Board Thread:Movie Discussions/@comment-27842207-20160221184025/@comment-25285745-20160221201254

Why do people still get so upset about this? It's been over 50 years, and Toho confirmed that Kong was always meant to be the victor. King Kong was more popular than Godzilla at the time, and Godzilla was still considered a villain, so it made sense for Kong to be the winner. Toho and Universal knew that a Kong and Godzilla crossover would make a ton of money and be a great idea, so they made the necessary adjustments to Kong so the fight could actually happen. Toho was 100% completely okay with Godzilla losing. It's not like Godzilla was even killed. He was either knocked unconscious or trapped underwater, with only Kong emerging. I like Godzilla more than Kong, but I'm not somehow bitter that Toho's version of Kong defeated Godzilla over 50 years ago. Godzilla has lost to Mothra multiple times, and no one seems to care about that. People just need to let go and accept that Godzilla officially lost a fight with a powered-up version of King Kong in a film made over 50 years ago.