User blog comment:Oshbosh/Ape-Men vs League of Shadows (Nolanverse)/@comment-5422903-20121120033219/@comment-75.105.33.164-20121122033633

The difference between the original and the Burton version have to do with time period. In the original, Charlton Heston winds up in a future civilization where humans have become savage and mute, while apes have assumed dominance of the earth. Humans are treated in much the same way we've treated animals, (hunted for sport, experimented on, etc.) but are by and large left alone. Because it's a post-apocalyptic time period, the apes have access to any technology that wasn't lost over time, namely guns.

In the remake, Mark Walberg thinks he's traveled to the future, but learns that he is actually in the prehistoric past. The apes in this story keep humans (who are able to talk) as slaves, and actively keep them from dominating the earth. These apes have a particular hatred for humans, as opposed to simply thinking of them as beasts. And since neither guns nor gunpowder had been invented, these apes have only hand weapons. (swords, spears, and shuriken-like blades. no scythes, tho) And I don't remember either version using flaming arrows, or even bows.

IMAO someone needs to edit the main page for these characters and stop calling them ape-men. Preferably someone who's seen the films. ;-)