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Originally posted by Eric Paddon:
Even so, I have always felt that the film series does not make for good viewing in consecutive order because you can see every plot hole at every turn

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Ha, that's for sure. A couple of years ago my lovely long time girlfriend - who had not seen any of the apes movies before - and I were watching the first three apes movies in a row (one per day). There are many holes in there indeed. And we really had to laugh at one of the funniest running gags in the movie series.
In the original apes movie, the astronauts crash land in the water, and one of the astronauts has already died because of a failed life support system. In the second movie, the astronauts arrive with another spacecraft of the same type and crash land on solid ground; the spacecraft is a total wreck and one astronaut dies as a result of that crash. In the third movie, the apes crash land in the water again, though I think this time no one dies... perhaps the apes are more resitant? Anyway, there seems to be no question that this type of spacecraft is a virtual death cell! Three hazardous crash landings and two deaths in a row. Good heavens, the irresponsible engineers who designed that thing should really go back to the drawing board.

NP: Leonard Rosenman BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (FSM)
Yipee! The thing arrived today... what a score. And it's great to have the old LP recording as a bonus!