Now with New & Improved Bonuses! (see below in red)

This is where you'll keep track of your progress on Challenge of the Apes. Q&A and discussion can be found here:
https://trashepics.com/post/7/6/

General Info:

Please be sure you record the running time of what you watch and keep a running total of your points. Points are awarded based on running time of whatever you watch plus bonuses.

The Challenge of the Apes begins July 1st and ends at midnight on July 31st (based on whatever the time zone where you live).

What Counts?
Watch any film, short or TV show with apes or monkeys in it.
Read any book set in the Planet of the Apes or Kong universes (see bonuses below).

Bonuses awarded for the following:

Watch the original five Planet of the Ape films (POTA ('68), Beneath the POTA, Escape From the POTA, Conquest of the POTA, & Battle For the POTA) = 50 point bonus.
Watch the more recent extra crispy POTA films (Burton's POTA, Rise of the POTA, Dawn of the POTA & War For the POTA) = 50 bonus points.
Watch the 14 episodes of the POTA TV series from 1974 = 50 point bonus
Watch the 13 episodes of the animated Return to the POTA TV series = 50 point bonus

Watch any five Kong films from this official list and get a 50 point bonus.
EDIT: Since there are now twelve films on the list you can cherrypick and get this bonus twice:
KK (1933)
Son of Kong
KK vs. Godzilla
KK Escapes
King Kong (1976)
King Kong Lives
The Mighty Kong
King Kong (2005)
Kong: Skull Island
Queen Kong
Kong: King of Atlantis
Kong: Return To the Jungle


Read any novel or collection of short stories or comics set in either the POTA or Kong Universe and get a 50 point bonus! Each of the movie bonuses can only be claimed once but the reading bonus can be claimed for each book you read.