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12-29-2020, 08:39 AM
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Androzani84
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Well, I’m at the end of the tribute episodes for Gokaiger, which is quite a significant reason people like the show, if that thread I started a while ago is any indication. I thought I, as someone who actually watched most of the series being homages before watching Gokaiger, would give my two cents.
The Good:
Episode 14(Carranger): Just all around a hilarious romp, with little to find any fault with. The fact that a Greater Power is actually useless is a neat idea to explain why they never use it again and there’s even an explanation for a plot hole for last episode (the bad guy took so long to catch up with them because he broke the traffic laws).
Episode 21(Boukenger): This episode perfectly captures Boukenger’s (and Akashi’s) spirit of adventure. And it takes too of my biggest issues with the show (reusing old monster suits as new monsters and the fact that most of the time, the finisher for the past team is wasted on a bunch of Mooks) and defies them (the monster this week has a new costume, but is a character from a past series and hey do use the Boukengers’ Dual Crusher on him, it just doesn’t work). And it also brings back DaiBouken (still one of the best designed Sentai Mecha, fight me), so that makes it an instant win in my book.
Episode 28 (Jetman): AKA the one that basically resulted in one fanfiction author doing a complete rewrite of Gokaiger’s plot… for a fanfiction supposedly focused on multiple teams from Super Sentai and Power Rangers, but in practice, put most of the focus on Maskman, Jetman, Dekaranger, Boukenger and Shinkenger.
But I digress, it’s a pretty good episode that handles the idea of sacrificing your happiness for the greater good incredibly well. And it’s pretty good to see Gai hand the more asshole-ish Gokaigers their asses untransformed, before getting to transform and have a solo fight scene. The monster’s personality also wouldn’t be out of place in Jetman proper, so it’s got that going for it.
Episode 31 (Ohranger): Like episode 21, it captures the spirit of its season very well, and also takes another two of my big problems with the series (that most of the pre-Hurricane veterans get a kind of reverse flanderization wherein their most prominent traits are non-existent and that Basco as a character is neither threatening nor necessary) and resolves them (Both Goro and Momo have their personalities on point and Basco takes a level in badass by turning into a monster that none of the Gokaigers can match and that even Damaras seems terrified of).
Episodes 35 and 36 (Go-Onger): Junko Komura’s magnum opus for this season. Sosuke is, as usual, a joy to watch and the usual “reusing an old costume as a new character” thing gets offset by the fact that there is a new (albeit modified from existing parts) monster altogether in this same two parter. And I would totally watch a whole show with GokaiFire.
The Average.
Episode 3 (Magiranger): The first one they did. It is a fairly good start for the tribute episodes (with the fact they get back both the CGI fire monster from MagiRed’s transformation, plus the fact they actually got Tessho Genda to voiceover a new spell for the MagiPhone), it gets weighed down by its lack of any real focus or memorable monster and is ultimately rather forgettable.
Episode 7 (Gekiranger): I wasn’t a big fan of Gekiranger when watching it, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. But aside from starting a trend I’ve previously stated I wasn’t fond of, plus being the one tribute episode without a special transformation sequence (one thing I think the show has going for it), it was serviceable.
Episodes 11-12 (Shinkenger): I hadn’t quite made my way through Shinkenger when I watched this two-parter. It introduces my second least favourite plot line, namely the Joe-Barizorg relationship (namely for how ultimately pointless and all over the place it is) and has another big problem I have with the series (pre-Jetman series only have one attack from their arsenal used at all, sometimes not even that, as seen here with the Dynaman being used solely for the Super Dynamite). But it still delivered on pretty much everything else and has a cool monster suit to make up for the bad stuff.
Episode 18 (Sixth Rangers)
It’s the second part of the debut for Gai Yuki, who is one of the only two characters in this show I find likeable (the other being Ahim). And after a cameo from Mikoto and two suit actors in the DragonRanger and TimeFire suits, it turns into a reparation of Shinkenger’s 18th episode, only without any of the sense that plot had (there is literally no reason for the Gokaigers to take the Go,ai Cellular, other than to be a dick). But I loved the slight clever thing they did with Gai turning into KingRanger matching the Gokaigers turning into the Gorengers for their first onscreen legend change.
Episode 20 (Gingaman): Gia’s first time in a tribute episode. Unfortunately, it has the bad luck to be a) a prexHurricane team’s time in the limelight and b) has Basco as the main villain. Aside from that, the episode is alright, especially with Gai going through the same dilemma Ryoma had back in Gingaman (that Hyuuga is better than him in every way) and the appearance of Haruhiko’s book on the Gingaman, combined with the “space pirate” jokes narrowly save this episode.
Episodes 25-26 (Hurricaneger): The good: We get to see the veterans transform, the plot features some appropriate choices for a Gokai Changes and the overall story feels like a mini VS movie. The bad: The nicer Gokaigers go out of character by refusing to give the Hurricanegers their powers back, it once again reuses old suits as new characters, the lack of any reference to the Gouraigers and Shurikenger and why the heck did they remove Furaimaru’s vocal processing effects?
Episode 29 (Abaranger): The plot with Ahim getting to do a Seven-Change is a good one, complete with a unique gimmick for a one off bad guy and the AbarePink reappearance is on point, as is the commercial break cliffhanger. But Yukito is wasted on a handful of scenes that don’t really add much, the idea of GoZyuGokaiOh is woefully underused in the rest of the season and they gave Gai a transformation sequence into AbareKiller (as one guy who watched Abaranger when it was premiering put it, part of the appeal of AbareKiller was that he didn’t have a transformation sequence, even in the crossovers)
Episode 30 (Liveman): Liveman is a show high on my list, so I naturally had some expectations for this episode. While I like the touch that the bad guy of the week is played by Joji Nakata and the reappearance of Super Live Robo, I don’t lie the shoehorning of Joe’s friend having been brainwashed being somehow comparable to the Liveman’s friends’ genuine betrayal. It just feels like the writer read a reference guide to Liveman rather than actually watching it.
Episode 33 (Dairanger): Whiel I like the touch of Ryo using Daigo and Shojis’ abilities, plus the whole untransformed battle, I felt the episode shot itself in the foot with the “you don’t need powers to win a battle” aesop by having the Gokaigers (especially Gai, who was supposed to be learning the lesson) win the battle using their powers. Whoops.
Episode 39 (Megaranger): A pretty fun episode with the return of the school from Megaranger, plus reminding us that Kenta was just a slacker, not an idiot, by having him become a teacher. Plus they have a creative use of the Timerangers’ Freeze Compression power. Unfortunately, the presence of Basco rather than a villain more appropriate to Megaranger brings it down a lot, as does the lack of a clear focus on anyone.
Episodes 45-46 (Kakuranger): The second part was definitely stronger than the first, mostly due to the fact it didn’t waste Satomi Hirose (Kakuranger’s secondary lead) in a throwaway cameo that could’ve been cut. But said second part loses some points for having a monster whose gimmick is anger, and a guest appearance by Ninjaman, yet no references to or appearances by Samuraiman. Also, why are the Kakuranger powers meant to help Ninjaman grow? He can do that on his own.
The Bad:
Episode 5 (Dekaranger): It’s clear Naruhisa Arakawa has a massive nostalgia boner for Dekaranger (just look at how many guest actors they bring back compared to any other Sentai with returning actors). This episode is where it’s at its worst, with three returning actors from the show, two of whom have no reason to be there and the main bad guy being an Alienizer instead of being one a Zangyack Action Commander. I like Dekaranger as much as the next man, but he’s written better shows. Plus the episode cemented Marvelous and Luka as being unlikeable. (Marvelous ended up redeeming himself, Luka didn’t).
Episode 9 (Gaoranger): The first episode with another major issue I have with the show, the reverse flanderization. GaoRed is virtually unrecognisable beyond being a vet and being played by the same actor. Plus the thing that gets him to come around to the Gokaigers isn’t anything they do, it’s a sappy speech from Don and Ahim, which kind of kills any moral the episode was going for.
Episode 23 (GoGoV): I have nothing nice to say about this episode. The forced nice side to Luka they instituted in this episode made me hate her further, Basco further proved how undeserving of the threat applied to him is by simply making empty threats to blow up an ambulance instead of actually doing it and some random little girl knowing Matsuri’s secret identity just pissed me off to no end.
Episode 40 (Timeranger): I’ve already made my opinions on that one quite clear in an earlier post on this thread.
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