The monsters and special effects look good. But the main story is about a girl who learns her father had two wives and two children in two separate countries.
The secondary story is about the (evil) Monarch company or agency. That is supposedly full of corruption and/or incompetence.
This seems to be a repeated formula for many recent "scifi" movies and TV shows. Have a drama about characters, with the monsters, or aliens as a backdrop to the drama about the characters. The formula is --- people drama, drama, drama. Then throw in a little monster or alien action. Then back to the people drama, drama, drama. Apple TV's "Invasion" is the same. (And if I'm not mistaken, one of the Godzilla movies was like this. You know the one where we barely ever saw Godzilla.)
Anyway, the girl finds out she has a brother in Japan. This brother's ex-girlfriend is portrayed as a depressed, cynical, pessimistic, immature, irresponsible, whiny baby. She's awful to the brother when they first meet. She's awful to the brother when he ask for help. She's even awful to the airport check in lady, as if it's her fault she's even in Alaska.
She voluntarily follows the brother and sister through numerous dangerous quests. Including flying a stolen plane with two men they don't know, one they had to break out of a detention facility, to a frozen tundra where they get attacked by a giant monster. She keeps blaming the ex boyfriend for ruining her life, when nobody forced her to do anything. She could have checked out at any step.
Anyway, after being told the part of San Francisco that has been destroyed by a monster attack is off limits and guarded by the military, the three "kids" decide to sneak in with help from the star's mother (who told them not to go) and her boyfriend. While sneaking around in the dark, and narrowly escaping military patrols, the two siblings decide its a good idea to sing, dance and laugh loudly. They almost get caught again. As usual in these types of monster movies and TV shows, the military is portrayed as stupid and incompetent.
Most of the first 5 episodes are spent dealing with melodrama over the star's family problems, people representing or dealing with Monarch, and all the main characters fighting with each other. Every now and then you get a monster.
First of all, this is not scifi. Which is what it is advertised as. Secondly, it's really a drama. And as a drama, it's not really that good.
4 out of 10 for me.
The secondary story is about the (evil) Monarch company or agency. That is supposedly full of corruption and/or incompetence.
This seems to be a repeated formula for many recent "scifi" movies and TV shows. Have a drama about characters, with the monsters, or aliens as a backdrop to the drama about the characters. The formula is --- people drama, drama, drama. Then throw in a little monster or alien action. Then back to the people drama, drama, drama. Apple TV's "Invasion" is the same. (And if I'm not mistaken, one of the Godzilla movies was like this. You know the one where we barely ever saw Godzilla.)
Anyway, the girl finds out she has a brother in Japan. This brother's ex-girlfriend is portrayed as a depressed, cynical, pessimistic, immature, irresponsible, whiny baby. She's awful to the brother when they first meet. She's awful to the brother when he ask for help. She's even awful to the airport check in lady, as if it's her fault she's even in Alaska.
She voluntarily follows the brother and sister through numerous dangerous quests. Including flying a stolen plane with two men they don't know, one they had to break out of a detention facility, to a frozen tundra where they get attacked by a giant monster. She keeps blaming the ex boyfriend for ruining her life, when nobody forced her to do anything. She could have checked out at any step.
Anyway, after being told the part of San Francisco that has been destroyed by a monster attack is off limits and guarded by the military, the three "kids" decide to sneak in with help from the star's mother (who told them not to go) and her boyfriend. While sneaking around in the dark, and narrowly escaping military patrols, the two siblings decide its a good idea to sing, dance and laugh loudly. They almost get caught again. As usual in these types of monster movies and TV shows, the military is portrayed as stupid and incompetent.
Most of the first 5 episodes are spent dealing with melodrama over the star's family problems, people representing or dealing with Monarch, and all the main characters fighting with each other. Every now and then you get a monster.
First of all, this is not scifi. Which is what it is advertised as. Secondly, it's really a drama. And as a drama, it's not really that good.
4 out of 10 for me.