I really, really wanted to see 10 Cloverfield Lane when it was announced because I am trying to trust that J.J. Abrams will keep his promise of delivering an American Godzilla-type franchise. Abrams did say that 10 Cloverfield Lane is in the same universe as Cloverfield, and I would even go so far as to say that 10 Cloverfield Lane is a sequel to Cloverfield. But if Abrams is trying to create a monster franchise, he is doing it wrong. These movies are good, but they are not establishing the idea that some new monster is going to dethrone King Kong as the great American kaiju.
