Yeah, I didn’t have a problem with Skull Island Kong. It’s Jackson Kong, which was explicitly modeled on a silverback gorilla, that distracts me with “realism” issues.

Correct, I should have said it’s the relationship of surface area to volume, not height to mass.

You’re talking about the square/cube rule. When height is squared, corresponding mass is cubed.

Too bad the strobe effect got toned down after the first week of release. I wish that version was still available as a supplement.

See also “realistic” CG that raises more questions than the story can handle. I have no problem buying King Kong as a stop-motion puppet, or even as a man in a suit, but the selective physics of the Peter Jackson version keep me wondering how a gorilla that big doesn’t crush its own bones or tear loose from its own…

Blue Sea, I’m Home

Lady Apartheid

Gad’s “Reunited Apart” youtube series has seriously boosted his cred in my book. The Lord of the Rings episode is glorious.

DEAD AGAIN is a frickin blast.

Actually, yes. She was initially designed as a counterpart to the Fleischers’ Bimbo character. Eventually the long ears became earrings and the jowls became cheeks.

I’ll just leave this here. But WHAT IS IT DOING HERE?

Wow, the top 10 is really weak.

“I will not belch the National Anthem” deserves better than 331. List appears biased against body noises.

If you’ve lost Barbara Crampton, you’ve lost America.

I remember being underwhelmed at the time, and I think part of the reason for that is the way the ads went so heavy on the archery element. I was hoping for a LOT more bows and arrows. Maybe enough time has passed now for me to watch it without expectations.

The donut cops never fail to crack me up.

The Aliens taking control of a giant Mechanical Claw, the manifestation of their own God, and deciding for themselves “who will go and who will stay,” may be the most profound existential statement in all of Pixar.

Ten!

Anyone else notice, in the first scene by the lockers, that there was a kid wearing the bulky Ham costume from To Kill a Mockingbird? What was that about?

Maybe there’s an open skylight or something, or the owl only just flew in because there were people there again?