Joe Karlosi wrote:
but he needed the unfair handicap of getting juiced with electricity to hold his own against Godzilla. 

Come on Joe. Kong was handicapped by being drunk/hungover. I'm not joking here, for some bizarre reason they made Kong into a wino in this film. He staggers around like a lush getting shitfaced on Soma Wine There is even one scene where he trips and falls down a hill and crashes headfirst into a boulder knocking himself out in the process. The lightning was more than fair. I'd like to see how good of a fighter you are either drunk or hungover.

Heck in some of Universal's press materials to promote the film, it offers movie theater owners ways of promotng the film. And it states this

Actors wearing Godzilla and King Kong costumes were to be sent into the streets. The costumes should be easy to prepare. Use red electric bulbs to simulate atomic fire..for a gag, let King Kong carry a jug of "King Kong Juice" which he drinks lustily from time to time, getting hilariously drunk as he does in the picture.

I'm not making that up.

Earlier in the film when the two met and Kong was "chicken" gives you the proper idea of who could whip who -- and that's The Big G beating the tar out of King Kong.


Godzilla had the higher ground and the long range weapon. Kong couldn't get his hands on him. Kong couldn't get anywhere near him, so he shrugged his shoulders and walked away. I'd like to see how well you do fighting some guy up on a balcony spraying  you with a flamethrower or a machine gun. Even if the guy holding the weapon was Steve Urkel, do to the long range capabilities of his weapon and his higher elevation it wouldn't be a fair fight.


  

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