Planet of the Apes 2001

[ttotheusher]

So, I watched the remake of the Planet of the Apes last night, not for the first time I might add, and seriously, what is up with the ending? I genuinely cant/dont get it. Were they high or something? Can someone please explain it to me?

[Dark Victory]

Leo climbs aboard Pericles' pod, which is undamaged, and uses it to travel back in time through the same electromagnetic storm. Leo crashes on what appears to be a futuristic Washington DC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_DC) on Earth in 2029. He looks up to see the Lincoln Memorial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial) is now a monument in honor of General Thade (the statue in this scene is sometimes referred to as "Ape-raham Lincoln"). As a swarm of ape police officers, who are still against humans, descend on Leo, he (and the audience) wonders what has happened to his world.

[ttotheusher]

From a step-by-step position, like the description you just posted, I understand, I just cant understand where they were going with it. I was hoping there would be some sort of explanation.

[He-Man]

Just a twist....

In the orginal POTA Taylor (main character)thought he was on another planet. At the end of the film he found The Statue of Liberty buried on a beach and realized that he was on earth the entire time and that humans must have destroyed civilation through war.

POTA 2001 ending was just their way of putting a twist on the ending.