“Last of the originals. I gotta admit, I’m not really paying much attention to this one.
So the ape slaves have been freed and are now off educating themselves and developing their own society. We meet the people who will eventually become the nuclear guardian people things (I think). We see some groups of the apes start to become more violent and agitated. This is really where the societies break down into the base forms that we discovered originally.
It occurred to me that it seems strange to watch these last three films when the ultimate conclusion came in the second one. I mean, I guess that’s the point of a prequel, but it’s still a bit odd when the final conclusion is complete annihilation of the planet.”