I was originally going to do a blog where I posted my thoughts on the Comic-Con trailer for Kong: Skull Island. However, it came out around the time when I had way too much stuff going on. I had to work on at least 5 different figure reviews, my job was being hard on me and I had to help my friends move from and to new apartments.
It was tiring, I missed my window of opportunity and I needed a break from writing. But I will say right now, I LOVED it. It had great character moments, awesome music and fantastic build up. I also loved the little peeks we got of Kong himself.
And now, not only do we have 2 new posters (both of which I want!) we also have a brand new trailer which has all that with a lot of extra meat!
It was tiring, I missed my window of opportunity and I needed a break from writing. But I will say right now, I LOVED it. It had great character moments, awesome music and fantastic build up. I also loved the little peeks we got of Kong himself.
And now, not only do we have 2 new posters (both of which I want!) we also have a brand new trailer which has all that with a lot of extra meat!
I love Kong's design, it echo's the familiar 1933 look and even adds elements that resemble the 70's/Toho Kong. Rather fitting considering whats about to happen in a few years.
Fun fact: The actor doing the motion capture for Kong is Terry Notary, who also did the motion capture for Rocket the Chimpanzee in both 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes', 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' and the upcoming: 'War for the Planet of the Apes'. Ya know who else was in those movies? Andy Serkis, who did the motion capture for Kong in the 2005 Peter Jackson film, an amazing coincidence!
One moment that I really loved is when that one dumb helicopter pilot looks out and says "Is that a monkey?", and then -BAM!- gets a tree to the face like the racist bastard he is. At least, that's what I hope happens.
Fun fact: The actor doing the motion capture for Kong is Terry Notary, who also did the motion capture for Rocket the Chimpanzee in both 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes', 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' and the upcoming: 'War for the Planet of the Apes'. Ya know who else was in those movies? Andy Serkis, who did the motion capture for Kong in the 2005 Peter Jackson film, an amazing coincidence!
One moment that I really loved is when that one dumb helicopter pilot looks out and says "Is that a monkey?", and then -BAM!- gets a tree to the face like the racist bastard he is. At least, that's what I hope happens.
Of course I'm looking forward to seeing the characters in this movie portrayed by a really good cast, especially John Goodman.
John C. Reilly is looking to be the one who steals the show.
John C. Reilly is looking to be the one who steals the show.
But Kong's not the only giant monster inhabiting Skull Island. Aside from giant Spiders and some weird Water Buffalo-looking thing, there's the Skull Crawlers, a 2-legged lizard based on a creature that appears briefly in the original King Kong. These things look wickedly cool and I can't wait to see an all-out war unfold between Man and Beast.
Needless to say, this Kaiju Groupie is excited to see Kong return to the big screen after almost 10 years, as well as what direction the stories for both Kong and Godzilla will go in the future.
Till next time, I have been your host Gryphon
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So long...
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