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10-28-2016, 12:14 AM | #7271 |
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Finally watched episodes 30-33 of Zyuohger and I'm back to being kind of bored. Don't get me wrong, they had some cool moments in it, especially episode 32 which is probably the best Monster of the series thus far, but I am tired of these villains. They make the Zangyack Empire look interesting. Then of course episode 33 was just sumo filler. I am curious though, why were they making pancakes in the middle of the day? Or was it early enough for breakfast? And who ruins a pancake with all of that stuff on it? :-p The sumo episode was terrible though. There is no way in hell those guys could qualify as sumo wrestlers. That would be like letting Pre-Serum Steve Rogers fight Thanos.
I also decided to watch episodes 8 and 9 of Dynaman since MFC says they are going to have another batch out soon and I wanted to knock some more episodes out. They weren't bad. My biggest issue is how long these episodes feel as the episodes feel like they are twice their actual length. I did love watching Chimera kick the rangers' asses while Night on Bald Mountain played. The next episode, which the makers of Speed totally ripped off was probably the best episode of the show so far. It was fun and it didn't drag on as much until they got to the mech battle. Supposedly I'm close to when the show was cut down to like 18 minute episodes, so I'm hoping the episodes will start to move at fast speeds when that occurs. Nevertheless, none of the ranger cast really wows me at the moment and I hate their suits. They look like baseball jerseys with bike helmets. |
10-28-2016, 12:47 AM | #7272 |
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Dynaman WAS initially a baseball themed Sentai! Which is bizarro and therefore awesome.
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10-28-2016, 01:05 AM | #7273 |
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Wow, that would have been the dumbest thing ever. Glad they decided not to go for a baseball theme. EW!!
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10-28-2016, 08:56 PM | #7274 |
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Ninnin Rewatch! 33 + 34
I was expecting episode 33 to just be another simple and wacky "break" episode after 32, and it is, but it's also really good. The whole premise is that the MotW has a crush on Aoninger, and the way it plays out is hilarious. A lot of the humor comes from playing many of the scenes for unironic melodrama, which is itself ironically funny. And since this is Ninninger it's also solidly character-building, with the show making it a point to write Takaharu out pretty much right away, followed shortly by Kasumi and Kinji too, leaving Yakumo to actually pull a lot of the weight for the first time since the early episodes, where he tended to act as the leader a lot more often. Episode 34 is another nostalgia trip that's totally lost on me, but as an episode it's great. Toei seems to like shilling Metal Heroes ever since Gokaiger vs. Gavan, but it's hard to complain when it results in such a fun episode. In what is perhaps the height of Ninninger's ninja world-building, we get to see a group of bureaucrat ninja try and enforce a whole bunch of regulations on the team for the sake of good PR. This is completely amazing. Like, do I even need to say anymore? Okay, fine. Jiraiya turns out to be the president of this group, but he's shirking any and all responsibility. The actual plot is a simple but very well done story about him interacting with the Ninningers and coming to accept his place looking out for the new generations of ninja instead of fighting on the frontlines. That sort of master/student drama is a big recurring theme throughout the series, and it's cool how naturally this crossover feels worked into the show. This is a really great episode that I would even recommend just by itself. Also, was Jiraiya this much of a lovable goofball in his actual show? Because I can kind of see myself getting into that~
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10-28-2016, 11:49 PM | #7275 |
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10-29-2016, 10:26 PM | #7276 |
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Dynaman is pretty batshit ridiculous (a compliment). Definitely check JETTO JETTO JETTOMAN for contrast - SERIOUS BUSINESS!
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10-30-2016, 01:18 AM | #7277 |
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I hope so because right now I'm kind of bored. But, I made it farther into the show than I did when watching it raw.
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10-30-2016, 08:25 AM | #7278 |
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Really wish someone would sub them. The raws I have include a dual audio track for both Japanese and Portuguese so... maybe that widens the net?
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10-30-2016, 12:06 PM | #7279 |
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Gingaman 29 and 30
More Star Beasts finally appear! Unfortunately, they've been forcefully changed into robots and are basically drones. Giga Rhinos, Giga Phoenix, and Giga Bitus. However, that's jumping ahead a little, so lets roll things back some. The Gingamen are preparing for a Star festival, and GingaYellow doesn't know the oath they have to recite. Ginga Green gets on his case, but Hyuuga defends him with "He practices the oath in battle and life, that's all that matters" and stuff. Anyway, new baddie appears, a dark merchant who pillages through space (And also seems to work with Batbass, the final general) and kidnaps Ginga Yellow and Hyuuga. He tortures Hyuuga while having Yellow in a machine built to absorb Earth Energy (To fuel a controller) with the idea of having him use said energy to get him to stop beating up Hyuuga. He comes up with a plan (Tinkering with the absorber) and manages to escape, and the other Gingamen show up, and they use their finisher on the baddie...Which turns out to be the wrong idea. Using the energy from their finisher, he powers the remote, and sends out his 2 weapons, Giga Rhinos and Giga Phoenix. They also don't wait and hide that they're Star Beasts, as GingaiOh and BullTaurus don't fight back and just get beaten on. The next episode basically picks up immediately after. The merchant sells them to Barban (The only thing letting the Gingamen survive being that he just wanted to demonstrate their power), and Iries sends down a monster with the controller to do the work (She is not a good leader...) The 2 Gigas do their thing and attack the city, and the Gingamen (And Star Beasts) respond, but the monster destroys the remote and grows giant to help the other 2, and after fighting all day, they finally get to them. They turn on the monster (And even Giga Vitus shows up) and all is well. Was a pretty nice pair of episodes. Giga Phoenix and Rhinos are a pretty neat pair with nice designs (Though Phoenix is definitely the better of the two), and Giga Bitus is a pretty neat carrier (Though it kinda sucks he can only carry those 2) -Aside- While they've had them for about 10 episodes now, I gotta say, I don't like their Galactic Flash finisher with the Galactic Lights. They run towards the enemy, merge into a fireball, and then hit the enemy. It just lacks the flare that their finisher with the Kiba Blades or the staffs had, and those two were also really basic...
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11-01-2016, 02:01 PM | #7280 |
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Ninnin Rewatch! 35 + 36
Episode 35 starts a two part story that forms the last big step in Starninger's arc, but because Ninninger is all about balanced character focus Nagi plays a big part here too. Kinji goes behind everyone's backs to deal with some personal problems (I'm trying to be deliberately vague on plot details rather than have 80% of every post hidden behind spoiler tags, by the way), even teaming up with one of the bad guys. Nagi is the only one who knows about any of this, since he noticed his odd behavior. They have a chat about it and while he's pretty unsure at first, when Kinji asks for his trust Nagi lets him know he has it. When the rest of the team finds out Nagi is quick to stick up for Kinji and, sure enough, Takaharu is just as quick to stick up for Nagi sticking up for Kinji, getting the others to follow suit. Of course, this is a two-parter, so faith doesn't exactly manage to solve their problems in 22 minutes. Nevertheless, it's a great way of showing how tightly knit the team has become. In episode 36 Kinji finally acknowledges and accepts his character flaws and is rewarded with a poncho. A shiny poncho. You know it's awesome. Anyway, this is a really solid resolution to Kinji's arc, and since their development has been kind of tied together for a while now, you also get to see Yoshitaka finally showing some real faith in Kinji too, although he tries to play coy about it at the end. Baby steps, Yoshitaka, baby steps.
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