Silver Screen Science - Planet of the Apes (1968)

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Common Descent

Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Silver Screen Science is our series where we explore how science is portrayed on the big screen. This year, we’re focused on one recurring franchise: Planet of the Apes! This episode, we begin where it began, with the original movie about a world where simian society is turned upside-down – Planet of the Apes (1968). Check out our website for blog posts and more: http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:19.0	Hello, Will. Hello, David. Hello everybody and welcome to Silver Screen Science.
0:24.6	This is a series we do here at Common Descent where we discuss the science in movies, not just the nitpicky, what they technically get right or wrong, but the broader concept of how science and scientists and scientific concepts are
0:38.7	portrayed on the silver screen.
0:41.5	For the month of April 2025, this year's silver screen science series is Planet of the Apes.
0:47.9	Yes.
0:49.0	We will be releasing three episodes, examining three different takes on the Planet of the Apes concept, starting with
0:56.5	this episode on the original Planet of the Apes movie from 1968, directed by Franklin
1:04.6	J. Schaffner, starring Charlton Heston and a bunch of other people, one of the most famous
1:09.8	movies of all time.
1:13.0	Yeah, a pillar of sci-fi.
1:17.2	Yes, this is a classic film in the genre.
1:22.5	This episode, we will talk about all of the fascinating science that there is to discuss with Planet of the Apes.
1:23.6	We will not be talking much about our personal thoughts about the movie, which are
1:29.1	overwhelmingly positive. If you'd like to hear that, we will be releasing an episode of
1:34.4	more thoughts on our Patreon for our patron subscribers, where you can hear us just geek out
1:40.0	about the movie itself. Yes. Before we go any further, this, dear listeners, is your official spoiler warning.
1:46.7	We will be discussing this film in all of its various detail.
1:51.0	So if you don't like being spoiled and you've somehow made it this far without finding out
1:55.1	what happens in Planet of the Apes, you have been warned, we're going to spoil everything.
1:59.8	It's been a busy past, what, 50, 60 years, how many?
2:04.7	That's a long time.
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