Most horrific show ever made that I watched as a kid...

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Ultraman 1966 - YouTube

[Jeff '79]

I LOVED THAT SHOW !!! :seasix:...I was 7yrs old in 1970 and my brother and I watched that all the time.....We actually played Ultra-Man.....:yesnod:

[78SA]

I can't believe i used to watch that. It's horrible! :rofl:

[kingpin]

[mr.vette]YHGTBSM[mr.vette]

[Jeff '79]

[mr.vette]YHGTBSM[mr.vette]

:rofl::rofl:

[Blademaker]

Mine

Dark Shadows - Barnabas & Burke. - YouTube

[kingpin]

WTF was that. The only time I would watch a show like that when I was a kid would of been if I was high.

The fight scene was great. :rolleyes:

[ApexOversteer]

Mine

Dark Shadows - Barnabas & Burke. - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk9XIq8Ud2I)

From what I hear, the movie turns out to be less wacky/nutty than the trailer makes it seem, and fans of the show seem to like how it's been adapted.

[Jeff '79]

WTF was that. The only time I would watch a show like that when I was a kid would of been if I was high.

The fight scene was great. :rolleyes:

It looked pretty real to me at 7yrs old....We weren't torchin' yet either...:D
Shows like that led to building, burning, and blowing up models at 8 yrs old...

[ApexOversteer]

I can't believe i used to watch that. It's horrible! :rofl:

I still watch it... but I'm weird and like Kaiju movies and TV shows.

[Mike Mercury]

I LOVED THAT SHOW !!! :seasix:...I was 7yrs old in 1970 and my brother and I watched that all the time.....We actually played Ultra-Man.....:yesnod:

yep; I adored the show.

The first series begins when Science Patrol (Kagaku Tokusou Tai) member Shin Hayata is flying his plane and a red sphere of light crashes into his Mini-VTOL. The sphere turns out to be the transport (Travel Sphere) for a red-and-silver giant being who calls himself Ultraman. Feeling remorse for having killed the human, he merges his essence with Hayata to revive him. In return, Hayata serves as the human form for this being, and when danger threatens, he raises and activates a power-object and artifact called a "beta capsule" and transforms to Ultraman to save the day.

Ultraman has one main weakness: Since Earth's atmosphere leeches away his solar energy, Ultraman can only physically exist on Earth for approximately three to five minutes of Earth time. To signal this, a warning light in Ultraman's chest (called the Color Timer (カラータイマー, KarāTaimā?) in the Japanese-language version) starts out at blue. At the 1 minute mark it starts to blink, and then turns red and blinks faster at the two minute mark. Some sources have given 2:10 as the mark where the timer begins to blink. If the Color Timer/warning light stops, Ultraman will "never rise again." Obviously, at whatever point the blinking begins, Ultraman typically has only a short amount of time left to defeat his foe and return to his human host. However, Ultraman has occasionally been able to extend his operating time by flying towards the Sun and "recharging."

Ultraman rarely engages in conversation, and when he does it seems to be in a telepathic manner. In Episode 1, as he reveals who he is and what he must do to keep Hayata alive, his discussion with the clearly unconscious, and obviously dying, Hayata in the damaged TravelSphere can only be explained via telepathy. His conversation with the monster Mephilas does not follow this pattern. Zoffy also speaks to Ultraman in the final episode while the two are in Zoffy's TravelSphere, though it is not made clear if this is telepathic. Otherwise, Ultraman does engage in vocalizations, specifically the shouts and barks he makes in reverberating human-like cries ("kiais") while fighting a monster. Although these sounds and other grunts of exertion are most common, Ultraman also has one oft-repeated, and now extremely iconic phrase that he clearly utters: "Shuwatch" (シュワッチ, Shuwatchi?), which he shouts when jumping into the air to fly. In Japanese pop-culture, "Shuwatch" or 'Shoowatch' has been the phrase most associated with Ultraman.

In episode 39, "Farewell Ultraman," Ultraman fights an enemy called Zetton, leader of an army of monsters bent on destroying all the Ultra-Crusaders, who employs an unexpected weapon against Ultraman—one which damages his Color Timer/warning light and disables his ability to measure his power supply. As a result, Ultraman stays in his full-size form too long and collapses into a dormant state.
Fortunately, despite this loss, the Science Patrol's members are able to defeat Zetton on their own. When Zoffy, Ultraman's superior, comes to retrieve the fallen hero, Ultraman pleads for Hayata's life and offers his life completely, so that Hayata may live as a normal man. Zoffy then says he has brought two life-forces and that he will give one to Hayata. He then separates them, giving Hayata new life, but Hayata seems to have no memory between the time he first collides with Ultraman's ship (in the first episode), and his standing outside Science Patrol Headquarters as he watches Zoffy take Ultraman home.

This is a rather different finish to the series than stated in the English dub, which states both that Ultraman will return and that Hayata retains his beta capsule as he awaits Ultraman's return.

do not dis Ultraman :nono:

http://www.tim-yvonne.com/forum/ultraman2.jpg

[Jeff '79]

When Hyata raised the Beta Capsule, and said Hyata !!!...The shit really hit the fan.....The damned thing was always getting away from him though...:rofl:
The water from the hand thing looked fake though...Other than that, it was all real.

[Datawiz]

Just a few years before my time. Not many, but a few.

[78SA]

I still watch it... but I'm weird and like Kaiju movies and TV shows.

I couldn't stop watching the video in the OP. :lol::leaving:

[kingpin]

This show freaked me out when I was young.

Manimal (panther transformation sequence) - YouTube

[Jeff '79]

As far as scary, The Excorcist scared the chit out of me, and on TV, The Night Stalker was right up there.

[Blademaker]

As far as scary, The Excorcist scared the chit out of me, and on TV, The Night Stalker was right up there.

In my misspent youth......I saw the exorcist while on acid.
Bad move.

[kingpin]

In my misspent youth......I saw the exorcist while on acid.
Bad move.

I was the Exorcist on acid. That's scary!

[BuckyThreadkiller]

Night Stalker was a seriously cool show.

[Sea Six]

Night Stalker was a seriously cool show.

Yes. Scary as all hell.

[Jeff '79]

In my misspent youth......I saw the exorcist while on acid.
Bad move.

:lol: I can't even imagine.....

[Fasglas]

The monster in OP's vid reminded me of a film where Bobcat Goldthwaite was stuck in a Godzilla suit w/ a burning cigar. Way funny.
Can't recall the name of that movie, though.

[ApexOversteer]

The monster in OP's vid reminded me of a film where Bobcat Goldthwaite was stuck in a Godzilla suit w/ a burning cigar. Way funny.
Can't recall the name of that movie, though.

One Crazy Summer with John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat and the screaming father from the Twisted Sister music videos...

One Crazy Summer (trailer) - YouTube

[Fasglas]

Yep, that's the one. :rofl:
Seagoing Ferrari too...

[onedef92]

The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) Trailer - YouTube

Growing up in rural Kentucky, all those Bigfoot horror movies and documentaries ("In Search Of" & shit) scared the stool outta' me.

I'd be terrified in the summer when the woods in back of my parent's home came alive at night with deer, raccoons, opossums and other roaming, nocturnal critters. We swore up and down it was Sasquatch on the prowl! :hide::ohnoes:

"The Legend of Boggy Creek" is my fav. still.

[Yerf Dog]

I can't believe i used to watch that. It's horrible! :rofl:

:iagree: :rofl:

[ApexOversteer]

Who remembers Godzilla's pal, Jet Jaguar?

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/967995-jgmf2005_10.jpg
L to R: Megalon, Gigan, Godzilla, Jet Jaguar

[BADRACR1]

Is it just me, or does it look like Cartman with ski goggles on the front of that monster?

[78SA]

The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) Trailer - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9V44D9xZ70)

Growing up in rural Kentucky, all those Bigfoot horror movies and documentaries ("In Search Of" & shit) scared the stool outta' me.

I'd be terrified in the summer when the woods in back of my parent's home came alive at night with deer, raccoons, opossums and other roaming, nocturnal critters. We swore up and down it was Sasquatch on the prowl! :hide::ohnoes:

"The Legend of Boggy Creek" is my fav. still.

Those were Squatches. :lol:

[NEED-A-VETTE]

Just a few years before my time. Not many, but a few.

It was still on when I was a kid. After the Saturday cartoons, if I remember correctly. And Giant Robot, too. I was born in 1974. :cheers:

[BADRACR1]

It was still on when I was a kid. After the Saturday cartoons, if I remember correctly. And Giant Robot, too. I was born in 1974. :cheers:

Gigantor?

[joecaver]

:rofl: I had forgotten about that show :rofl:

[NEED-A-VETTE]

Gigantor?

No, Giant Robot. (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giant_Robo_(tokusatsu)) Although, the wiki article does say it was similar to Tetsujin 28-go (Gigantor in the US).

Main character was a kid names Johnny Sokko, who, strangely, I found cute when I was younger. But, WTF did I know? I was like 5 years old. :rofl:

Odd that I married a Japanese man, however. :leaving:

Giant Robot - YouTube

Watching it now, I realize that we were very easily entertained back then. :rofl:

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