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10-22-2017, 12:25 AM | #8021 |
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I watched episosdes 3-8 of Goggle V and there's been good things and bad things. I've been fairly entertained thus far, but it has its gripes. I don't like how pink and black don't even do anything during the mech battles. In fact, they pretty much just disappear so Red, Yellow, and Blue can combine and beat the monster. Granted, it's not like the mech battles are even remotely good, but it still sucks that they are sidelined.
The rangers are pretty bland too, but like I said, they have been entertaining episodes so I'm able to forgive them. Plus, I'm still in the first quarter of the series, so we'll see where things go from there. Oh, I have to say that I can not help but think of the words "BOMBARDMENT" whenever Goggle Yellow (and sometimes the rest) attack the villains with dodge balls. |
10-22-2017, 12:25 PM | #8022 |
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Don't forget the bowling pins.
I'm actually going to be making a great joke about the hula hoop when I review this series, laughing at it and then cutting to a scene of Tira from Soul Caliber IV. |
10-22-2017, 10:11 PM | #8023 |
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Maskman Episode 32: Man did I love this episode. The episode starts out as kind of a sad story about one of Kenta's friends losing the will to race but it quickly dissolves it what could best be describes as an episode long road trip starring Kenta, who's tied with Akira as my favorite Maskman, the kid of the week, and a crappy car that was quite literally falling as Kenta drove it. Seriously, at one point in the episode, Kenta had to literally get out of the car, pray to it so that it would keep driving, and jump back it when it starting driving off without him. This was all while he was him and the kid were being pursued by Oyobu, who takes off one of the car's doors. This was a hilarious episode.
Episode 33: This was a weird episode. I didn't dislike it exactly but I'm not really sure what the point of it was. The entire episode was dedicated to a character that, while not bad in theory, was completely pointless as the entire reason for her existence is to tell us that Kiros is an asshole... something we've know since the beginning. While they kind of tried to make it a lesson for Takeru about what love can do to you if you aren't careful, it ultimately feels very hollow since he not only had very little actually involvement in this story, this in no way reflected the relationship he has with Mio. While I can kind of see an episode like this working very early in the show, in fact I pretty sure there kind of was, Takeru has long since grown past that stage of his character. Last edited by macblo; 10-23-2017 at 12:02 AM.. |
10-22-2017, 11:27 PM | #8024 |
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So you watched 32 and 32? o_O
Have you gotten to the episode with Akira going to Mortal Kombat island? |
10-23-2017, 12:01 AM | #8025 |
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Ya, I've seen that one. I don't really remember it all that much, there's a bit of a gap between the time I watched the first 29 episodes or so until now, but I do remember that Akira was a complete badass in that one. I also remember swimsuits. That's not an important detail, outside of the fact that they swam to an island when they could have flown, but I like swimsuits so... It has also occurred to me that we know more about Akira's backstory alone then at least half of the other team member combined. That's not a complaint or anything like that I just find it odd that he was the one singled out. |
10-23-2017, 12:16 AM | #8026 |
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Yeah, Akira is the only ranger in the show I even liked as he was the only one who seemed to be developed throughout it.
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10-23-2017, 12:39 AM | #8027 |
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The partners and I decided to start watching Kyoryuger, and so far they're digging it. It's fun watching th BF's reaction since he'd watched Dino Charge before this.
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10-23-2017, 12:46 AM | #8028 |
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I'm fine with characters not having a deep backstory or developing or anything like that but these guys are just so bland and lacking in any unique characteristics. That being said, I really like Kenta. Just as much as I like Akira in fact. His character, while pretty simple, is one that I enjoy very much and I tend to find his focus episodes very entertaining to watch. |
10-23-2017, 08:03 AM | #8029 |
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I have mixed feelings on that. I feel that a 50 episode series has no excuse not to go into backstories and develop their cast, or at least half of the cast.
Changeman has had by far the weakest characterization of any Sentai show out there. I wanted to like them, but there wasn't much to grasp. The pink ranger ended up with Disney Princess-itis by falling in love with a man seconds after she met him and then he never showed up again throughout the show. |
10-23-2017, 08:35 AM | #8030 |
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I have mixed feelings on that. I feel that a 50 episode series has no excuse not to go into backstories and develop their cast, or at least half of the cast.
Changeman has had by far the weakest characterization of any Sentai show out there. I wanted to like them, but there wasn't much to grasp. The pink ranger ended up with Disney Princess-itis by falling in love with a man seconds after she met him and then he never showed up again throughout the show. In her defense, that's a pretty common Toku trope for both genders, especially before the 2000s. Love interests in Tokusatsu almost never mean anything in the long run, no matter how important they are in the episode itself. |
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