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Jul 8, 2021
Godzilla: Singular Point is a very well written story based around a premise nobody actually cares about: Could a kaiju actually exist?

No, of course not. Anyone who has graduated middle school knows this. They're too big, amongst other obvious flaws. Godzilla as a creature was never meant to be a hard sci-fi concept; he was meant to be an allegory for nuclear war. Or the protector of children, or a giant slapstick monster, depending on the movie.

But our writer may have gotten into too many internet arguments about the realism of Godzilla and other kaiju, and said "Well, screw you! I'll use my physics degree to make a story where Godzilla is real!" To his credit, the writer absolutely succeeded. I was hit with so many science jargon terms that I was convinced that it was potentially plausible.

But in the end, I and many other viewers don't actually care about whether or not Godzilla could be real. We care about the story being told. In the end, Godzilla: Singular Point is a 13 episode series about creating a plausible reason for two big monsters to punch each other. To be fair, the monster fights are enjoyable! But I can't say the payoff is worth the wait.

The visuals were competent. I enjoyed the visual of the red dust. The CG was also acceptable, and the movements weren't too janky. The soundtrack was unremarkable, and the characters felt like living scientific dictionaries meant to spit jargon at me.

Overall, would I recommend this? Yes, but watch the first few episodes before you commit yourself to the show. I'm sure many people who come for big monsters slapping each other will be put off by the show's insistence on explaining extradimensional physics.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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