Comments on: Johnny Socko & His Flying Robot Episodes Available on Hulu - UPDATED For Non-Americans

By: MrSatyre

MrSatyre — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:47:23 +0000

Fantastic! But more so because this is the first time I’ve ever seen this show in hellish color! Makes me wonder if the TV I saw it on when I was a kid in the early 70’s was a b&w model…

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Sat, 31 May 2008 04:44:40 +0000

thanks for taking me back to my early days, i almost forgot about johnny sooko and ultraman, that was real cool

By: dok

dok — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:47:01 +0000

I can view the hulu and I have been a long time fan of Johnny Socko and his flying robot, often times remembering the moves of the Robots arms. Thanks, much appreciated!

By: joe

joe — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:09:04 +0000

Sounds very enterntaining, sure would like to see it, unfortunately I’m in Japan. But maybe I can get a copy of the original in Tsutaya.

As for this,
“Hopefully, sometime soon Hulu will find a way to make it work in all territories.”

the internets don’t work that way. The people at Hulu are deliberately blocking access based on IP addresses. People browsing with IPs registered to ISPs outside the US are blocked.

I’ve never quite understood the motivation for this practice, since if you REALLY want to see something that is being blocked in this manner, all you have to do is proxy your browsing session through a computer located in the country or region you require.

With firefox this is as simple as 1,2,3:
http://technicalbliss.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-use-free-proxy-with-firefox.html

The programmers who set this up certainly appreciate how pointless and counterproductive this is, but the media execs probably think they are creating potential alternative revenue streams, and the lawyers probably think they are limiting their liability with respect to their region-restricted content distribution licenses.

All it really adds up to though, is an annoying experience for a large part of the viewing public.

By: dmc

dmc — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:06:54 +0000

it was fab, after all of these years to finally find episodes of JS. I watched the show as a toddler and never forgot it, or Ultraman. Thanx

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:35:52 +0000

I’m 37 years old & I think those missles shooting out of his fingers are still, to day this– bad ass!!

By: kwolf43

kwolf43 — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:54:11 +0000

wow seeing johnny sokko and his flying robot takes me so far back to my childhood it is crazy.I used to run home from school just so that i would not miss show,that show and ultra man and marine boy.thanks

By: Yitzy

Yitzy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:07:35 +0000

Buckethead fans such as myself are screaming with joy.

It’s well known that Buckethead was a huge fan of the show. He has covered the theme song, used samples from the show and the “Giant Robot” has been shown on album covers.

Thanks so much!