So I just finished Episode 9 of Omega, which
is called... Let me see... The Kanakari Kaiju
Park. And I don't even know if it's worth talking
about. I think I'm going to stop myself at three
minutes, even if I haven't finished saying what
I have to say or want to say, because it just
feels like a waste of time. And I feel like my
time was wasted watching it, and my time was
wasted in trying to analyze it, and it's possible
that you're wasting your time in trying to...
Learn more about it if you clicked on this review
because it just... The show's not taking itself
seriously. It's not taking the premise seriously.
And I feel like it's incredibly disrespectful
to the audience and to... I mean, if Ultraman
is made for children, children should be given
good stories, not bad stories. And I think that's
exactly what's happening here. We're getting
bad stories. The direction was competent, but
this... Norikatsu Kodama is the one who wrote
the episode. I don't know that he was in the...
He's not... I looked at... I am... He wrote seven
episodes of Garo, Heir to Steel Armor. Is that
an anime? Or is that a show? Or a live action?
I don't know. And then Omega, this one episode,
I believe. And then Tiger and Bunny. In 2011,
he wrote some episodes. Three episodes. He's
like an actor, though, too, with this Queen Bee
talent agency. And I don't know, I'm not familiar
with him. I wish him well, but just, I don't
understand how you can write this. I don't understand
how Omega, how this could be approved for Omega,
because it doesn't make any sense. It totally
violates the promise that we were given of the
show, which I have here on Earth where neither.
On an earth where neither heroes nor kaiju exists,
an alien suddenly falls from the sky. This ultra
symbol is the red space boomerang he holds, the
Omega Slugger, and his name means ultimate. Okay?
We were promised that. A world without kaiju,
you know, we'd get to see it. We'd get to see
it as it reacts to kaiju and how that changes
things. And, uh... That's not what we're getting.
We're getting something else. I don't know why
we're getting it. I don't know what we're getting.
And I've complained about Omega's bad episodes
before because they're just not consistently
good. I don't know why that is. I don't know
why the show doesn't take its own premise seriously.
And if it's because it's for kids, well, kids
deserve more respect than that. They deserve
better episodes, better shows, better things
given to them. And Ultraman's a prestige thing.
I know it's for kids. But it's one of the best
things for kids. And Blazar and Ark and Zet have
all had much better episodes, more meaning, more
depth. They're all internally consistent with
themselves. And they don't just serve up garbage
to kids and say, here, enjoy the slop. And I
don't understand why they're doing this. Anyway,
it's three minutes. I'm out of time. I may or
may not do shorts. I'm traveling. I've got a
lot going on. And it's just, I'm not even sure
this is worthy of. I can't remember if my last
episode I actually defended filler or not, or
if I just thought, there is some filler that's
defendable. This is not defendable filler. This
is just garbage. It's empty. And I'm just going
to let it go and not give it any more attention
or thought. Until next time, folks, take care.
This is MJ with Going Ultra and Henson Inspection.
And I, please, please. Check the pinned comment.
I'm going to put links to good episodes of Ultraman
that I reviewed and analyzed because they're
worth talking about and they'll be way more worth
your while. And I might even just put links to
good episodes in the description as well or in
the pinned comment. It'll all be in the pinned
comment because this is just, it's garbage. And
I feel like an apology is owed to the children
of Japan and the children of the whole world
for serving this. Let me know what you think.
Am I crazy or am I dead on? I think I'm dead
on.