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Welcome to Going Ultra. This is a bonus episode where I'm talking about Ultraman Regulus, Episode 4.
Regulus 4 is short and packs quite the punch. The battle siblings were fun to watch and DS is giving off some bad vibes.
What are your thoughts on the episode? Because I overall liked it a lot.
Similar to Episode 3, it was fast-paced and action packed and I enjoyed that where Episode 2 was kind of a drag.
I'm definitely hyped for what's coming next and I have a couple topics or headlines that I have written down.
I'll go through each one of those one by one and make a couple comments and then I will go ahead and get out of here.
But of course I invite you to share your thoughts. I would really appreciate that.
And well, I'll do that at the end. So my first topic is Regulus guy, Irregulus skills or maybe it should be Irregulus growth.
So in the space of 30 seconds, maybe a minute at the most, Regulus is already a Dragon Master Champion guy.
He is told by the Dragon Brother, whose name I know is Tuban, that he already knows everything that he needs to know.
And then Tuban shows him his ultimate Dragon Kick, which I didn't catch the name of.
But it was cool and it was kind of funny to see him get skilled so quickly. It's a little ridiculous.
But I'll buy it. It's short. Time passed and we just didn't see it, right?
Tuban and Foros have the best Double Rider Kick.
And I gotta say, despite the fact that I really loved Shin Kamen Rider,
I still think the Double Rider Kick by these brothers here, these brother Ultramen type guys, might have been better.
I don't know. But it was funny to see that they did that.
Although I did notice that I had a feeling something like that was going to happen.
I don't think it was in the trailer. But when they were standing side by side, their, I don't know,
Cosmo Beast emblems kind of mirrored each other or they were kind of mirroring each other symmetrical.
And they almost look like wings coming together. And I thought, huh, I wonder what these guys are going to do.
And sure enough, they gave us a cool Rider Kick type thing.
So I have these in my notes. I should probably flip them around.
Diaz doing dirty. I liked his, I liked him laughing and letting the magma sister go.
And that was a fun little moment. And like I like some.
Well, I really like the suit actor's performance. There was something subtle in it, but it felt I don't know if it was
somewhere between his acting and the directing of leaving the camera there on him for as long as it did.
It really felt like there was something going through his mind and he like you could see the wheels turning, you know, behind that.
He looks like the Magma Defender anyway. Sorry.
From Power Rangers or whatever he's originally called.
Bowl, something or other, I think. Anyway, Black. Is that possible?
He's called that extra hero. Six Ranger. Anyway, from what was that?
King of Man. It doesn't matter. Sorry.
But yeah, so it was a really cool moment where you get to see him like processing something and then he leaves the fight.
I expected him to like, I don't think he stepped back slowly, but he may as well have like, you know, did that Homer Simpson
mean where he's, you know, fading into the bushes or whatever, the hedge.
It was almost like that. And you can tell something is suspicious about him.
And then when he goes to Elude, Master Elude, and he says, you know, I'm here to protect you by, you know, forest disorders.
Elude, again, the camera pans on this, you know, Buffalo Man head sculpt thing.
And between the way the actor moves around and the camera sitting on him and just like the moment and then the line he delivers afterwards,
I detect much malice. You really got a sense that there's like a performance going on here where he definitely sees through DS's plan.
And I guess because he's a master, he's going to let bygones be bygones. I mean, I don't know.
I can't tell if he's going to let himself get killed or if he's going to defend himself at the last possible moment once DS has fully revealed
his malicious intentions, you know, by actually starting the actions that will lead to Elude's death and his seizing of the Buffalo juggernaut thing.
Anyway, which I guess that implies that there's only one person who can have the power of a Cosmo Beast at a time,
which then if Regulus does become the master, according to the trailer of both the dragon and tiger,
I think that means those brothers are dying for us and Tupac are going to go the way of the dodo, which I'm not feeling too great about that.
And then speak as a fun character. I'm glad she didn't get stuck fighting Magma Sister.
And while those two seem tough, it's funny because when the plot needs to, they can take on one of the heroes by themselves.
And then when it needs to, they can also be pairing up against the hero and struggling or fighting mightily.
And that's just kind of fun. But anyway, yeah, speak as a cool energy. I like her.
The Magma Sister system, like, you know, basically selling her as a slave because she's so cute, she'll fetch a good price or whatever.
And she's like, yeah, I am cute and other things. Or whatever her exact line was.
But then she's like, yeah, I'm also going to I'm also a fierce warrior and I'm going to kick your butt.
So that was fun to see. And I like the camaraderie that exists between her and Regulus and even Diaz.
It doesn't feel like anything romantic could happen. She feels very platonic and very friendly.
But she's not like she's not like the big sister kind or the little sister kind.
She's just kind of, you know, she's a martial artist who happens to be a cat woman lady as opposed to a cat dude, which we already have with the four of us.
Right. So anyway, overall, I enjoyed that. It was good stuff.
And I'm looking forward to the next one. And of course, again, I welcome your comments, your questions, your concerns about what's going on.
I did want to give a sizable acknowledgement, a huge shout out to let's see, I can't remember this name too well.
Oh, I haven't responded. I have responded.
Oh, Cedric Star, Cedric Star, C-Y-D-R-I-X-A-R, a comment to me.
I guess he's a big time Ultraman fan and he gave me some context on the on like what's going on.
And I'm going to share this. Probably most of you know this, but if you don't, I'm going to share it with you.
Well, I'll let you read the comments on regular steps of three.
But basically, this is working in to be like a prequel for this happens before the events of Ultraman Taro and it leads into it because apparently the inciting incident for.
Oh, no, I'm sorry. Ultraman Leo. Forgive me.
Forgive me that Leo and Astro Brothers, not Taro and Astro. I don't know why I thought that.
Maybe horns. I don't know. Anyway, I'm sure I didn't make that comment about DS having horns, just like the hero he's a rival to, because I think that's totally wrong.
But yeah, apparently, yeah, this was take place before Leo starts and the destruction of L77 happens in Leo.
So I'm guessing that these magma alien designs are vintage from that time and apparently in 1974 and they're being brought into the show as part of tying that all in together, which is kind of crazy.
And I told I told him I told, let's see. Yes, it's a XR that I guess besides Cedric's are that I think it's kind of ambitious and cool that for the Ultra Series, they're trying to weave in these other narratives and these new characters and these gaps.
So they can make like a bigger, connected, expanded Ultraman universe where they're all together, except for the, you know, some guys who are in a different universe or parallel universe, which is weird because why couldn't you just fit them all into one?
But whatever. And I think it's pretty cool and ambitious and neat.
And, you know, as I say, I'm an author, artist, and analyzer.
Well, part of the author part is that I want to make a huge sprawling interconnected universe.
And it's interesting and kind of inspiring to see how bold Super Eye is being, or the teams that Super Eye are being trying to weave all these shows together in such an interesting way.
So, oh, and apparently there's the Ultrafight Galaxy that's on right now ties to this as well.
So I should definitely check that out.
And there's a dub of it because Cedric knows that I'm a simp for dubs.
So anyway, thank you for not making fun of me about that.
But anyway, that was just a really cool interaction I got to have you guys.
Make sure you read this comment. It's long and has a lot of detail. And if you're more of an Ultraman noob like me, then you should definitely check that out to learn what you're missing and get a little more context on the show because it's pretty, pretty good to have.
It's very interesting. So anyway, with that, I am going to go ahead and get out of here.
I hope that you are well, that you be well. And for now, this is MJ signing out.
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