Unlike in Godzilla vs. Kong, in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, time works differently in Hollow Earth.
In Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Shaw’s age has been quite a mystery, considering that he still looks good for his age in 2015.
Though Lee Shaw jokes that it’s his good genes, the ninth episode reveals that traveling to Hollow Earth sent him 20 years into the future.
Time in Hollow Earth
The ninth episode also marks the return of Keiko Miura, who didn’t die in Kazakhstan in 1959 but fell into a rift that landed her on the surface of Hollow Earth.
When Shaw and Keiko reunite in Hollow Earth and Keiko finds out about the time passed, she concludes that gravitation distortion is responsible for this phenomenon.
In Hollow Earth, only 57 days have passed for her, but on Earth, more than five decades have passed.
Shaw, Cate, and May spent around a day in Hollow Earth. However, when Cate, May, and Keiko return to Earth without Lee, they learn that two years have passed since Cate and May fell into a rift.
The time travel twist’s effect on MonsterVerse
Godzilla vs. Kong explored Hollow Earth, with Apex following Kong into the realm of Titans. However, in the movie, there was no mention of such a phenomenon.
The time didn’t change for any of the characters in Godzilla vs. Kong. With Monarch: Legacy of Monsters establishing this fact, MonsterVerse may be heavily affected in future entries.
The series slightly hints at the reason why this effect may not have had a role in Godzilla vs. Kong.
When Shaw and May are looking for Cate, Shaw claims that they are in another part of Titan’s realm, which suggests the place might have different rules in other parts.
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