Battle for the Planet of the Apes Page #3

The date meter on the spaceship-

What did it read|after Earth's destruction?

And you talk to your pupils...

about eternity

There are only three.

There must be more,|the question is how many?

That's the question we'll have|answered when we get them.

My father.

That's my father.

How did apes first acquire the power of speech?

They learned to refuse

On a historic day,|there came an ape who spoke a word..

which had been spoken to him|time without number by humans.

He said, "No."

No wonder all of mankind|thirsted for my blood...

and wanted my birth aborted.

In the year 3950,|apes will destroy the Earth.

Not apes, gorillas

Besides, that's only one future.

How can there be more than one?|- You remember the old motorways?

I believe that time is like|an endless motorway...

with an infinite number of lanes|all running from the past into the future.

It follows that a driver will try|to change his lanes...

and change his future.

If you left this room right now...

you might wind up shot dead

If you left a minute later,|you might survive.

It's a blind choice..

but you can change lanes.

I know what it is I want to change.

The camera. It moved

Are you sure?

Virgil's right

Governor, we just lost the TV monitor.|Our A-41 archive.

I'm not interested|in equipment failures.

It wasn't a failure.|It was destroyed, sir.

Whoever or whatever|is down here...

Now knows we are too now.

I'm sorry.

Don't be. If they haven't|plugged into the control...

we still have time to go to work.

Even if they do plug in, they|may think it's malfunctioning.

We've got to find another way out of here.|- Is there another way?

They got past you? Then shoot on sight

Never mind about bringing them here.

Just get them.|Don't let anyone escape alive!

Sections 2-5...

and R-7 and 8, form a group here.

Quick! Quick!|All right. Move out! Move!

Move! Move!

Hurry! Run!

Run!

All right, you've got your guns.

We need another patrol quickly.|Quickly, men. Hurry. Hurry.

All the rest of you|take your weapons and go to M-5.

Go, go! What are you waiting for?

To R-8, through the transverse!

All forces into Exit Level 3.

They're getting away.|Kill them.

Kill them! Kill them!

You knew every bolt and nut|in those corridors.

You have 100 armed men.|How could you let them escape?

They were fast and smart,|Governor Kolp.

Many of my men were sick,|and the chimp surprised us

Yeah. He surprised me too once.

But he's an animal.|He's only an animal.

No, Governor.|He's more than an animal.

He can speak.|So can they all.

So speech makes them human?

Speech makes them intelligent...

and intelligence may make them|not human, but humane.

Perhaps they came in peace.|- Idiot. They were armed.

From what we saw on the monitor,|only for their self-protection.

Let them return in peace.

To where?|- To wherever they live.

So that they can come back here|and exterminate those of us...

that the bomb has not|already exterminated?

Where do they live?|- They came with few provisions. It can't be too far.

Which way did they head?|- They headed north, Governor.

Organize scout parties, assemble workable|equipment and follow them to their camp.

Yes, Governor Kolp.

Why, Governor?

So that we can exterminate them.

Stop! It's Caesar!

What a welcome!|We should have stayed in the city

To visit the city is forbidden.|- I know. I forbade it.

Then why?|- Aldo, if a king forbids his subjects to wear a crown...

that doesn't mean|he can't wear one himself.

Caesar is Caesar.|He went to the city for a reason.

What reason?

I went looking for my past,|but I found our future.

Explain!

You wouldn't understand.

Aldo will make the future...|with this!

Well, then Aldo may very soon...

be in the past.

Bang! Bang!

Cornelius!

Cornelius, are you all right?

No, Mother.|I'm just dead.

Dead?

We were playing war.|- War? Cornelius, hasn't your father explained...

that war is not a game?

Yes, Mother.

Hasn't he also forbidden|you to play with guns?

Yes, Mother.|- Then you'll stop it.

Yes, Mother.|- Now, come along. Father wants us.

My friends, I have convened...

this extraordinary meeting|of the council...

in order that I may|report upon an action...

which I deemed necessary:

a reconnaissance expedition|to the forbidden city...

with Virgil and MacDonald|as my aides.

Why MacDonald?|Why not a soldier?

Because we went in peace...

to what we thought|would be a dead city

But in case|there were some survivors..

we took MacDonald with us so that|he could parley with them...

and secure permission|for our search.

Survivors there are... maimed...

mutated..

hostile and human

Did the humans follow you here?|- We saw no sign of it...

but we must prepare for the day|when they may come out of the city...

when they may come to find us

No humans in council!|No humans in council!

No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!

No! No!

No! No! No!

Yes! They are here|because I sent for them.

Now that we know the danger...

we need their help|and their counsel.

No! No! No!

Yes!|- Come. We shall not sit in council with humans.

Now, let us reason together...

and make plans.

Governor, somewhere|along the line of history...

this bloody chain reaction|has got to stop.

"A" destroys "B," "B" destroys|"C," "C" destroys "A"...

and is destroyed|by "D," who destroys "E."

Before anyone knows|where they are...

there won't be anyone left|to know anything anywhere.

Governor, the captain has come back.

We found it, Governor.|We found Ape City.

Where?

This is a gorilla outpost.

Below is a valley with orchards and vineyards,|enough to feed hundreds.

Here is Ape City.|- Was it very large?

It is of a size we can deal with, sir.|- Were you seen?

No, sir. Caesar was too busy|with a council of war.

One day soon,|they'll be coming for us.

No. We're going after them. Now.|Captain, you have your orders.

Alma?|- Yes, Governor.

Alma, either we must|cage the beast...

or destroy the whole zoo.

Do you know what that is?

Of course.|It is our nuclear missile.

If the impossible|should happen...

If the apes|should defeat us-

I will not surrender to an animal.

Nor will my soldiers.

So, Alma...

if retreat does become necessary...

I'll send a coded radio signal.

Fifteen minutes later...

you're to range the missile|at Ape City...

and activate it...

with this button.

Yes, sir.

Caesar, on the night of the fires...

you swore an oath|that in the future...

apes and humans would live together|in kindness and peace.

Why are you now making every sort|of preparation to break that oath?

Because unlike|the humans in our city..

those in the forbidden city|are mad...

mad enough not to want|peace and friendship...

but enmity and war.

Did they tell you that?|- Oh, yes. Yes.

By opening fire on us without|giving us a chance to explain.

You were trespassing|on their territory.

But, Lisa, we didn't know|the city was inhabited.

But how, if you|didn't speak to them...

do you know its inhabitants are mad?

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