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03-04-2014, 02:05 PM | #4521 |
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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. But the Maskman giant robot fights in this episode are that awful. They are horrible. Luckily, they only last for like 2 minutes. But those 2 minutes are comprised of 60% stock footage. And the non-stock-footage is about as interesting as public access pro wrestling fights. Sometimes the show will have cool miniature work, like jets bombing cities and stuff. But when it turns into Gattai Robo vs. Giant MOW... uh... no. Just no. Last edited by Kamen Rider Lucha; 03-04-2014 at 02:08 PM.. |
03-04-2014, 02:09 PM | #4522 |
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I mean... I agree with you.
But the Maskman giant robot fights in this episode are that awful. They are horrible. Luckily, they only last for like 2 minutes. But those 2 minutes are comprised of 60% stock footage. And the non-stock-footage is about as interesting as public access pro wrestling fights. Sometimes the show will have cool miniature work, like jets bombing cities and stuff. But when it turns into Gattai Robo vs. Giant MOW... uh... no. Just no.
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03-04-2014, 04:49 PM | #4523 |
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The first time I saw an older Sentai, Liveman, I was surprised by how formulaic and short the fights were when they got into their robots. Nearly every episode was pretty much just one attack, one dodge, one hit by the monster, and then the team slicing down the giant with their sword. If nothing else, choreography has come a long way in the best of times.
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03-04-2014, 04:53 PM | #4524 |
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The first time I saw an older Sentai, Liveman, I was surprised by how formulaic and short the fights were when they got into their robots. Nearly every episode was pretty much just one attack, one dodge, one hit by the monster, and then the team slicing down the giant with their sword. If nothing else, choreography has come a long way in the best of times.
Brave 43. A Souji focused episode...five episodes before the end of the show...which totally takes him out of the action, for most of the episode. Seeing Souji use that super powerful sword technique unmorphed was pretty sweet, but ultimately he finally got a focused episode and it was almost entirely throw away. FUCK.
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03-04-2014, 07:37 PM | #4525 |
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Brave 44.
This whole episode was a fightscene, so it was fun but I have nothing to say.
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03-04-2014, 07:51 PM | #4526 |
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M
E G A MEGA Megaranger! It feels like back to back filler with this episode and the next. First Mega Yellow's grandmother comes to town, and next up is Mega Pink eating too much. This episode wasn't a complete waste of time, but it was still filler, when all was said and done. That said, I'm glad it wasn't Mega Silver doing all the work for the 4th episode in a row. Mega Yellow connecting with her grandmother was nice and her learning of the secret identities (Something that the Nezirezi still haven't done yet...) was humorous.
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03-04-2014, 08:24 PM | #4527 |
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The first time I saw an older Sentai, Liveman, I was surprised by how formulaic and short the fights were when they got into their robots. Nearly every episode was pretty much just one attack, one dodge, one hit by the monster, and then the team slicing down the giant with their sword. If nothing else, choreography has come a long way in the best of times.
Compare that to the best of Go-Busters or the early episodes of Kyoryuger. It's a huuuuuuuuge leap. Now that I'm thinking about it... I wonder if expanded daikaiju fights are how the SS production teams filled the extra time when the show leaped from 17 to 22min. Speaking of which -- Aoi Kurenai, do you know any resources that might explain why/when the show added 5min to its runtime? Did that happen with Zyuranger? 'Cause I recall Jetman being about 17min/episode as well (minus OP & ED credits). EDIT: Oh, Google. 5min of research and you give me an answer. It happened with episode 8 of Megaranger, when the show jumped from 5:30PM Fridays to 7:30AM Sundays. Interesting. Matrixbeast -- have you noticed the change in runtime during your Megaranger-thon? Last edited by Kamen Rider Lucha; 03-04-2014 at 08:59 PM.. |
03-04-2014, 08:56 PM | #4528 |
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Well...I've come to this moment again. The end of a season.
Today, I just finished Brave 44-48, and aside from the eventual posting of a subbed version of Kyoryuger vs Go-Busters, and the 100 years later film, that's it for Kyoryuger. And the end of this journey has left me satisfied. Enemies have come together and saw a good end to their rivalries, great sacrifices have been made, and the world still has hope, despite the looming threat of other dangerous foes. All in all, I loved experiencing Kyoryuger, and think Toqger is a worthy successor from what I've seen so far...which is all of two episodes. I hope to complete Shinkenger and Zyuranger soon and talk about them. Last edited by MagiRed; 03-04-2014 at 09:00 PM.. |
03-05-2014, 04:27 AM | #4529 |
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Kyoryuger 45.
It's strange, for a show with otherwise such high production values, it was amazing just how bad this episode looked in so many regards. The Feather Edge doesn't even look plastic, let alone metal, so the passing of the sword was so pathetic it was hilarious despite it acting like it was some big epic moment. Meanwhile I was trying to work out who was the worst looking final villain, Icerond or Lord Deboss. Icerond on the one hand looks like they ran out of money, but Lord Deboss is like the opposite extreme with a suit so garishly overworked it's all the wrong kids of ugly. Luckily then, the action was absolutely epic. Minus stupid shit like Deboss firing butterflies and questionable moments like why Bragigas would let Daigo's Dad transform after what he did, the action was suitably epic being that we're so close to the end of the series. Also, oh no Torin died... again, oh the lack of emotional resonance....oh the melodrama!
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03-05-2014, 04:31 AM | #4530 |
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I actually kinda liked Deboss' final form. The butterfly theme made sense due to his emphasis on his evolution at least to me. It was way better then that joke dinosaur body. That was atrocious.
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