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I'm at a loss for words that the Ultra series doesn't have it's own thread so I'll start it off Let's discuss all things Ultra! I'll start off by listing my favorite series, and why I liked them Ultraman Leo - Talk about brutal! You have, among other highlights, a crippled Ultraseven stuck in human form, people crushed, stabbed, shot, sliced in half, team members dying in combat, the whole team is later killed except for the two main characters, graphic kaiju combat and even the graphic dismemberment of a key character. Ultraman Nexus - Amazing series. Deeper stories and slightly more compelling Kaiju. Completely dark in tone compared to earlier series. Too bad it wa…

I have always wondered why the Saiyan's have a god complex in the show. Vegeta and Goku are always getting stronger...and stronger.....and stronger....etc. and the the training to get stronger seems so over exaggerated. Don't get me wrong, I like the show and I don't have a problem with it. But I am merely making an observation. Even Frieza some how knew that the Saiyans would grow far too strong for him to able to control. So he decides to go Skynet and elimate all Saiyan's in a micro second because he knew that a Saiyan would eventually over throw him and rule over the entire universe; however that didn't happen. But it just makes me laugh when the characters are like "…

If they were to make 3rd installment on Prototype. I'd like to see Alex Mercer return. I mean it really sucked that James Heller consumed him and destroyed the Mercer Virus/ BlackLight 2 infection. I really enjoyed the first game because we got to know Alex Mercer so well. But the more we got to know Alex Mercer. The story seemed to show him more and more as an Anti-Hero. The Original Alex Mercer was black mailing the government. I can't remember what for. But they gunned him down in Pennstation because of that and he was threatening to kill a lot of people with Black Light which at the time was developed from Red Light. So, everyone in Penn Station died soon after. We se…

Recently I've fallen in love with the Dark Souls franchise after getting the first game a year ago. The whole feeling to the world and game was perfect and the lore and how it had people coming up with their own stories and explanations was fantastic. Then Dark Souls 2 of course came along and intensified my love for the world of that universe. If you haven't played Dark Souls I highly recommend it or even the first souls game that Dark Souls was a spiritual successor to; Demon Souls. The gameplay doesn't hold your hand and is very unforgiving which makes it so when you defeat a boss or just make it through a section where you have been failing to get by very rewardin…

When I was a 10 years old. This novel ( written by Steve Perry) was very popular and I really liked it. In fact people had been saying that they were going to make a movie on it. I've always enjoyed the many novels written by Steve. Alien Vs Predator is an excellent example. Steve Perry is very talented writer. One day I hope that we can see Shadow's of The Empire as a prequel film to Return of The Jedi. I found Prince Xizor's role to be very unique and how he wanted to upstage Darth Vader.

Its about time we get a good vampire film. Last time we had a Dracula movie, it was Dracula 2000, which was pretty good. Supposedly this movie is going to be about Vlad becoming a vampire lord, from him being alive to becoming and undead vampire. I'm pretty excited. I like vampire films; Its about time we got an actual genuine Vampire film that consists of violence and killing humans. Last few good vampire films that came out were the Underworld franchise and Dracula 2000; and those were just but a few of the many vampire classics! Here's the trailer to better acquaint those with this upcoming film that have not heard of its existence yet. Share your thoughts and…

yea, there is some few information regarding the new rider series already confirmed as Kamen Rider Drive, as the name suggest his theme is cars which I honestly don't mind since it is a rider. This new hero will transform via 2 devices the drive driver (redundant I know) and the shift brace which works like the Toqgers Toqchanger but instead of trains it is a mini car, here are the first images with the belt (which I like a lot) and his main transportation a red car called Tridon which can change form with the shift brace, these forms are called Tridon type speed, Midnight Shadow and Midnight shadow tire. what are your thoughts folks? will upload the suit design once it i…

Its been 20 years after Harry and Loyd's first movie adventure. This time, they go to meet Harry's long lost forgotten love child........after Loyd's falsely lead nervous break down over Mary. I remember when the first film came out when I was only a child. I am very sure I'm going to enjoy this movie from the look of the trailer. I am hoping that Dumb and Dumber To does well at the box office with its release and gets a good review. Your thoughts, opinions, and comments are greatly appreciated. Thank you. Dumb and Dumber 2 movie trailer: http://youtu.be/lGXHVlEklgQ

A new Dragon Ball Z movie will hit Japanese theaters during golden week in 2015, while theres not much information yet it has been stated to be a direct sequle to Battle of Gods The events of the movie will revolve around "The worst wish in history, That is the beginning of despair". for more info visite http://www.kanzenshuu.com/2014/07/25/dragon-ball-z-2015-new-movie-facts/

so we don't have the toku section anymore and we have threads for the new series so I am just going to make a new thread to discuss anything to do with past series of Kamen Rider... showa or heisei period! I am on my 5th Kamen Rider series... I started watching KR Kiva... hmm, now is it just me or is it going to stay as crap all the way through?? I mean its ok, the whole violin thing is whack, but I do like how its skipping from the 2 time periods, and just the plain weirdness of how an entire chunk of a building just seperates without completely ruining the structural integrity of said building, and turns into some big church monster thing that eats monsters afte…

Does anyone have any good suggestions for really good Visual Kei bands? I am looking for something on the heavy side, but I am open to those kinds of bands that like to experiment with their sound. The bands that I am currently aware of are Malice Mizer, Moi dix Mois, Dir in grey, Versailles, and Girugamesh. I know a few others, but these are the ones that I actually have listened to the most.

Yes a thread for Super Sentai of course!... Let us rant on about sentai stuff also I’d be interested in which series people like the best and why… as you may or may not have gathered mine is DAIRANGER! So the last Sentai I watched was the end of KYORYUGER which overall I enjoyed Before that I watched SHINKENGER which I thought was pretty cool… at the moment I am watching ZYURANGER… I must say that I tried to watch some of this before I really got into Sentai and I couldn’t do it… But now I find that I am really enjoying it –but it still doesn’t beat DAIRANGER though. Of course without this series we wouldn’t have had Pow…

I was re-watching Helling Ultimate and I noticed the similarities between Alucard and Waferdanos. Alucard's body is filled with the souls of those he has killed and when he uses Control Art Restriction System Level Zero he unleashes them all instantly creating an army. Waferdanos is an entire sentient forest condenced into a human form with the help of a zoa-crystal. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any other character that had similer powers to these two?

A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage looks epic!

I just discovered this American Tokusatsu series from the Monstrosities YouTube channel. I don't know if it will any good yet, since it only has two short episodes. The designs look good and the acting is cheesy, but it seems to have some actual soul unlike the recent Power Rangers. Here's the link to their YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/FujiyamaIchibansun/featured and their website. http://fujiyamaichiban.com/index.html

I am surprised that we have never had a thread specifically about Nippon films… so I’m starting one! if anyone wants to share their thoughts on any Japanese films they may have seen or want to see please do so... To start off I watched VERSUS again Well it was the ‘ultimate versus’ version which has 10 mins extra and (please don’t hate me) an English dub which I watched as I have watched far too much subbed stuff lately… Anyway if you haven’t seen Versus then all I can say is that it is what the phrase ‘manga in motion’ was made for , well crazy story/ ass kicking manga anyway… We have escaped convicts , some cops ,some gangsters a…

The Naruto Manga is now officially complete, although it seems the next movie (which might not be 100% canon) could take it a little further. Very few series last as long as this, and are able to go out on such a high note and while still popular. What are your thoughts on the series? Over the years, I know for me that there were a few dry spells in the plot that, while I didn't drop it, I kind of ignored it/forgot about it for a few months. Only to come back and catch up all at once. (As a side note, I actively stopped watching the TV series when the "Young" Manga plot ended, before the "Shippuden" story started. I am not a fan of filler, and Naruto to me was…

For those who dont know next year the fourth movie in the Jurassic Parck franchise, Jurassic World will be realised into theaters. This is the teaser trailer realised last weekend. The main tailer is being realised this Thursday (my birthday yay) The basice plot for the move is, twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. This new park is owned by the Masrani Corporation. Owen (Chris Pratt), a member of Jurassic World's on-site staff, conducts behavioral research on the Velociraptors, but things go awry when the research…

It has been a while since i have updated any news about sentai or rider so I might as well announce the official reveal of the 39 Super sentai called Shuriken Sentai Ninninger, this time they have changed the color ranks of the team having a Male Yellow after 10 years since Magiranger and we now have again a White Female as part of the main team which has not been seen since Gaoranger. Will update the thread with more info as soon as I'm able, in the mean time here is the first image of the team courtesy of Jefusion via Orends Range. Reminds me a lot of Hurricanger, I really dig it.

Seems like it to me. I found this video and I can kind of agree. Perhaps today's consoles are more like PC with today's software and hardware.

Here within are my findings. You may read what I have to say...or you are welcome to Click Here To Read The Full Article By Clicking On This Link. Now, If I may. It has been speculated and finally confirmed that Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow - Marvel Comic Movies and most recently Lucy) will star as Major Kusanagi in the upcoming live action film from Dreamworks: Ghost in the Shell. Ghost in the Shell has been a long running Manga/Anime franchise in Japan that is critically acclaimed and has a large fan base. Set in the year ~2029, typically they follow the adventures of Major Kusanagi as an agent of Section 9 (a top secret agency thats focus in on cyber…

Hey fellow Dragon Ball Z fans! DBZ LoH(Light of Hope) is out for viewing pleasure now. For those who may not know what LoH is; it is a live action webseries retelling of the History of Trunks and it is pretty cool, way better than Dragon Ball Evolution thats for sure. Though it is less than 15 minutes it is still worth watching. Just search for it on google or youtube and enjoy!

I haven't gotten very far in, but the new Daredevil series is out. All 13 episodes are available on Netflix RIGHT NOW. That's right, no waiting for weekly releases. My verdict so far: It is AWESOME. So, go watch it. For those who do not have Netflix, I am sure someone will rip it soon.

I saw the original movie. But I'm not sure what the show is going to be like. But the good news I suppose is Bradly Cooper is reprising his role in the show. So I suppose theres some good points there. Thoughts?

Well now this is absolutely fantastic! These updated Ranger designs are simply out of this world! What does the Advocacy think of these new suits? http://www.snakepitstudios.com/#!power-rangers/c1o2a