Mega-Fauna Meet-up:
Would King Kong and Godzilla be able to see eye to eye?
After watching "Skull Island," we want to know.
There's clearly been a good bit of inflation since the first Kong movie in 1933 and the first Godzilla outing in 1954. According to Wikipedia, Kong started out somewhere in the 18-24 foot range, although director Merian C. Cooper originally envisioned him at 40-50 feet. His latest incarnation in "Skull Island" which, yes of course, we had to see, seems to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 80-100 feet.
The first Godzilla was around 160 feet tall, so he could just peer over the 1950's Tokyo skyline. The 2014 version was closer to 350 feet so as to compete with contemporary skyscrapers.
There is Internet chatter about the two meeting up in a movie sometime in the future....if their size disparity could be reconciled.
As you can see, I did not worry overmuch about the relative size question. I was too busy trying to handle the "which of the many versions of each am I drawing?
Would King Kong and Godzilla be able to see eye to eye?
After watching "Skull Island," we want to know.
There's clearly been a good bit of inflation since the first Kong movie in 1933 and the first Godzilla outing in 1954. According to Wikipedia, Kong started out somewhere in the 18-24 foot range, although director Merian C. Cooper originally envisioned him at 40-50 feet. His latest incarnation in "Skull Island" which, yes of course, we had to see, seems to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 80-100 feet.
The first Godzilla was around 160 feet tall, so he could just peer over the 1950's Tokyo skyline. The 2014 version was closer to 350 feet so as to compete with contemporary skyscrapers.
There is Internet chatter about the two meeting up in a movie sometime in the future....if their size disparity could be reconciled.
As you can see, I did not worry overmuch about the relative size question. I was too busy trying to handle the "which of the many versions of each am I drawing?
A previous Kong/Godzilla encounter
where they seem to be equally, if awkwardly, matched:
The Nerdist has a good overview of the relative Godzilla at this link
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