You are going by what Toho's PR Department wrote, yes? You don't read Japanese, so the original materials can't help you, yes? These are not slights, just sorting out the facts. I've told you that Toho's English language materials have been wildly, shall we say, "loose" with their synopses and hyperbole (to be kind). If you're not willing to see that this is even a possibility, I can't help you. Should I bother digging through the files and scan or transcribe some of their very "fantastic" interpretations? I don't need to defend myself, but rather to satisfy you? As it stands, you have no way to prove your claims of "backpeddling"--because it's solely based on one English-language synopsis from one Toho sales brochure. What else have you got? PR writers always embelish--it's the Movie Business, afterall! It's all about ballyhoo and exaggeration, no?

Now, I went through some of the original Japanese PR materials to see if it jives with Toho's English Sales Brochure. All the official Japanese-language materials from the initial release say, "In the end, who will win? Godzilla? Or King Kong?" (Toho Advertising Press Sheet) or "What will happen when they meet for the first time?" (Toho PR Handbill) -- I can scan these later. I looked at the screenplay, briefly, and it's also non-conclusive. I will look at it at length, tomorrow or in the following days.

For the sake or argument, it could be also extrapolated that it is possible that Toho's PR Department deliberately wrote that King Kong wins, just to appease American/Overseas investors/distributors? Perhaps not, but it is a plausible possibility. Even if it isn't so, it's an interesting thing to factor in -- that Toho might want to appeal to foreign buyers by saying Godzilla lost, no? Just something to ponder...

Last Edited By: Hachigatsu May 19 10 2:03 AM. Edited 1 times.