What can I say about Ultraman Omega Episode 8?
I'm not really sure. It wasn't the greatest episode,
and it wasn't the worst. It was definitely an
episode, and there was something that I got mad
at, and then I realized I was totally... So,
last episode, we had the debut of Trigaron, and
then this episode, we had his debut as a weapon,
which is what happened with Reckonus. He was
introduced in one episode, which I think was
two, and then episode three, maybe it was three
and four, whatever, then he was used as a weapon.
sorry, much like Soroto in episode seven, I too
have caught a cold, so here we are, anyway, uh,
I don't really have much criticism for this,
uh, it was weird that we had this bunch of, like,
jokers who were able to make this, uh, AI that
they worked with, Jennifer, which is just funny,
um, and this, uh, in this Red Panda book, uh,
one of the guys makes a might have been an episode
actually he makes a weapon uh or he gets a weapon
from somebody he calls it deborah and uh it stops
working at some point he says oh deborah you
finally got killed me gotten me killed or whatever
it was just like a funny thing um but i know
it's common to give ai different kinds of names
to to humanize them or whatever make them more
you know easy to work with anyway um So yeah,
these Jokers, the Ghost Riders, which I appreciated
their little logo and their team. I didn't really
like their hip -hooper -ah kind of thing, but
whatever. They were kind of an interesting group.
They reminded me of, last episode we had an X
-Files thing, they kind of reminded me of the
Lone Gunman. There's three of them. their name
doesn't really make sense there's the lone gunman
uh but there's three of them uh i don't remember
if that's spelled out lone gun man is their group
or if they're the lone gun men which if you're
alone then there's multiples of you that doesn't
make any sense which they pointed out in the
x files but um again they kind of have that vibe
but they also have some sort of like weird uh
I don't know, like hacky science guide or a vibe
to them where they're able to make this interdimensional
portal thing, which is very strange that this
is happening. And like the pace of and the state
of science in the world of Omega seems very peculiar.
And I almost wonder if these guys are going to
come back. I know a little bit that there's going
to be some sort of anti -kaiju defense force
type of thing formed in Omega. And I'm really
shocked that it hasn't happened yet at all. I
wonder if maybe that'll be in... season two or
from episode 13 on but like if it if it is if
it does happen i think these guys should be pulled
into it because they have some sort of you know
ability to use advanced technology and they create
a wormhole um but what's really interesting uh
i'm like there was a beat at the end where ayumu
is mad at them for treating science like i don't
know something fun or something dangerous or
something adventurous um she wants like science
to be respected and I understand that, to some
extent. But at the same time, if they're able
to accomplish all these things, like, who cares
about their kind of renegade rogue attitude?
I did get a very, like, odd Ghostbusters kind
of vibe from them. Maybe just because they were
called the Ghost Riders. And they're obviously
flying by the seat of their pants. But, like,
I like the blue -collar aspect of it. These guys
are, like, blue -collar paranormal investigators
who are able to do these things. And, like, I
like that. It's a good... thing, it's a good
vibe, um, I wouldn't mind there being an Ultraman
show with, like, just a defense force like that,
now, before you tell me, oh, you gotta check
out Ultraman, hmm, I was gonna say X, but there's
actually an Ultraman X, um, uh, it has that,
I just, I don't know, my Ultraman literacy is,
you know, low, I would say I'm, uh, I've not
seen a lot of shows, but the shows I have seen,
I've really focused on them, and I have, like,
a deeper knowledge of them than, you know, just
somebody who's watching casually, just watching
for the walls, um, But, yeah, you know, I need
to be exposed to more. I feel like maybe Ultraman
Orb has something like this, because there's,
like, a team of journalists who start off with
Orb being saved by him in the first episode.
I don't know if they get involved with whatever
team, but regardless. I kind of liked what was
going on here, and I liked the idea of this,
like, I thought about them. Look at this ramshackle
group. There's a guy riding a bike. He's... pedaling,
riding the bike to power up this machine that
Jennifer is helping them to control, it's this,
you know, time dilation machine or whatever,
and, like, it just, it was fun, and it was interesting,
and I kind of liked the idea, the vibe of this,
like, ragtag, ragtag, oh, I'm sick, sorry, my
brain is not functioning at full capacity, group
doing this kind of stuff, and it was weird, they
went to another dimension, and Ayumu doesn't
really seem to be, like, She's kind of impacted
by that. The guys aren't so much. But, like,
they meet this ghost boy who's possibly connected
to this legend of this giant monster that is
fought off by a giant, you know, red humanoid
type of guy. And they say, like, oh, we wonder,
the ghost writers, that is, they say, oh, we
wonder if this Omega that's been showing up fighting
Kaiju, if he's actually the spirit of this mountain
or whatever. And Kose asks him, have you been
here for, like, a thousand years? And he's like,
no, that doesn't look like me, does it? And one
of the Ghost Riders comes over and says, what
are you guys talking about? Oh, it's just an
inside joke. So like, once again, the guys are
being sloppy about keeping his identity secret,
which is frustrating to me. If it really matters,
which I don't really want it to matter. I don't
know why they insist that it should matter, but
they do. And here we are dealing with this, living
in this world where it matters to them, to the
creators. But yeah, I know this is just kind
of like a middling episode. The Kaiju was cool.
There was nothing offensive about it. I really
like this one moment that I have for the thumbnail
where Omega pulls off the Trigron claw and gives
a thumbs up and then he puts it back on. Like,
it was just kind of a light, fun episode that
didn't do anything offensive, but it also didn't
really move things forward. And I'm not against
filler or that kind of thing, but just like,
I don't know, just like give it a little more
meaning. Like, why are we exploring this ghost
thing? This isn't Concrete Revolution where we're
going to have, you know, yokai fighting kaiju
at some point, I don't think. So, like, why bring
up ghosts, and why have that kind of thing going
on? Is it just so there's mystery in the world?
Because there is something towards the end of
the episode where Ayumu says, like, yeah, there's,
like, things that science can't explain, can't
understand, and they're beyond the realm of science,
and that kind of matters. And, like, Kosei didn't
see the ghost boy, but... ayumu and soroto did
which like i don't know what that's supposed
to mean and even the ghost boy knows who he is
and he calls out after him like after they leave
this pocket dimension back in time i guess uh
i guess that's what it was and the kid just says
omega and then that's it like i guess there's
a mystery there for the sake of having mystery
and like mystery is still a part of the world
which is good i like that ultraman has this idea
of like exploring mysteries and exploring things
that are interesting dramatic i like the heroic
stories too but like just like the sci -fi and
paranormal stuff is also cool and it's also uh
nice but it just i don't really know what this
one was about and that's too bad so um yeah i
don't really have much to say not much to criticize
uh What did you think about the episode? Are
you... Am I missing something huge? That you
say, oh, this makes it a great episode. I can't
believe you ignored that, MJ. How dare you? I
would love to know what I missed, if there is
anything. Or do you agree that this was just
kind of like a middle -of -the -road episode?
It definitely doesn't make me hate it. I'm more
mad about, like, the inconsistencies, like, from
a couple episodes ago, where there was something
suggesting, well... whatever the things that
have suggested that omega has actually been there
the kaiju have been there for longer uh upset
me and i thought that was going to happen this
time but it didn't but and the only reason it
upsets me is because the premise of the show
the promise of the show is that kaiju are new
to this world so when you violate that promise
it's like why why did you do that you didn't
need to if there's speculation that they reuse
scripts okay update the script and it doesn't
have this glaring plot hole or like glaring you
know violation of what the world is supposed
to be about anyway that's all Let me know what
you thought about this episode. Check the pinned
comment for more. You can find my playlist for
the rest of Omega and other things that I'm doing.
I'm talking about Zets. I'm all caught up on
Zets. And I've got other things to talk about
and hence your reflection. I think we might have
something really cool to talk about. It's not
a hot topic, but it is a cool one. And you might
be interested in it. I don't know what I'm doing
anymore. Goodbye. Take well, take care, and be
good, and do it. Oh, God be with us all. Anyway,
goodbye, folks. This is MJ with Henshin Inspection
and Going Ultra signing off. Oh, boy.