OK, according to some of Willis O’Briens notes, let’s assume that King Kong is…
Of course, for the remake, he was shown as being about twice that large. But anyway…
With that in mind, how long would it take to design and build proper restraints for a King Kong-sized monster?
We’d need some sort of “cell” to keep him in, of course. But we’d also need giant-sized manacles and shackles to lock him in, so he could be paraded in chains for our own amusement. And then we’d need some means of transporting him from one place to another.
And, of course, this all has the added requirment that Kong must be kept alive through all of this. We’ll sell monkey stew to the army when the novelty wears off, but not an instant before, dagnabit!
And how big could the monster get before keeping, transporting, and chain-parading him would just be beyond resonable human means? Would the “40 feet tall” Kong of the remake be too large, or could we mere humans safely restrain creatures even larger?
Do we have to account for dramatic effect here? I’m thinking that in practical terms it could be done in a very short time, but a movie where the critter is caught and caged and then DOESN’T break out and wreak havoc is going to be pretty boring.
He seems awful…dense. 38 tons and only 19 feet tall? A large Tyrannosaurus Rex was about that height and would have weighed around 10 tons. I know a gorilla is more heavily built than a tyrannosaur, but nearly 4 times as much?
I’d say go for the dramatic effect here and make 2 sets, one for him to break in a rage and the other to (hopefully) keep him in place. Use the breakable pair at the worst possible moment to keep things interesting.
Before you build the restraints, why don’t you just take him out to dinner and have a few drinks - who knows, he might want to do it without you having to force yourself on him.