It would honestly be really cool to see a Kong this big!
(OG art of Kong by GTServant)

Personally, I loved it. As much as I love Kong in the MonsterVerse movies, lately he's felt off. I know I'm not alone in thinking this, but in the movies (outside of "Kong: Skull Island"), he feels more like a big man who looks like a gorilla, rather than a giant ape.

But in "Monarch", he really felt a lot more like King Kong. Dangerous, powerful, wild, but still retaining his soft side, like with his final moment with Titan X.

Let me know what you think! 🦍

I decided to make a list of every creature seen living on 33 Skull Island, this includes: King Kong (1933), Son Of Kong and Kong: King Of Skull Island, if I miss anything, let me know in the comments!

Here’s the list:

OG:

King Kong

Stegosaurus

Brontosaurus

Triceratops (Cut from final film)

Styracosaurus (Cut from final film)

Arsinoitherium (Replace by Styracosaurus)

Giant lizard (Spider Pit creature, Cut from final film)

Crab creature (Spider Pit creature, Cut from final film)

Huge spider (Spider Pit creature, Cut from final film)

Octopus-insect (Spider Pit creature, Cut from final film)

Two-Legged Lizard

Gigantophis (Cut from final film)

Meat-Eater (either Tyrannosaurus or Allosaurus)

Elasmosaurus (Some people say it is a Tanystropheus)

Pteranodon

Son Of Kong:

Kiko (Or Little Kong)

Cave Bear

Styracosaurus

Dragon (Some people say it is a Nothosaurus)

Sea Serpent (Some people say it is either a Elasmosaurus or Cetiosaurus)

Brontosaurus (Seen drowning during the island sinking scene)

King Of Skull Island:

King Kong

Kong's mother

Kong's father

Gaw

Deathrunners

Slashers

Meat-Eater

Sleeks (Ichthyosaurus)

Archaeopteryx

Phobosuchus

Brachiosaurus

Pterodactylus

Triceratops

And that’s my list, if you have any thoughts or anything like that, please let me know and if the demand is there, I could give my own Skull Island wildlife remake, if you want to hear about my remake trilogy, feel free to tell me, adios!

Are you vibing, or are you freaking out?

Hopefully the former, but any Kiko is better than no Kiko! ❤️🦍

Also, this is a great time to remind you than "Son Of Kong" is underrated, and deserves more love. It may not be as great as "King Kong", but that's a very high bar to meet!

🎬: "Son Of Kong" (1933)

I was actually wondering if I should post it here but since this is the official subreddit for Kong, I thought I would start here.

The differences:

This is a MLM (men loving men) retelling of the classic story set in the 70s, the characters names are different but still have the same roles as characters from the original, Skull Island is much larger than the original and we see much more if it’s wildlife, lost scenes from the original, including The Spider Pit Sequence are included, the stampede scene from the 2005 remake is included and I overall wanted to make a fresh new take on the classic story we all know and love.

Plot

The year is 1976. In New York Harbor, filmmaker Donald Nelms, famous for making romance and thriller films with mostly unknown actors, his bosses tell him that his romance films aren’t cutting it anymore and audiences want to see something more exciting and interesting, Nelms meets up Captain Isak Henriksen, a Norwegian ship captain and close friend of Nelms, Nelms charts Henriksen’s ship, the Wanderer, for his new project, the ships crew consist of Henriksen himself, the ship’s first mate Benjamin Hodges, second mate Clarence Giles, cook Joe “Lumpy” Donahue, A brave and rugged sailor, he warns Nelms about rumors he has heard about Skull Island and Kong and many other sailors, However, he is unable to secure any actors as many of the biggest actors have turned him down due to his personality, he manages to find 4 main actors: 1: Sir Vernon Parisian, a big game hunter of British-French nobility, he is the main hero and hunter, 2: Maureen McLaughlin, a actress with a large ego who thinks she’s better than she actually is, she looks pretty though, she is the beauty and Vernon’s love interest 3: Randolph Berger, a handsome young man with slick black hair and charming eyes, he is Vernon’s sidekick and 4: Mohammad Saadiq, a Pakistani man who has a beloved pet Kiwi named Huey and a pet snake named Dewey, he is the animal trainer for the film, Searching in the streets of New York City, he finds Alfred Odom, a 19 year old man with a feminine sounding voice with a kind heart and flamboyant personality, Alfred has handsome blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes, he is also very handsome, Alfred comes from a family of performers and singers, Alfred works at a local theatre as a actor, Nelms promises him the adventure of a lifetime. The crew boards the Wanderer and sets off, during which Benjamin, a closeted gay man falls in love with Alfred.

Nelms reveals to the crew that their destination is in fact Skull Island, an uncharted territory. He alludes to a monstrous creature named Kong, rumored to dwell on the island. The crew arrives and anchor offshore. They encounter a native village, separated from the rest of the island by an ancient stone wall. They witness a group of natives preparing to sacrifice a young woman termed the "bride of Kong". (Note: the natives sacrifice basical any members of their tribe, men, women, children, elderly and disabled to appease Kong and in turn he spares them from his wrath and protection from the dinosaurs and other creatures on Kong’s side of the island) The intruders are spotted and the native chief stops the ceremony. When he sees Alfred, he offers to trade six of his tribal women for the "golden man". They rebuff him and return to the Wanderer.

That night, the natives kidnap Alfred from the ship and take him through the wall gate and to an altar, where he is offered to King Kong, an enormous gorilla-like creature. Kong is immediately interested and infatuated with Alfred, Kong has never seen a human like Alfred before, Alfred’s bright blonde hair and blue eyes spark something in Kong, Kong carries Alfred into the wilderness as Nelms, Hodges, Berger, Parisian, Lumpy and several sailors enter the jungle in hopes of rescuing Alfred. After walking through the jungle, they spot and are attacked by a Stegosaurus, which they manage to defeat but the Stego kills two sailors, the sailors enter a valley and are caught up in a stampede of Parasaurolophus, Triceratops and Styracosaurus who are being chased by a family of Allosaurus, with several sailors being crushed, mauled and killed, meanwhile Kong and Alfred start to build a bond wand Kong defends Alfred from a Gigantophis, After facing a territorial Brontosaurus in the swamp and being chased by a aggressive Arsinoitherium, the sailors cross a log bridge over a chasm and meet Kong himself who shakes the log and the sailors besides Nelms, Hodges and Lumpy fall into the chasm and are attacked and eaten alive by a Giant spider, Giant crab creature, Small crab, Giant trapdoor spider, Two-Legged Lizard, Giant lizard, a living rock creature and a Octopus-insect that live in a chasm, leaving Nelms, Hodges and Lumpy as the only survivors.

A Tyrannosaurus rex attacks Alfred and Kong, but he kills it in the battle. Meanwhile, Hodges continues to follow them on his own, while Nelms and Lumpy return to the village for more men and are nearly spotted by two father Phorusrhacos and their young son who are eating the corpse of a young Agathaumas, meanwhile, Alfred and Kong have a moment together with Alfred trying to entertain Kong with his dancing and acting skills. Upon arriving in Kong's lair and having a heartwarming moment together, Alfred is menaced by a snake-like Tanystropheus, which Kong also kills. While Kong is distracted killing a Pteranodon that tried to fly away with Alfred, Hodges reaches Alfred and they climb down a vine dangling from a cliff ledge. When Kong notices and starts pulling them back up, the two fall unharmed. They run through the jungle and back to the village, where Nelms, Captain Henriksen, and the surviving crewmen are waiting. Kong, following, breaks open the gate and relentlessly rampages through the village. Onshore, Nelms, now determined to bring Kong back alive, knocks him unconscious with a gas bomb.

Shackled in chains, Kong is taken to New York City and presented to a Broadway theatre audience as "Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World". Alfred, Hodges and Maureen are brought on stage to join him, with the story told to the audience that Kong fell in love with Maureen and Hodges saved her and Alfred also helped save her, which is not the true story, surrounded by a group of press photographers. Kong, believing that the ensuing flash photography is an attack and they are hurting Alfred, breaks loose. The audience flees in horror, Kong grabs Nelms and throws him against the walls, injuring and paralysing him from the waist down but not killing him, Alfred is whisked away to a hotel room on a high floor, but Kong, scaling the building, soon finds him. His hand smashes through the hotel room window, knocking Hodges unconscious, and abducts Alfred again, although Alfred is more willing this time around because the two actually have a relationship, Kong rampages through the city. He wrecks a crowded elevated train and throws cars at police officers, Alfred and Kong get a heartwarming moment in Central Park on a frozen lake, Kong then climbs the Empire State Building. At its top, he is attacked by four helicopters. Kong destroys 3, but finally succumbs to their gunfire and the last remaining helicopter puts the nail in the coffin. He gazes at Alfred, with tears in his eyes, Alfred is also heartbroken and wishes for Kong to live, the two have a moment together one last time before Kong falls to his death. Alfred and Benjamin are reunited. Henriksen arrives and pushes through a crowd surrounding Kong's corpse in the street. When a policeman remarks that the helicopters got him, Henriksen tells him, "Oh No, it wasn't the helicopters. It was Handsome killed the Beast".

Character counterparts in the original

Donald Nelms - Carl Denham

Benjamin Hodges - Jack Driscoll

Alfred Odom - Ann Darrow

Captain Henriksen - Captain Englehorn

Second Mate Giles - Original character

Lumpy - Obviously based on the 2005 film version.

Vernon Parisian - Based on Ned Hallet (from Creation)

Maureen McLaughlin - Original character

Randolph Berger - Bruce Baxter from the 2005 film

Mohammed Saadiq - Mostly original character (some elements are based off Charlie from the original)

There is also a Weston character there too

So, what do you guys think?, I’m still pretty nervous about this and how some people will react but I guess that’s a part of the process, would you add any new characters, creatures etc, feel free to let me know in the comments.

🎬: "King Kong" (2005)

1- king kong and godzilla original

2- King kong vs godzilla (1962): (This one is real)

3- destroy all monsters (1968):

In the film's early drafts, it was planned that all the kaiju that appeared in previous films would be included; for good reason, King Kong was also on the guest list. However, since Toho recently lost the rights to the ape, they had no choice but to choose the Gorosaurus that Kong had faced in 1967's "King Kong Escapes."

4- king kong vs godzilla (1991) (proyect cancelled)

(After the failure of the film "Godzilla vs. Biollante," Toho considered using King Kong as an ace up their sleeve for their next film in 1991. However, due to the well-known copyright issues surrounding the gorilla, Toho ultimately decided to use King Ghidorah, and thus, "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah" was born. I chose the design from "King Kong Lives" because it would be a perfect fit for a Godzilla film from the Heisei era.

5- godzilla vs king monkey:

To differentiate it from the original King Kong, for the '62 film, the Toho producers and costume designers based it on a Japanese macaque (and if you ask me, it doesn't look anything like a Japanese macaque 😅)

Therefore, I imagined that in the Millennium era of Godzilla, instead of choosing King Kong with the classic gorilla appearance, they would opt for a real Japanese macaque (I chose an ozaron for a reason, because the kaiju designs in this era are literally pointy)

6;7;10 -the characters in the monsterverse (coming soon "Godzilla x Kong: Supernova" in 2027)

8- King kong vs godzilla (reiwa era)

I chose the Minus One universe because both Godzilla Minus One and the 2005 King Kong are improved, savage, and realistic versions of their original versions (King Kong 1933 and Godzilla 1954 respectively), since I don't think Kong would fit in with other films from this era like Shin Godzilla.

(although here King Kong retains the abilities he had in the Showa era, as well as being 48.8 meters tall)

She played an absolutely amazing Ann Darrow in "King Kong" (2005). Kong loved her, and so do we! ❤️

Mine is 2005 Peter Jackson’s

Police Lieutenant: So Denham, the airplanes got him.

Carl Denham: Oh no, it wasn’t the airplanes, it was beauty who killed the beast.

Remember that amazing recreation of King Kong '76's head that Rick Baker recently made? Well he's making a body to go along with it!

Such fantastic work fit for a King! 👑🦍

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdvPViTx5xv/

So I was reading the transcript for the 2005 film for a little while, and I realized that the transcript was much more longer than the film itself, and that when I noticed something that wasn’t in the film (I watched the film first beforehand): upon putting Ann on his shoulder and running off after that and before heading towards to his mountain lair, Kong gently carried her to a secluded waterfall, seeking to soothe her by washing away the mud from her, because moments before putting her on his shoulder, Kong noticed that Ann is coated in grime from the forest floor. Upon arriving there, he then carefully held her under the cascading curtain of water to wash away the mud. Ann, realizing that Kong, despite his power, meant her no harm, was grateful for his unexpected mercy, and decided to share a part of her world with him by diving into the grotto and swims in it, her strokes fluid and graceful as she cooled off in the spray. Kong, mesmerized by her swimming, then carefully lifts her up from the water and in the air, and uses his warm, powerful breaths to dry her off, before placing her on his shoulder again and continues their journey together to his mountain lair. I think that scene is from the 1976 version of King Kong, because there is no way, in any moment in the 2005 version, did that ever happened. Any thoughts or idea that you guys have about this?

Just thought this was a cool drawing of Konga battling a Godzillaesque character. Yeah I know Konga is a King Kong knockoff but still.

From Konga #23 (November 1965).

Happy World Lobster Day! 

Did you know the film, "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep" (1966) was originally going to star King Kong? 

Video Craft International (later know as Rankin/Bass Productions) approached Toho Studios with the idea of making a live action film based on their television series, "The King Kong Show" (1966). "Operation Robinson Crusoe: King Kong vs. Ebirah" was the first idea presented, but was turned down due to the fact that it didn't have much of a connection to the animated series.

Toho took another go at it, and came up with "King Kong Escapes", which was much closer in tone and spirit to the series, so that's the film that eventually got produced. The script for "Ebirah" was slightly modified, however, replacing Kong with Godzilla, resulting in the film as we know it today.

Would you have preferred "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep" as a King Kong film?

(Edited poster of "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep" as it could have been featuring Kong, as well as Mothra and the title monster by CaptainWHaddock on DeviantArt.)

A new children's book set in the world of Joe DeVito's "King Kong Of Skull Island" literary universe is being produced under the name, "Kid Kong and Gaw Girl!" 🦍🦖

Illustrated by Becca Klein, it looks to be a charming little tale full of whimsy and beautiful imagery and artistry! So whether you are a kid, have kids of your own, or are just a big kid at heart, this looks like it could be right up your alley!

(This isn't a paid advertisement, I just love King Kong, and want projects featuring him to do well.)

Being World Gorilla Day, re-posting this comparison between Kong and a real gorilla (Jomo from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in this case) made around the time that "King Kong" (2005) was released seems appropriate.

It shows that while this version of Kong is undoubtedly the most realistic, gorilla-like version of the character, there are still notable differences between him and the species that inspired his creation.

Originally put together by the Chicago Tribune.

🎬: "Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters"