“History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man,” or so Blue Öyster Cult sang of Godzilla long ago. Generally speaking, the Godzilla films that have demonstrated this theme most clearly do so on ecological/environmental/pacifist grounds, decrying the human instinct to conquer and destroy, leading to humanity’s own inevitable destruction when nature revolts. Monarch’s brilliant innovation is to link this directly to that other great folly of man: love.
I reviewed this week’s episode of Monarch for Decider.
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