Re: About "Planet of the Apes" (face slap!)

Joe Pfeiffer <[email protected]> Wed, 13 Apr 2022 20:56:08 -0600

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Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <[email protected]> writes:
>
> My favorite answer:
>
> "The moon blasted out of orbit on September 13, 1999."
>
> (The script writers basically ignored the issue by throwing in a 
> random line by one of the astronauts about there being no moon. 
> Otherwise, the big reveal at the end would have been s small bit of 
> trivia at hte beginning.)

I didn't (frankly, still don't) remember that.  But.... did they provide
any explanation for there not being a moon any more?  Or is the humorous
answer at the beginning of your post really all we've got?