Those italians. There always sending mixed monsters. k.
On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: > By italian standards, this one is not that bad at all, at least there's a > SIMILARITY to a monster that's actually in the movie. In Italy, they usually > mixed the monsters up completely, so it's almost impossible to tell the movie > from looking at the poster. Plus, they would mix Godzilla (Toho Productions) > and Gamera (Daiei Productions) up, with Gamera showing on a poster for a > Godzilla movie and vice versa. > Last, the names of the actors stated on the posters are usually completely > fictitious. Still, they sure made some fun posters. > > And of course, having been raised in Germany, where ALL japanese monsters > were announced as either 'FRANKENSTEIN'S WHAT-EVER' or KING KONG, I should > probably not be too critical... > > Helmut > >> I'd say your analysis is dead on, Steve. But I sure would have been >> disappointed to see THAT poster and then go in and see a completely >> different monster that looked nothing like the poster. Shades of the Wasp >> Woman, when it comes to wild "creative license" that borders on flat-out >> lying. Kind of like making a yellowed lobby card look pure white through >> "creative lighting"! >> >> Bruce >> >> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Steve E <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think you are correct Bruce that the Italians used creative license to >> make a creature in the movie look like Kong and named it Kong, but I believe >> the creature is not Godzilla but an alien called Titanosaurus. >> >> In the movie there is Godzilla and 2 evil creatures from another planet set >> on destroying Earth (Mechagodzilla & Titanosaurus). Maybe why the creature >> in the poster is destroying the Earth (I don't think Godzilla would). >> Titanosaurus I believe has been made to look more like Kong (note the spikey >> hair). Here is an image of Titanosaurus (on the right) (and Mechagodzillaon >> the left): >> http://www.spaziofilm.it/content/archivio/win.asp?id=6313&foto=5&tipologia=dvd >> >> Some reference info... >> >> I believe the Italian movie name (Distruggete Kong! La Terra รจ in pericolo!) >> translates to: >> Destroy Kong! The Earth is in danger! >> >> Here is a plot summary: >> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073373/ >> >> Here is a trailer: >> http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=21720905 >> >> Hope this is info of some use... >> >> Steve (50s) >> >> >> >> --- On Sat, 20/3/10, Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> >> Subject: [MOPO] The wackiest Godzilla poster I have EVER seen! >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Saturday, 20 March, 2010, 3:50 >> >> I was grading some Italian one-panels I have coming up for auction next >> week, and I hit on one of the wackiest posters I have ever seen! >> >> It is for Terror of Godzilla, and the Italian distributor apparently knew >> that "King Kong" movies sell far better than "Godzilla" movies in Italy, so >> they stuck a "Kong" in the Italian title, and then made Godzilla look like >> "Kongzilla", with a spiked head and scales! >> >> See a preview at >> http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/italian_1p_terror_of_godzilla_NZ00117_L.jpg >> >> Bruce >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
