{"id":190,"date":"2019-10-16T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?p=190"},"modified":"2019-10-16T14:45:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:45:25","slug":"jimmys-notes-on-episode-2-the-tourists-vs-king-kong-1933","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/16\/jimmys-notes-on-episode-2-the-tourists-vs-king-kong-1933\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy’s Notes on ‘Episode 2: The Tourists vs. King Kong (1933)’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Welcome to the first entry of Jimmy\u2019s Notes! My blog series will feature nitpicks<\/s> supplements on each episode of The Monster Island Film Vault. Nathan does lots of research and works hard at editing every episode, but he and the Tourists don\u2019t always get stuff right (unlike his intrepid producer) and can\u2019t include everything. I will correct any errors and feature additional information not in the episode–and take the opportunity to riff everyone and get away with it. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corrections<\/strong>
-Okay, this first one is on me since I write the Entertaining Info Dump. I wrote that King Kong<\/em> paved the way for Godzilla and the kaiju genre \u201cthree decades later\u201d when it was actually two decades later<\/em>. Apparently, I forgot how to math there for a second. My friends at NASA would be disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-I also forgot to mention\nthe IMDB score for the film in the Info Dump (oops). It\u2019s 7.9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Nathan said \u201cTMC\u201d when\nhe meant \u201cTCM\u201d\u2014twice. Once I can understand, but twice<\/em>? Was he thinking of the tabloid TMZ and not Turner Classic\nMovies? I feel insulted for TCM. On a related note, he said it was TCM who\nadded the overture to King Kong<\/em> in\n2005 when it was actually Warner Bros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Both Nick and Tim mispronounced \u201cDenham\u201d as \u201cDunham.\u201d I guess they buy a lot of sporting goods<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Nathan said the name\n\u201cSkull Island\u201d is in the novelization of King\nKong<\/em>. It\u2019s not. It was used in RKO\u2019s promotional materials. In the film\nit\u2019s called \u201cSkull Mountain Island.\u201d I don\u2019t think the name was spoken in a\nfilm until either the 2005 remake or Kong:\nSkull Island<\/em>. I\u2019ll ask around. I\u2019m sure one of the scientists studying the\nkaiju will know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Nathan calls Kong a\nmonkey when he\u2019s an ape. Even the Tourists corrected him on that during the\nrecording by saying even VeggieTales knows the difference<\/a><\/em>! I\nshould\u2019ve thrown a (Bob the) tomato at him for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Everyone said there was\na brontosaurus in this film, but some say the brontosaurus is actually an Apatosaurus.\nSince most sources say the former, I can\u2019t hold that against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Joe incorrectly said it\nwas the \u201cMonster Island Resort\u201d when it\u2019s the \u201cMonsterland Resort.\u201d An easy\nmistake, although the Island\u2019s Board of Directors is very particular about\nkeeping the branding straight (which makes me think they should\u2019ve made the\nname a bit more different, but hey, I just work here).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Nathan said Son of Kong<\/em> was released six months\nafter the original when it was actually nine months. He must\u2019ve gotten that\ncash-grab sequel confused with the other cash-grab\nsequel<\/a> starring another famous resident on the Island. ::cough-cough::\nGodzilla. ::cough-cough::<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Notes: The Film<\/strong>
Now for some things from Nathan\u2019s notebook that weren\u2019t mentioned in the episode. This isn\u2019t all of his notes, but they\u2019re the ones I thought were the most important of what he omitted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-\u201cAre the natives depicted in a racist fashion? It is\nweird that a South Seas island has black people on it. I read an essay that\nwent into great detail about this. The chief is played by Noble Johnson, who\nactually gets listed in the opening credits and is portrayed as a strong man. A\nblack man getting listed like this was unheard of back then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-\u201cHow convenient for the native\nwarriors that Ann was right there so they didn\u2019t have to go on the ship. They\nmust\u2019ve read the script. :P\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-\u201cCharlie the cook is\nconsidered \u2018racist\u2019 now, but he is played by Chinese actor and is treated well\nby everyone. He speaks broken English.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-\u201cThe missing \u2018spider pit\u2019\nsequence. In script but may or may not have been filmed. Some claim to have\nseen it. Cut by Cooper because it wrecked the pacing. Recreated by Jackson and\nWETA. Had a triceratops-like dino. That\u2019s why one sailor looks back while\nrunning and why sailors don\u2019t run back on log. I gotta say, if some of them\nsurvived, they\u2019re tough hombres!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-\u201cSchoedsack and Cooper\nare piloting the plane that kills Kong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-\u201cKong\u2019s origins are\nambiguous; the line between science and myth blurred. Part of the appeal. Harry\nHarrison has a crazy \u2018alternate universe\u2019 origin story. Not surprising given he\nwrites alternate history.\u201d (Jimmy here:\nIf I remember correctly, this involved a man being cursed to take the form of a\ngorilla by island gods).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

-\u201cEsther M. Friesner\ncompared the King Kong story to that of Enkidu in The Epic of Gilgamesh<\/em> and Samson in the Bible because they are\nstrong men undone by beautiful women.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-\u201cIn China, \u2018kong\u2019 means \u2018strong.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional Notes: The Depression<\/strong>
-\u201cOptimism persisted despite the crash. John D. Rockefeller said, \u2018These are days when many are discouraged. In the 93 years of my life, depressions have come and gone. Prosperity has always returned and will again.\u2019\u201d (Wikipedia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-\u201cBirthrates for 14 major\ncountries fell 12% from 19.3 births per thousand population in 1930, to 17.0 in\n1935. Families wanted to avoid having children until they achieved more\nfinancial stability. In Canada, half of Catholic women defied Church teachings\nand used contraception.\u201d (Wikipedia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong>
Now that I\u2019ve gotten my first Note out of the way, I need to get back to writing the Entertaining Info Dump for Son of Kong<\/em> if for no other reason than to remind Nathan of his contractual obligations. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow me on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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