Published May 1, 2026, 10:01 AM EDT The show’s VFX director talks about his inspirations and building stakes The MonsterVerse's best new Titan was inspired by Alien movies and jellyish Image: AppleTV Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 featured the MonsterVerse’s biggest stars – King Kong and Godzilla – along with a blend of complicated family drama and mad science. But the real reason to watch was Titan X, an entirely new creature for the franchise, which has traditionally drawn on the mythology established by Toho , the storied Japanese studio behind the iconic giant lizard and his various kaiju friends. Titan X is a Lovecraftian horror, with a toothy maw, tentacles, and bioluminescent spikes. Like Godzilla, she’s equally comfortable on land or at sea. Unlike Godzilla, who usually represents death and chaos, she’s revered as a divine figure across the Earth, where her migration path is said to bring the bounty of the ocean.…