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[bryant]

I didn't know anything about Ultraman before seeing these four episodes. What I know now: there are five members of Team DASH, and they fight giant monsters, kinda like Kaiju Big Battel. Team DASH is a special group within the UDF. Giant monsters tend to ravage a specific area of Tokyo which is a cut below the classic Toho models.

Officer Kaito can turn into Ultraman Max, who is exceedingly tall and who kicks butt on almost everyone. He only gets to stick around for three minutes, though. And, um, that's pretty much it.

Of the four episodes, the episode where a staff writer dreams he's Officer Kaito dreaming he's a staff writer was my favorite. Miike's comedy episode with cat monsters (Fluffy, Mopsy, and Blackie, says S.) who eat memories also rocked. The other two were OK. Everything was low budget. I kind of want a toy King Ele. Nice way to finish off the evening.

Grade: B.

Comments

[mcroft.livejournal.com]

I watched the old 1960s Ultraman episodes on TV in the 1970s. That series used the actual Toho models in many of the episodes.

Hadn't thought about it much since then. We have the 2002 series, Ultraman Tiga in our NetFlix queue, so someday I'll see more.

[telepresence.livejournal.com]

I've never seen Ultraman Max, though I have seen some clips ("Max! Max! Max!", it seems funny. My main memory of Ultraman were the old 70s series, and those are mixed up hugely with memories from Space Giants. The idea of "arty" Ultraman stories amuse me.