This new adventure based on the upcoming summer 2001 film finds pilot Leo Davidson in the middle of the civil war that erupts on the Planet of the Apes.
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To coincide with the big-screen release of Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, Dark Horse released both a graphic novelization of the movie and this, a separate miniseries set decades later. Collecting all three issues of The Human War, this trade paperback follows the progress of a brutal civil war between human guerillas (along with their sympathetic ape compatriots) and a beefy, well-armed gorilla army. Things aren't going so well on the simian side, and there's even been some grumbling in the senate about negotiating with the human rabble. The descendants of some of the movie's main players--including the evil Minister Shiva, mongrel granddaughter of General Thade--duke it out in a war that threatens to escalate to genocide. --Paul Hughes
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It's a MADHOUSE!!!! A MADHOUSE!!!!,
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This review is from: Planet of the Apes: The Human War (Paperback)
Planet of the Apes: The Human War commits the cardinal sin for a movie tie-in: It assumes you've seen the movie, and loved it so much that you'll buy into a story that really has nothing in common with it except the basic framework. Considering that Tim Burton's film wasn't well received by either critics OR fans (I liked it, though!), maybe Dark Horse's decision to have this book revolve around a trip to Calima (Astronaut Leo Davidson's downed ship, from which all Ape and Human life on the planet evolved) wasn't such a good idea...Why not? Well, because they assume the reader KNOWS what Calima IS, and what it's secret is, so they never tell us...we're just supposed to KNOW. I knew, and I was still unsatisfied, so I can imagine how a casual reader would feel after putting this book down. I was also disturbed by the totally out-of-place art, and the slang the Human characters use...."I am SO gonna kick your butt!!" doesn't scream out Planet of the Apes to me...it screams out sloppy writing, which surprised me, since I only bought the book because of Writer Ian Edginton, who is usually rock-solid.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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The Lost War,
By Ametisti (Chicago,IL,USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Planet of the Apes: The Human War (Paperback)
I was very disappointed with this comic. The art is very nice. However, the story is dribble. The writer assumes that you've seen the new movie and know the past characters.Not very well written or creative. Good for a collectors item though I guess.
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Perfect,
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This review is from: Planet of the Apes: The Human War (Paperback)
If they would only make a movie of the book - now that would be fantastic...the other two movies have their place and are fun but a movie that actually matched the book would be impressive and given the story line not hard to accomplish.
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