Rob Zombie and Ultraman...

He's Red and Silver, as tall as a building, and kicks the butts of Giant Monsters!! He's also Japan's most enduring and favorite Superhero!! From Ultra Seven to Ultraman Orb, discuss the many incarnations of Ultraman here!! Let's not forget Zone Fighter! Kamen Rider! Gridman! The infinity of Toei Sentai Teams! For such a small island, Japan is bursting with colorful superheroes! Discuss Japanese Heroes here as well!!

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Rob Zombie and Ultraman...

Postby MouthForWar » Sat Nov 28, 2009 4:18 am

I realize that since making sh*tty Halloween movies, Mr. Zombie isn't really everyone's favorite guy these days. But I just saw him put on a KILLER show here in Detroit. One of the most pleasant surprises was he played tons of clips from the first 4 or so Ultraman shows (as well as some Kamen Rider), including clips from the original Japanese opening credits in a video montage during "More Human Than Human." He also played a lot of clips and trailers for old Hammer and Universal movies, but that's more or less expected out of him. He also had a Harryhausen montage during one of the songs... a lot of weird anime clips as well. Also, a Gorgo montage was shown during one of the songs. On a related note, there were always Ultraman vinyl toys floating around on Pee Wee's Playhouse and guess who was a set designer for that show? Rob Zombie himself.

Anyway, I just thought it was pretty cool to see Ultraman being played during a sold out rock concert and thought some folks here might think it was neat also. He also had a screen up during "Dragula" that was showing the heads of a bunch of classic movie monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, King Kong, etc. and Godzilla was one of the monsters shown. Just thought it was cool to see a popular band give love to Japanese monsters alongside well known American classics.
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