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Kamen Rider Lucha 02-13-2017 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 670356)
I wish I could be as optimistic as some of you guys :lol
I really want to like this show, but this opening really did nothing for me
Maybe it's a matter of expectations? I know that Sentai premieres are rarely indicative of the quality of the whole series (Ninninger, I'm looking at you), so I watch them with almost no expectations. As long as it's clever, bright, and energetic, I'm gonna be impressed -- and that's pretty much how I feel about Kyuranger.

Boshusan 02-13-2017 06:06 PM
- Take. A. Damn. Break. That was rushed as hell, even by sentai's standards . If they had not packed 3 episodes into 1, they could not have show this shiny robot, right ? It's not like they had ~50 episodes to foll... no wait, they have 50 episodes to follow.

- That said, it's cool to have diversity in the suits, the mechs are not bad either.

- I don't mind the ED, it was visually interesting.

- Obnoxious red is obnoxious. Don't pay attention to him, it makes him yell louder.

- I hope it will last a bit before they go to Earth (I expect low budget episodes from there).

Annuga 02-13-2017 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Boshusan (Post 670366)
- Take. A. Damn. Break. That was rushed as hell, even by sentai's standards . If they had not packed 3 episodes into 1, they could not have show this shiny robot, right ? It's not like they had ~50 episodes to foll... no wait, they have 50 episodes to follow.
With KR and Sentai, they usually are given a bigger CGI budget and everything for the first episode so they can make it show off the toys more, and initial launch sales are the highlights for any company regardless of media. They want kids to nag to their parents "MUMMY MUMMY I WANT THAT I WANT THAT!" right from the start, and the mech's already available, correct?

Fish Sandwich 02-13-2017 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha (Post 670352)
It's easily the best premiere since Gokaiger.
Yeah, I don't know about that. At least the "easily" part. Having rewatched Zyuohger's first episode a couple days ago, I'd easily put that above this personally. The amount of stuff crammed into this was very much a double-edged sword. The pacing borders on feeling like a two-part premiere mercilessly edited down to a single episode, and that really does undercut things a fair bit.

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Also, even though I echo people's sentiments regarding Lucky being annoying, which, as someone who likes Daigo and loves Takaharu and thinks he's horribly misunderstood, is worrying, I'd encourage everyone to reserve judgement for at least a few episodes. I think this one was just too busy to flesh him out beyond "guy who shouts how lucky he is a lot", rather than that actually being his whole deal. Or at least I hope so.

Matrixbeast 02-13-2017 07:37 PM
Of course I'm going to watch until we get the full 9 member transformation and pose, so that's at least 3 episodes (Likely 4, since Pink and Orange don't really seem to be connected to each other).
It's just that, it's kind of clear that for these first 5 or 6 episodes, Lucky's character trait is going to solely be "LUCKY!" as we introduce our main cast. So while I don't doubt Lucky will get better, these early episodes I fear are going to be really annoying...

GreenPsychoRanger 02-13-2017 07:56 PM
All of this talk about Lucky being annoying and screaming "LUCKY!" let's not forget that he is the "Super Star".

Fish Sandwich 02-13-2017 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 670383)
these early episodes I fear are going to be really annoying...
Yeah, unfortunately that is likely to be the case. I get a feeling the next couple episodes will have a similar format of "Lucky convinces x to become a Kyuranger", just like with Garu this week, and if the show is smart enough, it could totally use that to flesh out both the character of the week AND Lucky, but I can totally see them calling it a day at just the character of the week part. Hopefully not though, since they don't have to ALSO establish the premise of the show at the same time anymore.

Helios 02-13-2017 08:03 PM
I think I'm going to watch this a second time.

DecadeW Climax 02-13-2017 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Switchblade (Post 670270)
Hmm... I'm not sure what to make of this so far.

On the one hand, I really like the premise: a small band of resistance fighters traveling around the galaxy, battling an evil empire. I think there's a lot of cool potential here, assuming they don't just land on Earth at some point and stay there the rest of the show. I also like how each Kyuranger is an alien and not all of them are humanoid, that's a cool touch.

On the other hand, the pacing on this first episode was really bad. I know they wanted to get everything established right away, but establishing the team, adding two new members, and introducing the mech all in <25 minutes left the episode feeling incredibly rushed. It may have slowed down the show, but I think they should have introduced Garu or Lucky in this episode, not both.

The other big problem I'm having is with the characters. Lucky is goddamn awful. There have been louder and dumber Reds, but this guy is just incredibly obnoxious. "Randomly bumping into the plot" is a pretty lazy super power, his motivation is incredibly shallow, and that catchphrase needs to stop right the hell now. I honestly don't know if I can watch more than a few episodes of this if he's going to be like this every damn week.
This. I want to stay optimistic because SPACE and THE SUITS ARE SO PRETTY, but Lucky is like a more annoying Daigo (took Yamato for granted, a mature Red who doesn't scream a lot in modern Sentai) and the characters are so over the top. Maybe I just have to adapt from Zyuohger... At least the season seems different. Zyuohger played it safe with filler whereas this doesn't even take place on earth! I'm really excited where this new setting takes the story!

ZyuohLion 02-13-2017 10:24 PM
I have to say, I wasn't that impressed. The space aesthetic was neat, but the characters were kind of meh. It seemed like everyone was boiled down to one personality trait that they just kept hitting over and over again. The most obvious example of this is Lucky. I will keep an open mind as there will be more time to slow down and flesh all of these guys out. But if this one note characterization keeps up, I don't think this show will have any legs.


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