So, it's the last of the 70's Apes films. And we're starting off in the...25th century with a Zaius-like figure giving us the exposition of the last two films.

Previous followers of the tag would know that in the last film we had the treat of two different endings. The original, darker ending where Caesar gives no quarter or reprieve to humanity is *not* the one this film continues from. Instead, we get the revised, softer ending where Caesar's love interest spoke, interrupting the death of General Kolp -- the racist asshole from Conquest.

This opens a fun read for the previous film: Both endings are valid, but are different timelines. The original PotA and Escape follow from the darker original, whereas Battle follows from the softer ending instead. I'm sure there's deep lore about this somewhere someone on fedi would be happy to point me to.

#wenchwatches #battleForThePlanetOfTheApes