Ole Jack Burton goes MUTO hunting: MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS

This show seems decent enough to be worthy of its own thread, no?

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I just finished ep 3 & thought the monster was cool but maybe head slightly silly design until i learned it is a mix of a pangolin & a star nosed mole which is theee weirdest thing i’ve seen in a minute

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-nosed_mole

Yeah this is surprisingly good so far — like all of a sudden the Monarchverse starts to work a lot better as a concept. Solid ensemble cast too.

yeah i’m kind pf surprised because the movies have mostly had varying degrees of “meh” — i was bracing myself for it and pleasantly surpised.

am quite enjoying what i’ve seen

i figured wyatt’s brief was that he doesn’t need to do much of a Dad impression since his face pretty much sells that aspect lol

surely you dont speak of skull island which is amazing

This looks okay, but the new real Godzilla movie that's opening any day now looks awesome.

xpost didn’t i say “mostly”

First two episodes of these were surprisingly good. I googled to see if the music was by Trent Reznor, but it was by Leopold Ross, brother of Atticus, Reznor's partner in soundtracks/NIN. I love the idea of Leopold effortlessly aping his brother's deal. "Oh, you think you're the only Ross that knows which buttons have that Reznor magic?"

i enjoyed the new episode this wk, still a good balance of monstery stuff & story
i liked how all the scenery still looked a bit like a sound stage, so there was that touch of unreality like the old movies
idk if that was deliberate tho

Yeah, still enjoying this although my son is getting slightly frustrated by the lack of monsters.

I think my son is willing this show to be a masterpiece and he will not admit that he wasn’t that in to episode that dedicated that much time to romantic back story.

Roffle. I did like this but I remembered thinking "Pretty bold of them to do this kind of side-episode when there's only two more after this" only to double check and realize it's a ten-episode season.

Bring on in the monsters already!!!

agreed but am also enjoying the storyline so far. new ep quite exciting!

I'm partly watching this show through my son's eyes. This episode was more exciting than the last one but it felt mostly like buildup to the next episode--which I'm expecting will finally be the big monster payoff.

Oof! Finale packs quite an emotional punch

totally!

the whole idea of losing a parent as a small child and then reuniting with them and they look exactly the same as the only memory/photo you have of them is so beautiful & devastating
also keiko & old lee reuniting was equally devastating, they both acted the hell out of that scene

i didnt realize til it was over that it was the finale! i do hope another season is on the cards, really enjoyed this season

Into episode 5, really not getting the love for this. The flashback story is pretty good, the monster CGI is crap, the modern story is sub-CW.

quit yr whining and stay the course

my girlfriend is dead… AND I WAS CHEATING ON HER

I thought this was overall enjoyable and the finale solid. would watch a second season

Yeah finally caught up with the back half of the season. Not bad, really, and even plugged in a couple of points I thought were glitches in the overall setup. A second season could work.

And looks like a second season will...well maybe not work, but at least be happening:

https://gizmodo.com/monarch-legacy-of-monsters-apple-tv-season-2-godzilla-1851404412

Plus:

According to an Apple TV+ press release, the streamer has “struck a new multi-series deal with Legendary Entertainment, which includes a second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and multiple spinoff series based on the franchise.”

Into episode 5, really not getting the love for this. The flashback story is pretty good, the monster CGI is crap, the modern story is sub-CW.

― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, January 17, 2024 9:04 PM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

we're stuck on 6 not sure we can keep on. the acting is pretty rough on the current storyline. flashback crew is fine. needs more monsters.

guess we'll go til the end since the finale is getting good reviews? idk

keep watching, don’t be a quitter! it’s a really good season imo & the story pays off

The show is good overall though with a few bumps in the road, and yes it absolutely does need more monsters next season.

Totally forgot to finish this. Which I guess is another way of saying ... I did?

They're off and running:

Monarch Legacy of Monsters Season 2 officially begins filming production - currently underway in Queensland Australia #MonarchLegacyofMonsters #Kong

Returning actor Joe Tippet aka "Tim", confirmed filming production is underway via a little set photo. pic.twitter.com/OlaeKMmr9L

— GORMARU (@GormaruIsland) July 30, 2024

lets gooooooo

Wyatt Russell with a bit of a thing:

"Season 2 of Monarch was really interesting to be able to get to do because we had to expand on certain themes and stuff that we found in the first season to really work. I haven't been briefed on what I can tease and what I can't. I can say that the mystery deepens. There are more monsters that arrive that are really fun to explore in the story. We wanted to level it up, I guess you could say, and in the Monarch way, ratchet up the stakes of the relationships as well. I can tease that the relationships really get ratcheted up."

Bring on the more monsters, I sez.

I didn't realize this even got a second season greenlit!

yay!

Part of me is still not *entirely* sure what Wyatt would exactly be doing in this season if only because the first season seemed to give his character's full arc in the past. Guess we'll find out!

Belated but per an IG post from Sawai, season 2 finished a month back. So hopefully runs sometime next year?

And indeed -- February 27th. Enjoy a teaser.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CYelltpxT4

I will be there

awoogah! yay

Huh, and now there's this!

https://gizmodo.com/monsterverse-wyatt-russell-spinoff-apple-tv-2000701053

The spinoff series, which Wyatt Russell will also produce, “follows the story of Colonel Lee Shaw, an American operative who in 1984 went on a secret mission behind enemy lines in an attempt to stop the Soviets from unleashing a horrific new Titan big enough to destroy the U.S. and turn the tide of the Cold War.” That’s interesting because, on Monarch, Wyatt plays Shaw in the 1950s, so this will tell a story kind of in the middle of the events on that show.

sounds like it could be good?

Pulled off everything else so far!

Okay, so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH0pFLcthgI

So in the newest trailer, there is a new monster, bigger, that people worship like a god, so Kurt Russell has to rope in Godzilla to help fight this god, which is dangerous, because he is playing god, and no man should play god. Goodness godness.

All of which is true of course. But you forgot to actually link the trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgWrFoaisdk