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Primal Fear The End

Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother’s land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.

George Taylor: I’m a seeker too. But my dreams aren’t like yours. I can’t help thinking that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be.
George Taylor: Imagine me needing someone. Back on Earth I never did. Oh, there were women. Lots of women. Lots of love-making but no love. You see, that was the kind of world we’d made. So I left, because there was no one to hold me there.
George Taylor: It’s a mad house. A mad house.
George Taylor: Doctor, I’d like to kiss you goodbye.
Dr. Zira: All right, but you’re so damned ugly.
[Taylor ties up Dr. Zaius]
Dr. Zira: Taylor! Don’t treat him that way!
George Taylor: Why not?
Dr. Zira: It’s humiliating!
George Taylor: The way you humiliated me? All of you? YOU led me around on a LEASH!
Cornelius: That was different. We thought you were inferior.
George Taylor: Now you know better.
Cornelius: [reading from the sacred scrolls of the apes] Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother’s land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.
Dr. Zira: What will he find out there, doctor?
Dr. Zaius: His destiny.
[the first words ever spoken by a human to the apes]
George Taylor: Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!
George Taylor: A planet where apes evolved from men? There’s got to be an answer.
Dr. Zaius: Don’t look for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find.
[brandishing a rifle]
George Taylor: Don’t try to follow me. I’m pretty handy with this.
Dr. Zaius: Of that I’m sure. All my life I’ve awaited your coming and dreaded it.
[last lines]
George Taylor: Oh my God. I’m back. I’m home. All the time, it was… We finally really did it.
[screaming]
George Taylor: You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
Cornelius: Well Taylor, we’re all fugitives now.
George Taylor: Do you have any weapons, any guns?
Cornelius: The best, but we won’t need them.
George Taylor: I’m glad to hear it. I want one anyway.
George Taylor: Doctor, would an ape make a human doll that TALKS?
Dr. Zaius: Dr. Zira, I must caution you. Experimental brain surgery on these creatures is one thing, and I’m all in favor of it. But your behavior studies are another matter. To suggest that we can learn anything about the simian nature from a study of man is sheer nonsense. Why, man is a nuisance. He eats up his food supply in the forest, then migrates to our green belts and ravages our crops. The sooner he is exterminated, the better. It’s a question of simian survival.
Dr. Zaius: Ah, yes - the young ape with a shovel. I hear you’re planning another archeological expedition. Cornelius, a friendly word of warning - as you dig for artifacts, be sure you don’t bury your reputation.
Dr. Zaius: You are a menace. A walking pestilence.
Dr. Zaius: You are right, I have always known about man. From the evidence, I believe his wisdom must walk hand and hand with his idiocy. His emotions must rule his brain. He must be a warlike creature who gives battle to everything around him, even himself.
George Taylor: What evidence? There were no weapons in that cave.
Dr. Zaius: The Forbidden Zone was once a paradise. Your breed made a desert of it, ages ago.
Dr. Zaius: I see you’ve brought the female of your species. I didn’t realize that man could be monogamous.
George Taylor: On this planet, it’s easy.
[after seeing Taylor shave off his beard]
Lucius: Why did you do that? Scrape off your hair?
George Taylor: In my world, when I left it, only kids your age wore beards.
Dr. Zaius: Have you forgotten your scripture, the thirteenth scroll? “And Proteus brought the upright beast into the garden and chained him to a tree and the children did make sport of him.”
Dr. Zaius: Tell me, why are all apes created equal?
George Taylor: Some apes, it seems, are more equal than others.
Leader of the hunt: I don’t understand these animal psychologists. What is Dr. Zira trying to prove?
Dr. Zaius: That man can be domesticated.
[the hunt leader begins to laugh in disbelief]
George Taylor: There’s your Minister of Science; honor-bound to expand the frontiers of knowledge…
Dr. Zira: Taylor, please!
George Taylor: …except that he’s also chief Defender of the Faith!
Dr. Zaius: There is no contradiction between faith and science… true science!
George Taylor: Are you willing to put that statement to the test?
Cornelius: Taylor, I would much rather…
George Taylor: Take it easy… you saved me from this fanatic, maybe I can return the favor!
Landon: [Reflecting on Stewart’s death and Taylor’s reaction to it] You don’t seem too cut up about it…
George Taylor: It’s too late for a wake. She’s been dead nearly a year.
Dodge: [On deciding where to continue next] Which direction?
George Taylor: That way…
Dodge: Any particular reason?
George Taylor: [sarcastically] None at all…
[first lines]
George Taylor: And that completes my final report until we reach touchdown. We’re now on full automatic, in the hands of the computers. I have tucked my crew in for the long sleep and I’ll be joining them soon. In less than an hour, we’ll finish our sixth month out of Cape Kennedy. Six months in deep space - by our time, that is. According to Dr. Haslein’s theory of time, in a vehicle travelling nearly the speed of light, the Earth has aged nearly 700 years since we left it, while we’ve aged hardly at all. Maybe so. This much is probably true - the men who sent us on this journey are long since dead and gone. You who are reading me now are a different breed - I hope a better one. I leave the 20th century with no regrets. But one more thing - if anybody’s listening, that is. Nothing scientific. It’s purely personal. But seen from out here everything seems different. Time bends. Space is boundless. It squashes a man’s ego. I feel lonely. That’s about it. Tell me, though. Does man, that marvel of the universe, that glorious paradox who sent me to the stars, still make war against his brother? Keep his neighbor’s children starving?

Dune (1984) Fans of Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel “Dune” had been waiting almost 20 years for a big-screen version of the story of Paul Atreides. First, a David Lean adaptation was derailed by the unexpected 1973 death of producer Arthur P. Jacobs. The next director hired wanted to co-direct with a team he called his “seven samurais.” This group of filmmaking warriors included Orson Welles, Salvador Dalí, and Hervé “da plane, da plane” Villechaize. Needless to say, that fell apart. Ridley Scott stopped by in 1979 but moved on to direct “Blade Runner” when his older brother passed away and he realized spending two-and-a-half years of his life on “Dune” probably wasn’t the best idea. And then David Lynch, hot off “The Elephant Man,” was hired. He had never read the Herbert novel. So imagine fans’ disappointment when they finally saw the 1984 film, a confusing and gory two-hour-plus romp in the sand with a then-unknown named Kyle MacLachlan and the always boring (whether singing or acting) Sting. The soundtrack by Toto, of all bands, did not help. The film earned just over half of its $45 million budget back at the box office.

Ishtar (1987) It seemed like a home run on paper: dashing star Warren Beatty teamed with lovable everyman Dustin Hoffman in a film directed by comedy legend Elaine May. A Hope/Crosby-esque road movie for a new generation. But production ran amok, and the budget rose to an estimated $55 million. Unfortunately, the film only made $14 million at the box office. Frankly, the movie isn’t that bad. So what happened? The legend goes that David Puttnam, who came onboard as head of Columbia Pictures midway through production, spread negative stories about the film to the press prior to its release because he had personal problems with Beatty and Hoffman.

Hudson Hawk (1991) Proving that some people are better off in front of the camera, Bruce Willis used his celebrity power to not only star in but also co-write the story for “Hudson Hawk,” an over-the-top slapstick action movie. But the constant rewrites and plot changes during production showed on the screen. Add to that the bad and confusing marketing campaign that pitched the big-screen comedy in the Willis-style “Die Hard” tradition. The $65 million film pulled in only $17 million. Luckily for Bruce, his John McClane movies have done much better — and he’s been smart enough since to not write another screenplay.

Soldier (1998)You’d think after releasing “The Postman” (Kevin Costner’s post-apocalyptic “dude in a desert” flop) in 1997, Warner Bros. would have learned its lesson. But just one year later, they put out “Soldier” (Kurt Russell’s post-apocalyptic “dude in a desert” flop). Kurt’s main character speaks 79 words during the 99-minute movie (11 are “sir” — he is a soldier, after all). That’s about one word every 1.25 minutes. A total of 24 lines of dialogue, the longest being “Affirmative, two, report to nine and commence firing.” Powerful stuff. The film reportedly cost $75 million and opened at about $6.5 million. That’s about $82,500 per word.

Wild Wild West (1999)It seems almost impossible to make Will Smith un-charismatic. Especially, one would think, if you put him in a remake of one of the most entertaining and imaginative TV shows of the ’60s, “The Wild Wild West.” But the Will Smith we love got lost somewhere amid a bad screenplay, overblown visual effects, and a villain with only a torso (it was, in reality, Kenneth Branagh’s talent that got cut off at the waist). Even Kevin Kline and Salma Hayek couldn’t help save the train wreck. Although the film cleared more than $200 million worldwide, it reportedly cost $170 million to make — not a worthwhile profit margin by Tinseltown standards when you add in marketing costs — and it was a critical disaster. And another movie-franchise dream died in Hollywood.

Battlefield Earth (2000)Universally considered one of the worst films of all time, “Battlefield Earth” starred John Travolta as a lumbering, Frankenstein-like alien with dreadlocks. Heard enough? It gets worse. Scientologist Travolta’s passion project was based on the first half of a novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. But it was such a major flop that the planned sequel (which covered the book’s second half) was never made. Oh, and the fact that its production company was sued for padding the budget by $31 million and went bankrupt didn’t help matters. So even though the $75 million film actually cost only $44 million, its $21 million U.S. box-office tally was still not good news.

The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)The outer-space comedy had been in development for about 15 years. That should have been the first warning sign. Then it sat on a shelf for two years after filming was completed. Bad sign #2. The film’s star Eddie Murphy seemed to walk through his role, and his performance was painful, the ultimate red flag for a movie flop. The results? The $100 million picture earned a total of about $8.9 million worldwide. In absolute terms, “Pluto Nash” suffered the greatest financial loss of any film ever made. Its embarrassment was otherworldly.

Planet of the Apes (2001) OK, so it made almost $363 million worldwide (and only cost $100 million), so by Hollywood standards it was technically a success. But to us personally it is one of the greatest mistakes in filmmaking history. We were genuinely excited when we heard our favorite childhood movie was going to be remade by one of our favorite directors, Tim Burton. Let’s face it, the only thing better than a monkey movie is a TALKING monkey movie. We ordered our tickets in advance. We got in line for the best seats and excitedly devoured our popcorn before lights out. Then came Tim Burton’s “Planet of the Apes.” It lacked not only the charm of the original but also the charm of every other Tim Burton movie ever made. 20th Century Fox clearly agreed. Despite the film’s box-office success, the previously discussed sequel never saw the light of day.

Speed Racer (2008) We’d like to think that “Speed Racer” is proof that the Wachowski Brothers are truly overrated. Yes, yes, yes, we know they made the sci-fi bible of the new millennium, “The Matrix.” But we don’t have to remind you that they also made its ultra-disappointing sequels, “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions,” AND they wrote “Assassins,” the Sylvester Stallone/Antonio Banderas flop that would have made this list had anyone had any expectations for it. Their $120 million “Speed Racer” made only $97 million worldwide and tainted the image of one of the greatest animated TV shows of all time. The allegations of animal mistreatment didn’t help, either. Chim-Chim should have taken the blue pill.

Kevin Costner: Film Flop Poster Boy OK, it’s not a movie, it’s a man. Kevin Costner, the poster boy of major motion picture disappointment. First there was “Waterworld.” Then he followed his Oscar-winning directorial debut, “Dances With Wolves,” by helming “The Postman,” which was little more than “Waterworld” in the desert. And when it finally looked like he was going to earn some indie cred, he starred in “3000 Miles to Graceland.” The three films earned a total of 14 Golden Raspberry Award nominations. And Costner? He earned a Razzie nom for Worst Actor of the Century for his body of work, including “The Postman,” “Waterworld,” ” Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” and “Wyatt Earp.”