by kidnicky » Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:52 am
Whatever problem I had is fine now,and I’ve watched episodes 1 & 2. It’s cool enough for me to keep watching,the fight between Bemular and ultraman jr sold me on it,it was like a grown up power rangers.
That being said,I don’t get it. What I like,and what I gather most fans like,about tokusatsu and Kaiju movies and shows up s the actual,you know,tokusatsu. I understand there’s inherent issues with suits that aren’t an issue if you switch to animation,but then instead of regular animation they used PS2 cut scenes that have just as many drawbacks as suits do,just in different ways. You go from the Kaiju looking fake to the humans looking fake. Arguably worse,since the human scenes are where you’re supposed to identify with and empathize with the characters.
It’s the same issue as Netflix Godzilla,where it’s an anime reimagining of a Kaiju classic,but the people in charge don’t really know why people like Kaiju OR why they like anime.
That said,the Netflix Godzilla makes me doze off,and Netflix Ultraman is at least entertainment. It actually seems pretty cool from what I’ve seen in the first 2 episodes. Also I know some people didn’t like how it differed from the classic show,but I’ve read one or two volumes of the manga this was based on,so I expected it to be how it is.
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