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    Review: Human stories form the core of 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,' but Godzilla's ever-present

    by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Nov 17, 2023 5 minutes
    Kurt Russell appears in an episode of“ Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.

    There have been 37 Godzilla movies since 1954, made with inconsistent continuity, changing tone and variable quality control, but alike in that the star is unkillable both within the series and in the hearts of its admirers. The latest, the Japanese "Godzilla Minus One," is currently in theaters here, while the American "Monsterverse," with characters licensed from Toho Co. Ltd., has just produced an immensely enjoyable television series, "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters," premiering this week on Apple TV+.

    Godzilla belongs to Japan in the same way that, say, the Doctor of "Doctor Who" will always be British, even though that character is from a different planet and mutable in every other respect. It's a failing of the four American films that they have relatively little Asian content. Godzilla is a creature with particular

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