Anyone here not into Ultraman as much as they hoped?

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Anyone here not into Ultraman as much as they hoped?

Postby Dr Kain » Mon May 14, 2012 3:09 pm

Is there anyone here who would love to be an Ultraman fan, but for some reason, have trouble getting into the shows? I mean, I watched UltraSeven as a kid, enjoyed it, imported some of the R2s a few years back and could not really get into them. Then I liked Ultraman Tiga when I first got the DVDs, but I tried to start rewatching the show a few days ago and could not get out of the first few episodes. I haven't even been able to fully sit through a different series. I guess Ultraman just isn't for me no matter how much I try to really get into the series.
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Postby TripMasterMunky » Tue May 15, 2012 12:06 am

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Postby Garasharp K7 » Tue May 15, 2012 11:39 am

I still like Ultraman quite a bit, though I don't have this all-consuming urge to see every single series and movie that I had many years ago.
I can still go back to my dvds - the original series, Tiga, the few volumes of Ultraseven, Ace, Taro and Return of Ultraman, and I still have some volumes of Max and Mebius to get through too - though I'm not in a hurry to do so right now. I did watch the '70s anime series a few months ago and really enjoyed it, and I'm re-watching Ultra Q right now. So I may revisit some other Ultra shows fairly soon.
But while I can see myself watching the old shows again, I can't seem to get motivated to check out any of the more recent stuff. I think the last movies I watched were The Next and one of the Ultra Brothers flicks, and that was a few years ago. I've seen a few snippets here and there - some Ultra Galaxy, bits of the Zero movies, but I'm not chomping at the bit to see them.
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Postby MekaGojira3k » Tue May 15, 2012 12:00 pm

I've never had a problem getting into it, the difficulty is my actually sitting down to watch a bunch of episodes.
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Postby sentaison » Tue May 15, 2012 10:33 pm

I'm still "into" Ultraman, and will be for the rest of my life. It was certainly one of the high points of my childhood, and I will always have a love for the work of Eiji Tsuburaya and his heirs. I'm not as fanatical about picking up everything I can get my hands on as I used to be, but I can't imagine a time that I won't be looking to add to my video collection.
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Postby MekaGojira3k » Tue May 15, 2012 11:26 pm

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Postby Timz » Thu May 17, 2012 10:18 pm

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Postby king_ghidorah » Thu May 17, 2012 10:28 pm

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Postby MekaGojira3k » Thu May 17, 2012 10:29 pm

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Postby kiryugoji04 » Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:23 pm

Man, rewatching the final battle of Ace episode five this morning... Guys, I REALLY love Ultraman. I am the very definition of being in opposition to the nature of this thread. :lol:
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Postby Dr Kain » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:58 pm

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Postby Dagarah72 » Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:06 pm

I was a fan since I was a kid so I had no trouble getting into it as it featured my favorite thing in a sci-fi movie: monsters. I've liked most of the shows that I watched, with the exception of Ultraman Mebius, which just didn't do much for me.


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