With Godzilla and Kong preparing for a titan-sized team-up in this weekend’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, now seems like as good a time as any to revisit the first time these larger than life monsters crossed paths: 1962’s King Kong vs Godzilla. The third film in both franchises and the first in both franchises to be presented in widescreen and color, this entry was a major turning point for the Godzilla seres in particular and is often credited with keeping the series alive after the disappointing Godzilla Raids Again.
Yet despite its massive influence, the film is also strangely difficult to come by in the West. Universal released a bare-bones Blu-ray of the English dub in 2014 and the Japanese version is included in The Criterion Collection’s “Godzilla: The Showa Era” box set; but both versions are strangely absent from that set’s digital release; on top...
Yet despite its massive influence, the film is also strangely difficult to come by in the West. Universal released a bare-bones Blu-ray of the English dub in 2014 and the Japanese version is included in The Criterion Collection’s “Godzilla: The Showa Era” box set; but both versions are strangely absent from that set’s digital release; on top...
- 3/27/2024
- by Callie Hanna
- FandomWire
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