Mondo's Planet of the Apes Posters (Now with judgment!)

For years, Mondo Tees have been producing and archiving some absolutely exquisite movie posters and tee shirts. The distinctive style of their prints has led to fame, and presumably, some form of fortune. Their latest endeavor is a series of posters for the Planet of the Apes films to celebrate their being screened at the Alamo Draft House. They teamed up with an All-Star lineup of movie websites (movies.com, Film School Rejects, io9 -technically a scifi blog but get off my back yo- Badass Digest and Collider) to debut the posters, which promptly went on sale and were devoured by the unquenchable maw of apparently wealthy Planet of the Apes fans.

I say apparently wealthy because the six poster set went for $230. The posters are undeniably awesome (with one pretty notable exception), but in all seriousness, what are you really going to do with six Planet of the Apes posters?

Ball out beyond belief is what. Can I trademark B.O.B.B. as a rap name?

Hit the jump for the collection.

Listed in chronological order of the films' releases.

The original. The one that started it all. This poster is probably the easiest to recommend for entry level ballers. While I think this poster is the best from a design standpoint, you want your wall adorned with something that has much higher cultural obscurity points - more on this later.

Beneath the Planet of the Apes is the most contrived film in the series. With its subscription to the classic movie poster head-stacking archetype, the poster is fittingly standard in design, but I'll be damned if those colors don't pop. Naturally, the film's best character, an unexploded atomic bomb which is worshipped as a god, is the centerpiece of the poster.

The most boring film in the series begets the most boring poster of the set. Or so it may initially seem. While it may look drab next to the high-contrast line art of its fellow wall-clingers, it actually ends up standing out the most. It's too bad that all that "noticing it" that I'm doing is just reminding me of how boring Escape was.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, of which 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes was essentially a remake, is  absolutely the best movie in the series. No arguments will be heard to the contrary. And, in what has become a theme with this set, the qualities of the film are mirrored in the qualities of the poster. Easily the best poster, and chock-full of all those nutritious obscurity points we're all so concerned with. Plus, bonus points for the double "of the."

Worst movie. Worst poster. The correlations continue. This one has actually grown on me since my initial impression, mostly thanks to the charming connection between the simplicity of this poster and the simplicity of the film it depicts, but still. Pass.

But wait! There's more! If you order the whole set, this stylish Uncle Sam reference will be included in your purchase. As it merely commemorates the Alamo Draft House's Apes marathon, and is not tied to a specific film from which I can draw snarky comments, I have no statements. This would be pretty cool to have in a foyer though... if only I had a foyer.

[via Slashfilm, Mondo, and all the above websites]