However, what some of us may not know or have noticed about this classic film, is just how much this film covers many relevant sociological themes of the 60's era in which it came out. These sociological themes are not quite as relevant however, to today's modern audience.

Focused mainly on the under 30 year olds in the 60's era, 'Planet of the Apes' became the classic we all know, where three astronauts crash land on a futuristic planet where apes rule and humans are slaves... As the plot unfolds, the stunned trio discovers that these highly intelligent simians can walk upright, talk and have even established a class system and a political structure like that of humans. The astronauts suddenly find themselves part of a devalued species, trapped and imprisoned by the apes. However, with the aid of a pair of compassionate chimps named Cornelius (Roddy MacDowell) & Zira (Kym Hunter), one of the astronauts, Taylor (Charlton Heston)

In this film we encounter unusual themes for this movies time. The strong themes throughout this film include religion, bigotry, and domination.

In conclusion, although great for its time, 'Planet of the Apes' is not completely relevant to today's modern audience in many aspects, the main ones being the movies outlook on religion, bigotry and domination. Due to the huge sociological differences between now and 1968, it would have most probably been best if a remake for this movie were not made. The 1968 film had to be changed way too much to suit today's modern audience, which therefore altered the plot to an extreme extent from the original film.

In 'Planet of the Apes', like in the 60's era, one of the big themes is a mentality of enlightenment about religion. In the film, the religion they were force-fed by Dr Zaius (Maurice Evans) was that humans were never superior to apes. Cornelius & Zira play the prototypes of the enlightened apes. They are the ones who trust reason, rationality, and scientific method in making the world a better place. Since their birth, ape religion would have been ingrained into their culture, however in the f

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