Podcast appearances and mentions of King Kong Lives

This week on Seddy Bimco Part Two The Revenge, We visit Tennessee and take a look at The Movie, King Kong Lives. Follow Tim on letterboxd!https://letterboxd.com/search/tjhamilton/ See the Seddy Bimco watchlist! Email us at seddybimcoe@gmail.com Most art by Tim Hamilton Music by Tim Hamilton Check out the Seddy website. Website: https://www.seddy-bimco-part-2-the-re... Links: https://linktr.ee/seddybimco Check out George O'Connor's books: https://www.georgeoconnorbooks.com/ Check out Tim Hamilton's books: https://timhamiltonrwf.gumroad.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informationIn this episode, hosts Tim Hamilton and George The Mighty discuss various topics ranging from humorous revenge stories to interesting facts about Tennessee. They delve into the odd laws of the state, explore local folklore, and provide a detailed overview of the movie 'King Kong Lives,' including character introductions and plot setup. Tim Hamilton and George The Mighty delve into the absurdities of the film featuring Kong and Lady Kong. They discuss the investment in heart transplants, the discovery of Lady Kong, the Atlanta Institute's challenges, and the chaotic events that unfold when Kong awakens. The duo humorously critiques the film's plot, character decisions, and the portrayal of the military's response to the chaos caused by the giant apes. In this segment of the conversation, the hosts delve into the absurdities and comedic elements of the King Kong narrative, exploring the romantic entanglements, military ineptitude, and the dark side of captivity. They discuss the ridiculousness of the plot, the characters' interactions, and the film's overall execution, highlighting moments of humor and critique throughout the storyline. In this episode, the hosts delve into the chaotic and humorous events of 'King Kong Lives,' exploring the rescue of Lady Kong, the intense battle between Kong and the army, and the emotional birth of Baby Kong. The conversation wraps up with listener mail and reflections on the film's cultural impact, all delivered with a comedic flair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this emotionally charged episode of Born to Watch, the team marches into the searing heat and moral quagmire of Oliver Stone's Platoon (1986), a film that's arguably the definitive Vietnam War movie of its era. Whitey, G-Man, and the V8 Interrupter Dan revisit the battlefield with a mix of reverence, nostalgia, and hard truths, dissecting the film's impact, legacy, and the deep emotional chord it struck back in the day—and still does today.Kicking off with stories of their first encounters with Platoon, the guys quickly descend into one of their most layered and personal discussions to date. Whitey recalls being told by his dad he wasn't allowed to watch the film—despite already seeing Apocalypse Now and Mad Max at age six. That rebellious spark only deepened his bond with the movie once he finally got his hands on it as a teen. Dan admits to cheating on the crew, watching Platoon with his war-obsessed neighbours back in the ‘80s, completely unaware at the time of the deeper commentary Stone was laying down. For G-Man, Platoon was a rite of passage during his VHS-rented youth, watched on loop like a war-soaked mixtape.But the nostalgia is tempered with fresh eyes. This time around, Platoon hits different. What once felt like badass war action now reveals itself as a gut-punching meditation on morality, survival, and the breakdown of innocence. The guys explore the duality of the film's core—the Elias vs. Barnes dichotomy—representing each soldier's internal war. It's not just America vs. the Viet Cong; it's soul vs. savagery, duty vs. darkness.The cast? Stacked. And not just with stars—but future legends. Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe snagged Oscar nods for roles that flipped their usual screen personas. Charlie Sheen's Chris Taylor acts as the audience's moral compass, thrust into a world of chaos with no road map. And in the wings, you catch early glimpses of Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, and even a scene-stealing John C. McGinley. The Born to Watch crew marvel at the rawness and authenticity that pulses through every frame—helped in no small part by the film's unique decision to shoot in sequence, letting the emotional weight build naturally.And then there's the man behind the camera: Oliver Stone. A real-life Vietnam vet, Stone channelled his firsthand experience into a script that didn't just depict war—it unpacked it, exposed it, and dared to say that sometimes, the worst of humanity wears your own uniform. The pod digs into how Stone's commitment to realism (aided by military advisor Dale Dye, another vet) shaped everything from the dialogue to the weight of each bullet fired.There's the usual Born to Watch flavor too—G-Man's got the box office and awards rundown (hello, Best Picture and Best Director at the ‘87 Oscars), while Dan goes on a bandana-fueled tangent and questions whether Lieutenant Wolfe might be cinema's most inept officer. Whitey can't resist diving into the musical legacy, from that haunting Samuel Barber theme to how the soundtrack now echoes the trauma and tragedy of a generation.Of course, it wouldn't be Born to Watch without Listen to This, Voicemail Roulette (shoutout to “Will the Worky”), and the always-fun “Hit, Sleeper, Dud” segment, where Heartbreak Ridge, Extreme Prejudice, and King Kong Lives get their moment in the spotlight—or the firing line.By the end, the question looms large: Platoon or Apocalypse Now? Each host makes their case in what might be the pod's most respectful debate yet. As G-Man puts it, Platoon is about the war within, while Apocalypse Now is a descent into madness. Either way, both films leave an indelible mark—and so does this episode.So strap in, pop smoke, and join the squad as Born to Watch heads into the heart of darkness with Platoon. This one's for the grunts, the film buffs, and anyone who ever got lost in the jungle of morality and memory.

Turkey day means ONE thing here at TMI – KAIJU!! We celebrate this year with the 80s giant monster flicks Godzilla 1985 and King Kong Lives, so bring a big bottle of Dr.Pepper and PLENTY of bananas – Lady Kong needs her snacks!  #godzilla #godzilla1985 #returnofgodzilla #kingkong #kingkonglives #raymondburr #dinodelaurentiis

Don't let Lady Kong make a monkey out of you in this brand-new episode of Kaiju Conversation on King Kong Lives.Kaiju Conversation is a podcast series diving into the world of tokusatsu featuring genres like science fiction, J-Horror, action, and comedy! From Godzilla, Gamera, and Ultraman to the deepest darkest places like Zeiram, Zebraman, and Tetsuo: The Iron Man.The podcast is hosted by Elijah Thomas and Jackson Gibbens. Email: kaijuconversation@gmail.comTwitter/Facebook: @kaiju_convers Instagram: kaiju_conversLinktree:https://linktr.ee/Kaiju_Convers YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuni8GjDt1abcYq39cOxzDw Discord Server:https://discord.gg/gEwRexe Merchandise:https://teespring.com/stores/kaiju-conversation • Host: Elijah Thomashttps://linktr.ee/ET13_PRODUCTIONS• Co-host/Editor: Jackson Gibbenshttps://linktr.ee/RexXenoOur special guests have been: Samson West, Daikaiju Legends, D Man1954, ProjectGodzilla, Steven's Toy Reviews, Scrye Productions, Bianca Wallace, Benjamin Chaffins, Henry the Host, Travis Alexander, Connor Baxter, Nathan Marchand, Michael Hamilton, Matthew Blair, Frankie B. Washington, Mark Bailey, Jack Hudgens, Kaiju Kim, Daniel DiManna, Kyle Yount, Mac McClintock, Robert New, Jeffrey Angles, Willy Evans, Daisuke Sato, Masanori Machida, Yoshikazu Ishii, Neil Riebe, Tarrell Christie, Jacob Lyngle, David Scrivani, Gratton Conwill, Matthew Anderson, Billy DuBose, and Nick Crispino.Don't forget to leave us a 5-star review!

A decade after the Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange movie, KING KONG (1976), a cash grab appears. The 1986 KING KONG LIVES appeared and your co-hosts take a look at it.

KK Lives with Linda Hamilton & a couple of monkey suits

On the 365th episode of Piecing It Together, we are LIVE from Maya Cinemas in North Las Vegas with guests Joe Black, Michael Keene and Sam Novak to talk about Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire! This follow-up to 2021's Godzilla Vs Kong was one of my most anticipated movies of the year, so it was exciting to do a live episode on it, even if we all had wildly different opinions on it. Puzzle pieces include Justice League, King Kong Lives, Godzilla Vs Megalon and Land of the Lost.As always, SPOILER ALERT for Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire and the movies we discuss!Lets see who is reading these show notes! Share the episode and then contact me (on social media or through the contact form on our website) and I'll send you some of the extra swag we got for the live podcast! First come, first serve as I don't have that much left, but share the episode and then let me know you did and I'll mail some goodies out to you!Written by Adam Wingard and othersDirected by Adam WingardStarring Rebecca Hall, Bryan Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee HottleWarner Broshttps://www.godzillaxkongmovie.com/Joe Black is a filmmaker and has recently completed work on his latest, Natasha Hall: Suffrage.Check out Joe's website at https://www.bluemeanspregnantfilms.com/And Follow Joe on Twitter @WatchBMPFilmsMichael Keene is a filmmaker and hosts a YouTube film review channel.Check out Michael's website at https://www.manateepartyfilms.com/And Follow Michael on Twitter @MichaelKeeneSam Novak is the Deputy Editor of VEGAS 411, an online source for Sin City tourists and locals. He's a fitness fan, a pet adoption advocate, and is mad about the movies. A former movie theater manager, he successfully operated 36 screens for both AMC and an independent movie house in South Florida. Check out VEGAS 411 at https://vegas411.comAnd follow Sam on Instagram @sammasseurMy sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out!My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAoThe song at the end of the episode is from my new album of silly dog and cat songs The Pup Pups - Variety Snaps! Join our album listening party this Friday, April 5th at 6pm PST. RSVP at https://thepuppups.bandcamp.com/merch/variety-snaps-listening-party Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at

This week, Taylor & Nick explore a truly wretched sequel: King Kong Lives (1986). In this follow-up to the 1976 remake of the classic story, Kong receives both a heart transplant and a love interest: Lady Kong.  __________ Taylor Zaccario…Host, Director, Producer, Writer  Nick Zaccario…Host, Director, Producer, Editor

We decide this is probably the least racist Kong movie and Barto tries to make the case that it's also the most biblical. 

Hello, Kaiju Lovers! In this impromptu but timely "Godzilla Redux" episode that's technically from the future of the MIFV timeline, Nate sits down and discusses the first true Heisei G-film, Godzilla vs. Biollante, with YouTuber Kaiju Kim and GNP creator/author Daniel DiManna. Why did he move it up and feature them as guests? So they could promote the Kickstarter for their animated tie-in fanfilm! Enjoy this spirited conversation and the best SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION you ever heard on MIFV! In the meantime, you'll hear about what some fans call the “most poetic” film in the Godzilla franchise; how it was written by a dentist who recycled a script he wrote for Return of Ultraman; how it was the first G-film for writer-director Kazuki Omori and special effects director Koichi Kawakita; how it was affected by both King Kong Lives and Little Shop of Horrors; and how it was the subject of a lawsuit between Toho and Miramax. But all of that is nothing compared to the many crazy unmade scripts to which producer Tomoyuki Tanaka said, “No” (Miki was a cloned sister?! Nate knows that struggle!) Support “Erika” on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erikabiollante/erika-an-animated-short-film. Additional music: “Bio Wars” by Koichi Sugiyama “Chant My Name!” by Masaaki Endo “Moonlight Sonata” by Ludwig von Beethoven Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org. Check out Nathan's spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip. Read Kaiju Ramen Magazine (https://kaijuramenmedia.com/). We'd like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander; Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, Ted Williams, Wynja the Ninja, Brad “Batman” Eddleman, Christopher Riner, The Indiscrite One, Jake Hambrick, Edwin Gonzalez, Matt Walsh (but not that Matt Walsh), and Jonathan Courtright! Thanks for your support! You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! (https://www.patreon.com/monsterislandfilmvault) Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic! (https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-monster-island-gift-shop) This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors. Timestamps: Intro: 0:00-8:20 Main Discussion: 8:20-2:22:19 Housekeeping & Outro: 2:22:19-end SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION for the “Erika” Kickstarter: 2:30:15-2:48:48 Podcast Social Media: MIFV Linktree: https://linktr.ee/monsterislandfilmvault Nate's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nathan_marchand www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com #JimmyFromNASALives       #MonsterIslandFilmVault       #kaiju            #godzilla            #biollante        #godzillavsbiollante © 2023 Moonlighting Ninjas Media Bibliography/Further Reading: Barr, Jason. The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters. “Biollante.” Wikizilla. (https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Biollante) “Chanson d'automne.” Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanson_d%27automne) Galbraith, Stuart IV. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992. Godzilla vs. Biollante blu-ray special features (Echo Bridge) “Behind the Design” “Making of GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE” “Godzilla vs. Biollante.” Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Biollante) “Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989).” Wikizilla. (https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Biollante) Kalat, David. A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series, 2nd Lees, J.D. and Marc Cerasini. The Official Godzilla Compendium. LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 2: 1984-2017. LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films (Mutated Edition). LeMay, John. Writing Giant Monsters. Rhodes, Sean, and Brooke McCorkle. “Chapter 10: “The Bubble and the Beasts.” Japan's Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema. Skipper, Graham. Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters.

Giant Monster Messages: King Kong Lives (1986) We discuss artificial hearts and the real reason for why that thing is so small in our episode for the 1986 film King Kong Lives.  Time 02:12 History 11:40 Plot 19:27 Talking Points 33:10 Messages 38:54 Final Thoughts 40:50 Listener Feedback Contact us at: https://giantmonstermessages.com/GiantMonsterMessages@gmail.com Twitter Main Theme and Stingers Written by Matthias Fluor https://mfluor.ch/ Podcast Art by Laser 'lizard' Lluis Special Thanks to: Teachers everywhere Authors of the First Amendment

In 1986 Dino DeLaurentiis released his epic sequel to his successful King Kong remake. Jared swings in to discuss whether or not King Kong does in fact live, or if he's DOA. The prognosis is grim.  You don't want to miss this episode of THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (mostly just bad and ugly this week) exclusively on THE HYPER SPACE podcast network!  

10 years after the King Kong remake we get a sequel staring Linda Hamilton, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmftg/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mmftg/support

Welcome back to your favorite podcast about some of cinema's biggest flops. On this week's episode, the guys are once again joined by Sammy from the GGTMC to discuss 1986's monster adventure film - King Kong Lives. Folks, this is one of the most insane films the podcast has discussed. King Kong Lives is a sequel to the 1976 King Kong, which was a remake of the 1933 original classic. In this sequel most people didn't know existed, we find our beloved monkey receiving a heart implant after being in a coma for 10 years. That's just in the first 15 minutes. Trust us, you can't even guess what happens next! It is truly a “seeing is believing” situation. Listen as the guys tackle monkey reproduction, “bargain basement” Jeff Daniels, the miliary's official “Primate Holding Division,” and mega-producer Dino De Laurentiis. Timestamp - Intro - (1:31), Box Office Results, and Critical Response - (19:03), Behind the Camera - (28:03), In Front of the Camera - (43:10), Production and Development - (56:00), Commerical Breal - (62:45), King Kong Lives Discussion - (64:52), Is it a Bomb? - (96:40), Listener Feedback - (101:00), Outro - (120:27)King Kong Lives is directed by John Guillermin and stars Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, John Ashton, and Peter Michael Goetz. If you want to leave feedback or suggest a movie bomb, please drop us a line at NotABombPod@gmail.com or Contact Us - here. Also, if you like what you hear, leave a review on Apple Podcast.If you want to hear more of Sammy, make sure you subscribe to the Gentlemen's Guide to Midnite Cinema and be sure to leave them a review. Cast: Brad, Troy, Sammy

On this episode: Whatcha Been Watching?, The Last of Us review, Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman review, 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards, King Kong Lives trailer reaction, Blind Man's Bluff, and more!

Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae (1998) by Steven Pressfield Read and listen to "Gates of Fire" on Amazon! We're very excited to announce our books “Sexual Magnetism,” “The WASM Dating Handbook” and “Secrets of Sensual Massage” are now available! Follow these links to get your copies of "Sexual Magnetism," "The WASM Dating Handbook" and "Secrets of Sensual Massage" on Amazon.com. Want more great books? Check out our MUST READ LIST! Overview of “Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae” A very brief description of “Gates of Fire” At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, 300 Spartan soldiers engaged in a suicide mission - to save their country they must hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army. Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces and eventually overcome the world's most powerful empire. This is the story of the Spartan's legendary feat - the greatest military stand in history.What Pressfield sets out to do / Purpose of the bookPressfield's goal in the book isn't just to tell the spectacular legend of the 300 Spartan warriors, but to to explain how their children - born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill - were raised to become men and women capable of accomplishing the impossible.The intended audience of the book / Who will benefit mostPeople who love action and adventure storiesPeople who historical novelsPeople who love philosophy - and especially philosophy in actionPeople who want to learn how to die wellPeople who want to understand war - in all its glory and horrorPeople who are obsessed with super buff men in tiny outfits beating each other to a bloody pulpWho probably WON'T like this book?People who can't handle extreme, graphic violencePeople who think war is always stupid and unnecessaryPeople who like easy-reading books (and don't want to look up words - especially in other languages)People who hated reading The Iliad or The Odyssey in High SchoolHow does Gates of Fire specifically benefit Men? This book has MANY things to teach men. It's required reading at West Point, the United States Naval Academy, and at the Marine Corps Basic School. It's about honor, skill, courage in the face of insurmountable odds, sacrifice, brotherhood, death, romance, love and so much more.Is this book Easy, Average or Difficult to read? / How long is it? The book is brilliant and very enjoyable but is also very dense with warfare terminology and historical and archaic terminology (plus dozens of Greek words). It's not easy reading but it's worth the work.531 pages, (Audiobook is 14 hours and 55 minutes)What are the overall book reviews? Is the book well-known? Popular? Significant?Kindle: 5,070 ratings, 4.7 stars#130 in Education & Reference #135 in Military Historical Fiction#248 in U.S. Historical FictionAudible: 5,764 ratings, 4.8 stars#17 in Military Thrillers#42 in Military Historical Fiction#63 in War & Military FictionBook-To-Movie Translation No movie has been made based directly on this book (although George Clooney does own the movie rights) but it could easily be argued that the movie ‘300' starring Gerard Butler is exactly that. Gates of Fire was published in 1998 and Frank Miller's graphic novel ‘300' (which is for all intents and purposes identical to the movie) came out in 1999. Coincidence? Not likely. Bio of Steven Pressfield Steven Pressfield (born September 1, 1943 - he's 79) is an American author of historical fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays.Pressfield was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1943, while his father was stationed there, in the Navy.Pressfield graduated from Duke University in 1965. In 1966, he joined the Marine Corps.Pressfield was an advertising copywriter, schoolteacher, tractor-trailer driver, bartender, oilfield roustabout, attendant in a mental hospital, fruit-picker in Washington state, and screenwriter. His struggles to make a living as an author, including the period when he was homeless and living out of the back of his car, are detailed in his 2002 book The War of Art.Pressfield's first book, The Legend of Bagger Vance, which was loosely based on the Bhagavad Gita, was published in 1995, and was made into a 2000 film of the same name directed by Robert Redford and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Matt Damon.His second novel, Gates of Fire (1998), is about the Spartans and the battle at Thermopylae. It is taught in the U.S. Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the Marine Corps Basic School at Quantico.Pressfield has written ten novels, mostly military thrillers set in various time periods ranging from ancient Greece all the way to sci-fi future. He has also written nine non-fiction novels, including the best-selling book “The War of Art” that teaches artists how to become successful.Prior to publishing his first original works of fiction, Pressfield wrote several Hollywood screenplays including 1986's King Kong Lives, 1988's Above the Law starring Steven Seagal, 1992's Freejack, a fun B-movie sci-fi starring Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, and Anthony Hopkins, and 1993's Army of One starring Dolph Lundgren Breakdown of Themes Cities, Identity, and BelongingIn the ancient Greek context of Gates of Fire, a city was not just a geographic home, but the environment in which people forged relationships, learned their culture, and formed their sense of identity. To lose a city was really to lose one's self. This is what befalls the main character, XeoFaith and Divine InterventionWhile it's hardly surprising that gods and divine activity are a significant theme in Gates of Fire, Pressfield's treatment of the human/divine relationship is far from simplistic. The gods are interested in human lives—even seemingly insignificant human lives—yet their intentions for those lives are not always clear from a human perspective. Through a range of personal and collective encounters between Greeks and their gods, Pressfield suggests that religious faith is a complex matter.Warfare and BrotherhoodAfter Xeo's hometown is destroyed by the Argives, he longs to join the Spartans because they are the only warriors who can defeat the Argives. “The Spartans became for [him] the equivalent of avenging gods. [He] couldn't learn enough about these warriors who had so devastatingly defeated the murderers” of his family. In Xeo's journeys with the Spartans, he encounters different views of what being a warrior and engaging in battle entail.Fear, Courage, and LoveThroughout Gates of Fire, fear is pervasive, from the destruction of Xeo's city to the hovering threat of the Persian invasion to the horrors of Thermopylae. Dienekes, seasoned mentor to the young Alexandros and the master whom Xeo serves as squire, is preoccupied with the study of fear and how it may be overcome. Through Dienekes' exploration of the question of fear at pivotal moments in the story, Pressfield argues that fear can overcome everything except for love. Kingship, Loyalty, and FreedomThough Pressfield is not heavy-handed in his portrayal of Greece as the traditional birthplace of democracy, he does portray King Leonidas and the Spartans as fledgling freedom-fighters, in contrast to the enslaving Xerxes and the masses of soldiers Xerxes compels to dominate Asia and Europe on his behalf. More than a political or historical point, Pressfield uses the contrast between Leonidas and Xerxes to make a point about the nature of leadership itself.Female Strength and InfluenceThough Gates of Fire is very much dominated by male characters, women play a surprisingly prominent role throughout. Speaking of what prompted the monumental battle at Thermopylae, Xeo readily acknowledges that “In the end it was their women who galvanized the Spartans into action.” Though female characters are largely viewed through the eyes of male characters in the novel, Pressfield argues that women were the major inspiration for Spartan actions and character in war and at home.

Hello Interactors,Last week my daughter showed us a glimpse of the Empire State Building from her friend's dorm room. Every time I see that building, I think of the original black and white movie, King Kong. The image of that poor animal atop what was then world's tallest structure getting pummeled by machine gun fire sticks with me for some reason. Maybe it's because it was unfair. That creature was captured from his homeland and brought to America only to be gunned down? What kind of society does this?As interactors, you're special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You're also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let's go…FAREWELL TO THE KINGMerian C. Cooper got the idea of King Kong from the French-American explorer and anthropologist, Paul Du Chaillu. He was the first of European origin to confirm the existence of Central African gorillas in 1860. This made him a much sought-after speaker in the late 1800s, and his books were immensely popular. Cooper's uncle gifted the then six-year-old nephew with one, Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa. It tells of one gorilla locals noted for its “extraordinary size”:“They believe, in all this country, that there is a kind of gorilla — known to the initiated by certain mysterious signs, but chiefly by being of extraordinary size — which is the residence of certain spirits of departed natives. Such gorillas, the natives believe, can never be caught or killed.”And then, while Du Chaillu was out hunting with locals, an encounter occurred. As Du Chaillu recalls,“When he saw our party he erected himself and looked us boldly in the face . . . with immense body, huge chest, and great muscular arms, with fiercely-glaring large deep gray eyes, and a hellish expression of face, which seemed to me like some nightmare vision: thus stood before us this king of the African forest.”And so, they did what they believed to be impossible but predictable. Du Chaillu continues,“[The gorilla] advanced a few steps— then stopped to utter that hideous roar again- advanced again, and finally stopped when at a distance of about six yards from us. And here, just as he began another of his roars, beating his breast in rage, we fired, and killed him.”Cooper went on to call this creature King Kong and made a movie about him. He wanted King Kong to be portrayed as being 50-60 feet tall. After all, he was kidnapped from a fictional small island that was also home to dinosaurs.It turns out a gorilla that size is biologically impossible. For every doubling of height comes a tripling of weight. The joints and bones of a creature of this size simply could not bear his weight. King Kong was also impossible to portray on the big screen. Animators and cinematographers had difficulties portraying an animal of that size in the 1930s. Consequently, King Kong ends up appearing much smaller. Instead of weighing a couple hundred tons, let's assume this mythical beast was shorter and weighed something more like 15 tons.Still huge, that would be about two times the mass of an elephant requiring about 12,000 watts of metabolism to survive. And that is just the energy required to keep the organs running and nothing else. Around the time the original King Kong was being released, a biologist named Max Kleiber was plotting various animals' metabolic rate and mass on a graph. To his surprise, the dots on the graph loosely aligned along a straight line sloping upwards with a mouse near the origin and an elephant to the upper right.Kleiber had discovered a scaling law in nature known now as Kleiber's law. For most animals, their metabolic rate scales to the 3⁄4 power of the animal's mass. Put another way, for every doubling of size the energy needed to survive decreases by ¼. Theoretical physicist and former President of the Santa Fe Institute, Geoffrey West, and his colleagues, believe ¾ scaling occurs due to the nutrient distribution through the efficiency seeking fractal-like structures of the circulatory system. The ‘3' in ¾ comes about, it is believed, because the particles needed to arrange these mechanisms exists in a three-dimensional geometric universe.  Animals observed in the wild maximize their energy to survive. Every bit of energy spent above and beyond what is required for their body to function only pushes their caloric needs into debt. GPS tracked tigers, for example, reveal highly optimized search strategies over space and time in their hunt for prey. A lounging cat may appear lazy to us, but their maximizing their energy.Early human hunter-gatherers were seemingly not that different. For similar reasons, they had to be deliberate about the energy they used. However, as their cultures evolved, along with their brain, they became increasingly effective at harnessing that energy. They used some of their energy to fashion spears, arrows, and hooks out of wood, bones, and rocks. They also used wood to make fire for heating, cooking, and controlled grassland burns to promote plant harvest renewal. In doing so, they were not only expending their own energy, but also the energy stored in that wood and other forms of biomass.The appropriation of elements of the ecosystem for energy to support biological and social well-being, like plant harvesting, animal domestication, or consumption of biomass like wood and coal, is called social metabolism or sociometabolism. The social metabolism of these early societies sometimes had small effects on the ecosystem, but other times catastrophic. For example, the misuse of fire could lead to imbalances in ecosystems with detrimental cascading effects on plant and animal populations. The arrival of North America's first homo sapiens, as another example, coincided with the extinction of 33 species of large animals. Similar extinctions occurred upon the arrival of humans in South America and Australia. It turns out even the earliest human colonizers had detrimental impacts on the environment.PLOTTING THE PLODDING AND MARAUDINGBy studying existing hunter-gatherer societies, scientists can estimate the social metabolism of ancient hunter-gatherers. Geographer Yadvinder Malhi analyzed this data and determined,“The energy use per capita of a hunter-gatherer is about 300 W, and this is almost entirely in the process of acquiring food for consumption, and to a much lesser extent other materials and the use of fire. This sociometabolism is greater than the 80–120 W required for human physiological metabolism, because of the inefficiencies in both acquiring foodstuffs, and in human conversion of food into metabolic energy, and also in the use of biomass energy sources for fuel.”Malhi then plotted where a hunter-gatherer would sit on a Kleiber plot relative to the biological metabolism of other animals. A typical hunter-gatherer's combined biological and social metabolism puts them just between a human and a bull.The social metabolism of homo sapiens continued to grow steadily, and along with it their capacity to harness nature for their lifestyle. And then, 5,000-10,000 years ago, during the Neolithic revolution, a simultaneous innovation occurred around the world – farming. The start of the Holocene witnessed the emergence of agriculture in Mesopotamia and Anatolia, the Yangtze valley, New Guinea, West Africa, Meso-America, and the Andes. The end of the ice age softened the earth, human language and communication had evolved and spread, and coincidently the colonization and exploitation of ecosystems.Agriculture, the colonization of plants, allowed for geographically condensed energy to be grown which could support larger populations of people. This put a huge dependency on area of land needed to support and grow plants and animals. But these new densities of biomass reduced the amount energy required to roam large distances hunting and gathering. As a result, many hunter-gatherer societies could not compete, and Iron Age plant and animal farmers came to dominate. These clusters of agrarian societies grew around the world and with them languages and cultures. Soon the age of the agrarian came to dominate human existence. Using data from a well documented 18th century Austrian agrarian society, Malhi went to work to plot where a typical ‘agriculturist' may fit on the Kleiber plot. He surmises:“Compared to the hunter-gatherer sociometabolic regime, by the 18th century human sociometabolism per capita had increased by one to two orders of magnitude.” Given the population density such a society could support, the “per unit area energy consumption” grew “three to four orders of magnitude greater than that of a hunter-gatherer society.”This plops the typical human agriculturalist below a rhino on the Kleiber plot. In other words, an active member of an 18th century agrarian society would have consumed as much energy as a resting animal nearly 10 times their mass. It seems over-consumptive human habits started early in our evolution.Agrarian societies and hunter-gather societies were both constrained by land area. While agriculturalists were more efficient with land use than hunter-gatherers, they were nonetheless constrained by land. This is especially true for their primary source of fuel for heating and cooking – trees. That all changed with the birth of the Industrial age and the discovery of coal.The potential energy in trees is stored solar energy from the relatively recent past. Coal is solar energy stored in biomass that accumulated and fossilized over millions of years in the deep layers of the earth's outer crust, the lithosphere. For the first time in history, humans could exploit energy stored in deep time. Coal could more easily be transported over great distances. In theory, this would reduce the need to further exploit land and wood, but instead their destruction increased.The Industrial age brought new forms of locomotion and transportation networks accelerated the expansion of colonization, land development, and the destruction of grasslands, swamps, and wooded areas. Healthy, thriving ecosystems were sacrificed for new and expanding cities and farms. Coal powered machines extracted elements from nature to make fertilizers, sawed, split, and planed trees into lumber, and stamped, squeezed, and shipped goods around the world feeding growing economies and their consumers. Fossil fuels accelerated and intensified the destruction of the biosphere and continue to do so to this day. The energy use of the biomass past to support today's social metabolism puts in question the biomass of the future, including its human consumers.CAPITALIZING ON A MONSTER APPETITEMalhi identifies two key factors of industrial social metabolism:The amount of biomass needed for biological metabolic survival (i.e. food) is small compared to fossil fuels and other high-density energy sources.Fossil fuels used for building transportation networks meant population centers need not be co-located with food and energy production.So where does the typical ‘industrialist' sit on the Kleiber plot? Just above an elephant. That is, the amount of metabolic energy needed for a human to lead a typical industrialized lifestyle today is the equivalent of a resting elephant. Imagine the streets of the most populated cities being roamed by humans the size and weight of an elephant. Streams of cars on the freeway being driven by a five-ton mammal with an insatiable appetite. That's us. Well, many of us, anyway.Those numbers are for the average ‘industrialist' in the UK where Malhi teaches. American's stereotypically love our exceptionalism, and we are certainly exceptional in this regard. Sorry, Canadians, you're implicated too. North American's are the King Kong's of energy consumption. Our dot on the Kleiber plot sits where a mythical 15-ton mammal would sit. The typical human in the United States and Canada consumes energy like King Kong. That's well over 100 times the mass and energy needed for basic survival and 10 times more than agriculturalists that existed just 200 years ago.When Du Chaillu and his native guides shot the king of the forest, Du Chaillu did not exploit the energy of that innocent animal as food. He instead chose to eat the deer they also killed. But the local hunters, who allegedly had long pursued the so-called king of the jungle, did. Including his brain. Eating the brain from the skull of a gorilla, Du Chaillu reported, was believed to bring “a strong hand for the hunt…and success with the women.”Perhaps this played into Cooper's storyline in King Kong. After all, it was a native tribal king on Skull Island who offered to trade six tribal women for the attractive American blonde woman, Ann Darrow, accompanying the crew on their expedition. She is then captured by a band of natives and offered up to King Kong as a sacrifice. But King Kong is felled by a gas bomb by American explorers and shipped back to New York to be put on display. King Kong then breaks from his chains and hunts down Ann. That's what leads to the iconic scene of King Kong getting massacred atop the Empire State Building. War pilots fire machine guns from their planes as King Kong swats at them like flies while intermittently fondling the captive heroin, Ann.King Kong, the movie, has since been interpreted as a story of race (King Kong as a metaphor for a Black man stolen from his homeland in bondage), sex (a white blonde woman who, fetishized as a sexual object pursued by Indigenous and Black men, must be saved), and rebellion (King Kong, as a Black man, breaks from his shackles and must be violently subdued). He has rebelled and therefore must be killed.But before this interpretation, King Kong was said to represent FDR's ‘New Deal'. Cooper was a devote anti-communist and conservatives like him regarded the New Deal as a menace – an imprisoned import of a policy from a faraway land unleashed on society. Just like King Kong. It must be killed.I'll offer my own interpretation:King Kong is an outsized mythical beast so absurdly huge that it can't bear its own weight. When it does manage to move, it destroys the environment in its path. What is erected before us, since the dawn of the Anthropocene (or is it the Capitalocene), is an over exploitive and consumptive way of life that is off the charts. It has ‘an immense body, huge chest, and great muscular arms.' It has ‘fiercely-glaring large deep gray eyes, and a hellish expression of face.'  It ‘seems to me like some nightmare vision.' What stands before us is this king of environmental destruction. And it must be killed. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

Kal is her to talk about one of the worst films ever made and to celebrate hitting his 2023 goal of 10,000 total listens. In this episode he will talk about the various script ideas, the troubles of making the film, the reception and his own personal opinion of the film --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-kal-woodman/support

Part 1: Zach, Seth and Michael talk about movies they saw this week, including: Men, The Mind's Eye, King Kong Lives and R100.Part 2 (26:36): The group concludes their Young Critics Watch Old Movies series with 1985's Angel's Egg.See movies discussed in this episode here.Don't want to listen? Watch the podcast on our YouTube channel.Also follow us on:FacebookTwitterLetterboxd

You didn't actually think King Kong DIED when he fell off of the Empire State Building, did you?! Think again! Special guest CTA

Nashville reporter & videographer Forrest Sanders joins Adam and Craig to holler about King Kong Lives!

Steve & Izzy continue Ape-ril, a celebration of Ape movies, as they are joined by Jason of the For Screen & Country Podcast to discuss 1986's "King Kong Lives" starring Linda Hamilton, Brian Kerwin, John Ashton & Peter Elliott as Kong!!! How much does a Lady Kong cost in 80's money? What did we unexpectedly find in the Georgian parade footage? Can apes swim? What are other 1986 Ape movies that were competition? Is the Colonel the REAL hero of the movie?!? Let's find out!!! So kick back, grab a few brews, poke stuff with burning sticks, and enjoy!!! This episode is proudly sponsored by Untidy Venus, your one-stop shop for incredible art & gift ideas at UntidyVenus.Etsy.com and be sure to follow her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & Patreon at @UntidyVenus for all of her awesomeness!!! Try it today!!! Twitter - www.twitter.com/eilfmovies Facebook - www.facebook.com/eilfmovies Etsy - www.untidyvenus.etsy.com TeePublic - www.teepublic.com/user/untidyvenus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America's Biggest Hero is back...and He is not happy - but neither are we are we look back at King Kong Lives! Thank you for listening 80s Revisited, hosted by Trey Harris. Produced by Jesse Seidule. We look forward to comments and questions sent via e-mail to 80srevisited@gmail.com.

Steve & Izzy start off Marky March, a celebration of Mark Wahlberg movies, as they are joined by Jason of the Bad Ideas Podcast to discuss 1998's "The Big Hit" starring Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Antonio Sabato jr, Bokeem Woodbine, Avery Brooks, Elliott Gould & China Chow!!! What deleted scene was crucial important to one of the actor's stories? Remember video stores & late fees? What has China Chow been up to? Which movie section would we be the #1 Customer?!? Let's find out!!! So kick back, grab a few brews, King Kong Lives, and enjoy!!! This episode is proudly sponsored by Untidy Venus, your one-stop shop for incredible art & gift ideas at UntidyVenus.Etsy.com and be sure to follow her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & Patreon at @UntidyVenus for all of her awesomeness!!! Try it today!!! Twitter - www.twitter.com/eilfmovies Facebook - www.facebook.com/eilfmovies Etsy - www.untidyvenus.etsy.com TeePublic - www.teepublic.com/user/untidyvenus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We may be a little late (and a little tired) but we got there in the end!  It's Episode 29 of Til Dice Do Us Part and it starts with a return to the Ask A GM mailbag.  The Mailer Daemon might be behaving a bit weird but he still brings us a letter from a player who is finding their GM's constant use of miniatures in every combat irritating.  In our answer we'll talk about the history of miniature use in RPGs, how often we've used them, and even what figure made George's little cousins make an impressed noise.Then, back by popular demand, we return to something we haven't done in many an episode: one of our X Meets Y style mashups in which we roll a D20 on a list of random DVDs, books and the like that we own and attempt to combine two different properties together to get our creative juices flowing.  This time round we're going to be combining such varied ideas as giant monster movies, eighties zombie films, sixties sci-fi masterpieces, and cosy catastrophes in strange and unconventional ways.  Some of these ideas will be better than others... and some will lead us on very strange side rambles including about King Kong Lives, All Flesh Must Be Eaten and The Two Ronnies.On top of all that we've got the usual chaos that comes with an episode of this show.  We've got recollections of student union gaming, predictions of what's more likely to be the next big news event in 2022, explaining who Diana Dors is to younger and/or non British listeners, fighting off the Inch High Incel in our usual fly-swatter equipped fashion, and our latest episode sponsor who is going to take you across time and space to share the most tasty treatos. Contact us by email on tildicepodcast@gmail.comWe can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram under @tildicepodcastOur theme music is Funny Adventures by WinnieTheMoogLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6048-funny-adventuresLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/Additional music is Fun And Games by Claus AppelLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4690-fun-and-gamesLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseOur logo is by Neil Slorance - check out his work on Twitter under @neilslorance or Facebook as "Art by Neil Slorance"Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/tildicepodcast)Support the Show.

No Franchise Fatigue King Kong Franchise “Feliz NaviKong” We wanna wish you a merry Kongmas, we wanna wish you a merry Kongmas, we wanna wish you a merry Kongmas from the bottom of our hearts! In this episode we discuss the seventies King Kong, it's bizarre late sequel King Kong Lives, and go off on several potentially sticky tangents… Credits: Hosted by Matt Reifschneider and Sean Caylor Produced by Matt Reifschneider and Sean Caylor Edited by Sean Caylor bloodbrothersfilms.com patreon.com/nffpodcast Reach us at: nffpod.sean@gmail.com facebook.com/nofranchisefatigue twitter.com/nffpod Thank you for listening. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nffpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nffpodcast/support

Episode 51! Host, Gratton Conwill and special guest, Matt Fields discuss King Kong Lives (1986). Giant Monster BS is an ad-free, self funded podcast hosted by Gratton Conwill and Matthew Fields. If you would like to support the show, you can donate to us at: https://anchor.fm/giant-monster-bs or buy our merch at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/cheesemouse2/albums/39997-giant-monster-bs-merch Follow us on twitter at: https://twitter.com/GiantMonsterBS --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/giant-monster-bs/support

“Hold on there, Nate!” you're saying. “This isn't Episode 50!” And you're right. I underestimated how time-consuming a project Episode 50 would be, so…it's being delayed one week. The bright side is, including this bonus episode, you're getting content from me for three Wednesdays in a row! What is this? Think of it as a “lost episode” that's outside MIFV continuity. It was a project I did for a Writing for Multimedia class when I was in grad school back in 2019. I researched copyright law since I knew I'd be covering that on a future episode of the podcast (King Kong Lives with John LeMay), so I shared my research in a creative way with this. (I got an “A,” by the way). This was originally exclusive to Patreon, and I did intend to release it before episode 50, but that was supplanted by the Monster Island Gatekeepers episode. Regardless, consider this a small gift for being patient as I finish Episode 50. Thanks! Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org. We'd like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, and Elijah Thomas! Thanks for your support! You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! Check out MIFV MAX #4 to learn how you can help make Episode 50—MIFV's second anniversary special—possible! Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic! Podcast Social Media: Twitter Facebook Instagram Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1 Follow The Henshin Men Podcast on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com #JimmyFromNASALives       #MonsterIslandFilmVault © 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media

Melvin is a nice guy hitman who everyone takes advantage of. After a kidnapping job goes wrong, Melvin must avoid the same criminals he's been working with while trying to impress his fiance's parents, taking care of the kidnapped girl, finding his overdue VHS of King Kong Lives, and being a genuinely nice guy.... Who kills people.

In a YHS Universe first, the two hosts of YHS on Monster Island - "The Tattooed Titan of Tokusatsu" Jacob Walsh and "The Mayor of Toku Toy Town" Jay Key - go head-to-head (kinda) as they both review 1986's KING KONG LIVES in isolation from one another (probably in that damn bunker in Georgia with Lady Kong). They don't know what each other thinks of the film - so you, loyal and valued listener, get to see if they are truly in sync like they tend to be on the show...or if this will result in a schism that their personal and professional friendship cannot withstand. Tune in to find out that and, at the end of the day, it's a movie with alligator-eating apes, giant artificial hearts, drunk rednecks, Linda Hamilton, glorious '80's feathered hair, and a bold cinematic choice from Director John Guillermin that involves a frog. It's King Kong Lives!!!

We are back after a long break to discuss 1976's King Kong - and very briefly mention the existence of 1986's King Kong Lives. Pull up a chair and grab a cold one with the boys,...and Mel. Intro & Outro: King Kong Original Score by John Barry

Brandon and Zach travel to Georgia with The Twilight Zone Podcast's Tom Elliot to discuss King Kong Lives! They talk the absurdity of King Kong's resurrection, if there's a place for B movie Kong, Linda Hamilton, and more!SCREAM QUEEN COUNT0FRANCHISE SCREAM QUEEN COUNT112RATINGSBrandon: 3/5Zach: 2/5Tom: 2/5IS THIS FRANCHISE FATIGUED?Brandon: NOZach: NOTom: NOCheck out Tom on his other podcast!The Twilight Zone Podcast: http://thetwilightzonepodcast.com/United Federation of Podcasts is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these patrons on Patreon whose generous contributions help produce the podcast! Tim CooperChrissie De Clerck-SzilagyiMahendran RadhakrishnanJim McMahonCasey PettittJustin OserVictor GamboaVera BibleJim StoffelGreg MolumbyTom Van ScotterKevin ScharfTom ElliotAlexander GatesFit RogersVanessa VaughanThad HaitAnn MarieJoe MignoneJosh BrewingtonYou can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/ufpearth

Monsteriano, monsteriana bienvenido a un episodio especial musical. Tras el programa dedicado a la película King Kong 2 o King Kong Lives de 1986 nos quedamos con ganas de hablar de la banda sonora de la película y Octavio nos ha preparado este programa especial donde nos pinchara y analizara los principales temas musicales de la película. Los temas elegidos de la banda sonora compuesta por John Scott son: Empezamos con 2 temas que no son de la película: - Yor´s Theme de Yor, el cazador que vino del futuro (1983) - The Planes Return de El final de la cuenta atrás (1980) Y de la banda sonora de King Kong 2 escuchareis estos temas: - Prelude - Lady Kong Gets Gassed - Alligator Swamp - Chaos in a Small Town - Kong Rescues His Lady - Kong´s Final Battle - Return to Borneo and End Credits Redes sociales: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cosasdmonstruos/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Monsterianos Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cosasdemonstruos YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGkf_fCXfvQ6ETO72b--i3g Ivoox: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-cosas-monstruos_sq_f1391833_1.html

King Kong Escapes | King Kong Lives - Hey everyone! We're kicking off another MPM Monster Month of May with a couple of King Kong flicks. Dehart chooses King Kong Escapes (1967) and King Kong Lives (1986). In this episodes, we discuss sequels that pull things out of left field, Stephen goes on a sidebar about how awesome alligators are, and Phil debates the legitimacy of a giant ape surgeon job. Enjoy!Check out these other podcasts from UC:United Cypher Presents…The Curly Mustache PodcastThe Edge of the World Broadcast Check out these other bangers:NerdonomyThe Whiskey ReelSean Vs. WildCode Yellow: A Scare Actor's PodcastSorry To Waste Your TimeFollow us on Twitter @MPMPodcastFollow us on Instagram @motionpicturemeltdownMake sure to click on our logo to the left to subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify FOR FREE!Don't forget to rate and review!Metal Donkey KongAwesome 80's effects.They really hook you with this one. Is this a job?Hillbillies...

¡Cosas de Monstruos cumple 50 programas y casi se nos olvida! Para tan magno evento, traemos la última película de simios gigantes de este año, que ya está bien: King Kong 2, secuela directa de la película de 1976 que contiene momentos muy…calientes e hilarantes. En este programa: -¡Servobot cambia la presentación! -¡Josan no nos deja sin noticias de Godzilla vs Kong! -¡Octavio nos cuenta una anécdota de su infancia! -¡Marco se pasó el programa caliente! Disfruta y extiende el rugido monsteriano compartiendo el programa, así podremos llegar a más fans de los monstruos gigantes. Déjanos tus comentarios y los leeremos en el próximo programa, pero no olvides decir de dónde eres para que Frank te ofenda imitando tu acento. Cosas de monstruos: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cosasdmonstruos/ Twitter: @Monsterianos Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cosasdemonstruos Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGkf_fCXfvQ6ETO72b--i3g Telegram: https://t.me/osera

Ten years after his company's first Kong film, De Laurentiis finally got around to greenlighting a sequel. But is the all-but-forgotten King Kong Lives a total disaster? Or is there something redeemable in the only Kong film of the 80's? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our social medias: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stompthisway Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stompthisway Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stompthisway The final track is "Main Titles" by John Scott Don't forget to join us next week for Clash of the Titans (1981)!   

#S3E2 Steven Pressfield wrote The War of art, for me he undoubtedly wrote it  for you too but I know he did it exclusively  for me because I hold Olympic records for procrastination. I can procrastinate thinking about my procrastination problem. I can procrastinate dealing with my problem of procrastinating by thinking about my procrastination problem. -Forward by Robert Mckee for the book, The War of Art, By Steven Pressfield. The War of art by Steven Pressfield, before we get into the in and out of the book and resistance,  what is or how we can deal with it let me tell you a little bit about the writer Steven PressfieldHe is a prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction. Whatever I write in these few lines won't be enough for this person.  Turning Pro, Do The Work, Nobody Wants To Read Your S*** , Yes! That's his book and some of his significant fictions including The Legend of Bagger Vance, which later was turned into a screenplay and made into a movie starring Matt Damon and Will Smith, also King Kong Lives amongst many many more.In ‘The War Of Arts', he talks about resistance, the invisible enemy of a creative entrepreneur, of an artist.  It prevents us from sitting down, it prevents me from sitting down on my chair, in front of the microphone to record this podcast, week after week.The Dalai Lama once said, “The Enemy Is A Good Teacher”. You wanna understand what your number 1 enemy, Resistance is trying to teach you, then please listen to the full episode. Don't forget to leave your comments, if your resistance allows off course. https://vivekavani.com/bhagavad-gita-chapter-2-verse-47/The War of Art Audio Book - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JyQoATndiQ&t=7190s

In 2018 Dwayne Johnson was at the peak of his fame, and he decided to gift us with Rampage, a movie based on an arcade game about giant monsters destroying a city. But does this film live up to its premise? Or is this just a $120 million Asylum movie? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our social medias: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stompthisway Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stompthisway Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stompthisway The final track is "Rampage" by Andrew Lockington  Don't forget to join us next week for King Kong Lives!   

The Bondzilla Podcast takes on another obscure King Kong movie in which Kong gains an artificial heart, falls in love with a Lady Kong, and eventually eats a redneck. It's time to discuss what exactly happens when "King Kong Lives."

Topic: King Kong     The move is over, and we’re back with new episodes.  And we pick ourselves back up with one of our more recent topic, on our way to their epic faceoff, we’re studying King Kong, The Eighth Wonder of the World.  Unlike his nemesis, Godzilla, King Kong has a far smaller collection of movies by comparison, but his impact on American pop culture and history and certainly been around in America just as long as his Japanese Counter Part.  And as we await their epic battle, we learn a bit about the massive ape, and study his movies to see what we can gleam off the future encounter.     Creation Created by Merian C. Cooper for his title movie, King Kong (1933), young Cooper was fascinated with primates.  Upon growing older, he eventually started working in the motion picture industry and after production finished on The Four Feathers(1929), he started thinking his next picture would be something to do with Primates.   A year later, he found himself at RKO, a major movie studio, and Cooper began development on what would be King Kong, deciding that his primate would be giant sized.  He had actually decided the ending of the film first, liking the idea of his giant primate fighting war planes atop of the New York Insurance Building.  Famously, Cooper liked the idea of pitting a giant primate against a dinosaur, but decided to focus on one main character instead.   The name for King Kong took some development however.  Cooper originally like names that started with a K, but found himself having a difficult time coming something that sounded mysterious and catchy.  In original scripts, the title monster was only referred to as ‘The Beast’, but the studio did not like the generic name.  Eventually, after notes from the studio, Cooper landed on the name ‘Kong’, but in worried it would sound like a docudrama instead, like other one word films at the time.  He added ‘King’ to differentiate it, thus became King Kong.     Fictional History King Kong is a massive Monster Primate, who originates from ‘Skull Island’, a mysterious island that King Kong lives with other prehistoric mammals and creatures.  The island is thus named due to the skull shaped mountain that lies at the center of the island.  The island is also home to the ancestors of a once highly civilized nation that previously built a wall to keep in the monsters on the island.  Though the name was never used in the original 1933 film, the name was featured in the novelization that came out two months prior to the movie, and has since stuck.   Though described as prehistoric Ape, King Kong has a number of human like qualities, notably, his ability to walk upright in an anthropomorphic manner.  He is described as being upwards of 40-50 feet tall, he was later rescaled to be 18-25 feet tall in the original 1933 film.  In most initial western versions, King Kong is roughly 25 feet tall, however in later Japanese versions, he was scaled in size to be similar to Godzilla.  Most recently, in the 2017 film, he was 104 feet tall, and finally 337 feet tall to fight against Godzilla in 2021.   In most early versions of the character, King Kong is a villain, however, in more recent films, he’s given a sympathetic story, and is even the hero in some of these movies.      History While a major film icon in the west, the character’s intellectual property owners have been split between various parties through history, making the character a difficult character to track.  Initially, the rights were thought to belong with Cooper, but in 1962, when the character was licensed to Toho to make King Kong vs Godzilla (1962), Cooper sued RKO.  Even though there was quite a number of evidence in Cooper’s favor, some key documents were lost between his time in the military and his return home, which the courts found that RKO owned the character.   Eventually, concern over the rights would come up again in 1975 when Universal Studios were trying to make a King Kong Film.  Eventually Universal Studios went to court, arguing that the King Kong novelization and serialization were now in the public domain, but that Universal couldn’t infringe on the original 1933 film.  A later ruling affirmed that the Cooper estate has owned the rights to King Kong’s name, story, and character, which were later sold to universal in 1976.      The character himself has appeared in less than a dozen films over the last 88 years.    King Kong & Son Of Kong (1933) The initial films released by RKO, with the success of the initial King Kong movie, a subsequent film was released later in the year.   King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) After the success of Godzilla in Japan, they looked to make further movies in the franchise.  This moving being the 3rd movie in the Godzilla franchise, it was also the first time either character was portrayed in a color film, showing what they would look like in color.  This King Kong was different from its original western counter part, which included: Coming from Faro island instead of Skull Island Being able to absorb electricity Being same relative size as Godzilla, (100 feet) The film is famous for having to two creatures attacking different parts of Japan, before getting together on the summit of Mount Fuji and fighting each other.  In the end, both tumble in to the ocean, with only King Kong rising up from the depths and swimming back to Faro Island.   King Kong Escapes (1967) In another first, predating Mecha-Godzilla, this 1967 film offered a Mecha-King Kong, a similar mechanical version of the title character.  The film sees a mechanical King Kong digging for a mysterious element, but the robot goes haywire, which results in our heroes capturing King Kong and taking him to Mecha-King Kong to finish each other off.  They eventually can’t do it, and instead somehow get to Tokyo from the North Pole, and recreate the famous ending of the 1933 film, this time using the Tokyo Tower instead.  After defeating Mecha-King Kong, King Kong swims back to his island, never to be heard again.  This is also the version time King Kong seems to have a handler so sorts, as there is a woman who has the ability to control King Kong.    King Kong (1976) A modern remake of the original 1933 film.  This film was what started the law suits with Universal Pictures, as Paramount Pictures and Dino De Laurentiis were attempting to remake the original film, and bought the rights from RKO-General.  The film is a largely faithful remake, but take places in 1976 instead of the original 1933 time frame.   King Kong Lives (1986) A sequel to the 1976 film, King Kong had been alive the entire time, but is currently dying.  In order to save him, they need to transfuse blood from a similar creature, which is where introduce a ‘Lady Kong’, and another similarly sized King Kong primate who helps save King Kong. The film sees King Kong die after the events to save Lady Kong, but Lady Kong gives birth to their son, and returns to Borneo to live peacefully with their son. King Kong (2005) This is the Peter Jackson film that took 3 hour to watch.  A retelling of the 1933 film from a 1933 perspective, it focuses on a film maker, who hires a crew to get footage of the amazing creature, before bringing it back to New York.  The film was well received and earned top marks for its special effects and acting. It was also the first live action film in nearly 20 years.   Kong: Skull Island (2017) As a part of Legendary’s MonsterVerse, which focuses on King Kong and Godzilla movies created in the west.  The movie take places in the same world as Legendary’s other 2014 and 2019 Godzilla movies.  The film follows Monarch, as it searches to map out the various ‘Titan’ monsters around the world.  The Film does a good job of introducing other monsters and setting up the world, and stars Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L. Jackson.  The movie also teases Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, which was the next major movie to come out.   Godzilla vs Kong (2021) The newest feature, which is a sequel to the 2017 film and 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters.       King Kong in Pop Culture There have been multiple illusions to King Kong in various media over the last 88 years, ranging from parodies and humorous references, to near duplication.  Famously, scenes have been reference and re-used in various cartoons, such as the Simpsons, Futurama, The Muppets, and more.  Other movies have references scenes from King Kong as well, including the Nutty Professor, Lego Batman: The Movie, and even Jurassic Park’s dinosaurs were based off the films.    Donkey Kong Franchise The 1981 Nintendo franchise about hero trying to save his girl friend from the title character.  The fact that you travel up buildings that and face off against a large ape were clear illusions, as Nintendo wanted to make a King Kong game.  The character himself would continue on as something much different as the 90s moved on, moving in to a hero role, and being re-imagined as a primate family that fought to save their island.  He was named Donkey Kong, to mean ‘Stubborn Gorilla’.   Rampage Franchise An 1986 arcade classic sees three Kaiju sized monsters destroying a city.  These monsters include a Godzilla/Ymir analog in Lizzie, a giant werewolf in Ralph, and a King Kong like gorilla names George.  The series has several remakes over the years, usually coinciding with new video game hardware and platforms at they came out.  It was adapted in to a film in 2018, which include the Rock leads a rare Albino-Western-Lowland Gorilla that knows sign language, and eventually grows to city-toppling proportions.     Homework: Kong: Skull Island (2017): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OULoar_y7H4 Godzilla vs Kong (2021): Available on HBO Max and in Theaters

King Kong Escapes | King Kong Lives – Hey everyone! We’re kicking off another MPM Monster Month of May with a couple of King Kong flicks. Dehart chooses King Kong Escapes (1967) and King Kong Lives (1986). In this episodes, we discuss sequels that pull things out of left field, Stephen goes on a sidebar … Continue reading "MPM: Ep. 414 – Kong Wants To Score"

Nel 1933 esce uno dei mostri più famosi della storia del Cinema. In questa puntata ripercorriamo le gesta di King Kong, dagli albori fino ai nostri giorni. King Kong, regia di Merian C. Cooper ed Ernest B. Schoedsack (1933) Il figlio di King Kong (The Son of Kong), regia di Ernest B. Schoedsack (1933) King Kong, regia di John Guillermin (1976) King Kong 2 (King Kong Lives), regia di John Guillermin (1986) King Kong, regia di Peter Jackson (2005) Kong: Skull Island, regia di Jordan Vogt-Roberts (2017) Godzilla vs. Kong, regia di Adam Wingard (2021)

Jim and Mark discuss a film that many considered a huge "dud" when it came out in 1986, "King Kong Lives," starring Linda Hamilton, Brian Kerwin, Peter Elliot, Peter Michael Goetz and John Ashton. Will this episode be a full-on "Rag-A-Rama" or not? That is the question on this week's "Monster Attack!"

“Nature has a way sometimes of reminding Man of just how small he is. She occasionally throws up terrible offspring's of our pride and carelessness to remind us of how puny we really are in the face of a tornado, an earthquake, or a Godzilla.” With the release of “GODZILLA vs KONG”, podcasters from across the globe are on a mission to celebrate Kaiju cinema’s 88* year history by revisiting some of the biggest films from these two titan franchises! In today’s Season 4 promo special, our group of podcasters discuss their favorite memories from *ALL* the King Kong and Godzilla movies, including (but not limited to) Toho's Showa, Heisie, and Millennium eras! Covered on this episode: Mothra vs Godzilla (1964), King Kong Escapes (1967), Godzilla vs Mecha-Godzilla (1974), King Kong (1976), The Return of Godzilla (1984), King Kong Lives (1986), Godzilla 2000, "Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack!" (2001), Shin Godzilla (2016), and more! NOTE: Our "Godzilla vs Kong" (2021) episode is coming soon - we promise! Let them podcast: If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: https://probablywork.com/podcasters-assemble/You can also join the discussion in our new Discord server. Featured in This Episode: A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this episode. Be sure to check out the ones plugged in this episode at the links below: Erik Slader from the Epik Fails of History podcast *and* Too Young For This Trek Robert Kelly, host and writer of Record All Monsters! Kory Torjussen from The World is My Burrito Steve Wittkamp from Geek to Geek Media! Zack Derby, guest host from the Neatcast Stephen White, co-host of the Super Mega Crash Brothers Turbo Podcast! Music by DeftStroke Sound! (Episode edited by Erik Slader) Network Info This podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network. Follow us below to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts! Twitter | Facebook| Instagram: @probablyworkwww.probablywork.com Email: ProbablyWorkPod@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

“There is nothing wrong with the heart. The damn thing runs like a Swiss watch. It’s his blood.” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, author John LeMay joins me again, as we look back at his favorite King Kong movie, King Kong Lives (1986). We give this hard to find movie [...]

"There is nothing wrong with the heart. The damn thing runs like a Swiss watch. It's his blood." On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, author John Lemay joins me again, as we look back at his favorite King Kong movie, King Kong Lives (1986). We give this hard to find movie the complete once over, as we explore all the different aspects of the film. So grab your net, fire up the tanks, and get ready to find love in the mountains. But remember alligators make some good eats!Feedback for this show can be sent to: botsbugsbabes@gmail.com

"There is nothing wrong with the heart. The damn thing runs like a Swiss watch. It's his blood." On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, author John Lemay joins me again, as we look back at his favorite King Kong movie, King Kong Lives (1986). We give this hard to find movie the complete once over, as we explore all the different aspects of the film. So grab your net, fire up the tanks, and get ready to find love in the mountains. But remember alligators make some good eats!Feedback for this show can be sent to: botsbugsbabes@gmail.com

“There is nothing wrong with the heart. The damn thing runs like a Swiss watch. It’s his blood.” On this episode of Bots, Bugs, and Babes, author John LeMay joins me again, as we look back at his favorite King Kong movie, King Kong Lives (1986). We give this hard to find movie [...]

1986 was a big year for genre movies, and arguably the biggest — solely in terms of its central character — was the sequel to Dino De Laurentis’ remake of King Kong. Despite the presence of Terminator star Linda Hamilton this ape extravaganza went almost completely ignored at the box office and put the Kong franchise on ice for nearly 20 years. Join Sebastian, Jen and Troy as they attempt to kickstart the heart of the colossally absurd camp disaster that is King Kong Lives.

On this very rambly, very off-the-cuff episode the gang discuss the much maligned sequel to 76's King Kong remake, King Kong Lives. They're surprised at how much they enjoyed it and discuss why they feel very differently about it then everyone else.Logo by Dan Hartles

As Chris and Brandon visit their favourite audio recording program's funeral and raid Brandon's, or some facsimile of Brandon's coffin for snacks, the boys decide to talk about six movies in the King Kong franchise. The original, King Kong (1933), the absolutely necessary, not at all rushed and mind-numblingly unnecessary sequel, Son of Kong (1933), the Dino de Laurentiis-produced remake (1976), the self-evidently terrible King Kong Lives (1986), the animated straight-to-DVD musical The Mighty Kong (1998), and Peter Jackson's remake (2005). Strap in and brace yourself: The frequent references to the MONKE meme are coming fast and hard And it's best if we all get used to that now rather than later. *** Below, we've included links to support Mi'kmaq Treaty Rights and Livelihood Fisheries, Black Lives Matter (BLM), and Fightback. Please check them out and support them in any way you possibly can, even if it just means getting the word out. Ways to support Mi'kmaq Treaty Rights and Livelihood Fisheries: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u_LF_bCFBbSijzqJgHNh4-MfpYz0hfdv/view?fbclid=IwAR3eF_2QQeSyiQM4pzSZUnyUh7HQo1hc9Sh-TRQukhvov5IBz8oK_mGl2VI Ways to Support BLM: Please consider donating to any of these bail funds in this Google Doc if you can: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1fb2cioBcCO47L_oGPsjdGVWDAc3RTHU2tIpDtekWKs0/mobilebasic#heading=h.1xjoly1h25g3 Check here for more ways to donate, help, and support the cause: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Please support BLM in any way you possibly can. Just because it’s not as prevalent in the news cycle doesn’t mean the fight is over. Racism is still a major plague on our world and needs to be combated in any and every way possible. Fightback Subscription Drive: Subscribe to Fightback or La Riposte socialiste here: https://marxist.ca/subscribe-to-fightback Fightback: https://marxist.ca/ International Marxist Tendency: https://www.marxist.com/ *** Music: *** Leave a voice message at: https://anchor.fm/sequel-decay E-mail: sequeldecay@gmail.com Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DecaySequel Follow Us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sequeldecay/?hl=af Like Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SequelDecay/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCunq81vQqDwoEVcXNPPzv5A Anchor: https://anchor.fm/sequel-decay Stefan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeLongianHorror Stefan's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/humankitten/ Stefan's baseball blog, JAYSLAM: https://jayslam.substack.com/ Brandon’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrandonPawlik Brandon's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/seasonedjase/ Chris’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rantaclaus97 Chris' Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/rantac/ Sponsorships: on for this episode --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sequel-decay/message

It's another giant sized episode of The Movie Graveyard as The Goat is joined by Matt and Byrd from Kaiju Transmissions as well as film aficionado Jelli. We needed a crew this big to tackle the amazing and epic 80s tearjerker King Kong Lives! So grab a tiny alligator to snack on and enjoy the show!

Does King Kong make the most out of returning from the dead? Or does this film belong in the ground instead? Was Kong the only one that lost his heart, or did the film lose it too? 

There is nothing quite as tedious as a pointless sequel. And that is definitely true of this weeks episode as we take a look at the mostly forgotten sequel King Kong Lives from 1986. Ten years after the Dino De Laurentis 1976 remake, his stubbornness to make a sequel finally happened. Was it worth it? Join us and Jesse Candelori to find out

Tony and Johanna review King Kong Lives. In this Podcast / Movie Review of King Kong Lives find out how King Kong was kept alive, how he was resurrected, and how he finally found love!A giant ape King Kong, which was shot and fell off the World Trade Center tower, appears to be alive, but is in coma for 10 years and desperately needs a blood transfusion in order to have an artificial heart implanted. Suddenly, in the rainforest, another gigantic ape is found - this time a female. She is brought to the USA, and the heart is successfully implanted. But then King Kong, having sensed the female ape, breaks loose.

This is it! We're finally talking about the King - King Kong that is! The big ape has been one of Hollywood's (and the world's) biggest stars since he first showed up on the scene in 1933. At the time, the original King Kong was cutting edge, and it influenced many later generations. Kong is a part of pop culture, and new versions of the eighth wonder of the world keep getting made. There is something universally appealing about this unique and powerful figure.We'll go through the long history of Kong in films (and a little bit on TV), starting of course with the classic original 1933 King Kong, directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack, with ground-breaking stop-motion effects by pioneer Willis O'Brien. The exciting story, the ferocious  Kong, and the whole beauty and the beast angle, made the film a huge success. It was quickly followed up with a sequel, also in 1933, Son of Kong, which was amusing but no where near the success of the original.In the 60s, through a somewhat circuitous route, Kong wound up across the Pacific and got a job with Toho Studios, making King Kong vs Godzilla in 1962, and King Kong Escapes in 1967. There's a connection to the 1966 Rankin-Bass King Kong Show cartoon too!Near to our hearts, even though it's clearly a flawed film, is the 1976 version of King Kong. The film may be best remembered today for the amazing John Berkey poster showing Kong astride the World Trade Center towers. We'll talk about the controversy over the robot Kong and how the great make-up genius Rick Baker played Kong. Bob took the hit for the team and watched King Kong Lives, and gives a rundown of that sequel.If you're excited to hear what we think about Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of King Kong, well, you may want to ratchet back your expectations. We have some strong opinions on the film, and that's all we'll say here!Finally, we finish strong as we enthusiastically discuss Kong Skull Island (2017), which took a very different approach to Kong, and will lead to a rematch with Godzilla next year!Larry's Kong and Bruce mugs, seen front and backOn this episode's Sensor Sweep, our mission commander, Larry, shares his love of tiki mugs, and shows off two: a Bruce the Shark from Jaws mug from Mondo, and a Kong mug from Tiki Farm. If you love tiki mugs and monsters, check 'em out!In a burst of shameless self-promotion, we want to mention the various side-gigs we all have going on.Your crew at Monsterpalooza a few years ago -Larry, Karen, and BobBob recently participated in a panel discussion on Ultraman for the Kaiju Con-line, an online  convention celebrating kaiju (obviously). If you want to watch the panel, click here. If you're a Gamera fan, a blu-ray box set should be coming out at the end of July, and Bob and his pal Keith Aiken are doing commentary on the film Gamera the Brave! Karen decided to start blogging again, to babble on about science fiction and other stuff. You can read her posts once or maybe twice a week at Echoes from the Satellite.Larry has just started doing a video blog! It's on YouTube and it's called Larryland USA. Larry will be talking about things he loves and his many genre-based memories. Check it out!That's all for us right now. We hope all of you are staying well, and hanging in there. If you have thoughts on King Kong, other giant apes, or anything else, drop us a line, why don't ya? You can leave a comment at our site, or hit us up here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Planet8CastFacebook: www.Facebook.com/Planet8PodcastThanks for listening!

Born September 26, 1956 in Salisbury, Maryland, Linda Hamilton is an actress best known for her portrayal as Sarah Connor in the Terminator movie franchise. When Linda was just five, her father, Carroll Stanford Hamilton, passed away. Her mother later remarried a police chief. Linda is one of four siblings in her family- with one older sister, one young brother and a twin sister named Leslie Hamilton Gearren. After attending high school at Wicomico High School in Salisbury, Linda studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, before leaving for New York to attend acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg. Linda had her first acting credit in the indie drama Night-Flowers (1979), but began to make a name for herself on the soap opera Secrets of the Midland Heights (1980-81), playing Lisa Rogers. She would continue to build up her resumé on television with the TV movies Reunion (1980), Country Gold (1982), Wishman (1983), and Secrets of a Mother and Daughter (1983), as well as guest appearances on TV series such as Shirley, King's Crossing and Hill Street Blues. In 1982 she starred opposite Robert Carradine in the action thriller Tag: The Assassination Game, as Susan Swayze. Her first big break came in 1984 when she starred in James Cameron's The Terminator alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Biehn. That same year she also starred in Fritz Kiersh's adaptation of Children of the Corn. The following years would see her split time between TV and Hollywood with TV movies Secret Weapons, Club Med and Go Toward the Light and big screen projects like Black Moon Rising (1986) and King Kong Lives (1986). Linda reached a new career high in 1987 when she was cast in a starring role on the contemporary TV adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. In the crime drama set in Manhattan, Linda starred opposite Ron Perlman's Beast as Assistant District Attorney Catherine Chandler, a role that earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination as well as two Golden Globe nominations. Following Beauty and the Beast's three season run, Linda returned to the big screen in Mr. Destiny (1990) opposite Michael Caine, and a return to Sarah Connor, the role that made her a household name in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). The following years saw her split time again between TV films and Hollywood movies while also expanding her repertoire by lending her voice talents to animated shows. Linda joined the DC Animated Universe by lending her voice talents to the animated series The New Batman Adventures, as well as Batman Beyond and its film Batman Beyond: The Movie (both 1999). Furthering her voice acting career she joined Disney animated series Hercules and Buzz Lightyear of Star Commandas a recurring character. The rest of the 2000s would see Linda take a step back, taking supporting roles in lower profile projects before again returning to TV with the 2009 crime series The Line. On the film side she made an uncredited return to the Terminator franchise by recording new dialogue for McG's Terminator Salvation sequel. Longtime fans finally found a new beloved role for Linda as she starred in a recurring role for the hit series Chuck as the titular character's mother Mary Elizabeth Bartowski. Linda would continue her resurgence, appearing in recurring roles on TV series such as Air Force One Is Down, Defiance, and Lost Girl. Finally, Linda fully embraced a return to the Terminator franchise with a substantial role as Sarah Connor in Tim Miller's Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), which would provide proper closure for the character that has helped define her career. Linda has a son with her first husband, actor Bruce Abbott to whom she was married for seven years (1982 to 1989). She also has a daughter with second husband, director James Cameron, but the marriage ended after only two years, in 1999, although they'd been together for many years before they were married. ABOUT EASY DOES IT, IN THEATERS AND ON DEMAND JULY 17TH Directed by Will Addison and featuring: Linda Hamilton (The Terminator), Bryan Batt ("Mad Men"), Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Ben Matheny (Assassination Nation) Best buds, Jack and Scottie (Ben Matheny and Matthew Martinez) are going nowhere fast in their crumbling, Mississippi hometown. They have big dreams and no prospects. When the friends learn of hidden loot in sunny California, they decide to take their shot at the American Dream. However, when their hometown criminal matriarch "King George'' (Linda Hamilton), hears of the windfall, she sends her personal bounty hunter/daughter, "Blue Eyes" (Susan Gordon) to chase them down. Broke and out of gas, Jack and Scottie attempt to drive off with "borrowed" fuel... and wind up staging an impromptu hold-up. The bungled job saddles them with a whiney, accidental hostage named Collin (comedian Cory Dumesnil) and lands them in the crosshairs of a cocky Texas cop and world-weary sheriff (Bryan Batt and Dwight Henry). With no turning back and two thousand miles to go, they have no choice but to rob their way across the Southwest... with the reluctant assistance of Collin. Now the good times are rolling as the ragtag trio's anti-heroics bring about an unlikely friendship with a blossoming Collin. All the while, Blue Eyes and Johnny Law are closing in. It's gonna be a guns-blazin', car-chasin' race to the finish! Check out the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVDNuISP_m0&t=

Born September 26, 1956 in Salisbury, Maryland, Linda Hamilton is an actress best known for her portrayal as Sarah Connor in the Terminator movie franchise.When Linda was just five, her father, Carroll Stanford Hamilton, passed away. Her mother later remarried a police chief. Linda is one of four siblings in her family- with one older sister, one young brother and a twin sister named Leslie Hamilton Gearren.After attending high school at Wicomico High School in Salisbury, Linda studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, before leaving for New York to attend acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg.Linda had her first acting credit in the indie drama Night-Flowers (1979), but began to make a name for herself on the soap opera Secrets of the Midland Heights (1980-81), playing Lisa Rogers. She would continue to build up her resumé on television with the TV movies Reunion (1980), Country Gold (1982), Wishman (1983), and Secrets of a Mother and Daughter (1983), as well as guest appearances on TV series such as Shirley, King's Crossing and Hill Street Blues.In 1982 she starred opposite Robert Carradine in the action thriller Tag: The Assassination Game, as Susan Swayze. Her first big break came in 1984 when she starred in James Cameron's The Terminator alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Biehn. That same year she also starred in Fritz Kiersh's adaptation of Children of the Corn. The following years would see her split time between TV and Hollywood with TV movies Secret Weapons, Club Med and Go Toward the Light and big screen projects like Black Moon Rising (1986) and King Kong Lives (1986). Linda reached a new career high in 1987 when she was cast in a starring role on the contemporary TV adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. In the crime drama set in Manhattan, Linda starred opposite Ron Perlman's Beast as Assistant District Attorney Catherine Chandler, a role that earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination as well as two Golden Globe nominations.Following Beauty and the Beast's three season run, Linda returned to the big screen in Mr. Destiny (1990) opposite Michael Caine, and a return to Sarah Connor, the role that made her a household name in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). The following years saw her split time again between TV films and Hollywood movies while also expanding her repertoire by lending her voice talents to animated shows.Linda joined the DC Animated Universe by lending her voice talents to the animated series The New Batman Adventures, as well as Batman Beyond and its film Batman Beyond: The Movie (both 1999). Furthering her voice acting career she joined Disney animated series Hercules and Buzz Lightyear of Star Commandas a recurring character.The rest of the 2000s would see Linda take a step back, taking supporting roles in lower profile projects before again returning to TV with the 2009 crime series The Line. On the film side she made an uncredited return to the Terminator franchise by recording new dialogue for McG's Terminator Salvation sequel. Longtime fans finally found a new beloved role for Linda as she starred in a recurring role for the hit series Chuck as the titular character's mother Mary Elizabeth Bartowski.Linda would continue her resurgence, appearing in recurring roles on TV series such as Air Force One Is Down, Defiance, and Lost Girl.Finally, Linda fully embraced a return to the Terminator franchise with a substantial role as Sarah Connor in Tim Miller's Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), which would provide proper closure for the character that has helped define her career.Linda has a son with her first husband, actor Bruce Abbott to whom she was married for seven years (1982 to 1989). She also has a daughter with second husband, director James Cameron, but the marriage ended after only two years, in 1999, although they'd been together for many years before they were married.ABOUT EASY DOES IT, IN THEATERS AND ON DEMAND JULY 17THDirected by Will Addison and featuring: Linda Hamilton (The Terminator), Bryan Batt ("Mad Men"), Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Ben Matheny (Assassination Nation)Best buds, Jack and Scottie (Ben Matheny and Matthew Martinez) are going nowhere fast in their crumbling, Mississippi hometown. They have big dreams and no prospects. When the friends learn of hidden loot in sunny California, they decide to take their shot at the American Dream. However, when their hometown criminal matriarch "King George'' (Linda Hamilton), hears of the windfall, she sends her personal bounty hunter/daughter, "Blue Eyes" (Susan Gordon) to chase them down. Broke and out of gas, Jack and Scottie attempt to drive off with "borrowed" fuel... and wind up staging an impromptu hold-up. The bungled job saddles them with a whiney, accidental hostage named Collin (comedian Cory Dumesnil) and lands them in the crosshairs of a cocky Texas cop and world-weary sheriff (Bryan Batt and Dwight Henry). With no turning back and two thousand miles to go, they have no choice but to rob their way across the Southwest... with the reluctant assistance of Collin. Now the good times are rolling as the ragtag trio's anti-heroics bring about an unlikely friendship with a blossoming Collin. All the while, Blue Eyes and Johnny Law are closing in. It's gonna be a guns-blazin', car-chasin' race to the finish!Check out the trailer here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVDNuISP_m0&t=

It's King Kong-a-Palooza as we take on 5 movies about one big monkey. Stuart joins in as we talk about the modern mythology of King Kong, what the story tells us, and what it tells us about ourselves that we retell the story every few decades. We reflect on man, ape, mysterious islands, mystery in general, and fame as we ponder the various takes. Join us as we discuss 1933, 1976, 2005 "King Kong" installments, as well as "King Kong Lives" and the recent entry "Kong: Skull Island".

In this sequel to the 1976 remake of Kong Kong, none of the original cast returns, except in archival footage shown in the intro depicting Kong after getting shot down from the top of the World Trade Center and falling to the streets below. We come to learn that Kong (Peter Elliott) improbably survived, existing in a coma for ten years on life support in a giant lab facility in Atlanta awaiting a giant artificial heart to replace the organic one that can no longer support him without medical assistance. Kong also needs lots of ape plasma for the surgery but there aren't apes like him to give blood. The lead heart surgeon, Dr. Amy Franklin (Linda Hamilton), laments that only a miracle can save Kong. That miracle arrives when the soldier-of-fortune Hank Mitchell (Brian Kerwin) discovers another giant ape while scouting for diamonds in the jungles of Borneo. He finds a way to bring the female ape back to the United States for fortune and glory. The lab needs her plasma but the two apes sense the presence of each other, which makes it particularly dangerous for any humans trying to keep the apes from doing what apes want to do naturally.  The apes escape their confinement and run away as fugitives, but the scientists can't have these two roaming the Great Smoky Mountains wreaking havoc, so the military, led by the tenacious Colonel Nevitt (John Ashton), is called in to take whatever measures and necessary. It's up to Dr. Franklin and Hank Mitchell to lead them to safety somehow. John Guillermin directs.

We had to do a last minute replacement so instead of King Kong Lives we'll be talking about SON OF KONG from 1933. Then Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange tell us the story all over again in the 1976 remake of KING KONG! We also talk about Chillerama, Doom Patrol, and the possibility of more Tiger King.

We had to do a last minute replacement so instead of King Kong Lives we’ll be talking about SON OF KONG from 1933. Then Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange tell us the story all over again in the 1976 remake of KING KONG! We also talk about Chillerama, Doom Patrol, and the possibility of more … Continue reading King Kong 1976 & Son Of Kong →

In celebration of Valentine's Day, MONSTER ISLAND COMMENTARIES transforms into Skull Island Commentaries again as Travis & Luana talk about jungle love with the 1986 sequel KING KONG LIVES! They talk about how the movie becomes more goofy & interesting than its predecessor, why Kong sometimes looks fake, Reylo kissing in Star Wars, tiring kung-fu lessons, and more!   NOTE: To sync this commentary with the movie, pause the movie at the beginning when the animation for the Studio Canal logo starts up. A countdown to press the play button is included in the commentary's intro.   Listen to our new spinoff Movie Lobby Commentaries (and get cool perks) at our Patreon: patreon.com/micommentaries   monsterislandcommentaries@gmail.com facebook.com/monstercommentaries twitter.com/MICommentaries   Theme song by Pangolin (https://spoti.fi/2F6ll5L) Logo artwork by Andrew O. Ellis (http://andrewoellis.com) Outro music: “Way Back Home” The Crusaders

Hello, kaiju lovers! Despite a slight delay thanks to MIFV mascots Goji-kun and Bro Kong hiding Nathan's laptop, the unavoidable has happened: King Kong Lives. John LeMay, author of Kong Unmade and other kaiju books, returns to Monster Island to discuss the Godzilla vs. Megalon of the Kong series—and John un-ironically likes it! This ill-fated sequel to Dino de Laurentiis's 1976 remake stars Linda Hamilton, fresh off of her star-making role in The Terminator, as a scientist who resurrects King Kong with an artificial heart…because that cures falling off of a building. Not only that, he “falls in love” 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 with this movie, but he riffs because he loves. That is, when he isn't mediating a conflict between John and the show's intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA. 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! You can buy the hardcover of John's book Kong Unmade on Amazon. Check out Jimmy's Notes on this episode! Timestamps: Intro: 0:00-3:28 Entertaining Info Dump: 3:28-9:29 Toku Talk: 9:29-1:04:18 Toku Topic: 1:04:18-1:31:04 Outro: 1:31:04-end © 2020 Moonlighting Ninjas Media Bibliography/Further Reading: “Everything You Need to Know About Trademark Law” (Polaris Law Firm) “Historical Hypocrisy: Donkey Kong, King Kong, & The Public Domain” by Timothy Geigner (TechDirt) King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson by Ray Morton “King Kong Lives (1986) Review – Kong-A-Thon Episode 6” (YouTube) Kong Unmade: The Lost Films of Skull Island by John LeMay “Laws that choke creativity | Larry Lessig.” (YouTube, uploaded by TED) Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong by Mark Cotta Vaz Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy by Larry Lessig “The true story behind Universal suing Nintendo over King Kong and Donkey Kong” by Luke Owen (Flickering Myth)   “Understanding copyright law” by Jennifer Horner (ASHA Wire, The ASHA Leader) “Welcome to the Public Domain” by Rich Stim (Stanford University Libraries) “What is Fair Use?” by Rich Stim (Stanford University Libraries) Wiki Articles for King Kong Lives (1976): –Wikipedia –IMDB –Wikizilla –Gojipedia The post Episode 10: John LeMay vs. ‘King Kong Lives' appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.

Does the thought of a well-endowed female gorilla make your heart pump a little faster? One supersized simian is certainly warm to Lady Kong’s form - picking himself up from the broken pavement after his 1976 tumble from the World Trade Center, and continuing on in the 1986 sequel King Kong Lives. Is Linda Hamilton proud to oversee the birth of another miracle baby two years after delivering John Connor, or should she terminate her agent for casting her in this monkey business? The podcasters are off the chain and ready to battle, so Listen Now.

The next #MonsterMovieStompdown is here and man this one was an absolute blast! There is more laughter on this episode than any other as the guys take on the 8th Wonder of the World's most interesting outing to date! As far as 1986 that is! 

ISSUE #58 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 22 watching every King Kong and Godzilla movie! It's the final King Kong movie for a few months... AND IT SUCKS!!!

Steve Cooper talks with actor John Ashton. John is best known for his Detective Sergeant Taggart in the first two installments of the Beverly Hills Cops trilogy and as the rival bounty hunter to Robert DeNiro's character in Midnight Run. Throughout his career he has appeared in countless movies including Some Kind of Wonderful, She's Having a Baby, Breaking Away, King Kong Lives, Trapped In Paradise, The Shooter, Instinct, Little Big League, Curly Sue and Gone Baby Gone. He is also a veteran of TV working on such series as Dallas, The A-Team, Starsky & Hutch, M*A*S*H, The Twilight Zone, Police Squad, Hardball, JAG, King of the Hill, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and many more.  

Andrew and Emily talk about the fae cart. Music: Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon (Available from FreeMusicArchive.com) Check out a special video made to accompany this episode on our YouTube channel. Patreon: Dunston Checks Min Twitter: @MajesticHotelNY Instagram: DunstonChecksMin

After being unconscious for 10 years and getting some much needed heart surgery, Kong is back! What’s this? It seems he bought a lady friend with him and they seem to want to settle down. Well at least Dwan isn’t in this one…

  Siblings reunite as Jack and Geoff welcome back Sam Stovold and Erin Clarke to talk about the little-remembered 1986 sequel King Kong Lives! As giant ape-love blooms, the four discuss the fascinating world of XXL-sized heart surgery, classic 80's signifiers like pastel golf clothes and sweet Lambos, ridiculous frog reaction shots, and the Robocop/Kong crossover that never was. Like a giant ape fighting a bunch of drunken rednecks, this podcast is a get-together you don't want to miss!

THE FILM & WATER PODCAST Episode 131: KING KONG LIVES For Valentine's Day, Rob welcomes back Nicholas Prom (COMIC REFLECTIONS PODCAST) to subject themselves to the dreadful KING KONG LIVES,  the 1986 sequel featuring King Kong and Lady Kong! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? NICHOLAS PROM - https://comicreflections.wordpress.com E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Follow THE FILM & WATER PODCAST on Twitter: @FilmAndWaterPod Subscribe via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-film-and-water-podcast/id1077572484 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening! That's A Wrap!

  Now that the dust has settled, we dissect the latest King Kong film and consider its place in the wider world of Kong movies. We also throw Aquaman under the boat in our discussion of the Justice League trailer and take a trip to the Satellite of Love in anticipation of the new version of Mystery Science Theatre 3000. Kong: Skull Island discussion begins at 36:30 Show Notes: 00:37 - Nerdly News segment. 01:14 - New Mystery Science Theatre 3000 series! 03:50 - The teaser for the trailer of the preview of Justice League. 06:00 - Chad reveals his Aquaman fetish. 16:57 - Bill does some Stephen King sh-IT talking. 22:30 - Chad does some Iron Fisting. 27:22 - No self-respecting millionaire would drive a Hyundai. 31:45 - Killing Superman was a dumb move. 36:30 - Kong talk starts. 43:50 - Giant lizards and Geena Davis. 49:20 - Some issue, including a couple of intense, implied gore scenes. 57:00 - Bill’s Cong joke. 57:18 - King Kong and the Mandingo allegory. 01:02:22 - For a movie with ’Skull Island’ in the title, it really lacks a sense of place. 01:10:55 - The 1933 King Kong movie. 01:19:47 - More racial allegory in Kong films. 01:25:55 - The 1976 King Kong movie. 01:34:50 - The 1986 Kong Kong abomination King Kong Lives. 01:38:37 - We all agree, John C. Reilly was the best part of the film.   Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing with Special (and officially final) Geekspeaker visit by Duh Boss

Reed joins us to break down The Great Wall and discuss the possibility of a Matrix reboot, plus we also talk Dragon Blade, Outcast, King Kong Lives and Missing Richard Simmons. 0:00 – Intro 33:15 – Review: The Great Wall 1:25:35 – Headlines: The Matrix Reboot in the Works 1:46:35 – Other Stuff We Watched: Dragon Blade, King Kong Lives, Outcast, Missing Richard Simmons 2:15:15 – Junk Mail: Frank Letterboxd Fails, Making a List of Every Movie You've Watched, Favorite Character Actors + Favourite Movie Studio Logo, Versus Rapid Fire, Nintendo Switch Thoughts 2:48:55 – Recommended "Reeding" 3:04:40 – This Week on DVD and Blu-ray / Outro

Reed joins us to break down The Great Wall and discuss the possibility of a Matrix reboot, plus we also talk Dragon Blade, Outcast, King Kong Lives and Missing Richard Simmons. 0:00 – Intro 33:15 – Review: The Great Wall 1:25:35 – Headlines: The Matrix Reboot in the Works 1:46:35 – Other Stuff We Watched: Dragon Blade, King Kong Lives, Outcast, Missing Richard Simmons 2:15:15 – Junk Mail: Frank Letterboxd Fails, Making a List of Every Movie You've Watched, Favorite Character Actors + Favourite Movie Studio Logo, Versus Rapid Fire, Nintendo Switch Thoughts 2:48:55 – Recommended "Reeding" 3:04:40 – This Week on DVD and Blu-ray / Outro

This week, on the show: we are joined by Courtney Small of the Modern Superior podcast Changing Reels! He joins in all of the festivities, as we discuss the highly anticipated Kong: Skull Island. He also joins in Greg as they talk about the punishment pick, King Kong Lives! And finally all three discuss the new album Drunk from multi-instrumentalist Thundercat. Before any of that, we discuss more comic book movie news, a bevvy of trailers from Dunkirk to Baby Driver and Atomic Blonde, the new Amy Schumer special, what Dan is doing on Anchor, and so much more. Finally, we dive into another episode of The O.C. with Orange You Glad It's The O.C. Corner, Season 2. Get listening! And don't forget to follow Courtney Small on Twitter and listen to his absolutely fantastic show Changing Reels right here on Modern Superior! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Out-of-context quote from this episode: “Once again, it takes wayyyyy too long to notice a building-sized ape.” In honor of King Kong’s giant-sized return in Kong: Skull Island, we take in Kong’s only 80s adventure: King Kong Lives! In this … Continue reading →

Episode 310 - Long live the King! King Kong returns in the sequel to the 1976 remake. - www.stormfrontcreative.com

With Kong: Skull Island upon us, we take a look at the long history of King Kong films, starting with the 1933 original, but also the 1976 and 2005 remakes, Son of Kong, King Kong vs Godzilla, King Kong Lives and, even, some lost Japanese Kong movies. As always, things are rounded off with pitches for what the next entry in the King Kong franchise should have been.

On the next installment of our King Kong recap, we examine the Dino De Laurentiis remake from 1976, and its 1986 sequel King Kong Lives. But before reviewing the films, Byrd exhausts himself by recalling King Kong's convoluted legal rights history and the extremely troubled production of the 1976 remake. For some, these films bring a nostalgic sense of joy. For others, they represent a giant black eye on the franchise. What side of the fence do our hosts fall on? Listen and find out!

Check out a special 1 hour edition of Visions In Sound featuring the music of Kong.  King Kong (Max Steiner), King Kong Lives The post Visions In Sound Special Edition – “Kong” appeared first on A Movie, TV & Video Game Soundtrack Radio Program.

The monkey shines are at an all time high as Mike and Nate, along with returning Guest Host Cara Nicole Palermo, try and make sense out of 1986's King Kong Lives.   

Get your Kong on as the King gets an artificial heart and goes full agro when Lady Kong shows up. Sarah Conner tries to save the day with her feathered hair in this Dino De Laurentiis joint.

In their first 'special edition' podcast, the guys reminisce about this summer's G-FEST, North America's largest annual gathering of Godzilla fans. They re-live three quarters of the "double-double feature," which includes their takes on the 1976 version of "King Kong,""King Kong Lives," and "Gamera vs. Barugon." They also reflect on the "Akira Ifukube 100" orchestral concert,the G-FEST Kid's Thread, and the unique camaraderie that exists between attendees. Send your comments to moradio@outlook.com and learn more about G-FEST at g-fan.com

We're back! To celebrate our return to talking crap on the internet, we look at a film frachise that had no reason to come back. From 1986 it"s "King Kong Lives"    

Cruel Summer ends with a whimper this week. We are obviously suffering from bad movie fatigue as we look to put this whole thing out of its misery. We burn through three quick reviews covering The Ugly Truth, King Kong Lives and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. We failed to see the humour in any of these - perhaps the summer heat makes us cranky. We also discuss some other recent watches including Forty Guns, Downton Abbey, Nightbreed: Cabal Cut and Beasts of the Southern Wild. To make matters worse, we're testing out some new recording equipment so sound quality may be all over the place. Overall, this may not have been our finest hour but it was certainly our houriest hour. We'd love to hear from you, so write to us at marriedwithclickers@gmail.com or call 206-338-0793

Movie Meltdown - Episode 126 This week we interview author Dave Conover about his book: War Eagles - The Unmaking of an Epic. This is the amazing story of a film that never happened and the greatest story NEVER told…until now. And somewhere along the way, we mention…Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine, Merian C. Cooper, RoboTech, the world is on the brink of war, John Wayne, Peter Jackson, a secret weapon, a German P.O.W. camp, Flying Aces Magazine, a circumpolar flight, the Death Star of 1939, Clash of the Titans, calling Forry Ackerman at home, dinosaurs, Raiders of the Lost Ark, a giant zeppelin, MGM, John Ford, dropping a nuclear bomb on New York, the summer of ‘77, Hitler invades Poland, Willis O'Brien, King Kong Lives, the alternate script for Dracula’s Daughter, Ray Harryhausen, fighting Nazis, Mighty Joe Young, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, giant eagles, Technicolor, The Searchers, the death ray, tracking down clues, fighting allosauruses, copyrighting Mickey Mouse, a lost tribe of Vikings, controlling the Helium production, Sonny Bono, King Kong, The Flying Tigers, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth and…Buy War Bonds! Spolier Alert: You will in fact hear the end of this movie…that never happened. Does that still count as a spoiler? “In the box were…a War Eagle armature, some of the creatures from the spider pit in King Kong, The Giant Behemoth…things like that.” Check out Dave's book online: http://www.amazon.com/WAR-EAGLES-Unmaking-Alternate-Monsters/dp/1593934815

Dobbelt D er tilbage med flere titler fra arkiverne, for det er bare den slags film vi gider se i øjeblikket, learn to love it! Idag byder vi på norske trolde af den meget modbydelige slags, naturkatastrofer med James Bond, knækkede arme en masse, store aber, en revolution og historien om en superhelt, der er mere super end gennemsnittet. Følgende titler omtales: 0:06:57 King Kong Lives 0:15:22 Above the Law 0:24:26 King Kong (2005) Bluray 0:43:46 The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Bluray 0:57:53 The Glimmer Man 1:05:26 Dante's Peak Bluray 1:15:03 Gasland 1:28:43 Smallville (TV-serie) 1:39:56 Trolljegeren Bluray

(SPOILER) - King Kong does NOT live.  This is one of the most nonsensical, ridiculous ones we've seen yet. Listen to the delirium set in after we watch over four hours of sub-par Kong. This is part 2 of our Dino DeLaurentiis "Kong" Double Feature. Enjoy! 

For the next 2 episodes we will pay tribute to the late, great Dino De Laurentiis by tearing into his two KING KONG films. First up, his expensive 1976 sexercised remake of KING KONG starring Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges and Charles flippin' Grodin! We discuss sex, savagery and the seventies all rolled into one hairy episode! Enjoy and stay tuned next week for KING KONG LIVES! imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074751/ purchase on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/King-Kong-VHS-Jeff-Bridges/dp/6300216845