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03-04-2014, 01:17 AM | #4511 |
AHHHHH!!!
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Having a Ayumi Kinoshita mini marathon started with Kyoryuger 46 now watching Dekaranger 35, following up with the episodes of Kamen Rider W that she was in. Absolute beauty...
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03-04-2014, 01:29 AM | #4512 |
Stronger Than You
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Megaranger!
I still have this odd feeling about Mega Silver. Out of suit, he's fun loving and wacky, but in suit he's a bad fan character. His suit's time limit is because it's that much stronger than the others? Able to finish a fight with the killing blow on the literal last second before his timer runs out? The other Megarangers can do nothing but compliment how amazing he is (Aside from Kenta and, sometimes, Kouichirou)? I know they're trying to sell the character, but they're taking it too far. I know the 6th being better than the other rangers is par for the course for the franchise, but it's a bit much for me to swallow. They're lucky that, out of suit, he's kind of fun to watch. Oh, and how fast can the Galaxy Mega and Delta Mega combine? Thanks to Mega Silver, we have a time frame for what happened in episode 25. When he morphed, that starts the clock for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. In that time, he managed to stop Gurail's plan by destroying his machine, the ranger's freed themselves, and then they fought the 2 monsters. The rangers killed the first one (Who grew) while Silver fought the 2nd one alone. Galaxy and Delta Mega combine, fight the monster, and Super Galaxy Mega and Mega Silver destroy both monsters at the same time, which is also at the literal last second before Silver's suit dissipates due to the time limit running out. I don't doubt that the mecha can take out a monster that quickly, what with having Gatling cannons for shoulders. But what I want to know is how fast the two can combine. Dayum...
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03-04-2014, 03:59 AM | #4513 |
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Okay, so since I've found a Facebook playlist, I've been able to catch up on Kyoryuger and watch Gaburincho of Music. As odd as it is to simply name a character "D", I really liked him and I'm glad that he broke the movie villain tradition and survived to see an episode of the show.
I also really loved the episode featuring Utchy trying to correct Ian for his "injustices against womankind" and I found his reactions to ladies hanging on his arms hilarious. Kyoryu Silver's debut, and the "live chanting" for Gigant Bragioh and Gigant Kyoryujin were pretty awesome moments, but I was totally expecting a japanese cover of "We will rock you" to start playing when those transformations happened. I can't be the only one who was expecting that to happen. Anyway, I've just finished episode 40, and I just love this one. It makes me ship Nossan and Candelira (god damn this episode, manipulating my feelings...), for one thing...and secondly, I loved the Dekaranger reference in this episode. It just cracks me up to no end. But for me, the biggest spot light and my current favorite moment in Kyoryuger (or at least, somewhere high on my top 5) was Dr Ulshade's transformation into Kyoryu Violet. I really wish we got to see him complete the battle or actually fight before he passed the torch onto Yayoi, but I was happy with what I got from him, if nothing else. Well...that's 40 episodes and a movie down. Now there are two more movies (which to my knowledge, haven't been subbed and posted yet) and eight episodes left in this brave adventure. Just like the end of Gokaiger and Magiranger's runs, this is pretty bitter-sweet to me. |
03-04-2014, 04:39 AM | #4514 |
Super Sentai Eien ni
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But for me, the biggest spot light and my current favorite moment in Kyoryuger (or at least, somewhere high on my top 5) was Dr Ulshade's transformation into Kyoryu Violet. I really wish we got to see him complete the battle or actually fight before he passed the torch onto Yayoi, but I was happy with what I got from him, if nothing else.
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03-04-2014, 10:48 AM | #4515 |
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Kyoryuger 42 - "Merry Christsmash."
Man this episode was a lot of fun, seeing the Kyoryuger delivering presents around the world in their giant robot! I wish they did more mech battles, like the one in New York. The scale felt much better than normal and I was actually convinced they were real buildings. Maybe they were, it always does look better when they put the robots between real buildings. The revelation from Daigo's father that means it turns out that Daigo may not actually be the sun the universe revolves around, was enjoyable, I love how now we're getting towards the end of the show they seem to be trying to downplay Daigo as much as possible. And yay, the return of Endorf!
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03-04-2014, 11:57 AM | #4516 |
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M
E G A MEGA More Megaranger. I like that now even Kenta is acknowledging Kouichirou as leader. I know the show never outright declared Mega Red was leader, but it's nice that they're not trying to be ambiguous. Anyway, now that they don't have to sell Mega Silver as much, he can start to be part of the team rather than have the group indisposed and require Silver to do all the work. Seeing him team up with Black was nice, and their interaction out of suit had a sense of tension due to their clashing mentalities. Kouichirou wanted Yusaka to take the situation seriously, and Yusaka wanted Kouichirou to calm down. It didn't feel overtly forced, and I could understand why each felt the way they did (Though, Yusaka really did come off as a dick, wanting to leave a mother and her infant completely alone just so he could fight some more). Also, Yusaka's talk about youth and energy really gives me a Gai feel, from Naruto. "Naruto came out in--" Yeah, I know Megaranger is older than that show, but still, that's the best comparison I can make. A man in his twenties so concerned about aging that he does all he can to act like he's still one of the kids. Despite both characters still technically in their prime, because their age is a larger number than the others', they feel the need to do all they can to convince themselves that they're still a youth. "Naruto sucks." How insightful. Anyway, next episode is a Shun episode! Yay! He has the best episodes~
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03-04-2014, 01:11 PM | #4517 |
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Timeranger Episode 5
Sion's really enjoying cleaning up. Maybe he should work for Keitaro Well it's safe to say Yuri does not like that guy. Now while I understand why they'd try to stop her when she brought out her blaster, but why say she's acting weird when she was using her vectors? She was just fighting him. True it was more aggressive then she usually fights, but she was landing blows way more then you all did. So yeah, fighting harder and hitting the enemy does not equal strange. This is pretty much your stereotypical "Ranger's family killed by monster, ranger learns to accept help and that revenge isn't always that great" episode. But it has a pretty nice spin on it here. Yuri is a cop and thus knows the law quite well. But when confronting the monster that killed her family, she turns into a bit of a monster herself, wanting to kill him. I think her being a cop (and the rest of the Timerangers being a police force as well) puts a fairly nice spin on it. Man she went out of the apartment faster then Grease Lightning. How did she know he attacked? Does she have super human hearing or something and heard Sion? I love how they had to get dressed just to go outside, see Yuri fly away, and then change into the Timerangers. That's unintentionally funny. Huh, never knew Blast was secretly Momotaros. I don't think that's going to help your case Blast. You still killed them. Being asked to do so isn't going to change the fact that you went out and committed the act. If anything you just confirmed what Yuri suspected and pissed her off even more. Who really killed your family? Who really killed your family! Yuri you dumb bitch Blast killed them! He just straight up told you he did it after being asked to do so by Dolnero! Even if he did it for Dolnero, he himself is still the one who killed them. K I L L E D! It was him who did it, not Dolnero! Don't you fucking listen! Yuri I love you and you but for the love of God you are acting as retarded as fucking Spongebob right now! I don't think making a tornado is that great of an idea. Wouldn't it stay around and destroy the city? Well episode 5 was pretty nice. The story in the episode while stereotypical was handled very well, and added a fairly nice twist on the trope. Character development pretty much went to Yuri and was the same old "learning to accept help" idea, though handled quite differently. The action was very nice and I think having such hatred within Yuri made the fights come out in a more emotional and action packed state. The only negative of the episode was Yuri acting a like a complete dumb ass at the end when Blast told the full truth. Outside of that episode 5 was good as always.
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03-04-2014, 01:39 PM | #4518 |
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Ok, so. I'm finding Maskman impossible to discuss episode-by-episode. 17min of content just doesn't justify a post on its own. So I'm gonna be going over these in groups now.
Episode 17 - When the team mistakes Takeru as a serial purse thief, he pursues the real culprit, only to get trapped in a Hellish labyrinth dimension by Igam, where he's forced to battle through the labyrinth's psychedelic obstacles. Turns out the Tube's plot this week was to inspire doubt in the team, so Takeru would attempt to solve the problem on his own -- leaving him vulnerable to a one-on-one attack. Episode 18 - Haruka finds a beloved doll from her childhood at a consignment shop in the city, but when she buys it, she meets a little girl who has been saving her pennies in the hope of one day buying the doll herself. Haruka sets aside her sentimentality and agrees to sell the doll to the kid. But -- gasp! -- the Tube have cursed the doll with a Ground Beast. Their plan? To inspire so much guilt in Haruka that she quits being a Maskman. The Tube's plans are getting increasingly twisted. At this point, they're playing mind games with the Maskmen. Their plots are all about inspiring doubt and guilt, negative emotions that block them from accessing their Aura Power. Episode 17 was the weaker of the two. It goes exactly as expected. Takeru gets his ass beat but rallies at the last minute -- vowing to never give up. Meanwhile, the team realize their mistake and save him from the Labyrinth. They learn a lesson about not allowing the Tube to sew dissent among their ranks. Episode 18 was a little more interesting. It continues to tackle Haruka's gender issues. When she was a child, Haruka loved playing with a pretty porcelain doll, but her ninja clan thought that made her weak and took the doll away. Now, as an adult, she has to decide whether to indulge her nostalgia or make another child happy by giving up the doll. She chooses the latter -- but it ends up making things way worse. Because the Tube have possessed the doll with the intent of killing the child, thereby emotionally crippling Haruka so she'll never be able to access her Aura Power again. Of course, everything ends happily, but the ride was pretty turbulent. And, lest I forget, Takeru bitch-slaps the fuck out of Haruka at one point. It's... kinda great. These episodes continue the streak of excellent ground fights. Also continued are the less excellent Giant Robo fights. Seriously, these robot fights are so tacked on it's hard to enjoy them. One thing Sentai has improved dramatically over the last 30 years is the quality of the giant sized fights. Which is saying something, considering how superfluous they often feel to this day. Last edited by Kamen Rider Lucha; 03-04-2014 at 01:48 PM.. |
03-04-2014, 01:40 PM | #4519 |
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double post, please delete
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03-04-2014, 01:50 PM | #4520 |
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You really think giant fights have come that far? We agree on a lot of stuff and I haven't seen Maskman to comment but I really don't think the giant fights have come far at all.
I mean when you consider all they can do now with the Henshin Hero segments, it seems inexcusable that we're still using cardboard buildings and cardboard robots completely without any sense of consistent scale, walking through a lifeless and obviously fake soundstage. The fact I commend giant stuff for not having like wobbly suits or something despite like thirty years of technology going into them really says everything. I hate the mech portion of sentai with a passion, it's a huge reason why I'm a much firmer Rider fan. It's frustrating too because even in the older series, the integration of giant stuff into real locations actually looked pretty great all things considered, it just always ruined it as soon as two dudes started stumbling about a model train set.
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