While those of us who were already fans of the Monsterverse extended Godzilla universe continuity have been watching Monarch: Legacy of Monsters on AppleTV, it turns out that Amazon Prime has had a licence to stream it until March 31st.
Currently, the second season of this popular action epic is rolling out on Apple TV, but season 1 is one of the most-watched Prime Video shows on the planet at the moment. This brief stint on Prime Video will be short-lived, however, since the series will be removed from Prime Video less than 2 weeks on April 1, 2026. Don’t miss your chance to binge this celebrated series before it’s gone.
If you’re thinking of giving Monarch a try, and don’t have AppleTV, this may be a good opportunity.
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Meh.
I’m not saying don’t watch it. But it’s so much drama and family junk, I get bored pretty fast. Oh hey, a monster, that looks cool. Somebody unimportant dies. Ok, back to the drama.
I won’t be rewatching it.
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.
Yeah but this is always the issue with these franchises. Especially when a lot of older movies balance it a lot better.
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.
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.
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.
That is a really great point. They do seem to want to ‘expand’ the franchise more in recent years.
its almost everything but the actual monster, which they show at the end of the season, its almost always BSG-style drama.
