King Kong (2005)

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Wikidata Q160215, film, IMDb tt0360717, TMDB 254: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the episode's other films are from 1984–2019 (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang).

The shows' “King Kong” is more than one work, told apart episode by episode: this one in 4 episodes; King Kong (1933) in 1 episode; King Kong (1976) in 1 episode.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Big Picture

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. theme (plot trope): King Kong ⇒ The Lost World: Jurassic Park (the host's read). The T-Rex escaping a boat into a city is called a predictable King Kong move.
    “We've all seen King Kong.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:24:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Connected to

Donkey Kong: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (legal anecdote): Donkey Kong → King Kong. Nintendo escaped a Universal suit because nobody had registered King Kong, and Nintendo got the Donkey Kong trademark first.
    “and they checked and they did not.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:19:45 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

Gladiator II: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Gladiator II → King Kong. Peter Jackson's King Kong shows CGI animals done with care.
    “I really like Peter Jackson's King Kong.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:39:23 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (plot trope): The Lost World: Jurassic Park → King Kong. The T-Rex escaping a boat into a city is called a predictable King Kong move.
    “We've all seen King Kong.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:24:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Gladiator II → King Kong. Peter Jackson's King Kong shows CGI animals done with care.
    “I really like Peter Jackson's King Kong.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:39:23 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (plot trope): The Lost World: Jurassic Park → King Kong. The T-Rex escaping a boat into a city is called a predictable King Kong move.
    “We've all seen King Kong.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:24:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (legal anecdote): Donkey Kong → King Kong. Nintendo escaped a Universal suit because nobody had registered King Kong, and Nintendo got the Donkey Kong trademark first.
    “and they checked and they did not.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:19:45 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

None.

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.