Kong: King of the Apes

*ZariusTwo* · 01-17-2016, 01:50 PM

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Kong: King of the Apes – Premieres globally on Friday, April 15, 2016 at 12:01am PT

This animated TV series for kids from Executive Producer Avi Arad, this is a fresh and modern take on the classic King Kong story. Set in 2050, KONG is still the strongest creature ever born with many human traits that make him the ultimate iconic hero. In KONG, the future looks bright for San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island since its transformation into the most impressive Natural History and Marine Preserve on the planet. But when the star attraction suddenly goes ape and KONG becomes public enemy number one, the villain that framed him is free to unleash an army of gigantic robotic dinosaurs on the unsuspecting world. Ironically, KONG is the only force formidable enough to stop these super-powered dinosaurs and the evil genius manipulating them. But KONG is now the world’s most hunted fugitive. Fortunately, there are three young humans who know the truth and are willing to risk their lives to help KONG evade capture, while he battles to save humankind.

Read more at http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/64...lfccPvILwWY.99

*sdp* · 01-17-2016, 02:34 PM

This popped on my Netflix when I searched for King Kong a few months back and I'm a little curious about it since I'm a fan of the giant ape but the concept just sounds terrible. The previous King Kong cartoon from the late 90s and revived int he mid 00's was too much of a superhero cartoon but maybe I should've given it more of a chance. Never seen the first King Kong cartoon but I'm guessing it's even worse than the HB Godzilla cartoon.

The story of King Kong pretty much finishes with the original story and it's hard to make a sequel. Song of Kong and Kong Lives are decent sequels but more of the same. I was really excited when Skull Island was announced as a prequel since to me the most interesting part and thing that can be explored is the island itself but that was eventually ruined with the idea now of having a shared universe with Godzilla and now this not being a prequel but a new King Kong and I'm all for Godzilla and King Kong fighting again but this ironically diminishes both franchises at the same time.

*AT-Man* · 01-17-2016, 04:26 PM

Oh, it wasn't a new movie.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 01-17-2016, 04:26 PM

Are you kidding?! The original Godzilla vs. Kong is one of the most iconic match-ups of all time. It was pretty much destined to happen from the birth of Godzilla. He's just about the only thing that could stand against Kong. Though I agree about the cartoon sounding kind of ridiculous.

*TurtleTitan97* · 01-17-2016, 08:59 PM

The fact that Avi Arad is on board made me cringe. Hated what he did with Pac-Man.

*Allio* · 01-17-2016, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Are you kidding?! The original Godzilla vs. Kong is one of the most iconic match-ups of all time. It was pretty much destined to happen from the birth of Godzilla. He's just about the only thing that could stand against Kong. Though I agree about the cartoon sounding kind of ridiculous.

as a person that watched all three versions of King Kong

I didn't like it. they changed Kong so much just to make him on equal footing with Godzilla.

I'm sorry, but not muh kong.

TMNT_Guy · 01-18-2016, 11:42 AM

Heh, they just had King Kong Escapes on TV the night before. The cartoon could be decent. I'll at least wait until I see a trailer...and yes King Kong vs Godzilla is, in my humble opinion, awesome.

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Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

The fact that Avi Arad is on board made me cringe. Hated what he did with Pac-Man.

I don't know who was responsible for the Pac-Man reboot, but as a long time Pac-Fan I was really disappointed with it. It just doesn't make sense to me to ignore over 26 years of Pac-Man's history, especially Ms. Pac-Man. I'm happy that the original Pac-Man made it into Smash Bros, but it is disappointing that we'll possibly never see Pac-Man's family, friends and world(Speaking of, I'd love to see a Pac-Man World 4) ever again.

*sdp* · 06-01-2016, 06:48 PM

Anybody watch this?

I tried to give it a chance but it's definitely aiming low at the target audience with the premise and dialog. If I had young kids then I would probably sit with them to watch but yeah I couldn't make it past 20 mins of the hour long "film". The art style and CG is really good though.

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sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,222	This popped on my Netflix when I searched for King Kong a few months back and I'm a little curious about it since I'm a fan of the giant ape but the concept just sounds terrible. The previous King Kong cartoon from the late 90s and revived int he mid 00's was too much of a superhero cartoon but maybe I should've given it more of a chance. Never seen the first King Kong cartoon but I'm guessing it's even worse than the HB Godzilla cartoon. The story of King Kong pretty much finishes with the original story and it's hard to make a sequel. Song of Kong and Kong Lives are decent sequels but more of the same. I was really excited when Skull Island was announced as a prequel since to me the most interesting part and thing that can be explored is the island itself but that was eventually ruined with the idea now of having a shared universe with Godzilla and now this not being a prequel but a new King Kong and I'm all for Godzilla and King Kong fighting again but this ironically diminishes both franchises at the same time. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

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TurtleTitan97 Space Cowboy Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Speed Force Posts: 7,043	The fact that Avi Arad is on board made me cringe. Hated what he did with Pac-Man. __________________

06-01-2016, 06:48 PM	#8
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,222	Anybody watch this? I tried to give it a chance but it's definitely aiming low at the target audience with the premise and dialog. If I had young kids then I would probably sit with them to watch but yeah I couldn't make it past 20 mins of the hour long "film". The art style and CG is really good though. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server