So Taylor lands on a planet which he doesn't recognize as Earth at first. But as soon as he hears the apes speaking English, he should assume he is on Earth. What other planet would have developed the same exact language that he spoke when he left Earth hundreds of years ago? He didn't have to wait until the end of the film to realize he was on Earth. It should have occurred to him as soon as the apes started speaking.
shareA cinematic contrivance. It would be better for the apes to be speaking a different language with subtitles, but it would take additional time out of he film for Taylor to learn their language.
A bigger plothole is that Taylor doesn't know it's Earth from the fact the monkeys are riding horses, and other humans are living on the planet as well. :D
~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.
A cinematic contrivance.This.
I think that movie only took place a few thousand years in the future, as soon as it is night time and he looks at the sky he will see the EXACT SAME MOON and the constellations will be almost exactly the same. And the OP forgot to include not only did they SPEAK english it was their WRITTEN language too, he stole a pen and paper just to write his name down.
I think the original was a modern fable designed to make a moral point. It was twilightzone esque (Rod Serling even worked on the movie). It was not meant to be realistic.
True.
Also, it is mentioned that there there is no moon. But it's never followed up nor explained:
DODGE
It doesn't add up. There's a mantle of
dust around this planet and yet it's
as humid as a jungle. Thunder and
lightning and yet no rain. Cloud cover
every night and that strange luminosity,
and yet no moon.
Good point!
I think this lack of moon feature is a bigger plot twist than the English speaking, which, as mentioned, can just be taken as a contrivance to avoid having to watch Taylor learn the language or explain his universal translator device.
A movie with talking apes isn't meant to be portrayed as realistic?
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