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07-25-2017, 04:40 AM | #7891 |
Kitty Robo
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Monster and Juo were the show's dream team. There are at least two episodes at the second half of the show with them as the main villains that I really like. But yeah, Bioman didn't really pick up until the second half of the show. I mean it's a rather old Sentai season, which all have rather slow plot progression, if at all. I guess producers needed some time to figure out how to do proper storytelling, deeper characters and the like for future seasons. It also took them over a decade until they gave each member its own individual vehicle that fused with the others into one giant robo (I think Maskman was the first to so). |
07-25-2017, 10:15 AM | #7892 |
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Yeah, Soda didn't seem to deem it worthy enough to really develop the heroes at all during his era. Sometimes they got a quick moment because the plot of the episode needed it, but for the most part, they never grew one bit. I'm not saying that developing the ranger cast will instantly make a show bad, but it means the show will never match those that do. I'm actually surprised at how much I am enjoying Dynaman despite the lack of character development. I think that is due to how much energy the show conveys in its characters, fights, and music.
Bioman's soundtrack is awful. |
07-26-2017, 06:55 PM | #7893 |
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In the last two days I have watched episodes 13-32 of Bioman and it still isn't doing anything for me. There's been a couple of good episodes, some good fights, but ultimately, it is still a snoozefest. I don't get why it seems that this show has to go status quo by the end of every episode. Like there is one episode where the Big Three assassinate Dr Man, or so they think. Instead of letting this be an arc that plays out for a few episodes Dr Man is back by the end of halfway point. What the hell?
And then the villains just got an upgrade, so naturally the rangers have to get an upgrade by the end of the episode. Why does every problem have to be solved by the end of the episode? |
07-28-2017, 12:22 AM | #7894 |
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Just finished Bioman. Thank the gods for that. UGH!
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07-28-2017, 03:34 AM | #7895 |
Fangirl Kaiju
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I'm around ten or so episodes from finishing Bioman, personally. Jun is easily one of my favorite Yellows and I honestly like the designs and music.
I'm just not a big fan of the Planet Bio stuff. Or, more specifically, how disjointed it feels from everything else. I mean, Bio Hunter Silva looks cool and his suit and voice actors do a wonderful job, but he doesn't feel as well integrated as he could have been. Last edited by Zaragon; 07-28-2017 at 03:39 AM.. |
07-28-2017, 09:46 AM | #7896 |
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Yeah, Silva felt like he was just there because the writers ran out of ideas for the Big Three. In fact, he pretty much shows up every episode spewing the same bullshit, and then leaves either because the other villains showed up or he sensed Balzion. He was clearly a character who overstayed his welcome.
Also, Farah Cat is utterly pointless. She has no reasons to exist and even the villains seem to forget she exists. Jun is my favorite of the rangers while Monster is my favorite of the villains. They did actually try to give Go a personality and development in the last few episodes of the show, so that was cool, I guess. As for my comment about the music, it isn't necessarily that the music sucks, it's just misplaced. Like the music they will use for sneaking scene is good for sneaking scenes, but then they will use it as battle music and it just doesn't work. Also, the opening theme is not energetic enough to be fight music either. Everything in this series is played so god damned safe though. It's like they got cold feet for already having too many new things in it that they didn't want to take anymore chances. Everything is always having to be status quo by the end of the episode. There always has to be a mech battle even when the plot doesn't need one, the team always has to be together by the end of the episode, and the villains have to be back in Man's base. It's quite frustrating. Last edited by Dr Kain; 07-28-2017 at 09:49 AM.. |
07-28-2017, 03:02 PM | #7897 |
Fangirl Kaiju
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Truth be told, I actually forgot Farah Cat existed too until I thought to ask "Hey, what happened to her?" Turned out she was still there, I was just too busy paying attention to more interesting characters (which is just about near everybody else.)
I think in terms of it being "safe" I dunno if I agree entirely. In some aspects, yes. The episodic nature of the show is very similar to other Super Sentai before it, and most attempts at shattering the status quo are put down before they ever get a chance. On the other hand, this was the first Super Sentai to have a female Yellow. On top of that, both Mika and Jun were very different from the women in the previous shows in looks and personality. I just wish the other four had as much thought put in their characters. I also think that having a stable set of villains to fight on the ground and then a new mecha of the week was a pretty cool idea. Obviously not everyone agreed, so it was back to just having the regular MOTW in Changeman. The music...well, I dunno what to say. I disagree entirely on that one. |
07-28-2017, 04:17 PM | #7898 |
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What I mean about safe is that there is an episode where the Big Three assassinate Dr Man, or at least believe they have. He is back by the halfway point. WHY?! Why not have this be an arc for several episodes too? Why not have the Big Three work on their own and lose, realizing that they made a mistake by killing their creator and then he shows up laughing, belittling them for thinking they were capable of working on their own?
In concept, I like the idea of the Beastnoids and Giant Mech/Megas. The problem was that the Beastnoids always reused the same attacks over and their personalities were the same from start to finish (how many times do I need to see upgraded Psygorn control a car?). I missed the unique individuality that each Monster of the Week has in the other shows. For the other rangers that aren't Jun, I'd say Shingo had some personality, but everyone else was pretty much bleh. The only thing that keeps Go from being the cardboard cutout that was Hikaru was the last 5 episodes of the show with his dad. As for Farah Cat, even the villains didn't remember her. Right after Farah got blown up and Farah Cat was mourning her Mason says to Psygorn, "We are the last two." I'm like, WTF? SHE'S RIGHT THERE!!! Anyway, I just finished the movie and writing up my script for my review, so this is going to be... interesting. |
07-28-2017, 05:05 PM | #7899 |
Fangirl Kaiju
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I agree that they could have played the mutiny story line for a lot longer than they did. It felt like a story arc that got sped up due to some kind of meddling behind the scenes, but that's just me.
Still, I think the outcome would have played out the same. I think my personal problem is that it raises questions about free will that I'm pretty sure at the point I'm at will never be explored again. |
07-28-2017, 07:23 PM | #7900 |
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The outcome may have been the same, but letting it actually be built up would have added suspense to it, especially when the show clearly ran out of ideas by episode 40.
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