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King Kong barely got a mention at the Golden Globes. If Peter Jackson had been smart, he would have remade it with Kong as a giant, gentle, misunderstood gay gorilla, and replaced Naomi Watts with Jake Gyllenhaal as the love interest.
Posted by Rand Simberg at December 13, 2005 09:42 AM
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My theory is that Jackson WAS smart, and has already made replacements. This was originally a movie about an Arab terrorist attack on the Empire State Building. But as the producers of The Sum of All Fears and other movies have discovered, portraying any Arab as a terrorist is racist - you have to substitute something else. "A giant ape. Yeah, that's it...."
Posted by Roger Strong at December 13, 2005 10:03 AM
Ouch!
Posted by zztop at December 13, 2005 10:26 AM
One man's giant ape is another man's freedom fighter.
Posted by McGehee at December 13, 2005 03:30 PM
"...he would have remade it with Kong as a giant, gentle, misunderstood gay gorilla, and replaced Naomi Watt with Jake Gyllenhaal as the love interest..."
Consider the symbolism of the Empire State Building in that version.
Posted by T.L. James at December 13, 2005 09:49 PM
To pick a nit, I think that it was the Chrysler Building, not the Empire State.
Posted by Rand Simberg at December 14, 2005 05:00 AM
D'oh!
It was the Empire State. It was originally supposed to be the Chrysler, but the Empire State ended up being taller when it finished construction.
Posted by Rand Simberg at December 16, 2005 10:20 AM
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