[Switchblade]

Read a pretty cool translation of an interview with Blazer's director, Kiyotaka Taguchi. He was approached to do the 2023 show while Trigger was still in production but was reluctant to sign on because he didn't want to do a Gaia remake. He just didn't think that was something that anyone could do justice to in the current production environment. Seems like Tsubaraya was on the same page because they wanted him to do something new instead of remaking Gaia.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultraman/co...st_time_about/

[Frontier]

I'm currently watching Ultraman Leo and wondering...why does MAC even exist?

Like as an Attack Team they're so ill-defined and barely stand out. It's basically just Gen, Dan, and some other guys and that one girl. Aoshima only stands out because he got two episodes where he conveyed everyone in the team seemed to hate Gen (it was that kind of show). I know they all have names but at the moment (I'm on the episode where King first shows up) I could not put names to those faces.

It's just in stark contrast to ZAT who grew into fairly distinct and recognizable characters and a tight-nit group over time. Even TAC, as bad as they could get with their whole "not believing Hokuto until the last minute" deal, at least got focus episodes and I could name pretty much everyone in the group and their whole deal.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Read a pretty cool translation of an interview with Blazer's director, Kiyotaka Taguchi. He was approached to do the 2023 show while Trigger was still in production but was reluctant to sign on because he didn't want to do a Gaia remake. He just didn't think that was something that anyone could do justice to in the current production environment. Seems like Tsubaraya was on the same page because they wanted him to do something new instead of remaking Gaia.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultraman/co...st_time_about/

I don't disagree though at the same time it just feels weird that we got Trigger and Decker and now...no direct Gaia tribute.

But it's probably for the best.

[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by Frontier

I'm currently watching Ultraman Leo and wondering...why does MAC even exist?

Like as an Attack Team they're so ill-defined and barely stand out. It's basically just Gen, Dan, and some other guys and that one girl. Aoshima only stands out because he got two episodes where he conveyed everyone in the team seemed to hate Gen (it was that kind of show). I know they all have names but at the moment (I'm on the episode where King first shows up) I could not put names to those faces.

It's just in stark contrast to ZAT who grew into fairly distinct and recognizable characters and a tight-nit group over time. Even TAC, as bad as they could get with their whole "not believing Hokuto until the last minute" deal, at least got focus episodes and I could name pretty much everyone in the group and their whole deal.

Give it time. All issues will be resolved.

I'm including a link to a key Kaiju in MAC's history. Avoid it if you don't like spoilers!

https://tsuburaya-prod.com/encyclopedia/silverbloome

[GrandComplete]

Cleopatra release of Shin Ultraman does not sub text on screen and has freqeuent errors in the subs. Shame.



https://twitter.com/_CZQ_133/status/...HdBGMhYiw&s=19

[Kiwami]

Well it's the only way I can watch the movie so I have to live with that I guess.

[TheTakoTank]

That's really bad. I wonder what stopped them from just licensing the subtitles from the theatrical release.

[SHINOBI03]

Was thinking about watching Mebius after Max, but then I thought maybe it's better if I go with Ultraseven X and get over with it real quick before moving to the longer series.

[GuardianAngel87]

I can now officially cross Ultraman X, both the series and the movie, off of my Toku watch list since I managed to finish its Blu-Ray set today. I am considering watching the two seasons of Mega Monster Battle and its movie plus the movies and specials featuring Ultraman Zero before jumping into watching Ultraman Geed and after I finished up on watching either Ultraman Max or Ultraman Taro. I am also hoping to get my copy of the Ultraman Orb Blu-Ray series set from Amazon soon or, at the very least, this upcoming Sunday at the earliest.

[SHINOBI03]

Ultraseven X wasn't bad...

It was BORING!

When everyone was describing it as the worst thing to come out of the Ultra Series I was expecting a real stinker here, but all I got was an extremely dull series. What was so "mature" about it exactly? Because when I heard about this description I was expecting more "adult" stuff like extreme gore or nudity or sensitive topics that couldn't be shown or discussed on the regular Ultraman airing slots, but it was extremely tame it makes the Showa era the more "adult" of the two. Even Heisei Ultraseven had more interesting stuff going on than this snoozefest. None of the characters were interesting, the setting was boring, and I didn't like Seven's shoulders.

[Sunred]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Switchblade

Read a pretty cool translation of an interview with Blazer's director, Kiyotaka Taguchi. He was approached to do the 2023 show while Trigger was still in production but was reluctant to sign on because he didn't want to do a Gaia remake. He just didn't think that was something that anyone could do justice to in the current production environment. Seems like Tsubaraya was on the same page because they wanted him to do something new instead of remaking Gaia.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultraman/co...st_time_about/

Nice. At one point I was hoping they would do something that is a Gaia remake because of the whole TDG trio connection but I think they were right to go with Blazar. Because given how even within the TDG trio Gaia was its own thing iirc, Tiga and Dyna were in a shared universe. In that sense they are fulfilling that remake quota in a way given how Blazar is also its own thing from the look of things so far. And who knows, maybe we'll get the Agul to Blazar's Gaia along the way but right now I think they were right to go the path they did instead of the obvious/expected one.