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ImpAtom posted:Asuka Goro was the manliest man who ever manned in all ways. I learned this the hard way after thinking about it for a moment and then realizing that Hayakawa Ken generally lets women and children be tortured and abused for a moment before actually acting. Clearly he can escape those handcuffs/ropes/chains any time he wants to, but gotta make sure that innocents are in mortal peril first. Also, people getting beaten with sticks seems to be a running theme. My favorite episode so far is the one where he has to save Japan from the dangers of cocaine addiction. Literally. Not even a metaphor. Just straight-up evil villains' plot is to turn the people of Japan into cocaine addicts.
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I just finished watching Go-Busters VS Beet Buster VS J. I'm not sure what I was expecting. That was definitely something different.
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Mecha Gojira posted:I learned this the hard way after thinking about it for a moment and then realizing that Hayakawa Ken generally lets women and children be tortured and abused for a moment before actually acting. Clearly he can escape those handcuffs/ropes/chains any time he wants to, but gotta make sure that innocents are in mortal peril first. Also, people getting beaten with sticks seems to be a running theme. Mine is when he has to save his creator from being killed by an evil trumpet player.
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So in addition to Den-O, I also watched the first episodes of Kiva and Agito today. Kiva's got me interested in how they tie together 1986 and 2008, plus Kivat is a pretty cool guy. Agito wasn't quite as immediately engaging to me as the other two, but G3 is a pretty cool Rider, even if just for the fact that he's the only one who just puts on his armor.
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So, I'm skimming through Fireman (1973 by Tsuburaya) while it's encoding. I hit episode 24. Fireman is fighting a giant harmonica. The harmonica is blowing at him. Then it turns around and starts sucking. This episode has more  than most episodes of the Space Sheriff trilogy.
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FortMax posted:So, I'm skimming through Fireman (1973 by Tsuburaya) while it's encoding. I hit episode 24. Fireman is fighting a giant harmonica. The harmonica is blowing at him. Then it turns around and starts sucking. Yeah, cat drugs is right, harmonicas work with air blowing both directions, why would it need to turn around? Also now I'm looking up Fireman, this sounds amazing.
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Sep 16, 2013 21:07
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I started watching Go-onger. They drive around in an RV beating up on monsters. Let me run that by you again. They drive around in an RV beating up on monsters. I have a feeling I'm going to love this show. 
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Dexie posted:I started watching Go-onger. You should watch Kakuranger. They also drive around in an RV and beat up monsters.
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Sep 17, 2013 00:47
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Guess I need to add Kakuranger to the list then.
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Sep 17, 2013 01:02
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Dexie posted:I started watching Go-onger. Ground Outdoor Operational Network General-purpose Explorational Rover ImpAtom posted:You should watch Kakuranger. They also drive around in an RV and beat up monsters.
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Sep 17, 2013 01:05
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Now I'm REALLY sad that the Kyoryugers don't hang out in that water park cabana from the original ending.
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Sep 17, 2013 01:10
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Dexie posted:Guess I need to add Kakuranger to the list then. I watched some YouTube series called Mighty Morphin Sentai or something like that, and it really sold Kakuranger on me. That's going next on the list after Maskman.
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Dr Tran posted:Kakuranger drove around in a food truck that was also a cat. It's even better than an RV, yes. 
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Dexie posted:I started watching Go-onger.
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Sep 17, 2013 03:02
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Wizard ended. Does anyone care?
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Sep 17, 2013 06:57
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I do, but I got tired of defending Wizard from people who don't watch it saying it sucks. V VI thought it was very appropriate thematically for the series, and it was definitely planned from the very start. All of the foreshadowing and thematic elements led up to this ending. It was definitely one of the more well-plotted Rider shows I have ever seen. They managed to close out all the lingering plot threads in a way that left me feeling really good about the whole series.
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HKR posted:Wizard ended. Does anyone care? Well most of us are probably glad, thats sort of like caring, right? I'll be skipping Gaim unless word of mouth is insanely positive so I sort of care because this means I can finish Garo season 2 and whatever is newly translated of Fiveman and Carranger (nothing, I guess?) in the times I would have been watching Wizard.
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Sep 17, 2013 07:05
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So who is returning for Wizard 52 and 53?
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HKR posted:Wizard ended. Does anyone care? I care because I was waiting for it to end to catch up on the last 10 or 12 episodes I've missed out on.  I feel like I enjoyed the show more when I was marathoning to catch up than watching week-by-week.
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Sep 17, 2013 07:53
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jivjov posted:This is random and apropos of nothing, but if I ever get a fancy car with a built in satnav computer setup, I will do everything in my power to make it say "Let's Driving!" every time I turn on the ignition. Don't forget to get one of the Go-Busters Ranger Keys and try to make your car key's guts fit in it (even though it likely won't with most modern car keys).
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HKR posted:Wizard ended. Does anyone care? The Ending was generally pretty okay  .
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Lessons I learned from this week's Kyoryuger: 1) A truck is a perfectly respectable method of transport for your dear friend's lifeless form 2) Tessai has the best hair (or lack thereof) and should have a different style every time he appears 3) Someone in production staff really like Yayoi's legs 4) Ramirez is the best ranger ever
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jivjov posted:3) Someone in production staff really like Yayoi's legs That would be Sakamoto. He likes him some legs. EDIT:  Have Fireman fighting a giant harmonica. FortMax fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Sep 17, 2013 |
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TheGreenAvenger posted:I do, but I got tired of defending Wizard from people who don't watch it saying it sucks. V I sub Wizard and I think it sucks. I won't deny the show is consistently good at playing the long game, but the long game is worthless when your actual content is boring, you downplay and piss away your actually interesting content (everything about both Beast and Dragon), and you completely fail to build rapport with either your main character or the lynchpin of your plot. And despite Gremlin needing to be the final boss for a lot of purely selfish narrative and thematic reasons, including giving Haruto a chance to make one more "last hope" speech like we hadn't heard a dozen of those before, Flutewand was a much more compelling villain. Wizard was good at its themes. It just also needed to be a good TV show to make those themes not look up its own rear end. It wasn't.
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Sep 17, 2013 18:54
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The Carnival figuarts box is gonna be huge.
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I'll probably be watching Wizard 52-53 without having seen the rest of the show, because why the hell not. I'm sure it can't be worse than actual Kamen Rider Decade episodes. And come to think, with Gaim, we'll be halfway to another anniversary show!... Hopefully they'll make one, and it won't suck. From what I saw of Wizard, I thought Haruto dragged everything the hell down. Bland protagonists aren't a new concept in Kamen Rider, but usually they're saved by good support casts. Couple that with the New Friend of the Week syndrome I complained about before, and you get a show where only the fights are particularly interesting to watch.
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I haven't yet gotten to this week's Wizard, but if nothing else, I liked that it was Nitou that saved the entire city a couple episodes ago. Having the secondary rider do something of such big importance seemed surprising, but Nitou certainly deserved the honor. He's been a pretty constant bright part of the show.
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Caphi posted:I sub Wizard and I think it sucks. I won't deny the show is consistently good at playing the long game, but the long game is worthless when your actual content is boring, you downplay and piss away your actually interesting content (everything about both Beast and Dragon), and you completely fail to build rapport with either your main character or the lynchpin of your plot. And despite Gremlin needing to be the final boss for a lot of purely selfish narrative and thematic reasons, including giving Haruto a chance to make one more "last hope" speech like we hadn't heard a dozen of those before, Flutewand was a much more compelling villain. They also made a mistake casting the mega-popular idol who never has time to film as the character who you'd most expect to be integral to the plot.
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Waffleman_ posted:They also made a mistake casting the mega-popular idol who never has time to film as the character who you'd most expect to be integral to the plot. Which one was that?
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SpazmasterX posted:Which one was that? Koyomi. Who, in fact, was integral to the plot anyway.
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Apparently the Wizard/Gaim movie will have Heisei riders warring against each other. Not the real Riders maybe but historical versions, who knows because Akiko and Ryu are filming right now.
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AzraelNewtype posted:Koyomi. Who, in fact, was integral to the plot anyway. That would have been my guess. I had no idea she was some popular idol.
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SpazmasterX posted:That would have been my guess. I had no idea she was some popular idol. That is the trend anyway. I think Yoko from Go-Busters and Ahim from Gokaiger started out as idols. It is a jumping point to acting it seems.
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Dante Logos posted:That is the trend anyway. I think Yoko from Go-Busters and Ahim from Gokaiger started out as idols. It is a jumping point to acting it seems. Luka was also an idol. I assumed they just get former popular idols to play Sentai ever since Dekaranger.
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Caphi posted:I sub Wizard and I think it sucks. Yeah, but you already know how I feel about your taste. (Hi I run OnoreTVN)
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Gaim has street-dancing gangs in a feudal state doing Pokemon battles that endanger the world, what's not to love!
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Nothing could save Wizard from Haruto being this massive unlikable charisma black hole who sucked all enjoyment from the air around him. No matter how well-written or thematically appropriate a series it is, that guy basically killed it in the crib. The absolute worst part of the Fourze/Wizard movie was having to watch that completely dull dishrag beat up Akumaizer. ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Sep 18, 2013 |
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ImpAtom posted:Nothing could save Wizard from Haruto being this massive unlikable black hole charisma who sucked all enjoyment from the air around him. No matter how well-written or thematically appropriate a series it is, that guy basically killed it in the crib. Replace Haruto with Gen, would that save Wizard? I didn't get into Wizard, but now that it's over I've been thinking about it, if even to check out the whole "first female Rider" thing. Tackle wasn't, technically speaking, a Rider. Worth downloading Wizard when a batch comes out?
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Serperoth posted:I didn't get into Wizard, but now that it's over I've been thinking about it, if even to check out the whole "first female Rider" thing. Tackle wasn't, technically speaking, a Rider. Tackle wasn't, but what about Femme, or Ixa (twice, temporarily), or Kivala, or Nadeshiko? And I'm positive I'm leaving some out.
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The best thing about the Kyoryuger movie promos was seeing Haruto do the silly dance. Haruto should have done more silly things.
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