Hi Dean. My first encounter with Kong was seeing the '33 original on
TV when I was in my early teens.
I remember thinking it was quite scary in parts, but oh so sad that
he had to be killed when he was just trying to protect his friend Ann.
It's a story that has stood the test of time and thanks to Peter
Jackson will have an even bigger following of younger fans now.

I think people can enjoy the story/movie on many levels.
There's plenty of monsters to fascinate the younger fan, plus there's
romance! albeit with very contrasting leading men.
I've always enjoyed fantasing about the heroines role.
The Skull Island sequences with Ann and Kong are I suppose every
womans worst nightmare in the early scenes, just imagining being held
in that huge hand is mind blowing enough. When she finally comes to
realise she can trust him the mood shifts, it becomes if anything
slightly erotic in nature (well to me anyway lol!).

I've sometimes wondered if men secretly fantasise about being King
Kong! ..well he does get the girl! :-)

--- In sonsofkong@yahoogroups.com, "ripjagger" <ripjagger@...> wrote:
>
> Things get quiet in all the Yahoo groups from time to time. This
group
> in particular has a spotty history of activity.
>
> To answer your excellent question, I first fell in love with King
Kong
> not through the movie but through the Gold Key comic book
adaptation
> in 1968. Alberto Giolitti's artwork on that excellent retelling
drew
> me in, and I've been a Kong fan since. In those ancient years
before
> VHS or DVD, seeing Kong was problematic but I eventually saw it,
and
> then the 1976 remake (which I like despite its general
unpopularity).
> Eventually I picked up the original and the sequel on VHS and I now
> own a bunch of King Kong stuff. I just picked up the DVD and I'm
now
> going through the documentary stuff. I've learned a lot I didn't
know
> already. Good stuff.
>
> Thanks for asking.
>
> Dean:)
>