Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Planet Of The Apes (But Were Afraid To Ask)

I usually don't feel the need to comment on DVD releases, but there's one coming out this spring that really does deserve some mention.

It's called Planet of the Apes: The Ultimate DVD Collection. It contains the five original Apes movies and the excellent documentary, Beyond the Planet of the Apes, that were included in Fox's previous Apes boxset, and Tim Burton's remake of Planet of the Apes.

Now, this may not seem like a big deal, as Fox just appears to have added a shitty movie to an existing boxset, but there's more. Also included is every episode of the Planet of the Apes TV series, as well as every episode of the Return to the Planet of the Apes cartoon series. The only thing not included is a copy of Pierre Boulle's original novel.

And, as if that wasn't enough, it all comes packaged in an incredibly scary bust of Caesar, the damn dirty ape that overthrew the humans in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. (And while I couldn't find a picture of the actual package, if you can imagine a life-size replica of the above picture of Caesar, you have some idea of the monstrosity that will be sitting on top of your TV.)

So, if you're a Planet of the Apes completist freak, it doesn't get any more complete than this.