In
“The Magnetic Terror,” the Calico crew detects an enormous magnetic force near
the South Pole, and its crew comes face-to-face with a gigantic turtle monster
that has attacked a drilling rig and downed a plane.
The
Calico summons Godzilla, who battles the turtle, which boasts powerful “magnetism.” The final battle occurs at the magnetic pole,
and the turtle swallows a submarine with Carl and Brock aboard.
As
the monster grows to ten times Godzilla’s size, Quinn realizes that the magnetic
pole contains the secret to the monster’s destruction.
After
three very compelling episodes in a row, “The Magnetic Terror” is return to the
previous formula, with no fantasy elements beyond Godzilla and the monster of
the week. This (first) formula is
inferior because after you’ve seen one episode in this style, you’ve virtually
seen them all.
The only things that
change are the picturesque locale, and the nature of the monster and its powers. Here, we travel to the South Pole and get a
magnet monster.
Otherwise,
it’s the same story as “Attack of the Stone Creature” or any other early
episode.
That
fact established, there is a moment that I really enjoyed, and “humanized” Godzilla,
if that is the right choice of words.
Summoned by the Calico crew, he bursts up from the ocean through a layer
of ice, and lands on a glacier. But
then, he slips on the ice, and catches his balance. That’s a moment that feels like it could have
come right out of the live-action Toho movies, and it reminds us that even
goliaths like Godzilla slip on ice.
Next
week: “The Breeder Beast.”
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