Step Up Retrospective: Step Up 3D (2010)

Step Up 3D

2010

Director: Jon M. Chu

Starring:  Adam G Sevani, Rick Malambri, Sharni Vinson, Alyson Stoner 

Rated: PG-13

Hell yes!

   ~Brandon Peters

Step Up Retrospective: Step Up 2 - The Streets (2008)

Step Up 2: The Streets
2008
Director: Jon M. Chu
Starring: Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Adam G Sevani, Cassie Ventura, Black Thomas, Will Kemp, Sonja Sohn and Channing Tatum
Rated: PG-13

Yo, why my crib smell like Funyuns, broccoli and ball sweat?
          ~Tuck

Step Up Retrospective: Step Up (2006)

Step Up
2006
Director: Anne Fletcher
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Mario, Rachel Griffiths, Alyson Stoner, Heavy D
Rated: PG-13

Figaro! Figaro! Figaaaro!
     ~Tyler

Half-Shell Retrospective: TMNT (2007)

TMNT
2007
Director: Kevin Munroe
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Chris Evans, Patrick Stewart, Ziyi Zhang, Mako, Kevin Michael Richardson, Kevin Smith and narration by Laurence Fishburne
PG

This night just keeps getting better.
         ~Raphael

Half-Shell Retrospective: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

1993

Director: Stuart Gilliard

Starring: Paige Turco, Elias Koteas, Corey Feldman, Stuart Wilson, Sab Shimono, Vivian Wu, Eidan Hansei

Rated: PG-13

Who were you expecting? The Addams Family?

               ~Donatello

Half-Shell Retrospective: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret Of The Ooze (1991)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze

1991

Director: Michael Pressman

Starring: Paige Turco, David Warner, Ernie Reyes Jr, Francois Chau (aka Pierre Chang from Lost)

Rated: PG-13

The rat is the cleanest one.

         ~April O'Neil

Half-Shell Retrospective: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1990

Director: Steve Barron

Starring: Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, James Saito, Corey Feldman, Sam Rockwell, Skeet Ulrich, Rick Gomez

Rated: PG

Uhhh...maybe all that hardware's for making coleslaw?

                           ~Michaelangelo

Ranking Of The Planet Of The Apes

Ah, the final touches on the Planet Of The Apes franchise retrospective.  This is and has always been one of my favorite franchises.  While it predates me by 13 years, we've been together a long time.  And its really exciting to see this new life and rebirth with a prestigious new franchise that is also pretty popular.  There's so much to get from these films old and new (well, maybe not one of them, but its batting a higher average).  If you're a person that just has a hard time with older films, I feel bad for you because there's some really rich stuff here you're missing out on.  I find something great about almost each one of these (sans 1) that I may have never picked up on before with each new viewing.  

Naptown Nerd Goes Ape: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
2014
Director: Matt Reeves
Starring: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, Judy Greer, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Gary Oldman
Rated: PG-13

I need to speak to Caesar!

Naptown Nerd Goes Ape: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011)

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

2011

Director: Rupert Wyatt

Starring: Andy Serkis, James Franco, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, Tyler Labine

Rated: PG-13

Caesar is home.

   ~Caesar

Naptown Nerd STILL Going Ape: Planet Of The Apes (2001)

Planet Of The Apes

2001

Director: Tim Burton

Starring:  Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonhman Carter, Tim Roth, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kris Kristofferson, Estella Warren...and Charlton Heston for a second.

Rated: PG-13

Never send a monkey to do a man's job!

                    ~Leo Davidson

*So, yeah, I'm behind on this.  But, I've been physically unable to type since last Thursday and today is the first day I feel "okay" to give it a go.  I finish what I start.  And dammit, we're gonna finish Apes even if it is a week later!

Extra: Apes On TV

Before we move on to the next film in the series, I wanted to touch upon the original Apes phenomenon wasn't quite over.  In 1974 and 1975, the series took to the small screen.  A live action television show and a cartoon were created, both ultimately having the plug pulled on them before they even were able to finish a proper full first season.  The films may have been done, but the Apes were implanted on pop culture, and Fox wanted to keep riding that train to Ape-town.

COMMENTARY - Planet Of The Apes

You know the how this works.  Aaron had Jim Dietz and myself on to discuss all things planet of the Apes.  Of course the discussion couldn't be JUST that.  We talk about the franchise and science fiction of the era Planet of the Apes came out as well.  Its another dynamite commentary discussion and it really could have gone well on through Beneath easily (we go past the credits a bit too).  We'll save that for another day.  But, for this day, here's the the commentary for the original.

Click the link to listen!
http://www.thecodeiszeek.com/2014/07/out-now-commentary-planet-of-apes-1968.html

Naptown Nerd Goes Ape: Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (1973)

Battle For The Planet Of The Apes

1973

Director: J. Lee Thompson

Starring: Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden, Lew Ayres, Paul Williams, John Huston

Rated:  They went back to G again

All knowledge is for good.  Only the use to which you put it can be good or evil

                             ~Virgil

Pre-Order Issue #3 Of THE BLOOD QUEEN!

I'm taking Naptown Nerd a bit locally to its Naptown name.  My good friend Troy Brownfield, a great writer of many things and notably comics.  Currently he's pushing letting your local comic book shop know about pre-orders of his series The Blood Queen, in order to make sure the stores are properly stocked and meet demands.  I'll let Troy explain after the jump: