What are you talking about? There's no "Legacy" section on Destroy All Monsters' Wikipedia page nor does footnote #16 lead to anything about Kong.mikelcho wrote:It's in the Legacy section of the article, footnote #16.Terasawa wrote:Yep, Wikipedia is not good enough on this one, especially without a cited source. Friendly reminder that the Wikipedia entry for DAM once stated that a song and dance routine for Minya was cut from that film.UltramanGoji wrote:None of the literary sources I've looked through say that. I'm calling bullshit.
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The reference that I previously mentioned-Legacy section, footnote #16-is in the King Kong Escapes Wikipedia article. Sorry if I wasn't too clear.
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Alright, so it cites an article by August Ragone in an issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland...one that I happen to own actually. Ragone also mentions Ebirah and the Gargantuas being considered.
Honestly, it still reeks of bullshit to me. I’ve looked in Ragone’s own book as well as others and this article is the only place I’ve ever seen say that King Kong was considered for DAM.
Honestly, it still reeks of bullshit to me. I’ve looked in Ragone’s own book as well as others and this article is the only place I’ve ever seen say that King Kong was considered for DAM.
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Yeah i don't think Toho would consider King Kong if the knew the rights would revert after King Kong Escapes.
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Well, we all know that both Ebirah and Maguma were planned for DAM before they were replaced by Minilla, Anguirus and-at the very last minute-Gorosaurus. As for Sanda and Gaila, this is the first time that I've heard that both of them were considered. I knew from a recent article in G-Fan that Sanda had been considered, but I didn't even know about Gaila until now. Maybe they would've been the replacements for Kong if Kong couldn't have been used.UltramanGoji wrote:Alright, so it cites an article by August Ragone in an issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland...one that I happen to own actually. Ragone also mentions Ebirah and the Gargantuas being considered.
Honestly, it still reeks of bullshit to me. I’ve looked in Ragone’s own book as well as others and this article is the only place I’ve ever seen say that King Kong was considered for DAM.
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The only ones I've ever heard that were supposed to be in DAM but but didn't make the final cut were Ebirah and Maguma.
But man oh man, if the Gargantuas had gotten in there. Oh what could have been?!
But man oh man, if the Gargantuas had gotten in there. Oh what could have been?!
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There are many reasons why Kong was absent from DAM, I think. Perhaps the rights were just too expensive. Perhaps the suit was in too bad a condition to be used again (however, given a third attempt at making it, Eiji Tsuburaya might've succeeded in making it look better than the other two were (at least to most fans)). Or perhaps Toho felt that Monsterland wasn't big enough for two monster stars (in this case, King Kong and Godzilla). In any case, I guess we'll never know.
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The Kong suit looked to be in OK condition by 1973-4 when he was used as "Gorilla" in Greenman, so I doubt it's condition little over a year after creation would have been deemed too bad to use.mikelcho wrote:Perhaps the suit was in too bad a condition to be used again (however, given a third attempt at making it, Eiji Tsuburaya might've succeeded in making it look better than the other two were (at least to most fans)).
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That Kong suit is so damn creepy..
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Great with children though!_JNavs_ wrote:That Kong suit is so damn creepy..
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omgMaxRebo320 wrote:Great with children though!_JNavs_ wrote:That Kong suit is so damn creepy..
Why did all Japanese children actors wear those extremely short shorts?
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All children did in the 60's and 70's._JNavs_ wrote:omgMaxRebo320 wrote:Great with children though!_JNavs_ wrote:That Kong suit is so damn creepy..
Why did all Japanese children actors wear those extremely short shorts?
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I really didn't see too many American children actors wear them as prominently though, like almost every early kaiju film with kids as the main characters wore them lolMaritonic wrote:All children did in the 60's and 70's._JNavs_ wrote:omgMaxRebo320 wrote: Great with children though!
Why did all Japanese children actors wear those extremely short shorts?
Edit: Oh you mean like in general it was just what kids wore at the time?
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Yes, I meant it was just what children wore at the time._JNavs_ wrote:I really didn't see too many American children actors wear them as prominently though, like almost every early kaiju film with kids as the main characters wore them lolMaritonic wrote:All children did in the 60's and 70's._JNavs_ wrote: omg
Why did all Japanese children actors wear those extremely short shorts?
Edit: Oh you mean like in general it was just what kids wore at the time?
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If Toho had been allowed to use Kong more than they did, I'm sure we would have gotten a Godzilla/Kong team up at some point.
In the 70s during Godzilla's superhero run, it would have been too hard to resist.
In the 70s during Godzilla's superhero run, it would have been too hard to resist.
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Kong likely would have replaced Jet Jaguar in Godzilla vs MegalonGojiDog wrote:If Toho had been allowed to use Kong more than they did, I'm sure we would have gotten a Godzilla/Kong team up at some point.
In the 70s during Godzilla's superhero run, it would have been too hard to resist.
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How do you figure that? Or is that just a joke referring to the German version where Jet Jaguar is named "King Kong?"_JNavs_ wrote:Kong likely would have replaced Jet Jaguar in Godzilla vs MegalonGojiDog wrote:If Toho had been allowed to use Kong more than they did, I'm sure we would have gotten a Godzilla/Kong team up at some point.
In the 70s during Godzilla's superhero run, it would have been too hard to resist.
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Both lol, but mainly I was thinking, Jet was a kids drawing brought to life from a contest right? Could it be possible that they originally had Kong lined up, but since the license couldn't be agreed to they decided to get a contest going?Terasawa wrote:How do you figure that? Or is that just a joke referring to the German version where Jet Jaguar is named "King Kong?"_JNavs_ wrote:Kong likely would have replaced Jet Jaguar in Godzilla vs MegalonGojiDog wrote:If Toho had been allowed to use Kong more than they did, I'm sure we would have gotten a Godzilla/Kong team up at some point.
In the 70s during Godzilla's superhero run, it would have been too hard to resist.
I only said likely because I think he'd fit well in that film in the place of Jet. I probably could've worded it better.
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You have your answer right there. Toho didn't want to pay that much money for one kaiju.mikelcho wrote:There are many reasons why Kong was absent from DAM, I think. Perhaps the rights were just too expensive.
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There has never been any evidence that suggests that was ever a possibility. No English sources, no Japanese sources, nothing._JNavs_ wrote:Both lol, but mainly I was thinking, Jet was a kids drawing brought to life from a contest right? Could it be possible that they originally had Kong lined up, but since the license couldn't be agreed to they decided to get a contest going?
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