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Have you ever watched a Japanese Tokusatsu series (from say.. the 80's or 90's) as an adult and wish you could've watched it at the time as a kid?
Me, I've just recently been watching a bit of Choujuu Sentai Liveman, and personally I've decided out of all the Super Sentai series I've watched, Liveman is my favorite.
So why do I wish I watched Liveman as a kid? Well first, Liveman was from 1988, and around that time I was 4 years old. Secondly, I can remember years and years ago back when I was still on Japan Hero, this guy (who's username can't remember) was talking about how Liveman was underrated and asking why not many people on the board was taliking about this series. He also talked about his nostalgic memories of watching the show as a kid, and how he found the show scary and how it sent him running out of the living room crying..
..or something like that..
And also I can remember the first time I watched the first episode of Liveman. And for a Super Sentai series it seemed pretty brutal and aggressive. Especially the parts where Mari and Takuji got killed by Tsukikage, Senda and Omura, and also the part where there were explosions and fire everywhere and.. BOOM BOOM BOOM!!! Everybody had to run for their lives.. And the parts where Tsukikage, Senda and Omura transformed into their monster forms..
And I have to admit, the VOLT members were bloody mean!! Especially Mazenda's nasty laugh as she laughs at someone's grief. We don't have nasty villians like VOLT anymore!!
And then I thought back to the guy's post on Japan Hero. Although I never found it too scary as an adult I think if I was watching this at 4 years old I'd probably have the same experience as the guy on Japan Hero. And that's pretty much the main reason why I want to have watched Liveman as a 4 year old. I would've been scared shitless but I think it would be the scary and dark nature of Liveman that would've made the show more exciting and eventually more enjoyable to watch. I would've later though "Liveman is a show for big boys!! I can take on it!!".
And I would've loved to have watched an English language dub of Liveman on say.. Wacaday. Sure an English dub would mean that the Japanese character's mouthes won't be in sync with the English voices, but imagine that awesome transition from the wacky, goofy looking Timmy Mallet and Michaela Strachen after a game of Mallet's Mallet, to the scary scenes in Liveman. Imagine the parents complaining and Timmy Mallet having to defend Liveman? Imagine the tabloid newspapers going "BAN THIS LIVEMAN FILTH!!" and then going on about Sam Fox's tits? That would be awesome!!
And all this would've happened before Power Rangers on GMTV. Sadly it all never happened but this is more of a what if thing.
But anyway, what about you guys?
Me, I've just recently been watching a bit of Choujuu Sentai Liveman, and personally I've decided out of all the Super Sentai series I've watched, Liveman is my favorite.
So why do I wish I watched Liveman as a kid? Well first, Liveman was from 1988, and around that time I was 4 years old. Secondly, I can remember years and years ago back when I was still on Japan Hero, this guy (who's username can't remember) was talking about how Liveman was underrated and asking why not many people on the board was taliking about this series. He also talked about his nostalgic memories of watching the show as a kid, and how he found the show scary and how it sent him running out of the living room crying..
..or something like that..
And also I can remember the first time I watched the first episode of Liveman. And for a Super Sentai series it seemed pretty brutal and aggressive. Especially the parts where Mari and Takuji got killed by Tsukikage, Senda and Omura, and also the part where there were explosions and fire everywhere and.. BOOM BOOM BOOM!!! Everybody had to run for their lives.. And the parts where Tsukikage, Senda and Omura transformed into their monster forms..
And I have to admit, the VOLT members were bloody mean!! Especially Mazenda's nasty laugh as she laughs at someone's grief. We don't have nasty villians like VOLT anymore!!
And then I thought back to the guy's post on Japan Hero. Although I never found it too scary as an adult I think if I was watching this at 4 years old I'd probably have the same experience as the guy on Japan Hero. And that's pretty much the main reason why I want to have watched Liveman as a 4 year old. I would've been scared shitless but I think it would be the scary and dark nature of Liveman that would've made the show more exciting and eventually more enjoyable to watch. I would've later though "Liveman is a show for big boys!! I can take on it!!".
And I would've loved to have watched an English language dub of Liveman on say.. Wacaday. Sure an English dub would mean that the Japanese character's mouthes won't be in sync with the English voices, but imagine that awesome transition from the wacky, goofy looking Timmy Mallet and Michaela Strachen after a game of Mallet's Mallet, to the scary scenes in Liveman. Imagine the parents complaining and Timmy Mallet having to defend Liveman? Imagine the tabloid newspapers going "BAN THIS LIVEMAN FILTH!!" and then going on about Sam Fox's tits? That would be awesome!!
And all this would've happened before Power Rangers on GMTV. Sadly it all never happened but this is more of a what if thing.
But anyway, what about you guys?