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May 19 10 1:14 AM
Hachigatsu wrote: as the "Ailenas" in the pre-release PR materials, even though this was an earlier draft name for them, which was long discarded.
The Catch of the Day!
May 19 10 1:16 AM
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May 19 10 1:30 AM
Kaijubait wrote:
The first battle with Kong is listed as a victory (for Godzilla), and the second one is listed as a draw/indecisive.
May 19 10 1:35 AM
Hachigatsu wrote: This is from a 1990s issue of "The Official Godzilla Magazine", published by Keibunsha (and authorized by Toho). Indecisive bouts are always called as "ties".
May 19 10 1:59 AM
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May 19 10 2:28 AM
Hachigatsu wrote: 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?
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..
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Hachigatsu wrote:But still, the painter is always right about his own work. That's the bottom line.
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May 19 10 6:57 AM
The Giant Pacific Octopus wrote: You know Merian C Cooper directed the special effects in King Kong. He told Samuel Peeples that the Spider Pit was never filmed, and then said to Jack Polito it was filmed. So even directors can backpedal.
May 19 10 7:03 AM
pringly wrote: You saw it differently then what the director intended, like mostly everyone. I love the tidbits of information you post here but sometimes things are subjective.
May 19 10 7:42 AM
May 19 10 8:04 AM
Hachigatsu wrote: I made a simple statement of fact, and several of you have decided to make a crusade against what I posted and take me, personally, to task. Such lashing out and poo-pooing.
Joe, perhaps that scene you recalled from WESTWORLD -- which was likely partly embellished in your memory (as we all tend to do so) -- could have possibly been filmed by the Second Unit,
May 19 10 9:57 AM
Hachigatsu wrote:This is from a 1990s issue of "The Official Godzilla Magazine", published by Keibunsha (and authorized by Toho).
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