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    The fact you'd promote a section to be the 'Ass end of the Internet' speaks a lot about your projected direction.

    Sir, may I suggest not posting when you have no clue how a board works. It would help a lot for you here.

     

    Encouraging members not to post now? Nice way to increase board traffic and drive discussions. Have fun with that, see you later everyone else.

     

    Shut the fuck up. You seem to have no problem bitching about anything I post.

     

    That's totally irrelevant. Plus, Chris is right.

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    Count me in, as long as I can find them in my library.

     

    How long will we have to finish each book? It takes me a while to finish them (cause I'm pants-oh-head retarded) and I take up too much time by reading weekly comics.

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    Aye count me in that too. I'd suggest going down the serious route, it annoys me that everyone just uses the genre for comedy now because it's "passe".

     

    Although, I tried to go the serious route with my film but it still comes off as funny due to the nature of the content.

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    According to Wikipedia, you're right.

     

    For many years a popular myth has persisted that in the Japanese version of this film, Godzilla emerges as the winner. It isn't known where this myth of the dual endings actually originated, but it's been reported as far back as Famous Monsters of Filmland in the early 1960s. Decades later in the 1980s, the myth was still going strong. The Genus III edition of the popular board game Trivial Pursuit had a question that asked "Who wins in the Japanese version of King Kong vs Godzilla", and states that the correct answer is "Godzilla". As well, through the years, this myth has been misreported by various members of the media[5], and has been misreported by reputable news organizations.[8]

     

    But as more Westerners were able to view the original version of the film especially after its availability on home video during the late 1980s, the myth became dispelled. Both versions of the film end the same way. Kong and Godzilla crash into the ocean, and Kong is the only monster to emerge and swims home. The only differences between the two endings of the film are extremely minor and trivial ones.

     

    In the Japanese version, as Kong and Godzilla are fighting underwater, a very small Earthquake occurs. In the American version, producer John Beck tacked on stock footage of a violent Earthquake from the film The Mysterians to make the climatic earthquake seem far more violent and destructive.

    The dialogue is slightly different. In the Japanese version onlookers are speculating that Godzilla might be dead as they watch Kong swim home, and speculate that it's possible he survived. In the American version, onlookers simply say "Godzilla has disappeared without a trace", and newly shot scenes of reporter Eric Carter has him watching Kong swim home on a viewscreen and wishing him luck on his long journey home.

    As the film ends and the screen fades to black, Owari (The End) appears on screen, Godzilla's roar followed by Kong's is on the Japanese soundtrack. This was akin to the monsters "taking a bow" or saying "Goodbye" to the audience, as at this point the film is over. In the American version, only Kong's roar is present on the soundtrack.

     

    And from imdb.com's trivia page:

     

    Although fans of both Kong and Godzilla argue to this day, Toho has declared that King Kong was meant to win. Kong was much more popular than Godzilla at this time, and was the obvious choice to win audiences over.

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    They also now have arcade games available on Virtual Console. Unfortunately the only ones available now are unpopular Namco games from around 1984 but Space Harrier is supposed to be available soon. No need for 32X support anymore!

     

    If they put up The Simpsons or The Punisher one then I would be a very happy man.

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