OddHat Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Character sheets for Carl Denham, as well as Jack, Ann, and Kong, are now up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Imagine the thrills! Oh, I do, I do, every day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Presumably the real Kong would be a dwarf gorilla' date=' maybe the size of a baboon. He could have a fistfight with Driscoll. Imagine the thrills![/quote'] All the best adventures are ruined by too strict an adherence to reality. Like that time I was being chased by a howling mob of scimitar-wielding dervishes, which was actually just one kid with a stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Character sheets for Carl Denham' date=' as well as Jack, Ann, and Kong, are now up. Will you be sending me Jack and Carl then, Oddhat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Will you be sending me Jack and Carl then' date=' Oddhat?[/quote'] Sure, if you'd like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Sure' date=' if you'd like them. [/quote'] Surbrook's Stuff is always open to cool submissions!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Like that time I was being chased by a howling mob of scimitar-wielding dervishes, which was actually just one kid with a stick. We've warned you about binge-drinking with the absinthe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monster Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie One of the things I enjoyed most about the film was its reverent yet light-hearted bows to the original - from the "right wino" to the filmed scene on board to "killing off the first mate" to "can't get Fae; she's working on some pic for RKO." Obviously a labor of love - and I loved it (seen it twice already, probably will again). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Yeah, the little tributes were clever and fun. It'll be interesting to see if the movie's opening weekend success continues over this and succeeding weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentor Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Surbrook and Oddhat would make an awesome team. Sounds like a vaudeville act, somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Amusingly' date=' even if we ignore the vast gulfs of evolutionary time since T-Rex went extinct, species on secluded islands tend to evolve [i']smaller.[/i] Lucky for us, Skull Island plays by its own rules of science. Well obviously Skull Island is bigger on the interior than its coastline would lead one to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Well obviously Skull Island is bigger on the interior than its coastline would lead one to believe. According to World of Kong the island is roughly shaped like a hand and with a map scale of 1 to 50,000 measures 7.10 miles by 4.75 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Amusingly' date=' even if we ignore the vast gulfs of evolutionary time since T-Rex went extinct, species on secluded islands tend to evolve [i']smaller.[/i] Lucky for us, Skull Island plays by its own rules of science. Not entirely true. Animals about the size of a rabbit or house cat, call it 5 kg at sexual maturity, stay about the same size. Animals larger that that get smaller, animals smaller that that get larger. The deer get tiny, the rats get huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Not entirely true. Animals about the size of a rabbit or house cat' date=' call it 5 kg at sexual maturity, stay about the same size. Animals larger that that get smaller, animals smaller that that get larger. The deer get tiny, the rats get huge.[/quote'] I highly recommend The SONG OF THE DODO: ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN AN AGE OF EXTINCTIONS by David Quammen for more information on the subject. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684827123/qid=1135181697/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-5219940-4292130?s=books&v=glance&n=283155 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Not entirely true. Animals about the size of a rabbit or house cat' date=' call it 5 kg at sexual maturity, stay about the same size. Animals larger that that get smaller, animals smaller that that get larger. The deer get tiny, the rats get huge.[/quote'] Ah, so the bug scene was realistic then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Ah' date=' so the bug scene was realistic then. [/quote'] Well... the sizes of the bugs in World of Kong are pretty crazy, so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie "Bugs! Mr Denham. Zillions of 'em !" (with apologies to Robert Heinlein) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie "Bugs! Mr Denham. Zillions of 'em !" (with apologies to Robert Heinlein) "Nuke 'em from orbit. It's the only way to make sure." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie "Nuke 'em from orbit. It's the only way to make sure." The scary thing is, if Denham could make a profit from it somehow he probably WOULD do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie I saw this movie today with a gaming buddy. We both enjoyed it throughly, so I guess you can call that two thumbs up. :thumbup: There were a couple of children sitting behind us who sniffled quite a bit when Kong died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted December 24, 2005 Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie The scary thing is' date=' if Denham could make a profit from it somehow he probably WOULD do that.[/quote'] No, if Denham THOUGHT he could make a profit from it, he would do it. But something will always go wrong and Carl will snatch defeat from the very jaws of victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie Ah' date=' so the bug scene was realistic then. [/quote'] Well, real nature came up with some pretty honking big insects back in the day. Three-foot dragonflies, beetles the size of basketballs. Who knows what else existed that we never found remains of? It's kind of strange to think how many of the giants of the past have vanished from the modern world. I've always wanted to see a pteratorn (Greek for "wonder bird"), the largest flying predatory bird that ever lived. It became extinct during Man's Neolithic period IIRC. Built much like an eagle, except with a wingspan of around 24 feet. Standing upright it averaged six feet tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Cross Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie After watching the Kong remake,I realized that the theater where Kong was on exhibition is the restored Civic movie theatre,in Central Auckland. (And yes,it really is like what is seen in the movie). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie After watching the Kong remake,i realized that the theater where Kong was on exhibition is the restored Civic movie theatre,in Central Auckland. (And yes,it really is like what is seen in the movie). Yep, we recognised it as soon as it turned up - I'm glad they saved it. There used to be hundreds of theatres around the world done up as fantasies - castles, oriental temples, arabian tents, etc, but almost none of them survived. The famous Mann's chinese theatre in Hollywood is another of the rare survivors. The Civic itself had a near death experience nearly being torn down to be turned into a boring office building. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Re: Kong: the movie My only quibble (and it's really counter-genre, I guess) is that the animal action was a little too intense to be believed. Why would a T-Rex with a huge dinner in his mouth would go chasing a little apertif of a girl? When the one stuck in the vines seems more concerned with eating Ann than saving his skin, the audience actually groaned a bit. When the bugs started attacking in the canyon, my friend turned to me and said, "I can just see Peter Jackson at this point saying, 'More! More! Pile it on!'" A counter-quibble. I wondered about this myself but then thought "Well, a T-rex has a tiny brain and a big belly - maybe it's simply programmed to chase and eat anything that looks tasty" As for the bugs, the cave of the giant spiders was actually in the original Kong movie but was cut to shorten the film, so that's "homage" cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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