The Story of 「KING KONG VS. GODZILLA」

[@christopherwall2121]

"And then invite them over for dinner." Guillermo del Toro seems like a man of great wisdom and character. Also, every time I revisit this subject, I just end up feeling depressed over how bad Obie got screwed by John Beck.

[@jackhamilton9604]

Shame he signed that Roman Polanski petition

[@PaperFinz]

Great Job as Always guys. this is probably the most effort any one has put into a "Making of" for an older Godzilla movie that isn't the Original. Keep up the good work!

[@thegodzillaatomicblastprod1702]

I feel bad for Willis O Brien. He never got his movies done. I wished we could see a King Kong Vs Godzilla.

[@DiceBviewssecondsago]

We did see King Kong vs Godzilla you idiot Edit: I’m the idiot :(

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@DiceBviewssecondsago He meant the O'Brien version.

[@DiceBviewssecondsago]

Dubuya Jay oh

[@yilaugh5234]

I'm sorry to have to you this, but Mr. O'Brien was a drunk. He drank himself out of Hollywood. He became so unreliable that no one would hire him. Sad, but true

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@yilaugh5234 Yes, but was said drinking a coping mechanism for being shafted?

[@UltraSenseiHoots]

"The King Kong plot apes the original film," Nice.

[@TeapotMasterr]

0

[@TeapotMasterr]

Pn

[@PeterIsTheSenate]

heh get it? Because Kong is a giant ape? no? just me? ok i'll leave

[@peterjager9694]

Story

[@battleupsaber462]

That one time Donkey Kong and Yoshi got really drunk and started fighting over the last meth crystal

[@Gojirawars03]

Ajahni Cole DK and Bowser

[@enemy-steel]

Ikr

[@3xp0sé33]

Nah it was the Berry Juice

[@SpaceHunterM]

14:09 To clarify, Toho didn't use a 35mm print. They reintegrated the deleted portions from the original negative, which were rediscovered and utilized in 1991, and had been misplaced in storage between 1991 and 2014. For the 2014 restoration, they were able to find the trimmed portions for reels 2 through 7 of the film, but unable to find reel 1's. Reel 1's trims were finally dug out for the 4K restoration (along with the elements for the sinkhole ending for Frankenstein vs. Baragon).

[@ChuckKahn]

Does it look better than the Criterion?

[@peterjager9694]

Stupid

[@justinweber4977]

I actually just bought this on DVD the other day. Gonna watch it tomorrow night while I have the day off

[@EquatorialPike]

Ah very nice, hope you enjoy!

[@medul10alpha31]

Lmao

[@TheBlackLobo]

Did u watch it

[@justinweber4977]

@@TheBlackLobo I did indeed.

[@slumbertrap6506]

You know we never heard the boy who cryed godzilla actually cry godzilla, and im sadden by that.

[@asiaman2188]

I second this

[@bubumtl]

Hey Wikizilla, I want to thank you for listening to the suggestion I made about making a Varan Kaiju profile. When the MIB movie premiered, and I saw the trailer for your future video, I was thrilled to see one of my favourite monsters get his own video! Thank you!

[@weemega3504]

One of the greatest monster fights King kong vs Godzilla

[@This_account_is_abandoned.555]

Gimme Lamp oil

[@weemega3504]

@@This_account_is_abandoned.555 As long as you have enough rupees

[@This_account_is_abandoned.555]

@@weemega3504 here 1000 rupees

[@weemega3504]

@@This_account_is_abandoned.555 Mmm Sorry I have no lamp oil

[@JamisonHingle]

I love he he says "he almost got in a fist fight debating which monster is stronger (and in all seriousness) we have all been there before"

[@Biscwutitsutos]

but we really have been there before.

[@GojiBoiEarth1964]

I swear if they don’t bring the classic tree scene back , ima start a riot on legendary and warner bros! EDIT: LETS GOOO THEY DID IT!!!

[@Super_fms]

And sing for ad say eat your vegetable

[@turtlegamer1579]

Anyone remember about the mothra standalone

[@kyleswi764]

This man🤧💀

[@kennethsatria6607]

BRING IN THE BIG ASS TREE

[@newclothes8165]

I'll bring the fire torches

[@Riotz96]

This was a fantastic video with so much good info, definitely learned a new thing or two about this film!

[@Jet_Jaguar]

shoutout to all goji fans before 2010

[@ryaquaza3offical]

Godzilla fans for life!!!

[@godzilla_fan_13]

What Ray said.

[@SaurianStudios1207]

I became a Godzilla fan before 2006 lol

[@roeimakikiderikadragontwin9898]

Have been a fan since 2000 or before we don't remember how long we been a fan but we do know that we're been a fan for a very long time.

[@JosephZ144]

I couldn’t remember a time when I wasn’t a Godzilla fan.

[@JFLEstudios]

I thought I knew a lot about the origins of this movie but I learned so much with this video! (Like John Beck fucking over Willis O Brien, Merian C. Cooper suing everyone over the ownership of Kong when he found out about this movie, RKO forbidding Toho from using the original Kong's design and expressions and so much more!) This video was fun, informative and well-made. Good job. Here's hoping the rematch between King Kong and Godzilla live up to the original!

[@megaraptor1018]

Me: Expects a new Kaiju Profile Wikizilla: How about this, instead? Me: *"A surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one!"*

[@dubuyajay9964]

"Well, hello there!"

[@thommyjacksona4060]

"GENERAL KONGOBI"

[@Anomalous1879]

Kong is a sith lord

[@PeterIsTheSenate]

so the Sith won this time DAMN IT GODZILLA SKYWALKER

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I remember when Arthur Adams, a very well-known illustrator of giant monsters especially our boy Godzilla, had illustrated the two just enjoy the battle with no hard feelings. Personally, I always thought it was a draw as Kong got beaten so bad he swim home and Godzilla was knocked unconscious.

[@thecollectordude9956]

It wasn't until I saw the uncut Japanese version on the criterion release, that I truly appreciated this film. the human motives make a lot more sense in that version.

[@ZaGorudan]

14:26 I can hear Warner Bros' lawyers furiously typing to get this video removed.

[@PeterIsTheSenate]

indeed

[@dorkydodo2325]

Yea

[@brettz5288]

This is unironically one of my favorite films. I love the music and how goofy it is and the islanders music and singing.

[@RyanTheAccuser]

You guys should do more of these "Story of" videos! I bet they'd be popular, and they certainly make watching these movies more interesting.

[@kaiju3646]

As soon as I clicked on the premiere it was done

[@chrisashford3379]

yea, idk wtf is going on.

[@kaiju3646]

with what?

[@Tamashikiri]

*sigh* I've been there...

[@corrupted3600]

Yeah KZbin notifications are broken some times

[@JTLDrago94]

Imagine MechaGodzilla vs Mechani-Kong

[@thescourge6704]

Better

[@billybadass3056]

how about I don't....

[@m.mohsindg9148]

It would mecha legendary

[@billybadass3056]

@@m.mohsindg9148 no it wouldn't.. wat the hell version of mecha Kong are you ppl thinking of 🤣🤣😂🤣🤣

[@m.mohsindg9148]

@@billybadass3056 Yes. The Mechani kong from escape of kong is very weak in front of mecha G. I want showa Mecha G vs Mechani kong. It would be a good fight

[@chancecole437]

Easily one of my favorite movies, especially after getting my hands on the Japanese version. Has its problems, but its just so much fun, and basically serves as a blueprint for... nearly every kaiju movie made ever since.

[@Trenzilla]

Awesome video. It's interesting learning more about the BTS of the film. Also, I did not know the Japanese cut of the film was on the criterion collection. I was so upset when I went to watch it again but I didn't see the Japanese cut & was annoyed, thinking we still couldn't get a version of it to watch without importing the Japanese blu-ray, but I'm glad to know it's on there(even if the quality isn't consistent & it's in the bonus features). I got to see the Japanese cut of the film last year and loved it, so I was mad when I originally thought it wasn't on there cause it's really amazing and I like it more than the American cut(which is still great), but I'm glad it's on here in any form. Also looking forward to Godzilla vs Kong!!.

[@tyrantgregcagkaiju71]

My favorite Godzilla movie 😊! I introduced my work friend’s son to the series with this movie. He was only 7 at the time, and he lived it right away 😊.

[@dorat9249]

Great video guys keep up the good work!

[@ryaquaza3offical]

You can’t really beat the classic Although I still say Godzilla should have won imo, Kong’s electric abilities kinda came out of nowhere

[@galacticfilms6431]

Ryaquaza 1 wellllll...

[@wild-strike]

They built it up in the whole film it didn’t come out of no where

[@birdiementlegen226]

@@wild-strike I guess what he's trying to say is that it's ridiculous. But since japan is japan, it's something that we have to cope with.

[@roshanefowler4258]

In the Japanese version godzilla won and the American version King kong won.

[@michaelcallari]

Imagine believing this in 2020

[@supergamerxda.k.azabuza4031]

The battle between two Kings King of Skull Island vs King of the Monsters

[@jamesvarela233]

This was definitely a great Kaiju profile video of the ol original classic Godzilla vs Kong movie.

[@gamerafreak]

I have my personal doubts that an O'Brien and Tsuburaya collaboration would have gone well. Ray Harryhausen (O'Brien's apprentice) held a fairly unfavorable view of suitmation; often dismissing suit acting as the inferior form of effect when compared to stop motion. Though O'Brien and Harryhausen were different people, I am speculating that O'Brien may have held a similar superiority complex with his craft. All negative thoughts aside- I actually would love a timeline where O'Brien and Tsuburaya had collaborated and potentially found a nice blend between their respective styles.

[@HydraOverlord]

Very well done Video Essay! This whole channel is very impressive. Cheers!

[@ChuckKahn]

This is great! Criterion should have included featurettes this rich in detail on their Godzilla box-set.

[@nitapugkhem-george5749]

This gonna be AWSOME

[@treyrex5987]

The man who made Pacific Rim, loves both Godzilla and Kong and doesn't care who wins. Take notes people. You know who I'm talking about out there. 😑 (By the way, I'm talking about THOSE fans. The people that choose one over the other cuz they actually want to see them win are cool.)

[@treyrex5987]

@MegaTyrannus Mongoliensis Yep.

[@GMKGoji01]

I don't care who wins either.

[@starset4life175]

Bruh imagine Guilermo Del Toro making a Godzilla movie

[@treyrex5987]

@@starset4life175 That would be a dream come true! 😆😆😆

[@snakeman9524]

I love both monsters, but I don't know who I want to win. My mind is with Godzilla, but my heart is with Kong

[@THEDRIFTER823]

Woooo love these history style of videos! I’m learning a lot now!

[@luisthekingjaime94]

That would be like Godzilla coming out of a coffin and King Kong having that Randy Orton to look

[@maguma3419]

0:30 "Coward John Beck" woooooow Wikizilla throwing shade. XD Also, shocked you guys didn't say that the 90's Godzilla vs. King Kong film was suppose to have Kong turn into a cyborg.

[@Gojiragon]

That sounds like the ridiculous awesomeness I expect out of the heisei series.

[@waterking74]

The salt is real 😏

[@wild-strike]

This movie shows off my favorite version of Godzilla, one of my favorite sounds tracks and Kaiju battles to date. Also I find the humor amazing.

[@BBmetalhead04]

6:50 Octopus: Hey mom I just finished shooting on a Godzilla movie. The crew was so pleased with my work, they’re going to have me for dinner.

[@efu2046]

I like this kind of video. Shows the history of the film and many more. I noticed that a few jokes is used in the video, which is also great! Keep it up!

[@Yobtar5]

More of these, please! I'd love to see more of these in-depth looks on some other kaiju movies. This was an absolute joy to watch. Great job, guys!

[@shadowbladeguild]

God, i love your videos ! Great job guys !

[@voronOsphere]

Excellent documentary!

[@gojidapro5452]

Fun Fact: The story of a stranded kid that King Kong Adopts in the Scrapped sequel ended up becoming the story of Jia in Godzilla vs Kong many decades later.

[@Tg2Lc]

You're right

[@jaczylijaaleniepowiemkto3243]

Not so long time ago I watched Godzilla vs King Kong with my grandpa who is also a Godzilla fan and we are both hyped for the remake!

[@kenchristiansen2080]

The newest Godzilla vs Kong may be a new creation entirely. Heck Godzilla and Kong skull island are entirely new, and I love them both

[@warmac88]

Great video Kaiju bro!

[@paulbacchus1015]

I love King Kong Vs Godzilla it's my favorite Godzilla movie next to the first Godzilla '1954' and Godzilla Vs The Thing'1964' I have a box set of King kong, King Kong Vs Godzilla and King Kong Escapes, I watch them every Christmas and it always puts a smile on my face. Paul Bacchus esq

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I'll never forget when King Kong versus Godzilla was shown on Disney Channel! By golly it's been awhile!

[@anthonyboodram608]

Wait, they really did play that movie there? Huh, interesting.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

@@anthonyboodram608 yeah Disney Channel showed a lot Godzilla movies! Even Superman and my personal favorite...The Hobbit.

[@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514]

Of course I miss another livestream I hope you make another one soon so I can watch it!

[@EvilGregProductions]

Godzilla raids again introduced the monster brawl. King Kong vs Godzilla perfected it!

[@bryanmartinez9506]

Good job Wikizilla

[@oomguy9423]

Love the increase in production value on this video.

[@waterloowy5048]

They better create a scene where King Kong shoves the tree into Godzilla mouth like a broccoli

[@thundercloud6988]

Kong should say to the kid in sign language he didnt eat his broccoli

[@waterloowy5048]

@@thundercloud6988 Lol, wish that happened

[@vincentfranklin17]

This was the first Godzilla film I saw as a kid. I saw it on TV. I was nine years old. I loved it!

[@HintchuSatsu]

He may have gotten Toho to finance what will become one of the best Monster crossovers,but I blame John Beck for discluding OB on his OWN work.

[@holdynmcpletl4903]

you have the voice of a wise man

[@Domart101]

This is great I love this 👍

[@icebreaker8902]

I'm still waiting for godzilla vs kong and I still can't what to see the movie next year.

[@christophertaylor2738]

Cant wait for godzilla vs kong the monsterverse battle of all time cant wait to see how the fight in the movie compares to the original

[@mikepointer5067]

This video is perfect

[@iancassidy661]

1962+58 years later=2020. Now we'll getting two Crossover movies features of Godzilla and King Kong. Toho Company Ltd movie monster "Godzilla" and RKO Pictures/Universal Studios movie monster "King Kong". King Kong was created by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace.

[@gojimania6465]

I missed this while doing school work? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@louiemercado5595]

And I wish these two can be friends rather than rivals to challenge against another monster on the movie. If they work together as a team.

[@kaijudirector5336]

Someone get these guys for the next Godzilla Criterion release... And can we get more videos like this?

[@michaelcallari]

Oh man, I wish I was optimistic enough to think there's going to be another Criterion Godzilla set. But yes, expect more film histories to come.

[@lancedarkwater8532]

Kong would have adopted a human child? That actually makes that volcano ending kinda' tragic.

[@isyaboimateo9109]

Information about Godzilla And King king’s history Godzilla was discovered in 10000 Years ago as a reptile evactully evolved into a Dino named godzillaosaurs King Kong was an baby gorilla and had fighting skills Boarding Little Godzilla When Godzilla found food he ate it King Kong And Godzilla sucked up radiation From little boy King Kong turns into a monkey like ape/gorilla kills off a T. rex Meanwhile Godzilla Derstoys a city in 1954 1962 They met themselves famously

[@clairedavies2061]

Amazing video!

[@muchotheorangutan493]

Can't wait to see the new one

[@vanmoy7080]

King Kong vs Godzilla is epic!

[@justusrivera8677]

I Love This Movie!!!

[@sauraplay2095]

Great video!👍

[@RobotGooseStudios]

0:53 actually if you did proper research, FOX cut the budget for ALL movies in 1960. With a slashed budget, they had no choice but to use reptiles instead of stop motion dinosaurs

[@michaelcallari]

Bill Warren's KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES mentions a 1960 actors' strike rushing the production, theorizing but not committing to the idea that Irwin Allen wanted stop-motion but found himself out of time. A CENTURY OF STOP-MOTION ANIMATION by Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton is less kind to Allen, saying he just hired O'Brien for his name, and quotes O'Brien as saying his bosses disparaged stop-motion and "felt it would take too long." Neither mentions Fox slashing the budget. Ultimately I didn't feel the reasons O'Brien got hired to do stop-motion on THE LOST WORLD and then didn't do stop-motion were relevant enough to the story of KING KONG VS. GODZILLA to mention.

[@JarJarBinks4ever]

Am I the only one who actually likes the Kong suit in this film? I really like the profile and when his eyes are shadowed King Kong looks really badass imo. It does look pretty dumb in close shots, where you see the eyes.

[@Psyclonus7]

Pretty cool video although I would have liked to have seen more sources cited. For example, where did the King Kong v.s. Prometheus art come from?

[@michaelcallari]

maserpatrol.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/kong-count-17-king-kong-vs-frankenstein/

[@Psyclonus7]

@@michaelcallari I mean in the video. Also, where in the film was it stated that electricity made Godzilla weaker? He definitely had an aversion to it but weaker?

[@jimhawkins144]

LET THEM FIGHT !!!!!!!!! Godzilla 2014 reference

[@anthonyhudak9363]

The real battle isn't between Godzilla and Kong but between the fans who are still debating who won

[@ArtificialDragon]

Despite the hate Godzilla fans have toward the ridiculousness of Kong possibly fighting against the Big G, their movie together was the highest grossing Godzilla movie of all time. A title that was held for over 50 years until Shin Godzilla came out, which is really impressive considering that KvG was the third godzilla movie made and it took 28 more movies to finally get a higher box office success.

[@ryaquaza3offical]

I don’t think I’ve met someone that hates this film for the whole King Kong actually being able to fight Godzilla thing, I mean yes the huge size buff and electrical abilities kinda came out of nowhere and definitely feel like plot armour but idk, it’s a classic that doesn’t really take itself seriously so why should we? (And this is coming from a big Godzilla fan)

[@Red-fu4li]

The script sitting here is great, there’s so many lines I could quote here😂

[@BigBravesFan1331]

I subbed, no regrets.

[@auracts653]

I love me some Godzilla just before bed!

[@tryhardtalon5090]

Can you make a showa godzilla kaiju profile? And have the history in a separate video?

[@Clank2237]

Not what I expected next however a very welcome surprise

[@Gojiragon]

From what I’ve heard, the reason why they didn’t use the 4K footage was because of costs. Using the spliced footage was apparently cheaper than replicating the 4K a bunch of times. From what I’ve heard… I could be entirely wrong.

[@SpaceHunterM]

It was only a matter of Toho placing an embargo on the 4K restoration. It's not out on home video in Japan, so the rest of the world doesn't get it. Plainly a bureaucratic matter.

[@Gojiragon]

Yeah, that makes more sense.

[@exoteric_bb]

I like that the length of bottom is split into sections,

[@emeritaavila5619]

Just imagine how cool would be if we had a heisei King King vs Godzilla

[@Firearm_fanboy]

I love your guys channel

[@galacticfilms6431]

7:52 Speaking of the Mysterians can you do a kaiju profile on Mogera

[@michaelmyers8596]

You ever wonder why the original Blue Oyster Cult song couldn’t be used instead of the cover version?

[@JaxsYT-_-]

Yeah

[@michaelmyers8596]

I know right, like it would have given more attention to the band since they haven’t had any hits since 1981 and that would have been perfect for the new album they’re releasing this year.

[@zachzilla26]

Movies in general today have a thing about not using anything old at all. No older music, no older stock footage, nothing. It's even a miracle the 2017 Power Rangers reboot used a couple seconds of the 1995 theme. But in KotM case, I think that was just Mike Daugherty wanting to hear a new version that was up to par with Bear McCreary's score.

[@freddieelijah9805]

What if that's how it ends? Godzilla and King Kong go have dinner with Guillermo del Toro. 🤣

[@michaelcallari]

We can dream

[@treyrex5987]

That would be awesome.

[@acGyakushu_and_Shin]

That should be the movie's post credits scene.

[@freddieelijah9805]

@@acGyakushu_and_Shin EXACTLY!👏🏾🤣💯

[@thrashpondopons2776]

When I was VERY young... I had a fantasy where all the Kaiju came to my birthday party! Years later, my college roommate adapted the idea into 'Godzilla's Bachelor Party!' for his Creative Writing class!

[@greenking9124]

*THE SEQUEL YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR*

[@elirose3255]

would love to see more videos like this talking about the production of these films

[@m.mohsindg9148]

Great video

[@Werezilla]

"Hama's the only dark haired woman Kong has fallen for in any of his films." Assuming we don't count Lady Kong from King Kong Escapes.

[@LesWZ]

I think you mean King Kong Lives.

[@Werezilla]

@@LesWZ Yeah I make that mistake all the time. I don't know why. I think King Kong Escapes is a decent movie, something I definitely don't think is true about King Kong Lives. Also glad to see your not dead. When you got attacked by the Garoga's in the Zone Fighter video most of us feared the worst.

[@LesWZ]

@@Werezilla Haha, your concern is appreciated!

[@mitchellshuttleworth3204]

If you really want to see a Godzilla vs. King Kong, I'd highly recommend you check out the KZbin channel Zimaut Animation. It's one of my favorite channels and the guy who did the animation really highlighted the advantages of both Kaiju. For starters, Godzilla is thousands of years old with a wider range of abilities, from his regenerative powers to of course his Atomic Breath. Kong, while having no stronger powers, has his agility and general experience with fighting dinosaurs on Skull Island. Kong also is very intelligent, rivaling Godzilla's own animal cunning, and uses tools and rocks as weapons. But sadly Godzilla has three major advantages, the raw power of his Atomic Breath, his near impenetrable skin and his amphibious nature. Once Godzilla got Kong in the water it wouldn't end well for the 8th Wonder of the World. But the true victor would be indeed the audience. On a side note, my favorite scene of King Kong vs. Godzilla would be when the two tv studio guys are offering cigarettes to the natives, even the kids, and say, "it's ok, their smoking." XD cracks me up every time.

[@datcedaagent288]

Can you do the all scrap godzilla monster from showa, heisei , millenium , reiwa , to all american godzilla movie

[@luisthekingjaime94]

I like to see this in the new movie

[@nidnoms3622]

GvK will be the greatest rematch in all of history

[@zintosion]

Ah yes King Kong forcing Godzilla to eat his broccoli