Quote from: SiL on Aug 09, 2022, 10:56:14 AMCommentary on the second film. McTiernan obviously mentions Kong on the commentary of the first.
Quote from: SiL on Aug 09, 2022, 09:55:13 AMMcTiernan flat out says Kong. The a Thomas brothers likened it to the Minotaur and other beasts.OH???
Quote from: SiL on Aug 09, 2022, 12:40:14 AMThe beast in the forest is King Kong.Yeah actually, there are readings of King Kong that establish the ape as a symbol of primal masculinity. I specifically refer to the ID monster because it's what people refer to usually (Winston makes direct references to the ID monster when talking about Pumpkinhead, for one)
Quote from: SiL on Aug 08, 2022, 08:03:53 PM2) what did the Predator movies take from Forbidden Planet? An invisible monster? That was hardly unique to that film.The Predator is an ID monster in the ID forest, much like the sheer majority of popular 80s creatures. The first iteration (in films) of an ID monster is... the ID monster from Forbidden Planet
Quote from: SiL on Aug 08, 2022, 11:07:19 PMPredator 2 rips off the opening of RoboCop quite blatantly.the satirical tone is also tons RoboCop - Harrigan punches a Detroit journalist in the face, basically
Quote from: SiL on Aug 08, 2022, 11:07:19 PMPredator 2 rips off the opening of RoboCop quite blatantly.