Underplayed Gems

Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975)

Return to the Planet of the Apes poster
Genre
comedy television series, science fiction television series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rated
TV-G
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 66 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An animated series set in a world where intelligent apes rule a society with advanced technology like cars and television. Human characters navigate this upside-down civilization.

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What happens

Return to the Planet of the Apes is a 1975 American Saturday morning animated television series based on the 1968 film Planet of the Apes and its sequels, which were, in turn, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle. The series aired on NBC from September 6 to November 29, 1975. Unlike the film, its sequels, and the 1974 live-action television series, which involved a primitive ape civilization, Return to the Planet of the Apes depicted a technologically advanced society, complete with automobiles, film, and television; as such it more closely resembled both Boulle's original novel and early concepts for the first Apes film which were changed due to budgetary limitations in the late 1960s. Produced following the last of the big-screen features and short-lived live-action television series, this series was among the last Planet of the Apes projects for several years following a number of comic books from Marvel Comics (August 1974 – February 1977) and a series of audio adventures from Power Records in 1974. Aside from a number of comic book series published by Malibu Comics in the early 1990s, the next project based upon Boulle's concepts would be Tim Burton's reimagining in 2001. Along with the second Planet of the Apes film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, this is one of only two original Planet of the Apes productions in which Roddy McDowall was not involved. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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