Aaarrrgh! That damn monkey suit!

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ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch — 10 years ago(August 13, 2015 07:23 PM)

The movie was sold mostly on the idea of the mechanical ape. When they knew it was limited in what it could do they implemented more with the costume. You don't get much better than Rick Baker when it comes to ape costumes/makeup.
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magickbox — 10 years ago(August 15, 2015 01:54 AM)

No doubt Rick Baker put a lot of effort into designing his King kong costume, but the set design and camera work are also factors that can affect how well it all comes across onscreen.

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magickbox — 10 years ago(September 12, 2015 10:57 AM)

I admire Rick Baker for his artistic enthusiasm. I believe he was just getting started when the 70's King Kong was produced. Safe to say any gorilla costume I designed would be unrecognizable.

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jmillerdp — 10 years ago(October 01, 2015 03:02 AM)

What they most needed to do was shoot in slight slow motion, overcrank the camera just enough to give the Baker-in-a-suit scenes more presence. They seem to have shot them at normal 24fps, which is too realistic, pointing out his being in a suit.
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magickbox — 10 years ago(October 04, 2015 02:31 PM)

That sounds about right. I'm assuming this method would have required a bigger budget.

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jmillerdp — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 10:31 PM)

It would've taken more film, but that's about it.
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magickbox — 10 years ago(October 14, 2015 04:10 PM)

Thanks for that technical information. Do you know if that method was in use prior to KK '76?

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jmillerdp — 9 years ago(November 11, 2016 10:23 PM)

Oh yeah! Overcranking is a common technique, and has been for many decades. Still just so strange that they didn't use such a simple method here.
I'm watching it again, and still just plain do not get it.
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magickbox — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 09:55 AM)

Perhaps if they had used the overcranking technique that jmillerdp had described along with some other cinematic techniques it would have been more tolerable for me.

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GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 01:46 PM)

I disagree. I actually liked how Kong looked in this film. Also stop motion would not have looked better imo. Always looks too cartoony and not real.
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