On Jun 29, 8:59 am, "Michael" <michaelwy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am very interested in biology and evolution, and recently I was struck by
> some strange things about King Kong. First I must say that all the 3 sound
> veIrsions of King Kong are great entertainment. But as a student of Darwin, I
> am a bit struck by the way the ape has been portrayed. In the first movie he
> is a flesh eater, I think, and that is wrong. In the 2 and 3 version
> (jackson's movie) he has the right shape, big belly and silverback. But, he
> has no group. In all the movies King Kong is completely alone, without any
> females or offspring. There should in the real world be a group of King
> Kong's sitting on their peaceful butts all day chewing plants, which is why
> they have big bellies. If there is no species, then there could be no
> individual ape. In the case of Godzilla, it is much simpler because we are
> given a story about how he/she came into being. Anyway, clearly there is a
> great charm to the King Kong story, which is why it has proven so sucessful
> 3 times in a row.
>
> Mike
If you watch the first King Kong. He doesn't eat anybody. He puts
people in his mouth and chews on them, then takes them out.
BTW, there was a "Son of Kong," but in that film, the island gets
submerged so any other Kongs would have died as well.
Disneygeek