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ljacone · 01-23-2013, 01:09 PM

STILL waiting on my Ultra Kaiju Bemlar; supposedly going to ship some time this week. I want someone for my Ultra-Act Ultraman to fight, dagnabit!

My wife had to work last night, so after the kids went to bed I got to watch some Ultraman. I watched episodes 18-21 from the Mill Creek DVDs. The episodes featured the monsters Zarab-seijin, Aboras & Banilla, Hidora, and Kemular.

The show is really hitting it's stride now and the mix of more traditional science fiction is now becoming more confident. The Zarab-seijin episode is a devious twist up of the Day The Earth Stood Still, with an alien coming to Earth claiming to be friendly but is (of course) secretly evil. Zarab is a bad dude, and he gives us our first Ultra vs Ultra fight! (Sort of.)

The next episode has Aboras and Banilla being accidentally awoken from their ancient tomb and rampaging across the country to fight at the Olympic arena. It's the first time in a while that we have seen two monsters fight on the show, and it's a neat fight as they destroy the arena. Both monsters are clearly rehashes of earlier suits but they have a lot of personality so that's alright. And we get some great city-smashing as well!

The Hidora episode has some metaphysical elements as the monster seems to be embodied with the soul of a dead boy. Hidora himself is a really in-your-face monster. When Ultraman first appears to fight him, he is not even done landing before Hidora runs right into his chest and knocks him down. Plus the ending is a twist, too.

Finally, the Kemular episode had some elements which (to me anyway) called back to earlier Tsuburaya stuff. Namely, the scene of the ladies hiking up the mountain only to be attacked by Kemular made me think of the young couple being attacked in Rodan. Similarly we get a very old school scene of Kemular raging across an open field as the JSDF pounds on him with artillery, only to have the monster lay waste to them.

I can't wait to watch some more. The Jamilia episode is coming up, and some classic monsters are going to reappear soon. This show is just an absolute blast.

Well my seller has finally marked my Bemular vinyl as Shipped so hopefully he should be here in a few days!

01-23-2013, 01:09 PM	#39
ljacone Uchu Kaiju Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,669	STILL waiting on my Ultra Kaiju Bemlar; supposedly going to ship some time this week. I want someone for my Ultra-Act Ultraman to fight, dagnabit! My wife had to work last night, so after the kids went to bed I got to watch some Ultraman. I watched episodes 18-21 from the Mill Creek DVDs. The episodes featured the monsters Zarab-seijin, Aboras & Banilla, Hidora, and Kemular. The show is really hitting it's stride now and the mix of more traditional science fiction is now becoming more confident. The Zarab-seijin episode is a devious twist up of the Day The Earth Stood Still, with an alien coming to Earth claiming to be friendly but is (of course) secretly evil. Zarab is a bad dude, and he gives us our first Ultra vs Ultra fight! (Sort of.) The next episode has Aboras and Banilla being accidentally awoken from their ancient tomb and rampaging across the country to fight at the Olympic arena. It's the first time in a while that we have seen two monsters fight on the show, and it's a neat fight as they destroy the arena. Both monsters are clearly rehashes of earlier suits but they have a lot of personality so that's alright. And we get some great city-smashing as well! The Hidora episode has some metaphysical elements as the monster seems to be embodied with the soul of a dead boy. Hidora himself is a really in-your-face monster. When Ultraman first appears to fight him, he is not even done landing before Hidora runs right into his chest and knocks him down. Plus the ending is a twist, too. Finally, the Kemular episode had some elements which (to me anyway) called back to earlier Tsuburaya stuff. Namely, the scene of the ladies hiking up the mountain only to be attacked by Kemular made me think of the young couple being attacked in Rodan. Similarly we get a very old school scene of Kemular raging across an open field as the JSDF pounds on him with artillery, only to have the monster lay waste to them. I can't wait to watch some more. The Jamilia episode is coming up, and some classic monsters are going to reappear soon. This show is just an absolute blast. Well my seller has finally marked my Bemular vinyl as Shipped so hopefully he should be here in a few days! __________________ Check out my Japanese giant monster podcast --Earth Destruction Directive! Last edited by Baltan II; 02-09-2013 at 06:16 PM..