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Toho’s Godzilla Monsterverse — one of the oldest screen franchises — has a fediverse home on Lemmy!

Are you a Monsterverse fan? Or, perhaps just Monsterverse curious?

Whatever your degree of love for or interest in kaiju and all things Monsterverse, this community is intended to be a welcoming place in the fediverse for you.

Join us to share news, art or discuss the new television franchise on AppleTV with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and the spinoff Coldwar spy thriller prequel going into production this spring.

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‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ loses its human touch in sprawling second season [The Japan Times review] (www.japantimes.co.jp)

submitted 1 day ago by haverholm@kbin.earth to c/monsterverse@startrek.website

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The first season of the Apple TV series paired its kaijū (monster) action with deft character work, making its globe-spanning mystery feel grounded and emotionally engaging. Season Two, which aired its finale on May 1, picks up directly after the first season’s cliffhanger ending, but much of that balance is lost beneath the weight of a sprawling story and the introduction of more characters from the Monsterverse — a franchise that now encompasses six films and two other spinoff series, all based on Toho Studios’ Godzilla IP.

As the world of “Monarch” expands, the series becomes increasingly bogged down by explanations. Two years after the first season premiered, exposition that was once neatly folded into believable dialogue has been replaced with clunky reminders of previous plot points and characters.

I didn't read past this point for fear of spoilers, as I haven't watched S2 yet... but the review isn't off to a good start, is it?

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[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It will be interesting to see whether the film part of the franchise can ground things more again.

The cinematic release scheduled for 2027 Godzilla v Kong: Supernova, reported to feature Spacegodzilla, sound like it will continue to go in a different direction than the new television franchise with Apple that aligns more closely to the first two movies.

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not optimistic about how grounded a film can be if it's called Supernova and has Spacegodzilla in it... but if they let go of all the Hollow Earth and tinfoil hat theory, maybe there will be a few minutes for human scale drama? 🤔

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 14 hours ago

I really prefer the work by the team that’s now in charge of the television side. But they received a lot of negativity for K:SI so it seems the television medium is a better fit.