The Extra Credits Kelsi and Trey

Trey is joined by director Wes Ball to discuss his adventure epic Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. We explore his work on Maze Runner, the Planet of the Apes wider universe, and the subversive reexamination of the Caesar mythos. This discussion is spoiler-filled and for the real Ape heads!



Wes Ball Shorts



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Kelsi and Trey deep dive the epic odyssey of George Miller's Furiosa! We explore the psychological and physical battle through the wasteland as we follow Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) fight for hope in the face of Dementus (Chris Hemsworth).



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Kelsi and Trey explore the end of Caesar's trilogy with Matt Reeves' best Apes film War for the Planet of the Apes. We discuss how War corrects some of our problems with Dawn and how Caesar's arc finishes in a multi-genre epic dabbling in revenge western and religious parable narratives. We hope you enjoyed our series on Caesar!



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Kelsi and Trey discuss why they are TEAM KOBA (mostly) in Matt Reeves' shakespearean, religious epic Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. We explore how the film is impressive in pacing, tone, and digital/practical world-building while also having moments of not fully realizing its character studies, especially with Koba, while still delivering one of the all-time great science fiction sequels.



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Kelsi and Trey explore the Caesar trilogy beginning with Rise of the Planet of the Apes. While this entertaining blockbuster feels more like a superhero movie than a thematically rich installment in the Apes franchise, it still rules in many ways. Andy Serkis's iconic performance as Caesar has created one of the more compelling trilogies of the 21st century and his work with WETA has helped evolve the technical visions of major studio movies. Does James Franco destroy the world by trying to cure Alzheimers? Yes, that happens too.



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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



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