King Kong vs Godzilla

[TNLonghorn]

My buddy and I are having a random discussion during lunch. Who would win in a fight between King Kong and Godzilla?
And go!

 

[Texas Jack]

Is there a thunderstorm outside? The lightning could give Godzilla an advantage...


NAh his T-rex arms get pulled off by the much quicker King Kong who stomps him and has burnt hair to show for it.

 

[Third Coast]

King Kong may have more hops, but if Godzilla's outside shots were on fire he would be hard to beat.

 

[general35]

i think they played this out on film and i think it ended up being a draw and both monsters, i think, wandered off.

 

[RamjetFDO]

Welcome to 1962.

 

[Clean]

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[Texanne]

I saw King Kong Vs. Godzilla when I was a little kid. My sister and I were spending a week in Rockdale visiting family friends, and their teen-aged daughter took us to see it at the drive-in.

I remember I rooted for Godzilla and was sorely disappointed when King Kong won.

I've always been a Godzilla girl.

 

[GemStateJim]

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[buckhorn]

This was a Holy Grail for me when I was about 8. I always was a Kong guy, but I had a hard time seeing how he would defeat Godzilla, who was supposed to be 300 ft tall, or something like that, and had breath that could melt the kind of flesh that Kong was no doubt made of. Thankfully, Toho utterly bypassed the science they themselves had created and Kong had only burnt chest hairs to show for Zilla's atomic breathing.

I still have a soft spot for the Japanese monster films of the 50s and 60s. Hell, monster movies in general. The OG Gojira film is actually a very good movie.

 

[Mesohorny]

actually. it wasn't a draw.
from the wiki link:

"For many years a popular myth has persisted that in the Japanese version of this film, Godzilla emerges as the winner. The myth originated in the pages of 'Spacemen' magazine, a 1960's sister magazine to the influental publication 'Famous Monsters of Filmland.' In an article about the film its incorrectly stated that there were "2 endings" and that "if you see King Kong vs Godzilla in Japan, Hong Kong or some Oriental sector of the world, Godzilla wins! On the other hand, in the USA & England, for instance, Kong wins!". The article was reprinted in various issues of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' in the years following. This bit of incorrect info would be accepted as fact and persist for decades, transending the medium and into the mainstream."

"However, as more Westerners were able to view the original version of the film (especially after its availability on home video during the late 1980s), and gain access to Japanese publications about the film, the myth became dispelled. There is only one ending to this film. Both versions of the film end the same way. Kong and Godzilla crash into the ocean, and Kong is the only monster to emerge and swims home."


Down goes Gojira! Down goes Gojira!

 

[bierce]

How ever it worked out in Japanese cinema, I don't see how Godzilla with his slightly oversized walnut of a brain would compete with King Kong, who, as a 60 foot ape, must have the largest brain of all fictional characters on Earth. (Clarkesian "Overminds" aren't "on Earth" and wouldn't count, even if they had a physical manifestation.)

We do know for certain that Bambi is 0-2.

 

[general35]

Kong and Godzilla crash into the ocean, and Kong is the only monster to emerge and swims home."
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well, this is the point i think, godzilla could live in the ocean, and kong left. i think they both lived.

 

[general35]

i have not seen these movies since i was a kid. wasnt there a movie where kong and godzilla helped each other against a metallic monster kong created by a mad scientist?

 

[GemStateJim]

This thread reminds me of a synopsis I once read for a movie called King Kung Fu. I've never seen the movie, but I was leafing through an anthology of movie reviews one day when I stumbled upon its summary, which went something like this:

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[accuratehorn]

That's a tough one, because King Kong palled around with Fay Wray in her diaphonous gown, but Godzilla knew the Shobijin twins. It must be a draw, on that account alone.
Maybe if one of them was helped by a giant turtle, that would alter the outcome.

 

[Bluepies]

I'd vote Godzilla because there's a good chance he could use his breath to kill King Kong before Kong could get in striking range. Kong would win in hand-to-hand combat, but he's basically bringing a knife to a gunfight. Godzilla wins.

 

[Uninformed]

His daddy use to suck?

 

[MaduroUTMB]

Wikipedia says that the budget was 5mm Yen in 1962. Using the CPI to calculate inflation, I get 24mm 2008 Yen. Converting that to 2010 USD, we get ~$250k USD.

Further, this picture is awesome:

 

[buckhorn]

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[Bluepies]

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[bierce]

Try replacing the last two lines with

He'd tell the Sooners that they suck
Like his daddy told them, too.

 

[Clean]

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[TRRW#31]

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[buckhorn]

 

[Statalyzer]

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[general35]

thats it it think, there was a metallic godzilla. i still think i saw a metallic kong movie once.

 

[general35]

actually, its king kong escapes
The Link

 

[l00p]

...and GODZOOKY!
The Link

 

[TNLonghorn]

wow l00p! you did some digging for that!