Friday, April 14, 2006

Rapa Nui Inspiration for Skull Island?

KING KONG TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)
by Brad Cook
FilmThreat.com
2006-04-14

Once we reach the island, there’s some good conflict between Denham and the ship captain, who’s ready to go home after realizing he’ll probably get stiffed for the trip. I also appreciated changing the natives into people living a desperate existence, much like I imagine the situation became on Easter Island in the 1700s, after natural resources had been depleted.

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I found this review of the newly released Two-Disc Special Edition King Kong DVD. I thought readers might take interest in the comparison of King Kong's Skull Island to "Easter Island in the 1700s, after natural resources had been depleted."

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