#ape over love

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Put On Your Raincoats | Ape Over Love (Sear, 1974)

When you first see the gorilla suit in this movie, you probably won't be impressed. For one thing, you can see the actor's neck. Not a terribly convincing gorilla. But that's the thing, it's not supposed to be. For the gorilla takes his mask off, and it's revealed to be none other than the great mustachioed thespian-fornicator Harry Reems. In the universe of this movie, the gorilla suit is not used to represent a real gorilla, but a man who desires to be one. Some could take issue with the movie's halfhearted commitment to the gorilla suit gimmick and its lampshading of the suit's inadequacies, but most of these pornos depict erotic fantasies, and I appreciate this one being upfront about it.

Reems plays a dog walker who also fantasizes about being a gorilla. He goes to the zoo, watches the gorillas (who conveniently are nowhere to be seen as it's supposed to be too cold out, likely to avoid visual comparisons between the suit and the real thing) and does some facial gorilla acting in attentive close-ups, raising his eyebrows and jutting out his jaw. He dreams about making love to his employer, a hideously be-wigged but otherwise quite agreeable Mary Stuart, and eventually meets Bree Anthony, a woman who shares his...proclivities. "What were you doing?" she asks, to which he responds, "I was being a gorilla." He eventually opens up further: "I'd like to be a gorilla someday. Lotta power." The movie interrogates the fantasy, but offers hope that even those with outre desires can find happiness with a like-minded individual. The soundtrack compounds the theme, with "King Kong" and "I'm an Apeman" by the Kinks being featured prominently. (We also get "A Whole Lotta Love" and a funky cover of "Come Together".)

That the two make love is no surprise, but the fact that both of them partake in some breathy and enthusiastic gorilla-themed dirty talk might be. References to "your fur", doing it "like an animal", and "as the monkeys do it" as well as a genuine compliment: "What a great ape you turned out to be." Gotta respect the movie for letting Anthony be as freaky as Reems. I must sadly report however that the movie cops out to an extent, in that Reems is never depicted having actual sex in the gorilla suit. He usually approaches his partner with the suit on at first, but inevitably takes it off as things heat up. I suspect this is for one of two reasons. Either the suit was too hot for Reems to comfortably perform in, or the suit was a rental and the filmmakers couldn't risk getting any jism on it. In any case, art did not triumph over banal practical concerns, and to get your gorilla-related jollies, I would instead recommend Carlos Tobalina's Jungle Blue, which is a less consistent affair but bravely makes good on the promise of its poster.

I will say that while the sex scenes are otherwise unremarkable and in line with early '70s porno filmmaking, after the crude construction of Wet Wilderness, the scenes here felt positively dynamic with their changing camera setups and variety of positions, and I was not immune to the charms of Stuart or Anthony during the proceedings. But I was paying less attention to the sexual fireworks than the eccentric decor of the rooms they took place in. In both bedrooms we visit in this movie, there are two large big-cat-themed prints adorned on the boldly coloured walls, one a feline landscape of sorts filled with portraits of tigers, lions, leopards and the like in pointillistic proximity, the other an admiring profile of a leopard. Sorry my attention went to these, but it's true that all men think about is pussy.

Okay that was terrible, but the movie is not. It certainly makes a difference when the performers exude some semblance of likability, and as the saying goes, any movie with a gorilla suit is automatically a good movie.

[rosemilo]

"I'll keep you safe because the moment I saw you, I knew you'd be mine"

[theblob1958]

Dr. Zira and Cornelius in Planet of the Apes (1968)

[screechingfromthevoid]

that was an exercise in "who's going to tell Orym and Dorian to fuck" chicken

[loofiez]

Sorry It's been so long 😭 I've been swamped by school

Here's a full body Kon to make up for it!

I finally figured out my design for him!! (It only took 4 months, lmao 💀)

[cherry-bomb-ships]

OH MY GODDD I just realized I never posted this AMAZING commission from my friend Freddie @cupiidzbow !!!! 🥺💖🥺💖🥺💖🥺💖🥺💖 Its like the best thing ever I ESPECIALLY love how he drew my s/i, so gender 🥺💖 THANK YOU FREDDIEEEEEEEE WAA 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[[💙 Reblogs are all seen and very appreciated!! 🧡]]

[neptune-the-elf-demon]

Some silly fanart for the @paranormal-peri fic. I think the fic is quite silly and has even inspired me to make an oc (Valentine). Hope you enjoy!

Some close ups of parts I liked

[shannonsketches]

One of my favorite differences in the DBZ manga that makes Vegebul make More Sense To Me, is that because Vegeta never left Earth, he was living at Capsule Corp for over two years before Bulma got pregnant (assuming Trunks is like 3-6mos old when we see him as a baby), but she said she 'wouldn't live with that jerk' afterward, which implies (to me) that he'd been a chill enough housemate up until the pregnancy, which tracks with his generally private and professional behavior as a Lord in the Freeza Force (in the manga).

I like to think it became a compounding factor in learning that he was slated to be killed in a year, and led to him being uncharacteristically overzealous and performative (and so opposed to Trunks getting close to him) in the android saga as opposed to how strategic and cautious he was with serious threats in the Freeza saga.

I am also always thinking about how Something Happened between him losing to Cell and re-entering the time chamber in the manga, because he was back living at Capsule Corp and staying near Trunks and Bulma when the Cell Games were announced.

[tending-the-hearth]

did you know it's actually illegal to separate them

[stargirl230]

Art Summary 2023!

This year was kind of a struggle art-wise (read: burnout) but I'm glad I stuck it out because I got to spend a solid 8 months drawing all the fanart I didn't have time for last year :D

Thanks to everyone for sticking around, and here’s to another year of art!

[breed-station]

((If you want you can do Walter for any type of meme of Michael Scott from The Office!))

i love the office and micheal GOD do i have to see it again! second batch done! now to my personals :)

@ask-team-misfit @book-of-legends @blueespeon @askmythicalparty (love you :* "unsaddens your mood") @ask-diane

[snowflakeselfships]

A family can be an evolved former circus orangutan, a former primate sanctuary employee who's abandoned humanity, and their adopted human daughter. And that's beautiful <3

[ratatatastic]

congrats to this guy just parading little miss tintin at the shopping strip

Mikksy Cup Day | 8.4.24 (x)

obsessed with this diva though SMIRK FROM ABOVE HELLO

[aurosoulart]

the CEO of NIANTIC liked my art on twitter?!?!?!?! 🫠 I am passing away 👻

[weezerlvr228]

pork and beans as performed live at wonderfront!

[psychic-waffles]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO