Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (AppleTV)

I was on searching for a movie to watch a few months ago and was like man I wish they would make more pacific rim, Godzilla type movies. Then saw this was coming out last week and got super excited

 

I’m obsessed with the Kong/Godzilla universe since I was a kid and this show is fantastic.

 

Off topic but Apple TV pumps out some high quality shows. Probably second only to HBO

 

Enjoying the show.

Enjoying Anna Sawai even more.

 

Great first two episodes so far. And yeah appletv is putting out some great shows

 

If someone would have described the first two episodes to me, I would have had very low expectations going in. But the execution of it was great so far and I'm intrigued to watch the rest of the way.

 

I thought this was gonna be a C+/B- show that was entertaining but dumb. NOPE! This show is incredible so far.

 

I think it's going to be really difficult to continue to do the era shifting if they continue it in every episode, but I was kind of shocked at how well they pulled it off in the first two. Hoping they can keep that going.

I'm still not really sold on the 2015 crew with the brother/sister/girlfriend triangle, but hoping that goes a little smoother going forward after the awkward start to it.

 

So it’s a monster show with a human focus where as the the movies where monster focused.

 

Another good ep, IMO.

 

Gonna binge this when it’s done, the movies they’ve made the last 10 years kick ass.

 

The Frost Vark is my spirit animal.

 

I haven’t watched the newest episode, but I thought Goodman was Anders as an old man.

And I’ve thought from the start those kids are actually Russell’s grandkids.

 

I'm not sure what you mean here. We're pretty clearly supposed to believe the video was for Hiroshi and the kids are his grandkids, right? I'm not sure how it would make sense otherwise. They all have his last name.

 

I don't think they're Russell's grandkids. Based on the timeline (according to Wiki), Skull Island was 1973. Hiroshi would have been born sometime in the mid/late 50s. So I think it makes enough sense that it's very believable that the relationship between Russell (Shaw) and Hiroshi is like Shaw says in e3 and that he's "like a son to him" because Randa would have died when he was still a teenager and the mom obviously died when he was extremely young. I'm not really sure what the point of that being a misdirect would be.

 

It’s wild seeing anders in this role, he is good but still wild

 

I think I needed to like or care about any of those characters for that episode to work for me. Unfortunately, I do not, so I was bored.

 

Giant Ice Mole is pretty cool tho

 

Agree but whatever was shinning all those lights in that hole is gonna be the fun

 

Good episode. Needed more monsters.

 

Newest episode has brought my interest back. The one before it about made me stop watching. Other than Ice mole being cool, I really didn't like anything else about it.

 

Wife and Meatball are totally into this, they want more monsters and less family secrets

 

Haven't watched the most recent episode because it had an audience rating of something like 5.0 on IMDB, which was by far the lowest of the season (and one of the lowest I've ever seen on there). Might just let a couple episodes sit there the next couple weeks so I can binge through them later and not get as mad at the boring human stories.

 

I loved the last ep. Seeing the toll on Kate’s life is heartbreaking.

Can’t wait for the trip to Africa.

 

Ended up watching e5 last night. It was better than e4, but these characters/actors just aren't it. And the difference between this show when there are awesome looking titans on the screen compared to just these three characters who can't figure out their motivations from one scene to the next for five straight episodes is enormous. I'm pot committed so I'll watch to the end, but I would appreciate it if something more interesting starts to happen.

 

Dropping a line like "the best part about kids is making them" and then needing the cold shower is a tough beat

 

It was made to focus on the humans vs monsters. But damn o know this and still want more monsters. If that big ass light isn’t some sort of big ass titan im gonna be upset

 

Lot of promise but man I feel like they doing too much. Give us monsters and less time travel

 

Started this yesterday. Big fan through 5 episodes so far

 

That's about where I gave up. It didn't help that I went to see Minus One around that time. I have no desire to come back, and that more monsters less time travel comment makes me think I made the right decision.

 

I hate May. She is the fucking worst

 

May is honestly the only thing I don’t like about the show. I’m actually digging the Monarch mythology they’ve built into the show.

 

Appreciate what they’re trying to build but like everyone says need more monsters. Although I’m sure they’re trying to not go overboard with the budget.

 

I'm still really digging the show. There's nothing about it I don't like.

 

The entire trio is atrocious and has been since the beginning. Some of it is more writing than the acting, but in general the characters in the show have sucked. Which is why everyone wants more monsters.

But the fact that May is this much worse than the other two in that group is kind of amazing. Just awful.

 

I think the other two would have been fine without May. That was the best episode yet I think.

 

I really enjoyed the season finale. It had some monster fighting that everyone wanted to see, and a nice cameo at the end by Skull Island's protector.

 

Definitely lagged in the middle of the season, but last two episodes were good.

 

I am in the minority that less monsters is a better show but I do agree the acting is very hit or miss

 

Also my Physics complaint:

If the portal sucked in that heavy ass pod, then it still would have sucked Lee in as well even after she let him go.

 

Saw this thread and started watching. Started off strong. But Season 1 Episodes 5 and 6 were garbage. Hoping it gets better. I mean 5 and 6 were very amateur hour , the writing was middle school level.

 

I gotta find a way to watch the new Godzilla movie now.