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01-16-2017, 09:41 AM | #571 |
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Awesome news about that.
Kyoudai Ken Bycrosser Episode 1: I tend to love the other Toku shows by Ishinomori so I decided to watch it. This was awesome, love the aspect of Brothers getting powers and fighting together, especially with how close I am with my own brother. Intriguing how they were destined for this. Doctor Q is an interesting villain and at least they have a reason to attack kids all the time here. The action was awesome and I love the Motorcycle Cannon. I can't wait for more. Megabeast Investigator Juspion Episode 2: Damn this was so much better than the first episode. Rather than being all over the place it had a consistent plot and pace to it. It reminded me a bit of Doctor Who with the exploration of the Ghost ship and the Ice planet. Even the bad guys reminded me vaguely of Doctor Who. Which is good because combining something like Doctor Who with Kamen Rider and Super Sentai creates something really fun. I felt bad for the survivor of Planet Peace with what happened to the planet. Juspion is fantastic, I love his energy and his easy going personality with his sense of justice is awesome. Miya is adorable and so cute. Anri is a fun character to play off Juspion. Well I can't wait for more. Kyoudai Ken Bycrosser Episode 2: This show is awesome. Has the right elements of everything. I am intrigued with Doctor Q and that his diamonds got turned into rocks, also the actor just brings such terror to his performance. Ken and Gin are awesome, I love how they actually have to deal with having powers and living with their parents; since most of the Toku heroes I've seen don't really deal with that. Also, intriguing that some of the powers slip into their normal forms with how Ken broke the faucet accidentally. The action is great and I love the suits and their weapons. Can't wait for more. UltraMan Tiga Episode 3: Really loved seeing more about the Captain this episode and the Kilie. The Kilie were definitely insane for just being pissed off that Tiga came in later than them. Loved Daigo helping everyone escape and then using his power to rescue the Captain was freaking amazing. The action is freaking awesome that was an intense fight and I love Tiga's form changes. MegaBeast Investigator Juspion Episode 3: This was freaking brilliant. Still continues to feel like a Doctor Who Toku show. I loved learning more about Juspion's past and that he was very similar to the kid. Also loved, that he fought against the government of the planet to help the Megabeast and that he did his best to save the monster against Satan Gorth's powers. Such a fun show right now and can't wait to meet Mad Gallant next episode. Kyoudai Ken Bycrosser Episode 3: Another fun episode. This was a sticky situation they were in especially their mom. I enjoyed learning more about Ken and his college; that he is in school for engineering makes sense why he is always building models. Also that he made the solvent for the glue was great too. Gin was fun too especially with Akemi. The battles were awesome, I love their tag team combat. Also, I love that they have powers outside of their armor too. Doctor Q and Sylvia are an interesting pair of villains and they are going to get tired of Bycrosser more and more as this moves on in the series. I can't wait for more. Kyoudai Ken Bycrosser Episode 4: I am just loving this show. This was a lot of fun especially when Ginjiro took the power sprouts and just went Tarzan crazy all over the place. Ken is definitely the calm one and Gin is more the spunky one. Love both of them so far though. I am glad that Doctor Q got another diamond that didn't get destroyed because this was tied more to the kid than the Monster. Great battles once again this was awesome to watch. I easily get lost in this show it's great. There is just something very enjoyable about all the characters that makes it so much fun and I can't wait for more. UltraMan Tiga Episode 4: Definitely enjoyable, I loved Shinjoh coming up with the plan to defeat the tough monster by getting through to the crew trapped inside it. Definitely another one of those good moral situations that UltraMan does well. Felt bad for the astronauts though, they survived but couldn't go back to their families so that felt heartbreaking honestly. I am enjoying the supporting cast right now.
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01-31-2017, 12:30 AM | #572 |
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So I decided to start watching the original show tonight and I have to say that I am quite impressed so far. The four episodes I've watched have been highly entertaining. In fact, if I didn't have to work tomorrow I would still be watching it. Anyway, what is up with the Science Divisions's uniforms? They can afford to have these advanced weapons and vehicles, but they can't afford more than one pair of clothing? Or did the zippered uniforms that go over their regular uniforms take up their entire budget? Hell, Fuji went "on vacation" but was still wearing her uniform. What the hell man? They're also pretty ugly as hell. Oh, and I already don't like Hoshino. Why is there a kid hanging out with the group?
I do have to laugh because the commander is the same guy who plays Tachibana in the original Kamen Rider series and I'm pretty sure he has the exact same pipe in both series. The effects a good, like really good. Way better than they should be for a 1966 TV show. I mean, yes, I know this was done by Eiji Tsuburaya, but come on, this is a TV show from the 60s. Then again, the effects in Ultraseven were spectacular from what I recall, so I guess that shouldn't be a surprise. Of the four episodes though, my favorite monster is easily Baltan. I think that has to with him being intelligent, but I also thought that episode was phenomenally written, so it could be that. I did get a laugh out of the reused Baragon suit in the third episode and the Not-Gill Man was cool looking. By the way, is it just me, or does it seem like Ultraman is trying to rape those monsters rather than fight them? o_O : Right now my only complaint is that there hasn't been a shred of character development. I know it's only been four episodes, but usually by now in a Toku series someone would have learned a lesson or something. Anyway, good stuff so far regardless of the negatives. |
01-31-2017, 09:25 AM | #573 |
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Oh good some one else posted I was getting worried I would take up a page with editing my last post.
Anyways: MegaBeast Investigator Juspion Episode 5: Juspion continues to be well done right now. I enjoyed both Juspion and Mad Gallant learning more about Earth's culture and people for different reasons. This reminds me of UltraMan Orb so far with them being like Gai and Juggler (Who might have been inspired from Juspion). Mad Gallant is just cruel, crafty, and cunning; making him a fantastic villain so far. I was a bit disappointed that he is staying on Earth because I love the intergalactic travel aspect but his main goal is to stop Satan Gorth and the MegaBeasts so if they are staying on Earth; no point in leaving. At least it makes sense story-wise. These freaking kids were assholes to Satomi, I mean they had no right to bully her like that at all. Sheesh, they were ridiculously horrible I mean picking on her and destroying the groceries was uncalled for, I mean even if she was a liar that's way too nasty. Though, it made total sense why Mad Gallant could manipulate her though. Loved Juspion's effort to save her and try to help her, even if it took throwing his sword at the flute. I do love the Daileon vs MegaBeast fights in the series they are much better than some Super Sentai fights. I can't wait for more. Kyoudai Ken Bycrosser Episode 6: Interesting to see the main villain out for a stroll around the city. It was a nice touch and lead to a very nasty plan from him. Loved the Bycrossers figuring out that they were stuffed animals and not the animals turned into stuffed animals. Great heroics in saving the pets before they were incinerated and great battle against the Blinding monster. I love how the enemies try to stop Gin from getting to his motorcycle, at least they put an effort into it. Very entertaining and I can't wait for more. UltraMan Tiga Episode 5: Solid episode, the GUTS team works really well together and I liked seeing the member Rena prove herself being successful with the crane after failing with it. Daigo is reminding me a lot of Hayata so far; not much too him yet but he is always positive and helpful so far. I feel that the show is slow right now and not much into the characters but I will keep pushing through. Though, I am excited for more. UltraMan Tiga Episode 6: Good episode for Horii and Rena. Those two are slowly becoming my favorite of the support cast along with the Captain. Horii determination to try to communicate with the monster was fantastic. That he wanted to try and help the monster was great. Though the monster turned out to just want to eat everything didn't help it. Daigo was kick ass as Tiga though a great battle that turned into a air fight was awesome. I think the show is turning the corner I definitely hope to learn more about Daigo's character though. I can't wait to see more. MegaBeast Investigator Juspion Episode 6: This got more interesting learning about Mad Gallant and being Satan Gorth's son. Also Boomerang was pretty awesome I can't wait to learn more about him. Juspion was great again fighting to save the baby monster from Mad Gallant and saving the monster's parent from Gorth's power too. It was awesome action and good story. I love Juspion right now. Can't wait for more. MegaBeast Investigator Juspion Episode 7: This was awesome. It was great learning more about why the MegaBeast Empire is doing what they are doing. Juspion was heroic and awesome like always, but it was also fun to see him play video games in the arcade too. The battle in the ring was awesome and so was the battle against the Rock Gorillia too. Boomerang vs Juspion was amazing too. I want to learn more about Boomerang he seems very intriguing. I loved him calling out Satan Gorth at the end showing such determination against this foe was awesome.
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02-10-2017, 06:57 PM | #574 |
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Finished Ultraman today.
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02-12-2017, 08:59 AM | #575 |
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Kyoudai Ken Bycrosser Episode 7: This was a great episode for Ken. Showing how much he cares about his brother and determined he was to find a cure for the poison. Also a good plan by Doctor Q to focus on taking out the Bycrossers instead of going after the kids. Also, good determination for Ginjiro who after being near death from poison just jets into action when the kid was in danger. These two are both awesome and I love so much about this show right now. I can't wait for more.
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02-13-2017, 12:49 AM | #576 |
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So we just finished watching episode 16 of Orb and it's been really great thus far, although, I could have done without the clipshow (thank the gods I was able to skip to the next episode since there was no reason to watch something recapping what I just spent the last several hours before it watching). I really love his Hurricane form, but I think my favorite is the Belial/Zoffy one. He is just a total badass when he goes all Man of Steel on his enemies.
I wasn't a fan of the SSP initially, but they have grown on me significantly since the first episode. In fact, it seemed like once the show moved past their antics of being storm chasers every episode they got much better. My favorite episode is probably the one in the forbidden forest but my favorite scene is when the psychic girl is sitting next to Gai and calls him out as being Orb. That was freaking hilarious. On the other hand, I was kind of disappointed that Metron just disappeared while Don Nostra and the other dude were just killed without accomplishing anything. We never even got to watch them fight Orb. The little dig Metron makes about having to cancel the cigarette plot was down right hilarious though and I loved it when they were all playing cards. Speaking of cards, the gimmick is cool, but weren't these cards also the gimmick in X? I remember the X movie I saw a few week's ago using those very cards that the alien scientist dude created. Lastly, the effects in this show are really impressive. The miniatures are spectacular looking and there have been some truly great camera angles. Overall, I'm really impressed with this show and it seems to have been an excellent choice to get my g/f into the franchise as she is really enjoying it to, maybe even more than I am. |
02-13-2017, 01:53 AM | #577 |
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So we just finished watching episode 16 of Orb and it's been really great thus far, although, I could have done without the clipshow (thank the gods I was able to skip to the next episode since there was no reason to watch something recapping what I just spent the last several hours before it watching).
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Speaking of cards, the gimmick is cool, but weren't these cards also the gimmick in X? I remember the X movie I saw a few week's ago using those very cards that the alien scientist dude created.
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Lastly, the effects in this show are really impressive. The miniatures are spectacular looking and there have been some truly great camera angles. Overall, I'm really impressed with this show and it seems to have been an excellent choice to get my g/f into the franchise as she is really enjoying it to, maybe even more than I am.
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02-13-2017, 02:15 AM | #578 |
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X had cards, but they were different from the ones in Orb.
The dolls were just used as a means of miniaturising the monsters, not transforming.
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02-13-2017, 10:13 AM | #580 |
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Tsubaraya was still having some budget limitations with X. It's not as obvious as with Ginga of Ginga S, but the multiple clip shows were a way to save money. I don't remember the numbers off-hand, but I know the last one was either right before the finale or a bonus episode after it.
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