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Review of Caesar on Horseback - Planet of the Apes
Vinyl Sixth Scale Statue
Star Ace
Date Published: 2021-10-04
Written By: Michael Crawford
Introduction
Too often we hear the whine that 'remakes suck', ignoring the ton of excellent remakes, and some of them (like The Maltese Falcon) are not just better than the original, but some of the best movies ever produced.
When they announced the remake of the Planet of the Apes (and technically it's not a remake, but a re-adaptation of the book), there was much of this whining. There was some basis for trepidation, as it had already been attempted by Tim Burton and was a huge failure. As a serious fan of the original movies, I was interested to see what direction they would take in a modern age.
And I was not disappointed. The three films are excellent, and using the same basic premise, tell a very different but compelling modern story.
However, the ape characters - done much more realistically than in the classic version - don't make for quite as good of collectibles. It's sort of like doing a Bruce from Jaws. You can pay all that money for the license, make an expensive collectible, and most people will see it and say 'hey, cool shark!'. It might even be worse with the new Apes films, because you can do all that and they'll say 'Sweet monkey, dude!'.
But a few companies have released some nice stuff, including Star Ace. They have just released a sixth scale vinyl statue of Caesar on horseback, a classic look from the second film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The statue comes in two versions: you can have him holding a spear in his right hand, or wearing a gun on his back. Both versions sell for around $300.
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发表于 2021-10-5 19:20
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