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We are saddened by the news that character actor Biff Elliot passed last Wednesday at the age of 89. Biff appeared in two episodes of the POTA tv series. First as Zaius' human slave Ullman in 'Escape from Tomorrow'. He also donned ape make-up to play an orangutan in 'The Cure'. http://biffelliot.com/planet.htm 

 

RIP DIED TODAY = William Windom, 88, American actor (Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, Star Trek, My World and Welcome to It; Murder, She Wrote; The Farmer's Daughter).

 

 

 

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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 08:59:45 +0000
From: pota@yahoogroups.com
To: pota@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [pota] Digest Number 5828

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Digest #5828

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RIP Biff Elliot by "jamesa1102" jamesa1102

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Re: RIP Biff Elliot by "Jeff K."

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On this day in History, 8/19/2012, 12:00 am by "pota@yahoogroups.com"

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RIP Biff Elliot

Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:42 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"jamesa1102" jamesa1102

We are saddened by the news that character actor Biff Elliot passed last
Wednesday at the age of 89. Biff appeared in two episodes of the POTA tv
series. First as Zaius' human slave Ullman in 'Escape from Tomorrow'. He
also donned ape make-up to play an orangutan in 'The Cure'.
http://biffelliot.com/planet.htm <http://biffelliot.com/planet.htm>

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Re: RIP Biff Elliot

Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:38 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jeff K."

He never did tell us what it's like to be human.

From: jamesa1102
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 7:42 AM
To: pota@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [pota] RIP Biff Elliot

We are saddened by the news that character actor Biff Elliot passed last Wednesday at the age of 89. Biff appeared in two episodes of the POTA tv series. First as Zaius' human slave Ullman in 'Escape from Tomorrow'. He also donned ape make-up to play an orangutan in 'The Cure'. http://biffelliot.com/planet.htm

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On this day in History, 8/19/2012, 12:00 am

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So, the "Dawn of the POTA" script is still a work in progress and who knows
where it will land. Will James Franco, Frieda Pinto or Brian Cox return? I
dunno, but Fox seemed quick to lock down Andy Serkis, and for a terrific salary.
So I don't hold out much hope for the human characters, who would presumably get
a pay raise for returning to a successful franchise. The human characters
weren't exactly celebrated from "Rise". The only actor to say anything was
Frieda Pinto, who said she hadn't heard anything but would love to return.
   I'll just say I would love to see the original actors return and expand on
their characters. But I could see where budget would suggest casting new human
characters, and that's where I'm here to help. As we know, there were many
references in "Rise" to the original POTA movies, and they rubbed some fans the
wrong way. So how about some casting that I think POTA fans would enjoy and
which would be more subtle than movie quotes?

  Jackie Earle Haley: He, of course played Kraik in "The Legacy" episode of the
POTA TV show. I would love to see him return to the POTA universe 40 years
later. This is not pie in the sky. He's had an incredible time the last few
years, getting an Oscar nomination, working for directors like Scorsese,
Spielberg and, yes, Burton. Come on, his recent casting is for the "Robocop"
remake. It's time for Jackie to come home. If it's possible, he should return to
the POTA.

  Katee Sackhoff: Who? She played Kara "Starbuck" Thrace in the recent
"Battlestar Galactica". I LOVE that series and have it on blu-ray. But that's
not what I'm talking about. The main creative force on that series (at least
from the writing) was Ronald D. Moore, who after a decade working on "Star Trek"
episodes, was ready for the anti-"Trek". Of course, in the '60's, POTA was the
anti-Trek. As it turns out, Moore is a big POTA fan and sprinkled POTA refs in
his "Battlestar". But mainly, in the episode "Sometimes A Great Notion",
"Starbuck" is referred to as the "Harbinger of Death", a direct POTA reference
when she discovers >CENSORED!< . And when she's looking for her destiny in the
same episode, she's told, "You may not like what you find". So, come on! If the
"Harbinger of Death" has no place in the new POTA movies, then there is no God.
Did I say that?

  Both of those are not just stunt casting. I have been blown away by their
acting and I'm sure if they did a role in "Dawn of the POTA" they would rock.
Besides that, I think it would be fun if they were cast. So those are my ideas.
It would be interesting to hear yours (let's be realistic; no Clint Eastwood or
Bruce Willis).

Not important, just curious about it.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, Haristas@... wrote:
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> Why is this important?
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Maybe it was his favorite movie, but a star like Brad Pitt could've got a good
POTA movie rolling back before Burton. Hollywood had no idea what to do with
POTA until Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver came up with their idea on a whim.
Nobody knows anything.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, Haristas@... wrote:
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> Brad Pitt is said to have stated PLANET is his favorite movie (at least when
he was a kid).  Fox should have gotten him instead of Franco, but Pitt would
have cost too much.
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> Hey, isn't it about time for some news from Fox on how this project is
progressing?  I still expect another writer to be brought in, but I also expect
production start news by at least November.  I just wonder if this is still on
track for a May 2014 release?
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There's no direct reference in the movies but I think their flight is one of a
kind, perhaps a suicide mission. But the moon landing is mentioned in "Escape".
   I'm still trying to figure out who the "Marshall" is  that's referenced in the
NATO footage.


From: Haristas@...
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:45 AM
To: pota@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [pota] Re: Question: First journey to a star?




Well, I've always assumed Taylor's flight was the first of its kind, though the
absurdity of it leaving in 1972 really started to sink in with me about...
oh...1972!  Hard to imagine now that there would have been anything before then.

In the Boulle novel, Professor Antelle's interstellar mission is called by Merou
"the first interstellar flight," and "the most ambitious (project) that had ever
been concieved on Earth."

I think the filmmakers had that same idea in mind with the movie adaptation,
but, of course, it's not directly stated, though there seems no indication from
the astronauts' dialogue that they're not the first of their kind in this
respect.

In the NATO film Taylor says it's man's first journey to a star, but it is never directly stated in the film itself. However, it may be infered from Taylor's comment to Landon, 'when they nominated you for the big one, you couldn't turn it down'.

--- In pota@yahoogroups.com, Haristas@... wrote:
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> Well, I've always assumed Taylor's flight was the first of its kind, though the absurdity of it leaving in 1972 really started to sink in with me about... oh...1972! Hard to imagine now that there would have been anything before then.
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> In the Boulle novel, Professor Antelle's interstellar mission is called by Merou "the first interstellar flight," and "the most ambitious (project) that had ever been concieved on Earth."
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> I think the filmmakers had that same idea in mind with the movie adaptation, but, of course, it's not directly stated, though there seems no indication from the astronauts' dialogue that they're not the first of their kind in this respect.
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