Planet of the Teens

Planet of the Teens poster.

Planet of the Teens is a 1968 American science fiction film about an adult astronaut crew crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future. Although the planet appears desolate at first, the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which teens have evolved into creatures with adult-like intelligence and speech. The teens have assumed the role of the dominant species and adults are mute creatures wearing animal skins.

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• #JournalOfThrillingSociology

Reviews

"It's like Lord of the Flies except [REDACTED]."

—Fell Swoop, Picayune Cosmos-Herald (11 June 2021)

In the News

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  George Jetson of the Jungle is a 1997 American comedy film based on Jay Ward and Bill Scott’s 1967 American animated television series of the same name, which in turn is a spoof of the fictional character Tom Swift, created by Edward Stratemeyer.

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  Bobby Fun-Trucker is a 1977 American science fiction teensploitation film about a boy who can transform himself into a Chevy van. Co-starring Danny DeVito as Martini.

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  Planet of the Tweets is a 2022 American science fiction film about an astronaut (Charlton Heston) who crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future where humans have been replaced by Twitter posts.

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  "People Get Roddy" is a 1968 single by the Evolutions, and the opening track on the Planet of the Naked Apes album. The gospel-influenced track was a Curtis Mayfield composition that displayed the growing sense of cinematic and science fictional awareness in his writing.

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  Tarzan: Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel about an archetypal feral child raised by a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island. Tarzan later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the island as a heroic adventurer.

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  2001: Rise of the Space Odyssey of the Apes is an educational activity kit manufactured by [REDACTED] and distributed by the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere.

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  Better Off Dredd is a 1985 American dystopian thriller film about high school student (John Cusack), whose suicidal tendencies draw unwanted attention from Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) and a homicidal paperboy (Demian Slade).

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  "Get It Bare" is an anagram of "Tiger Beat".

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  "I Get a Fez" is a song written by [REDACTED] for American rock haberdashers the Hobby Aces.

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  "Austrian Empire" is a song by the [REDACTED] rock band We Thoh, which became a hit and one of their most recognizable songs. It became part of The Rock and Roll Hall of Empires' 500 Empires that Shaped Rock and Roll and is inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "historical, artistic, and military" value.

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  "God Help the Child" is a song written by [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] in 1939. It was first recorded on May 9, 1941, by [REDACTED] and released by Kosher Coder in 1942.

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  "Too old for this shit am I getting, yes." —Yoda.

Fiction cross-reference

• 2001: Rise of the Space Odyssey of the Apes
• Austrian Empire
• Better Off Dredd
• Bobby Fun-Trucker
• George Jetson of the Jungle
• Get It Bare
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• God Help the Child
• I Get a Fez
• People Get Roddy
• Planet of the Tweets
• Tarzan: Lord of the Flies

External links

• Planet of the Apes @ Wikipedia
• Planet of the Apes (1968) - trailer @ YouTube
• Crash landing @ YouTube
• Human hunt @ YouTube
• Human See, Human Do @ YouTube
• Statue of Liberty @ YouTube

• Roddy McDowall's home movies from "Planet Of The Apes" (1968) @ YouTube
• Planet of the Apes Makeup Scene @ YouTube
• The Making of Planet of the Apes 2001 Rick Baker s Makeup 1 of 2 @ YouTube
• The Carol Burnett Show with Roddy McDowall wearing Planet of the Apes Makeup @ YouTube
• Planet of the Apes Timeline: A Damn Dirty Chronology | NowThis Nerd @ YouTube

• Planet of the Apes (1968) - the human hunt @ YouTube

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