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Hachigatsu		#41	[-]
Jun 14 11 2:49 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That is correct! Although there is no "Seijin" (Star Man) suffix attached to the character Dada — it's just "Dada" (even though they are indeed alien invaders). Here's the scene in question — go to the 4:45 mark: August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA
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DerGolem		#42	[-]
Jun 14 11 8:38 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That's true. But when it happens during the fight with Dada it's just a single quick moment. In fact it seemed to me like a joke. "Look Ultraman shrunk down to human size. Oh. Wait. No. Crap! Dada's a giant now back to giant size." With both Ultraseven and Tiga there have been whole episodes where the hero transforms and then stays human size for the entire episode, fighting the bad guys, etc.... Episode 28 of the original series is a good episode though. It's one of the more serious minded episodes and Dada is a creepy villain who turns out to be a real challenge for Ultraman.
Hachigatsu		#43	[-]
Jun 14 11 3:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It doesn't matter if it's a fight or not — the fact of the matter is, this is the first such occurrence in the Ultra Series. August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA
LCranston		#44	[-]
Aug 7 11 3:04 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	When I saw this moment in the Dada episode, it threw me for a loop as well. In thinking about it, it seemed to me that Ultraman didn't change of his own volition - it was something the Dada did to keep Ultraman confused. Now, this isn't to say Ultraman couldn't have shrunk if he wanted to, but really, it doesn't seem like there would have been any advantage to turning small at that moment. Was his shrinking something that the writers were specifically instructed to not include as part of his powers (in this series)? I've only seen most of Ultraman 66, and a couple Seven and Max episodes. Is there a fan ranking of the various series (like Star Trek), or is the source of a whole lot of arguments (like Star Trek)? "I live the unknown, I love the unknown... I AM the unknown." Last Edited By: LCranston Aug 7 11 3:13 PM. Edited 1 times.
Hachigatsu		#45	[-]
Aug 7 11 4:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Officially, it's a listed power of Ultraman. I believe that the thought never crossed their minds when creating the series bible, which is why it never happened before or after (in the series, itself; although if you look at the first and last episodes, it appears that Ultraman is human size, when you factor in the size of the Beta Capsule in both scenes). Still, fans are fans, and they do argue about these things — much like their US counterparts — but among hardcore fans, ULTRA SEVEN is considered the best, overall. ULTRAMAN and RETURN OF ULTRAMAN, both also rank in pretty high. ULTRA Q is considered a masterpiece of the genre, but it is on a pedestal all it's own. August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA
DerGolem		#46	[-]
Aug 8 11 6:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It certainly doesn't appear as if early on in the Ultra Series' existence there was much effort extended to try and keep the show's mythology in check. Ultraman and Hayata are separate entities but for a time share a body. Seven and Dan however appear to be the same person with Dan simply being Seven's alter-ego while on Earth. Ultraman can only be in Ultra form on Earth for three minuets at a time or else his color timer starts blinking. Seven doesn't have a color timer and can be Seven as long as he wants. Ultraman is almost always a giant while Seven fluctuates between human size and giant size. Later Ultra series and movies only seem to compound this confusion. Take the size of an Ultra as an example. In Ultraman Tiga, when GUTS finds Tiga he is a giant and when Daigo transforms into Tiga he almost always becomes a giant, but there are episodes where he becomes Tiga and is human size. In Ep. 49 of Tiga, which is a really cool episode BTW, we see the original Ultraman talking to Eiji Tsuburaya (watch the episode if you want that explained) and there Ultraman is the same size as a person. So is human size the default size for an Ultra? Well apparently not because in the movie Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy (2009) we get to travel to the Land of Light for the first time and see that all the Ultra are giants there. So apparently giant size is their default size. And that's one of the more simple conundrums. Don't even get me started on the whole duel identity issue which I'm still not sure I understand....
Hachigatsu		#47	[-]
Aug 9 11 2:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	ULTRA SEVEN does have a "Color Timer" of a sort, the Beam Lamp on his forehead. I believe this gimmick was only used twice on the series, IIRC. In those days, no one cared about strict continuity. Originally, ULTRA SEVEN and ULTRAMAN weren't related at all. This changed with Episode 38 & 39 of RETURN OF ULTRAMAN. It didn't matter, because this was long before the advent of home video, and they didn't even believe that there would be re-runs of these shows twenty years down the road. A lot of the mythology also came from the editors of children's magazines during the '60s and '70s, who had carte blanche to write whatever they dreamed up — some of it was eventually absorbed as canon. This is why the later series exist in different universes. ULTRAMAN TIGA and ULTRAMAN DYNA are set in one Universe. ULTRAMAN GAIA, ULTRAMAN MAX and ULTRAMAN NEXUS are each in their own separate universes. ULTRAMAN MEBIUS returns to the '70s Continuity, and this is the universe in Ultraman Zero resides. Now, with the second film in the Ultraman Zero trilogy, BELIAL'S GALACTIC EMPIRE, they've introduced the fact that there are Multiverses, and so the Ultra Beings in those different universes can cross over — thereby allowing Tsuburaya be to team up Ultraman Dyna with Ultraman Zero, etc. The first time we travel to the Land of Light is in a two-part episode of ULTRAMAN TARO (1973), as well as in a few episodes of ULTRAMAN LEO (1974), and about ten years later in the theatrical feature THE ULTRAMAN STORY. As for the Dual Identity issue in the original series, Hayata was killed and Ultraman possesses his body to keep him alive, and so that he can have a host on Earth. At the end of the series, when they separate, Hayata has no memory after their first meeting (in the US version, they are both aware throughout the series). August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA
Kaijubait		#48	[-]
Aug 9 11 6:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hachigatsu wrote: Originally, ULTRA SEVEN and ULTRAMAN weren't related at all. I got the impression though, that ULTRAMAN and ULTRA Q were related, as the later series would sometimes reference things from ULTRA Q.
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DerGolem		#49	[-]
Aug 9 11 7:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hachigatsu wrote: ULTRA SEVEN does have a "Color Timer" of a sort, the Beam Lamp on his forehead. I believe this gimmick was only used twice on the series, IIRC. In those days, no one cared about strict continuity. Originally, ULTRA SEVEN and ULTRAMAN weren't related at all. This changed with Episode 38 & 39 of RETURN OF ULTRAMAN. It didn't matter, because this was long before the advent of home video, and they didn't even believe that there would be re-runs of these shows twenty years down the road. A lot of the mythology also came from the editors of children's magazines during the '60s and '70s, who had carte blanche to write whatever they dreamed up — some of it was eventually absorbed as canon. This is why the later series exist in different universes. ULTRAMAN TIGA and ULTRAMAN DYNA are set in one Universe. ULTRAMAN GAIA, ULTRAMAN MAX and ULTRAMAN NEXUS are each in their own separate universes. ULTRAMAN MEBIUS returns to the '70s Continuity, and this is the universe in Ultraman Zero resides. Now, with the second film in the Ultraman Zero trilogy, BELIAL'S GALACTIC EMPIRE, they've introduced the fact that there are Multiverses, and so the Ultra Beings in those different universes can cross over — thereby allowing Tsuburaya be to team up Ultraman Dyna with Ultraman Zero, etc. The first time we travel to the Land of Light is in a two-part episode of ULTRAMAN TARO (1973), as well as in a few episodes of ULTRAMAN LEO (1974), and about ten years later in the theatrical feature THE ULTRAMAN STORY. As for the Dual Identity issue in the original series, Hayata was killed and Ultraman possesses his body to keep him alive, and so that he can have a host on Earth. At the end of the series, when they separate, Hayata has no memory after their first meeting (in the US version, they are both aware throughout the series). Yeaaah.....I've always had a very "anything goes" attitude towards superhero fiction, which is why I like Japanese superhero series so much because they seem to embrace that attitude while American superhero movies - especially today - seem so preoccupied with trying to make these character's and their universe limited to the confines of everyday reality. But thanks for the info anyway August. BTW did you like BELIAL'S GALACTIC EMPIRE?
Hachigatsu		#50	[-]
Aug 10 11 11:16 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kaijubait wrote: Hachigatsu wrote: Originally, ULTRA SEVEN and ULTRAMAN weren't related at all. I got the impression though, that ULTRAMAN and ULTRA Q were related, as the later series would sometimes reference things from ULTRA Q. Very loosely. August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA
Hachigatsu		#51	[-]
Aug 10 11 11:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	DerGolem wrote: BTW did you like BELIAL'S GALACTIC EMPIRE? Yes. It was entertaining, but I didn't think it was as good as the previous film, with some minor exceptions. Looking forward to the third film in the trilogy, ULTRAMAN SAGA, due to open in Japanese cinemas this coming February — the first Ultraman adventure produced in the miracle of 3-D! http://www.ultramansaga.com/ August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA
DerGolem		#52	[-]
Aug 10 11 7:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hachigatsu wrote: DerGolem wrote: BTW did you like BELIAL'S GALACTIC EMPIRE? Yes. It was entertaining, but I didn't think it was as good as the previous film, with some minor exceptions. Looking forward to the third film in the trilogy, ULTRAMAN SAGA, due to open in Japanese cinemas this coming February — the first Ultraman adventure produced in the miracle of 3-D! http://www.ultramansaga.com/ Really? I actually enjoyed it much more then the previous film. I thought BELIAL'S GALACTIC EMPIRE had a better story and more cohesive plot. It felt less like they were throwing elements from a bunch of different Ultra series together and just seeing what stuck which is how I felt about ULTRA GALAXY. Also I'm glad that BELIAL broke the mode of having an ending where the villain fuses a bunch of monsters together into one giant monster which they have been doing for what seems like forever now. I also felt that the SFX in BELIAL had improved. There were quite a few scenes in ULTRA GALAXY that just looked off, especially the scene where Seven's capsule monsters fight with the other Kaiju. Something about how they composited the human actors and the giant Kaiju together just seemed....poorly done. But in BELIAL it looked seamless. I also really enjoyed all the other heroes they brought in. Glenfire was great and I love to just watch his fight with Zero over and over. Last Edited By: DerGolem Aug 11 11 12:08 AM. Edited 1 times.
Hachigatsu		#53	[-]
Aug 10 11 8:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Why I lean more towards GALAXY, is that it seems as thought it brought the stories you'd see in the Japanese children's magazines in the '70s to life. Another element was there were actual monsters, including a nice battle between Gomora and Zaragas (two of my all-time faves). I see your point, but I felt that the human characters in BELIAL were extremely cliched and the acting was terrible (and I hated the Space Pirates — what is this? An Irwin Allen Production?). But, there are elements in both films that have their pluses and minuses, and while I enjoyed both, I'm sticking with GALAXY by a narrow margin. I do agree completely that the Climatic Combined Monster Big Boss just had to go... So, I'm hoping that ULTRAMAN SAGA will have the best of both films rolled into one. August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA
DarkPinoy	Ultraseven TNT	#54	[-]
Aug 22 12 1:41 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Last Edited By: DarkPinoy Aug 22 12 1:43 AM. Edited 1 times.
DarkPinoy		#55	[-]
Aug 22 12 1:43 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kaiju wrote: DougGorius wrote: If anybody has a clean copy of the TNT airing of the banned episode plus the best-looking copy of its Japanese version, please PM me (not interested in .avi's, though). I would love to restore that episode. Are the textless opening credits available anywhere? That could help, too. We (Hi no Tori) plan on doing that, which by the way, we are looking for someone with some audio editing skills. We have the TNT version, which is the best visually/video wise copy I've seen. And we have a cruddy visually Japanese version with Japanese audio. So our plan is to edit on a 'normal' OP sequence with a 'custom' ep title on it and run the TNT video with Japanese audio edited onto it to make it the best possible version and keeping it 'Japanese original' looking as possible also. So if you think you may want to help us with that... that would be super cool. We are on ep09 at the moment, so it won't be long before we're onto 12. If you're interested, just shoot a msg or answer here or whatnot and I can give you some links/video's to play around with. Is there anyway I can get episode 39 and 40 of Ultraseven TNT? Thanks
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