Talkback Thread #3: King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

[Space Hunter M]

Thought it would be appropriate to post this here:

"That's like saying a hyena is a cross between a cat and a dog, or a wallaby is a cross between a kangaroo and Martin Short!"

Not sure if I posted this already, but I thought this might be appropriate to post here too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZM5nvsSx9c

[Sydney Aradi]

Hans Salter, Herman Stein, Milton Rosen, and Robert Emmett Dolan also did CREATURE's score. Most of Beck's KKvsG is Hans Salter. IMO, the US score is just as enjoyable as Ifukube's original.

While I did enjoy a few of the stock tracks but the stock music only works in a few scenes while the rest of the time, it doesn't fit the tone of the film.

[Tamura]

Well, they kind of had to keep the native music because... what do you replace it with? I'm not surprised about that.

[Tyler]

Well, they kind of had to keep the native music because... what do you replace it with? I'm not surprised about that.

YMCA!

[RedZillaKing]

Thought it would be appropriate to post this here:

LOL what the hell is that?

[therealmccoy]

A scientist using troll logic.

[TokyoVigilante]

Gotta love Godzilla fan humor.

[Tamura]

Found the source material for the send-off party BGM from KKvsG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXH3QJrx98U

[Living Corpse]

Thought it would be appropriate to post this here:

"That's like saying a hyena is a cross between a cat and a dog, or a wallaby is a cross between a kangaroo and Martin Short!"

Not sure if I posted this already, but I thought this might be appropriate to post here too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZM5nvsSx9c

I always just skip the parts that have that asshole talking out of his, well, ass. A 50 meter monster having a brain the size of a pea? Give me a break.

[Ookondru99]

^hahahaha i always thought that was the stupidest thing id ever heard in my life, something the size of godzilla couldn't operate with a brain that small

[Shazam14]

Is King Kong vs Godzilla canon to Godzilla's showa series?

[TokyoVigilante]

How couldn't it be?

[Living Corpse]

^hahahaha i always thought that was the stupidest thing id ever heard in my life, something the size of godzilla couldn't operate with a brain that small

Glade to see I wasn't alone in thinking that what that guy was saying was really,Really, REALLY stupid.

Is King Kong vs Godzilla canon to Godzilla's showa series?

Yes. It's a different Kong though so it's not canon with the 1933 KK.

[Shazam14]

Really? Cool. I thought since it was kinda a crossover that it wouldn't be.

[Living Corpse]

Really? Cool. I thought since it was kinda a crossover that it wouldn't be.

Nah, it's not like MK vs DC where it's a "what if" story. It's canon just like AVP and FVJ.

Though I can see why you would think that, crossovers can be confusing sometimes because they don't always say it's canon or a what if.

[Shazam14]

Which reminds me! This is off topic but I watched War of the Gargantuas on Netflix and there was no mention of Frankenstein that I remember. So I thought for a second that that wasn't canon either.

[Mini-Godzilla]

Is King Kong vs Godzilla canon to Godzilla's showa series?

It picks up where the previous Godzilla film left off, which itself picked up where the first Godzilla left off, so it's clearly canonical with its predecessors. Then again, Mothra vs. Godzilla doesn't bother to make direct reference to it, so I guess you could consider the point irrelevant. Of course, Mothra vs. Godzilla is also a crossover film, so what do we do with it?!

[Living Corpse]

And GTTHM is one big crossover between Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra as well as a premier for King Ghidorah.

[Shazam14]

Lol. Those never really crossed my mind since they are all Toho kaiju.

[Goji]

Which reminds me! This is off topic but I watched War of the Gargantuas on Netflix and there was no mention of Frankenstein that I remember. So I thought for a second that that wasn't canon either.

Henry G. Saperstein took out all of the references to "Frankenstein" in the U.S. version, and instead replaced that word with "Gargantua".

The International dub (and the Japanese version, of course) does refer to them as "Frankenstein" though.