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packmule	Jul 23 2006, 01:15 AM
Site founder - Your best nightmare Posts: 32,870 Group: Administrator(staff) Member #1 Joined: January 29, 2006 Favorite giant monster film: Gojira(1954) Favorite horror film: House Of Wax(1953) Favorite sci-fi film: 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)	Ro-Dan Jul 19 2006, 06:32 PM I downloaded the Zone Fighter series via bittorrent. It wasn't subtitled or dubbed but the plots were simple enough to follow. I was disappointed. And since I didn't grow up with the show I have no nostalgic attachment. I really didn't like it at all. The main heroes (the Zone Family) wore some really dopey superhero costumes and Zone Fighter was just another in a long line of Ultraman wannabes. Even the appearances of Godzilla, Ghidorah, and Gigan couldn't save this show for me. Sorry you were disappointed Dan. I can understand why. In my opinion the Zonefighter TV series is not quite as enjoyable to watch as it's Ultraman counterpart TV series. There were, for me anyway, far too many outlandish monster suits, and the rendering of the aliens in the Zonefighter series was not, IMO, very good. I always expect the aliens in these TV shows to look different, quirky, even amusing at times. The aliens in the "Zonefighter" show looked about as ridiculous as some of the alien renderings in the Power Ranger shows, the latter a series of shows I detest. Aside from the outrageous monster suits there was always the lack of a sufficient quantity of high-speed filming, and I think the addition of Godzilla to this series was one clearly aimed at appealing to kids-it did not appeal at all to me, and had the same effect on me as watching Godzilla and Jet Jaguar "shake hands" in 1973's Godzilla Vs Megalon-I cringed. What enables me to enjoy *Zonefighter* is the action Dan-there is a lot of violence among the human and alien characters in this TV series, and it reminds me somewhat of the 70's martial arts flicks that were popular at that time. I also liked many of the weapons deployed by the Zonefighter Trio, including the wrist-mounted cannon of Zonefighter himself. Very cool. thumbs up
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