I guess it was supposed to be an episode centered around Great, before Belial hijacked the program, poor Great....
And another note, I always considered Ultra villains more deadly serious compared to other Toku villains, but seeing the Darkness Five act like comic relief-Sentai villains, and Belial losing it..........I don't know.....
The Darkness Five come from Ultra Zero Fight. It wouldn't be a successor to the original Ultra Fight if you could take it seriously, no? And Belial has always been pretty over-the-top anyway. Although in a different way than this, I guess.
Did Retsuden show or talk about the Evil/Fake Ultras?
This episode only talks about Babalu/Fake Astra for those guys (well, there's Belial too, but you already know that). Can't you watch the episode?
Well, considering that the last few ultra-serious films haven't done all that well ... :eyebrow:
And, the most recent film that did do well *wasn't* so heavy on the tragedy and drama, I'd say it's time to try some comedy in the film.
He wasn't talking about the movies, though. And Ultra films pretty much never do well at the Japanese box office. Not compared to the Kamen Rider films. And he meant serious as in "no unnecessary humor", not
I guess Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers did do
relatively well, but it was a little too serious, given the concept. I mean, in Toei terms, it was Akibaranger crossed with Let's Go Kamen Riders.
And I wouldn't say Ultraman is
ever heavy on tragedy and drama. I'm pretty sure western super hero comics are the way to go if you're looking for that.
By the way, did anybody else think the music at about 27:35 sound oddly like something from Nexus?