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This is a picture I made that is a coloured in picture that I commissioned from found here King Kong vs. T-Rex .This is a pic of King Kong challenging a V. Rex to a fight while trying to protect a teenage Anne Darrow and Susan Bond from the hungry predator.
In my rebooted interpretation of the Kong mythos set in modern times, Skull Island is an island shrouded in storms and mystery. When an 8 year old Anne Darrow's family's boat runs aground on the island, Anne is lost when predators kill her parents, but she is taken in by a lonely Kong who vows to protect her, raising her as his own child in a manner similar to who Tarzan was raised by apes.
8 years later, a now teenage Anne runs into more humans for this first time in half of her her life when a cruise ship is trapped in the same storms that surround the island, running it aground. On this Cruise ship is Susan Bond, a young teenager Anne's age, as well as her younger brother Bobby and his friend, Dawn Denham. When the 3 fall overboard in a lifeboat, they drift onto Skull Island, and soon run into the wondrous life that has survived untouched for millions of years on the island,as well as running into Anne and her protector, Kong. With their parents looking for them, Anne and Susan try to survive with the aid of Kong long enough to get rescued.
Well, anyway, I hope you like my picture then.
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I'm not sure if she'd learn Gorilla tongue, but she might recognize what the general tone of his vocal noises mean after spending 8 years with him, likewise, he might learn to understand what human words mean.
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Yes, but A) those were Mangani, a fictional species of ape that are said to me more intelligent than Gorillas anyway, hence, they could have a more complex language Tarzan could understand. Kong's language isn't nearly as complex as a Mangani's. B) Tarzan was only a few months old when he started living with the Mangani, not having known any language prior, in this story Anna was already 8 and already knows English and doesn't forget it when she meets humans again. It's not that easy for her to forget it. Besides, I never stated it, but there are other humans, and even another English speaker, on the island with her for her duration of her stay on the island.
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Right, okay, I mixed it up with Legend of Tarzan from 2016, I never saw the 2013 animated version. In the original novels, and the Legend of Tarzan film, the apes that raised Tarzan were known as Mangani, human sized apes that were bigger than chimps, but smaller than gorillas, and smarter than all apes beside humans. They were not Gorillas, which were specifically called Bolgani in the books.
However, just because it worked there, doesn't mean I think it can work here, Anne never learns Kong's full language. It might have helped Tarzan that he was 4 in that film, not 8 like Anne was when she was orphaned, and that there were a whole troop of gorillas to learn the language from, not a lone individual like Kong. Also she's only had 8 years alone with Kong, as well as being around other humans, including other English speakers, not 14 years or more like Tarzan in that film with no human contact.
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You forget T-Rex is the king of the dinosaurs.
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Forgot what? This isn't even a T. Rex, this is a V. Rex. And like, what, I'm supposed to mention 'T. Rex is the King of the dinosaurs' every time someone mentions Tyrannosaurus. That's just a weird thing to say.
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This looks fantastic colored. And it sounds like a really interesting story idea too
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Thank you, I'm glad you like the story idea. I think it could be quite interesting, and I'm trying to get the story actually written, so perhaps it will be posted by the time you have the chance to read it again. I was inspired by this idea when I was watching the recent Pete's Dragon reboot and was inspired by the relationship between Pete and Elliott in that movie. Anyway, I'm glad you like it, and thanks for the fave too.
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Thank you, I'm glad you like it then, and thanks for the fave as well.
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NP. I do take commissions.
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I love this picture. Love it, love it, love it! Would you write a fanfiction story on this?
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Thank you, I'm glad you like it then. As for the story, I am thinking of working on it with a friend as a co-author.
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If you're a member of KingKongFanClub, which was established by SailorMoonFanGirl, keep us updated. We'd love to hear your story broken down into chapters and specific parts. Also, if you need any help with your story writing, feel free to contact me
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I'm not a member yet, someone just asked me to submit a picture for it and I did. If you guys want the finished story, I'll see about submitting the chapters as they are being completed, but it's not even started yet. Some help would be nice, especially with some editing/proof reading as I myself have trouble getting around to writing lengthy chapters, and my co-authors work could use some touch ups at times.
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Oh okay. I don't know how to add people yet, but I would try to contact SailorMoonFanGirl about that because she founded the group (she's the one who added me too). We would love to see you post your chapters in our group. As far as editing and proofreading, I could do that if you want (LOL I tend to be VERY detailed in my writings).
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Hmm, fair enough, if you can get her to send an invite, I guess I'll join.
Yeah, thanks, I hope you can help with some of the writing once we get it going.
If you want, I can send you some notes on what I want to write about in this particular story.
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I'll contact SailorMoonFanGirl and try to get her to add you.
Sure thing. I'd love to see some of your notes and be able to help you.
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Alright, well, she sent the invite and it looks like I'm in then.
Alright, I'll send the note with some info on my story then.
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Alright. Sounds good. We look forward to hearing your story.
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Nice. I'm actually writing my own version of the original story on fanfiction right now. Here's the link if you wanna check it out www.fanfiction.net/s/12400060/…
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Hmm, sounds interesting, I'll be sure to take a look at it. If I may ask, what exactly are you planning on changing about the original story? I'd like to know so I know if it's worth a read.
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Creatures featured:
1. King Kong
2. Vastatosaurus Rex
3. Ferrucutus
4. Brontosaurus
5. Spinosuchosaurus (possibly - I am trying to get permission from Draco Saurian)
6. Arminosaurus (an evolved Stegosaur)
7. Death Runner
8. Pterosaur
9. Giant Python
10. Skull Island Fur Seal
11. Monkey
12. Giant Gliding Lizard
13. Ground Possum
14. Iguanodon
15. Forest Mammoth
16. Saber-Tooth Tiger
***Possibly More***
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Alright, that's an interesting array of creatures to use from the different versions of the movie as well as some interesting additions.
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Thanks. I wanted to make it more of a balanced mix between mammals and dinosaurs.
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Furthermore, an essential breakdown of elements from 1933, 1976, and 2005:
1. 1933: The same kinds of monsters, only with V-Rex instead of T-Rex, Ferrucutus instead of the Styracosaurus, a flock of Pterosaurs instead of a single Pteranodon, and a giant python instead of the Elasmosaurus. Also features Ann, Jack, Carl, and Englehorn in their original roles. More will be revealed as the story goes on.
2. 1976: A waterfall moment between Kong and Ann (who substitutes Dwan). Sacrificial clothing for Ann like there was with Dwan. A lot of the same dialogue from Dwan's first encounter with Kong (when he first takes her as a sacrifice - only with Ann as a substitute). Captain Englehorn's former first mate, who is mentioned at one point during the story, is named after the 1976 first mate Carnahan. More will be revealed as the story goes on.
3. 2005: A greedy and antagonistic Carl Denham. Kong as a tragic, misunderstood creature. An Ann and Kong friendship. Dialogue from deleted scenes and videogames. A confrontation scene with Denham about Skull Island (although it is only Jack who confronts him). Village hags during the sacrifice like the village matriarch. More will be revealed as the story goes on.
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Hmm, interesting ideas, a good selection of pieces from the different King Kong movies, as well as some interesting substitutions. The one thing I am against, however, is the excessive villainizing of Carl Denham, which I have went into length on earlier on why I find the concept utterly distasteful.
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I am glad you like my inspirations from 1933, 1976, and 2005.
As far as villainizing Carl Denham, I went more in depth about this in another comment, but I did it because I thought it would make the most sense, considering his willingness to risk everyone's lives for a film on Skull Island and to later endanger his own city by bringing in a giant ape. I think, in real life, those actions would reflect a person who is greedy and inconsiderate of other people's safety.
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Yeah, fair enough.
Well, like I said, we'll talk more about that part later.
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I'm glad you understand why I made Carl Denham a villain, even thought you don't agree with it. I look forward to any further feedback you have on my reasons for it.
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My story follows the basic plotline of the original, but has elements from 1933, 1976, and 2005, plus my own imaginative twists to fill in the gaps. It features the five most prominent original characters; King Kong himself, Ann Darrow, Jack Driscoll, Carl Denham, and Captain Englehorn. The other characters are OC's/made up by me, although I named some of the sailors after minor or unused Venture crew members/characters in past King Kong films.
I also have a native named Faraji who helps Jack and his men on their quest to find Ann. I also have a first chapter that begins with Faraji's lament of lost loved ones (a British family who once got stranded on the island, secretly bonded with him for five years and taught him English) on Skull Island and his expression of concern for anyone who would dare to venture there, which of course forbodes Carl Denham's foolishness in planning to shoot his next film there.
Jack Driscoll is the first mate of the Venture, just like the original, but he becomes protective of Ann after first meeting her instead of being hostile toward her. He also has kind of a background in being much older than Ann but knowing her when his girlfriend babysat her as a child.
Ann Darrow, in my version, is the sweeter and more docile type. I made it that way to set her up for more of a Kong nurturing role, in that she will become the first to ease his pain once she sees how misunderstood he is. Through that, she becomes more of a stronger character as the story goes on.
Carl Denham is more of a short-tempered, greedy film director rather than a cunning business man. Although, I intend to have Carl just get worse and worse and worse as the story goes on. So in short, he is the true antagonist. He's going to do some pretty bad stuff as the story goes on, so be prepared.
Captain Englehorn, I honestly didn't develop him that much cause I feel I kinda rushed my story at some parts, but I'd say he's more like Englehorn in 2005. Five minutes before the Venture sets sail, Carl tries to get him to delay because Ann hasn't shown up, but Englehorn won't listen. He agrees to take Denham to Skull Island and ignores Jack's concerns, but upon arrival to the island, he warns Denham not to go ashore after hearing Kong's roar in response to Ann's scream (which Carl does anyway). After Kong takes Ann, Englehorn basically thinks she is good as dead and wants to head back to the ship, but Jack is adamant about staying to rescue Ann.
Now about Kong, I just wrote the sacrifice part where he first appears in the story. I intend to make Kong appear as intimidating and disturbing as possible, where not only do the natives fear him, but a lot of the other Skull Island animals (except for predators like the V-Rex) are afraid of him as well. But when you get to know Kong, you find that he is a tragic, misunderstood creature who has lived years of isolation and violent encounters with other species. Kong's backstory is based on Kong: King of Skull Island, in which his kind once served as guardians for the natives, but then disbanded and dwindled in population, he lost his parents (although I changed it to entire troop) to Gaw and became the last of his kind, and then he killed Gaw as an adult and became the new king of Skull Island. I intend to have Ann become sympathetic toward Kong after finding out his backstory on cave paintings or something like that, after he showers her in a waterfall like he did with Dwan in 1976. As far as Kong's design, I have made several drawings of him. I played off the legend that he is "neither beast nor man," so I took him and made him my own. He has the head and face of a gorilla, but with larger, chimp-like ears. His body is more like that of a human bodybuilder, only with the longer ape-like arms. He also has sharp fingernails too. To give him distinction from modern day gorillas, I made his fur dark brown and his skin brownish gray. Similar to 2005 Kong, my Kong has a lot of scars from past battles with dinosaurs. My Kong also walks bipedally but runs on all fours like the original.
One essential plot twist: Carl's entire crew gets captured and held hostage by the natives, except for Carl's assistant Halden who escapes and swims all the way back to the Venture with three natives chasing them. The three natives get eaten by Skull Island Fur Seals (whom I presume to be unused Kong characters), who also try to eat Halden, but he is saved by Englehorn's second mate Briggs and a few other sailors who bring him back to the ship. He reveals that the others were captured by the natives, and Ann is about to be sacrificed, which is when the crew decides to go ashore.
P.S.: I also intend to combine the swamp scene in 1933 with the stampede scene in 2005. Instead of one Brontosaurus trying to eat the whole crew, there is a herd of Brontosaurus that gets chased through the water by Spinosuchosaurus or some kind of predator like that, which puts Jack, Carl, Faraji, and the others in danger as they try to cross the swamp on their rafts.
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Okay, I have to comment on this in parts.
Hmm, I like the idea of the native guide who helps the Venture crew on the island. that's certainly an interesting role, especially his bond with the British family.
Interesting ideas with Jack and Ann, but I question the idea of having Jack be a lot older than Ann. Is he still her love interest, or is he more of a protective father figure this time around? Because why emphasize that he's a lot older than Ann if he's supposed to be her love interest, because if he is, that's just creepy.
I honestly can't say I like the idea of demonizing Carl Denham, it was one of the things I liked least about the 2005 movie. Carl Denham was supposed to be a caricature of Merian C. Cooper, the creator of Kong, and he put a lot of himself into Denham, and I feel like Demonizing Denham is insulting to Cooper himself. Adding to this that Carl was the protagonist of Son of Kong, someone who felt terrible and guilt ridden about the whole ordeal in New York, not just because it ruined him, but because of what became of Kong himself, and it just seems like bad idea to make a villain out of Carl. I understand that aspects of Carl's character from the 1933 movie are not the most heroic when looked back upon with modern sensibilities, but I think the better idea would be to soften the character and make his actions seem less villainous by modern sensibilities, not double down and make him even more villainous. The fact that you are going even farther with how villainous Carl is being depicted is an idea that I can't get behind in the least, and question if it might even ruin the story for me.
Well, that is an interesting take on Engelhorn, I await seeing what you do with him then, and hope you are able to characterize him more.
That is an interesting depiction of Kong as something terrifying but misunderstood, and the appearance is something interesting. Sound like you have an interesting depiction of Kong then.
Hmm, interesting addition then. Killer Fur Seals, that 's actually a pretty interesting idea then.
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More about Carl Denham, I never realized that Carl Denham was a character representative of Merian C. Cooper. As far as softening him, I will consider that. I already wrote the first dozen chapters of my story and I depicted him as something more like that of 2005 Carl. I was going to have him more sinister, but perhaps I will recant of that.
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Alright, I'm glad you can see why I am objecting to this now. I really don't like the idea of making Carl seem even more evil, more cruel and greedy than he was in the 1933 film. As I said, Merian C. Cooper put himself into Denham, and made Carl an adventurous Filmmaker after himself.
Now, I understand how Carl comes off as greedy and shortsighted by a modern viewpoint. As a man of the 1930s, it's understandable that Cooper never saw Carl's actions as wrong, something modern people wouldn't see the same. So while portraying him the same way and letting modern people view his actions as greedy and villainous, that's one thing, but to extend that villainy, to make him even worse than he was in 1933, then that's a step too far. While the 1933 Carl did indeed have his flaws, bringing a crew to a dangerous island just to make a movie, and then bringing Kong to New York for the spectacle. But he did regret his actions, not only for the harm he caused, but also for what he did to Kong by taking him away from Skull Island. In Son of Kong, he was very guilt ridden over the whole ordeal, and when he met Kiko, he wanted to try and protect him, because he felt bad because it was his fault Kong wasn't there anymore.
So while Carl is a flawed character who made mistakes in all of this, he was far from a heartless, selfish, greedy man only interested in the money. If Carl was only interested in money, he would have found other ways to make it, his desire seemed to bring spectacle to the people for its own sake, that showing people that wonder had merit.
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Wow. That's something I never considered before. I also thought that the reason Carl would risk people's lives on Skull Island and endanger his city by bringing Kong back was perhaps that he could be more like his original character, a nice guy but just really naïve. And perhaps he learns from his mistakes in the end. To be honest, I kind of feel I just rushed into my story writing and that's why I feel there were problems with character development. I might just start over and rewrite the whole thing.
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Yeah, the original character seemed genuinely nice and sincere when he said things, he wasn't just 'sweet talking' his way through people, when he made a promise, he meant it, and when he wanted to share something with others, like when he promised to make others rich, it was because he honestly wanted to share his wealth, not just because he was trying to make up for something awful or just because he was trying to get them to do what he wanted. The one in 1933 seemed to give up on the idea of a movie as soon as Ann was kidnapped, and he rushed onto the island solely for the sake of rescuing Ann. He only renewed his dream of catching Kong after they caught him, and it was an afterthought, as they drugged him only as a means of protecting themselves from getting away.
I can't saw for certain if you want to rewrite anything, but perhaps you could simply have Carl do a turn, regret his action and try to make up them as he realizes the cost his ambition is having on others.
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These are some noteworthy things to consider. Perhaps I will have Denham change either after the log scene or after Kong escapes the theatre.
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I'm glad you like the idea of the native guide. I like that too.
Please do forgive me for lack of clarity on Jack and Ann's age difference. I am not sure if I mentioned this in my story, but Jack is twelve years older than Ann. So in my story, Ann is in her early twenties and Jack is in his mid thirties. I just thought it would be an interesting new take.
I was inspired to make Carl bad because I thought it would make the most sense. I kinda feel that why would he knowingly risk other people's lives on a prehistoric uncharted island, and later bring a giant ape to New York City unless he were a greedy scumbag? I thought the way Peter Jackson did it was good. I also got some inspiration from Jack Buchanan's fan film of Kong.
I'm glad you like my characterization of Captain Englehorn. Seems I'm doing better with him than I thought
As far as depicting Kong as a terrifying but misunderstood creature, I was inspired to do it that way by Peter Jackson's depiction of Kong. The way he did it made the most sense, because although Kong can be aggressive, he is an animal and he doesn't know any better (he's also been hardened by an isolated and violent past). Kong is, always has been, and always will be my favorite character in the story, so it was very easy for me to characterize him.
Killer Fur Seals, yes, I thought that was interesting too. I wanted to add some mammals to Skull Island to sort of balance the mix with dinosaurs.
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Alright more to comment on.
I am not sure about the whole Anne/Jack age difference. 12 years is a big difference, and borders on creepy depending on the age. I understand that those kind of age differences happen all the time, with older men taking younger wives, but it's an odd thing to emphasize and expand upon, making Jack older than the versions of Jack from the 1933 or 2005 movie. I just don't see the point of widening the age gap, it really doesn't make sense to me and seems to add nothing at best and take away a lot at worse. I'd really like to know why you think making an age gap of 12 years is something positive.
Well, I can understand where you are coming from, but I still don't agree with it exactly. Since you replied in another post about this, I will go into more length about it there.
Yeah, I can understand that, Kong is just an animal who has been alone his life, and all he knows is violence, since almost every creature he runs across has been violent to him.
Hmm, yeah, fair enough, it is kind of interesting then.
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Regarding the Jack and Ann age difference, I thought of the twelve year age difference because since I made Jack Captain Englehorn's first mate like the original, I wanted to portray him as more of a veteran (I could be wrong, but I couldn't see somebody as a first mate unless they had more life experience, and that's why I did it that way). I also noticed the growing trend of women dating guys 10+ years older than them, so I took that into account. But I didn't state the age difference in my story, it's just something that I thought of in my mind. I get what you're saying, that it might be inappropriate, so I think I am going to reduce the age difference between Jack and Ann to seven years (I once had a babysitter who was seven years older than me, so if Ann's babysitter was seven years older than her and Jack was around that same age, it might work).
I understand why you feel the way you feel about the way I characterized Carl Denham. Something I thought of today is that perhaps he could be more of a nice guy like he was in the original, but just really naïve in risking people's lives on Skull Island and bringing Kong back to New York. However, I kind of feel it's too late for that, unless I start over again and rewrite the whole story (which I am considering right now).
So I'm glad we agree on the way I characterized Kong. I think he is best portrayed that way. I didn't like how they portrayed him as a mindless brute in the original and Ann Darrow was always scared of him. I think the way Peter Jackson did it was 10 times better, and makes a lot more sense.
Regarding the mix of mammals with dinosaurs, I just thought it would be cool. Glad you like it.
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Hmm, you do have a point about Jack needing to be experienced to be a first mate, but it is an odd thing to emphasize the age gap, and while it may make sense from a technical standpoint, it hurts the plot in other ways I think. While it is true, age gaps occur a lot in real life, it doesn't mean they are a positive thing, they are mostly just not negative enough to really make a big deal about. It's also a general rule that the older the couple are, the wider the age gap can be, but for a 12 year age gap to occur, generally the younger partner should be in their 30s first, it's one thing if someone if a 30 year old is dating a 42 year old, it's another when its a 22 year old dating a 34 year old. One thing is, if Jack was closer to Ann's age in the 1933 movie, when it would seem he could still make First Mate at a young age. Perhaps Engelhorn just saw something in him that made him worthy of the position in spite of his age. I think 7 years is a lot closer age gap and makes things a lot more reasonable.
I am glad you are reconsidering with Carl, making him more naive and foolish than wilfully endangering lives, because I honestly don't think the Carl of the 1933 movie knew he was doing something dangerous, he was too caught up in the adventure to see the danger. I really don't think the 1933 Carl was only ever in it for himself, and I never once though he was lying to anyone or putting his wants before their safety. Add on to that that he was very remorseful of his actions, and I think he really isn't a villain.
Bottom line, Carl 1933 actions might indeed be seen as villainous. But he certainly wasn't written as one, and to make his actions worse, to make him a liar, someone who is selfish, greedy, and only in it for himself, then that is a mistake.
Yeah, I agree that Kong was best depicted in the 2005 movie. He was indeed the most sympathetic and emotional version that has been made. I think the bond he had with Ann was done with the best there.
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Thank you for your feedback on these three areas you addressed. I agree, a seven-year age gap between Jack and Ann works MUCH better. As far as Carl, I wish I made him that nice guy who's just naïve. Considering that he represents Merian C. Cooper himself, perhaps it is better that way as you pointed out. And yes, Kong is best portrayed as a misunderstood creature who later forms a bond with Ann.
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WOW, I really like what you did to the girls' eyes !!!
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Great job! Love the colors.
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Thanks, I'm glad you like it.
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