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King Kong Speculation Thread

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UNIrd said:
This looks like it could open 2015. But like... December..
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[video=youtube;bjB3vk0Vk3w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjB3vk0Vk3w[/video]
 
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^ Yeah, UC put out a very confusing missive yesterday to many involved in the project. It was a complete misunderstanding and yet freaked many "support people" out for a period of time. I believe that is where these ideas of a December opening are coming from.
 
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^ Yeah, UC put out a very confusing missive yesterday to many involved in the project. It was a complete misunderstanding and yet freaked many "support people" out for a period of time. I believe that is where these ideas of a December opening are coming from.
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IMO it aint funna happen
 
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shiekra38 said:
IMO it aint funna happen
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Correct, I was just explaining why some may still think it so. I assume they didn't hear of the correction from UC.
 
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JK Simmons said in an interview Skull Island will take place in 1971, could the tour guide outfits reflect that?

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/ne...eals-a-surprise-setting-for-kong-skull-island
 
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^ yeppers... much of the time Skuby posts, I pay attention! He has his finger on the pulse of all things Orlando entertainment.
 
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That facade is going to be so huge... Having never seen it in person, it was only a week or so ago in a photo with a worker right at the top of it that I realised the true scale. Enormous!
 
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ThemeParks4Life said:
JK Simmons said in an interview Skull Island will take place in 1971, could the tour guide outfits reflect that?

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/ne...eals-a-surprise-setting-for-kong-skull-island
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Well I was expecting bell-bottoms for everyone sooo...
 
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Orlando Theme parks News just put up a new photo display of the Kong construction.
 
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ThemeParks4Life said:
JK Simmons said in an interview Skull Island will take place in 1971, could the tour guide outfits reflect that?

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/ne...eals-a-surprise-setting-for-kong-skull-island
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Wow, this is very interesting. I just assumed that they would somehow link this movie with Godzilla for a future "vs" movie, but being set in 1971 makes me wonder how they could make this happen.
 
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martymcflyy85 said:
Wow, this is very interesting. I just assumed that they would somehow link this movie with Godzilla for a future "vs" movie, but being set in 1971 makes me wonder how they could make this happen.
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I would not expect Kong and Godzilla to ever share a movie again.

1) The new Godzilla would eat a traditionally sized Kong as a snack. The new Godzilla is over 300 ft tall, where King Kong, for a traditional-ish movie like this will be closer to 20-25 feet tall. The Toho King Kong in King Kong vs Godzilla was blown up to an incredible proportion for that movie, and he was only 120-ish feet tall. To make a new Kong movie that's in line with the original feel, which they're going for, I wouldn't expect Kong to be much more than 25 feet tall.

2) Toho is extremely protective of Godzilla. They wouldn't let Legendary use any of the other famous monsters until they proved they could make a movie that gave Godzilla the proper respect, which is why they had to use the MUTOs in the new film. I doubt they'd allow another King Kong vs Godzilla to happen.
 
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If anything Godzilla gets his own ride
 
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hatetofly said:
If anything Godzilla gets his own ride
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I would be fine with that.

New update from Orlando Park News where you can see the chicken wire for the beginning of the rockwork has gone up!

http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2015/01/king-kong-land-construction-update.html
 
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I'm very curious about the reason one of those protruding pillars has what appears to be a tarp over it? Any thoughts on that?
 
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hatetofly said:
I'm very curious about the reason one of those protruding pillars has what appears to be a tarp over it? Any thoughts on that?
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Yea, no clue.

Any rockwork experts here that can illuminate?:lol:
 
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JungleSkip said:
I would be fine with that.

New update from Orlando Park News where you can see the chicken wire for the beginning of the rockwork has gone up!
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FYI: That is rigid steel rebar, probably formed by machines controlled by cgi files. Possibly formed by Nassal's other facility dedicated to metal work.

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I'm very curious about the reason one of those protruding pillars has what appears to be a tarp over it? Any thoughts on that?
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I would say that the tarps are just temporarily there to protect the steel from something else that is going on. Perhaps the shotcrete that is coming to the rebar wall soon.
 
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FYI: That is rigid steel rebar, probably formed by machines controlled by cgi files. Possibly formed by Nassal's other facility dedicated to metal work.
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Yea, I figured "chicken wire" wasn't the right term, but that's what it always looks like to me.
 
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I marvel at the fact there hasn't been a widespread leak of info on this attraction yet -- especially at this point in the game, with the amount of people involved in construction, creative, safety, 3rd parties, etc. I know some of us have seen info privately, but it's still shocking it hasn't hit the interwebs at large. Bravo, Universal, I suppose! :)

Edit: Besides the podcast where HTF basically walked us through the whole thing ;)
 
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JungleSkip said:
Yea, I figured "chicken wire" wasn't the right term, but that's what it always looks like to me.
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Before I looked I asked myself why they weren't using rebar haha..From a distance it does resemble that though
 
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