tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14761314.post113460331454294837..comments2024-03-03T04:09:32.429-06:00Comments on Sid is Alive: King Kong menaces small Southern townSidneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16284680909152676159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14761314.post-1134645618466755732005-12-15T05:20:00.000-06:002005-12-15T05:20:00.000-06:00Yeah, I hope it is good too. Kongalways makes me s...Yeah, I hope it is good too. <I>Kong</I>always makes me sad. "He's always been a king in his world but we'll show him fear!"<BR/><BR/>It's quite a commentary on many things. I did not realize until hearing an NPR podcast that the original movie's ending was based on the deaths of two komodo dragons that were brought to the U.S. and died of illness in captivity. <BR/><BR/>Cooper chose the then recently constructed Empire State Building as the icon of modern civilization to symbolize it's destruction of the "nobel" beast.Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284680909152676159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14761314.post-1134624095804997832005-12-14T23:21:00.000-06:002005-12-14T23:21:00.000-06:00The reviews on this one are fawning...I sure hope ...The reviews on this one are fawning...I sure hope it lives up to them. The King deserves it -- and come to think about it, so do we.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com