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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters will premiere on Apple TV+ on November 17

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” tracks two siblings following in their father’s footsteps to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch.
Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army officer Lee Shaw (played by Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell), taking place in the 1950s and half a century later where Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Apple TV is getting some amazing sci-fi hits. God damn.

 

[feynoob]

Dammit, now I am forced to get apple tv sub.

 

[AJUMP23]

This could be fun

 

[Spyxos]

Looks kinda good.

 

[willothedog]

Why can't they just leave the humans out except for canon fodder?

 

[poppabk]

You give me giant monsters/sharks/crocodiles and have a budget and ambitions larger than Asylum I will watch it.

 

[GladiusFrog]

Damn man, Apple about to make me subscribe to binge this lol.

Love anything Kaiju, especially King Gojira.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Is this out?

Apple tv+ has been carrying my tv show consumption for months now lol

 

[NeonGhost]

Godzilla fans are eating good

 

[GymWolf]

I'm sure this is not gonna be 95% boring people talking about shit no one cares and 5% monsters goodness...

 

[ManaByte]

I'm sure this is not gonna be 95% boring people talking about shit no one cares and 5% monsters goodness...

It actually sounds pretty cool. Kurt Russell is the main character, and he's in two time periods. His son (US Agent in the MCU and can sound a LOT like his dad) plays the younger version in the past.

 

[GymWolf]

It actually sounds pretty cool. Kurt Russell is the main character, and he's in two time periods. His son (US Agent in the MCU and can sound a LOT like his dad) plays the younger version in the past.

I love kurt, but you don't watch this stuff for the human side, cmon.

I guess it is better to watch him talking about monsters than the annoying chick from stranger things that we had in the movies.

 

[ManaByte]

I love kurt, but you don't watch this stuff for the human side, cmon.

I guess it is better to watch him talking about monsters than the annoying chick from stranger things that we had in the movies.

Kaiju X-Files sounds fun though.

 

[Trunx81]

Holy cow, this looks amazing!

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

I'm sure this is not gonna be 95% boring people talking about shit no one cares and 5% monsters goodness...

None of the Monsterverse films have had less average monster screentime than any of the Toho films.

 

[GymWolf]

None of the Monsterverse films have had less average monster screentime than any of the Toho films.

And it's gonna be worse in a serial tv with probably a lower budget.
But maybe i'm wrong.

 

[Esca]

I'm a sucker for Godzilla and this stuff. I'm going to go back to the seas for this one matey

 

[jason10mm]

We need to go back to the days when a show would have a couple really high quality fx scenes and then just replay them over and over every few episodes.

Like the OG Battlestar Galactica, 60 seconds of battle footage used for 2 seasons

 

[Laieon]

but you don't watch this stuff for the human side, cmon.

It's not the Monsterverse, but the human side/all the bureaucracy in Shin Godzilla is what elevated it to a masterpiece imo.

 

[GymWolf]

It's not the Monsterverse, but the human side/all the bureaucracy in Shin Godzilla is what elevated it to a masterpiece imo.

The jappo-american chick with the leather jacket sure elevated something in me alright...

 

[StueyDuck]

Apple tv for me so far has been mostly quality and this looks like it has the budgies so colorme interested as someone whose not a big kaiju fan

 

[Elysion]

I hope this is more grounded, like Godzilla 2014 (or Skull Island), instead of that goofy sci-fi nonsense we got from the later movies. ‘Zilla 2014 almost felt like a horror movie at times, which makes it the best Godzilla movie imo.

 

[VN1X]

Looks decent enough! Will give it a watch.

Has anyone seen that Skull Island animated show on Netlfix? Is that any good?

 

[ManaByte]

Apple tv for me so far has been mostly quality and this looks like it has the budgies so colorme interested as someone whose not a big kaiju fan

Apple TV+ is what HBO was in the Sopranos/Wire/Entourage era.

 

[FunkMiller]

How in the actual fuck did I know literally nothing about this?

Sold.

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

This is Apple TV’s big Thanksgiving series. Right Between the Scorsese/ DiCaprio movie and Ridley Scott’s Napoleon. I think Apple knows this show is going to be

 

[0neAnd0nly]

I’m wary of the slant they are going to take with the creation of Godzilla from its original nuance to something… more modern

Other than that, Godzilla = must watch! Ha.

 

[Represent.]

Day 1. Looks legit and high budget

 

[ManaByte]

I’m wary of the slant they are going to take with the creation of Godzilla from its original nuance to something… more modern

Other than that, Godzilla = must watch! Ha.

This is set in the Monsterverse so it’s the same Godzilla from those movies.

 

[mitch1971]

Well, thats going on my watch list.

 

[TonyK]

It will be like Invasion: 40 minutes of people speaking about whatever thing that doesn't make advance the plot and occasionally some action scene that conveniently occurs at night to hide the CGI as much as possible.

 

[jason10mm]

It will be like Invasion: 40 minutes of people speaking about whatever thing that doesn't make advance the plot and occasionally some action scene that conveniently occurs at night to hide the CGI as much as possible.

This has certainly been the template for sci-fi/fantasy lately, plus or minus the amount of $$$ spent on effects (Ring of Power, Foundation, etc). Only House of the Dragon remembers that SHIT NEEDS TO HAPPEN in sci-fi/fantasy, this isn't "prestige TV" where the viewer sits back and revels in character actors hamming it up in personal drama storylines while there is some background event going on. We want SPARTACUS! WE want GAME OF THRONES (early seasons!). We want Star Trek/Stargate/Farscape/Andromeda/Sliders/Eureka/on and on where problems arise, characters deal with said problems, the plot moves forward, and you don't need to see 40 minutes of a characters backstory to understand why they are scared of kittens.

 

[DeafTourette]

I’m wary of the slant they are going to take with the creation of Godzilla from its original nuance to something… more modern

Other than that, Godzilla = must watch! Ha.

You're thinking of Godzilla Minus One

 

[Badlucktroll]

Did godzilla turned evil!?

 

[Hayabusa83]

Looking forward to this. I absolutely love Godzilla. I thought Kong vs Zilla and Zilla King of the Monsters were awesome.

 

[Represent.]

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

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90% on RT

First episode was great, this came out today.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

You're thinking of Godzilla Minus One

Huh?

No, I don’t trust Apple to keep frayed modernization of drama out of G.

Not confusing the 2 bruh.

<— Massive G fan, own probably everything G ever made (lol), heck I play Giga Bash purely because it has Godzilla in it! Haha.

 

[ManaByte]

So awesome. Watch it.

No, I don’t trust Apple to keep frayed modernization of drama out of G.

Not produced by Apple. It’s still Legendary who does the Monsterverse movies. Apple just paid them for it.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Is the g man actually in it much?

 

[Billbofet]

Watched the first two episodes and it is great so far. Love how it is able to hop between the movies they have released so far.
It's a bit of a slow burn and not monster-on-monster action like some might want, but can't wait to see more.
I do hope the younger characters get more interesting though - kinda tired of the angry youth trope.

 

[Billbofet]

Is the g man actually in it much?

Not really so far - at least in the first two episodes. There are some other cool creatures though.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

So awesome. Watch it.

Not produced by Apple. It’s still Legendary who does the Monsterverse movies. Apple just paid them for it.

I guess I should say, I trust HOLLYWOOD / the west less and less.

But yeah, so far legendary hasn’t p’d me off too much with Godzilla haha.

 

[ManaByte]

Finished the first two episodes. It’s great and ties together the Monsterverse in a very cool generational way. No surprise it’s this good as it’s from Matt Fraction.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Not a fan after 2 episodes, the mystery behind the Monarch plans isn't something I'm desperate to learn, the family drama is boring (although not as awful as in the recent movies) and the green screen scenes are quite noticeable. Also the creatures they've featured so far seem to be taken from their c-tier list.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

My wife and I lost interest after the first half hour. Might give it another chance but not looking good so far. The Japanese family drama being the worst part of it.

Edit: It doesn’t help that we know what happens after.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Finished the first two episodes. It’s great and ties together the Monsterverse in a very cool generational way. No surprise it’s this good as it’s from Matt Fraction.

What did Matt Fraction work on?

 

[ManaByte]

What did Matt Fraction work on?

He developed the show.

 

[DeafTourette]

I'm so glad I have Apple TV plus... This show is great!

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

He developed the show.

What other show than Monarch did he do?