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by Doomraider on October 15th, 2005

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Can you explain the ending of the remake (with Mark Wahlberg) of The Planet of the Apes?

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  • by Lucas_ on October 31st, 2005

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    I think the ending does not really make sense. Hence, I did not write a reply at first, but I've rated down the other answer, so it's only fair to give you a chance to rate down mine :-)

    Before we get to the ending, we should review what happens during the film. Wahlberg and his crew are in a shuttle near earth doing experiments. Wahlberg and a chimp accidentially fly into a wormhole and eventually land on a different planet (unlike in the first Planet of the Apes movies, this second planet is clearly *not* earth, as established several times during the movie). This second planet is ruled by apes, while humans are enslaved.

    Eventually, Wahlberg finds the remains of the shuttle where he was at the beginning of the movie. It seems that his crew tried to rescue him and followed him through the wormhole. They landed on the same planet, but a few hundred or thousand years in the past. During this time, the apes that had brought with them become more intelligent (probably due to the humans' experiments) and enslaved the humans.

    Wahlberg then travels back to earth, only to find that apes have taken over earth, too.

    Now, let's look at possible explanations. I can see several, among them:

    - Wahlberg did not go back to earth, but landed on the second planet again, yet another few thousand years in the future
    - Apes from the second planet discovered how to fly to the past earth and took over before Wahlberg returned
    - Wahlberg went back to earth, but again, a few thousand years in the future. The fact that apes will rule over humans is inevitable and will happen everywhere, eventually
    - Wahlberg traveled to another earth in a parallel universe where apes rule over humans
    - There is no explanation

    Actually, the last explanation is the most likely one. I found this quote:
    "Well guess what kids, there isn't an explanation. Make of the ending what you will because your explanation is just as valid as anyone else's. The producers have admitted that they only sought to startle and confuse the audience. They have no point to make and no logic to explain it."
    http://www.tnmc.org/batcave/pota.shtml

    Hope that explains it for you :-)

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