Friday, March 13, 2020

SINISTER SIMULACRA


Rod Serling's shocking ending to the original PLANET OF THE APES (1968) wasn't the first time the idea had been used. The cover of the Aug/Sep 1953 (Vol. 1 No. 2) issue of FANTASTIC UNIVERSE magazine depicts the dilapidated ruins of the Statue of Liberty in a setting of a future earth, albeit with spacemen gazing upon the landmark instead of Taylor and Nova. Even in 1953, the notion evokes awe and more than a little discomfort.




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