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NEWS: Godzilla vs. Kong Film Debuts 1st Trailer


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phia_one



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:41 pm Reply with quote
If you look closely at several points in the trailer, you can see Mecha Godzilla so I'm assuming that the 'Godzilla' Kong is fighting in the trailer is actually Mecha Godzilla.
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Firefly251



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:53 pm Reply with quote
still get why this movie exists..

kong is a giant ape.....vs godzilla who is near immune to damage do to his hide and shoots energy blasts Neutral



i mean still hope it does well so we get more but just personally its canonically a 1 sided thing :/
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ZelosZoidberg



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:43 pm Reply with quote
"Godzilla is attacking us and we don' know why." Jeez, maybe it was the nukes we drop on him in the last movie?
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TranceLimit174



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:05 pm Reply with quote
Everyone was very quick to dissect this trailer, not that it was difficult to do.

I hope we get a second one highlighting Godzilla kicking ass.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:21 am Reply with quote
Was Kong always that big..? :0
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Animegomaniac



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:23 am Reply with quote
Firefly251 wrote:
still get why this movie exists..

kong is a giant ape.....vs godzilla who is near immune to damage do to his hide and shoots energy blasts Neutral



i mean still hope it does well so we get more but just personally its canonically a 1 sided thing :/


Yet its Kong with the perfect win streak over T Rex shaped foes, one of which includes Godzilla. It's Godzilla's teeth, tail, atomic breath, healing factor and defensive hide versus Kong's intelligence, strength, endurance, grappling ability and his ability to use weapons both improvised and somehow actual.

That axe better have a good explanation for being around because it's making Kong's "sudden" electricity powers from KK v G look reasonable.
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Scion Drake



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:30 am Reply with quote
What is a God to a king who doesn’t believe?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:43 am Reply with quote
Animegomaniac wrote:
That axe better have a good explanation for being around because it's making Kong's "sudden" electricity powers from KK v G look reasonable.

One theory going around is that the axe is improvised from one of Godzilla's back plates, hence why it can take a blast no problem like that.

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GNPixie



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:51 am Reply with quote
FiendHunter wrote:
Was Kong always that big..? :0


No.
Stated to be a teenager-equivalent in Skull Island iirc. Still had all that time to grow, etc.
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Levonr



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 2:06 am Reply with quote
I can't stand that music that starts in the middle, so distracting it ruined the trailer for me.

Its hard to be excited after King of the Monsters sucking but I hope I'm surprised.
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strawberry_milk



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:16 am Reply with quote
We got George and Lizzie. Where's Ralph?
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FiendHunter



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:07 am Reply with quote
GNPixie wrote:
FiendHunter wrote:
Was Kong always that big..? :0


No.
Stated to be a teenager-equivalent in Skull Island iirc. Still had all that time to grow, etc.


Ah, I see, didn't know that. Thank you.
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KefkaesqueXIII



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:13 am Reply with quote
Can't say I'm the biggest fan of the song in this trailer either, but at least it's better than when they used "Over the Rainbow" for the KotM trailer.

FiendHunter wrote:
Was Kong always that big..? :0

This is by far the largest King Kong has ever been, and since I was curious and looked it up, here's a brief history of his height across various movies:

King Kong (1933) - officially 50ft, but actually varied from 18-70ft depending on the scene.

King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) - 145ft

King Kong Escapes (1967) - 60ft

King Kong (1976) - 42ft on Skull Island, 55ft in New York

King Kong Lives! (1986) - 60ft

King Kong (2005) - 25ft

Kong: Skull Island (2017) - 104ft, with it being stated he's still just an adolescent relative to his species

Godzilla vs King Kong (2021) - has not been officially stated, but Godzilla was 393ft in KotM, so that's probably a good point of comparison.
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Greed1914



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:27 am Reply with quote
KefkaesqueXIII wrote:
Can't say I'm the biggest fan of the song in this trailer either, but at least it's better than when they used "Over the Rainbow" for the KotM trailer.

FiendHunter wrote:
Was Kong always that big..? :0

This is by far the largest King Kong has ever been, and since I was curious and looked it up, here's a brief history of his height across various movies:

King Kong (1933) - officially 50ft, but actually varied from 18-70ft depending on the scene.

King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) - 145ft

King Kong Escapes (1967) - 60ft

King Kong (1976) - 42ft on Skull Island, 55ft in New York

King Kong Lives! (1986) - 60ft

King Kong (2005) - 25ft

Kong: Skull Island (2017) - 104ft, with it being stated he's still just an adolescent relative to his species

Godzilla vs King Kong (2021) - has not been officially stated, but Godzilla was 393ft in KotM, so that's probably a good point of comparison.


Yeah, they made some adjustments with this movie in mind, especially since this Godzilla is bigger than he has been in other movies too. Even looking at past examples, the biggest version was, again, when the premise was a fight with Godzilla. I'm actually a little impressed with the foresight to room for growth into Skull Island since it leaves it open for size to be adjusted to whatever ends up necessary later.
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TranceLimit174



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:32 pm Reply with quote
Greed1914 wrote:
KefkaesqueXIII wrote:
Can't say I'm the biggest fan of the song in this trailer either, but at least it's better than when they used "Over the Rainbow" for the KotM trailer.

FiendHunter wrote:
Was Kong always that big..? :0

This is by far the largest King Kong has ever been, and since I was curious and looked it up, here's a brief history of his height across various movies:

King Kong (1933) - officially 50ft, but actually varied from 18-70ft depending on the scene.

King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) - 145ft

King Kong Escapes (1967) - 60ft

King Kong (1976) - 42ft on Skull Island, 55ft in New York

King Kong Lives! (1986) - 60ft

King Kong (2005) - 25ft

Kong: Skull Island (2017) - 104ft, with it being stated he's still just an adolescent relative to his species

Godzilla vs King Kong (2021) - has not been officially stated, but Godzilla was 393ft in KotM, so that's probably a good point of comparison.


Yeah, they made some adjustments with this movie in mind, especially since this Godzilla is bigger than he has been in other movies too. Even looking at past examples, the biggest version was, again, when the premise was a fight with Godzilla. I'm actually a little impressed with the foresight to room for growth into Skull Island since it leaves it open for size to be adjusted to whatever ends up necessary later.


As much as I love King Kong, it is very telling how much power creep he needs in order to make this match-up a contest.
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