Okay…. This one is a heartbreaking episode.
Of the midseason finale kind, but one that makes one wonder where the season will go from here.
10/10
In Santa Soledad, Titan X becomes a target for Apex, forcing Shaw and the Randas to infiltrate the covert experiment.
Written by: Jeff King
Directed by: Andrew Colville
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Gotzooky?!!
Seriously?
Is there any information that Legendary Entertainment has a licence to use him?
And here I had been thinking more of an analogue to Heisei era Baby Godzilla being a possibility given the intergenerational theme of the show.
Upvoting for the Godzilla reference.
There’s more cross-fertilization between the franchises than many realize.
The franchise wouldn’t exist if my 90 something year old mother-in-law and women like her didn’t watch it all and buy the books and magazines since 1966.
Or, if I and my partner and others hadn’t been watching since TOS was in first run.
Having defended TNG against TOS fans who wanted it killed, and having seen TAS killed by fan campaigns in the mid 1970s, I have no time for people in their 40s and 50s who would rather kill a show than have new Trek that might be meaningful to my GenZ kids.
The question has to be why entertainment conglomerates continue to engage in subrational behaviour (from a pure economic theory perspective).
While narratives created on X/twitter, IMdb, Rotten Tomatoes, YouTube and other social media do have real impact — witness the positive social media build up of K-Pop Demon Hunter — they do not represent the full picture of audience potential or actual viewership.
So, why give into it?
The conglomerates are more focused on the perceptions of advertisers (who determine revenues), shareholders (which impact share prices) and the stances of regulators that set and govern the ground rules of the industry.
This is nothing anyone can claim is a well functioning entertainment marketplace.
In such a situation, assertions about things failing due to ‘not finding an audience’ are naive or disingenuous.
No one was “shoving anything down your throat.”
You don’t need to watch.
You may have been the key 15-34 year old demographic that advertisers and marketers target back in the 1990s. If so, you are not the key demographic now. Why do you think others should be paying for your preferences?
Good thing people stuck with TNG season one despite rehashes like ‘The Naked Now’, offensive episodes like ‘Code of Honor’ and most of a season of sub par offerings.
What did you think about the relationship of the siblings with Mothra?
It felt as though, in the movies, the Monsterverse franchise EPs weren’t willing to have the same psychic bond between them that existed in prior continuities between ‘the twins’ and Mothra.
::: However, as we get midway into season two of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters it seems as though Cate, and to a lesser extent Keiko, have some of bond with Titan X. ::: (M:LOM spoiler)
I’m assuming that you’re watching Monarch now given both its time periods take place before Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Or are you sticking to release date?
It’s possible on a regular basis.
However, as with other high profile accounts, one expects that messages that are high profile would be cleared with the person under whose name the official account is made.
This makes sense if they want to break down the sets.
There was a report posted elsewhere claiming that the viewership has been greater than expected but they still canceled it.
In Santa Soledad, Titan X becomes a target for Apex, forcing Shaw and the Randas to infiltrate the covert experiment.
Once again, a somewhat spoilery official teaser clip has been shared with media — available in this article.
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After some time down the rabbit hole, I found there’s another possibility…
Hanna Barbera, that made the cartoon Godzilla, created Godzooky, and would retain the rights rather than Toho.
The IP rights would have transferred to Warner Brothers when they bought Hanna Barbera.
While WB isn’t actively involved in M:LOM, they are partners in the overall Monsterverse IP with Legendary Entertainment. So, using one of their own legacy kaiju, bringing an old fan favourite to live action, could be seen as a way to give new life to those rights.