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Do you think geed has a whole fanclub back in the land of light?
I don’t know if he has a fanclub... what I think is that bc he’s SO baby compared to every other ultra all the adult ultras see his exploits as like that Japanese tv show where little kids go on their first ever errand
the truth is that I really didn't like moa and that soured geed for me overall. first she was too silly. and you know I love silly women and I'm a silly woman myself, but due to sakamoto's evil influence I just felt like she was treated as this eye candy bimbo. second she had a crush on riku who was six years younger than her and grew up in her house as her adopted little brother? what the fuck was that about I hate that
Forced perspective figures used in filming various "Ultra Rise" transformation scenes.
So, apparently, crucifixion in Super Sentai is a trope going all the way back to the first series, Himitsu Sentai GoRanger. This did not get started with Sentai though as Crucifixion in Toku dates back to at least Ultraseven* in 1967:
Perhaps even more (in)famously is the scene from 1972′s Ultraman Ace where the Ultra Brothers are crucified on the Planet Gologotha as a trap for the new hero.
This scene is actually so famous in the series that it got a scene set release in the Ultra Act toyline from Bandai.
I think this got started because the creator of Ultraman and Ultraseven, Eiji Tsuburaya, was a Catholic who liked to infuse Christian religious imagery into his work. The classic Ultraman specium beam pose is supposed to resemble a cross, the ultimate ward against evil.
The actual meaning of crucifixion was apparently lost and seen as just a means of restraint before an execution. Or maybe the meaning was stripped away and the original intent as an archaic, barbaric form of execution restored.
The Super Sentai series above are (in order of the pictures):
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
Himitsu Sentai GoRanger
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
Choudenshi Bioman
Hikari Sentai Maskman
Choujin Sentai Jetman
and then two instances from:
Hyakujyuu Sentai GaoRanger
*The episode of Ultraseven featuring the hero’s crucifixion was accidentally aired (in dubbed form) by TNT in the United States on Easter Sunday, an act that upset several of their viewers considering TNT is based in the Conservative Southern city of Atlanta.
Far too many ultramen are just chill about their dads when they could be a little more angsty towards them like Zero don't hug that man he abandoned you your entire childhood! You didn't even know he was your dad until a few hours ago! Taiga you've clearly got a decent relationship with your dad but you've never wanted to fight him? Not even a little? This is where the really traditionalist, conservative politics of the Ultraman franchise towards The Family as an entity really hold it back from its full story telling potential.
Taiga's entire plotline could have been FAR tastier if he had more resentment directed at his father for leaving such big shoes to fill and being so strict with him and so certain of his way being the "right" way. Like Tregear presenting Taiga with an alternative way of looking at things could have been far more tempting for Taiga and dramatically interesting for the viewer. Having a great figure like Taro have to learn something just as much as Taiga had to learn something could have made for a really interesting story.
Zero not knowing about who his dad was feels like a misstep in an attempt at coming up with a plot twist. His frustration while training and then his upset over seeing Ultraseven dead would have hit harder had he known Ultraseven was his father the entire time. Maybe the plot twist could have been that he and Seven knew the whole time but everyone else didn't because they were hiding it for some reason? Anyway.
And this isn't even touching on the fuck shit they do when it comes to mothers.
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