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

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 154 points 3 months ago (3 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 82 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I've only watched the musical from the Simpsons.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Doctor Zaius, Doctor Zaius...

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

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

[–] Vegeta@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] consumptionone@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

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

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[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

like this

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[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 77 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 68 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wait, that’s not Mega Maid?

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Suck! Suck! Suck!

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

She's gone from suck to blow

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

That's an even better line. Very nice

[–] TechLich@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Oh shit, there goes the planet.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Fr*nch sent them one, duh

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[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 47 points 3 months 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.

[–] EaterOfLentils@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 9 points 3 months ago

Just a coincidence, it was actually shaped by erosion

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[–] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 35 points 3 months ago (4 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!

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[–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean copper is an expensive metal these days. Probably make mint selling Lady Liberty for scrap.

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately she’s hollow, like a shitty chocolate easter bunny.

[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 29 points 3 months 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 3 months ago (1 children)

These themed hotels are getting out of hand

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

🎵Oh my God, you're so wrong.

It was Earth, all along.🎵

[–] happysplinter@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

I love you, doctor Zauis!

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months 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 3 months ago

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

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[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months 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.

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] djnattyp@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

She may have just walked there, as seen in the documentary Ghostbusters 2.

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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

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[–] hilly@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

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

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months 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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[–] lime@feddit.nu 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

*ding*

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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

A wizard did it.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You maniacs, you blew it up

No tracking

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 points 3 months ago

I hate.. Every ape I see, from chimpan-a to chimpanzee, you'll never make a monkey out of meee.

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

The lord works in mysterious ways.

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is that statue in the room with us?

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Don’t blink.

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