Random TV Season Review - Skull Island (Season 1)

 

I guess when you have lots of stories to tell, but not much in the way of films to tell the story, best you try branching into other forms of media. Now it's been a while since Kong fought Godzilla in Godzilla VS Kong which was what the MonsterVerse franchise had been building up to and actually did a better job of that than how DC did with Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice where it ended up becoming the second film after Man of Steel with next to nothing of build up to it. So what can a animated series offer that a film cannot, you may ask. Well, stories can last a lot longer in a series and be spread across multiple episodes and even seasons if the need for it is there. Plus, it keeps people interested in a franchise for a very long time if you have a good or several good stories to tell. But here we are with a cartoon that is styled as a typical Saturday Morning cartoon. But may be a bit maturer than you might think. Let's take a look:

It's the 90s and a group of well-meaning explorers, set out to rescue their friend Annie (voiced by Mae Whitman) who is lost at sea. The team eventually get shipwrecked onto Skull Island, where they must fight to survive the monsters that lurk on it, including a giant ape that people call King Kong. Whether they all survive to fight in another season, well we just have to wait and see.

It does well to put on a more adult take on typical Saturday Morning cartoons, but can feel like it's recycling elements from Kong: Skull Island. Despite this, I feel satisfied in knowing that it's going to continue, especially with Netflix's stance on animation at the moment. Plus, in case you're wondering why it's not on HBO Max or whatever streaming service you have that's strictly anything of Warner Brothers, the MonsterVerse has always been a Legendary Pictures franchise. WB just distribute the films, whereas it's a bidding war on who gets the shows. 9/10