Silver Screen Science - Planet of the Apes (2001)

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Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

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! It’s the reboot of the original, a 21st-Century take on the concept – Planet of the Apes (2001). 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.
0:24.1	Hello, listeners, and welcome back to Silver Screen Science.
0:29.0	This is a series we do here on Common Descent, where we talk about the science in movies,
0:35.2	not just the nitpicky technical details, but the broad questions of how science and scientific concepts are portrayed on screen.
0:38.5	This year's silver screen science theme is Planet of the Apes.
0:42.5	Apes.
0:43.3	Last episode, we talked about the original Planet of the Apes movie back from 1968.
0:49.4	This episode, our second of three, we are discussing the remake from 2001 Planet of the Apes
0:57.2	directed by Tim Burton starring Mark Wahlberg and Helena Bottom Carter and Tim Roth and a bunch
1:03.4	of other famous names from the 90s and early 2000s.
1:06.7	We're going to talk about the science, the scientists and all that stuff for this movie.
1:11.5	And then after this, if you're interested in hearing our non-sciencey thoughts about the movie,
1:17.3	we always release a bonus more thoughts episode on our Patreon for our Patreon subscribers.
1:23.5	So go check that out.
1:25.0	It's a lot of fun.
1:26.2	It's a lot of this.
1:26.9	And this one's going to be a whole book. We got a lot of fun. It's a lot. And this one's going to be a whole lot.
1:28.4	We got a lot of thoughts.
1:29.3	They got a lot to say.
1:30.9	Before we go any further, this is your traditional spoiler warning.
1:35.6	We are going to talk about this entire movie, start to finish.
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