I feel like Neronga and Gabora will appear fairly early in the movie and serve as smaller adversaries, monsters that humans are powerless against but Ultraman can defeat with relative ease.

And for the final boss - Zetton is the obvious choice but I’d say it would be too "early” for it to show up if Ultraman makes his first appearance within the movies running time.

So I'd say Baltan as well. The plot could very well involve an alien invasion.

@Topic: The announcement of the SHF made me realize something about Shin Ultraman. Many people say they use CG instead of a suit actor to make him appear more "alien". And they were right, kind of.

Because seeing the SHF alongside the "classic" Ultraman SHF's (SHINOBI03 posted a comparison in the SHF thread) made me realize - Ultraman is more alien because he is more human. He's a believable living being on its own now, not a human within a suit. Kamen Rider and Sentai work because it’s humans wearing suits. But Ultraman is not a human inside a suit, he's a living being himself.

While Shin is skinny and a bit elongated, the overall frame is not all too different from a human skeleton.

https://i.imgur.com/Dcxnwk8.jpg

Thanks, Kiwami, this image you posted is going to turn up in my nightmares. :p

Oh by all means, have some more!

Fighting giant monsters and stuff is really heavy on the joints apparently.

https://i.imgur.com/B3oESum.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/AvYw4MN.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DRsK7zp.jpg

Yeah. I too think they might throw in Baltan as the final boss, though I would love to see Jirass come back, or Gomora or Red King. Though Bemular being the first enemy in the original makes me think he might appear in this. Also, maybe this is just me remembering Evangelion or Shin Godzilla, but I'm bracing myself in case Ultraman gets some kind of horrifying makeover at some point in the film.

Science indicates that were humanoid lifeforms were to exist in outer space, they would indeed be tall and lanky due to the different (lesser) gravitational forces. \

Also the human skeletal structure and material of bones has a theoretical limit of a human being like 45 feet tall before it would collapse on itself.

*weeps bitterly into her hands* I will never be able to watch Ultraman again without thinking of that cross-section of his EXPOSED BRAIN.

Random thought but, knowing Tsuburaya, I wonder when Shin will crossover with "regular" Ultraman canon. He'll be a power-up / transformation trinket fairly soon I think, but I wonder if they will make a suit for him so he can appear in stuff like Ultra Galaxy Fight. Or leave him CG but still fight alongside regular Ultras.

https://i.imgur.com/jiggHDG.jpg

Baltan for sure needs to appear. Maybe Bemular for a flashback scene.

In my mind it would be strange for any other kaiju to be in the film when there's no merch for them.

I want to see OG Ultraman and Shin Ultraman do this
https://twitter.com/tokugifs/status/1312126960689016832