Our exploration of the first King Kong is brought to a close with this video. It covers both the monstrous creatures who live on Skull Island and the eighth wonder himself.
Coincidentally we do now have preserved dinosaur throats, showing they had the same vocal organs as crocodilians and birds, a larynx and/or syrinx. So having altered bird and crocodilian calls (which can 'roar' to be fair, just not one to one with mammals like tigers) actually is pretty plausible.
There was a little piece I liked in the novelization where Kong smashes into a hotel lobby across the street from the theater and a hotel detective opens fire, chasing him off. I can see why it would be left out of the film, though.
I have no idea what im about to watch, or what channel, but this thumbnail alone mixed with the topic of the seties, already has me subbed. Cant wait to watch these
Greatly looking forward to your Son of Kong episode. Kinda wish you'd cover the 1976 remake and it's dreadful sequel as well some time, after completing our current road.
I love this series man. The nerd may introduced me to Godzilla but you cemented my interest and now gave me a in depth look at one of my favorite movies of all time. Keep it up!
The 2005 remake was perfection, the greatest dinosaur movie ever! Better then Jurassic Park! A masterclass in creature design and speculative evolution.
What’s interesting is that even back then, we knew dinosaurs were incapable of roaring. But because of King Kong, the trope of a roaring dinosaur stuck until we had to relearn it again
At 1:47, the picture of the two theropods jumping on each other is actually seen as a picture in a book I have. Its called "The Extinction Of The Dinosaurs
5:28–6:22 Ironically that also foreshadows another controversial scientific theory on what sounds dinosaurs can and can't make. 9:30–10:11 Plus a slight nitpick on this part, but in actuality, Arsinoitherium is closely related to elephants instead of rhinos.
There’s no evidence that any other major animation models existed other than “Long Face” Kong, utilized in the Skull Island scenes, and “Round Head” Kong utilized in the NYC sequences. According to Marcel Delgado, the technician who built all the models in King Kong : “ JL: Do any of the models you used in Lost World or King Kong still survive, or have they deteriorated?
MD: Oh, they are long deteriorated. See, they’re made out of rubber, and the rubber sulphurizes with the ozone, see, and the air hits it, that’s it. It starts to go. It starts to go from the first day.
JL: How long could a model be expected to last in shooting?
MD: Well, the model doesn’t last very long; it’s the maintenance that keeps it up. Like I say, you make a model and leave it out where the air hits it, it starts to go right away.
JL: Then you had to give it regular daily care?
MD: Every day. Every day. Many of those models, I tore ’em down to the bone, then I start all over again, build ’em up again. And by the time I got finished they had to look like the other model. I had to do it all by my memory.
JL: You had to remember what the model looked like?
MD: And it’s pretty hard to — Many times I used to — Many times, I built King Kong three or four times. More than that. Of course, I had two Kongs. When one was at work, the other one was in repair.
JL: You only used two models for Kong?
MD: Just two models.
JL: I heard different stories; I heard as many as 27 were used.
MD: (smiling) No.”
The difference in screen height (18’ tall in skull Island, 24’ tall in NYC) was effected by using differently scaled miniatures and filmed foreground and background plates. A small (6”, IFIRC) lead-weighted jointed figure was constructed to illustrate Kong’s plunge from atop the Empire State Building. Both Kong animation models were 18” in height.
2:02 When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth & Planet of Dinosaurs are one of my favorite Science Fiction Color Dinosaur Movies. I wish the 1956 Film The Animal World was Included. However, I do like the 1925 Film The Lost World. 3:29 That concept or whatever it is was from that abandoned Film project called Creation. The Dinosaurs from the original King Kong were originally made for the 1931 Film Project, but the picture was never completed. 7:26 That’s the test footage is also from the abandoned project Creation as well.
I would love seeing explorations of other movie monsters with this level of quality. They don't have to be just Godzilla and his influences. Great video.
Kong’s relationship with women sounds like me
Coincidentally we do now have preserved dinosaur throats, showing they had the same vocal organs as crocodilians and birds, a larynx and/or syrinx. So having altered bird and crocodilian calls (which can 'roar' to be fair, just not one to one with mammals like tigers) actually is pretty plausible.
– Is a paleontolotical educator at a museum
Please review gamera rebirth you’ve already done Godzilla singular point how about a new Kajiu anime
Oh but humans have lived with Dino's, there called birds😊
A cinematic masterpiece with artwork that should be well preserved for human history.
Just realised that the show is one year old now.
Happy anniversary
The meat eater had three fingers, not two, and the stegosaurus having two horns, could have been mixing up the arsinoitherium
Testing jaw tension is a good way to check if something is ko'd
There was a little piece I liked in the novelization where Kong smashes into a hotel lobby across the street from the theater and a hotel detective opens fire, chasing him off. I can see why it would be left out of the film, though.
I have no idea what im about to watch, or what channel, but this thumbnail alone mixed with the topic of the seties, already has me subbed. Cant wait to watch these
Greatly looking forward to your Son of Kong episode. Kinda wish you'd cover the 1976 remake and it's dreadful sequel as well some time, after completing our current road.
I love this series man.
The nerd may introduced me to Godzilla but you cemented my interest and now gave me a in depth look at one of my favorite movies of all time.
Keep it up!
The 2005 remake was perfection, the greatest dinosaur movie ever! Better then Jurassic Park! A masterclass in creature design and speculative evolution.
As someone who has done plenty of narrations for school projects, Your voice is fantastic for this kind of work.
What’s interesting is that even back then, we knew dinosaurs were incapable of roaring. But because of King Kong, the trope of a roaring dinosaur stuck until we had to relearn it again
14:43
"Kong" also means "king" in norwegian, specifically when included with the king's name
At 1:47, the picture of the two theropods jumping on each other is actually seen as a picture in a book I have. Its called "The Extinction Of The Dinosaurs
5:28–6:22 Ironically that also foreshadows another controversial scientific theory on what sounds dinosaurs can and can't make.
9:30–10:11 Plus a slight nitpick on this part, but in actuality, Arsinoitherium is closely related to elephants instead of rhinos.
King kong is my favorite stop motion movie
Great Video! Very entertaining watch!
“Since humans have never coexisted with dinosaurs.”
Birds: Are we a joke to you?
Did you know gigantis and godzilla are brothers or cousins
1:41 That will always be a T-Rex to me.
There’s no evidence that any other major animation models existed other than “Long Face” Kong, utilized in the Skull Island scenes, and “Round Head” Kong utilized in the NYC sequences. According to Marcel Delgado, the technician who built all the models in King Kong : “
JL: Do any of the models you used in Lost World or King Kong still survive, or have they deteriorated?
MD: Oh, they are long deteriorated. See, they’re made out of rubber, and the rubber sulphurizes with the ozone, see, and the air hits it, that’s it. It starts to go. It starts to go from the first day.
JL: How long could a model be expected to last in shooting?
MD: Well, the model doesn’t last very long; it’s the maintenance that keeps it up. Like I say, you make a model and leave it out where the air hits it, it starts to go right away.
JL: Then you had to give it regular daily care?
MD: Every day. Every day. Many of those models, I tore ’em down to the bone, then I start all over again, build ’em up again. And by the time I got finished they had to look like the other model. I had to do it all by my memory.
JL: You had to remember what the model looked like?
MD: And it’s pretty hard to — Many times I used to — Many times, I built King Kong three or four times. More than that. Of course, I had two Kongs. When one was at work, the other one was in repair.
JL: You only used two models for Kong?
MD: Just two models.
JL: I heard different stories; I heard as many as 27 were used.
MD: (smiling) No.”
The difference in screen height (18’ tall in skull Island, 24’ tall in NYC) was effected by using differently scaled miniatures and filmed foreground and background plates. A small (6”, IFIRC) lead-weighted jointed figure was constructed to illustrate Kong’s plunge from atop the Empire State Building. Both Kong animation models were 18” in height.
This is exactly what I’m into.
2:02 When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth & Planet of Dinosaurs are one of my favorite Science Fiction Color Dinosaur Movies. I wish the 1956 Film The Animal World was Included. However, I do like the 1925 Film The Lost World. 3:29 That concept or whatever it is was from that abandoned Film project called Creation. The Dinosaurs from the original King Kong were originally made for the 1931 Film Project, but the picture was never completed. 7:26 That’s the test footage is also from the abandoned project Creation as well.
I would love seeing explorations of other movie monsters with this level of quality.
They don't have to be just Godzilla and his influences.
Great video.
Did you know that that "Old Arabian Proverb" doesn't exist in real life?
That's what I love about the original King Kong and interesting monsters they have.