Simon Cary Enoch

  King Kong fighting an Allosaurus, foreshadowing his fight with Godzilla. Picture: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. Today, March 2nd 2022, makes 89 years since the original King Kong dazzled movie-goers clear back in 1933, two days before FDR was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States. (It is also the creator of Kong, Willis O' Brien's birthday!) The original classic is by far the best of all the Kong films, one of the best giant monster movies, and perhaps the greatest dinosaur film of all time. Enough praise cannot possibly be heaped onto this film. It was a huge inspiration for everything that came afterwards. Without King Kong , no Ray Harryhausen, no Beast from 20,000 Fathoms , no Godzilla, Gamera, or kaiju. In fact, Hollywood and cinema itself would probably be different. King Kong was a pioneer in the genre of "special effects" films. It paved the way for everything from Jaws to Star Wars and was a major inspiration to millions working i...

Godzilla: Singular Point Anime Review by Simon Cary Enoch Hanna-Barbera (1978 - 1980) By http://animesgoldsilver2.blogspot.com/2013/07/desenhos-animados-desenhos-animados.html, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4186579 Godzilla is no stranger to animation. The big G was first animated in the late seventies by Hanna-Barbera in association with Henry G. Saperstein. It's considered corny now, mainly because of Godzooki and Godzilla's Scooby-Doo monster-style roars, but this is an important part of Godzilla history that I have a lot of nostalgia for. The first Godzilla tapes I had were Godzilla vs. Megalon  and the first episode of this series. I didn't care as much for Megalon back then so this   was  Godzilla for me as a child. Furthermore, it was rare that they showed Godzilla movies on television and when they did it was usually on TNT which showed the same five over and over again and only once in a great while such as a New Year's Day marathon. The ...