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Re: King Kong vs. Godzilla
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Steve B., I never, ever intimated that the facts I presented justified anything in the film (or any film); except that they might serve to educate. I also was not "arguing" anything; just presenting the facts. I never once defended the monkey suits in the films under discussion. Someone asked why they were so poor, and I offered some facts to help answer this question. So, please don't put words into my mouth, sir. Thanks. As I have always said (and will again), facts are facts, are they are what they are, just facts. I only post 'em. How they are digested is up to the individual. Nothing more, nothing less. But, for the record, I don't like the Kong suits much, either (I tolerate them), although I've grown accustomed to the suit in KING KONG ESCAPES, I still can't abide by the secondary Bobble Head suit. That's my opinion.
Uchujin65, thanks for the DL photos (I like the last one, best)! But, please read the posts again; there was no argument. Someone asked a question. I answered it. And Kongu took exception to my presentation of facts, and lurking in the wings, Steve B. swooped in to take a cheap shot (he apparently has something against me). I don't understand how someone can try to be of service and post factual information, and others then lambast your posts and make it personal... I didn't make up the facts. I'm merely the vessel for the facts. Isn't there an axiom about "Shooting the messenger"?
Willbursbrain,
Toho wanted to do a sequel to KING KONG VS. GODZILLA, since they had the rights for several years after they signed the deal. I wish that they could have improved on the monkey suits, because the Half Human suit is pretty good for the time -- the main man behind that suit, Fuminori Ohashi went freelance in the late 1950s, and worked on Disneyland, and that eventually lead to a gig working on the makeup for PLANET OF THE APES. Ohashi started his career making and running around in ape suits as far back as the 1940s. Here's some of his work:
The giant simian is Mammoth Kong (bottom, right), was the first daikaiju on Japanese television from the story arc of the same title from popular series MOONLIGHT MASK (1958-1959). The top photo is from the 1956 Shochiku comedy, CLASS CLOWN: GORILLA ON THE RAMPAGE (or as I like to call it, "Gorilla On The Loose" or "The Gorilla Who Went Ape"), directed by Toshimasa Hotsumi. The photos on the left are from two entries in Toei's MITO KOMON movie series from 1956: THE MAN-EATING BABOONS (top) and THE MIGHTY APE (bottom), both directed by Masanori Igayama.
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