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04-28-2012, 02:27 PM | #1 |
Armoured Hero
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For starters, I'd like to point out the obvious, that from the get go... I am really not a fan of Super Sentai. As, I can barely do Power Rangers as is... and that is more of a Nostalgia crack than anything.
So, I decided. Like Decade, I would take the newb route, and watch something with an anniversary show that features "ALL DAH GUIZE!", thus Gokaiger. Just as I had done previously with Decade. However, if the shoe still doesn't fit... chances are you arn't going to want to wear it, even if it comes under the guise of being awesome...and having pirates... FRIGGEN. PIRATES! I still just couldn't get into Gokaiger. As there seemed to be almost no point to it, other then to fanwank...everywhere. As, aside from it being a anniversary show, all the show really -is- is fanwank. Which, for previous fans of Sentai... That is possibly a good thing? However, for someone just stepping onto the grass from the pavement... Eh? Now, this isn't to say I don't have my own qualms with Power Rangers itself... but for some reason, I feel myself more emotionally involved in Power Rangers, then I do in Gokaiger... As, nothing really happens in the show, and it simply serves it's own purpose to fanwank and follow the formula... honestly I'm tired of the formula, it's why I have been enjoying Akibaranger so much, is that it is a tribute show... but it is aware of it, but it is okay with it, because it still tries to entertain the audience despite it being a tribute show. There are however, elements I do enjoy about Gokaiger... Luka, Pirates, Luka... Pirates... Ok, yeah... that is about it, and that is pretty much my point, is that the show does little to lure me in, other then "Yeah, it's got pirates...and a hot chick... but she is super hot...so yeah." which oddly enough worked for a bit, until the introduction of a certain someone... A certain... Fankwank whore... I'm talking about Gokai Silver. God, I hate the character sooooooooooooooo much. He is like... if someone just read up what Otaku meant, and then went about there buissness in writing him... Now, I know. This is a kids show, why even get worked up about it? Well... I'm really not. It is just weird, that the toku-fans find this show to be like "Gods gift to man!!!!", where as... I really just didn't care for the lackluster story-lines, the seemingly underwhelming fighting, and the fact that despite thei rtagline they did not infact, "Make it showy." So, if I had to rate the show? I'd give it a 6/10. Rate the zord? 9/10 (It -is- a pretty awesome zord... until all the gimmicks come left and right...and then it is flail/fail-tastic.) Villians? Mixed feelings, some of them genuinly are decent villians, IE: Vasco... So, in sections Prince of the Zangyck: 3/10 Insarn: 8/10 Barizorg: 3/10 (Way to not go anywhere cool with that Gokaiger...) Vasco: 9/10 So, those are about my feelings of Gokaiger... and in loo of it. I hope that akibara surpasses it, and goes beyond the 16 or so episodes we where promised... because as I said, even though it is covered in fanwank... it is okay with it, and doesn't feel the need to "Delude" (Do ho ho) Itself anymore then it has to. So yes, those are my thoughts on Gokaiger, what are yours?
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04-28-2012, 02:40 PM | #2 |
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My only thought is they should hold off a year before bringing it to America. Because, you know. Goseiger.
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04-28-2012, 02:54 PM | #3 |
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I didn't really mind Gai as much, I mean let's face it: if any one of us were thrown into his situation, we'd be more then a little ecstatic too.
I actually liked Decade and Gokaiger, but if I had to pick one, Gokaiger definitely wins. I didn't mind Decade, mind you but they really needed to spent time to make Tsukasa into something more then just he's the hero who can change into all the past heroes...something I thought Gokaiger did well. Now, I do have issues with the show...the mecha battles just became sooo boring after awhile, felt as though they got lazy, using the same finishing attacks over and over. I also hated the Zangyaku. Throughout the series, they kept hyping them up to be this, great evil threat to all life in the Universe, but they never did ANYTHING to show for it, nor did they ever do anything but sit around and let someone else take care of their problems. I would've liked to have seen the Zangyaku win more times then they actually did, then I could've bought that these guys are as ruthless as they kept saying they were. |
04-28-2012, 03:16 PM | #4 |
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I didn't really mind Gai as much, I mean let's face it: if any one of us were thrown into his situation, we'd be more then a little ecstatic too.
I actually liked Decade and Gokaiger, but if I had to pick one, Gokaiger definitely wins. I didn't mind Decade, mind you but they really needed to spent time to make Tsukasa into something more then just he's the hero who can change into all the past heroes...something I thought Gokaiger did well. Now, I do have issues with the show...the mecha battles just became sooo boring after awhile, felt as though they got lazy, using the same finishing attacks over and over. I also hated the Zangyaku. Throughout the series, they kept hyping them up to be this, great evil threat to all life in the Universe, but they never did ANYTHING to show for it, nor did they ever do anything but sit around and let someone else take care of their problems. I would've liked to have seen the Zangyaku win more times then they actually did, then I could've bought that these guys are as ruthless as they kept saying they were.
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04-28-2012, 04:02 PM | #5 |
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Akiba Red must make you burn with the fury of a thousand suns then
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04-28-2012, 05:16 PM | #6 |
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Gokaiger for me got dull just after the hurricanger eps... Mecha was boring, fights had less crazy/quick fire changes etc. It picked up a bit in the last 4 or 5 eps but as I've said before, as a whole it was no better or worse for me then Goseiger =D |
04-28-2012, 05:27 PM | #7 |
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>_> I actually like Akiba Red quite a bit. He seems more... human.
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04-28-2012, 05:55 PM | #8 |
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Gokaiger could've done better. The characters never felt like they advanced beyond their brief backstory snippets here and there. They felt like they were the same from beginning to end.
Gai never really got on my nerves, but I can see why he would get on others. The story itself was weak. For a pirate series, it didn't have the sense of adventure I was hoping. They talked on and on about their treasure, but that never amounted to much anything aside from the moments in the finale. I think it could've been much more interesting if they didn't begin with all but like 11 of the Ranger Keys and we actually saw the search for them. The mech was meh. I found the base GokaiGalleon+Gokai machines to be extremely uninteresting, well the other machines, that is. They had no purpose other than to Russian doll out the Galleon and combine (I don't think we even got a token solo/uncombined fight with them). The additions did make things more interesting, but I only really liked Hurricane Gokai-Oh and Shinken Gokai-Oh. Gai's mech...Meh. GoZyu just felt like too much of a mish-mash to find enjoyable (That may just be my inner TF fan speaking, though). The cameos were awesome, but being relatively new to Sentai, I didn't know very many. The villains were pitiful. Walz Gils whining felt very tired and boring, and he didn't get interesting until the end where he felt some camaraderie with Barizog. Barizog himself had a very interesting backstory that I felt could've gone somewhere. But they dropped the "It's irreversible now" line and he just blended into the wallpaper because, after that, there was literally no further his character could go. However, seeing him speak to Joe in a condescending manner during their final fight(s) was pretty awesome. Insarn and the other one (Who's name leaves me right now) were pretty meh. Kinda just...There. Ackdos and co really should've come in a lot earlier. Also, the finale was too rushed. The Zangyack flagship took out the ENTIRE Zangyack armada? Yeah, bullshit. |
04-28-2012, 08:51 PM | #9 |
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Uh, no, I think the finale was perfect.
My only complaint is how lackluster the emperor was. Walz Gil was just a spoiled little brat who was inexperienced to handle defiance. The emperror was lackluster and did nothing and it showed he was not that powerful based on the rangers cock blocking him during their entire battle. That was awesome. I wished they had gone with the rumor that a villian would turn into past generals though, because I wanted to see Ley Wanda, Shadam, Grifforzer, Gashu Skull, Zylpheeza, and Dr Kempu in the show. |
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