Over the course of my life, I'd have to say I have identified
with Kong, Godzilla and nearly every other "monster" to some
degree. Seeing the orginal Kong, it always seemed grossly unfair to
me that they enslave Kong for profit and no one really suffers for
it except the "big ape" and a few pilots. I've only been able to
watch Son of Kong once, due to the ending.
As a little kid, watching giant monsters gives our dreams (of
being something other than small and fairly powerless) an outlet.
Probably the only two "monsters" I haven't had sympathy for were the
off-worlders (Alien and Predator). I'm not sure that any of us men
want to "be" Kong, but many of us have lived through "twas beauty
killed the beast" moments in our romantic lives that felt like we'd
died.

Agent 005














--- In sonsofkong@yahoogroups.com, jfglade <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> --- In sonsofkong@yahoogroups.com, "Sue" <sue_0770@> wrote:
> >
> > I've sometimes wondered if men secretly fantasise about being
King
> > Kong! ..well he does get the girl! :-)
> >
> He also gets killed.
>
> I tend to think that Kong represents a number of things, but there
are
> very few points in the film where anyone identifies with Kong (and
I
> mean the original film, as I think the 70s version is botched, and
I
> haven't seen the most recent version and probably won't unless it
turns
> up at the local drive-in theater as part of a double bill this
summer,
> and I doubt it would since it is now yesterday's news).
>
> I don't tend to identify with other monsters either (and Kong is a
> monster, although he isn't always presented as monsterous), except
for
> a few moments in 'Frankenstine' (30s Universal version), and for a
good
> deal of 'Young Frankenstine' (where the monster also gets the
girl,
> only to discover that he doesn't want her).
>