And I liked the Gavan 2-parter. I still don't see why it's labeled "worst show ever" other than the ratings numbers. It's still so much better than Shinkenger, at least as far as my personal tastes go. You want truly boring? Watch Shinkenger.

I like Shinkenger and even I agree with this haha, you can cut out about thirty episodes of that show with no problem, there is just that much throwaway and padding.

DoraTurtle is freaking awesome.

Still early days with me and Go-Busters but I'm still really, really enjoying it, I'm just kinda sat here waiting for it to go bad.

Finished Battle Fever J episode 23, it was a clip show but it was nice and it was fun to see them playing Space Invaders. One of my favorite episodes. Next is the switch of Miss America's

One complaint with Go-Busters so far is the mecha.

I LOVE Ace's design (hence my sig), it was sleek and so very...mech like. I'm gonna reveal a controversial opinion in three...two...one... I HATE the mech part of Super Sentai/Power Rangers, I always think the mech designs look absolutely rubbish. They're always cluttered, bulky and cheaply made with bits of cardboard just flapping about the place, they seem about as convincing as if I ran around with a cardboard box on.

And as much as you can say "'eh it's just toku man, you cant say that about one aspect and not another"...well no, the technology and effects around the robot sections seems to be about a decade behind the rest of the show. While suits become more and more complicated, wirework becomes more and more natural and flowing and all round better CGI becomes more available to the ground fighting the big mech revolution... make the robots look plastic and animate them with cheap CGI?

Anyway that was a tangent my point is...Ace was streamlined, it looked like a proper mech and it was awesome and I loved it. Ever since then though the combinations basically just involve sticking crap on Ace, like the way the Gorilla mech basically just becomes a really fat gut for Ace and with each new combination it looks bigger, bulkier, more cluttered and the amount of movement the suit actor can manage is diminished.

I honestly can't remember the last time a mech looked like anything other than an obese man dressed as a tree for a nativity play.

The Astro Delta Megazord, perhaps?

Fair shout. Gatling gun shoulder pads as well! But how long ago was that, like fifteen years ago?

Well, there is MagiPhoenix and Wolkaizer from 2005.

That is a good point, I loved how they turned into their own mechs.

The good thing about the lackluster combinations in Go-Busters is that they were used pretty sparingly, meaning the individual mecha got to shine for much longer.

On hindsight though, the cluttered designs for Go-BusterOh/King don't bother me so much anymore. I enjoy them because they aren't supposed to be super fighting robots in the way other Super Sentai mecha are - they're last resort power house robots that don't need to do much much movement. Which I thought worked really well with the story given how they showed how easily it can run out of power as well.

I suppose it was nice that they basically combined for a final attack, but obviously the gattai, set up and finishing attacks all take up time that could be used to showcase the individual mecha fighting, like those three or four awesome battles that Ace got to shine in before the first combination.

I think if anything the clunky stacking of the mecha feels more out of place here than in other series, sure it looks rubbish wherever it is but in a more fantasy orientated series the whole piling on aspect kinda fits with the ridiculous nature of it all.

Here however, you would think, being that the Go-Busters are an actual organisation, they'd build mecha for functionality and purpose and avoid the fantastic and ridiculous. So it seems an odd design to just take one mech and stick loads of other mechs on it. Especially as Ace is designed to fight Megazords on his own anyway.

Only specific ones though. All the villain Megazords have designated types (Alpha, Gamma etc) and the ones Go-BusterOh fights are too strong for them, which is why the combining comes into play. Seems easier than building an entirely new robot to do the job when you can just combine the power of the 3 you already have.

Oh really? I knew about the types but Ace seemed to be doing fine against the two types he fought in those first five or so episodes and then suddenly they started combing for everything.

Has Go-BusterOh only just been introduced? That's the official show explanation for it, but there probably was a "MUST SELL THE TOYS" period where they just spammed Go-BusterOh for everything.

Thankfully that's A LOT less apparent in later episodes.

Yeah it was introduced about four or five episodes ago now. You can see how badly they are trying to sell stuff even this early on.

Watched Episode 23-24 of DaiRanger and 24 of Battle Fever J. Episode 23 was great for ShiShiRanger. I really loved the explanation of the Miss America switch in the story.

So I'm around ten episodes into Go-Busters so far and really enjoying it, I haven't actually hit any filler yet despite what I was lead to believe about the series.

What I will say though is Ryuu is a great character...perhaps a little too great. He has had by far the most focus and the most memorable moments and everything we learn about him is really interesting. With each episode Red and Yellow just sort of feel like they're kinda...there, I wish Ryuu was Red, it'd make more sense.

I just saw the GoBusters Gokaiger team up, i feel like parts of this were made just to be adapted into Power rangers.

Give it a few more episodes.

All of the rangers feel like they are just there soon. Hell, the commander and his two lackeys have no business being in the show because they do absolutely nothing. Of course, the Buddyroids are teh worst thing about the show as they are so annoying.

I heard it gets better as you go, but I'm enjoying these early episodes so much, despite everything I was told I'm worried I'm gonna dislike it the more I go.

I still find the command centre hilarious, despite having these mech hanger bays with hundreds of workers, the heart of the base is...three people in a small room in swivel chairs? I know they did the same in Rescue Force, another toku series, but there it made a bit more sense.

I like Nick, but that rabbit guy with his angering catchphrase and the stupid insecure monkey can fuck off.

Like I said. Locke is gonna hit Beet and Stag, the two who saved the series for everyone else, and declare the series took a dip in quality after their introduction :p

I like the Buddyroids...

You're probably right, urgh what is wrong with me >.<

So I just watched the opening episode of Bioman and my GOD it was glorious! They don't make them like that any more, just a shame only ten episodes are translated. Also fuck that comic relief robot.

10? Grown Ups in Spandex have the first 20 translated, and they'll be doing more once they've had their (well-deserved) break :)

Oh my bad, KRDL only had ten episodes up!

I was watching Akibaranger s2 episode 6. ...What the hell am i watching?

So GUIS just said they are going to be doing a V2 of Maskman. ALREADY!!!?? You just finished the series, leave it alone and continue something else.

http://www.wiseacre-gardens.com/butt...era/opera_.jpg

It's for the very minor mistakes we made in the earlier releases. Like misspelled names, etc... nothing major. We just want to make sure everything looked all right for the giant batch torrent. No biggie.

A proper V2 is when we acquire better RAWs.

You randomly quoted me in that post?

No, you mentioned how you hated Usada, so I posted a picture of my thoughts on him, which is Elmer trying to kill the rabbit from "What's Opera Doc."

Oh the photo doesn't show up for me, that is kinda weird.

It doesn't work for any of us. It's a hotlink blocked picture.

That would explain why I just saw an out of context quote then :lol

That's weird. What about now:

http://www.wiseacre-gardens.com/toon..._doc_spear.jpg

If not, the link is http://www.wiseacre-gardens.com/toon..._doc_spear.jpg

NOW I see it! :lol

Just finished episode 27 of Battle Fever J. A Wonderful episode, and probably the one with no video problems at all. Egos are very smart but Battle Fever is even smarter. Also loved Battle France in this episode he stole the show.

Well Episode 28 was a return to bad video quality and horrible audio during the Giant Robo fight. Good Kenya/Miss America episode, bit filler-ish.

You must be some kind of machine to be able to power through those episodes. The video quality is just so bad :lol

So I just checked out Kakuranger episode 1.

And eh. The charm of the older Sentai series for me is how shit they are, I'm a sucker for extremely cheap practical effects and melodrama and I enjoyed the episodes of BioMan I watched because it is like something you'd find on Mystery Science Theatre. That is the same reason why Jetman is one of my favourite sentai series.

Kakuranger doesn't really have that kind of charm, it's far from huge budgets or serious but it sticks fairly close to martial arts film tropes and just does them much more cheaply. So not only does it provide none of that crappy charm but it gives me no reason to watch it above any of the martial arts classics.

That said, I am a big sucker for Sentai that feels like live action anime which is why I stuck through Shinkenger even after it bored me so much I almost slipped into a coma.