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11-04-2017, 05:44 PM | #1041 |
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Oh, by the way, I've started Tiga as I've always been intrigued by it. Tiga's a lot more dynamic of a fighter than Orb or Geed I feel. Plus Ligatron has an amazing suit
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11-04-2017, 06:03 PM | #1042 |
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Ah, Ultraman Tiga. I hope you enjoy it. Tiga's a show that I feel very much embodies the ideals of the Ultraman series as a whole in that its less about the heroes that protect the people and more about the people being protected, not to mention the ordinary, everyday humans that risk their lives every day to fight monsters. Its kind of a slow show but a very cozy one.
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11-04-2017, 06:44 PM | #1043 |
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I haven't seen any showa era ultra shows besides Leo but I think here's actually quite a bit of gore in the early stuff. Ace is an entire Ultraman who specializes in literally cutting enemies into pieces, complete with bit of gore, and I think Ultraman Leo kills a monster by ripping out its own horns and using them to jab its eyes out. That's to say nothing of the monster who cuts a kid's dad in half right in front of him...
they slice and dice and just straight up murder monsters. There is no remorse or compassion. "and on that day not a single shit was given." I haven't seen Leo yet but I've heard that show is the darkest so I imagine that one has more of the same. It's funny when I started first watching Ultraman I'd see pics of Ultraseven and think he looked so different and I really didn't like his look. Then I watched the show and see that the mohawk on his head is actually a boomerang blade and he just dismembers and decapitates or in the case of the Golden Snake Dragon just completely tears it apart with his bare hands,..and Seven went from, "That guy looks sort of goofy" to "Holy Crap That Guy Is Awesome!" ..in my mind. Then you get stuff like Ace just splitting monsters down the middle... Or total over-kill,..punch a hole through them, then cut their head off, then blow them up. I love that this was apparently just 'normal childrens programming'. Hahahaha When friends joke that I like, "Asian kid shows" I just think, "you have no idea." Last edited by KaijuUltraFan; 11-04-2017 at 06:47 PM.. |
11-04-2017, 09:35 PM | #1044 |
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Yeesh! Stuff like that is why I like Cosmos so much. Call me old-fashioned but I prefer a hero who doesn't slit people's throats.
The best part is those gifs are just the tip of the iceberg. I understand Taro also loved to violently mutilate his enemies too.
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11-04-2017, 11:52 PM | #1045 |
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On an unrelated note, I've been watching Ultraman Leo over the past few months. I've just finished episode 30 a little bit ago and, well, it was quite the final episode for the monster that's the closest thing the show has had to a main antagonist. Oh Ultraman Leo, I have so, so many questions for your writers... Like, seriously, who thought this episode was a good idea. I mean, the episode itself was fine for an ordinary monster of the week but the Magma Alien... Last edited by macblo; 11-04-2017 at 11:57 PM.. |
11-05-2017, 12:35 AM | #1046 |
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I guess being a fan of The Punisher,..and one of those people who always went, "you know if Batman had just killed the Joker he'd have saved a lot of lives",....I dig the Ultra's that just don't even mess around and go right for a permanent solution.
Though every once in a while I'll feel annoyed at the Science Patrol or whoever,..sometimes I think the Ultra/Science team went too far or just acted like real assholes. The snowy winter episode in '66 Ultraman (episode 30) with the monster called Woo. Where at the end the young girl is walking through the snow crying for Woo and freezes to death and dies, and the two Science Patrol officers fly away like, "Gee I wonder what happened to that little girl, eh,..maybe she wasn't even real anyway" ...that moment still kind of bugs me. *I don't know how to do the Spoilers in black stuff I've seen on the site,..but that's a 50+ year old episode so....* Last edited by KaijuUltraFan; 11-05-2017 at 12:44 AM.. |
11-05-2017, 12:53 AM | #1047 |
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I guess being a fan of The Punisher,..and one of those people who always went, "you know if Batman had just killed the Joker he'd have saved a lot of lives",....I dig the Ultra's that just don't even mess around and go right for a permanent solution.
Though every once in a while I'll feel annoyed at the Science Patrol or whoever,..sometimes I think the Ultra/Science team went too far or just acted like real assholes. The snowy winter episode in '66 Ultraman (episode 30) with the monster called Woo. Where at the end the young girl is walking through the snow crying for Woo and freezes to death and dies, and the two Science Patrol officers fly away like, "Gee I wonder what happened to that little girl, eh,..maybe she wasn't even real anyway" ...that moment still kind of bugs me. *I don't know how to do the Spoilers in black stuff I've seen on the site,..but that's a 50+ year old episode so....* |
11-05-2017, 01:05 AM | #1048 |
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Yeah, on board the ship after fighting Woo,..Hayato (Ultraman) tells the two Science Patrol Officers the monster wasn't actually real. They ask what happened to the little girl (she's dead in the snow), and he says she went home to the mountain. And then the science officer goes, "I was thinking, maybe she never really existed, maybe the girl we saw was just an illusion of the mountain."
The next guy goes, "It could be. She was cute. I feel I'll never meet someone with such a pure heart again." Then Hayato smiles and goes, "Well,...lets go home." They fly away and there's a couple shots of the snowy mountain and the ending music kicks in. Meanwhile the girl is actually dead, laying in the snow, with a rabbit next to her face. (they show that a minute or so prior) *I just watched the ending again to be sure I wasn't mis-remembering it. That's word for word the Japanese version w/ English subs.* For some reason the way they're like, "Eh, maybe she wasn't real. Let's go home", just bugs me. Last edited by KaijuUltraFan; 11-05-2017 at 01:09 AM.. |
11-05-2017, 01:05 AM | #1049 |
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Well that is… Gnarly. Guess it's good to know if I ever decide to watch Ultraman.
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11-06-2017, 10:19 PM | #1050 |
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So I've started to get into Ultraman quite a bit recently. I watched a bit of Ginga a few years ago and kind of fell of for a while (though I plan to finish Ginga and S eventually), and recently have gone through X and Orb. I then wanted to watch a bit of Geed so I could be caught up on the more recent stuff, but I figured that I should go through Zero and Belial's stories first, so I watched Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie (The Third Esq). Now I'm pretty used to how Toei handles massive crossover movies *cough*Super Hero Taisen*cough*, so I was pleasantly surprised at how this one was handled. The story was amazing, the characters were fairly dynamic, and I was still able to enjoy the appearance of the other Ultras despite knowing only cursory information about most of them. But there was one scene that, while at the time I thought was pretty cool on its own, I now think is amazing after having thought about it for a while. And that is the bit near the end where Zero and UltraSeven reunite.
(Incoming wall of text btw, and I think I'm going to spoiler tag it since I'll be talking about major parts of the movie) So it starts with Zero, now back on the Ultra's home planet, seeing a crowd walk by that includes a couple carrying their baby, and he starts to go into deep though about what just happened. Now, I know it's kind of obvious, but something to realize here is that he never knew UltraSeven was his father. Thing is, though is that Ultras usually live for thousands/tens of thousands of years (i can't remember the exact number off the top of my head) before they reach the size that Zero is for most of the movie, including when he tried to take the Plasma Spark. That means that for all of those (tens of) thousands of years he never knew who his father was. As well, he most likely hated Seven up until recently due to Seven's involvement with said Plasma Spark incident. The guy stopped him from achieving his ambition for more power and in doing so got him arrested and I'm pretty sure exiled from the Land of Light [citation needed]. Now though, he realizes that not only is Seven his father, but he's also still been taking care of him this whole time, protecting him from the Spark and sending Leo to train him in his exile. And then, when the Land of Light is frozen over, the rebellion is failing, and Seven can't even fight anymore, he sends a message out to Zero. Out of all the people in the universe he could have called at that moment, he calls out for his own estranged son. Even during the battle I think he realizes this, culminating in the creation of his signature phrase: After the battle though, with everything winding down, it seems like he's starting to realize just how horrible he has treated his own father, even if he didn't know it. Seven soon arrives and interrupts this train of thought, though. He compliments Zero, saying that he's proud of him, and Zero reaches out, seemingly wanting to embrace him but awkwardly holding out his hand for a handshake. Seven then just up and pulls Zero towards him, the two sharing a long overdue moment of love. Father and son are finally reunited. The best part about this scene to me though was that aside from one or two lines, most of this little moment was done entirely through body language. They couldn't even use facial expressions, just their physical movements, and they pulled it off perfectly. Heck, most of what I said during this rambling was pure speculation based on what happened in the movie and a few bits I randomly remembered from the Ultra Wiki. They could have just explained or showed this process in the movie but they didn't. They just let the suit actors get it across with their performance, and if that's not how you do a reunion scene, then I... guess I'm just an overthinking idiot. Tl;DR I think they did really well with the filming of that scene and I'm glad that I'm finally getting into Ultraman.
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