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06-15-2021, 12:35 AM | #871 |
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Bravo, Charlie, and Delta especially got shafted hard in regards to development, Commanders included. But, yeah, I get exactly what you mean, considering that production-wise it felt... cheap. Even by Bandai standards. Granted an animated format wouldn't exactly solve that issue but still.
But still, yeah, I enjoyed it fine enough. My only real gripe is, again, the ending and the sound effects. Imagine my disappointment when the guns were lasers and made this weak sound (that was fixed by the blast gun thank god), but the girls were making Amazons-level of blood. I was having those "wait, it don't work like that!" moments. Wasn't interested in the gun kits or the commander kits themselves, but I am glad Bandai's making an armor set for their 30 minute sister kits that looks like the show uniforms as well as having tiny versions of the guns. |
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But still, yeah, I enjoyed it fine enough. My only real gripe is, again, the ending and the sound effects. Imagine my disappointment when the guns were lasers and made this weak sound (that was fixed by the blast gun thank god), but the girls were making Amazons-level of blood. I was having those "wait, it don't work like that!" moments.
Eh, I'm not big on the 30 minute mission line though so that doesn't do a whole lot for me.
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I watched the second Rebirth of Mothra movie last night, and it was kinda bad! I honestly was a bit disappointed since I liked the first film decently, but this one was just too light on the kaiju content and too slapstick for my tastes. Not that I didn’t enjoy the movie at all, I just thought it was pretty low quality.
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Satria Heroes Revenge of Darkness
On June 30th 2013, 8 years ago today, Bima was born! To celebrate this anniversary, I want to talk about my experience with this movie which was released in 2017 but only recently uploaded to Netflix with subs in late 2020. Bima-X finished in mid 2015 with its bittersweet ending, so I've been waiting 6 years to finally find out where the story goes from there. And damn, it was worth the wait! For those who don't know, Satria Garuda Bima was an Ishinomori-approved and affiliated Tokusatsu inspired by Kamen Rider Kuuga, Agito and Black RX. It's also tragically underrated in the west and I want to change that! The first two seasons are fully subbed and totally worth your time and this movie exceeded my expectations. The Satria are an ancient order of knights who Berubah (Indonesian equivalent of Henshin) to protect the world using the 7 elemental Power Stones. Each Satria also has a mechanical spirit animal which can change forms to assist them in combat. Bima's Stones are fire elemental Merah and wind elemental Biru. After becoming Bima-X, he also gains earth elemental Hijau and magnetic elemental Ungu (which shares the name with the awesome band that performs the theme songs for Bima and Bima-X). He has the garuda spirit Helios. The Dark and Secondary Satria Garuda Azazel's only Stone is darkness elemental Hitam cause he's so bad*ss he only needs one. He has the garuda spirit Taranis. The Tertiary Satria Harimau Torga's Stones are thunder elemental Kuning (referred to as Oranye starting from Bima-X but I think Kuning sounds cooler and Torga is yellow so that's what I'm calling it) and ice elemental Putih. There's also Sintetis, an artificial Stone used by Evil Torga, another Dark Satria, but with added Evil. They have the tiger spirit Atlas. There are a lot of characters I could summarize here but I think it'll work better if I talk about most of them as they appear in the movie. As for the format of the movie, I was surprised by how it's similar to classic Movie Wars, where it's 1/3 current show, 1/3 previous show and 1/3 crossover. But there's a twist here. The closest thing to a crossover in this movie is Satria Naga Kai, who makes a cameo in the climax and post-credits. Instead, this movie is 1/3 protagonists, 1/3 spoiler villain and 1/3 protagonists fighting spoiler villain. I think that's a really unique concept! Most of it is actually set and filmed in Japan and only a few scenes occur in Jakarta and Parallel World. So without further ado, let's discuss each of the three chapters of this awesome movie with as much interesting lore and behind the scenes trivia I can think of! WARNING: This review contains major spoilers for the ending of Satria Garuda Bima-X. Chapter 1: Bima-X Returns He's back! The story starts in the middle of a fight between Bima-X and Torga, who are Ray Bramasakti and Dimas Akhsara respectively, with Japan's Mount Fuji as a backdrop. They're supposed to be friends, so your immediate question might be why this is happening. To answer that question, the movie then goes back in time to show you how it led to this scenario. This chapter despite being called Bima-X Returns has at least half as much focus on Dimas as it does on Ray. It's also the most comedic of the three. Dimas is the wealthy CEO of his Akhsara family tech company and he's come to Tokyo by invitation from the CEO of Takarada Industries who wants to discuss collaboration. But since this is comic relief Dimas we're talking about here, it's mostly just an excuse to have him react to Japanese culture and fight ninjas cause duh, Japan is all about the ninjas! President Takarada's secretary Saeko also develops a crush on him after finding out he's Torga. He doesn't reciprocate, most likely due to 1) language barrier and 2) his main love interest Ricca would be mad at him. But it turns out the invitation was a trap as Takarada, Saeko and the ninjas were all brainwashed by an unnamed guy in a gold mask and black cloak (Mamoun, according to the wiki) using some kind of magical purple device and now Dimas is under his spell! Meanwhile, in Parallel World.... I'm not being vague, that's just it's actual name. The barren planet that VUDO Empire came from to steal Earth's resources and where Ray's scientist parents went missing. Komura Junko was the head writer for Bima-X, so if you think that sounds similar to Zenkaiger, that might be why. Azazel, who is Reza Bramasakti, Ray's little brother, sacrificed himself in the finale of Bima-X and Ray used his Power Stone Hitam to assume his Final Form, Ultimate Dark Mode, to defeat Black Lord. Ray and Reza are actually double adopted, since Paman Iwan adopted them after the disappearance of Rena and Randy Iskandar's parents. Having reunited with his long lost Bramasakti parents, Ray and his adoptive little sister and heroine, Rena, returned here with them believing that Reza might still be alive somehow. They haven't made much progress though and the plot doesn't really advance here. What does happen is that Dimas isn't the only guy on the receiving end of an unreciprocated crush, as Rena suddenly asks Ray if she can just call him Ray, instead of Brother Ray, before attempting to kiss him. They're only adoptive siblings so it's not that weird, but Ray is visibly grossed out as he has always considered her as a little sister. Now this isn't exactly new, she did have a crush on him in the first season and expressed jealously towards his other love interest Belinda, who disappeared along with that subplot pretty much as soon as Nakazawa replaced Hayase as head writer for Episode 16-26. But Hayase returned to write this movie, so I guess he wanted to bring it back. Fortunately for Ray, Helios freezes time around him just before the kiss to tell him he urgently needs to come to Japan. Something else worth mentioning is that Ray has a new Bima-branded smartphone-like device that appears to be the same model as Dimas' Torga-branded version, so I guess Dimas invented them specifically as an asset for the Satria. Ray teleports to Japan and it picks up from the prologue, showing the full battle between Bima-X and the brainwashed Torga using all of their usual form changes. Ray actually comes close to defeating him but a moment of hesitation gives Dimas the win. Fortunately, Dimas' strength of will allows him to overcome the brainwashing and stop himself from killing his friend. Mamoun is unhappy about this, but he has another plan to destroy the Satria, which leads to.... Chapter 2: Arsya My favorite villain from the first two seasons is Topeng Besi. He's a wildcard, the original user of Power Stone Biru and manages to have a rivalry with all three of the main Satria for different reasons. With Bima, it's just the classic hero vs SIC villain trope. With Azazel, they were in competition to prove who was the most useful to Rasputin, prior to Reza's redemption arc. It's basically a repeat of Dino Thunder's rivalry between Trent and Zeltrax. With Torga, it's revealed that Topeng Besi was once Torga himself and then he became Evil Torga to prove to Dimas that he was the true Torga. Anyway, in case you haven't figured out who's that spoiler villain I mentioned before, I'm talking about Topeng Besi! Going in to this movie, I didn't expect to see 25 minutes, enough to fill a whole episode, dedicated entirely to his backstory, which was only briefly brought up near the end of Bima-X. It's easily one of my favorite things about this movie. He's in limbo here, after Torga defeated him, until Mamoun starts to remind him who he was since he never fully recovered his memories that VUDO erased. That's where this chapter starts, in the time of dinosaurs when Topeng Besi was a human kid called Wira. Maybe the Satria and Zyurangers know each other! The active Satria of this time was Torga Legend, which is basically just Torga with a cool cape. Since VUDO don't exist yet, his enemies are feral monsters similar to Summer Makamou and actually, this chapter is a lot like Hibiki. Torga Legend travels the land with Wira, his apprentice, and the titular girl Arsya, Wira's friend, both of whom were orphaned by these monsters. Arsya was left with elective mutism as a result. Wira dreams of becoming strong enough to succeed his master as Torga and trains hard for that goal. One day, Torga Legend is defeated by an especially powerful monster and barely saved by Wira's intervention, which is pretty impressive for a kid. Wira asks permission to use Power Stone Kuning to avenge the honor of his injured master, but Torga Legend tells him a Satria needs to practise both physical and mental strength, the latter of which he finds Wira lacking in. Wira ignores this advice, secretly takes Kuning in the middle of the night and goes hunting. He finds his target in that grass mountain area you might recognize as the place where BladeRUN killed Metal Alice in Goseiger. Then he Berubahs in to regular Torga and beats him in to a rock wall. He even declares the monster as his first victory, showing how he cares more about the bloodlust than protecting people. That's where this chapter takes a tragic turn, as Arsya followed him and she was very impressed with his debut. But his finisher caused faults to appear in the rock and it collapses on her. Wira is too late. He cradles Arsya in his arms and she uses her first words in years to confess her love for him before dying. Damn, this scene is so tragic! Torga Legend shows up and scolds Wira, telling him he's no longer fit to be a Satria and demands Kuning back. Yeah, he totally could have picked a better time to do that. Wira teleports away with Arsya and Kuning, ending the master's career. Sometime later, the new Torga approaches the Satria Holy Ground Dimension and is denied entry by Bima Legend, which similarly to Torga Legend, is just Bima with a cool cape. He's a little more interesting under the suit though, being a recurring character from the first two seasons and he's portrayed by Gackt of all people. Yeah, that Gackt, the alternate Riderman from Decade! Bima Legend heard about Wira's sin and tells him, in fluent Indonesian, that Satria can't bring back the dead. However, Wira reveals that his intention has changed. He wants to destroy the Satria. He misguidedly blames Satria for Arsya's death, since he was a Satria when he caused it. Even though he became one without permission. It's a twisted justification he made cause he didn't have the mental strength to take responsibility for his mistake. This makes him a foil to Dimas, who showed great mental strength by overcoming the brainwashing. What was once Wira's dream is now something he hates and wants to destroy out of spite. So the only thing he lives for now is that desire for destruction. They fought for years. One little detail I find cool is how Bima Legend cracks Torga's visor in the same place it appears on Evil Torga's visor, making it a literal scar for the suit! It's symbolic as well, since he's no longer seeing reality, but his own delusion instead. Bima Legend was much more skilled and eventually defeated and imprisoned adult Wira in a timeless dimension for millennia. There he stayed until 2013, when VUDO sensed his undying hatred for Satria and freed him so they could brainwash him in to their cyborg soldier Topeng Besi. When they erased his memories, that hatred was the only thing that remained and it explains why he had so many rivalries. All Satria are his personal enemies. Honestly, I think this backstory did a lot to make him sympathetic. He was just a kid when he caused the accident and his master was ready to abandon him in that moment. If things were different, he might have become a hero, a true Satria. It's really a shame what happened to him. Topeng Besi was already my favorite villain and I love how the movie spends so much time in the middle to tell the tragic story of the event that made him this way. Such a great and complex character! Chapter 3: Revenge of Darkness We check back in with the Satria's friends at the Iskandar residence in Jakarta, as Ricca (the only one here who isn't an Iskandar) angrily eats a cake by stabbing through a Torga-shaped icing decoration. She's mad at Dimas for going to Tokyo without her, so good thing she doesn't know about Saeko, huh? I definitely ship Dimas/Ricca. It's a brief comedic moment that ends when Rena appears through a portal to alert them that the city is in imminent danger. The ground of Jakarta is bent in to the shape of a giant cauldron, causing massive destruction and trapping all the citizens inside. A big black orb of liquid darkness appears above it, which is apparently the titular Revenge of Darkness. Mamoun restores Topeng Besi's memories and grants him the power to become Satria Osiris, which kind of looks like Bima-X given the Another Rider treatment, and then leaves him to carry out his plan of destroying Earth by dropping the orb in to the cauldron. Say goodbye to Mamoun for now, cause he doesn't appear again until the post-credits. Bima-X and Torga have difficulty fighting Osiris on their own. But they don't have to for long, as Reza finally returns as Azazel for the climax and the three Satria Heroes are reunited! This is what I thought Revenge of Darkness meant, considering that Azazel is darkness elemental. Maybe it still is, in a double meaning kind of way. After all, Reza's sacrificed the most out of the heroes, so he probably has unfinished business with Topeng Besi. And that's what's so awesome about this final battle. We've seen Topeng Besi's resolution from his tragic backstory, so I can really appreciate how he's not a pushover as the final villain. It's not just the power of Osiris, it's the power of his hatred. It's a very personal fight. Even with Azazel here to help, they're barely able to match him and it takes everything they've got as he surrounds himself with a shield of darkness. Some highlights. Bima-X is able to assume Ultimate Dark Mode without using Power Stone Hitam, thanks to Azazel and Torga infusing him with their energy and the three of them become a golden bullet to destroy Osiris' shield of darkness. Osiris himself is left unharmed while the heroes are incapacitated. This is where Satria Naga Kai makes his first cameo, albeit as his dragon spirit form only. He asks Ray why he fights. Ray says he wants to protect people, which is what seperates them from Topeng Besi who merely seeks destruction. Kai approves of the answer and gives the three heroes a power boost. It seems like a deus ex machina but the post-credits hint that he might have a deeper reason for being here. They combine all their Power Stones and mechanical spirit animals to create a giant griffon-like mount! This isn't the first time that Helios, Taranis and Atlas had a combined mode as they previously became a giant energy blade in the finale of Bima-X and when I say giant, I mean Squall's Blasting Zone from Final Fantasy VIII! Mechanical spirit animals are able to change between weapon and "God" modes, so this griffon is their combined God mode and it looks awesome! The Satria ride it in to space, charge up their power from the Sun and come back down to destroy the orb of darkness, foiling the villain's plan. Consecutively, Torga, Azazel and Bima-X use their finishers to destroy Topeng Besi for good. This fight has everything! The ending is unexpectedly bittersweet though. Everybody is celebrating the Satria's victory, including Ray and Dimas. But when Ray looks at Reza, he's walking away all aloof. There seems to be a mutual understanding between them though and Ray lets his little brother leave without protest. At least Reza isn't dead anymore, but it's sad to see their reunion cut short. Now according to the wiki, Reza might have a reason for having to leave so suddenly. Power Stone Hitam revived him as a darkness construct after his true body was destroyed by Black Lord, so it seems that he can no longer hang around for too long or he will die again. It's a cruel fate, but he doesn't have any regrets. Post-credits The first scene is Topeng Besi in limbo again, but Arsya reaches out to him from above and he reverts to his kid Wira form. It's implied they go to the afterlife together. I never expected that Topeng Besi would ever get a happy ending but after seeing his tragic backstory and how much he suffered, I'm glad that Wira can finally rest and put his hatred behind him. The second scene is Mamoun scheming his next plan, when Kai appears in his Satria form to confront him. Looks like they have a history. Mamoun summons a rhino cerberus creature to fight him and it cuts off just before they clash. Now this would get me excited to see Satria Naga Kai, if only I could find subs for it! Oh well. Overall, this was an amazing movie that can easily stand on the same level as Toei's Tokusatsu with Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Metal Heroes. I honestly enjoyed seeing all of these characters again. If any of my praise has convinced you to consider getting in to Satria or even just watch this movie, I totally recommend that you give it a chance!
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06-30-2021, 10:53 AM | #875 |
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Satria Heroes Revenge of Darkness
On June 30th 2013, 8 years ago today, Bima was born! To celebrate this anniversary, I want to talk about my experience with this movie which was released in 2017 but only recently uploaded to Netflix with subs in late 2020. Bima-X finished in mid 2015 with its bittersweet ending, so I've been waiting 6 years to finally find out where the story goes from there. And damn, it was worth the wait! For those who don't know, Satria Garuda Bima was an Ishinomori-approved and affiliated Tokusatsu inspired by Kamen Rider Kuuga, Agito and Black RX. It's also tragically underrated in the west and I want to change that! The first two seasons are fully subbed and totally worth your time and this movie exceeded my expectations. The Satria are an ancient order of knights who Berubah (Indonesian equivalent of Henshin) to protect the world using the 7 elemental Power Stones. Each Satria also has a mechanical spirit animal which can change forms to assist them in combat. "Ishinomori-approved"? By the Ishinomori Estate? |
06-30-2021, 01:40 PM | #876 |
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Approved by Ishimori Pro to be specific and it takes a lot of inspiration from Kamen Rider.
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06-30-2021, 03:13 PM | #877 |
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If I'm following the implications of your praise, the Satria franchise goes even deeper than the seasons which directly preceded the Darkness movie, right?
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06-30-2021, 03:54 PM | #878 |
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EDIT: Wow. FlameSubs did it!
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06-30-2021, 05:51 PM | #879 |
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Do you have a total franchise documentation list? What season or series is named what, year of release, and available fansubs or official subs? I know it's a tall order, sorry.
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07-01-2021, 03:33 AM | #880 |
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I managed to see all of the first 26-episode series with subtitles way back in 2014 but never got round to Bima-X or anything else, it was definitely a good addition to a year where I much preferred the more alternative sort of toku to either Kyoryuger,Wizard or Megaforce!
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