It's....Wednesday night...y'all?
First of all, I'm a physical wreck right now. Housemate has had awful back pain and spasms for a week now, and I'm the only one to help her move around the house.
She seems situated right now, so hopefully, not too many interruptions.
Fan. Fucking. Tastic. 💯
It's a great fake out intro. We start with the cliff face where Taylor found the Statue of Liberty. The camera holds the shot achingly until a helicopter zooms past. Then the spaceship in the water. It's deliberately calling back to the first film, but it's inverting everything.
You almost expect Taylor or....whomever the not-Taylor guy was in the last film...to be among the crew.
Instead, it's Zira, Cornelus, and one other. It's a genuine surprise, but also not a surprise at all.
Famously, Heston *hated* Beneath, and wanted the planet destroyed at the end so there'd be no sequels.
TO BAD SUCKER, YOU FORGOT ABOUT TIME TRAVEL PREQUELS!
"Why doesn't she take the banana?"
"Because I *loathe* bananas!"
Zira is a joy in this.
