[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Besides that, has anyone other than Nihon subbed all of Boukenger? I've got a sub set of Go-Onger from someone called go anon that is 85% complete, and they used the DVDs for their source instead of tv rips.

Aesir and Hikari Senshi were working on it together, but they only have about seven episodes done and the last one was put out months ago.

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On the negative side, I do need to point out that Kaori's actor is pretty poor when it comes to acting skills. She tries way too hard when it comes to her crying scenes and they just feel forced. Other than that, only 10 episodes to go.

She's also ugly as all hell.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

She's also ugly as all hell.

Agreed. How could Gai have fallen in love with her?

[Dr Kain]

So I watched 42-45 earlier and I have to say that I felt quite bored by Tranza's demon mech. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood to watch the episodes, or maybe it was the lack of music through half of the fights, but I just sat there wonder how much longer the episodes had to go. There were some really great moments, but overall, it wasn't that good.

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Well I just finished Jetman, so I'm going to post my final thoughts on the show, but in doing so, there will be spoilers, so only read on if you don't care or have already seen the show.

First, the tomato episode, which was pretty bad. It wasn't down right awful, but what is up with Raita and Ako having the weirdest filler episodes out of the entire series? Sure, Gai had that vaccuum cleaner monster, but those two specifically seem to get the short end of the stick when it came to episode plots. Moving on, I really liked the way they finished off Tranza first, but I find the editing weird of how he is forced to call Radiguet lord and then in the next scene he is suddenly in a mental institution. Did the rangers put him there? Did someone fine him? Did Radiguet have him delivered there? It just doesn't make sense. And how did he have a mental breakdown to where he completely forgot who he is. The lack of an explanation doesn't work for me, but I do think it was a fitting end. I'm actually surprised Toei didn't do anything with this maybe during Gokaiger and have Tranza wake up after all of these years.

I definitely felt Maria's finale episodes were well done and she went out on a high note, and I liked how her stabbing Radiguet had consequences against him in the final battle. I do feel the final role call should have occurred in the final episode and had been a few seconds longer. However, my biggest gripe comes from the ending itself. This has always bothered me, as Ryu wants nothing to do with Kaori, he is fixated on Rie the entire series, wants her to go out with Gai. Rie dies and then Ryu suddenly has feelings for Kaori, leaving Gai behind. Now, I will say that I never noticed the wedding was actually 3 years later, so that was nice, as it means it gave Ryu and Kaori to develop their relationship, but it feels lackluster that the moments before the wedding played it off as if Gai was going to get married to her, only to see Ryu at the altar. Finally, what the hell is wrong with Gai at the end? He gets stabbed, but instead of going to the hospital, he decides to ruin everyone's day by going to meet Ryu and them and die on them, so that their wedding anniversary is going to be remembered as the day Gai died. That is pretty jacked up. But then, it is Gai, who was, and always will be, an ahole, so that is probably why he went, to ruin the moment forever.

Overall, Jetman was a very well done show. I loved how much it focused on developing its characters, even if some of them were given lackluster episodes to be developed with. The villains were pretty interesting, and I do like the development they were given, but not everything worked well with the show. The majority of the Monsters of the Week left a lot to be desired and the mech battles were pretty bland outside of a few instances. I still don't really know what the purpose of Tetra Boy was, as he hardly did anything. Couldn't they have just gotten Jet Icarus his own cannon instead? For the rangers, I do have to say that Gai was the best character out of the show, as he had the most growth throughout the show. It took him nearly 30 episodes before he finally felt like he was a team member, and even then, his character still grew. As I said above, I do have issues with his actions at the very end of the show, but whatever. For Vyram, Grey has go to be my favorite of the group and his battles against Black Condor were excellent. Again, I loved how all of them had development, but I felt there was not enough to justify Tran's actions. It seemed to come out of left field his mental pain of being a child. This is something that should have been fleshed out more because his transformation just felt like a child having a temper tantrum for not getting his way instead of having prior build up. As such, even though Tranza is played by my favorite Sentai actor, I felt more could have been done with his character (what is up with his hair though?). Maria was fleshed out really nicely, so I have nothing to say, but they should have done a lot more with Radiguet when he was turned into a human. With that said, I'd definitely rank Jetman in my Top 10 Sentai series, but it would probably be between the 6-10 rankings. A great show that I think even non-Sentai fans would enjoy, especially anime fans who like character development, so I can see why it is consider a favorite amongst many fans. Great show.

WIth that said, now I'm deciding what series I want to watch next. Maybe I'll attempt Goseiger again because of Megaforce, especially since Maskman is far from being completed.

[chasesinister]

After devoting myself to KR for awhile I've decided to re-watch Bioman. It was the very first Super Sentai I watched as a kid, and after more than a decade I want to see how different it will be for me watching it as an adult.

Finished the first three episodes and man what a walk down memory lane it is for me. I remember my childhood again after watching this. The first episode was the gathering of the team. I like that the Bio Robo just picked everyone up. Mason was the first oponent. Episode 2 had Yellow not wanting to be part of the team and had to be convinced to join. I liked that Bioman was different from other shows that they don't have MOTW but 5 monsters that the Neo Empire just rotate in using. Episode 3 had them almost losing the Bio Robo. And I'm relieved to find that the English Dub doesn't bother me. I thought I'd find it too cheesy but I guess not.

[Switchblade]

I'm up through episode 21 of Gekiranger, the KaGeki arc. The first activation of the Super Geki modes was full of damn near every heroic comeback cliche ever, but it still really worked for me and it was hard not to cheer out loud when Jan first powered up. I'm really liking Geki Fire, too, although I still think Geki Penguin is ridiculous.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I'm up through episode 21 of Gekiranger, the KaGeki arc. The first activation of the Super Geki modes was full of damn near every heroic comeback cliche ever, but it still really worked for me and it was hard not to cheer out loud when Jan first powered up. I'm really liking Geki Fire, too, although I still think Geki Penguin is ridiculous.

Hmm, I don't really remember how they got their Super Geki modes. I think Let's Watch will hit that point in 3 weeks, so it's gonna be a little while until I hit that point...

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Hmm, I don't really remember how they got their Super Geki modes. I think Let's Watch will hit that point in 3 weeks, so it's gonna be a little while until I hit that point...

It's a good set of episodes, but Super Geki mode's theme song is way less cool than SWAT mode's.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

It's a good set of episodes, but Super Geki mode's theme song is way less cool than SWAT mode's.

Well, that's not fair, because SWAT mode's song is godlike.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Well, that's not fair, because SWAT mode's song is godlike.

Yeah, it is.

[Sentai]

What is SWAT modes song? All I'm hearing in my head is that heavy guitar and "SPD Emergency!"