One mistake here and the guy is dead.
it's not a real guy in the suit
Old toku stuntmen was hardcore. They getting blown up all the time and they continue to go to work next day like it was nothing
>>23937608Those were mannequins.
>>23937608what mad ethem change to godawful digital compositing effects, GaoRanger with its horrid GCI rangers and zords look ugly, i get that Sentai started to being rebranded to VERY LITTLE KIDS at that time, but cmon.
>>23937612For the sake of safety, primarily. Also as digital editing improved it became easier and cheaper to get the same intended visual.
>>23937608That's how Kamen Rider Ichigo broke his leg in multiple places
>>23937587go watch some jackie chan movies. Stunt people have died filming resident evil and marvel movies.
>>23937612Same reason we use digital for everything in the west and practical effects are virtually dead, it's cheaper and takes much, much less skill.
No they didn't. They almost set Pink 5's actress on fire because they pushed her to do a stunt she wasn't nearly qualified for and they almost broke the original Reddle's neck in B Fighter and effectively destroyed her career as a result
>>23937587there's a good making-of for Supaidaaman where they explain how most of the "special effects" for climbing stunts used the classic technique "just don't die"
>>23937612Its a lot more safe and cost efficient.For crazier battle scenes they don't have to tear apart monster suits(See: Ultraman Ace) and no need to physically set the monster suits on fire(See: again, Ultraman Ace).
whenever toku and safety get brought up I remember all the ropeway scenes they did on real location and with the actual actors hanging from them. And they did this several times across seasons
Most of it was improvised. An alien kaiju actually destroyed Toyko while they were filming and the director liked it so much that he decided to keep it in.
>>23937587Did ______ from Japan have any safety standards? No, nothing did. Still doesn't.
>>23940029Holy shit that looks terrifyin, I saw one from OG KR
>>23937647But it looks like shit.
>>23937587just watch what Hiroshi Watari said about stunts :https://youtu.be/XfnCDhor06c?t=1008
>>23937587I still remember that time when an explosive went off in Takaiwa's hand during Kabuto, and he was too scared to look and see if it was still there, had to get set crew to look and tell him he was fine.>>23940069It's still better than ending a stuntman's career/life and getting sued to the point where the studio shuts down.
>>23940029It's even crazier when you remember that guy in the costume can't even see that well.
>>23940068yeah this onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHdBPOf31rU
That's why old Toku is better, the stunts were goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Eh11UQF9wJiraiya opening, the guy really jumps from an helicopter on a truck, and then on another truck.This kind of risk is unacceptable by today's safety standards.
>>23940097I think they were overconfident about that stunt since they'd done it on Gavan already once before. I'd be interested to hear if it was safer the first time around.
>>23940210It must have been fucking wild working in TV back then. you and the lads, throwing actors around on cables, jumping off buildings into big mats, blowing shit up, crashing cars in a quarry all week.
>>23940050Remember to join a union
