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09-17-2017, 11:53 PM | #991 |
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I really need to catch up on Geed. I watched teh first 4 episodes and then life happened.
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09-19-2017, 05:02 PM | #992 |
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Currently watching Mebius after meaning to start on Sunday, what didn't help was me getting sick cause of food poisoning. Quick note, if your food arrives like 5 minutes after you order it, consider that it may not be top quality.
That aside, Mebius, so this is the one that takes place in the Showa Continuity compared to it's own compact little place like the previous Heisei Ultra's huh? I do enjoy that there's apparently been a lack of monster activity, so much so that GUYS gets utterly wrecked during their encounter with Dinozaur. That being said I'm on Episode 15 and I'm really enjoying it so far, I like how Crew GUYS is mostly fresh people and not professionals like previously. It really helps me connect with them a bit faster compared to the members of DASH and Xio. I also enjoyed the first plot with Bogar and Tsurugi, like you just get these little drops along with random monster attacks with this woman in white and then this man in black that looks like the dead captain sprinkled along with Tsurugi showing up, and you have to wonder what is even going on. And then it hits you once we get to those couple of episodes of focus which is pretty cool. It's kind of back to regular episodic stuff but I don't really mind since they still manage to keep it interesting, and it's nice to see small cameos even if I can't appreciate them as much as people who have seen Showa Ultra before. So far so good, can't wait to watch the rest. |
09-20-2017, 09:48 PM | #993 |
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Continuing on with Zero's hodgepodge of direct to video specials and movies, I watched Ultraman Zero Vs. Darclops Zero. It was alright. Zero still isn't much of a character in it, but I came out even more convinced Mega Monster Battle is eventually worth my time, and heck, the plot is that there are bad guys making evil robot versions of Ultramen (and Gomora), so, what else could you want?
I also watched Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial. Even though that's not actually what it's called? Seriously I have no idea how anyone is supposed to keep track of all this stuff. That aside, Ultraman Zero The Movie: Super Decisive Battle! Belial Galactic Empire (or whatever), was, in a word: WOW I utterly adored this one. Way more than Mega Monster Whatevertheheck. It's a much more focused and, for lack of a better word, human, film overall and that make it easier for it to connect with me. Zero still doesn't do much in the way of growing, but he's portrayed as a slightly more mellow character and a very determined hero, versus just being some jerk who we're arbitrarily meant to care about. As far as I'm concerned this movie is his real debut. The basic plot of him traveling to another world and bonding with a human to fight bad guys even matches that of most Ultra premieres. The biggest thing that stood out to me here was definitely the visuals, though. They're gorgeous. So many insane sci-fi vistas and awesome actions shots brought to life to a level that's downright inexplicable. I mean, look at this crazy s***: Or this crazy s***: And what about THIS crazy s***: "But all this space stuff gets a little boring!", you say. Don't worry, they've got you covered: What? "That's cool and all, but what I really wanted was-": Pirates? I hope you were about to say pirates, because this movie has pirates. The entire thing is pure eye candy from start to finish, and it really helps build up the epic space adventure feel they were going for. I mean, a movie where Ultraman assembles a misfit team of rebooted Tsuburaya heroes to stop an evil space armada? Sign me the f*** up! Watching this movie genuinely feels like going on some kind of grand quest. It's awesome and I love it. You don't even really need any context for anything going in so it's another movie like X's where I recommend it as a gateway drug. If you hate this film you probably hate fun.
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09-21-2017, 07:00 AM | #994 |
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Continuing on with Zero's hodgepodge of direct to video specials and movies, I watched Ultraman Zero Vs. Darclops Zero. It was alright. Zero still isn't much of a character in it, but I came out even more convinced Mega Monster Battle is eventually worth my time, and heck, the plot is that there are bad guys making evil robot versions of Ultramen (and Gomora), so, what else could you want?
I also watched Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial. Even though that's not actually what it's called? Seriously I have no idea how anyone is supposed to keep track of all this stuff. That aside, Ultraman Zero The Movie: Super Decisive Battle! Belial Galactic Empire (or whatever), was, in a word: WOW
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09-21-2017, 08:48 AM | #995 |
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Yeah, the Revenge of Belial movie is freaking great. It’s one of my favorite tokusatsu movies: this really great sci-if epic that also happens to have Ultraman in it.
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09-21-2017, 10:51 AM | #996 |
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The Zero movie was so good. It essentially being a sci-if adventure story featuring Ultraman makes it so unique and it really helps to establish Zeto as a character. I also really love how they reimagined those old, long forgotten Tsuburaya heroes. Now if only we can get one for Redman
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09-23-2017, 11:43 PM | #997 |
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First post here, mostly so I have a space to yell out about how much I've been recently enjoying these shows. I watched all of Max over the course of several days, and it felt like a really good way to be accustomed to what a 'regular' show in this franchise is, before I moved on to the next season.
Still not over episode 22 of Max though. |
09-28-2017, 07:44 PM | #998 |
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Getting close to the end of my Zero-related checklist with Killer the Beatstar and Ultraman Saga.
Killer the Beatstar has a stupid name. It's also fairly enjoyable. More so than the other direct-to-video things I've watched doing this, but it still didn't leave a bigger impact than "that was pretty good I guess". One thing I will say is that you can tell how much they've honed Zero's character with his last movie, and it's great to see at least one adventure with the Ultimate Force Zero before he went back to teaming up with whatever other Ultramen were in vogue that week. Not gonna lie, I'd love to see a series on Amazon Prime or something about these guys set in the year between Revenge of Belial and this. Saga on the other hand is another really good one. It's no space epic, and it sure as heck doesn't have space epic level effects, though what it does have is a very solid script courtesy of Keiichi Hasegawa. I suppose with as much Ultraman as that guy's written it's only natural, but you can feel the love he has for the franchise here. This is sort of weird to say, but I get the distinct feeling that if I were a kid who grew up really loving Dyna back when it aired, seeing him here would choke me up a bit. While both Cosmos and him are portrayed as these awesome, larger than life legends, the extra affection Hasegawa has for the show he was head writer on is evident. Asuka is the star of this movie and he isn't even in most of it. Zero's pretty great here too. I was worried for a couple minutes I'd hate Taiga, but he makes a great host for Zero, and the movie's willingness to outright embarrass the both of them shows just how far Zero came as a character in just a couple years (i.e. he actually IS one now). Combine all that with some decently likable new characters for how many there are in such a short runtime, and you've got yourself a movie I like a whole bunch.
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09-28-2017, 10:32 PM | #999 |
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Getting close to the end of my Zero-related checklist with Killer the Beatstar and Ultraman Saga.
Killer the Beatstar has a stupid name. It's also fairly enjoyable. More so than the other direct-to-video things I've watched doing this, but it still didn't leave a bigger impact than "that was pretty good I guess". One thing I will say is that you can tell how much they've honed Zero's character with his last movie, and it's great to see at least one adventure with the Ultimate Force Zero before he went back to teaming up with whatever other Ultramen were in vogue that week. Not gonna lie, I'd love to see a series on Amazon Prime or something about these guys set in the year between Revenge of Belial and this. Saga on the other hand is another really good one. It's no space epic, and it sure as heck doesn't have space epic level effects, though what it does have is a very solid script courtesy of Keiichi Hasegawa. I suppose with as much Ultraman as that guy's written it's only natural, but you can feel the love he has for the franchise here. This is sort of weird to say, but I get the distinct feeling that if I were a kid who grew up really loving Dyna back when it aired, seeing him here would choke me up a bit. While both Cosmos and him are portrayed as these awesome, larger than life legends, the extra affection Hasegawa has for the show he was head writer on is evident. Asuka is the star of this movie and he isn't even in most of it. Zero's pretty great here too. I was worried for a couple minutes I'd hate Taiga, but he makes a great host for Zero, and the movie's willingness to outright embarrass the both of them shows just how far Zero came as a character in just a couple years (i.e. he actually IS one now). Combine all that with some decently likable new characters for how many there are in such a short runtime, and you've got yourself a movie I like a whole bunch. |
09-29-2017, 12:04 PM | #1000 |
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Just finished Ultraman Mebius, oh man that was a fantastic series, I don't think a finale for a Toku has gotten me that emotional in such a long time. Jeez I'm still trying to process everything. But yeah, Mebius, really good!
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