A year after last Christmas’s incredible game show, Geoff and Jack reunite with their siblings Erin and Sam {Marvel Star Wars Explorers, Young Jedi Knights Club} and Kevin {Reopening the Wormhole} for another wacky box office trivia-based game, this time revolving around POTA actors! Before that though, they dive into a fun discussion about the premiere of the hottest new Marvel show that ISN’T Hawkeye, Hit- Monkey! It's a cartoon about a monkey who becomes an assassin in Japan mentored by the g...
Dec 25, 2021•3 hr 7 min
Moving into issues #5 & #6 of Boom! Studios’ POTA series, Jack and Geoff find themselves playing with The Devil’s Pawn! Things are looking grim for the human denizens of Mak, but help from an unexpected source just might even the odds! While marveling at the fine work on display here, the two also discuss Stan Lee’s final cameo days, classic steamroller kills, and the blimps and box-visits of Batman!...
Dec 03, 2021•2 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 120
The Boom!aissance continues as Jack & Geoff look at issues #3 and #4 of Boom! Studios’ POTA comic! The identity of the Lawgiver’s ninja assassin has been revealed, but a further act of violence threatens to throw the city-state of Mak into all-out war! Amidst their continued appreciation of the masterful art, plotting and world-building, your Ape hosts also get into the logistics of Darth Vader’s funeral, the wonders of sign language, and a heaping helping of Sacred Scrolls!...
Nov 19, 2021•2 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 119
In this bonus Ape-isode, Jack and Geoff finally finish off Clint Eastwood’s orangutan duology with a look at Any Which Way You Can! The movie was a smash hit in 1980, and it hits pretty hard here too, as our hosts—along with guests Barm and Sean Davis—marvel at its shaggy, shambling charms and surprising horniness. They also touch upon Canadian chocolate bars, Apecast favorite Deep Roy, and the usual digressions. You will BELIEVE an ape can scrap a Merc!...
Oct 29, 2021•2 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 118
A new comics Ape-och begins as Jack and Geoff begin looking at the first storyline in Boom! Studios’ 2010s Apes series The Long War! Set 600+ years after the events of Battle for the POTA, the sudden, brutal murder of the Lawgiver by a machine-gun wielding ninja throws the city-state of Mak into chaos! These introductory chapters bear several classic POTA hallmarks: well-rounded characters on both sides of the ape/human divide, simmering inter-species tensions that mirror the real world, and som...
Oct 20, 2021•2 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 117
In this special bonus Ape-isode, Jack and Geoff are joined by Barm for a look at the little-remembered 1996 chimp baseball movie Ed! Matt LeBlanc’s big-screen ambitions got off to a rocky start, and there are myriad reasons why: the jokes are flat, the story is hackneyed, and the chimp at the center of it all elicits more contempt than any ape discussed in the history of the podcast. Listen in and learn exactly why nobody needs to watch this movie ever!...
Sep 24, 2021•2 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 116
It’s the final Slaydown! Jack and Geoff have come to the end of 70’s Marvel UK POTA mag’s ill-advised attempt to graft an Apes narrative onto unrelated material, as the Apeslayer visits Yankee Stadium for his final adventure! The two marvel for the last time ever at an ape-faced crab monstrosity, a scantily-clad molecular biologist with a heart of gold, and the surprisingly-humiliating defeat of the title’s best ape villain. Farewell Apeslayer; we hardly knew ye!...
Sep 10, 2021•3 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Jack and Geoff are joined by Sam Stovold for a return to the world of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal! Season finale Slave of the Scorpion has ape-men in it, which is excuse enough around these parts for another in-depth discussion of this vibrant, violent masterpiece. The three have a lot of love for this episode and Primal as a whole, and still find time for frequent digressions into dogs, SPACE PLAYERS, and other assorted nonsense!...
Sep 04, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 114
The Apeslaying insanity continues in Marvel’s UK POTA magazine, as Jack and Geoff stop off at the Museum of Terror before arriving at the Airport of Death! Apeslayer’s got a new look, his double-froed friend Mala is starting to come into his own, and the book finally has an ape worth giving a damn about. While marveling at the new creative team and the editors’ continued inability to prevent the War of the Worldliness from peeking through, your ape hosts also take a deep Earth history dive into ...
Aug 20, 2021•2 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Jack and Geoff are joined again by Sam Stovold for a look at the continuing adventures of Apeslayer in Marvel UK’s POTA mag! This time around, Apeslayer is fighting for his life against ape tripods, giant lizards, and increasingly bizarre ape-headed robot/mutant creatures that definitely scream Planet of the Apes! The three also get into some Earth history from a year that may or may not be germane to the time these issues were originally published....
Aug 01, 2021•2 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 112
In a return to the weird world of 70’s Marvel comics, Jack and Geoff turn their gaze toward the UK’s POTA mag, and the Apeslayer contained therein! Chained to a weekly publishing schedule and starved for fresh Apes content, the editors made the only logical choice: they took a bunch of War of the Worlds comics, drew ape heads over the aliens, re-christened its protagonist, and called it a DAYpe! In this episode, your hosts meet the Apeslayer, and ponder just how well this bizarre repurposing wor...
Jul 18, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Winding down their coverage of the Chronicles of Ashlar, Jack and Geoff discuss the last three issues of Dark Horse’s short-lived POTA series, Bloodlines! Amidst the wildly-vacillating art, same old same-old storylines and surprising number of decapitations, the ape hosts also find time to discuss Darth Vader, fancy grownup words from old Star Wars and Calvin & Hobbes comics, and their thoughts on the Burtonverse as a whole. Goodbye Ashlar, it’s been nice…...
Jul 02, 2021•2 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 110
First there was nothing…then there was Old Gods! Jack and Geoff continue their exploration of Dark Horse’s early 00s comic output with a look at the first three issues of Planet of the Apes! With the Human War behind them, Esau and Seneca are on the run. Will they see their dream of a truly equal ape/human society realized? Will a new-yet-familiar status quo be established? Will more than one character form the 2001 movie deign to make an appearance? Your Ape hosts are here to answer all of thes...
Jun 19, 2021•2 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Jack and Geoff are joined by new guest Cam Siemer for a look at Dark Horse’s first real foray into original Apes content, The Human War! This 3-issue miniseries picks up a few decades after the events of 2001’s POTA, where grandchildren and Apes references abound. Does it carry on the legacy of that film, or is it actually good? One thing is certain: this right here is a real Palpatine Situation of an episode!...
Jun 04, 2021•3 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Taking a detour from the planet Ashlar—but not the early 00’s—Jack and Geoff now turn to the medium of the videoed game! There were indeed POTA games released on the PC, PlayStation, and Game Boys both Advanced and Colored alike. And your Ape hosts are here to delve deep into the alternate Apes worlds presented in these forgotten non-classics. Professor Zaius, Hesline, the Mandrill Militia, Bosko and Ben are all here. Press START to begin!...
May 21, 2021•3 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 107
For some reason, 2001’s Planet of the Apes inspired three separate printed adaptations—a novelization, a junior novelization, and a comic—and Jack and Geoff are here to cover ‘em all! Will characters like Attar and Daena become fleshed-out characters within these adaptations? Will Thade and Limbo be the same species? Is there a soul inside Leo Davidson? Listen on, Ape Faithful!...
Apr 30, 2021•3 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Reunited in the ApeCast studios for the first time in a long time, Jack and Geoff finally tackle the sixth Apes movie—Tim Burton’s 2001 POTA! Returning guest Sean Davis joins the two for a spirited discussion about the delightfully snarly Thade, the mostly-great production design and makeup work, the mostly-bad everything else, and the protagonistic void that is Leo Davidson. Is there a soul in this movie? Get thee a towel and find out!...
Apr 16, 2021•4 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 105
In a special bonus Ape-ril throwdown, Jack and Geoff are joined by Erin Clarke, Sam Stovold and new guest Lauren Petronaci for a discussion of the long-awaited Godzilla vs. Kong! In this Titan-sized episode, the five break down exactly what this final (?) Monsterverse entry gets right, luxuriate in the sheer spectacle of the titular bouts, and even find time for fast food talk! In this matchup, whoever wins, so too do the Ape Faithful!...
Apr 09, 2021•4 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 104
In this final episode before Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes, Jack & Geoff take a look at two fun-sized lesser-known comics from Dark Horse’s early-00s Apes run: a short tale featured in Dark Horse Extra, and the Toys “R” Us Collector’s comic! These stories—featuring Attar and Thade respectively—may not be substantial (or even essential), but there is fun to be had within their slim page counts. Also: human/ape hybrid talk, POTA gets its own version of Sybok, and a certain Dr. gets his own YouTu...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Inching ever-closer to the Burton POTA remake, Jack and Geoff take a gander at Resistance, the second and final prequel novel—for the younger reader—written by John Whitman. With the plague behind them, Sarai and her daughter Danae find themselves enslaved and forced to build a grand new temple of Semos, under the villainous thumb of Colonel Thade and his cadre of murderous apes! Will Ari be able to help her human friends? Will Attar summon some ape-manity from the depths of his newly-pious soul...
Mar 19, 2021•2 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 102
With the Quick books behind them, Jack and Geoff move a few thousand years into Ashlar’s future and encounter...Force! In this—the first of two short novels targeted towards the younger Apes fan—teen versions of beloved characters Ari and Attar find themselves contending with a mysterious plague and even more mysterious humans. Will Ari survive her Goosebumps-style encounter with ape mummies? Will Attar unwittingly deliver Colonel Thade’s plague blankets to the Tek-folk? Will this book also prov...
Mar 05, 2021•2 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Jack and Geoff are joined again by Sam Stovold for a look at William T. Quick’s second Tim Burton POTA prequel novel Colony! As gengineered super-chimp Semos sends his sons Thados and Zaius into unexplored territory, our human hosts marvel once again at Quick’s delightful prose, elegant thematic tie-ins to the Apes franchise as a whole, the resonant characterization of Thados, and dinos riding dinos!...
Feb 19, 2021•3 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 100
And now...the Burtonverse, as Jack and Geoff begin their exploration of the various books and comics tying into Tim Burton’s 2001 POTA! First up: William T. Quick’s 2002 novel The Fall, which details the fates of the movie’s non-Wahlbergian spacefaring humans and their gengineered ape companions. Sam Stovold is along for the ride, and while the humans, apes and Brax may fall, our hosts’ estimation of this surprisingly engaging work only continues to rise!...
Feb 05, 2021•3 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 99
The final four Power Records vinyl tales are in Jack and Geoff’s sights, and once again guest Derek Buckley is along to share his thoughts and reminiscences! Although lacking comic book accompaniment, these stories do feature all-new adventures from everyone’s favorite TV trinity of Pete, Alan and Galen (aka PAG). And they run the gamut of what POTA is all about: self-destructive zealotry from both man and ape alike, still-relevant social commentary, and American landmarks that show up where you...
Jan 22, 2021•2 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Jack and Geoff are joined by Derek Buckley for a look at the Power Records comic/vinyl versions of the original Apes’ movies! These kid-friendly adaptations excise and/or reimagine a lot of the classic Apes moments we know and love, but possess a charm all their own. Also, the three discuss distinctive mutants, blue space booze’s entry into the Star Wars universe, ragamuffins, and get into a little hockey talk!...
Jan 09, 2021•2 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 97
For this year’s bonus Chimpsmas Ape-isode, Jack and Geoff welcome back Erin Clarke, Sam Stovold and Kevin Young for a discussion of the little-remembered 1998 direct-to-VHS animated musical The Mighty Kong! Is this a forgotten gem in the King Kong oeuvre, or a bafflingly soulless, perfunctory attempt to re-frame the classic Kong narrative for the youth of the 90’s? Either way, it makes for a festive discussion! And also, to celebrate anime movie Demon Slayer’s crowning as the all-time King of th...
Dec 24, 2020•3 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 96
It’s a return to the POTA, as Jack and Geoff discuss Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film. This feel-good 2019 documentary explores the production of the original Apes movie, and the makeup artists whose seminal work still reverberates throughout the industry to this day. In their spirited discussion, the two also ponder Apes makeup that might have been, a certain Canadian Caper, the potential future of movie Apes, and something we’ve all wondered: did JK Simmons ever wear prosthetic boobs?...
Dec 11, 2020•2 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Duped! That’s how Jack and Geoff felt after watching Primal, the 2019 Nicolas Cage movie that does NOT—despite what the Japanese poster would have you believe—feature a rampaging gorilla. There’s nary an ape in sight in this low-budget manhunt/animal panic/ocean suspense thriller, but it does have Cage (plus a familiar favorite for Lost-heads). And Erin Clarke is back for this bonus episode, to help us figure out whether the movie can overcome the sheer audacity of its poster’s grievous gorilla-...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 94
TVember concludes with a look at The Apes of Wrath, the fourth episode of 2004 British cult classic Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace! Barm and Sean Davis return for an in-depth exploration of this inspired homage to 80’s horror/sci-fi weirdness. Come weave a dream along with us!
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Jack and Geoff embark on a month-long exploration of POTA-inspired cult TV episodes as TVember begins! ApeCast theme song composer Amos Dunn is back for a look at awesomely bizarre Australian WWII 60’s spy action comedy Danger 5. Nazi dinosaurs, creaming cocktail recipes, Afro-Cuban jazz-playing Apes...there’s a lot to unpack here, and the three have a hell of time doing it!...
Nov 06, 2020•2 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 92
