Kong is on my mind at the mo.
I know some of you have seen Godzilla V Kong already and I'm gearing up to. It'll be strange to go into a cinema again. Part of me still doesn't want to, which is scary in itself. The last time was probably February 2020, although I've no idea what I saw now.
Are you going to the cinema soon?
In the meantime I found this old King King game in the attic. Its based on an earlier incarnation of the movie, the Jeff Bridges Jessica Lange 1976 version. The box art is the same as the cinema poster although the Empire State building has been ditched for the tallest buildings of the age. Despite the use of the Twin Towers, now a symbol of tragedy, I quite like it. Do you?
Only this morning reader Paul Adams sent me a picture with a different take on this iconic scene that fits in well here. I'll let Paul take up the story.
Hi,
Not being a fan of heavy metal music, I have only just discovered this album cover by the British group Tygers of Pan Tang (never heard of them). Crazy Nights was released in 1981.
It features a truly great cover painting of a tiger atop the Post Office Tower in London, fighting off a pair of Tiger Moth biplanes.
Is this taking off King Kong, or the Kitten Kong episode of the TV series The Goodies ? What a great model this would make. The picture is from Amazon.
Paul Adams from New Zealand
Always wanted to snag the 1976 King Kong plastic model kit (by Mego? or MPC?) which had Kong standing on cute little Twin Towers. That vintage kit goes for a pretty penny now, and I doubt it will be reissued, what with 9/11 and all that rot. Cute kit, though, much better than the awful film!
ReplyDeleteNever seen that model in the flesh Zigg, just on books. I get the 1976 film mixed up with the later Jack Black version!
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