[KyoryuGreen]

Should I even watch the Crossover episode? How bad are we talking here? Worse than Super Hero Taisen?

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I can.

Mitchy's sweater in that crossover.

Ye gods.

[Locke]

DK 08. Three Riders all introduced in one episode? ARGH! RIDER OVERLOAD!

The biggest reason to watch DK is to see just how much it can get away with each week. Take that little fist fight which introduces the cheating bastard Camo. I mean sure Power Rangers has unmorphed fight scenes but they're big and cartoony. And although carefully edited to make you think you've seen more than you have, that doesn't change that this is a full contact fight between two characters, neither of which are in suits or using rubber weapons or lasers. The loser walks away limping, after we see the fist connect to the thigh, it may not seem a big deal but it continues to prove that people in this show get hurt. They can't get away with life threatening injuries, but nonetheless.

Well that is at least true of everyone but Len, apparently. I know he's a main character, and I know this is a toku show but after all the naff Final Vents have been killing monsters and people left right and centre, it seems so pathetic the actual cool one is one that the other Rider stands up and dusts himself down and carries on from. Incisor only existed to introduce the concept of Venting, and raise the stakes, but now his death feels pretty damn undermined.

Honestly though I still like Len more than Kit. Kit may get a more impressive power set with a much less interesting design, but his passive naivety is getting to infuriating levels. At least Len is a badass, and seems weirdly vulnerable when he lowers his fists, which I find sort of charming.

You have to wonder how Xaviax's Riders master their powers so quickly even though Xaviax is always vague and never tells the whole truth. It's even more confusing in context as Kit has been shown as a real noob to the whole Rider business despite becoming a Rider earlier than Lansing or Camo or whoever else.

[ZeoRangerV]

Kabuto 23-25. Awww yeaaah Drake is back.

Halfway through and things are finally getting good. Kagami has finally started feeling like a protagonist (now I see what you all mean when you say this should have been his show) and the mysteries are really beginning to deepen. There's hope for this show yet.

I just wish so much of this didn't so obviously revolve around Hiyori. That girl is Koyomi levels of dull.

[Locke]

DK 09. Nice traffic sounds, that road sure sounds busy for a world completely empty of people.

I get that serialised shows aren't all that common in kids TV as they want kids to jump in anywhere so they always catch an advert for the toys but the fact that we had an almost three minute long recap before the cold open even started, was a little ridiculous, especially as that cold open was shorter than the actual credits. Five minutes in to a twenty minute episode and they'd barely started.

Luckily, for the most part, the episode used what little time it left itself well. Although the fight between Len and Thrust was very boring, and very drawn out, featuring solid fight choreography but none of the super powered flash from Len's previous fights with Lansing, there were lots of great little character moments woven into the action. It was full of the kind of blink and you'll miss them moments that carry so much meaning. It's very mature way to develop characters, and makes a nice change from toku's usual screaming at the audience.

Torque sorta...abandoned his plan, huh? He redeems himself by taking down Camo so brutally and surviving Len's Final Vent like Len did his, but it sure feels like a lot of build up just turned out to be filler and time wasting.

It's funny, Incisor may not last long, but he's actually pretty important to the plot overall. So although Camo is the second to die, he is actually by far the most pointless character so far too. He achieved, and added, nothing - I mean how could he when he has that little screen time? He was just tacked on and purposeless. He SUCKED.

[MidoGreen]

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Originally Posted by Locke

DK 09. Nice traffic sounds, that road sure sounds busy for a world completely empty of people.

I get that serialised shows aren't all that common in kids TV as they want kids to jump in anywhere so they always catch an advert for the toys but the fact that we had an almost three minute long recap before the cold open even started, was a little ridiculous, especially as that cold open was shorter than the actual credits. Five minutes in to a twenty minute episode and they'd barely started.

Luckily, for the most part, the episode used what little time it left itself well. Although the fight between Len and Thrust was very boring, and very drawn out, featuring solid fight choreography but none of the super powered flash from Len's previous fights with Lansing, there were lots of great little character moments woven into the action. It was full of the kind of blink and you'll miss them moments that carry so much meaning. It's very mature way to develop characters, and makes a nice change from toku's usual screaming at the audience.

Torque sorta...abandoned his plan, huh? He redeems himself by taking down Camo so brutally and surviving Len's Final Vent like Len did his, but it sure feels like a lot of build up just turned out to be filler and time wasting.

It's funny, Incisor may not last long, but he's actually pretty important to the plot overall. So although Camo is the second to die, he is actually by far the most pointless character so far too. He achieved, and added, nothing - I mean how could he when he has that little screen time? He was just tacked on and purposeless. He SUCKED.

You can thank Verde from Ryuki for that. He only existed in the 13 Riders special and was equally as important as Camo sounds. Actually, Verde did managed to do one thing by killing Raia so he did accomplish something .

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by MidoGreen

You can thank Verde from Ryuki for that. He only existed in the 13 Riders special and was equally as important as Camo sounds. Actually, Verde did managed to do one thing by killing Raia so he did accomplish something .

Oh my.

Wait Verde killed someone in the original? But Camo died before he vented anyone. *looks up the Raia suit* AH that is Sting, so wait, his death in DK was entirely original footage? And that death was so epic as well.

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Still waiting for the day Hibiki gets higher quality releases as apparent terrible video quality is one of the only bad things I've heard about that show. And I can wait. Possibly forever

I thought TV-Nihon subbed it. They usually have good video quality.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by SideswipePrime

I thought TV-Nihon subbed it. They usually have good video quality.

TV-N works with what they got, vid quality is an afterthought over making sure the subs are completed.
Look at Blade for an example

[ZeoRangerV]

Aaaand more Kabuto. This time episodes 26-28.

I don't care if his powers are pretty lame in the grand scheme of the show, Daisuke is hands down my favourite Rider in Kabuto. His relationship with Gon is superb and the least grating use of a child actor I've seen in toku. These two episodes with his worm double were fantastic.

Except for when that weird Hyper Kabuto bit happened at the end. Don't expect I'll be getting answers for that any time soon since next seems to be those dumb chef episodes I've heard so much about. Because if there's one thing Kabuto needs more of, its dumb cooking side plots