Godzilla Singular Point

Holy shit, I haven't posted since March. Not that it's shocking in any way. Posting is the real anomaly, guys.

But let's not dilly dally.

Godzilla Singular Point duped me. I am deeply offended, and if I could demand a refund, I would.

If you're at all familiar with Godzilla, even just a little, then you pretty much know what this is about: prehistoric monsters breaking out and destroying all the things. It's scary and fascinating, and, above all, it's fun to watch. The monsters are what this show does well, and if they had focused on them more, it would have been a solid series. Unfortunately, Singular Point drowns itself by obsessively trying to overexplain why the kaiju are there, and none of it makes sense to me. The heavy dialogue is exhausting and unnecessary. No one is watching this because we want time and space theories thrown at us at rapid-fire speed. My brain exploded a few times, and I'm still recovering, and, frankly, still salty.

To be fair, it took me a couple of episodes to realize that this wasn't what I was expecting. I genuinely enjoyed it, and could even get past the weird song-playing-from-a-mansion-and-attracting-prehistoric-monsters nonsense, which is messy, when you think about it. Radiation, anyone? No? Okay...

Give this a watch if you're curious, and especially if you're a fan of Godzilla to begin with, but expect to sigh. A lot.

My grade: C+

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