i LOVED this show when i was a kid in the 70's!!! the special effects were top notch, the acting was great and the monsters were killer!!! soooo, when my sister recently gave me the ultraman dvd set, i couldn't wait to get reaquainted with one of my favorite shows of all time.

OH MY GOD THAT SHOW WAS TERRIBLE!!!

amazing what 30 years can do for your tastes!!! OMG, i haven't laughed so hard at unintentional humor !





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Oh Hell-2da-FUCK-YES!!!!

I lived in Japan from 1978-1981 and tuned in daily to Japanese TV- didn't know what they were saying but knew I LOVED it!

All the toy stores in Japan still have plenty of Ultraman stuff and the original toys can be quite expensive. I never saw the show back in the seventies/eighties, but I think it still looks quite stylish, and you can see that it's had a huge impact on the Japanese action hero shows of today, which have basically cloned the concept.

I can't believe that somebody remembers Ultraman. I was talking about him the other day and nobody new what the hell i was talking about.

Does anybody remember Johnny Socko? It was the same era, Mid to late 70's.

I used to watch that after school. I learned a lot.

I always wished that Godzilla would come and kick his butt, but it never happened as far as I can recall.

jaimestarr79 said:

johnny sokko and his giant robot

Did anyone say "Johnny Socko"? http://www.youtube.com/wa...UA6PfBoh70

It's worth mentioning that the topmost photo in your post is from one of Ultraman's more recent incarnations and not from the original 1960's series.

Not to date myself, but I have some recollection of the first series when it aired on local TV in the late 60's. I couldn't have been more than about 4 years old! I viewed the DVD set too. Though crude by todays standards I found it pretty fun to watch. I used to work with a cat that was a huge Gozilla/Kaiju fan. He hooked me up with a videotape of one of the newer feature lenghth films. They are a huge improvement over the earlier series especially the SPFX. Definately worth checking out.

Man I feel old...I was into Manga/Anime at least a good decade or so before it became hip. This was in the pre-internet days back when you had to trade tapes go to a comic convention to find out about the latest stuff.

Fury said:

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How come all this giants can fight in downtown Toyoko and not wind up needing to scrap some poor slob off their soles?