Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Before the next Monsterverse movies arrive, I'd better review the only one I haven't yet! Kong: Skull Island, which is yet another origin story for King Kong. In case you were unaware, outside of the original movie there was also a 1970s remake, the Peter Jackson remake, and of course the miscellaneous King Kong tales that cropped up after the beast ended up in the public domain.
But this little excursion to Skull Island is a wee bit different. Being in the Monsterverse, Kong rather quickly establishes his role as a protector of the Earth and kicker of evil monster butt. The tribe on Skull Island is an inconsequential footnote of peace and love because of course they are, and the movie is mostly focused on watching giant monsters beat the crap out of each other.
So yeah, I had a good time.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:39 - Back in the 40s
02:18 - Funding in the 70s
04:46 - The mission
06:35 - Meet Mr. Kong
07:35 - Divergent goals
09:49 - The bamboo forest
10:15 - Contact
12:06 - Historical exposition dump
13:48 - Exit strategy
15:05 - Let's get deep
17:22 - Reunion
18:40 - The body count rises
19:45 - Bitter breakup
21:30 - Kong Returns
22:54 - Climactic battle
24:06 - Happy ending
25:00 - Final thoughts
Before the next Monsterverse movies arrive, I'd better review the only one I haven't yet! Kong: Skull Island, which is yet another origin story for King Kong. In case you were unaware, outside of the original movie there was also a 1970s remake, the Peter Jackson remake, and of course the miscellaneous King Kong tales that cropped up after the beast ended up in the public domain.
But this little excursion to Skull Island is a wee bit different. Being in the Monsterverse, Kong rather quickly establishes his role as a protector of the Earth and kicker of evil monster butt. The tribe on Skull Island is an inconsequential footnote of peace and love because of course they are, and the movie is mostly focused on watching giant monsters beat the crap out of each other.
So yeah, I had a good time.
Buy Kong: Skull Island on Amazon via my referral link: amzn.to/3P5mBJz
Find my gaming channel at youtube.com/c/deckershadogaming
Help support my channel at patreon.com/DeckerShado
Or SubscribeStar subscribestar.com/deckershado
Or through a channel membership youtube.com/channel/UCsxn3qKFpbnD-8f1d9F5ipA/join
My facebook - facebook.com/DeckerShado
Follow me on Twitter @DeckerShado
Check out Ichabod Todd at youtube.com/user/IchabodTodd678
00:00 - Introduction
01:39 - Back in the 40s
02:18 - Funding in the 70s
04:46 - The mission
06:35 - Meet Mr. Kong
07:35 - Divergent goals
09:49 - The bamboo forest
10:15 - Contact
12:06 - Historical exposition dump
13:48 - Exit strategy
15:05 - Let's get deep
17:22 - Reunion
18:40 - The body count rises
19:45 - Bitter breakup
21:30 - Kong Returns
22:54 - Climactic battle
24:06 - Happy ending
25:00 - Final thoughts
