Talk:Ultraman Nexus (series)/@comment-6532857-20150318041408

Tbh I think Nexus is probably the most overrated entry in the Ultra series. Pacing and plot issues aside, it falls for what many "grimdark" and "deconstruction" shows do and treats the women poorly. For spoiler's sake I won't go into detail but there is a major fridging and... Nagi... the way they treated you...

Particularly for a franchise which has some of the best representation in this part toku for its time. (Not really taking into account Sentai which is teamwork focused as opposed to being focused on a small group of heroes like ultra and rider.)

It does have good points, but please don't say it's good because it is "mature" or "dark". I don't have anything against either of those, but it's very hard to pull them off well. "Dark" is also not a reflection of real life or a good theme for a show. Nexus, luckily, managed to keep from its tone being a setback and did have some mature themes, but the thing with that is it's very easy to make a mistake on maturity.

I like a lot of serious shows. I liked PMMM despite the utter nonsense that is dualism which was very strongly present. (Utena, btw, is a much better deconstruction.) But it's better for a show to be "light" and present meaning well: aka Mebius. (Most of the messages in that show were great!)

I think it's a shame Nexus wasn't as spectacular as it could have been because I LIKE mature shows when they are pulled off better. It had a lot of great concepts, overall it was a well done show, but it had so many problems too.

For a toku deconstruction I'd honestly prefer Kamen Rider Kuuga, which, despite showing all the bloody death and serious happenings of monster attacks, still has a very positive feel to it.

As someone who has..dabbled.. in philosophy, I can get really upset when shows try to get philosophical and fail. Nexus wasn't too bad in this region, unlike certain works I could name. Gaim and Madoka. OOOPS.