[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

MMPR has no major plots. Zyu, Dai, and Kaku do. In fact, Dai is pretty much a story driven series with only 6 episodes of filler in its entire run.

The baseball episode being one of the best from said filler episodes.

[Dr Kain]

Kakuranger did have a plot, but yeah, a lot of it is through the characters themselves. That is still a plot though.

The only series I have seen that I think is better than the Sentai counterpart is SPD. Dekaranger is in my bottom rankings of Sentai due to the lack of a major villain, it being pretty episodic, and Ban (and partially Umeko). SPD was actually well written, well acted, didn't have pointless bathtub scenes, and gave the show a main villain with an overarching plot. Oh, and the rangers arrested the monsters rather than outright killed them.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

The baseball episode being one of the best from said filler episodes.

That's not a filler episode though. The 3 Stooges stuff is part of the show's story since they are what motivates Shouji at the end of the show.

The filler episodes are:

Father Magnet episode
Tofu Hermit episode
The one with the photocopier and evil Kazu
Birdcage Vagabound's episode
General Cactus' episode
The one where Gorma tricks Rin into being an idol

[macblo]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Kakuranger did have a plot, but yeah, a lot of it is through the characters themselves. That is still a plot though.

The only series I have seen that I think is better than the Sentai counterpart is SPD. Dekaranger is in my bottom rankings of Sentai due to the lack of a major villain, it being pretty episodic, and Ban (and partially Umeko). SPD was actually well written, well acted, didn't have pointless bathtub scenes, and gave the show a main villain with an overarching plot. Oh, and the rangers arrested the monsters rather than outright killed them.

In Dekaranger's defense, the monsters were put on trial for their crimes.

[LockonStratos]

And almost every single one is sentenced to execution by firing squad? Seriously?

For Pete's sake, I'm a proponent of the death penalty and I think this is nuts... actually, I think it's nuts BECAUSE of my political beliefs. It's almost like someone tried to construct a strawman of me and it sets off my "not this BS again."

[macblo]

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Originally Posted by LockonStratos

And almost every single one is sentenced to execution by firing squad? Seriously?

For Pete's sake, I'm a proponent of the death penalty and I think this is nuts... actually, I think it's nuts BECAUSE of my political beliefs. It's almost like someone tried to construct a strawman of me and it sets off my "not this BS again."

A lot of enemies in Dekaranger were guilty of destroying a bunch of planets.

[LockonStratos]

Still, this sets off ALL my "This sounds EXTREMELY skeevy" alarms. It's just begging for some sort of abuse.

"Oh, but they do get a trial, it just happens in less 30 seconds in hyperspace." Yeah, prove it in a fashion that doesn't require me to lose 20 years off my life.

And that's before we get into all the ways this could be abused in conjunction with officer impersonation. Rig up the box right and you have carte blanche to murder whoever you like, with a system that nobody freaking questions.

[Annuga]

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Originally Posted by LockonStratos

And almost every single one is sentenced to execution by firing squad? Seriously?

For Pete's sake, I'm a proponent of the death penalty and I think this is nuts... actually, I think it's nuts BECAUSE of my political beliefs. It's almost like someone tried to construct a strawman of me and it sets off my "not this BS again."

They destroyed planets, thus mass genocide
In Japan, murder leads to the death penalty unless it's proven to be accidental or self defence, though you'll have a LONG ass prison sentence

[macblo]

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Originally Posted by Annuga

They destroyed planets, thus mass genocide
In Japan, murder leads to the death penalty unless it's proven to be accidental or self defence, though you'll have a LONG ass prison sentence

I had no idea that was the case.

[Annuga]

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Originally Posted by macblo

I had no idea that was the case.

To be fair, most non-Japanese people found out because of Ace Attorney, as they always say "Someone's life is on the line" when talking to a shifty witness or something

[LockonStratos]

It's less the sentence itself and more the whole concept of "Judgement Time" is... there is a lot about it I have issues with.

That and I don't like the idea of the same cops enforcing the law on the streets are also dealing out immediate punishment. It's like Judge Dredd or something, but possibly more horrifying because I don't think the author understands what's wrong with this premise and that it's in a KID'S SHOW.

EDIT: Also, no such thing as accidental murder. An accidental death called manslaughter.

Murder is a very specific thing and is not a word to be tossed around lightly...

Mind I say the same thing about heresy, and we all know how that works... Thank you Spanish Inquisition. It is your freaking fault that the WBC hasn't had someone pop their face in for being a crazy cult. Well, that and the decentralized nature of Baptist churches....


I think I'm straying into rule-breaking territory again.