{"id":344,"date":"2020-02-12T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?p=344"},"modified":"2021-03-24T13:53:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T17:53:53","slug":"episode-10-john-lemay-vs-king-kong-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/12\/episode-10-john-lemay-vs-king-kong-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 10: John LeMay vs. \u2018King Kong Lives\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hello, kaiju lovers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite a slight delay thanks to MIFV mascots Goji-kun and Bro Kong hiding Nathan\u2019s laptop, the unavoidable has happened: King Kong Lives<\/em>. John LeMay, author of Kong Unmade<\/em> and other kaiju books, returns to Monster Island to discuss the Godzilla vs. Megalon<\/em> of the Kong series\u2014and John un-ironically likes it! This ill-fated sequel to Dino de Laurentiis\u2019s 1976 remake stars Linda Hamilton, fresh off of her star-making role in The Terminator<\/em>, as a scientist who resurrects King Kong with an artificial heart\u2026because that cures falling off of a building. Not only that, he \u201cfalls in love\u201d with Lady Kong, a female giant gorilla, which leads to most of the Kong film tropes getting turned on their ears. Also, King Kong eats rednecks. Yep. Nathan goes full-tilt MST3K<\/em> with this movie, but he riffs because he loves. That is, when he isn\u2019t mediating a conflict between John and the show\u2019s intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA<\/a>. The Toku Topic is the convoluted King Kong copyright, which came to a head twice when Universal tried to sue Dino de Laurentiis in the 1970s and Nintendo in the early 1980s. Hear all about it in the newest episode of The Monster Island Film Vault!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can buy the hardcover of John\u2019s book Kong Unmade<\/em> on Amazon<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out Jimmy’s Notes<\/a> on this episode!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timestamps:
\n<\/strong>Intro: 0:00-3:28
\nEntertaining Info Dump: 3:28-9:29
\nToku Talk: 9:29-1:04:18
\nToku Topic: 1:04:18-1:31:04
\nOutro: 1:31:04-end<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 2020 Moonlighting\nNinjas Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bibliography\/Further Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n