I suppose that was my main point above. I was just thinking this morning how there has been a sort of paradigm shift in the fandom during these lean times. Without new movies coming out, fans have embraced the old ones with the dvds that have come out as of late which happen to be Showa, predominantly. It's strange. The serious Godzilla movie was the flavor of the 90's, and now the campy/goofy lighter fare has come back in vogue, as evidenced by the many message boards among other fan networks out there. I would correlate this with the Showa DVD deluge of the past years.
Hmmm.. maybe with the onset of NEW goji scholars, Ed and Steve's celebration of the more serious-toned take on the franchise might be pushed out of vogue. Paradigm shifts are inevitable. It just thrills me that the franchise is totally capable of such a shift. It means the Goji is still alive and well, folks! YAY!
Aside from all that, Toho can't market the Kong image, so the movie has been kind of relegated to the collective background, thus, more apt to be passed over by new generations of fans. The suit looks pretty bad, so I could see how that might turn some people off. Especially when compared to the slick new version that Jackson put out recently. In fact, this is the Kong that the young fans consider THE Kong, and this will only become more of the case as years go on, most likely.
Finally, the movie itself, Americanized version especially, looks juvenile to the casual viewer, and really annoys the more serious toned fan... like me.
