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10-01-2013, 07:49 AM | #3271 |
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I'm skeptical that the Yuumaju backstabbing will happen too, but the Matrintis stuff? There's quite a bit of source footage to overlook. Time will tell.
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10-01-2013, 08:43 AM | #3272 |
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Since I don't really have time to finish one of the GARO movies before I go out, I decided to watch the third episode of Liveman.
I guess there was a continuity error at the end of the second episode of Liveman where we see Obler already has some weird monster mouth. Then again in the flashback Obler was dressed as his evilself...already...for some reason. Even when he accessed his true monster form, man was it goofy. How has he ascended humanity? He's still just as humanoid as the other members of his team, unless he can't even transform back again I suppose. But still. Red Falcon, is cool as hell. Nice to see at least one Sentai Red with common sense. After watching Ryou for so long, I was starting to lose hope. Jou is a fucking dipstick though.
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10-02-2013, 05:28 AM | #3273 |
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With all that said; In terms of quality and overall entertainment value I think Go-Onger and RPM are the best sentai and PR series. If anyone hasn't watched Go-Onger then it's one you should check out asap. I mean, it's definitely on the silly side so it is important to know that going into it but it's silly done right!
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10-02-2013, 05:34 AM | #3274 |
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Even though it's a shame this hemisphere will miss out on a heavy amount of awesome Goseiger footage I'm fine with Megaforce doing its own thing. I mean, RPM cut a significant amount of awesome Go-Onger stuff and well...RPM is still very great. Not that I'm saying Megaforce is great (i'm not saying it's bad either, I'm just "saying") It at least to me feels like I'm getting two different shows.
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10-03-2013, 04:02 AM | #3275 |
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Dairanger 46.
The mech stuff, although still not exactly good, is always more enjoyable when integrated into the rest of the footage well. It's the little things, like the panicking crowds that adds to the believability that the mech battle is really happening in the city. Even if the dated effects betray it, but it has been like two decades. Shiryuu was pretty cool, shame that he basically appeared, then died and served pretty much no purpose. It's a shame as well, because the whole idea of two Gorma factions, both with drastically different views on how it should be run is really interesting. But instead for the majority of the series the Gorma hierarchy and all the rest has just been pure random nonsense that was seemingly made up as they went. Then again, a lot of this shit falls flat. A huge part of this arc is the Dairanger's feeling betrayed by their master but thanks to pretty much zero character focus all this does is make the Dairanger's look like idiots. Blindly trusting and following a crazy old man for absolutely no reason at all, then somehow having the gall to be surprised when it goes pear shaped. And then whenever someone points out the bullshit, mostly towards Ryou who is one of the worst reds of all time, he responds with aggression and violence to his friends and team members. Worst. Rangers. Ever. Still, my favourite part was when Ryou suddenly remembered his Dad. A crucial part of his character, which hasn't been mentioned since the arc it was included in, forty episodes ago. It's almost as bad as the mysteries around the antennas which wasn't a mystery at all.
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10-03-2013, 07:06 PM | #3276 |
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Liveman 03.
I love how Bias is basically Andrew Ryan only with greater ambition. I mean sure Ryan built a city under the sea but Bias literally wants to terraform the whole planet for his Rapture. Even better is that to achieve his goal, he seems to actually try logical methods, rather than just attacking the same unimportant city over and over again with one monster at a time. I also like how Megumi is the most grounded and intelligent of the three Livemen we have so far. It's almost like sentai is handling a female character well, but let's not be ridiculous now. Plus, she is pretty hot, even if she is a little boss eyed. Even the mech stuff is pretty fun, I mean at times it's like I'm watching zoids and then Thunderbirds, but for the most part the mech stuff is integrated well and they use a nice range of techniques to try and convince it isn't just a dude in a box on a train set. I bring this up, because Dairanger basically uses the same three shots over and over and over again to try and convince us they are giants and not only is it monotonous but the repetition breaks the illusion almost as much as the dated special effects work. Man this is having a much stronger start than Dairanger did.
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10-04-2013, 10:42 AM | #3277 |
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Go-Busters 46: A character's accuracy decreases dramatically when it's enemy unmorphs.
J's Stag Beetle, why!? And Escape is really messed up right now... 47: Enter's backup... Hiromu... THE HECK!? 48: And everything makes sense now... damn, heavy stuff. Last edited by algo448; 10-04-2013 at 11:46 AM.. |
10-04-2013, 02:26 PM | #3278 |
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Dairanger 47.
This has to be one of my favourite episodes for the team as a whole. Through the whole series I have been completely unconvinced that the Dairanger's are the same people in and out of the suits and what little we learn about them across the series, only further stretches the divide between them. So to see them stand up and fight with no powers, to do their famous role call, poses and moves unmorphed, was both really thrilling and gave me a lot of respect for them, but it's also probably the only time in the whole series I really believed it was them in the suits all along (minus maybe Ryou and Daigo who were more consistent). So wait, Kaku's plan relied on the Dairanger's killing Shiryuu so he could use the staff as a power conduit to defeat Shadam? I hope you had a plan B, bro, because you scored the one in a gagillion chance of this paying off. Shadam's transformed form was pretty cool, but what happened to him turning into metal and shit?
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10-04-2013, 03:17 PM | #3279 |
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Ooops my last Liveman write up was on the fourth episode, not the third, my bad.
Anyway, episode five. I'm still really liking these Rangers. I love how the Red is lead on pure emotion, but isn't stupid about it. He isn't good for goods sake, he's just honest, and quite often honesty isn't always the thing the person wants to hear. And I love how this is balanced with the much more straight laced Megumi, borderline cold as she is focused almost completely on the mission. Just a shame then that Jou's comic relief always falls flat and he just comes across as an imbecile. Still they have such wonderful chemistry and I truly believe in their friendship. Plus, I love how their individual talents are already established. They aren't just a bunch of rookies who miraculously master martial arts thanks to some spandex, they built their own Ranger powers and their own mecha, and those skills carry on outside of the fight footage. I mean that is seriously fucking badass. The LiveCougar, despite the stupid name, was pretty fucking cool as well.
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10-04-2013, 04:26 PM | #3280 |
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Dairanger 48.
This episode was so stupid. Master Kaku was kicking Shadam's ass, then he decided to just throw away victory and start using his powers for no reason. And even though he didn't need the powers to win in the first place, once he lost those powers he started getting his ass kicked anyway. How do you lose consistency in a single fight sequence? Also what was with his final line, 'so these are your hands', what does that even mean? Why did Zydos suddenly get a volcano head? What happened to his metal form? Oh well, the scene of him falling to bits was actually pretty damn terrifying. Although are we gonna explain any of this? I'm guessing no... Also that scene of the Dairanger's getting their powers back was crap.
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