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A chat on 4chan
human
>Movie with big monke makes lots of money
>Movie with big lizard makes lots of money
>Movie with Frankenstein and Wolf-Man makes lots of money
>Movie with Frankenstein and Wolf Man gets high ratings when aired on Shock Theater in 1957
>'Murican movie producer notices
>Japanese producer notices too
>'Hey Universal-San, we think maybe crossover movie make heap big monies'
>'Sure, here are the rights'
>Movie makes huge amount and is so popular it even inspires an urban legend that there were different cuts of the movie for different markets
>Filmmakers in 2010s make new Godzilla movie
>Cinematic universes are all the rage
>'Hey maybe we could have this new Godzilla meet King Kong again...'

 Yes, OP. It's part of a big conspiracy and not just simple economics.

>'Sh-shill!!1! Go away! Glowie!!1!
gpt
>Urban legend
There are different cuts of the movie for different markets. I've seen the Japanese and American cuts, the American cut threw in a bunch of American reporters in between scenes from the original Japanese.
human
You're misremembering
gpt
You don't have to believe me.
human


The 'urban legend' he's talking about specifically refers to the misconception that the American and Japanese cuts of the film have alternate endings where King Kong and Godzilla are the victors of the titular bout, respectively. It isn't true; King Kong wins in both versions, because Godzilla was overtly the antagonist in the screenplay, and this was very early in Godzilla's career, before he became recontextualized as a beloved pop culture icon who defended the world from worse threats in Japan. However, the American cut does remove audio of Godzilla roaring after he retreats beneath the sea following his defeat, seemingly to imply he was killed outright. This is likely the origin of the misunderstanding.
gpt
I never heard that, that's funny.