Just finished this up last night. This was the mid-70's TV series. I used to watch it as a child so I remembered some of the episodes. It was very short lived. I'm not sure why because it wasn't terrible. It's almost like watching Gunsmoke or Bonanza, the sets and colors, every episode had some moral tale and the guest actors were the same from the old cowboy series.
We follow two stranded astronauts, Virdon and Burke, who crash thousands of years in the future only to find the earth has had an unfortunate shift in power. They are reluctantly befriended by the chimpanzee, Galen (played by "Apes" alumni Roddy McDowall), and so begins they're adventures across the post apocalyptic landscape. For any "Apes" fan this is a must see and is more family friendly than the movie series that it followed.
While watching I thought of the old movie series (which I love), the awful Tim Burton re-boot (which I despise) and the newest re-boot (which I think is heading in the right direction... so far). I love the apocalyptic stuff, especially "Apes" and Zombies and this led me to thinking....
It would be really great to do another TV series for "Planet Of The Apes", but in the same vein as "The Walking Dead". I could see an AMC or HBO handled "Apes" series with more traditional make-up and costumes. What do you guys think?
