Begin Your Journey With Conspiracy Of The Planet Of The Apes Written And Illustrated By Andrew E.C. Gaska Ready In Physical Edition

interweaving of all the old films, not just the original, I have always been a Planet of the Apes fan, When I was much younger, I loved the movies and the television show and they became my reality, I still recall watching the evening news with my parents when a story came on about fighting between rebels and guerillas somewhere in South America, I closely examined the video footage of the fighting and asked my mother where the gorillas where, I had expected to see large apes wearing leather tunics, brandishing semiautomatic weapons, My mother laughed and explained the difference between guerillas and gorillas, That apes were not as intelligent in the real world as on Planet of the Apes, That was my first real disappointment, The world was not as cool as I thought it was,

Anyway, I really enjoyed this book as it told the story of the movie, Planet of the Apes not to be confused with the novel by Pierre Boule which is a somewhat different story, from a different perspective.
I also really liked how Gaska set the stage for the next two movies in the series wrapping up some questions one might have about how a second missions was arranged and how three apes came to our world in therd movie, Escape From the Planet of the Apes.


The book is filled with gorgeous paintings that carry the story along and these alone are worth checking out, A fun book for Planet of the Apes fan, Really enjoyed this. I'm pretty much open to all things ape but this was especially enjoyable seeking a sequel, . . An interesting sidequel to thePlanet of the Apes film, Conspiracy is a neat example of worldbuilding, Andrew E. C. Gaska along with fellow story writers Rich Handley, Christian Berntsen, and Erik Matthews builds on the offscreen adventures of astronaut John Landon and a number of the ape supporting characters, along with a heap of references to the expanded universe of the franchise.
And yet, it feels like an overlong short story or novella rather than a fully functioning novel, one whose destination is already predetermined by where it's trying to fit in.
As a story, it's frustrating at times but, as an Apes fan since my teens, it's hard not to enjoy it all the same,

It also helps that Conspiracy is superbly illustrated, The number of artists involved and the scenes they depict is worth the price tag alone, each one representing a different take on the settings and characters from that iconic film.
The resulting volume is an enjoyable experience for Apes fans, About halfway through and it's pretty good so far, I didn't dig the dream sequences but the very clever reason for Liberty I's crashing more than makes up for it, Looking forward to possibly finishing this up tonight, Interesting approach. Essentially a retelling of the first movie, but from the perspective of the secondary characters, We learn more about what happened to the other astronauts and about the activities of Milo, as well as the political backstory, Fun read! If you are a fan of the original Planet of the Apes films then this is a must read, If you have just a passing acquaintance with them then would strongly advise watching the first two films before reading this book, I saw them over a decade ago and while I enjoyed the book several characters were not as fresh in my rememberance and a few I forgot about completely.
This book should getif we were to judge it based only on the production value, It's fully illustrated, with a Steranko cover and is a

really nice looking book, That's not to say that it isn't well written, It is extremely well done, and I liked the chapters that focus on Landon, But the stuff that focuses on the Apes just leaves me cold, I guess I'm just not a superfan, The early films are amazing, especially the first three, The original book is good too, But I personally could not get into this one, Archaia's first illustrated novel! Set during the classicPlanet of the Apes film, Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes tells the story of what happened between the scenes and centers on the astronaut John Landon, Gorilla police chief Marcus, and Chimpanzee scientist Dr.
Milo. Features overillustrations from various top talents in the industry, including fullcolor paintings by Jim Steranko, Joe Jusko, Dave Dorman, Barron Storey, Sanjulian, and Mark Texeira,hip designs by Andrew Probert, character portraits by Matt Busch.
Absolutely perfect! If you are the kind of geek that likes to watch the deleted scenes from your favourite movies, this will probably work for you,

I am a huge POTA fan Tim Burton movie aside but I liked, rather than loved this, The novel fills in the gaps of what happened off screen during the course of the original film, when three human astronauts crash land on a planet they soon discover is ruled by talking chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.
The dialogue and descriptions of the environment were very true to the look and feel of the film and everything had obviously been very well researched, The text was also interspersed with excellent illustrations capturing the mood of Ape City and the action of the story,

The conspiracy of the title was all material which is present and alluded to in the film itself, just presented in a lot more detail and seen through the eyes of characters who mostly have little to no screen time, plus some which have been made up for the book.
It was only really Dr Zaius from the film that had a big part, I was a little disappointed that Zira and Cornelius were only referenced in passing, although this is understandable given that much of the film was from their perspective, Overall the story was cool in a nerdy way, but ultimately a bit like listening to a funny joke when you already know the punch line, Having watched the film you are always one step ahead of where events are going, which dilutes the reading experience somewhat,

Where I felt it also fell down a little was it lacked the fun factor, Amongst the seriousness of the film, there is also some cheeky chimp comedy, With a couple of exceptions, there was not much in this book and a little more humour would have nicely offset the more sombre tone,

I didnt always find the flow of the text easy to follow, in part because it tended to quickly jump between time, characters and situations, I had to reread some sentences and paragraphs a couple of times to re orientate and establish where it had switched to, Without the background knowledge from watching the first two POTA films, I also was not sure that I would have understood the mutant characters and what they were doing, purely from the descriptions provided.
While it is unlikely that someone not into the film would pick this up, it would be interesting to know how they found it,

As a young Apes fan in the's I craved more apes and more details about the apes and their world, and I sure got it, 'Conspiracy' pulls in elements from 'Beneath' that enrich the world and characters, I can't wait for the sequel, I'll admit it, I was one of those people who loved watching Planet of the Apes marathons on tv over the course of a weekend back in the day.
I adore this entire concept, the pilot movie and the original tv show, I was quite happy when I saw this book, It is a really neat companion to the original series, A must read for any fan of the show, I can't put into words the awesomeness that is this book, If you are a fan of the original Planet Of The Apes movies, then this book is a MUST read,

In Conspiracy of the Planet Of The Apes, Mr, Gaska takes us through the story of Landon, the other survivor, It also takes you through the hierarchy of the apes as well as the power of the "mutants",

This book is what the Planet Of The Apes remake the Tim Burton monstrosity should have been,

Again, I can't recommend this enough to anyone who wants to know the whole story, I went into this book expecting to not like it, and I'm surprised by how much I did enjoy it, It does a good job filling in around the original movie, which I should have rewatched before reading this, The characterizations were good, and the story kept a nice serious tone throughout, and didn't shy away from killing off characters, I thought it was weird that the author made up the Hasslein Curve to provide time dilation, when it already exists in Einstein's equations, but that is a minor quibble.
The occasional full page paintings were a nice touch as well, .