

VAL KILMER

DRAG

ARTIST OF THE DAY ON I AM HIP HOP

Darryl Iamhiphop McCready Jr.'s site I AM HIP HOP is having TAGMG WEEK (winning), so different members of the crew are being showcased on the site. Today the artist is me (DRAG) so go on over and check it out and continue to show support to the site.

BMORE AWESOME

DRAG

2011 NBA Champs Dallas Mavericks

They are the Champions of the World! Congrats to Dirk, Terry, Marion and Kidd! When the finals started I didn't care which team won as long as it was a good series and wasn't a sweep. It was almost a sweep in the other direction. The Miami Heat still have to feel themselves out as a Team. Which pieces make sense and which don't. They made it very far for there first year together. LeBron didn't have the eye of the tiger at all. Wade was the only one that had that spark early on but even his seem to fade. It just came down to good Basketball.

While all the announcers and "fans" were hugging the nuts of LeBron the Mavericks came out and played great. Even when the Heat lost Magic Johnson was still on the nutsack of LeBron and the Heat and it was simply unbelievable. Scottie Pippen even got out of pocket and said that LeBron was better than Mike. Jordon son!!! You gotta be kidding Scott! What is LeBron selling to these guys. He is a good player, a phenomenal player but he is not a leader. He does not yet posses the leadership qualities of a Jordan or Kobe. I think he is a good second man like Shaq. He has more talents than Shaq but he doesn't play as aggressively.

LeBron might be one of those guys that win down the line in there mid to late 30's like Garnett, Dirk and Kidd. Or like Baron Davis, Steve Nash, Allen Iverson he may never see that trophy.

Riders Mount Up

DRAG

Pyramids and Plates

I am sick of the USDA changing the damn Food Pyramid. They change it only to change it again. The thing is you can "educate" people as much as you want but that is not going to change people's eating habits. Especially when Checkers commercials keep coming on selling 2 half pound burgers for 3 bucks. It is a fast food nation so to some extent a regulation of these franchises and organizations need to be heavier. I know that crosses some type of line be it communism or any other -ism, but at this point when the obesity rate is so high a real change needs to be made. The same people that grew up with the food pyramid were the same ones that ushered in a new age of obesity, so this plate thing isn't stopping Whoppers from getting consumed.

Oh Egypt

DRAG

Movie: Hangover 2

Besides making a boatload of cash in the first week of release, this movie loses its happy-go-lucky "oops" appeal. Two many lives were in danger in this one. The way the first one felt like Weekend At Bernie's on steroids this one felt like National Lampoon's Vacation slash Rush Hour. It was still good for a few laughs but it wasn't a fall out riot. Neither was the first one to me and this one was less of that. It goes under the fool me once rule, why let Alan roll with you after the havoc that he caused the first time? 2 days passed since they left the hotel and the power never came back on?? Very odd. It did have funny points though similar to the first one but just shy of being funny as the first.

Bangkok Has Them Now

DRAG

Thank You For Your Attention

Target

DRAG

Beats Now Available

Now Open ---- DRAG's beat store --- look around. I think its only 17 tracks up, that's all I've really had time to tag and put up.


CHECK IT OUT HERE

Some Rights Reserved

DRAG

New Video --- Bink! -"Trashcans"

Team Arson's youngest member Bink! has a new video for his single "Trashcans" off his upcoming release From Dreams To Reality. SWAG!

WATCH IT HERE

There's A Sandwich In The Trashcan

DRAG

Ke$ha Mary j Blige Mash Up = Ke$ha J Blige

For whatever reason I was walking up the steps a few Saturdays ago and Mary J Blige's "Real Love" started playing in my head over Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" record. I don't know why it did but it sounded pretty in awesome in my head. So i made it happen. Then I figured why not make a few more songs to make it a EP. So about a week later this is thee outcome, 4 songs 1 mix let's go! DJ Draggy Fresh!

Stream and Download Here

Fresh Fresh A Freeky Fresh

DRAG

The Cosby Sweater Project

The site The Cosby Sweater Project is pretty interesting. It documents some of the wacky clothing worn by characters on the show and shows a art piece to accompany the clothes design. It's just a nice chronicling of the time period of such an iconic program.

Pudding Pops

DRAG

THOR

You know I thought this film was gonna suck all the way. Surprisingly it only sucked a little in the way that most Marvel movies do. The movie isn't really about anything when I really think about it. It about love and a hammer. Cool fight scenes even though its only about 3 of them. It's not a bad flick at all. Hopefully a sequel will have more fights and less sap.

Hawkeye

DRAG

Comic Book Week Final Day -- #1's

Thee X-Teens of the future. Foil cover made it nice. They went to bars and got drunk off of milk. That's a wild future.
FOIL COVER!!! This blew my mind when I first got it, it was just put together nicely. Great art and a great story.
I've never read this. Hawkeye is one of my favorite characters though. Bow and arrows are dope.
Gambit!!! That's all.


Thee original X-Force! Shatterstar, Cable, Boomer, Cannonball, Feral, Sunspot, Richter! Excellence.
Eh.
Ehh.
Aquaman kicked his ass but I still like him better!


Number 1 spot!

DRAG

Day 4 --- Marvel Vs. DC

Somewhere in the mid 90's the two comic book universes crossed over and The Amalgam Universe was born (if not short lived). This epic battle put Wolverine vs. Lobo, Storm vs. Wonder Woman, The Flash vs. Quicksilver, Superman vs. the Hulk and more. With a few DC victories Marvel stood on top as the overall winner.

After the battle certain characters were merged together for some interesting combinations. Batman/Wolverine made up "Dark Claw." The X-Men and Justice League made JLX.

Mix it up

DRAG