[GoldenXtreme]

It seems to be the trend currently to make individual watch threads when someone watches a show, so I want to be one of the cool kids and do that too. It's Gingaman time! If you know me, you know I have a pretty rocky relationship with tokusatsu writer Yasuko Kobayashi. The closest I have come to liking one of her shows is liking some aspects of Kamen Rider Ryuki. I've heard a good deal of people say they prefer her Sentai to her Rider however, so I'm hoping to see a wonderful showing from her this time around.

Anyways, more to the point, I've watched the first two episodes, and *wow* this is uh... definitely a show. I'm not sure what exactly I was expecting, but it wasn't even close to magical forest cowboys with powers called "Earth" riding on space monsters to fight alien pirates. It kind of feels like Zyuranger on crack so far. I have to give an extra shoutout to how overdesigned the monsters are in this show, even by Sentai standards. Obviously I am still early on, so I don't have a strong opinion yet, but it certainly made an impression on me, for better or for worse.