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Here's another "what if": If Skull Island didn't sink into the ocean, what would have become of it after the Kong ramage in New York. First of all, the island would get an enormous amount of publicity...

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Don't stop now, Gugon. It's quite an interesting take on what could possibly happen on Skull Island. I like the predatory spider angle. Insects have always been very adaptive.

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Thanks! It just seemed like a logical progression of events. The spider eggs on the boats might be a little stretch of the imagination - but - well - knowing how we all think here, I'm sure you...

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Well, being made in the 40's, the noir angle might enter into it. The public would have been maxed out on war pictures by then but Obie, being slightly behind current events, what with the time...

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Actually, I think Jackson's film answers the question of the possible "film version". Early on, there's that reference to "Fay" making a movie for "Cooper". Given that THIS movie seems to take place...

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That makes perfect sense to me. The 1933 King Kong is the first film version of the "real" events that take place in the 2005 King Kong. And you're right - it seems that is what Peter Jackson had in...

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Actually, there probably would have been a quicky, "cash-in" version (man in very bad ape suit) first; then maybe ten years later, a big-budget, "classy" version. (Probably just after the war). Orson...

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Maybe it would be a serial. After everybody gets over the initial shock, I think people would generally sympathize with Kong. He would become a very popular character - one they would want to see over...

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Actually, I DON'T think the general public would be sympathetic to Kong for at least a generation.Too many lives lost. However, there WOULD be a MAJOR upsurge in "ape-like" characters in popular...

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I like the fact that in the 76 Kong there is a concern for the villagers on Skull Island. When Jack tells Fred that he took their god from them etc.

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Quote:Actually, I DON'T think the general public would be sympathetic to Kong for at least a generation.Too many lives lost. WE see the 1933 Kong as sympathetic, but would the audiences who had lived...

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Quote:I like the fact that in the 76 Kong there is a concern for the villagers on Skull Island. When Jack tells Fred that he took their god from them etc. That was a point that I also appreciate. He...

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Wow...who thought we'd be letting the 76 KONG score points over Jackson's version! While I don't think it's a good movie- on almost ANY level- at least it made an attempt to update the material as...

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Quote:2005's KONG treated it's natives in the most retrograde racist fashion, but tried to distance itself by blurring racial lines This is one of my complaints about the new Kong. I'm not sure if I'd...

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I always thought it was very amusing and satirical that the mysterious Shobijin of Mothra 1961, after several other Monster incidents, by late 1964 and GHIDORAH THE THREE HEADED MONSTER are willing...

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Anybody want to try out for Survivor: Skull Island?http://www.necromerica.blogspot.com

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Quote:the scariest thing is the humans who must survive in this place? It just doesn't seem to fit. This is the cruelest of all the Skull Islands (the food chain is absolutely vicious in its...

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I don't disagree with you on that - and far be it from me to look for some kind of Hollywood style noble savage. But what we have instead is a Hollywood style horror-show. Is this really a more...

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The natives here seem to fall somewhere in the spectrum between the hearty, Hollywood-ized natives of the original Kong and the flesh-eaters of the late 70's Italian cannibal movies. The latter...

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You're analysis is very perceptive. I always love reading your posts. I was aware of the mirroring of the two worlds, but it is actually much more prevalent than I had first thought. I'll have to...

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