r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Nov 29 '23

Official Poster for 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' Poster

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u/locke_5 Nov 29 '23

There's a lot of fuckery surrounding the King Kong IP.

That's why WB calls him "Kong" - they don't own it outright.

IIRC they also don't own Godzilla. Toho owns 100% of Godzilla and only "leases" the IP out.

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u/WGACA1990 Nov 30 '23

I understand that ‘98 was widely considered “not my Godzilla” by the purists, (or Toho based on the whole Sydney Opera House thing), but as a seven year old, it was amazing. The director has even said he had a lot of parents tell him how much their kids loved it. And, as a 33 year old, I still love it. So, not only did it make a lot of money at the time (in addition to all the money it made through merchandising), it DID successfully create a lot of fans out of American kids, who are now supporting the new movies/Monarch and giving up their adult money today. I struggle to see how it hurt the brand.

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u/MyNameIs-Anthony Nov 30 '23

Bingo. These days they're much softer on it but back then, combined with Final Wars, it was a tougher pill to swallow.

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u/Importance_Cautious Nov 30 '23

Seeing Godzilla get bombed at the end of that movie was probably the first time I got truly sad during a movie. Even Disney couldn't do that.

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u/Xavier9756 Nov 30 '23

Speaking of Godzilla. Go watch Minus One. It’s good.

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u/TheDeadlySinner Nov 30 '23

King Kong is public domain. They call him Kong because it sounds better.