Ultraman in VARIETY
MrX
"Lenell B." <lene...@ameritech.net> wrote in message
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> I posted this on the Godzillaforum so I wanted to post it here. It's
> my review of the Ultraman article in the new issue of Variety.
>
> I'm off to Wizard World I will let you all know how it turns out.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Lenell B,
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> I haven't found the issue here yet (I called about 16 magazine places
> from Downtown to the Suburbs and they don't carry it) But I have seen
> an issue at my job.
> I give the article a *** out of 5 stars.
>
> The article is not bad but it has alot of things missing from it. Some
> of which Bob E has listed. Here are some things I've noticed.
>
> * The author fails to mention the original Ultraman was indeed shown
> on US TV.
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> * There is no mentioning of the first volume of Ultraman was released
> to home video by Expressions and Animation.
>
> * The Author seems to be unawhere that there is a fan base of Ultraman
> in the West which has kept our hero alive for many years.
>
> * In the interview with the CEO of 4Kids. I disagree with some of the
> comments the CEO of 4Kids stated why Tiga was taken off the air. I
> won't state why. Just my opinions and leave it at that. But I will say
> I really hope Tiga will return in 2004
>
> Those are some of the things I've noticed. It's not a bad article.
> Maybe one of the best done in a major publication. I wished the author
> would've covered that was missed.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> At Least our hero has been given some exposer and hopefully many
> companies will take notice. I applaude the author for doing the
> article. Nice Photos (Including the Entire Ultra-Family).
>
> Later
> Lenell B.
I've got to get a copy of this from the local Borders.
Anyways, the comments from 4 Kids are so out of touch with reality it isn't
even funny. It's not working with an animated block? How about it's not
working because you didn't back it?
They basically did nothing with the show in terms of promoting it with
outside merchandise(big deal-a foxbox toys r us give away and some tv
commercials). These guys should know that you have to have a solid marketing
plan in place along with the expected merchandise. Kids nowadays pretty much
expect to have cool stuff to buy based on their tv shows they watch-Pokemon,
Yi Gi Oh, Transformers, Power Rangers. Um, 4 Kids, wake up?
Oh, wait-we get a Dark Horse Tiga Comic AFTER the show has been pulled from
television! This should TELL you right there that 4 Kids is clueless with
how to handle this show. Now don't get me wrong, they've been successful
with Pokemon and other properties but no one can argue that 4 Kids didn't
drop the ball with Ultraman Tiga. It's a damn shame. Oh, and the dubbing
with cheesy, out of place jokes didn't help either.
At this point, who cares about anything "official" from 4 Kids regarding
Ultraman Tiga. I'll stick to the import dvds and merchandise as sadly, it
doesn't look like we'll ever get a company who knows how to handle Ultraman
over here.
I'll go now before I get branded as being "negative". Tsuburaya should yank
the license to Tiga before it gets ass raped any further. Saban ass raped
the Sentai shows without the lube, 4 Kids offered vaseline but we still got
pounded good.
Bah.
Pet Shop Boys
>> to home video by Expressions and Animation.
Thank goodness. EIA are a bunch of asshole, jerk fucks that ruined the audio
and tried to sabotage TPC for more money. TPC severed the relationship with
EIA because the company breeched the contract. TPC believes that video
is not official. EIA is gone and good riddance to them. A bunch of cock-suckers
and all those who branched off from them trying to do something in the
business are still a bunch of cock-suckers!
>> * The Author seems to be unawhere that there is a fan base of Ultraman
>> in the West which has kept our hero alive for many years.
Fuck the west coast fan base. What makes you any better than the rest of the world.
KingRanger
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