Comedy &#43; genre (Fantasy, Horror, and Science-fiction)

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[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website [S] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

It’s definitely YMMV. The television medium makes for a very different storyline from the action-focused movies.

It’s the character arcs and intrigue that keep many of us interested. For those who are watching primarily for kaiju action, I can appreciate that it might not be your preference.

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

Yeah but this is always the issue with these franchises. Especially when a lot of older movies balance it a lot better.

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[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website [S] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

I would have to disagree. They are different media, drawing different audiences.

I’ve watched monster movies since childhood as well as science fiction television. While there are emotional and character stories in them, they have a fairly predictable pattern towards a major climactic fight.

My partner has no interest in kaiju movies but is really enjoying Monarch because it has, for them, enough intrigue and character stories to hold their attention.

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

If they have no interest in Kaiju movies that more or less is kind of what I was referring to. They arent there for the big monsters and theres less of them in it to appeal to a wider audience.

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[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website [S] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

The question I have in my mind is whether the Godzilla audience that is primarily there for big monsters (and/or powerups) is the American / English language audience vs the Japanese and global one.

Monarch is ranking better with Asian audiences than English speaking ones, which suggests that it may have a different reach than other American licensed-kaiju media.

I haven’t seen any Japanese reviews — the Japan Times feature was more about how the show is being increasingly produced in Japan.

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 2 points 7 months ago

That is a really great point. They do seem to want to 'expand' the franchise more in recent years.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago

its almost everything but the actual monster, which they show at the end of the season, its almost always BSG-style drama.

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[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

So was The Wheel of Time, but amazon cancelled it

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[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website [S] 4 points 7 months ago

It’s a very different situation.

The Wheel of Time was an Amazon Original. The streamer canceled future production.

This is just one season of Monarch that AppleTV licensed to Amazon Prime. It’s more of a promotion than anything since Amazon has a larger global audience.

AppleTV has been targeting high quality science fiction television production. A spin off from Monarch has already been greenlit and is starting production in June. Apple isn’t going to leave the show without a proper finale.