Toho’s 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.
Or, share news, your thoughts and creations for the more than 70 years of the movie franchise that started with Godzilla (1954).
Please respect the community rules of the StarTrek.website instance, and leave the drama for the Titans.
Thanks for posting about a movie in the broader Toho-verse.
We went with the Monsterverse name for this community the Legendary pictures brand is becoming more widely known and is attracting new audiences worldwide. However, the intent is for this community to be a place to discuss everything in the entire 70+ years since Godzilla (1954).
My own knowledge is of the 60s and 70s films and the newest ones, so I really appreciate the expertise of those who know the late 1990s to 2019 films.
I wasn't aware of the MonsterVerse being a franchise of which Shin Godzilla is not part of.
Say Monsterverse is the branding, but the community is not just for the current era.
We’re being inclusive but understand the distinctions that longtime fans make between eras, referring to them at times as different ‘franchises’ due to licensing arrangements. Appreciate the point and were trying to finesse the confusion in terminology.
No negativity to Shin or the broader Reiwa era intended.
We went with Monsterverse as the current continuity of the broader one of Toho creatures that started with Godzilla (1954). Hope this doesn’t offend or confuse.
Most fandoms don’t consider eras with separate creative control and licensing or separate continuities as being entirely different ‘franchises’, and it can be a barrier to newcomers.
If we’d gone with the name Godzilla might be a barrier to newcomers who might not understand that when we talk about the Godzilla fandom it’s about Godzilla’s entire universe not just the greatest of the kaiju.
At this point, with 12 years, Monsterverse is the longest running Godzilla continuity, other than earliest Showa. It’s the one that’s raising profile, and drawing in new fans but we don’t want to limit conversation to just the Legendary pictures continuity even if it has a very intuitive name for the continuity.
My own experience of the franchise up to recently was mainly Showa, and some Hesei, as I shared these with a family member. So it’s a personal interest to have this community include those.
Very appreciative to have those with knowledge of the Millennium and Reiwa eras, as well as the American films weigh in as I’m personally filling in the gaps of my own viewing.
Hope this is an explanation you can be comfortable with.
If you ever wanted to see how aggravatingly bureaucratic and particular the Japanese government is, this is the movie to watch.
You have my attention...
It's hypnotic, mesmerizing.