What do you think about a sequel?

[GBandit]

What do you think, should PJ follow the same path as the old film, with a follow up like son of Kong.
I think NO.
maybe a Son of Kong, but I dunno.


WAR
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[kent]

He'll follow a similar path to the old one. Since it is a remake.

[Da_Jinx]

I think you are jumping the gun there. We have to see how this new kong film works out first before planning any sequel. Remember Gino?
There were big expectations there and people were ready to talk about sequels but after what was seen on the screen, it's been quiet since then.

[WitchKing667]

<font color='#000F22'>I personally hope PJ makes The Hobbit before he tackles the potential Kong sequel.

[Melkor]

^ Agreed. I sincerely hope PJ makes 'The Hobbit' first before a follow up on Kong. There is a tentative/rumored 2006 rumored release date for the film, although PJ did say that he isn't likely to return ot Middle-earth before finishing Kong. And I hope they resolve legal matters concerning the Tolkien estate [ Chris Tolkien is really touchy about his father's magnum opus being turned into a film, and even disowned his own flesh and blood for supporting the LOTR films! ] and the rights for the film soon, I mean, Smaug really needs to be on screen soon!



Peace,



Melkor



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[mattotherium]

Well in 1933, Willis O'Brien was not happy with THE SON OF KONG. He said that it ruined it. So he created this script called KING KONG VS FRANKENSTEIN where Kong fights a Frankenstein monster called Ginkgo (made out of animal parts), and they fight at San Francisco (where landmarks get destroyed). At the climax they fight and meet their fate at Golden Gate Bridge. There were changes to the script, including a change on the title KING KONG VS PROMETHEUS. The script later became KING KONG VS GODZILLA.

In a 1977 issue of CINEFANTASTIQUE, it says that Dino Dellaurentis will remake THE SON OF KONG. But then I heard that Dino will do a sequel both ORCA (1977) and KING KONG (1976). But he ended up with the crappy KING KONG LIVES (1986). I hated that film.

I suggest remaking THE SON OF KONG, or a remake of KING KONG VS GODZILLA (sequel to both PJ's Kong and the 1998 Godzilla). Or a prequel to find the origin of this giant.

[GBandit]

Right on Matt!!!

WAR
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[Gothmog]

<font color='#FF0000'>If PJ is going to do a sequel to his upcoming remake, then I think he should do the Hobbit first. And like the other said, if the movie bombs(which I don`t think it will, at least not in America), I guess a sequel is out of the question. As stated, look at GINO.

[SuperXAsh]

Well I think that if there is to be a sequel... though I doubt it... it shouldn't be like Son of Kong. Son of Kong was a good movie... but nowhere near as awesome as the original.

-The &quot;Sequels&quot; to Kong-
-Son of Kong: While it brought back a great deal of the original cast (sans Fay Wray and the dude who played Driscoll) and onto Skull Island... there were relatively very few dinosaurs (really only one true dinosaur, the other two obviously came out of the script writers imagination) in it, and just didn't seem to have even half the menace of the original. Kong's son was a pretty formidable fighter in his own right (engaging in a brutal street fight-ish battle with that giant bear), but nowhere near as intimidating as his pop. Also don't forget the weak ending (Bad enough that Denham had to kill the islanders' God, but sink their home too?).

-King Kong vs. Godzilla: While a fun movie to watch, and is still one of THE landmark crossover movies ever, to which all like it are compared to. But the Kong costume was pretty crappy, and again, not much menace can be seen in Toho's representation. Hell half the time Kong looks virtually clueless in close-ups. Also didn't think very highly of the whole Farro Island thing... Kong's meant to be on SKULL Island. Especially the berries thing and the electricity (while it did do a good job of evening the odds for Kong... just didn't fit him at all).

-King Kong Lives: A sequel that tries to explain how the big ape is brought back (Heart Transplant, etc.). Brought in a female Kong as well. Which pretty much ruined the original point of the Kong story (even the remake's). While it did make Kong look VERY menacing, and almost pissed off 24:7, it had weak plot and some bad set effects. The only good scene in it is when Kong faces off against the military, taking cannon shots to the chest, but still going. But it didn't make up for the rest of the flick's downfalls.

So a sequel in my mind should have some logical explanation for Kong being back, or at least make his offspring just as formidable and menacing of fighters as he was.

The Mechanical Heart thing (KKL) was a decent idea at most... but still didn't seem... logical and at all possible (how could they get the size right? How was it connected? What happened to the wounds on his skin? etc.).

But whoever said that there had to be a Kong sequel?

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[juan]

Ever on this angle eh Ash? http://www.kaijuphile.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sly.gif &nbsp;Ha ha!

&nbsp; Whether or not Peter Jackson makes &quot;The Hobbit&quot; we don't know but comments are best left for another post. We may or amy not see a sequel but as this meant as wishful thinking, there is no harm in speculating.
&nbsp; I personally do not wish to see King Kong survive the fall of the building. In reviewing &quot;King Kong Lives,&quot; one critic, either Maltin or Ebert, complained that Jason or Chucky or Freddy may come back to life as many times as they wish but Kong? The end when Kong falls from the building, in both the 1933 film and the remake, was meant to be final. To have Kong revive in a sequal would ruin the ending of the previous film.
&nbsp; A Son of Kong film might be nice. If handled well, Son of Kong might fill his father's shoes nicely. However, it would be poor directing to have Son of Kong appear only in the sequal; that would be arbitrary and contrived. If Son of Kong were to make an apearence in the first film it could work.
&nbsp; The best Kong sequal might actually be a prequel, a film to show how Kong came to be. It could show how he came to be worshipped by the Skull Islanders and how hs love for human women began.

[THE ONE AND ONLY]

I'd personally want to see Jackson make Willis O'Brien's dream project, King Kong vs. Frankenstien a reality. It would be cool to see what Jackson's effect crew would come with the Ginko, being it made of the parts of a variety of jungle beasts.

[Angiru-San]

<font color='#FF7F00'>I Think A Remake of Kong vs Zilla with the two american (kong and Gino) kaiju would be impossible...new kong will be anywhere from 18-50 feet...while the other gzilla stayed true to his almost 200 ft stance.....dont think that one would go over very well


unless it was the egg from the ending of the GINO movie....as like a teen...not fully grown...and kong stops it from reproducing and saves NY!

[Morgoth]

By the black balls of Crom people! Isn't it bad enough they befouled Godzilla with that GINO crap? Now you want Kong dragged through the muck of encountering that friggin cowardly iguana? That is about THE worst concept of a Kong sequel that is possible, easily beating out DeLaurentis' lame Orca idea.

[juan]

But sir, you had Kong not only meet Gino but team up with him in your story. It was &quot;The Main Event&quot; and had Kong and Gino team up against Godzilla and Rodan in a wrestling match.
&nbsp; Maybe we should have a throw rocks at Gino day to get this out of our system.

[The Great MM]

How about we all stop dissing Gino cause its really been working my nerves as of late.

[mattotherium]

Fist off, what do you mean Morgoth?
Second, remaking SON OF KONG is a better sequel.

[juan]

Gino means Godzilla In Name Only and refers to Devlin and Emmerich's American Godzilla which many Godzilla Enthusiasts feel is Godzilla in name only, hence the acronym.
&nbsp; In the time that I have been on Kaijuphile, formarly Rodan's Roost, I have seen that our leader, Lord Morgoth, dislikes Gino very much. In fact sheer hatred is a better term. However considering how Gino was such a deviation from Godzilla and that the film itself was so poorly made, our leader's feelings are rather justified. Considering the love he has for Godzilla, his feelings towards Gino are rather understandable.
&nbsp; However, enough of that. Back to King Kong!

[Pkmatrix]

Well, there's one REALLY good reason for why a KK vs. GINO movie CAN'T happen:

The new King Kong takes place in 1933.

Godzilla '98 takes place in 1998.

Unless time travel or a serious change in background is involved, plot-wise, it is an impossible crossover. *That's not to say a King Kong vs. Godzilla remake is TOTALLY impossible, just a KK vs. GINO.

Anyways, if they decide to make a sequel to the KK remake, I think it should be King Kong vs. Frakenstein. *It is a matchup that hasn't been seen before and would give Kong a totally new opponent. *The idea for the new monster also sounds VERY interesting. *So, my vote goes to KK vs. F.

[mattotherium]

King Kong vs Frankenstein is a great sequel to Peter Jackson's King Kong.

[SuperXAsh]

As much as I'd love to see Kong slug it out with a giant Frankenstien's Monster (specially one composed primarily of large animal parts)... that still has Kong coming back after his fall from the Empire State Building.

Again I'd love to see it happen, but it'd kinda ruin the ending of the &quot;first&quot; one. Maybe if they set it in an alternate world... &nbsp;http://www.kaijuphile.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/suspicious.gif nah couldn't happen.... but I wouldn't necessarily complain either if it became reality.

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[TyrantisTerror]

I think they would do something like Son of Kong. &nbsp;Just my opinion. &nbsp;Oh, and a little note on the Hobbit: &nbsp;It isn't going to happen. &nbsp;Not with Peter Jackson, and not with the special effects team from LOTR. &nbsp;Jackson said that doing the Hobbit would be taking a step back, and it would. &nbsp;The Hobbit isn't as great of a story as LOTR, so it would end up as a worse movie. &nbsp;And PJ's special effects team said that they wouldn't do it if Peter wouldn't, so there you go.

Back on the topic: &nbsp;King Kong vs. GINO isn't likely because of GINO's bad press and GFW being the last Godzilla film for the next ten or twenty years, though King Kong vs. Frankenstein might happen . &nbsp;I think he'll probably make it a stand alone film or have something similar to Son of Kong.

[MetalMonster]

I don't want to see more than one Kong film, personally.

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[MouthForWar]

I don't think it should have a sequel. The only reason I'm supporting this movie as much as possible is because I think Kong deserves to be remade the RIGHT way, unlike what they did to him in the mid 70s. And I think Jackson is the man to do it. But no sequels. Remember King Kong Lives? Yeah..... exactly

[MetalMonster]

Your avatar and your taste in music ####ing rule.

We have to spread the word around the forum!

[MouthForWar]

Quote[/b] (MetalMonster @ May 30 2004,15:29)]Your avatar and your taste in music ####ing rule.

We have to spread the word around the forum!
Damn straight.

[jangofett]

<font color='#FF0000'>Any kind of a sequal to an already corny movie is just cheesy. But, hey! I'm all in to Kong! It'll make alot of money!

[juan]

Cheesy?:eyebrow:

Unlike metallic morons, I'm a rather forgiving fellow so I'm willing to let that comment on the Kong slide but I should warn you, giant monster fans look up to King Kong--except when discussing his fight with Godzilla of course--as the great one. Insult Kong and they will come.

[juan]

Hey... what if a sequel is made based on Joe Devito's Kong book, "Kong: King of Skull Island." Its being discussed on Kaiju Books and Comics and it looks like an fine read. Its also the one true, Merian C. Cooper's estate approved, official in continuity sequel to King Kong 1933 so it would make the perfect sequel of Jackson's Kong.:)