I used to think that America held the world title for excessive habits across the board but we have clearly been usurped by Japan. We still have a contender in the form of Michael Bay, aka the world’s worst filmmaker. Worse than Uwe Boll. Seriously. But Japan seems to have the market cornered. Mega Monster Battle, the latest tokusatsu feature in the long-running Ultraman franchise proves this. Further evidence comes in the form of Morning Musume, an all-girl J-Pop group (aren’t they all) that featured no less than 16 all-singing, all-dancing chicks. But they have nothing to do with Ultraman, which is a shame because 16 singing and dancing girls would pair well with the upcoming Ultraman assault that pits 50 versions of Ultraman against a couple of evil Ultramen and 100 god damn monsters. Perhaps giant monsters, even. Daikaiju as they call them. I just don’t know what to think anymore. The teaser above doesn’t show much being as it is just a teaser, but tokusatsu has come a long way and doesn’t look as cheap as it used to.
July 3, 2009 6:36 pm
You obviously never saw Super Sentai World.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSJiottysew
Within the course of a short film (less then 10 minutes) you have hundreds of people in spandex jumping all over with smoke bombs and transformation sequences galore. Sentai series have always been over the top.
Enjoy,
-Mike