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01-30-2016, 07:50 AM | #1 |
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Makoto must confront his demons, when a NEW challenger approaches!
As always you can view this episode via live stream on Saturday by heading over to Taima TV. They play other miscellaneous programs up until the live broadcast starts.
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01-30-2016, 06:30 PM | #2 |
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Well he was fucking OP
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01-30-2016, 06:31 PM | #3 |
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Damn, Necrom is good. His theme is great, it's spooky, it's awesome. And his abilities are op as hell. The fights in this episode were a lot of fun to watch. And the Megauruoda is great. Love how he used Grimm too...
Lots of things are going to start being revealed from here on out it seems. Looking forward to next episode. |
02-03-2016, 01:38 AM | #4 |
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Well I very much enjoyed this episode. The stuff between Alan and Makato was really nice, and I like there character dynamic, and hey Kanon got to be slightly more of character though not much, but hey progress. I'm glad to see Akari getting back into the fray with her super awesome science.
Fight scenes were very very nice, especially loved the choreography with the ganma mooks in how they went from sort of zombie like and uncoordinated, to very militaristic under the control of necrom, which I think plays well with the military theme of Necrom. Alan's brother is looking to be interesting. And hey sage wasn't acting totally untrust worthy and like he's inevitably going to betray our heros, so that was nice... I guess (I'm still watching you though old man). Though for the first time I can see how Onari could be annoying, typically I watch the videos in smaller video players but this time I watched in a bigger one, and yeah wow, that stuff is just at your face and nonsensical. Edit: also I think makato was the first rider ever to get a major episode one episode then immediately get his butt handed to him in the next... though gou might've done that too... either way it's still funny to me Last edited by Deepsea; 02-03-2016 at 01:48 AM.. |
02-03-2016, 03:52 AM | #5 |
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I think Mega Ulorder have the most interesting voice
I could listen his voice all day long! So Makoto and Aran used to be a best friend however Aran took something important from Makoto that cause big friction between those two |
02-03-2016, 04:28 AM | #6 |
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You tube channel plug but it does give you my thought on the episode
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02-03-2016, 03:32 PM | #7 |
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Okay, positives out of the way first:
Man, this show has awesome background music. I'm not sure if there were some new tracks from the score here or if I hadn't noticed them before, but this may be the best incidental music we've had since Wizard. Dat motorcycle jump transformation, tho. The voice on Necrom's transformation device is sexy as hell. Really gives me a strong Faiz vibe. Actually, I'm really liking Necrom overall, for the most part. He looks really cool and he's coming off as a big, legitimate threat. I just hope he doesn't turn into another Machine Chaser, with each appearance making him less threatening until all he does is fill time to pad out the episodes with more action scenes. And on to the negatives: Necrom looks cool, but dear lord, is that wrist device terrible. It sounds cool, but it's laughably huge and silly-looking. Not as obviously toyetic as Spectre's big Nerf gun, but it's still really bad. I'm also having a hard time not seeing Necrom's default mask as a swim mask - it's very distracting. Onari has somehow found a way to be even less subtle in his overacting. We're getting close to him going full-on Shatner. The Ganma thugs aren't terribly threatening when all they do is interpretively dance around the Riders. Did not feel any threat or tension in that big fight near the beginning. Moping on stairs is Takeru's version of Wataru's bathtub. My biggest problem with this episode was that it went out of its way to be intentionally vague about the Ganma and Makoto's history with them. There were a good four to five times where it came up and was immediately interrupted by another character or a scene transition. The show is very obviously dragging these plot revelations out at this point and I find it very frustrating. I don't know how many of you have seen The Legend of Korra, but in the first episode there's a scene where one of the characters meets up with Katara, one of the surviving characters from The Last Airbender. She starts to ask Katara a question about that show's biggest dangling plot thread, but before Katara can answer, another character runs in and starts babbling about something unrelated and interrupting the story. It was a joke: the writers were clearly just having some fun trolling the fans. Ghost is doing this seriously. Every time Makoto's history with Aran comes up it's either interrupted, brushed aside, or addressed in greater length off-screen. It's not funny in this case, though; all it's doing is kicking the answers down the road to a future episode instead of spending five damn minutes explaining everything here and now. This is honestly the biggest reason why I can't connect with Makoto - the show isn't allowing us to really get to know him because it wants to draw out this mystery of his backstory. If it was handled better then maybe I could appreciate the slow build, but all they're doing is either teasing us or just being vague and it irks me to no end. Also, Akari is a surprisingly violent research scientist. |
02-03-2016, 03:39 PM | #8 |
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Quote:
Okay, positives out of the way first:
Man, this show has awesome background music. I'm not sure if there were some new tracks from the score here or if I hadn't noticed them before, but this may be the best incidental music we've had since Wizard. Dat motorcycle jump transformation, tho. The voice on Necrom's transformation device is sexy as hell. Really gives me a strong Faiz vibe. Actually, I'm really liking Necrom overall, for the most part. He looks really cool and he's coming off as a big, legitimate threat. I just hope he doesn't turn into another Machine Chaser, with each appearance making him less threatening until all he does is fill time to pad out the episodes with more action scenes. And on to the negatives: Necrom looks cool, but dear lord, is that wrist device terrible. It sounds cool, but it's laughably huge and silly-looking. Not as obviously toyetic as Spectre's big Nerf gun, but it's still really bad. I'm also having a hard time not seeing Necrom's default mask as a swim mask - it's very distracting. Onari has somehow found a way to be even less subtle in his overacting. We're getting close to him going full-on Shatner. The Ganma thugs aren't terribly threatening when all they do is interpretively dance around the Riders. Did not feel any threat or tension in that big fight near the beginning. Moping on stairs is Takeru's version of Wataru's bathtub. My biggest problem with this episode was that it went out of its way to be intentionally vague about the Ganma and Makoto's history with them. There were a good four to five times where it came up and was immediately interrupted by another character or a scene transition. The show is very obviously dragging these plot revelations out at this point and I find it very frustrating. I don't know how many of you have seen The Legend of Korra, but in the first episode there's a scene where one of the characters meets up with Katara, one of the surviving characters from The Last Airbender. She starts to ask Katara a question about that show's biggest dangling plot thread, but before Katara can answer, another character runs in and starts babbling about something unrelated and interrupting the story. It was a joke: the writers were clearly just having some fun trolling the fans. Ghost is doing this seriously. Every time Makoto's history with Aran comes up it's either interrupted, brushed aside, or addressed in greater length off-screen. It's not funny in this case, though; all it's doing is kicking the answers down the road to a future episode instead of spending five damn minutes explaining everything here and now. This is honestly the biggest reason why I can't connect with Makoto - the show isn't allowing us to really get to know him because it wants to draw out this mystery of his backstory. If it was handled better then maybe I could appreciate the slow build, but all they're doing is either teasing us or just being vague and it irks me to no end. Also, Akari is a surprisingly violent research scientist. Necrom and Ouja are darkest rider but like Duke, Necrom will fight when Ghost and Specter get too powerful |
02-03-2016, 03:47 PM | #9 |
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Is that you?!
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02-03-2016, 03:59 PM | #10 |
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Decent episode. Not terrible, but not good either.
Necrom is cool, like the suit design (for the base form at least) and I love the sounds. So much better than the Ghost Driver. I also enjoyed how they gave him a Necromancer-vibe with him controlling the minor Ganma like puppets, absorbing them to fuel his power and replace them by taking over their Ganma Eyecons. That's the kind of stuff I want to see: Someone in this show actually using the powers they have. Neither Specter nor Ghost take advantage of being undead anymore. The same will happen to Necrom eventually no doubt, they will beat this dude somehow after all. But so far? He's a nice threat and he keeps the Ganma world plot going forward. Although the constant interruption when Specter tries to explain something is beyond annoying. Other than that there wasn't much to this episode. Onari is still annoying, Akarai lets her violent side out and Kanon is still only a plot device. Oh wait, the action was actually cool this time around. The Ghost henshin at the end in particular. CGI explosions were kinda meh, but in this case it's for safety purposes and that I can understand. |
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