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03-07-2022, 11:09 PM | #21 |
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I really liked how Tarou's whole Connections Are Always Valuable thing exists as a recurring theme through the story, because he's explicitly not saying that connections are always good. His point seems to be that it's important not to shy away from new experiences, new people... but also to be able to recognize when new people are bad for you -slash- become a giant monster in a neon-outlined parallel dimension. It goes hand-in-hand with Haruka's story, where anyone she meets could be a monster, or it could be her savior, so she just has to keep looking. It's such a fun theme, Putting Yourself Out There, you know? That even if shit goes sideways and people let you down, you learned something, and you took the chance. You were the brave person, no matter the outcome. The value is in the risk, not the reward. I really dig that.
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03-07-2022, 11:27 PM | #22 |
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Happy to see you trying out Sentai Die! I've unfortunately had to miss most of your Rider threads to avoid spoilers on things I haven't seen, but I've always loved seeing your takes on things.
I loved the first episode. Haruka continues the streak of yellows always being my favorite. Knowing Inoue, I do worry about how her character will be treated as time goes on, but for now she's fantastic. Tarou and Kijibrother were fun too, can't wait to learn more about them. Of course the CGI is the big thing to talk about. I had a mixed reaction. Pink looked horrible, and I desperately hope at some point on the season they decide to make him a regular suit character. The mecha looked surprisingly good though. Probably helped that it was against a cyber world background instead of in the real world
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03-07-2022, 11:32 PM | #23 |
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I loved the first episode. Haruka continues the streak of yellows always being my favorite. Knowing Inoue, I do worry about how her character will be treated as time goes on, but for now she's fantastic. Tarou and Kijibrother were fun too, can't wait to learn more about them.
And, yeah, Kiji! I loved his introduction! He's very upset with Haruka for not immediately getting with a program that she has only recently fallen into! Like, god, use the magic gun you found with magic glasses to turn into a superhero through the power of a magic gear! It's really obvious! Git gud!
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03-08-2022, 12:23 AM | #24 |
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Now that I think about, for a Sentai that wants to be a fresh new step for the franchise or whatever Producer Shirakura keeps talking about, connections is such a perfect theme to go for?
I've only seen a handful of Sentai ofc, but the distinctive feature (other than colorful spandex and giant robots) is that they're a team. We're throwing a bunch of folks together, and for a year we'll see them laugh together, cry together, fight together, and eventually come out the other end as inseparable comrades. That's fun and all, but look around. There's superhero teams falling out of every nook and cranny nowadays. Being a team can't really be considered a distinctive trait, so if you wanna move innovate while keeping your core identity, you gotta start asking questions! What is it about the bonds being formed here that makes something feel uniquely Sentai? Why are such bonds even important in the first place? So I feel like Donbrothers being about the Value of Connections feels like an exciting avenue to answer those questions. That being said, I'm so excited to see what becomes of our ragtag group of weirdos and their future interactions with each other. (Haruka's few interactions with Taro this episode were golden!) The seemingly involuntary aspect of being a Donbrother (Haruka can't get rid of her new magic sunglasses, Tsuyoshi gets teleported from work aganist his will to go fight again, etc) seems like a really interesting foundation to build a team upon, yknow? (This is such an odd place to add this tidbit, but that one shot from the OP, where Taro is dancing in front of a screen displaying the other team members dancing-I know that's gonna bug the hell out of me until the show's over, that can't just be a stylistic choice, right?) |
03-08-2022, 12:58 AM | #25 |
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Having them each view their superheroic identities with different emotions -- enthusiasm, trepidation, borderline-exhaustion -- creates a space to redefine (or, for this one cubist-monstrosity who is new to the franchise, define) what the Team is for, and how/if it could be a benefit. Like, I don't want to say this with Episode 1, but: Faiz. Faiz was a show that was intensely skeptical of basic heroic concepts about tokusatsu, and then it spent an entire year creating the circumstances for a withdrawn, surly, wishes-strangers-would-get-kicked-in-the-head-by-a-horse of a guy to become a world-saving, idealistic hero. It did that by interrogating every preconceived notion, every inherited bit of philosophy. It made the characters in it work for everything (except power-ups), and it was the better story for it. All of that is to say: YES, make these weirdos work for every bit of camaraderie, THANK YOU. Quote:
(This is such an odd place to add this tidbit, but that one shot from the OP, where Taro is dancing in front of a screen displaying the other team members dancing-I know that's gonna bug the hell out of me until the show's over, that can't just be a stylistic choice, right?)
(I could theorize that it's to indicate that Tarou's whole Hero's Journey thing risks rendering the people caught up in it as something less than their full selves -- if all connections are equally valuable, does it flatten out true friendships? -- but there's not nearly enough to go on. But I like thinking about it! Thanks!)
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03-08-2022, 10:11 AM | #26 |
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I think this was a great touch, because it makes all the obligatory Team aspects feel more incremental. Like, two-thirds of the team as shown in this episode don't really have a clue what they're doing? Or that they're even a team? And that's a really killer hook for a newbie like me: The Sentai That Don't Know They're A Team.
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Now that I think about, for a Sentai that wants to be a fresh new step for the franchise or whatever Producer Shirakura keeps talking about, connections is such a perfect theme to go for?
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03-08-2022, 11:05 AM | #27 |
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They do. I recall it's called the ToQ Alter, based on the Red Ressha. It has a Gattai (since you're new to this franchise, that means "combination") with Don Momotarou Alter, which looks like something I can't even describe. I doubt it's going to make the show more exciting.
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Maybe it's related symbolically to that video game motif they have. In an MMO, everybody is the player character. Ore Koso Only One. Even if they're fighting the same enemy, they're not necessarily fighting together and I'm interested to see how that concept of teamwork expands, where they're not immediately a tight unit and it's something they have to work on.
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03-08-2022, 11:31 AM | #28 |
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A train is such an intrinsic part of Sentai to me, someone who knows nothing about Sentai, that I can't imagine watching a Sentai series without one. It'd be like a Sentai without a Red, or a modern Kamen Rider series where they ride their bikes more than once. It would feel like a betrayal of the franchise's principles, you know?
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Interesting point! I love shows about cooperation as an alternative to friendship (Ex-Aid!), so I'd be into a phase of this show that allows every character their own arc and cast, with the Sentai Team part of it all feeling like a raid in a video game, where they're all dumped into a fight and then split apart afterwards.
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03-08-2022, 01:38 PM | #30 |
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Of course the CGI is the big thing to talk about. I had a mixed reaction. Pink looked horrible, and I desperately hope at some point on the season they decide to make him a regular suit character. The mecha looked surprisingly good though. Probably helped that it was against a cyber world background instead of in the real world
This one tho? Lovely, a fantastic upgrade to how ugly-looking and clunky those few CG mech fights in Zenkaiger were. Surprised that it was a mix of practical cuts and CG, but it makes sense that we cant do 100% CG. Really surprised at how lithe its movements are, (for a giant robot, at least) It makes it feel more like a proper fight than say, something that looks like action figures smacking into each other, ig. There's only two Alter toys announced atm, but they look really wild and I hope the mech fights continue to be engaging. |
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