#Space Chimp

[spongebobssquarepants]

Broke: 15th anniversary of The Dark Knight Woke: 15th anniversary of Mamma Mia Bespoke: 15th anniversary of

[shiftythrifting]

Taken back in 2019, I found this small poster for Space Chimps, which was at a Goodwill in San Antonio. 

[letterboxd-worth-a-damn]

Oh my god

[ape-apocalypse]

Director Wes Ball seems to have laid to rest one of the growing theories surrounding the human companion of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Mae. After seeing her dressed in more sophisticated clothes than the rags other feral humans of her century wear, many fans began to wonder if Freya Allan's character was a time-traveling astronaut, following in the steps of Charlton Heston and Mark Wahlberg. However, in a recent interview, Wes Ball elaborated that space and astronauts have a different place in future sequels.

"This [fascination with space] is in the DNA of the movies. That's what we touch on, essentially. There's more to come. If we're lucky enough, there are more ideas to come in two and three. From the very beginning, space is obviously a huge component of this thing - but I am not saying there are time travelling astronauts in this movie. There's none of that, but it's an idea in the movie for sure."

This seems a pretty clear put down of the Mae as an astronaut theory. Wherever the mysterious human with strange clothing comes from, it does not appear to be from space.

Ball is clearly leaving the door open for those missing Icarus astronauts from Rise to an appearance. Personally, I would not be surprised if there was an after credits scene in Kingdom where Noa looks up to see a space shuttle shooting across the sky. Perhaps it is spied in the telescope that Mae and Noa look at in the trailers. I'm certainly glad that this new movie will be trying to go in a different direction than the original Planet of the Apes film, and am excited to see what makes Mae 'smarter than most' of her fellow feral humans.

[sharkchunks]

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

-Robert Frost

[bacchuschucklefuck]

Never!!!! Stop!!!!! Blowing!!!!! Up!!!!!!!!

[mingot-studios]

God, i feel SO bad for Ruby Gillman. The characters and the movie deserved better

[ponymov]

Canon aborted character of the day :

This ☝️ blue whore

[morbidology]

Ham the Chimp, often viewed as a hero at the same time as being viewed an unwitting victim in the infamous space race, was the first hominid launched into space on 31 January, 1961. 

Ham was one of the number of experimental animals enrolled into NASA’s Project Mercury. Originally called subject 65 due to the reluctance to send a named chimp into space if anything were to go wrong, Ham was used as “a first test of the functioning of the life support system during an appreciable period – nearly five minutes – of zero gravity.” His trainer described the moment he was recovered from his capsule following the project -  “I have never seen such terror on a chimp’s face.” 

Following his flight, he spent the next 20 years alone in the National Zoological Park in Washington D.C. before being moved to North Carolina Zoo where he was able to mingle with other chimps. He passed away at the young age of 25. After his death, his remains were buried at the International Space Hall of Fame and his skeleton was put on display at the National Museum of Health and Medicine.

[cupnoodle-astronaut]

[zoomar]

Laika, Sam, Miss Sam, and Ham

[googly-eyed-seraph]

people are so emo about laika but where is my ham content. do you think ham wasn’t scared. do you think ham loved being in space. “the evil soviets sent an innocent dog into space :(“ the evil americans sent a chimpanzee into space. stray dogs were a major problem in the ussr no wonder they were like “let’s just send them to space.” i call that effective problem solving. stray chimpanzees were not a major concern in the usa. i call that “animal cruelty.” for every laika comic here on out i’d better see ten ham comics.

[mwolf0epsilon]

Captain Rex: What in the actual hell...

I have so many questions about that one Skywalker Saga side-quest that involves woolamanders, cloning and blaster training...

[livefishreaction]

Can’t wait for the nostalgic revival of the MASTERPIECE that was Space Chimps (2008)

[ponysongbracket]

Brony Song Tournament

Please listen to both songs (at least in part) before voting, especially Soaring Wish, as it is obscure

Soaring Wish

Changeling