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.
Speaking of here, I only just now showed up because I thought of a perfect reply to any thread about any movie. But the old Horror Board isn't there any more but here is here. So I will use my all-purpose perfect reply on some topic about some movie here. But I won't do it just yet, because there's too much hoopla about it now. I shouldn't have built it up too much. So I will just spring it on all of you later, when no one is expecting it.
Oh, and I'm also going to watch the Simpsons episode where they do the musical version of Planet of the Apes.
So many monkeys to behold.
Apes and such.
Hey gang, do I get any extra points if I fuck a monkey?
Movies:
Planet Of The Apes (1968) 112 min
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) 95 min
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) 98 min
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) 88 min
Battle For the Planet of the Apes (1973) 93 min +50
The Lost World (1925) - restored "alternate" version 93 min
Trader Horn (1931) 122 min
East of Borneo (1931) 77 min
Beast of Borneo (1934) 63 min
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932) 100 min
Tarzan and His Mate (1934) 104 min
Tarzan Escapes (1936) 89 min
Son of Ingagi (1940) 70 min
The Monster and the Girl (1941) 65 min
Jungle Book (1942) 105 min
Nabonga (1944) 75 min
The Snow Creature (1954) 71 min
The Abominable Snowman (1957) 91 min
Night of the Bloody Apes (1969) 81 min
Tarzana the Wild Girl (1969) 87 min
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) - director's cut 98 min
Animals Are Beautiful People (1974) 92 min
Sexcula (1974) 87 min
Thundercrack! (1975) 160 min
Tanya's Island 82 min
Adam and Eve (1983) 91 min
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (1986) 96 min
Missing Link (1988) 91 min
Monkey Shines (1988) 113 min, for George Romero
Congo (1995) 109 min
King Kong (1933) - with the overture! 104 min
King Kong Vs. Godzilla (1962) - Japanese version 97 min
King Kong (1976) 134 min
Queen Kong (1976) 87 min
Kong: Skull Island (2017) 118 min +50
Monkey's Teeth (1960), short-animation 13 min
Ape (1991), short-animation 5 min
Serials:
King of the Wild (1931) 248 min
The Lost Jungle (1934) 243 min
Darkest Africa (1936) 269 min
Jungle Girl (1941) 267 min
Perils of Nyoka (1942) 261 min
Television:
Kolchak the Night Stalker: Primal Scream 50 min
Planet of the Apes: Escape from Tomorrow 47 min
Planet of the Apes: The Gladiators 47 min
Planet of the Apes: The Trap 47 min
Planet of the Apes: The Good Seeds 47 min
Planet of the Apes: The Legacy 47 min
Planet of the Apes: Tomorrow's Tide 47 min
Planet of the Apes: The Surgeon 47 min
Planet of the Apes: The Deception 47 min
Planet of the Apes: The Horse Race 47 min
Planet of the Apes: The Interrogation 47 min
Planet of the Apes: The Tyrant 47 min
Planet of the Apes: The Cure 47 min
Planet of the Apes: The Liberator 47 min
Planet of the Apes: Up Above the World So High 47 min +50
Futurama: Mars University "I was miserable as a genius and as a monkey I was so dumb I tried to wear a hat on my butt." 22 min
Futurama: Fry and Leela's Big Fling "You know who I hate most? That monkey we haven't seen in years." 22 min
Futurama: The Tip of the Zoidberg "I consider myself almost completely ignorant of modern medicine, and I've never heard of Yeti-ism." 22 min
The Simpsons A Fish Called Selma "I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-a to chimpan-zee." 22 min
The Simpsons Girly Edition "Oh, for Pete's sake, why is that monkey wearing a diaper?" 23 min
Freddy's Nightmares: Monkey Dreams 45 min
Points: 5,608
Done!
I don't trust my math abilities. I used to always screw up the numbers when I did the Orloks polls on IMDb. If anyone else wants to double-check my score, that'd be nice, but I'm too lazy to do it again.
HI!