thinking about . . .KONG
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3 FEATURES !
Forbes -
"The Biology Of King Kong"
New York -
In the world of movie monsters, no creature stands as tall as King Kong. Sure, at just 25 feet in height, this gorilla may not be the biggest beast in the jungle. But more than 70 years after his classic film debut, Kong has reached a legendary status that few other film characters can even hope to attain.
And this great ape's fame is set to get even bigger following director Peter Jackson's remake of the movie, which opens on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The special-effects extravaganza presents one of the most realistic movie monsters ever seen, making Kong seem nearly as vital and real as the human actors with whom he shares the screen.
Of course, we all know that no matter how realistic he looks on the screen, Kong is just a fantasy. But what if he wasn't? Could a giant gorilla like Kong really exist?
"I remember my high school physics teacher telling me that Kong was a physical impossibility. This is basically correct, I think," says John Hutchinson, a researcher at the University of London's Royal Veterinary College, who studies how very large animals stand and move.
In the movie, Kong appears to be about 25 feet tall in a crouch--about seven times the height of an actual silverback gorilla. At that size, a very rough estimate tells us Kong would weigh anywhere from 20 to 60 tons.
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http://www.forbes.com/2005/12/12/king-kong-biology_cx_de_1213kongbiology.html
BONGA GIRL !
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http://ripjaggerdojo.blogspot.com/2010/05/bonga-girl.html
King Kong ( a cartoon gallery )
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http://www.drawergeeks.com/showTopic.php?id=45
oh,........hell,......BONUS feature ; " Unmade Classics:
King Kong vs Frankenstein "
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http://www.roberthood.net/daikaiju-antho/unnatural_history/kkvsfrank.htm
note - apparently there was once a Tarzan/Kong collaboration planned - but it got lost in the corporate swamp n mire of legal-jizzems.
Forbes -
"The Biology Of King Kong"
New York -
In the world of movie monsters, no creature stands as tall as King Kong. Sure, at just 25 feet in height, this gorilla may not be the biggest beast in the jungle. But more than 70 years after his classic film debut, Kong has reached a legendary status that few other film characters can even hope to attain.
And this great ape's fame is set to get even bigger following director Peter Jackson's remake of the movie, which opens on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The special-effects extravaganza presents one of the most realistic movie monsters ever seen, making Kong seem nearly as vital and real as the human actors with whom he shares the screen.
Of course, we all know that no matter how realistic he looks on the screen, Kong is just a fantasy. But what if he wasn't? Could a giant gorilla like Kong really exist?
"I remember my high school physics teacher telling me that Kong was a physical impossibility. This is basically correct, I think," says John Hutchinson, a researcher at the University of London's Royal Veterinary College, who studies how very large animals stand and move.
In the movie, Kong appears to be about 25 feet tall in a crouch--about seven times the height of an actual silverback gorilla. At that size, a very rough estimate tells us Kong would weigh anywhere from 20 to 60 tons.
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http://www.forbes.com/2005/12/12/king-kong-biology_cx_de_1213kongbiology.html
BONGA GIRL !
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http://ripjaggerdojo.blogspot.com/2010/05/bonga-girl.html
King Kong ( a cartoon gallery )
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http://www.drawergeeks.com/showTopic.php?id=45
oh,........hell,......BONUS feature ; " Unmade Classics:
King Kong vs Frankenstein "
LINK- - -
http://www.roberthood.net/daikaiju-antho/unnatural_history/kkvsfrank.htm
note - apparently there was once a Tarzan/Kong collaboration planned - but it got lost in the corporate swamp n mire of legal-jizzems.
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a review from "Horrorphile" -
[ And the prophet said “And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty. And it stayed its hand from killing. And from that day was as one dead.” --- old Asian Proverb
King Kong (1933) is a strange beast. On one hand it’s a terrific, albeit rather talky, fantasy adventure tale with nightmarish overtones. On the other it’s little more than an excellent vehicle for Fay Wray as Ann Darrow, the beauty that killed the beast, despite King Kong being listed in the cast of characters as
“The Eighth Wonder of the World”. ]LINK- - -
http://www.horrorphile.net/king-kong/ - 1 year ago
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he da MAN !
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KONG !
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I HEART KONG.
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OLD SCHOOL GOODNESS.
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