{"id":3426,"date":"2021-07-12T22:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biggestinjapan.com\/?p=3426"},"modified":"2021-07-01T10:31:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T01:31:03","slug":"godzilla-sp-is-lacking-in-the-godzilla-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biggestinjapan.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/12\/godzilla-sp-is-lacking-in-the-godzilla-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Godzilla SP<\/i> is Lacking in the \u201cGodzilla\u201d Department"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix\u2019s Godzilla Singular Point <\/em>is an odd beast. It is somehow steeped in Godzilla<\/em> lore while lacking some of the most basic building blocks for what makes a Godzilla<\/em> story.<\/p>\n

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Godzilla Singular Point <\/em>is clearly a love letter to fans of the franchise. In addition to mainstays like Rodan, it puts heavy focus on monsters like Anguirus, Manda, and Kumonga. It\u2019s chalk-full of callbacks\u2014hell, one-half of our protagonist pair is the programmer and sometimes pilot of Jet Jaguar. On top of this, there is a ton of classic sci-fi pseudo-science and a team of human characters trying to figure out what is going on and how to stop it.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this focus on the humans, sci-fi ideas, and sprawling cast of monsters, takes focus away from what should be the focus of any Godzilla work: the big green monster himself.<\/p>\n

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Godzilla in Singular Point<\/em> is nothing more than another one of the many monsters invading the planet. While he teasingly appears at the end of the third episode, he doesn\u2019t get any meaningful screentime until halfway through the series. From then on, while he does battle the military twice, he spends most of his time either in a cocoon or standing at the center of a red storm. Much more time in the series spent focusing on the Rodans and Salunga than on Godzilla.<\/p>\n

The other big aspect lacking from the anime is monster fights. For the most part, the monsters avoid each other. The only times where this is not true revolve around Godzilla one-shot-killing any other monster he comes across with literally no effort. Instead, it\u2019s the humans that fight monsters\u2014mainly the Jet Jaguar crew. Even the action climax of the show isn\u2019t a battle between monsters, it\u2019s just our heroes trying to get the MacGuffin to the right place at the right time (\u201cthat place\u201d being Godzilla).<\/p>\n

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All this makes for a show that, with its copious amounts of fanservice, appeals to the most hardcore of fans who have seen every film in the series but fails to excite anyone who just wants to see either A) mankind versus Godzilla or B) giant monsters beating the ever-loving shit out of each other. When it comes down to it, it doesn\u2019t feel like a Godzilla <\/em>story but rather a story with Godzilla in it.<\/p>\n

Godzilla Singular Point<\/em> can be seen on Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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