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03-23-2021, 06:21 PM | #8401 |
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I apologize once again for the double post.
I'm considering taking a break from watching Go-Onger after two more episodes and their movie and start watching, well, re-watching for the most part since I never finished the series, Choujyu Sentai Liveman. I'll come back and finish up on Go-Onger after I'm done with Liveman and then watch the crossover movies from Ohranger vs. Kakuranger to Go-Onger vs. Gekiranger before starting up on Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. |
03-24-2021, 06:53 PM | #8402 |
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~Fish's Zenkai Tour!~
Episode 3 – Battle Fever J I've always had a huge fondness for these dorks from a distance. I know that intro might sound familiar, but the same sentiment really does apply just as much. Only the Battle Fever guys are significantly dorkier than JAKQ. It probably counts as one of my usual contrarian opinions if I say I unironically love these designs? I mean, I'm not aware if there's actually any big consensus, but it kind of seems like these suits are a hard sell that only gets harder the more distance we get from 1979. I mean, they give Miss America a wig. But man, these guys just know how to stand out in a crowd, you know? Battle Japan in particular is just a straight up cool design in my book, with the red and white perfectly popping off one another, and the sweet helmet that I always thought looked like implied hair, but on looking it up, it turns out it's actually a fireball, which both makes way more thematic sense (his head is the sun, basically), and is also even more awesome. Legitimately one of my favorite Sentai suits to this day. For that matter, the theme song is a huge favorite of mine, too. Extremely catchy, and it has maybe the most definitive possible lyric for a Sentai ever in the chorus with the whole "individually, we may be small, but together, we're invincible!" thing. Like, Goranger had kind of a similar bit, but I love that Battle Fever J specifically stresses the idea that the team can only truly get anything done as a team. That's so perfect for what these shows are all about, and that's the sort of magic I also feel in the show's premise, which isn't simply five random people, but five random people with roots from all over the globe proving that great justice is a universal language. And they've got a giant robot! Everything about this show not involving a wig is like the pinnacle of awesome! And as for the premiere itself, I was pleasantly surprised to find it struck a really happy balance between the somewhat whimsical "serious" cool super-spy vibe of Goranger and the genuinely quite self-serious drama of JAKQ. For the most part, it leans back into the sheer fun of the former with its overall atmosphere, even having a pretty similar routine of rounding up the gang at the start in a cool secretive way, with Battle Japan in his civilian identity running around simply flashing a thumbs up to the other guys, who all of course know exactly what this most critical of signals means without a word exchanged between them. It's more of what I liked about Goranger, where I can easily picture the kids watching this at the time seeing this stuff and dreaming of one day living life that awesomely. But there's also the tiniest hint of real human emotion to balance that out, with Miss America being introduced as a new member of the team who loses her father to the bad guy group of the show, Egos, midway through the episode. Unlike the massacre that kicks off Goranger, time is actually spent dramatizing her grief, and while it's not more than a scene or two, it's still a nice bit of texture to the story that goes beyond what's really needed for a show like this, so I appreciated seeing it. Overall, this was another one that left a great first impression. Hard to go wrong with a toku premiere where Kenji Ohba holds a conversation with a monkey. Once again, it's pretty easy to see how the "first" Super Sentai caught on as much as it did. And that's with the robot stuck in a hangar the whole episode! Imagine how much more awesome this series must get once that thing is in the mix! After this, I'm definitely looking forward to finding that out for myself one day, even if it won't be soon.
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03-24-2021, 06:59 PM | #8403 |
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This could've just been the whole post honestly.
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03-24-2021, 07:07 PM | #8404 |
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It was a very cute character introduction! I would've loved to focus soley on that one scene, but I've gotta try and be fair to people who aren't as cool as Kenji Ohba, okay?
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03-25-2021, 04:29 AM | #8405 |
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Battle Fever J is alright, I did admittedly find the ending theme a bit of a bore but it was a fun show, although possibly the wackiest and craziest I've seen so far in my opinion!
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03-25-2021, 10:27 AM | #8406 |
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I finished Magi just before my PS 3 shipped in.
Now I'm watching all the Shout Factory episodes up to Hurri. Still need to finish Bouken and Go Busters.
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03-25-2021, 10:52 AM | #8407 |
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Gosh, I bet you're hard to impress on a first meeting.
Somewhere, a television executive is weeping at your review of "alright." Quote:
There you go, Marvel, that's what it would take to engage my attention, as the only person left in the world to not be emotionally invested in your movies: make a Battle Fever J film for the MCU. Last edited by dreamcastegirl; 03-25-2021 at 10:57 AM.. |
03-25-2021, 03:56 PM | #8408 |
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Currently up to episode 9 of Liveman.
I almost forgot on how much I love the dynamic between the three main rangers of this series. |
03-25-2021, 04:05 PM | #8409 |
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It's the best! *weeps tears of happiness*
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03-25-2021, 04:14 PM | #8410 |
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It would be hilarious to see Battle Fever J of all things revived as a globally popular mainstream blockbuster movie. But only if Miss America is still into disco!
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