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12-21-2020, 08:05 AM | #2011 |
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12-21-2020, 01:28 PM | #2012 |
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10 episodes in the original Ultraman and I'm noticing a glaring problem: the titular Ultraman is not a character here. He's more of a plot device used when needed to fight the monster of the week and then leaves. It doesn't make a difference if he and Hayata were separate characters or a transformation of Hayata. We don't know anything about him or his personality so it's hard for us to get a reason to like him other than "cool giant alien fighting monsters". We don't even know his real name. Maybe because Ultraman Z was my first series and I got used to its formula, but this series needed some character building moments between Ultraman ans Hayata the same way Z and Haruki had there.
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12-21-2020, 02:35 PM | #2013 |
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That’s kind of how the Showa/Heisei ultra series go. They focus more on the human host, with the Ultraman only showing up to have a fight scene.
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12-21-2020, 04:52 PM | #2014 |
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Man's a bit interesting, mostly in that well, I'll be real when I say they don't really truly explicitly touch on Man's whole deal until towards the end in regards to him sharing a body with Hayata.Honestly it results in one of my favorite lines in 66' as well.
What I will say vaguely though is, we're not seeing the whole picture in regards to each's personality, especially Hayata. But yeah I mean this was really the first step into Ultraman in general so it makes sense that there's not much to really go on. Granted we seem to fix that issue immediately since with Ultraseven I believe it's a disguise not a host. |
12-24-2020, 02:09 AM | #2015 |
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12-25-2020, 06:48 AM | #2016 |
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Next year is not only the 55th year of the franchise, it’s also the 25th year for the “Odyssey” Ultras, Tiga, Dyna, Gaia and Agul
And it’s the same release as always, among the P-Bandai items continuing far into the future, but we’re living in the moment of a rerelease (man that wording was awkward). It’s the Ultra Replica Tiga Spark, 25th ver., based on the iconic item owned by Daigo Madoka (in the show)/Hiroshi Nagano (in real life). |
12-25-2020, 06:49 AM | #2017 |
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Nice! As someone who's watching the show right now and is enjoying it a lot I can't deny I'm tempted by this goofy little thing
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12-26-2020, 08:58 PM | #2018 |
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Episode 6 of The Absolute Conspiracy is up! I suppose this ends new Ultra material for the year, right?
- The Ultra Brothers and Spectre Brothers! - Belial, Tregear, and Tartarus start making their moves. - Andro Melos is name dropped. - Zero and his Mantle! |
12-26-2020, 09:02 PM | #2019 |
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So is Zero's mantle just what his Ultimate Armour looks like now??? Like, he touched the bracelet and everything, right after Father or Ultra told him to travel to different dimensions... so... ????
Either way, it fucking ROCKS seeing an Ultra Brothers fight!! Whenever you get a classic showa group like that going wild with their retro attacks to their old theme song you know you're in for a good time.
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12-27-2020, 03:42 PM | #2020 |
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Got caught up on Absolute Conspiracy and, to be honest, I didn't like the last few episodes as much as the earlier ones. The action has been good and the story is still interesting, but I'm still feeling a bit cold on them. One of the big appeals of this series was getting to see all the obscure, lesser-used Ultras but these last few episodes have just been more Taro, more Zero, more Ultra Brothers, and more freaking Belial (the Zachary Quinto of Ultraman). Hopefully this next story we're moving into will get back to dredging up the more obscure heroes again.
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