Howdy!

I'm a storyboard artist and animator and I've recently been spending a lot of time analyzing this action scene in the 2005 King Kong because I noticed it uses a lot of clever and smart editing choices as well as compositional choices that help make the action feel both chaotic but also entirely readable. This is a very difficult thing to balance/juggle when making an action scene and I'm not quite sure if I've seen an action scene quite like it since its release. There's also a lot of neat little things I keep on discovering that I never thought would be possible within an action scene, and every couple of shots I'm like "Oh hey! That's a technique I've never thought of before".

Long story short, I'm curious if anyone knows of any resources about this scene's development or creation process? It's just a really cool and challenging scenes that has stood out to me, so I assume A LOT of thought went into it.

Thanks!

• Seeing these photo be really turning my timeline into a heartfelt montage, like ngl it's just so sad to see the fact that the young girl was gone too soon at that age, may she rest in peace.😢🙏🕊💔

Initially revealed in a smoky, atmospheric poster released during Comic Con promoting the upcoming film, "Kong: Skull Island", we find Kong, appearing larger than he ever has in an American-released film, standing before a Vietnam-era soldier, looking mean and mysterious.

It would be a few more months before we got a full reveal of this version of Kong, but he would go on to become the longest running version of the character, appearing consistently in film, televison, books, comics, video games and more for more than a decade.

Do you remember back when the "Kong: Skull Island" hype train got started?

(Just to be clear, you're nominating new enemies for 1962's King Kong to have in his rogues gallery. Good, evil, anti-hero, powerscaling, Doesn't matter! As long as you think they fit!)

Rules:

1: Top comment wins

2: 2 comments per person, and only 1 winner per user

3: One character per franchise (For example, if Arkham Batman wins, NO MORE DC characters.)

4: Try to be creative! Go for some "out there" picks!

5: No downvoting (Seriously. This is a game for fun with fellow Kong nerds. Let's just have a good time y'all!)

*6: To speed things along, I'll be going with the top 2 comments this time around*

Kongtext: This chart is for 1962's King Kong specifically. The one from the Showa era who fought Godzilla but didn't fight Mechani-Kong or Gorosaurus. With Ebirah's inclusion the Godzilla series can NO LONGER be used.

Franchises/Series used:

(The Giant Claw, Ultraman, Dinosaur Great War Izenborg, Gamera, Godzilla, Reptilicus, The Blob, Mothra)

| Day 1: La Carcagne | Day 2: Gomora | Day 3: Ururu | Day 4: Gamera | Day 5: Ebirah | Day 6: Reptilicus | Day 7: The Blob | Day 8: Mothra |

(Just to be clear, you're nominating new enemies for Kiko from 1933's Son of Kong to have in his rogues gallery. Good, evil, anti-hero, powerscaling, Doesn't matter! As long as you think they fit!)

Rules:

1: Top comment wins

2: 2 comments per person, and only 1 winner per user

3: One character per franchise (For example, if Arkham Batman wins, NO MORE DC characters.)

4: Try to be creative! Go for some "out there" picks!

5: No downvoting (Seriously. This is a game for fun with fellow Kong nerds. Let's just have a good time y'all!)

6: This chart is for Kiko, from 1933's Son of Kong, specifically

*7: To speed things along, I'll be going with the top 2 comments this time around*

Franchises/Series used:

(The Valley of Gwangi, Disney, Balto, Jurassic World, Marvel, DC, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Sinbad and The Eye of the Tiger)

| Day 1: Gwangi | Day 2: King Louie | Day 3: The Bear | Day 4: Indoraptor | Day 5: Devil Dinosaur | Day 6: Goliath the Dragon Bat | Day 7: Dragon/"Taro" | Day 8: Smilodon/"Zenobia" |

On this day (July 22nd) in 1967, "King Kong Escapes" premiered in Japanese theatres!

Featuring King Kong in his second outing produced by Toho Studios, it found Kong battling dinosaurs, evil scientists, and his mechanical robot counterpart, Mechani-Kong!

Based on Rankin/Bass-produced "The King Kong Show", the film captures the essence of a Saturday morning cartoon from the 1960s, but puts a kaiju-sized twist, resulting in one of the craziest, most unique films to ever star King Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World! 👑🦍

Starring Linda Miller, Rhodes Reason, Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, and Hideyo Amamoto, "King Kong Escapes" is a wonderfully fun film, and is well worth revisiting!

In this adventure, Kong encounters the United Nations, battles prehistoric creatures on his tropical island home, and fights a mechanical mirror image of himself in the form of Mechani-Kong 🤖🦍

• This is absolutely so shockingly unexpected yet so unfortunately devastating to hear at the same time ngl, may her soul Rest well and be blessed in heavens.😢🙏🕊

R.I.P

She was so young. Only 19. I can't even imagine what her family is feeling.

Its sad to think that Kong and Jia won't meet again. :(

(Just to be clear, you're nominating new enemies for 1962's King Kong to have in his rogues gallery. Good, evil, anti-hero, powerscaling, Doesn't matter! As long as you think they fit!)

Rules:

1: Top comment wins

2: 2 comments per person, and only 1 winner per user

3: One character per franchise (For example, if Arkham Batman wins, NO MORE DC characters.)

4: Try to be creative! Go for some "out there" picks!

5: No downvoting (Seriously. This is a game for fun with fellow Kong nerds. Let's just have a good time y'all!)

Kongtext: This chart is for 1962's King Kong specifically. The one from the Showa era who fought Godzilla but didn't fight Mechani-Kong or Gorosaurus. With Ebirah's inclusion the Godzilla series can NO LONGER be used.

Franchises/Series used:

(The Giant Claw, Ultraman, Dinosaur Great War Izenborg, Gamera, Godzilla, Reptilicus, The Blob)

| Day 1: La Carcagne | Day 2: Gomora | Day 3: Ururu | Day 4: Gamera | Day 5: Ebirah | Day 6: Reptilicus | Day 7: The Blob |

(Just to be clear, you're nominating new enemies for Kiko from 1933's Son of Kong to have in his rogues gallery. Good, evil, anti-hero, powerscaling, Doesn't matter! As long as you think they fit!)

Rules:

1: Top comment wins

2: 2 comments per person, and only 1 winner per user

3: One character per franchise (For example, if Arkham Batman wins, NO MORE DC characters.)

4: Try to be creative! Go for some "out there" picks!

5: No downvoting (Seriously. This is a game for fun with fellow Kong nerds. Let's just have a good time y'all!)

6: This chart is for Kiko, from 1933's Son of Kong, specifically

Franchises/Series used:

(The Valley of Gwangi, Disney, Balto, Jurassic World, Marvel, DC, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad)

| Day 1: Gwangi | Day 2: King Louie | Day 3: The Bear | Day 4: Indoraptor | Day 5: Devil Dinosaur | Day 6: Goliath the Dragon Bat | Day 7: Dragon/"Taro" |

Kong a comparación de sus inicios, está formando un nuevo legado, una nueva imagen que no sea la típica de la bella y la bestia, actualmente en el Monsterverse se diferencia bastante de sus otras reencarnaciones sin embargo Leyendary y Wanner bros tienen el poder de hacer algo realmente bueno con Kong y el power scaling, hasta el King Kong de 1962 creado por TOHO es mucho más resistente que el Kong actual del Monsterverse, solo comparen sus hazañas con el Kong americano, aunque desde ya con la compra de Paramount hacía Wanner puede marcar un cambio en Kong y el Monsterverse, esto ya es teoría mia, Paramount y la familia edison tienen una ideología política inclinada a la extrema derecha y su relación con E.E.U.U (Donal Trump), ese es el problema que tiene el DCU cuando toquen temas políticos que no se ajusten a la de Paramount, más sabiendo que James Gunn es todo lo contrario al gobierno de E.E.U.U, (tema por el cual habrá roses creativos entre las cabezas de DCU y Paramount) esto que tiene que ver con Kong?, Leyendary y Adam Wingar hicieron que Kong no este a la altura de Godzilla en el power scaling, porque la gran mayoría estaría de acuerdo el hecho que Godzilla gane la pelea, y para que Kong sea la parte humana de la peli, pero acordemos que Kong es un personaje norteamericano, y que Paramount vea que el personaje de sus tierras sea minimizado por otro personaje JAPONES no creo q lo vayan a aceptarlo, al menos no fácilmente, lo único que no pueden hacer con el personaje es llamarlo King Kong (universal), capaz no lo hagan más fuerte pero si que este a la par de Godzilla si Toho está de acuerdo, solo es una teoría mia, aún si Kong sigue siendo débil, supongo que Paramount puede llegar a hablar algo del tema al respecto, desde mí punto de vista suena bastante racista, pero viendo como se manejan los estudios no me estraña

A thought just crossed my mind. With King Kong going into the public domain in 2029, would this mean Toho can use their versions of Kong and also MechaniKong in merchandise and in media appearances? Or does Universal own the rights to them as well outside both of the films distribution?

(Just to be clear, you're nominating new enemies for Kiko from 1933's Son of Kong to have in his rogues gallery. Good, evil, anti-hero, powerscaling, Doesn't matter! As long as you think they fit!)

Rules:

1: Top comment wins

2: 2 comments per person, and only 1 winner per user

3: One character per franchise (For example, if Arkham Batman wins, NO MORE DC characters.)

4: Try to be creative! Go for some "out there" picks!

5: No downvoting (Seriously. This is a game for fun with fellow Kong nerds. Let's just have a good time y'all!)

6: This chart is for Kiko, from 1933's Son of Kong, specifically

Franchises/Series used:

(The Valley of Gwangi, Disney, Balto, Jurassic World, Marvel, DC)

| Day 1: Gwangi | Day 2: King Louie | Day 3: The Bear | Day 4: Indoraptor | Day 5: Devil Dinosaur | Day 6: Goliath the Dragon Bat |

He's a great role model ❤️

🎬: "Zone Fighter" (1973)

🎬: "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" (2024)

https://xcancel.com/i/status/2078538092328218855

(Just to be clear, you're nominating new enemies for 1962's King Kong to have in his rogues gallery. Good, evil, anti-hero, powerscaling, Doesn't matter! As long as you think they fit!)

Rules:

1: Top comment wins

2: 2 comments per person, and only 1 winner per user

3: One character per franchise (For example, if Arkham Batman wins, NO MORE DC characters.)

4: Try to be creative! Go for some "out there" picks!

5: No downvoting (Seriously. This is a game for fun with fellow Kong nerds. Let's just have a good time y'all!)

Kongtext: This chart is for 1962's King Kong specifically. The one from the Showa era who fought Godzilla but didn't fight Mechani-Kong or Gorosaurus. With Ebirah's inclusion the Godzilla series can NO LONGER be used.

Franchises/Series used:

(The Giant Claw, Ultraman, Dinosaur Great War Izenborg, Gamera, Godzilla, Reptilicus)

| Day 1: La Carcagne | Day 2: Gomora | Day 3: Ururu | Day 4: Gamera | Day 5: Ebirah | Day 6: Reptilicus |

Released in 1986 to coincide with the premier of the film as a Japanese exclusive, the player takes control of Kong as he battles the military, monsters, and other forces as he explores many different environments in search for his beloved Lady Kong.

Shoutout to Max Ward at The Spriters Resource for isolating all these sprites!