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Originally Posted by Sephirothsword117
1: How well do you have to know the franchise going in to get what's going on?
2: If you DO know the franchise going in does it give you the middle finger for doing so?
3: Is there any nudity (I know Ultraman is traditionally targeted in such a way as to not have that, but my understandings are that there have been at least 1/2 series in the past that break that rule. Since i'll be watching when it's slow at work, I don't want to risk it with out a heads up in advance.).
4: Is it outright crap, or is it at least entertaining/enjoyable?
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1: No. It's all pretty well explained, but there are also huge differences in the history to the show I grew up watching. So in fact, you might be better off not knowing anything.
2: Liberties were taken and changes made.
3: not in the first 2 episodes
4: Not my taste (see major liberties taken) but it isn't utterly terrible.
There were something like 9 Ultramen, be I only ever got to see the first one.
Originally, The Guy had to push the button on his widget to turn into the giant kaiju fighter. Because he was bonded to the human, Ultraman had a limited timespan/power supply, and there was a flashing light on his chest to warn him when he only had one minute left. The original actor in the Ultraman scuba suit (painted silver and red) was a martial artist, and used actual art poses for his FX power attacks.
Now UltraMan seems more like an Iron Man knock off. Maybe this is addressed/resolved in later episodes.