"The trolls didn't give me helpful advice. The trolls tried to say I had less skill as a film-maker than they did and that I should give up, and to prove they were more talented they linked to some terribly shot videos that had atrocious audio and lighting, and a costume that consisted of a papier-mache mask. So no, they were not "experts". And they completely did not understand what I was trying to do, as their work is a fan film of Ultra Man and my work is original IP based off a webcomic I wrote years ago.
Unlike my detractors I have not simply rushed out the pilot episode. I've been trying to do it in a way that it might actually be successful. There are a lot of people who have tried to make a tokusatsu style show on Youtube and the only one that has been very successful is Emo Rangers, which is a straight out parody and the episodes are fairly short. But I'm not doing a straight out parody or very short episodes. I'm doing 24-26 minute long episodes and the story has both comedy and drama. It is a very ambitious project and I have a large crew and cast working with me on it through my film company, Martell Brothers Studios.
And by success, I mean mainstream success. If it isn't as popular as Power Rangers then it's not going to be a success in my book. The whole point of doing this is to make an amazing tokusatsu-style show for people to watch for free on the internet, and let the ad revenue fund the show and pay everyone involved. It's primarily aimed at kids but I want it to be a show that parents can enjoy watching with their kids, so it's very important we get everything right. If each episode doesn't get millions of views the show won't be a success; there are a lot of costumes, sets and props to build and there is a lot of stunt-work involved. We have custom music for the show, sung by one of the actresses. You see, the only way I can improve the odds of the show becoming successful is if I set very high standards for each episode, and the pilot is the most important episode. Anyone who believes I should just rush out the pilot even if it doesn't match the vision doesn't understand what I'm doing."
"If you think you can make better reviews, then make better reviews.
If you think you can do better interviews, then do better interviews.
If you think you can make a better tokusatsu-style show, then make one. "
