Soooooooooooo since Megaupload's untimely demise forced me to call off my epic ENTIRE ULTRA SERIES MARATHON for the time being and because we had a little time after finishing our weekly dose of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and Kamen Rider Fourze, G.H.I.D.R.A.H. put on the first episode of Ultraman Dyna (subbed!).
Hm. It was... okay. A
very cool monster, some fun ideas, but overall pretty underwhelming. More underwhelming than Tiga's opening episode, actually, and I was rather underwhelmed with that. The 90s video-composited effects kind of hurt my soul sometimes - I mean, while I respect that they're a necessary step in the modernization of the franchise, that won't make me magically find them aesthetically pleasing. I have plenty of respect for TRON but I have no intention of watching it again - it gave me a headache!
No, but video effects aside, the bigger problem here was the pacing. That is, it felt sluggish sometimes and rather on the disjointed side, I suppose because it was introducing so much into one episode.
Not terrible but I think I'll keep soaking up the pre-Tiga stuff for now. Anyway, HERE IS A DYNA THREAD FOR EVERYONE ELSE.