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King Kong vs. Godzilla: The Remake

Gareth Edwards' Godzilla reboot has made a substantial amount at the box office and it has already been announced that there is going to be a sequel. The question is: What can they possibly do for a sequel? The answer is obvious - REMAKE King Kong Vs. Godzilla . I'm no talking about a gritty, bad ass remake, I'm talking a shot for shot, scene for scene remake of the 1963 Toho monster brawl.  I'm sure you are thinking, "That's blasphemy! King Kong Vs. Godzilla is a classic!" Okay, you probably were not thinking that! In fact, you were more than likely thing the exact opposite, and that's my point, King Kong Vs. Godzilla is ripe for a remake as it is one incredibly bad movie. Hell, it's bad even for a Godzilla movie!  It's marred by one of the worst looking King Kong suits in cinema history; hell, it wouldn't cut mustard in a kindergarten pageant. It looks like director Ishiro Honda and Toho special effects crew dusted off whatever moth

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

I rather have a soft spot for Conan the Destroyer , which is, admittedly, due to my first seeing it on television as a kid; it’s a movie that my cousins and I watched on a repeated basis every time we hung out. It’s appealed laid in the fact that it was, essentially, a live action He-Man and The Masters of the Universe ; with Conan filling in the role He-Man (sans the secret identity) and Queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) as an Evil-Lyn surrogate.  There are also loads of wizardry on display, battles, a giant monster, and, most memorable of all, a fight with a Man Ape (which resembles a Masters of the Universe reject). The writers even find to time to throw a virginal princess into the proceedings.  The difference between the two programs is that, as an adult, I find The Masters of the Universe absolutely unwatchable, while I am still greatly amused by Conan the Destroyer. I would never be as bold to proclaim it as being a good movie, that was greatly “misunderstood” by the