The Planet of the Apes timeline isn’t exactly a straight line from beginning to end.
We try and help make sense of it all.
This article contains all kinds of spoilers for every movie in the originalPlanet of the Apesfilm franchise.
Youve been warned, you damn dirty apes!
1971:The spacecraft Icarus is launched on a near-light speed exploratory mission into deep space.
The crew of four is led by Col. George Taylor.
1973:The Icarus unexpectedly reappears in the waters off California.
A talking ape, after all, could cause all kinds of trouble down the line.
circa 1980:A plague wipes out all the domesticated dogs and cats on the planet.
Well, so much for the Sacred Scrolls.
Then he moves underground and rallies the slave apes to rise up in a violent revolution.
1997-2012:Things get a little fuzzy for the next ten or fifteen years.
Its unclear if the ape uprising in Los Angeles spread worldwide or was contained.
Whatever the case the bombs and the radiation didnt seem to have a negative effect on the ape population.
The equality trip apparently goes on for generations.
But what do you expect from a religious document?
Maybe its better not to ask.
Later information would seem to indicate the Icarus clock was running a touch fast.
Begin reading again at 1973.
