We evolved from apes.
Question is could we de-evolve? In Dawn, during a forage for “energy” the remnants of San Francisco have a run in with the Ceasar, but in the opening scene we witness Ceasar and his hunting party tracking a pack of elk… or deer, whatever, they had horns and lived in a forest. All I know: it wasn’t moose, because I’ve seen a moose up close and Bullwinkle they were not.
Humans hunting for energy and apes for natural resources. So typical of us less hairy erect bipeds, but pretty accurate as to how humans could act to save their species. Instead of accepting that earth will no longer thrive as it had and adopting the old hunter gather mentality we humans are depicted as being as narrow-minded infiltrators thirsty for energy and the life we once knew.
After you see this movie and I do urge you to see this movie, find a survival class or watch that guy Bear Grylls’ show on cable because maybe you’ll learn a thing or two about surviving in the wild if and when the apes take over. In fact, picture me this:
Bear Grylls as our tribe leader. We’re stripped down to nothing but face paint and loin cloths. Spears in hand, bodies chiseled with muscle.
As we quietly make our way through the Redwood Forest a quiet almost inaudible snap of a branch underfoot alerts Bear’s ears.
The hunting party freezes in position.
Distance footsteps, but not human. They wait.
Footsteps closer. Tiddiclop. Tiddiclop. Tiddiclop.
Emerging from the fog is a primate on horseback –wooden club raised high over his head. He cries a loud scream.
More apes appear from the shadows of the trees.
Bear raises a hand high. Waits…
As the horseback ape races closer, Bear drops his hand.
The frontline of humans drop to one knee revealing a line of twenty plus female archers taking aim in a one hundred and eight degree circle.
Opposable thumbs. Take that you dirty apes.
The Briefcase
Go Apesshit over Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Briefcase aka Jerry Graham
