I liked reading sometime ago about the Russians and Yankees battling to see who could make the first monkeyman in the early 20th century; the strength of a silverback with the obedience of the average dumbo.
I know there was that BBC drama with Charles Dance and films like Planet of the Apes...
Yeah i'm gonna see it. It's ultimately absurd, and therefore well worth a viewing. I don't imagine it to have any message at its heart, and just wishes to ludicrously revolt. Like any genre (apart from the musical), there'll be good and bad within and i hope for this to badly good.