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08-28-2020, 08:15 PM | #241 |
Showa Girl
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Z, no! No! Don't mention the original versions of Kaiju you're pretending are new to this show; you're going to break the viewers' minds!!!
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08-28-2020, 08:22 PM | #242 |
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Like with what they did with X, well I wouldn't know specifically since we never got them, but Crunchyroll always had the preview for like the recap episodes of X that weren't part of the main episode count at the end of certain episodes. So I can only assume this is a similar approach.
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08-28-2020, 08:29 PM | #243 |
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Those recap episodes actually are on Crunchyroll (marked as ".5" episodes). To be fair to Z, new footage of him standing in a void talking puts it at least one step ahead of X's recaps, which were, as I recall, nothing but narration over old clips.
X's were just... recapping in the most boring, dull way possible and then spoiling some stuff that happens later. And there were three of them. It's so frustrating it happened to a show as top-tier as X
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08-28-2020, 08:42 PM | #244 |
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So I wouldn't be too hard on X for doing what it did. Dull as they were, those three specials represent an important step in Ultraman's gradual return to prominence! ...or something!
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08-28-2020, 08:44 PM | #245 |
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Well given this isn't a numbered episode, our standard Ultra Clipshow is still on the horizon I believe.
But yeah, this is a more Retsudan based Clip Show which involves Ultra's/Someone else, sitting or standing somewhere and bridging various segments together. Geed and Zero Chronicle probably had the best framing device honestly though, the fact that Riku went to a school made by Zero(named Beyond High) to be shown clipshows and learn more about Zero and reflect on his prior battles. It gave us such fantastic things such as Riku the Dodgeball Demon, or Juggler ruse cruising everyone by having a boombox that played Gai's harmonica, making people think it was Gai. But no it was him, so he arrived and gave Riku his own stuffed Octopus and saying he got it at a gift shop named "Nebula House". |
08-29-2020, 03:51 AM | #246 |
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As far as recap episodes go it was... okay? I remember some recaps, like Orb's, at least having a very basic comedic plot with the complete cast centered around the stock footage so Z standing in a void talking to himself really didn’t do much for me.
I also imagined the feature on the robots to be a bit more - involved? And I think they wasted quite a lot of time on Ginga Stirum for some reason. Oh well, the way I see we need one week off to catch out breaths before the new King Joe blows our minds! The suit looked amazing in the preview. I really like how Z adds to the Ultraman action with top-notch mecha battles. Last edited by Kiwami; 08-29-2020 at 03:53 AM.. |
08-29-2020, 07:00 AM | #247 |
Showa Girl
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Riku WHAT?!
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08-29-2020, 06:52 PM | #248 |
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So finally watched Ep 10. It was pretty good. The alien was threatening with the whole crushing skulls and able to hypnotize others. The whole pushing people along was a nice visual.
I liked when the alien grew it became a bit sillier, I mean it was a bit odd, but still the jokes worked. It was a bit of a sudden shift though. One thing I don't like about ultraman as a whole is the tendency for the aliens have their roles determined by their species, it doesn't feel great. Mind you most the aliens are more like wild animals which I think works. Also it might be why we haven't seen aliens like Baltan or Dada in the modern era of ultra (or have we? I haven't seen every ultra). Still wondering how the team is going to take out 9999 aliens at once.
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08-30-2020, 08:42 AM | #249 |
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One thing I don't like about ultraman as a whole is the tendency for the aliens have their roles determined by their species, it doesn't feel great. Mind you most the aliens are more like wild animals which I think works. Also it might be why we haven't seen aliens like Baltan or Dada in the modern era of ultra (or have we? I haven't seen every ultra).
At least Ultraman does put some emphasis on monsters and aliens not being evil by nature. Ultraman X had a strong focus on peaceful coexistence with monsters, and Ultraman Taiga put a spotlight on racism towards aliens who want to live peacefully on Earth. Of course you still have multiple shows that don’t bother with these messages at all - like Ultraman Z, our "professional monster exterminator". Poor Gomora did absolutely nothing wrong, they didn't even bother writing a Devil Splinter into this one Still, I feel like the franchise is aware of it and there are enough examples of peaceful behavior between Ultraman, humans, aliens and monsters. By the way, Dada did appear in both Ultraman Geed and Ultraman R/B, in the latter it was peaceful I think, it appeared in the weird, comedic Halloween episode. But Baltan - Baltan I haven’t seen in forever. It pops up in the background from time to time but isn’t involved in any plots. Kinda weird considering how popular it is. Maybe they don’t feel like using its menacing formula anymore and don’t want to "tame" it either? I don’t know. Thankfully, until those get to Earth, Z and Haruki well have unlocked their final form so these guys might want to reconsider their revenge agenda |
08-30-2020, 11:22 AM | #250 |
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X had both of those monsters! Dada was in the documentary-style episode, while armies of Baltan cameo'd in a vision of Ultraman in the movie.
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