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03-05-2014, 01:14 PM | #4541 |
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Kyoryuger 46. What a fantastic way of wrapping up Ian's story.
Aigaron - a comic relief villain who had more character development and a more substantial character arc than the entire Kyoryuger team combined. I dunno what that says more. The fight between Daigo and his Dad was meh, but seeing Torin literally get sent to hell to vanquish all the evil there was AMAZING, Ian lose his shit and take down Icerondo with Aigaron's crying axe was EPIC, and Souji using Torin's sword was all awesome stuff. This is one of the best wrap ups for a series I've watched, I'm serious. I'm enjoying the ending of this way more than I did the ending of my favourite sentai, Goseiger.
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03-05-2014, 02:32 PM | #4542 |
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Alright. Maskman continues.
Episode 19- Akira/Blue Mask focus. While fighting Tube in the mountains, the Maskmen encounter a new general, the Peculiar Ground Beast Anagmus. He has has the ability to increase the other generals' power. During the fight, Anagmus zaps Akira with a Phantom Orb... and it either causes him to lose his memory or causes him to hit his head and lose his memory. Either way -- Akira's memory? Gone. A group of kids find Akira literally adrift in a river -- and wouldn't you know it, they know Akira from his pre-Maskman days. I guess he grew up in these same mountains. It becomes the kids' job to help Akira regain his memory. Episode 20 - Momoko/Pink Mask focus. While teaching some kids her style of Kendo, Momoko is assaulted by a mysterious woman in black. The arrogant bitch criticizes Momoko's Kendo, comparing it to amateur parlor tricks. She proclaims that her own is stronger and proceeds to steal Momoko's students. But Momoko feels something is amiss -- this woman's Kendo is dark and violent, and she can't let her students fall victim to it. So the two women duke it out until mystery bitch reveals she's actually a Ground Beast in disguise. Still intent on proving the strength of her Kendo -- and to reinforce to her students that one should fight to the bitter end -- Momoko refuses to transform and takes on the beast in her civilian state. She ultimately proves the power of her Kendo -- but too late! Turns out the plan all along was to weaken Momoko so the Maskmen can't efficiently pilot their robot, The Great Five. The Maskmen defeat the enemy, but at the expense of their giant robot, which is swallowed by the Earth. Momoko watches, helpless. What will the team do now? These episodes are interesting counterpoints to each other. On the one hand, Episode 19 is terrible. It suffers from the shallowness you'd expect from an 80s kids show. The ridiculous coincidences (Akira just happens to be found by some mountain kids he already knows? Really?), the stupid villain plot, the annoying amnesia cliche, the horrible daikaiju fight. Lame, lame, lame, lame. The only stand out element was the ground fighting -- which continues to be stunning. On the other hand, Episode 20 is fucking awesome. The conflict between the two martial arts badass ladies made this episode feel like a flashback from Kill Bill. Momoko continues to be elevated from standard Pink to tough-as-nails fighter. It's awesome that the female-member-focused episodes continue to be the standouts in this series. And this episode contains actual stakes for the daikaiju fight! Watching the team fail due to Momoko's absence makes it actually thrilling. These guys can't operate effectively without a single member of their team. As with any great Sentai, each member contributes something essential to the whole. Great stuff. These two episodes represent a lot of what I like and dislike about the show. Two sides of the same coin. The inconsistency makes it a little hard to get through the show -- but the good parts are more than worth the bad. |
03-05-2014, 06:06 PM | #4543 |
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Timeranger Episode 6
So the monster of the week is a jewel thief, that walks through people and turns into them...huh? So how did they know it was an imposter exactly? They didn't show the woman turning back into her monster form. And did they just assume that the owner possibly wasn't just dipping into her store's stash to have some gems of her own? Stupid, stupid news. Oh shit son, bad ass line walk with them being all dapper like! Apparently everybody loves Tatsuya. They swarmed him like he was freaking Elton John. at Domon Is he serious? Well I think he just dun emancipated you suckas. ...You freaking kidding me? This mecha scene sucked and was completely unnecessary. Worst mecha scene (that I have seen) EVER. Didn't they throw their suits off? So wouldn't after de-morphing they'd only be wearing the suits they're in before the henshin (the grey ones)? Ehhhh Sentai logic at it's finest Well episode 6 was alright. It served as a nice piece to help develop Tatsuya on his path of forging his own destiny and name. Outside of those aspects, the episode was pretty bad to me (that mecha scene is unexcusable). Timeranger Episode 7 Lila needs to go into SA: Shopoholics Anonymous. You can get drunk off of data? I understand Tock's explanation but I don't really think drunk is the right term to use for it. It just doesn't fit right with what they're trying to explain. Triple A is in the future? Huh, I guess AAA became a pretty big global company in the future. That's pretty cool, though why aren't there any luchas? Or an octagon ring? It isn't the same without those! *Spit take* Good god the bill! They want close to $10,000?! Man the Londars must really be desperate for some money to charge that much just for an overnight stay. Also why would he have to pay before the surgery takes place, or even before they check out of the hospital? Okay not going to lie, that was funny. Well that was quite the nice moment with Domon and the skyline. Oh cool! A night battle! I love these type of fights! Unfortunately the fight was lackluster. Maybe it's because I haven't watched Sentai in quite and while and have gotten used to rider fights. I hope I don't come down hard on all of these robo fights, as they're some of my favorite parts of Sentai. Well episode 7 was pretty much the same as episode 6, except this one's action was better, and this one didn't have any character development....so it's not really the same. Ughhh why must I be so critical of Sentai now?
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03-05-2014, 07:05 PM | #4544 |
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Di-di-di-di Diet Crepe!
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03-05-2014, 08:25 PM | #4545 |
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M
E G A What did I just say!? God. That was a weird moment... Anyway, I'm glad Girell is getting his comeuppance. Smug, asshole generals like that are neat, but sometimes they overstay their welcome. While he was only around, for a little over 10 episodes, I'm glad he didn't reach the point me saying "Can he please just die" like, say, Lothor, from PR Ninja Storm. What? Lothor was the main villain? Bullshit. As for the episode itself, I'm glad that the main engineer of Galaxy Mega isn't some sentimental jerk. He knows it was built to fight, and he's not going to let hundreds die just to save it. It makes for a strong moment as he's willing to make the sacrifice (I don't know if it's actually sacrificed, though, since this episode ended on one hell of a cliffhanger. I'm actually pretty pumped for the next episode!). Also, I like that they acknowledge Mega Silver's job. He can't just come in and make the save like he's been doing because he needs to work on Mega Voyager. His absence was nice, as it made the rangers feel whole again, ironically. They operated as a team because their superman can't come in and save the day. Also, I wish I still had my Mega Voyager. Damn...
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03-05-2014, 09:47 PM | #4546 |
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Left, up, down, right.
VOYAGER SPARTAN! End of the cliffhanger. I realized after I posted that Galaxy Mega couldn't be destroyed, since Kubota is on board. Still, it was a really nice episode. Mega Voyager looks great and it's finisher is awesome. It's a shame that the rest of it isn't as cool as Galaxy Mega, as it's attacks outside of the finisher leave a lot to be desired. I'm not complaining that it doesn't have a sword, but the utter lack of any weapons beyond the Spartan means that it's fist fighting most of the time...Oh well. Mega Silver's absence is nice (Though Yusaka does play a larger role in this episode, he doesn't morph), as I love watching a team stand on their own, not relying on a crutch (As Silver has been nothing but a crutch). Well, next episode, Mega Red finally uses function 03 on the Battle Riser. Took his sweet ass time with it. Hell, he only ever used function 02 once so far >.> This episode was really nice and, outside of the gags with Mega Red and Rovoyager 01 (Which kind of killed the mood, what with an entire science and engineering division about to die as the Galaxy Mega holds out), quite enjoyable.
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03-05-2014, 09:52 PM | #4547 |
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Abaranger's painful rampage has come to an end for me. Now on to Gingaman, can't wait to watch that tomorrow. But before I do, can anyone tell me if it's good? Or bad?
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03-05-2014, 11:09 PM | #4548 |
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I thought it was pretty decent. The heroes are a little bland, and I don't think it's the best show to marathon, but it's a fun show. There are clear divisions in episode arcs, which was rare back then, and there's some fantastic suit work with the Star Beasts in their organic forms.
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03-05-2014, 11:21 PM | #4549 |
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I thought it was pretty decent. The heroes are a little bland, and I don't think it's the best show to marathon, but it's a fun show. There are clear divisions in episode arcs, which was rare back then, and there's some fantastic suit work with the Star Beasts in their organic forms.
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