How does a 50 foot ape fight a nearly 400 foot mutant dinosaur? The answer is…HE DOESN’T! The new Godzilla would just stomp on Kong like a water bug. Godzilla started off at about 200 feet in his first 1954 appearance but he’s grown steadily throughout his career and the newest version was closer to a towering 400 feet. (Not counting the Japanese version who was 150 feet high.) And since this film is going to be a prequel to the classic Kong story (It’s not clear which version-possibly the Peter Jackson one) we should expect Kong to be 50 feet or less. Let’s speculate on how such a film would play out in modern times.įirst, let’s look at the biggest problem of the remake…the size issue! We don’t know exactly how big the new Skull Island version of King Kong will be but the past versions of Kong have had him anywhere from 25-50 feet. The King Kong prequel Kong: Skull Island will be out in 2017, and the Godzilla sequel will debut in 2018, so we should see the rematch between the two titans within five years. In just a few short years down the road, Godzilla will get his shot at evening the score.
And what was the deal with the electricity making him stronger? Fans have debated the fight ever since.įast forward to the present, and a rematch is finally in the making.
The Japanese version of Kong is three times larger than the original America Kong. (Leading to the persistent but totally erroneous belief that two endings had been filmed.) Godzilla fans blame it on the ape’s very noticeable size change. The ending is still discussed and debated today…King Kong’s win over Godzilla has been a sore spot for Godzilla fans over the subsequent decades.
Sure, it was a silly movie and I count it among my guilty pleasures, but despite the campiness of the whole project, it retains its enduring popularity over 50 years later.
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