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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- ReferenceNames lifted from Heart of Darkness
James Conrad and Hank Marlow are named after Heart of Darkness: Joseph Conrad wrote it, and Marlow narrates it. The movie also nods to Apocalypse Now, which moves the same story to Vietnam.
source ↗ - SetupCave paintings
After the credits, Monarch shows cave paintings of Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra and King Ghidorah. It was the first hint of who was coming next.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA Kong built to scale
This Kong stands about 104 feet tall, far bigger than the 1933 and 2005 versions. The size was planned so he could grow into a fight with Godzilla someday.
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- Behind the scenesGoonies on Skull Island
Producer Jacob Robinson pitched the show as Goonies on Skull Island, which is why it centers on the human characters.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFrom the Castlevania studio
The show comes from Powerhouse Animation, the Castlevania studio, with animation by Studio Mir of The Legend of Korra. Brian Duffield wrote all eight episodes.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe 1973 chart
Mike and his father get the island's location from a survivor of the 1973 expedition from Kong: Skull Island, who warns them not to go.
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- ReferenceThe 1954 tests
In the movie, the 1954 nuclear tests in the Pacific weren't tests at all. They were attempts to kill Godzilla. 1954 is also the year of Ishirō Honda's original Godzilla.
source ↗ - ReferenceA name with two tributes
Ken Watanabe's Dr. Ishiro Serizawa combines director Ishirō Honda's first name with the surname of Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, the scientist in the 1954 film.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFrom micro-budget to giant
Gareth Edwards landed the job after Monsters (2010), a sci-fi film made on a tiny budget with effects he built himself on his own computer.
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- CameoFather and son, one role
Kurt Russell and his son Wyatt Russell play the same character, Lee Shaw: Kurt in the 2010s and Wyatt in the 1950s.
source ↗ - ReferenceYoung Bill Randa
Bill Randa, the Monarch man John Goodman played in Kong: Skull Island, shows up as a young man, played by Anders Holm.
source ↗ - ReferenceAfter G-Day
The series picks up after G-Day, Godzilla's battle in San Francisco in Godzilla (2014). Cate Randa was there and is still living with the trauma.
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- ReferenceA serpent from Chilean folklore
The people of Santa Soledad, Chile, call Titan X Co-Cai. The name comes from Coi Coi-Vilu, the water serpent of Mapuche mythology.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe Simmons family
Amber Midthunder plays Isabel Simmons, adopted daughter of Walter Simmons, the Apex boss from Godzilla vs. Kong. The season is set in 2017, years before that movie.
source ↗ - CameoKong joins the show
After only a brief appearance at the end of S1, Kong gets real fight scenes in S2, taking on Titan X on Skull Island.
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- Behind the scenesThe classic themes return
Bear McCreary's score brings back Akira Ifukube's 1954 Godzilla theme and Yuji Koseki's 1961 Mothra song.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe Oxygen Destroyer
The Navy's weapon against Godzilla is the Oxygen Destroyer, the same name as the invention that kills the monster in the 1954 film.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe dedication
The film is dedicated to Haruo Nakajima, who wore the Godzilla suit from 1954 to 1972, and Yoshimitsu Banno, director of Godzilla vs. Hedorah. Both died in 2017.
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- CameoJia signs with Kong
Kaylee Hottle, who is deaf, plays Jia, the girl who talks to Kong in sign language. It was her first movie.
source ↗ - ReferenceAnother Serizawa
Ren Serizawa, played by Shun Oguri, works at Apex Cybernetics and is the son of Dr. Ishiro Serizawa from the earlier films.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTheaters and streaming on the same day
Because of the pandemic, the film opened in U.S. theaters and on HBO Max on the same day, March 31, 2021, and still became a box office hit.
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- ReferenceA bed in the Colosseum
Between fights, Godzilla naps curled up inside Rome's Colosseum like a cat in a box.
source ↗ - CameoA Titan vet
Dan Stevens joins as Trapper, a Titan veterinarian. He's the one who replaces Kong's tooth and fits his arm with a mechanical glove built by Monarch.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesPink Godzilla
To power up, Godzilla soaks up radiation and changes color, with his dorsal plates going from blue to pink.
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