[Locke]

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Also not too sure how I feel about the duels. They're pretty cool action wise (if not very samey/predictable) but it just feels really odd visually. I can't put my finger on it, but all I know is it just doesn't sit right with me.

My problem with the Duels is there isn't much too them. I know a lot of Sentai fights especially go through the motions, but it kinda works in context. Every fight in this show involves Gou and x jumping about a bit, then the words WEAPON ADVENT smash into the screen, Gou gets hit with x weapon of the week, before swinging his sword and victory. That isn't even an exaggerated abbreviation. The only Duel that felt close to an actual fight was the one with Geki.

[ZeoRangerV]

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Originally Posted by Locke

My problem with the Duels is there isn't much too them. I know a lot of Sentai fights especially go through the motions, but it kinda works in context. Every fight in this show involves Gou and x jumping about a bit, then the words WEAPON ADVENT smash into the screen, Gou gets hit with x weapon of the week, before swinging his sword and victory. That isn't even an exaggerated abbreviation. The only Duel that felt close to an actual fight was the one with Geki.

Yeah, that's my biggest issue with them too.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Locke

My problem with the Duels is there isn't much too them. I know a lot of Sentai fights especially go through the motions, but it kinda works in context. Every fight in this show involves Gou and x jumping about a bit, then the words WEAPON ADVENT smash into the screen, Gou gets hit with x weapon of the week, before swinging his sword and victory. That isn't even an exaggerated abbreviation. The only Duel that felt close to an actual fight was the one with Geki.

The Gan one is pretty cool, but I do think the bulky suits are kinda limiting what the actors have the freedom to do in them.

[Locke]

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The Gan one is pretty cool, but I do think the bulky suits are kinda limiting what the actors have the freedom to do in them.

I don't think the green screen environments help either, having some polystyrene walls goes a long way to add a sense of physical impact to your action. Rubber fists hitting rubber chests does nothing to give us a sense of power, and the amount of special effects they lay over the top of the attacks, only further softens the sense of impact.

[WhiteRanger]

I have been interested in to this show just curious is this the faro like show that replaced the recent garo series

[RiderSkyward]

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Originally Posted by Locke

My problem with the Duels is there isn't much too them. I know a lot of Sentai fights especially go through the motions, but it kinda works in context. Every fight in this show involves Gou and x jumping about a bit, then the words WEAPON ADVENT smash into the screen, Gou gets hit with x weapon of the week, before swinging his sword and victory. That isn't even an exaggerated abbreviation. The only Duel that felt close to an actual fight was the one with Geki.

Yup. Thats why I said they feel samey. Each episode he's getting his ass kicked then he just magically wins. Sure, as you said, it kinda happens in most toku but here it just feels so formulaic.

[Locke]

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Yup. Thats why I said they feel samey. Each episode he's getting his ass kicked then he just magically wins. Sure, as you said, it kinda happens in most toku but here it just feels so formulaic.

I think it feels worse here because the fights are literally fifteen seconds long and take place in the last three minutes of every episode. At least a sentai fight is spread out over an episode and broken up with character moments and the like.

This show is just: Random shit -------------------------> 15 second fight -> more random shit all the way through the credits ---------> End.

[DrillBIT]

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it kinda happens in most toku but here it just feels so formulaic.

That's the whole point, and the joke. Things in toku nowadays are so formulaic, and director Kaneda is making it obvious to the viewers.

[ZeoRangerV]

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That's the whole point, and the joke. Things in toku nowadays are so formulaic, and director Kaneda is making it obvious to the viewers.

That doesn't make it entertaining to watch week after week though.

[RiderSkyward]

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That's the whole point, and the joke. Things in toku nowadays are so formulaic, and director Kaneda is making it obvious to the viewers.

But it's done so seriously and dead pan that it doesn't work, also...

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That doesn't make it entertaining to watch week after week though.

Out of battle it pokes fun at the 'genre' but the Duels it seems to take seriously. Akibaranger did the whole self reflexivity/meta humor thing well pretty much throughout (sure explosion gags got a bit old but eh..) Here it's far too obvious and hammed up during the 'story' sections, and just makes the battles boring.

Long story short, there are better ways of doing it.