# King Kong trailer - tonite

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-kong-trailer-tonite/310105>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 27, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-kong-trailer-tonite/310105 "2005-06-27T22:58:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-kong-trailer-tonite/310105/41 "2005-06-30T20:49:50Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> And didn’t we already do the dinosaur thing to death with 3 installments of Jurassic Park?

They’re just being faithful to the story of the 1933 original. Kong lives on Skull Island along with tribesmen and dinos- one of which he fights in the classic original.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-kong-trailer-tonite/310105/42 "2005-06-30T21:16:49Z")

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> [@Vision of Love](#):
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> Was anyone else as amused as I was with Naomi’s dramatic scream? It’s funny how even a _scream_ can look (or sound, rather) dated.  
> [http://img-nex.theonering.net/kong/trailer01/kingkong\_01\_069.jpg](http://img-nex.theonering.net/kong/trailer01/kingkong_01_069.jpg)  
> [http://img-nex.theonering.net/kong/trailer01/kingkong\_01\_071.jpg](http://img-nex.theonering.net/kong/trailer01/kingkong_01_071.jpg)

I’m still trying to wrap my brain around the fact that that isn’t [Poppy Montgomery](http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/movie_pix/tribeca/tribeca_film_festival_2004_photos/poppy_montgomery/tri50waysm.jpg) in those stills.

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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-kong-trailer-tonite/310105/43 "2005-06-30T22:16:06Z")

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When I saw the trailer on Channel 4 in the UK, I was more surprised at how much Jackson’s changed after losing so much weight :eek:

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