Sometimes in Power Rangers and Super Sentai,
I can't wait for the big mecha battle to be over
at the end of the episode because it's just the
same thing every single time. I'm not sure why
I get so tired of it and why it's so boring,
but that happens from time to time. In this episode
of Omega, episode 3, I had a boringness of a
different kind that I had to deal with, and it
was really interesting because I didn't remember
disliking this episode as much as I did, but
I think watching the dub of it... Let me know.
It took away all the mystique of hearing people
speak in Japanese and having me read their words
on the subtitles to see what they're saying to
realize, yeah, this is like a very dry episode.
And I find that funny because I think that Tsuburaya
Productions is the classiest outfit in tokusatsu
or henshin hero stories. And their stories of
transforming heroes don't rely on things being
super poppy. They don't have... Anyway, they're
not relying on va -va -voom from the female cast,
typically. They're not relying on the guys having
crazy hair or makeup or costumes other than,
you know, the ultra costume and, you know, the
guts, militaristic uniform or whatever. Guts
select. Like, there's not a lot of, like, it's
a very, like, vanilla show. And then there's
a giant light fighting Kaiju, which is very cool.
And it kind of makes sense to me because there's
a little bit of a balance there that's being
stricken between this is people in the normal
-ish world with extraordinary things in it. And
we get to see them rise to extraordinary heights
and rise to extraordinary challenges, which is
really cool. I love that concept. I think it's
neat that they call the transformation of Ultraman
the Rise. And then we, like, had Ultraman Rising
and whatever, right? These are kind of like tropes
or basic elements of what makes Ultraman Ultraman.
So I like being in this vanilla world. I've been
wanting to see a world without Kaiju and see
how Kaiju coming to a world and being a new thing
in the world would affect things. I almost now
wonder if I wasn't hoping for that because it
irritates me that kind of like Zordon says, oh,
it's the Minotaur, Rita's Minotaur. It's like,
well, didn't you destroy him once before? Why
is he back now? Same problem with Keeva and the
Fangires, but... We won't talk about that. My
precious Kiva. We will set aside and excuse all
its imperfections because I love it so much.
But anyway. I typically don't think Ultraman
is ever boring. Sometimes it will be low action.
Sometimes it will be... maybe low stakes, but
for sure low action and, like, not a lot of escalation.
Like, sometimes the fight happens once or twice
in the episode, and it's just kind of like, whoa,
that was sudden. Okay, now that Kaiju has gone
from being just a weird thing or causing weird
stuff to happen to, it's fighting, and the guy
needs to transform into Ultraman and destroy
it so it doesn't kill people, whatever. That's
fine. But typically, those episodes are still
very interesting. I'm thinking about the Man
in the White Mask from Ark, and... There's even
an episode coming up in Omega that's like very
subdued and like emotional and personal. And
it's about like human connectivity and human
connections and less about epic battles and,
oh, the city's in danger and things like that.
And yet it was more exciting. It was more engaging.
It had like kind of a... I'll talk about that
when it comes to it. But like this one was just
kind of boring. And it's too bad because we had...
The ancient Chinese kaiju here, we had Reckiness
show up, and, you know, there's two heroes against
one enemy kaiju. You would think that would be
super exciting, but it wasn't. It was, like,
very subdued, and we have this whole thing with
Kosei's backstory, and he was a runner, and he
realized he couldn't do it. So, like, it's all
emotional and touching, and it's nice, but it's
just like, is this show really made for kids?
Like, this is a boring episode for kids. I would
think so. I haven't checked with my kids to see
if they think this one's boring. I know they've
watched some of the makeup, not all of it. I
know one of them would definitely like Paganos.
And like, also I thought Paganos was like kind
of a weak kaiju. Like he wasn't that exciting.
I like birds, but like not penguins so much.
They feel very much less bird -like to me. And
just the way he played off. I don't know. It
just, to me, it wasn't very exciting. It was
like, it was probably like the most disappointing
episode of Omega so far. It's only three in,
but even including the, I think I've seen up
to seven and just like, I don't know, it just
falls flat. It's kind of weird. It doesn't really
make sense. I don't like it. I'm not sure what
happened. And I think it, I don't know. Honestly,
I think the dub made it worse. The subtitle version,
I remember liking a lot more. And thinking, oh,
this is really interesting. And they're like
crafting a world. And there's all these different
things that are going on that are like, you know,
realistic. And, you know, it's a very, the very
similitude of life and whatever. And I thought
like, oh, this is like, it's a literary episode
of Omega. But it's just like, it's kind of boring.
I didn't really like it. And certain things don't
quite make sense. And yeah, I don't know. I find
them frustrating. I find them frustrating. Like
the coolest thing, like if I want to grasp onto
things to talk about, there's Wreckiness. showing
up, being found, whatever. It's unclear if Paganos
was looking for Wreckiness because, again, that's
why he came from wherever because he was across
the sea. Maybe he was in mainland China or something
like that and then he crossed through or, you
know, whatever. He crossed towards where they
are and he ultimately went to where Wreckiness
is. And I think that Soroto was smelling out
or sensing Wreckiness and... That's what put
him, Kosei, and Ayumu all in danger of Paganos
at the end there. And, like, I like that setup,
but everything around it wasn't, like, super
exciting. But, you know, trying to dig in and
pull something good out of this, I guess the
kaiju, Paganos, locked onto the signal of Reckiness
and Omega did at the same time, which, again,
goes more towards this idea that... I think Reckoness
was in Omega somehow, and all these Kaiju were
somehow stored in him. I don't think I've talked
about this theory yet here in my dub reviews,
but I'll just throw it out because it's the most
exciting thing I can talk about, and I'll wrap
up in a minute or two. My theory is that when
he fell from whatever planet and then somehow
landed to Earth, he had a bunch of Kaiju stored
inside of him, and he also had his meteor Kaiju
stored within him, which are Reckoness and...
And maybe, which we'll see later. But like, because
Reckonus has the same, you know, pentagon, pentagonal
crest thing on him that Omega has, I believe
they're definitely bonded to each other. They're
definitely linked to each other. Not just in
design, but like, we're going to find out. Oh
yeah. Yeah. He's like, you know, this is his
version of the reboot Lance and the reboot shield
and whatever. Like this, this is his Ultraman
gear that he has. I don't know if he'll be a
full on Ultraman or if he's whatever, because
there's different dimensions and blah, blah,
blah. But. That's my idea, that he was escorting
these kaiju elsewhere for whatever reason. He
was on his mission. He had a bunch of them stored
within him that he captured because he did. And
when he blew up that planet, it was so powerful.
It knocked him out, wrecked him. It threw away
his armor pieces or his accessories or whatever.
And he's going to slowly collect them over the
show, collect his memories, and realize that
he has a mission. And we'll see what that mission
is. I'm sure that mission is going to threaten
the planet later that he's on. But we'll see.
But that's my theory going forward. And, like,
I don't know. Just, I like when they build the
things slowly. I like when they build the things
reasonably and rationally. But, like, you really
do need to keep it poppy and exciting for the
kids as it goes on. And I don't think they did
a very good job of that this episode. And I was
disappointed. So, what did you think about it
overall? Oh, and then, yeah, Reckon this design
is really weird. I talk about it in a short,
or I'm going to talk about it in a short, whatever.
I'm going to have a short coming out after this
where I talk about that. Yeah. And anyway, you
can also check out my reaction short as well.
And yeah, for now, let me know what you thought
about this episode overall. Let me know what
you thought about Reckonus. His design is very
interesting. It's very Chinese -ish. And again,
that's something we can discuss later. And yeah,
you can check out the full playlist of... You
can check out the full playlist of me talking
about Omega, as well as some other stuff. It'll
be in the pinned comment. It'll be in the description
as well. I've been talking about Project Red.
I've been talking about Commentary Zets Weekly.
I have a playlist for that as well. You can find
all those links in the right places. And I look
forward to hearing from you, getting your feedback
on this. Do you think the Omega dub, or whatever,
do you think Episode 3 of Omega is not so great?
If you've seen them, like I have, the sub and
dub version of it is one better than the other.
That kind of stuff. Let's discuss. And what do
you think about my theory about Omega having
fallen from, and all these things coming out
of him? I'm curious. Anyway, that's it for now.
I got to go, folks. This is MJ with Henshin Inspection
and Going Ultra signing out.