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b'Hello, kaiju lovers!\\nWe\\u2019re kicking off 2020 with the Eighth Wonder\\u2019s return to Hollywood in a film brought about by Italian producer Dino de Laurentiis. Writer/podcaster Ben Avery joins Nathan to discuss the 1976 remake of\\xa0King Kong\\xa0starring Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange, which is firmly entrenched in its time and was touted as \\u201cthe most exciting original motion picture event of all time.\\u201d What\\u2019s interesting is it straddles the gritty cynicism of early \\u201870s films like\\xa0Dirty Harry\\xa0and the more hopeful films of the late \\u201870s like\\xa0Star Wars\\xa0(because no MIFV episode is complete without mentioning that franchise). This was the first time Nathan had seen\\xa0Kong\\xa0\\u201876 in years, and while he didn\\u2019t like it as a teen, he softens to it thanks in part to Ben\\u2019s love of it. Their discussion also touches upon the weird love triangle between Dwan, Jack, and Kong; the great but sometimes wonky special effects; and how modern audiences may feel about the film\\u2019s climax on the World Trade Center post-9/11. The Toku Topic is the 1973 Energy Crisis since it directly influenced the filmmakers\\u2019 decision to have the characters\\u2019 expedition be about finding untapped oil reservoirs.\\nHere\\u2019s to the big one!\\nCheck out all of Ben\\u2019s podcasts:\\u2013Strangers and Aliens\\u2013Welcome to Level 7\\u2013The Comic Book Time Machine\\u2013Supersonic Pod Comics\\nTimestamps:Intro: 0:00-3:33Entertaining Info Dump: 3:33-11:10Toku Talk: 11:10-1:16:53Toku Topic: 1:16:53-1:47:11Outro: 1:47:11-end\\nRead\\xa0Jimmy\\u2019s Notes\\xa0on this episode when you finish it.\\n\\xa9 2020 Moonlighting Ninjas Media\\nBibliography/Further Reading:\\n\\u201cThe 1973 Arab Oil Embargo: The Old Rules No Longer Apply\\u201d\\xa0by Greg Myre (NPR)\\n\\u201c1973 Oil Crisis\\u201d\\xa0(Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cBackground: What caused the 1970s oil price shock?\\u201d\\xa0by Terry Macalister (The Guardian)\\nKing Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson\\xa0by Ray Morton\\n\\u201cKing Kong (1976) Review \\u2013 Kong-A-Thon Episode 5\\u201d (DMan1954)\\nKong Unmade: The Lost Films of Skull Island\\xa0by John LeMay\\n\\u201cMilestones: 1969-1976 \\u2013 Oil Embargo, 1973-1975\\u201d\\xa0(Office of the Historian)\\n\\u201cOil Shock of 1973\\u201374\\u201d\\xa0(Federal Reserve History)\\n\\u201cOPEC Oil Embargo, Its Causes, and the Effects of the Crisis: The Truth About the 1973 Arab Oil Crisis\\u201d\\xa0by Kimberly Amadeo (The Balance)\\n\\u201cTerrorism and Godzilla\\u2019s Future\\u201d by Mike Bogue (G-Fan\\xa0#53)\\nWiki Articles for\\xa0King Kong\\xa0(1976)\\u2013Wikipedia\\u2013IMDB\\u2013Gojipedia\\u2013Wikizilla\\nThe post Episode 8: Ben Avery vs. \\u2018King Kong\\u2019 (1976) appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.'