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[DarienA]

She was 96... King Kong 1933.... exactly 5 of us in this forum have seen the 1933 version of King Kong right?

No none of us were alive back then smart asses....

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Wow, I had no idea she was still alive (until now). Holy cow.

I've seen it, by the way-- never saw any other versions.

 

[Alcibiades]

that movie rocks and yes I've seen it, way better than the 70/80's remake...

poor Kong, poor Fay...

I just saw the news report seconds ago before I saw this thread (was going to start one)...

Is this available on DVD?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

She was 96... King Kong 1933.... exactly 5 of us in this forum have seen the 1933 version of King Kong right?

No none of us were alive back then smart asses....

did you have a crush on her back in the day, gramps?

 

[Diablos]

Why do asian people live so much longer?

Must be all the rice and no meats.

 

[FoneBone]

Wow, I had no idea she was still alive (until now). Holy cow.

I've seen it, by the way-- never saw any other versions.

Ditto.

 

[aparisi2274]

Classic movie. The 1933 version in my world is the only version of King Kong that exists. Not that shit ass remake in 76, or the sequel in 86 with Linda Hamilton, KIng Kong Lives. I just hope that Jackson's vision will be true to the original.

 

[nitewulf]

Why do asian people live so much longer?

Must be all the rice and no meats.

eh?

 

[White Man]

Whatever happened to Fay Wray
That delicate satin draped frame
As it clung to her thigh
How I started to cry
Cause I wanted to be dressed just the same

 

[ManaByte]

Classic movie. The 1933 version in my world is the only version of King Kong that exists. Not that shit ass remake in 76, or the sequel in 86 with Linda Hamilton, KIng Kong Lives. I just hope that Jackson's vision will be true to the original.

Oh, it will be. He's setting it in the 30's. Jackson himself has said how crappy the 1976 version was.

 

[aparisi2274]

Oh, it will be. He's setting it in the 30's. Jackson himself has said how crappy the 1976 version was.

Yeah well my first issue with his remake is that he is filming it entirely in NZ. Yet, 1/3 of the movie is in NYC. I mean I would he would film some shots here in NY with the actors at the top of the ESB or some other places, just to keep the story in check with the original.

 

[SteveMeister]

Yeah well my first issue with his remake is that he is filming it entirely in NZ. Yet, 1/3 of the movie is in NYC. I mean I would he would film some shots here in NY with the actors at the top of the ESB or some other places, just to keep the story in check with the original.

But New York is sooooo very different from the way it was in the 1930's. They'd have to do a lot of serious CGI & set work to get the skyline, streets & buildings right that they might as well not do it on location.

 

[ManaByte]

But New York is sooooo very different from the way it was in the 1930's. They'd have to do a lot of serious CGI & set work to get the skyline, streets & buildings right that they might as well not do it on location.

Yep. WETA is doing about the same type of work they did on Kong as they did on LOTR as they have to recreate 1930's New York, which doesn't exist anymore.

 

[Shazapp]

When I was little, I used to watch the original King Kong on WOR-TV every Thanksgiving. They'd always run that and old Godzilla movies (including King Kong vs. Godzilla).

I looked forward to it every year.

R.I.P. Fay.

 

[belgurdo]

Asian?

 

[DarienA]

#1. Nope not on DVD yet.
#2. Fay Wray was born near Alberta, Canada

 

[ManaByte]

#1. Nope not on DVD yet.

It will be next year in time for the remake in a massive two-disc special edition fully restored with the scenes that were originally edited out because they scared people (the giant spiders).

 

[Diablos]

Asians, Canadians. Whatever.

 

[Fjord]

Asians, Canadians. Whatever.

You're so clever.

 

[border]

Fay Wray's dead, bitch!

ooops, wrong thread....