Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: KING KONG ESCAPES

[@Peanut323]

Fun fact: in one of the episodes of the muppet show, there is a device called the gorilla detector or something like that, that is actually mechani Kong’s head.

[@ellnats]

"its time to face your maker on the muppet show tonight"

[@maxinemachina3953]

"You're not Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnam, Burma..." I'm mostly certain the film is trying to imply she's an agent of North Korea, but at the time it may have been too controversial or risky to outright say it, hence the 'dancing around her origins.' This would especially make sense in the context of the DMZ conflicts happening around the time of production.

[@bigboi5545]

Incredible theory, this is official for me now.

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Yup a incident that is now known as the 2nd Korean War spanning 1966 till 1969

[@Captain_Sarcastic]

I was thinking the movie was trying to point out she was NOT from one of the countries listed, and really was just from a fictional Asian country. I am impressed the listed so many countries, instead of the American way of assuming there are only two countries (maybe four) is Asia.

[@bryedtan]

Really I had some inclination she worked for the Red Chinese considering the time of the films released.

[@menslady125eif2590]

Maybe she's from Hong Kong. (no pun intended)

[@countyorga4744]

I saw this movie in the theater when I was a kid. Loved every minute of it, and still do. Recently I realized that Linda Miller lives in my area. She likes her privacy, but I have spoken to her, and she is absolutely charming, and just as beautiful as ever!

[@adam6620]

TOTALLY CAP!

[@angryboi595]

@@adam6620 why do people find it so hard to have a celebrity live near you? They’re normal people it’s not like they’re living on some secret island, why do you think so many people MEET celebrities in the first place?

[@Soundofsilence-j4d]

I LOVED MIA HANNA

[@TheStonedZone]

@@angryboi595 Obviously they all live like Scaramanga, an assistant named Paco and all.

[@adam6620]

@Angry Boi Well, I’ve never stumbled upon them in a department store or on the street, so that’s why I haven’t seen any I know. However, my son is only 3 years younger than Millie Bobby Brown and a couple of his friends are about 2 or 1 year younger than her.

[@jcmmnx]

Kong is stoned AF in this movie. Now I need a Cheech and Kong movie in my life.

[@mellanie7598]

We could throw Micheal Kelso in there too

[@toddgarver5397]

How about Chong and Kong? Lol

[@CorbCorbin]

Just don’t search Cheech and Dong.

[@CorbCorbin]

Skillnogo He’s just stupid, stoned or not. 😆

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

How about a movie in which Godzilla, King Kong, Gamera, and Ultraman get high? And then King Ghidorah, Gigan, the MUTOs, Gyaos, a Skullcrawler, Gomora, and Alien Baltan are on meth.

[@crimsondynamo615]

This version of Doctor Who must be from one of those Big Finish Unbound series where it’s like “what if the Doctor was like the Master”

[@itmademesignup9508]

12:23 that little grin she gives him when he grabs her face is pretty hilarious.

[@cinemaseeker2634]

Chris Pratt is a Huge Kaiju fan and B Horror movie fan too. He stated one time in an interview that when he was a kid, his parents rented alot of old Godzilla movies. King Kong Escapes he watched too. The one kaiju film that stuck with him was War Of The Gargantuas.

[@Superior968]

Me too when I was 6 or seven I first sawthe war of gargantuas as my first kaiju film

[@cinemaseeker2634]

@@Superior968 Yes War Of The Gargantuas is one of my personal favorite films too. Including Frankenstein Conquers The World.

[@genesismultiverse4896]

He needs to be in the new monsterverse movies

[@genesismultiverse4896]

​@@cinemaseeker2634 or godzilla Vs mechagodzilla or 98

[@cinemaseeker2634]

@@genesismultiverse4896 Yes Chris Pratt possibly love to be part of the franchise.

[@thebrownbaldy]

"She's a blond in a King Kong movie, she's not gonna be safe anywhere". Actual facts on top of facts..... I swear the commentary on these videos keeps me in tears 🤣😂🤣😂

[@scorpionvenom27]

Maybe king Kong thought she was a banana

[@rod9527]

i noticed that A lot of these concepts were also used in Godzilla vs Kong, the Bad guys mining for a certain element (the entrance being in a pole) the hover vehicle, the robot double (yeah i know it's Mechagodzilla but Mechanikong predates him) , transporting Kong the the south/north pole on helicópters. Etc

[@imperialguardproductions]

I love that, as far as I'm aware, Haruo Nakajima is the only actor in history to play BOTH Godzilla and Kong. RIP.

[@Goji73]

Toho actually had quite the history of Kong ideas: --Kong was originally going to fight a monster named Frankenstein/Prometheus, but it was changed to KKvsG after John Beck and Willis O'Brien pitched the idea to Toho. --Afterwards, Toho WANTED to make a sequel to KKvsG, but for reasons unknown, they never did. --There was going to be a remake of the original too, but was turned down due to Universal telling them no. --The planned remaked was turned into a completely different film with Godzilla fighting Mechani-Kong while a "Fantastic Voyage" subplot was going on, but was turned down out of paranoia. And to top it all off, THIS movie was ironically made partially out of spite because Kong was originally going to appear in the Sea Monster as the star monster, but was turned down after Toho and Rankin-Bass got into an argument.

[@ConstantineFurman]

Said argument was over who was actually going to make the film. Rankin Bass demanded it be directed by Ishiro Honda and the effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Toho said "No, it'll be directed by Jun Fukuda and effects by Sadamasa Arikawa." So R/B pulled out. Ironically enough, Tsuburaya did wind up directing the effects (at least partially) for the resultant "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster."

[@DevilFish69]

Just a few tidbits here. -O'Brien wanted to make King Kong vs Frankenstein but John Beck stole the story from him and sold it to Toho behind his back. They wanted to have Kong fight their own monster instead and Beck agreed. O'Brien was left out in the lurch and was ripped off by Beck. -Toho didn't do the King Kong vs Godzilla sequel because the rights they negotiated with RKO was just for the one film. They had to renegotiate the rights for the second film and they felt they overpaid for the first film (They ended up paying $200,000). -King Kong vs Ebirah wan never made because Rankin Bass felt it didn't reflect their cartoon series enough. It had nothing to do with no Honda. That's a popular misconception. Toho was always eager to get money from American investors (like Henry Saperstein). There is no way they would have said "No" to American investors. -Kong was supposed to be in Destroy All Monsters but the license they got in 1967 was set to expire. So to avoid any legal mess they dropped him. Interesting note this King Kong suit was used in an episode of Go! Greenman in 1973. The character was renamed "Gorilla".

[@mortality4388]

Goji73 hey goji fan, what's up!

[@theretrogamer7779]

Goji73 Willis o' Brian had nothing to do with toho he planned on making king Kong vs Frankenstein in 1959 and made a deal with john beck but beck turned his back on o' Brian and started pitching the idea to foreign studios toho saw the idea and bought the movie and changed it to Godzilla without o' Brian's permission and when the movie came out he died of depression ( I'm not kidding )

[@ConstantineFurman]

Willis O'Brien died before KKvsG was released in the United States. It's very doubtful that he saw the Japanese version.

[@Howesenberg]

You make a good point, I think Tokyo needs a break from monster attacks. They should fight in MacDonald's like other hideous monsters have been filmed doing recently.

[@nlgrudge]

Love that this one feels like a Kaiju Bond film and even stars a Bond girl (Mie Hama)

[@WatcherMovie008]

And thus this movie spawned a fan favorite Kaiju, Gorosaurus

[@spencerthestupidsamurai7326]

Look what happened!!!

[@mexicanchicken8408]

You got to wash your hands after you touch your pee wee or pee wee hermit won’t go to heaven

[@brundidgeboyz9291]

Look what happened

[@marshallwootton2486]

I really dont know how that kaiju became a fan fav. It is rather a basic design that doesn't really do anything special in his films

[@marshallwootton2486]

@David Schweighofer Sorry, not saying he is bad or anything he is just not one of my personal favs. But everyone has there own opinion of a character/movie. Heck I like Ebirah and he is just a giant lobster in a mediocar godzilla movie

[@TheNomadicPyramid]

So... Doctor Who decides to use a Mecha Kong to fight King Kong with an unknown-nationality woman causing mischief. Sounds like my kind of movie. And ooh - Lifeforce is the next review? I'm excited for that

[@dericanight861]

I actually met the actress recently. she’s aged AMAZINGLY well I was surprised!! And she’s just so full of life and enjoyed her time working on this crazy production. ^-^

[@marieparisi4522]

I really like his "Fuck you I'm from Canada" Jokes

[@ConstantineFurman]

"Because come on! Why wouldn't he be in this?" **Takarada winks and smiles** That was beautiful editing. :) Kong was considered to be one of the monsters in "Destroy All Monsters", but because Toho's license would've expired while they were shooting or right after they shot the movie, he didn't make the final cut. Supposedly, he would've had Angilas' part. Episode 100 is just going to be one big black bar across the screen. :)

[@ONEIL311]

Probably but the license ran out

[@henrykujawa4427]

This film actually combines 3 series in 1: "King Kong" (obvious), "Doctor Who" (the villain is dressed very much like William Hartnell, right down to the wooly Russian hat he had in "The War Machines"...and Hartnell reportedly once suggsted the idea of an evil SON of The Doctor, who he might also play), and... "VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OFTHE SEA"... U.N. reseach submarine whose commander is named "Nelson". In the 1961 feature film, early on, they race to the U.N., just as they did in here! Rhodes Reason's twin brother Rex was the star of "THIS ISLAND EARTH".

[@pln9fos]

Wow, the actor who plays the random islander in King Kong Escapes looks rather similar to the actor who portrayed the village elder from Seven Samurai.

[@PURPLE_SHADE_SMOOTHIE]

Brandon Tenold, you truly are at the same upper echelon of quality commentating/riffing entertainment as is MST3K.

[@DLRX]

9:25 "Well that seemed unnecessary" LOL. I also love how the old native takes the few extra seconds to toss his stick in the air before he falls over LMAO.

[@Coleyoshi]

Uh-

[@rubiesncreme]

Fun fact: Quite a few of the animators from Rankin/Bass's original animated works, outsourced to Japan, went on to form this little studio you might not have heard of...Studio Ghibli.

[@victorhernandez8723]

For real?

[@a.jlewissonicski5278]

And Mushi Productions who did Astro Boy and the 1969 Unaired Moomin Anime.

[@ramaniramdas9107]

All of Rankin bass cartoon and movies are in King Kong escapes : 1) King Kong show: King Kong ,Mechani Kong and T rex which looks like Gorosaurus 2) Rudolph the Red nosed reindeer: Santa in North pole 3) The Last Dinosaur: Tyrannosaurus rex which looks like Gorosaurus.

[@Neville60001]

3:27-This guy looks as if he could play the Doctor in a Japanese version of _Doctor Who_.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

He played Doctor Shinigami in Kamen Rider.

[@what0080]

@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 I KNEW he looked familiar!

[@TheAnubis57]

Yes --it would make sense as one of his regenerated forms, at least in a movie production. There were two Dr. Who movies made around this time. Or at least he could be cast as The Master.

[@cameronmonaghan6883]

Someone at the BBC should take note

[@adam6620]

Susan in this movie reminds me of Alice Eve or Nicole Kidman in Paddington. New Edits: I met the actor who played Susan, Linda Jo Miller at G-Fest 2023, and she's so cool and charming! She also said that that shot of her jumping into the water and around Tokyo Tower was a stunt double, but she still in the Kong hand props for the rest of those scenes. Also, Doctor "Who" is called Dr. HU in this movie. Same difference, I know.

[@Neville60001]

0:31-I love this picture of Kong and Susan giving Dr. Who, the big snake, the big reptile, and MechaKong the finger.

[@jliller]

"Have I mentioned this movie is better than A.P.E.? Because it is." Everything is better than A.P.E., except R.A.P.E.

[@godziller7136]

jliller god bless you

[@skyslasher2297]

Ken Kerrison better get T.A.P.E yup I went there

[@Bowiiihowdy]

Ohh shit

[@CineMasterDamian]

Can't spell R.A.P.E. without A.P.E.

[@thatonenerdwhoreadsbyhimse5429]

A.P.E is still better than things.

[@echoskolumne1962]

Remember watching this with my Mom and Dad as a preschooler at a youth hostel back in the 80's in Germany. I My Mom had to explain me the whole movie to me. I remember watching this and Lily Tomlin in _The Incredibly Shrinking Woman_ as a toddler at a youth hostel. I guess it was the same night and a b-movie marathon.

[@denniskristos3800]

For what it's worth, you might wanna know this... On some bootleg copies of the *Japanese cut* of this film, Dr. Who, is spelled as Dr. Huu (which makes sense considering Rex Reason's pronunciation of the name).

[@elijahblechman8633]

Dr. Who sure as hell dresses like him

[@raymondhamill270]

He looks more like The Master

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

He looks more like Doctor Shinigami from Kamen Rider.

[@jerobriggs6861]

I knew that Doctor Who joke was gonna come in as soon as you mentioned the villain. But who could resist... no pun intended.

[@3dartistguy]

I love King Kong Escapes. They were always playiing it in the afternoons when I was a kid. I really like the storyline, the characters and of course, the giant battle between King Kong and Mechani Kong. I even met Linda Miller (Susan) once in Richmond VA.

[@yadayada9581]

This has always been one of my favorites, just a lot of fun from beginning to end. I love everything that came out of Toho during this period, all their films made for classic Saturday matinee type movies, great for late night tv.

[@TheCrazyTalkKid]

Doctor Who in this movie acts more like the Master... if he were drunk and just wanted to screw with people's heads.

[@kamenfann8880]

LoL

[@kamenfann8880]

LoL

[@onlinecommentator2616]

The funny thing is that he looks like an oriental version of the first Doctor. I mean look at him! The same coat, hair and hat! He has the black fez!

[@kamenfann8880]

omg, right? XD

[@weldonwin]

Thats because he's the Valiard

[@fromthecheapseats7126]

Since Rankin-Bass was involved, I’m surprised the monsters weren’t stop-motion.

[@yodogg1779]

congrates on making it this far, bro. Keep crushing it!

[@JaguarCats]

My guess is that that country was the one that Kong and Mecha Kong were threatening to tear up, hence why she helped our heroes. Heck she showed clear signs of concern for Tokyo when Dr. Hu was going to bring that robot along.

[@Goji73]

Also: 6:45 ROTFLMMFAO!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE THIS JOKE FOR A LONG TIME!!

[@foreignroninl1555]

I can agree, I totally lost it at that part of the video.

[@normasalgado2624]

Goji73 Snake: I'm gonna get you (Dong.) Doh!

[@smithwesson1896]

Still the best 1973

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Classic Hanna-Barbera sound effects.

[@thegreatgoldfilms6311]

that bonk sound effect never gets old

[@hotfire5315]

YOU DING DONG!!

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Oh you touch my tralala.

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

"A fucking alien."

[@jeffphillips1832]

"You should know I represent a certain country."--RIP Foreign Agent Lady

[@D2Kprime]

And then Dr. Who's consciousness was uploaded into K.A.R.R after Optimus Prime got a better-job on Transformers. :0)

[@tommydarbe1524]

I first saw saw King Kong Escapes when I was a kid at a Saturday Matinee for a quarter. Wow! that and my allowance bought soda and popcorn too. For a nerd, it was pretty cool. I added it to my classic Toho collection last year,. In your face Bass and Rankin. Thanks Brandon. You give a unique perspective as an adult nerd.

[@Seoulsearch616]

New subscriber binge-watching... Laughed out loud at getting the Kong Plushie joke 😂! Really enjoying your videos - you do a great job. 🤓

[@owenwildish331]

Hmm, a Character called Dr Who (Who wears & similar hat and cape that William Hartnell's Doctor wore ... & a character called Susan... Hmm, I wonder...

[@msagzjr.4641]

Spoiler Alert:After the Credits of Kong Skull Island.The main characters are in a interrogation room and they say they'll not tell the Russians about Kong and then they say Kong is not the only King and they then show snapshots of cave paintings of Godzilla(2014 Version),Rodan,Mothra and King Ghidorah which will all appear in the 2019 Godzilla Sequel and there's another one of Godzilla and King Ghidorah Fighting and at the end Godzilla's Roar can be heard hinting at the 2020 release of King Kong VS Godzilla

[@neohang7402]

Michael Jr Sadgwar TALK ABOUT SPOILERS AM I RIGHT

[@sconnor-pt4vt]

Holy crap, Kong must've shot this guy! 😂😂😂

[@Trenton-om9qs]

King Kong looks stoned asf in this movie

[@ricksandstorm]

Despite the lack of dinosaurs I think Kong 76 is pretty good. On a different point I always found it weird that on an island with dinosaurs and tons of gigantic animals the only thing people pay attention to is an oversized ape. There is so much unused potential in just making a Skull Island series of films (or maybe tv show) without Kong and just keeping it to other monsters there.

[@emilianosanfilippo]

Godzilla and gamera :"are you sure about that????

[@Superior968]

They did make a skull island series and focused heavily on the other monsters and King Kongs biggest roll was as a secondary character in the last episode

[@younglove3362]

That's like saying I'm going to a popular convention and I'm going to focus on everyone but Michael Jackson, may he rest in peace.

[@CaptGage]

This actually makes me consider re-watching this movie. Monsters, cute women, cool vehicles. Why not? I think Svengoolie reruns it.

[@eliaslassandro7801]

Gorosaurous on the cover killed me!😂

[@Madmax-rz5hz]

Given how he's dressed I think this guy would make a better Dr who than the current one

[@Redem10]

Dr. Who next season better have a giant robot ape OT3 - Carl, Susan, Jiro

[@toatakanuva4846]

I just wish Toho got the rights for Kong longer. I love this movie and I wish they could make more Kong movies

[@cesarzpontu8886]

cringe

[@maxsmodels]

I saw this in the theater. I love it but I don’t know why. The tank commanders strategic withdrawal was my favorite part.

[@eyeln9ne696]

I just stumbled upon your channel, and I love it! Great content, great humor, I had to subscribe. Keep up the great work.

[@IdentityCrisis1581]

I suppose King Kong is the original american kaiju. He's the only giant american monster that can compete with the japanese giant monsters. Why did we have to get a giant monkey and they get the atomic fire breathing lizard?

[@EndergeistYT]

Not to mention an extraterrestrial three-headed wyvern that shoots LIGHTNING.

[@IronPiedmont]

Anyone else think Susan is pretty adorable?

[@marieparisi4522]

She's straight bangin

[@MontGomery_gator4310]

IronPiedmont1996 she knows Kong’s name

[@teedup8995]

Yes. 😍

[@rainguy6911]

@@teedup8995 soy rain I think your a simp

[@iancruz6617]

Love the hair and design, but she actually hated eho ever dub her in the film, though.

[@UndeadNerdT800]

The reason why King Kong get stronger by lightning because Godzilla was supposed to be fighting giant Frankenstein

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Nahhh The movie wqs King Kong vs Frankenstein Godzilla vs Frankenstein was a proposed SEQUEL to Godzilla vs Kong

[@snukastyle]

So that's where Mechani-Kong is from! I've loved that design since I was a kid, but never knew exactly what movie I'd seen it in!

[@michaeldeak5727]

Little known fun fact, the actor who plays Dr. Who is also the guy who play Dr. Shinigami in the original Kamen Rider.

[@MorgDragon]

Hey Brandon, i love your reviews of these old Kaiju movies! i loved them as a kid and now i have to go back and watch them. keep up the good work!! :)

[@THANATOS-PRIME]

I saw this movie once on Turner classic when I was a little kid and fell in love with it couldn’t find a copy until I went to the mall one day. Not a masterpiece but definitely one of my favorite non-Godzilla Toho films. Also I would love it if Mechani-Kong came back one day!

[@ghostrag]

6:37 You know what I love about Kong There always seems to be a rock whenever he needs one :D That QB skills on point.

[@DiarraHarris]

Dr Who(?) at 3:57 looks like he's channelling the 1st Doctor!

[@aaron870rocketshark6]

6:44 The classic hard thing hitting another hard thing sound effect, makes me laugh in this video every time :)

[@thegreatgoldfilms6311]

That scene doesn't feel right without that sound effect, it's so comedically timed

[@muzankibutsuji1895]

6:01 Gorosaurus: look what happened

[@toysvilltvstudios7576]

Your joke at around 6:44, just cracks us up! XD Can't stop laughing! Good choice of sound effects.

[@mazubahtender]

Are you sure the villain isn't THE Dr. Who? I mean, he has the hat of William Hartnell, the facial structure of Patrick Troughton, the cape of John Pertwee and the eyebrows or Peter Capaldi.

[@toatakanuva4846]

4:47 i had the same idea Edit: also finished watching the video and it´s the most hilarious shit I’ve seen on this channel so far. Keep up the amazing job good man, these reviews are gold

[@Gazebo48]

Its been years since I last saw this classic but rarely screened Toho King Kong gem. Another highly entertaining review, thanks, Brandon... If you care to drop down a few notches in quality, try the 1982 stitch-up from an EJ Tsuburaya TV series, 'Attack of the Super Monsters'. It's got a talking super-IQ, mind controlling T-Rex, clay-mation and rubber suit monsters and animated animal cruelty.

[@elsharef.o]

One week ago watching King Kong escapes for the first time: "boy wouldn't it be great if Brandon would review this film" fast forward a week as I'm waiting In front of my college Geography class I get a notification on my IPod. Low and behold you have done it. Needless to say I am incredibly pleased.

[@adiraiju9336]

Glad you chose the dumb-but-fun King Kong Escapes over the just-plain-painful King Kong Lives...

[@glorinaparong2444]

Adira

[@Tareltonlives]

Hell, it's better than the 1976 King Kong

[@tadpolegaming4510]

*L I B T A R D*

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

@Tadpolegaming Oh shut up!

[@MMFan2004]

@@Tareltonlives Nah!

[@michaelmontague244]

Fun Fact The man who's in King Kong is Hauro Nakajima who played other kaiju movies.

[@MikeSparrow]

I lost it when the Dr Who theme started playing at 3:24 hahahahaha

[@halothere6995]

Who?

[@irisius7551]

I'm pretty excited for the 100th episode! I always look forward to watching one of your videos! keep up the great work!

[@MrAitraining]

Watched this a lot as a kid. The chick in it was hot!

[@amirbagherzadeh9277]

MrAitraining which one the American girl of the Japan girl

[@marieparisi4522]

Amir Bagherzadeh yes

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Linda Miller? She's active on facebook and it's the cutest darn thing I swear

[@iancruz6617]

She has a very sweet adorable personality.

[@twiseguy2772]

This is one of your funniest reviews, Brandon.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

The villain also played Doctor Shinigami in Kamen Rider.

[@fje6902]

The dubbed voice of the villain is Begermeister Meisterberger. Go Rankin-Bass.

[@matthewwolfstein2359]

Ahhh yes, I remember this movie and I even own the Blu-ray. It is a guilty pleasure for me: legendary voice actor Paul Frees dubbing Eisei Amamoto (later seen as the toymaker in Godzilla's Revenge), the always awesome Akira Takarada, Akira Ifukube's wonderful score (especially the theme whenever Kong and Susan are together), and of course the matte paintings and miniature sets. What isn't there to like?

[@selfelevation7]

Matthew Wolfstein you remind me of myself.. Lol. . we're def into our Godzilla/Toho movies, aren't we?... Lol... .

[@matthewwolfstein2359]

Indeed we are; I think the most information I ever got about Godzilla was David Kalat's audio commentaries on the Criterion Collection release of Godzilla (1954). Definitely a must listen ^.^

[@selfelevation7]

Matthew Wolfstein oh yeah... that's where I learned the right way of pronouncing "Gojira".. the Japanese way of saying Godzilla is 'Goh-zee-lah'. that's the right way of saying Gojira, not how it's spelled out.. that's it was originally translated to 'Godzilla', from Goh-zee-lah.. feel me?...

[@matthewwolfstein2359]

That was a great part of the commentary. In fact, a lot of the information from the two commentaries are well worth storing in one's head.

[@selfelevation7]

Matthew Wolfstein agreed!.. . . .those commentaries def gave a lot of good info!. . .

[@Gojinera]

I loved how they added gorosaurus from the older godzilla movies, it was a nice collab type thing

[@gundamboy96]

I love your humor for this film. Easily some of your best!

[@MforMovesets]

Brandon reminds me of Cinema Snob except entertaining and not making me fall asleep. I'm not even trolling, Snobs reviews bore me so hard that I fall asleep, and I mean every time.

[@jamesbrice6619]

Isn't that commander Rhodes Reason? Same year he played a gladiator in Star Trek, I believe.

[@ArnoldNathan]

This is an awesome King Kong movie. Susan is probably the hottest chick in a Kong movie. Awesome soundtrack in this movie. A robot Kong It was great being a kid watching this on tv

[@jackwells8107]

They used to replay this heavily on a local channel in the 70s, when I was around 10 years old. One of the greatest disappointments of my young life was that we never got to see Mecha-zilla and Mechani-Kong together.

[@lachlanjenkin1659]

Fun fact: he was supposed to be in destroy all monsters but since toho licence for king kong expired the follow year in 1968 they couldn’t use him

[@selfelevation7]

oh yeah.. . King Kong Escapes was def cheesy, but still was the shit... that def was one of my classics coming up.. I agree, you should def do War Of The Gargantuas... That one was actually a pretty good old school kaiju joint. ..

[@elijahblechman8633]

or frankenstein conquers the world

[@ScreamingScallop]

Hell yes, Frankenstein Conquers! Unlike King Kong vs Godzilla, FCTW did in fact have two endings, and like A*P*E, it features a toy farm animal! Plus there's the whole insane mad-scientist-primary-color-test-tubes-monster-heart-submarine-bombing-Hiroshima-transplant-operation-nuclear-bombing-victim-cannibalism set-up to make the most jaded head spin.

[@eddietruly8807]

Self Elevation Gargantuas (war of) the American version cutting all the hints and dialog to Frankenstein was AWSEOME....don't get me wrong Frankenstein's Monster (Karloff /Strange) is my ALL TIME FAVORITE Monster. .but putting him against Japanese giant monsters. .noooooooooo...now Godzilla vs The Wolfman (no man just giant Wolf Monster ) was on the right track!!!!

[@martianmanfrommars8428]

I can just imagine Brandon saying somthing like; "Does this count as doing another Godzilla movie since it's technically made by Toho?"

[@ghostdog2041]

12:30 Holy shit! I haven’t heard the term Laotian outside of a Vietnam War documentary since Uncommon Valor... a Vietnam War movie.

[@Tareltonlives]

Bone up on your Indochina history :)

[@halothere6995]

@@Tareltonlives Welcome to the world of geopolitics buffs and history buffs

[@fighttheclub]

Congrats on approaching review 100. Can only imagine how many black boxes we can expect

[@BioGoji-zm5ph]

16:42 "Get the ship, Kong! Kill everyone aboard, Kong! Sink that bitch to the ocean floor, Kong!" ~ Susan

[@Tareltonlives]

It gets more complicated when Godzilla himself is inspired by King Kong. AND Mechagodzilla is based on Mechanikong! BEST Dr Who Ever Last year at G-Fest in Rosemont Illinois, they had a reunion of Akira Takarada and Linda Miller.

[@Tareltonlives]

The movie is good until the overlong defeat of Dr Who. Just have Mia Hama kill him or have them kill each other while Kong saves the girl.

[@josephrouleau9259]

From what I understand, Madame Piranha (Mie Hama's character) is supposed to be North Korean, but the filmmakers were evidently afraid to name-drop the country directly.

[@matthewevans8344]

This was uploaded on my birthday Thanks, Brandon

[@Lee78072]

Susan looks quite cute.

[@davidalvarez5659]

Women back then embraced their natural beauty and enhanced it with good makeup.

[@stephendecatur4510]

@@davidalvarez5659 Found the incel

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

1960's waifu!

[@right-wing_reactionarychri8798]

@@stephendecatur4510 found the SJW.

[@iancruz6617]

Classic american girl beauty back then.

[@Konstantinos340]

Damn the 60s had some real babes.

[@marshami]

I like to think that Kong (2017) is related to King Kong Escapes than the original King Kong.

[@ArnoldNathan]

Marshami absolutely.

[@MMFan2004]

And Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) is related to King Kong Escapes (1967).

[@wozwas]

Loved this one man, one of your best to date, can't wait for episode 100! Keep 'em coming!

[@undead923]

6:48 We need more of ecstasy Kong

[@AvengerII]

Recommendation for a Future Review -- a live-action/animated fusion... It's NOT literally a Roger Rabbit/live-action fusion BUT a live-action stylized to RESEMBLE animation. It actually takes advantage of the LIMITATIONS of budget and technology to create something more visually unique... There's a Cutie Honey (2004) live-action film based on the manga and old 1970s anime TV series (which I'm currently watching; I'm loving my current trip down retro-anime lane). Parts of the live-action film remind me of that "Ghastly Johnny" review Brandon did a wild back. Yes, it had weird singing numbers and some very strange scenes as if the main character wasn't weird enough! Cutie Honey (2004) is a trippy film. Directed by the same guy (Hideaki Anno) who created the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime TV series. He directed the most recent Godzilla film released in Japan as well. Well-worth promoting to people. They'll get it or they won't... They'll like it or hate it. I LOVE Honey so I know which side I'm on... :) They recently did another Cutey Honey (different spelling, same character) movie (2016) in Japan but I've heard next to nothing about it (which usually is NOT a good sign for anime-derived projects)... It's the third live-action project for the character after the 2004 movie and 2007 TV series which was patterned more after the 1997-1998 anime TV series (which itself was a bit more like Sailor Moon since it was worked on by the staff who made the original 5-season Sailor Moon TV series).