Curious Recommendation: Designing the Final Frontier
Someday I want to write about my history with Star Trek. For me the franchise is not so much about a fictional universe or a narrative experience, but an example of how media, particularly television, get created, designed, developed, and produced. For now I’ll just mention this fascinating book I happened to pick up while … Continue reading “Curious Recommendation: Designing the Final Frontier”
Questions of Scale in Gamera III: The Revenge of Iris
Please see my introduction to the first post in the series. As usual I will not be summarizing the story of this film. For that please see a write up at a site such as Wikizilla. 1999’s Gamera III: Revenge of Iris was the third film in this kaiju series from director Shusuke Kaneko, screenwriter … Continue reading “Questions of Scale in Gamera III: The Revenge of Iris”
The Return of Ultraman: Episodes 5-8
Some quick thoughts from watching through this Ultraman TV series from 1971. Two Giant Monsters Attack Tokyo & Showdown! Monster vs MAT The Return of Ultraman continues to be a contrast between trying very hard to follow in the footsteps of the original Ultraman series, while simultaneously being very different in important ways. There is … Continue reading “The Return of Ultraman: Episodes 5-8”
The Return of Ultraman: Episodes 1-4
Some quick thoughts from watching through this Ultraman TV series from 1971. “Return” is definitely the key word for this series. Return of orange jumpsuits, return of the Color Timer, the Specium Beam, and monsters, monsters, monsters. There is not even, at first, any indication that this Ultraman is not the exact same entity as … Continue reading “The Return of Ultraman: Episodes 1-4”
Quick Thought: Ultraseven
I just finished watching the second Ultraman series, Ultraseven, and felt I should say at least a little something about it. The goal of my posts is to mostly write about the things I like or find interesting in shows, rather than go negative, so I’ll just mention a few of the issues I had … Continue reading “Quick Thought: Ultraseven”
