Filmmaker Adam Wingard and his production crew haven t been shy when it comes to sharing the various influences they drew on for
Godzilla vs. Kong. Toho s rich history of cinematic monsters was obviously a big one, but the kaiju smackdown also paid homage to 1980s classics like
Back to the Future,
Lethal Weapon, and
The references to iconic bits of pop culture don t end there, though. During a recent Reddit AMA, Wingard revealed a super deep cut nod to one of the oddest slasher flicks ever made: 2002 s
Jason X. The big reference that I haven t seen anyone pick up on is when Kong folds up and kills Nozuki (aka warbat). That was inspired by the holo-deck murder scene in
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MARIAM HANSEN
ST. HELENA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
This is the story of how one of the last remnants of the electric San Francisco, Vallejo & Napa Valley Railway ended up in a backyard on Pope Street.
It all started when the Vallejo, Benicia & Napa Valley Railroad Company incorporated on April 24, 1902. The service was expanded to San Francisco and in 1906 the service was reincorporated as the San Francisco Vallejo & Napa Valley Railroad Company (S.F.V.&N.V. R.R. Co.). It was one of the few electric railroads in the west that ran on alternating current (AC). By December 1907 crews were laying track on St. Helenaâs Main Street and taking many loads of gravel out of Sulphur Creek for the rail bed.