Jun '17 *
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.
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.
The Ape (1940): William Nigh, 62 minutes
The Ape Man (1943): William Beaudine, 64 minutes
The Gorilla (1939): Allan Dwan, 66 minutes
King Kong Escapes (1967): Ishiro Honda, 96 Minutes
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962): Ishiro Honda, 91 minutes
Captive Wild Woman (1943): Edward Dmytryk, 61 minutes
Spook Show 122 Gorilla My Dreams: 60 minutes
Gorilla At Large (1954): Harmon Jones, 83 minutes
Planet of the Apes (1968): Franklin Schaffner, 112 minutes
Jungle Captive (1945): Harold Young, 63 minutes
Jungle Woman (1944): Reginald LeBorg, 61 minutes
War of the Gargantuas (1966): Ishiro Honda, 92 minutes
My Congo (2016): Doug Mckay-Hope, 60 minutes
Mad Monsters Crash the Pajama Party (1965): Don Hewitt, 31 minutes
Nabonga (1944): Sam Newfield, 75 points
Robot Monster (1953) Phil Tucker, 66 minutes
King Kong (1933): Merian Cooper, 100 minutes
King Kong Lives (1986): John Guillerman, 105 minutes
MASH As You Were (1974): Hy Averback, 25 minutes
Congo (1995): Frank Marshall, 109 minutes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, by John Jakes 50 points
Bela Lugosi Meets the Brooklyn Gorilla (1952): William Beaudine, 74 minutes
The Mighty Gorga (1969): David Hewitt, 84 minutes
King Kong (1976): John Guillerman, 134 minutes
Magnum PI Black on White: 48 minutes
Legend of Boggy Creek (1972): Charles B. Pierce, 84 minutes
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932): Robert Florey, 61 minutes
A*P*E (1976): Paul Leder, 86 minutes
Bugs Bunny The Apes of Wrath (1959): Fritz Feleng, 7 minutes
Legend of Bigfoot (1976): Harry Winer, 76 minutes
Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot (1976): Ed Ragozzino, 102 minutes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970): Ted Post, 95 minutes
Song of Kong (1933): Ernest B. Shoedsack, 70 minutes
Snow Creature (1954): W. Lee Wilder, 69 minutes
Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971): Don Taylor, 98 minutes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972): J. Lee Thompson, 88 minutes
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973): J. Lee Thompson, 93 minutes + 50 bonus for watching all five
Planet of the Apes, by Pierre Boulle, 50 points
Monkey Shines (1988): George A. Romero, 113 minutes
3074 points