Ray harryhausen hated godzilla?

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I think that's a false equivalence. AFAIK Gene Roddenberry never claimed Star Wars was a ripoff of Star Trek, and he would have been wrong if he had. Harryhausen had a more legitimate beef with the Godzilla films.
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Well look at it like this, Tsubaraya looked to Kong every step of the way while in production, who's to say it wasn't meant to be a ripoff, keep in mind Gojira wasn't a passion project, it was a replacement film.
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Orichalcum wrote:Well look at it like this, Tsubaraya looked to Kong every step of the way while in production, who's to say it wasn't meant to be a ripoff, keep in mind Gojira wasn't a passion project, it was a replacement film.
And Kong in many ways was one too via it being a heavily modifed version of Creation.

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Rhedosaurus wrote:
Orichalcum wrote:Well look at it like this, Tsubaraya looked to Kong every step of the way while in production, who's to say it wasn't meant to be a ripoff, keep in mind Gojira wasn't a passion project, it was a replacement film.
And Kong in many ways was one too via it being a heavily modifed version of Creation.
....okay
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LSD Jellyfish wrote:
Rhedosaurus wrote:
Orichalcum wrote:Well look at it like this, Tsubaraya looked to Kong every step of the way while in production, who's to say it wasn't meant to be a ripoff, keep in mind Gojira wasn't a passion project, it was a replacement film.
And Kong in many ways was one too via it being a heavily modifed version of Creation.
....okay
I can't tell if you're confused or being sacastic.

In any case, here's the story. Back in 1931, RKO was making a movie named Creation. Only 20 minutes of movie was made before on the RKO big shots more or less ordered it to be reworked into King Kong.

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Rhedosaurus wrote:
LSD Jellyfish wrote:
Rhedosaurus wrote:
And Kong in many ways was one too via it being a heavily modifed version of Creation.
....okay
I can't tell if you're confused or being sacastic.

In any case, here's the story. Back in 1931, RKO was making a movie named Creation. Only 20 minutes of movie was made before on the RKO big shots more or less ordered it to be reworked into King Kong.
Is there anywhere where I can watch the whole thing? I found a 30 second clip on Youtube.

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Here is the plot synopis with test footage for CREATION:

It's available on the KING KONG '33 2-disc Collector's Edition DVD.
https://www.amazon.com/King-Kong-Collec ... 956&sr=8-4
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Rhedosaurus wrote: I can't tell if you're confused or being sacastic.

In any case, here's the story. Back in 1931, RKO was making a movie named Creation. Only 20 minutes of movie was made before on the RKO big shots more or less ordered it to be reworked into King Kong.
I think he's saying it's kind of irrelevant to the conversation and definitely isn't an equivalent; O'Brien headed up effects on Creation, and when that fell through he headed up effects on King Kong.
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Rhedosaurus wrote:
LSD Jellyfish wrote:
Rhedosaurus wrote:
And Kong in many ways was one too via it being a heavily modifed version of Creation.
....okay
I can't tell if you're confused or being sacastic.

In any case, here's the story. Back in 1931, RKO was making a movie named Creation. Only 20 minutes of movie was made before on the RKO big shots more or less ordered it to be reworked into King Kong.
OOOOOOH....

I thought you were saying he was inspired by the Bible which I didn't get the connection to in context :lol:
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King Kong was inspired by the Bible you heathen.
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Orichalcum wrote:King Kong was inspired by the Bible you heathen.
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G2000 wrote:On the board index this thread looks like “Ray harryhausen hated god...”
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