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06-27-2013, 03:07 AM | #11 |
Blistering Barnacles
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Enjoyed this, the effects and production value were a lot higher than I'd expected. My eyes did glaze over during stretches of the exposition, but I think I got the gist. Could definitely have used a bit more action. Loved the suits and general tone of the film.
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06-27-2013, 05:28 AM | #12 |
THE BIG DADDY
Join Date: Oct 2011
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overall a great start for getting into ultraman. insanely good production and great acting. the suit designs were GORGEOUS. overall, absolutely loved this film and so excited to start ultraman nexus
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06-27-2013, 10:43 AM | #13 |
Big Bad Wolf.
Join Date: Apr 2013
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Well…fuck…that was bloody amazing! It’s set the bar so high I’m not sure if Nexus will ever be able to compete. Honestly I really don’t have much to say, because I enjoyed it near enough from start to finish. It was stylishly directed, had great special effects, incredible action scenes and was just all round really great fun.
You would think taking a story that would usually be told in one or two episodes and then blowing it up to feature length by also including all the character development you’d get over a whole series usually wouldn’t work but it actually made the whole thing work so much better. I was really convinced by this world and the characters that populated it, I wasn’t exactly convinced I was watching a documentary or something but very few Toku shows really have the time to truly establish the impact on the world and the people that populate it that monsters turning up and battling each other would have. The closest I’ve seen to achieving that was Kuuga. I dunno, I just felt such a sense of investment in all the characters because their arcs were told over 90 minutes and centred around one specific battle, rather than spread out over fifty episodes and fifty battles. And it really made me realise how little I truly care about Toku characters in weekly shows, even if the movie was very corny at times. It’s gonna be hard going back to TV shows with MOTW where the world doesn’t really feel like it’s responding to what is happening at all. Has the Next got an Ultra-Act?
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06-27-2013, 12:58 PM | #14 |
Uchu Kaiju
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Location: South Carolina
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The Next does not have an Ultra-Act, unfortunately. His design is amazing. One of Tsuburaya's concepts for Ultraman was that the red parts were supposed to be organic and the silver parts metallic. We finally see that come to real fruition here, as The Next is a real amalgamation of organic and technological. The big 3 pointed "Color Timer" is a nice touch too.
The One is a great monster, all of his forms are just really well sculpted and realized. I also love all of the little nods to Bemular... his jawline, the spines on his head, the blue fireballs he spits, all of those are references to my favorite Ultra Monster. So kudos on that front. I still hold that The Next is a great introduction to the entire Ultra franchise. You can show this to someone who has never watched Ultraman and they can really "get" what the series is about just from this 90 minute feature. Plus some really strong special effects and even some decent acting and emotion. Not a bad package at all!
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06-27-2013, 01:02 PM | #15 |
Big Bad Wolf.
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The Next does not have an Ultra-Act, unfortunately. His design is amazing. One of Tsuburaya's concepts for Ultraman was that the red parts were supposed to be organic and the silver parts metallic. We finally see that come to real fruition here, as The Next is a real amalgamation of organic and technological. The big 3 pointed "Color Timer" is a nice touch too.
The One is a great monster, all of his forms are just really well sculpted and realized. I also love all of the little nods to Bemular... his jawline, the spines on his head, the blue fireballs he spits, all of those are references to my favorite Ultra Monster. So kudos on that front. I still hold that The Next is a great introduction to the entire Ultra franchise. You can show this to someone who has never watched Ultraman and they can really "get" what the series is about just from this 90 minute feature. Plus some really strong special effects and even some decent acting and emotion. Not a bad package at all!
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06-27-2013, 02:08 PM | #16 |
Join Date: Oct 2011
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Totally agreed. The film just nails the concept down. Can't wait to jump into Nexus next week now.
Bandai has also slowly been getting the backlog of Ultra-Acts done. They revealed quite alot of them last year at Tamashii Features that have been released since but I expect quite a few new reveals in the next Features later this year. The Next is like the Kamen Rider ZO or J of Ultras, he'll probably be at the tail end of any line
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06-27-2013, 02:12 PM | #17 |
Big Bad Wolf.
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Totally agreed. The film just nails the concept down. Can't wait to jump into Nexus next week now.
Bandai has also slowly been getting the backlog of Ultra-Acts done. They revealed quite alot of them last year at Tamashii Features that have been released since but I expect quite a few new reveals in the next Features later this year. The Next is like the Kamen Rider ZO or J of Ultras, he'll probably be at the tail end of any line Also I'm kinda worried about Nexus now, this movie was so good, I'm worried the show will suck in comparison.
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06-27-2013, 03:08 PM | #18 |
I have a problematic type
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Man, that was a fun movie; so much better than the other tokusatsu movie I've seen that was called "The Next." Some of the stuff with the kid was kinda boring, but I liked Maki as a main character and the action scenes were top-notch. I know Nexus proper isn't going to have the budget for scenes like that final battle, but on the whole it still has me pumped for more.
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06-27-2013, 03:10 PM | #19 |
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I was looking for an excuse to watch more Ultra, and holy crap did this deliver. It's kind of like a modern superhero movie adaptation, putting at least a tiny bit of focus on believability. One look at this Ultraman and you know he's an alien, not a robot or guy in a helmet. Those S.I.C.-esque designs were great, and now I really wanna' know what guys like Gomora and King Joe would look like in that universe. Excited to see how this rolls into Nexus!
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06-27-2013, 03:24 PM | #20 |
Big Bad Wolf.
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I was looking for an excuse to watch more Ultra, and holy crap did this deliver. It's kind of like a modern superhero movie adaptation, putting at least a tiny bit of focus on believability. One look at this Ultraman and you know he's an alien, not a robot or guy in a helmet. Those S.I.C.-esque designs were great, and now I really wanna' know what guys like Gomora and King Joe would look like in that universe. Excited to see how this rolls into Nexus!
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