
Originally Posted by
AntitaniC
have you seen planet of the apes 2001?
Yup...have you?
I have and it's not in any way related to "Planet of the Apes" (2001) so it's still not a prequel.
Anyone can call it what they want. It's a prequel because, based on your description above, it could work like this:
a) The first remake was made in 2001 (Mark Wahlberg)
b) Since the events in this movie happened before the Mark Wahlberg movie, then it's indeed a prequel movie.
I can't accept bro this because it's not in any way related to the 2001 remake of "Planet of the Apes"
However, another school of thought is the "reboot/restart/rethink" class of thinking. In this idea, we forget the 2001 movie. Instead, we see this:
1. A new "Part I" (Rise, which was loosely based on the 4th movie 1972 "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes")
2. A new "Part II" (The Planet of the Apes, based on the 1968 "The Planet of the Apes")
3. A possible Part III or Part IV (totally new storylines)
-RODION
This however I'm with you 100%
Btw, nice that you've noticed the Icarus Mission tidbit in this 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes