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May 5 10 4:41 PM
The Giant Pacific Octopus wrote:DerGolem wrote: Of course I've also heard that the reason Kong is strengthed by lightening is because he was originally suppose to be Toho's Frankenstein Monster - that's right Frankenstein vs. Godzilla.No. King Kong never replaced Frankenstein. It was Godzilla that replaced Frankenstein, so Kong being given electrical abilties because he replaced Frankenstein doesn't make any sense. Besides, in the original King Kong vs Frankenstein story, the Ginko (The giant monster that Frankenstin creates) didn't have electrical abilties.
DerGolem wrote: Of course I've also heard that the reason Kong is strengthed by lightening is because he was originally suppose to be Toho's Frankenstein Monster - that's right Frankenstein vs. Godzilla.
As for why Kong has electrical abilties? Who knows. Maybe its because Kong is a giant gorilla God, and you aasociate Gods with lightning/lightning bolts (Thor, Zeus, etc.) or maybe they got the idea from this publicity photo of Kong from 1933.
May 5 10 5:01 PM
A perfect Monster has no end...
May 5 10 7:43 PM
DerGolem wrote: Also can I have the source for your information on the various versions of the "King Kong vs. Frankenstein" scripts. Mine is primarily coming from Ray Morton's book King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon.
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May 5 10 7:52 PM
DerGolem wrote: Lightning is commonly associated with gods, especially in Shinto.
May 5 10 8:50 PM
May 6 10 1:07 AM
The Giant Pacific Octopus wrote: DerGolem wrote: Lightning is commonly associated with gods, especially in Shinto. Maybe the Shinto priest standing next to Kong here (on Kong's left) gave him that ability before the film began production.
May 6 10 2:58 AM
May 6 10 5:19 AM
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.
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I always wondered about that myself!
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Kongu is Kingu wrote:You mean where he claps his hands, and this coconut sound is made? That's in the Japanese version too. Often, from that point on, Godzilla would gain a particular humanish tic, but never the same from film to film - eg. scratching his nose in Sea Monster, talking in Gigan, doing an Ali shuffle etc....
May 6 10 10:51 PM
pringly wrote: the Ttyrannosaurs (a meat eater)
May 6 10 11:38 PM
Todd Strickland wrote:Hachigatsu wrote: Supposedly, Carl Denham takes both creatures to San Francisco to stage a Monster Boxing Match! The match begins and gets out of control, with the monsters slugging it of the arena, fighting through the City, and eventually falling off the Golden Gate Bridge, locked in mortal combat.Carl Denham--WORLD MOST DANGEROUS PROMOTER!
Hachigatsu wrote: Supposedly, Carl Denham takes both creatures to San Francisco to stage a Monster Boxing Match! The match begins and gets out of control, with the monsters slugging it of the arena, fighting through the City, and eventually falling off the Golden Gate Bridge, locked in mortal combat.
May 7 10 12:27 AM
May 7 10 3:14 AM
Edkkakumon wrote:The T-rex/ Stegosaur combo had me laughing to. As a kid, I knew that the dinosaurs mentioned came from different periods, as well as being an utterly ridiculous idea.
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