He’s simply one of many facets and links to the reboot trilogy’s overarchingthemes and messages of Fatherhood.

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Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes

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Daena (Estella Warren) holds Leo Davidson’s (Mark Wahlberg) face as they look into each other’s eyes in Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes

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Kodi Smit-McPhee as Alexander in ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ (2014)

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Landon and Dodge in a space station in Planet of the Apes (1968)

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Ellie looking intently at something off-camera in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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Cornelius (Roddy McDowall) and Nova (Linda Harrison) in ‘Planet of the Apes’ (1968)

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Andy Serkis putting his arm on James Franco’s shoulder in Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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Andy Serkis, Toby Kebbell & Jason Clarke stand near a lake in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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Freya Allan as Mae looking onward in terror, with mud and dirt on her face, in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

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Colonel McCullough, staring menacingly through bars and wearing a beret and aviators

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Taylor (Charlton Heston) stands with a group of apes in ‘Planet of the Apes’ (1968)

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