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01-17-2017, 10:59 PM | #7471 |
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CAAAAAAAAARRANGER!!! (33-36) Yeah that's right, four episodes instead of the usual three. Man I missed this show. I seriously don't even have anything to say about it besides "it's the s***" at this point, so let me switch things up and just say a little something about each episode: 33 - For a guy who looks like the forbidden love child of Yoda and a Garbage Pail Kid, it's kind of amazing how much I've come to enjoy Dapp(u). Seeing him back after his absence the past couple episodes was nice and seeing him remark on how the Carrangers have grown while he wasn't around (and they really have come a long way from getting forcibly dragged to their first fight) was cool. 34 - Apparently there are oden stands on Saturn. Amazingly, this probably isn't the craziest thing I've seen in Carranger. 35/36 (it's a two-parter) - Man, this is like, how many times now Signalman has been manipulated into fighting the Carrangers? I don't know who to feel more sorry for here, them or Signalman.
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01-18-2017, 08:56 PM | #7472 |
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Just finished Magiranger and liked it quite a bit. I like the theme and especially the family aspect to the season. It is a bit red-centric in the fights but overall I felt that all the characters got some growth during the season (and I don't mean the continual - "you had the courage to tie your shoes, you get a new spell"). I do like how they truly did get stronger over the season (unlike Hurricanger who never seemed to improve much) but I'm not a bit fan of the look of the Legendary powers.
The final 10 or so episodes with the Gods of Hell were really very well done and upped the stakes much more than in most Sentai series I've seen. Just started Boukenger and I'm not feeling it yet. I'm 5 episodes in and part of it, I think was the already formed team. There's very little introduction to the different characters. I do like the theme though and like the different villain factions so we'll see where it goes. |
01-19-2017, 12:49 AM | #7473 |
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Magiranger is one of those shows where the villian saved it for me.
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01-21-2017, 11:27 PM | #7474 |
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Carranger 37-38:
Just two this time. I suppose that evens out watching four episodes in my last sitting, or something. Anyway, and brace yourselves, this might be a real shocker, but this show is still absolutely stellar. 37 shows once again how smart Carranger is, and I'll remind you, the whole point of this show is to be as dumb as possible. The (rather meta) plot revolves around the team getting really cocky and overconfident after constantly beating the bad guys week after week, while the bad guys become painfully aware of the fact they constantly get their crap kicked in by the team in a scene involving a notebook graph showing their current record (with one whole victory!), complete with dates corresponding to the actual air dates of the episodes, part of a fun little bit of detail throughout Carranger where events are consistently referred to as happening "last week" and such. Most of Toei's shows vaguely take place in real time, but Carranger takes it to the extreme. The attention to detail with Carranger in general is insane. Just one of many, many, many things to love about it. 38 features a guest star whose voice is distractingly dubbed over for some reason (I guess they didn't like the guy's voice?). I mean, it's a normal episode and it's good and all but this is like all I can think about it. It's so weird, and the lip sync goes full on "old Godzilla dubs" at points, not to mention I'm pretty sure you can faintly hear the actual actor's voice left in under the dubbed one in at least one scene. Really bizarre stuff.
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01-22-2017, 12:51 AM | #7475 |
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It could just be the ADR. I don't remember which episode that was, I'll have to take a look later.
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01-22-2017, 12:53 AM | #7476 |
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God, I really want to continue Carranger, but that first episode was just so bad
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01-22-2017, 01:28 AM | #7477 |
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Give it a shot. It's pretty great
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01-22-2017, 01:35 AM | #7478 |
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Let's dive into Carranger, episode 2!
First thing to note, some of the Bowzack's designs are actually rather unsettling. This villain, the Beethoven of noise pollution or whatever has a rather creepy design. Anyway, the episode beings about a lecture on money. Not the importance of making money. Just about how nice money is. Money money money. The director of the auto shop they own. Dappu waltzes in with their new weapon and knocks him unconscious with magic because he can. He then begins on a lecture about their new weapon, Giga Formula. Here comes the first laugh of the series, so the comedy people love so much has finally shown up. One by one, each ranger leaves with a flimsy excuse to get away from Dappu's lecture (Sans Yellow Racer). The final member to leave comes up with the excuse "I'll go along with everyone else and find someplace to go." What can I say, it's an honest reason~ Red happens along the MOTW making noise pollution and causing cars to levitate, calling in the team. The team being spread around the city, he gets his ass beaten to the sound of classical music as the team races to him (Literally). A funny moment is one henchman tripping and getting chased by a small dog. I loved it. The team shows up, and Dappu calls in the Giga Formula. After a quick run through the manual (Always a smart thing to do), they tear through the enemies and shoot the villain back into space. His noise pollution pisses off some passing by enemies who attack the Bowzack planet/ship/thing. Director is awoken on a computer, everyone working diligently. Episode 2 is a much better presentation than episode 1. It wasn't sloppy exposition on top of sloppy exposition on top of an average fight scene filled with sloppy exposition, so it's much easier to sit through and enjoy.
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01-22-2017, 10:25 AM | #7479 |
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Yeah, I actually checked the credits during the opening and didn't see anything about a different guy doing the voice, but man, if it is the same guy, that is some awful ADR.
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01-22-2017, 10:54 AM | #7480 |
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So I released my review of Liveman:
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Also, the ADR on AbaRed's daughter was down right dreadful because most of the time it always looked off. |
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