The themes, I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) is chosen based on discussion on both parties. Whether it is serious or goofy, it is based on both parties' decision - like what's popular with kids and what kids like. Kids of today and kids of back then are way different. Different strokes for different folks as the old saying goes.
And how many Ultraman shows have you watch Kam? True, recent Ultraman has shorten to half of what it is used to, but that's because of budget issues as well as other things Tsuburaya is facing. Ultraman would usually (then) be like in the range of 40 to 50.
If it's bandai alone,toei alone or both either way shouldn't they focus more on serious themes like chinese animals,flying birds ,planets ,nature elements,kung fu etc and less goofy themes like television,kitchen items,downloads,pencils? etc I mean i understand they aim for the younger demographic but these silly items don't fit into realism then again toei's tokusatsu series an even ultra series don't fit into realism at all.
And speaking of ultra series, What you said about the reason why the episodes of the Ultraman series were shortened to half because of budget issues i see what you mean but what they did is a good choice,If toei (and bandai) should followed that type of system tsuburaya used then they should have not only saved the budget and improved the storyline of their shows but also help to make the budget increase.
And if the Tsuburaya's budget issues are not there well i see what you mean they will end up like toei.
I do acknowledge that it's still subjective but there are good reasons as to why we're way past trying to revive the formula in any way. If it was worth bringing back I'm sure it would have been fully fleshed out at some point. Wizard being Showa-esque in its campiest moments is hardly a good thing.
A main issue with the old formula is that there's no way to integrate it with the modern one just because of they way the two are. They're like oil and water.
Hmm that could be true,Maybe they could have modernize it with a dash of heisei tokusatsu elements so that it could have been shows like how kuuga did (i think)and If toei and bandai focus more on serious themes with the insect motif and motorcycles and to "reconstruct" the showa era to the modern audience like how doctor who and star trek (the next generation era) did then they should use the cyborg route and if it does i say just two riders only not multi riders because it's not kamen
"riders" its kamen
"rider", One primary rider will be full cyborg because his skeleton turned mechanic because of some strange effect he got from the big bad and a secondary rider will be a normal person but with mechanical robot prosthetic arm (like riderman) making them both as polar opposites.
Well, you could count Amazon's bringing that formula back in a very small scale (not counting the multi-rider concept of course).
True, though it has the secondary riders element in it and will happen again in the second season but it was there for a good reason and the series was considered as a worthy successor to the original amazon series.I wonder if the original amazon (or at least the original actor Tōru Okazaki)will appear in the second season to (Spoiler alert) give a motivational speech to Haruka (amazon omega) to regain his spirits in protecting both humanity and the Amazonz species.