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So after a great absence, I decided to jump back onto Super Sentai and started to rewatch Dekaranger. The opening line is 'How far are you planning to go, you kabuto-faced bastard?' Oh, TV-Nihon. Never change. No. Wait. Change. It's a word that can be translated. It means beetle. That's all it means. It even has alliteration which Ban would probably be all about. AGH. Anyway.
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Started watching Ninja Steel. The girl playing Sarah is really cute. Other than that, I don't have much aside from I'm glad they're trying to slip the surly bonds of Sentai footage.
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Aug 4, 2018 21:09
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Morby posted:I did watch that episode again fairly recently and it is super fun. Yeah. I guess they maybe didn't want to make an SPD red suit Syd's size? Which is a weaksauce excuse, but it's the only thing I can think of. Syd is one of my favorite female rangers in the franchise, so I'm pretty biased. (It's funny, I like Syd more than Umeko but I like Jasmine more than Z. Put them together and I'd be in hog heaven.) quote:Suits are still stylish as gently caress. I love what they did with the Dekaranger footage and the creating of original characters like Boom, Piggy, SOPHIE, and the A Squad. The Dino Thunder crossovers were really fun to me (also that Tommy impersonation was hilarious). The only problems I have with the series really is A) needs more RIC (but he was probably expensive to do a lot with) and 2) they never really explored why Mora wanted to be a kid all the time. (Or they did and I just forgot.)
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Aug 5, 2018 21:47
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Morby posted:I, too, have an unpopular take! Jack is better than Ban. Houji is better than Sky. I can see that. Ban isn't the critical mass of Idiot Red syndrome so I don't hate him, but he doesn't grow as much as Jack does.
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Aug 5, 2018 23:40
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I remember seeing the flick the movie opening night and the theater was pretty crowded. The 'that's not a girl cow' standard joke got some charity chuckles, but people genuinely laughed at 'You slapped me!' 'Yeah, weird, right?' and loosened up and seemed to really like it. There was applause at the end.
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Aug 9, 2018 12:35
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Nodosaur posted:The PR movie gave us their version of Billy, which automatically makes it one of the most important versions of Power Rangers ever made. And also Trini, maybe. I'm not certain if that was ever confirmed or just wishful thinking.
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Aug 9, 2018 19:53
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Go Go Power Rangers the comic is nice in that it gives Jason some backstory. The reason he's training to be Captain America Red is because he used to be a bully. Also it gives Trini things to do aside from... uh... care about the environment maybe? (Zach still kinda gets shafted, at least in the first trade.)
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Aug 10, 2018 02:31
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I hope Shattered Grid comes out in a nice big trade or two.
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Aug 10, 2018 20:09
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Welp, that's a hardcover for me, then.
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Aug 11, 2018 00:07
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Is HyperForce really that tied in to stuff? Do I need to watch several, several hours of a Twitch stream?
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Aug 12, 2018 22:40
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Thanks for the responses. I realize my post came off a bit too harsh about HyperForce - I watched a little and it seemed fun. I mean, Paul Schrier hasn't become less charming over time. I just wondered if I needed to play a severe case of catch-up.
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Aug 12, 2018 23:53
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Doggles posted:Kickstarter for the new Power Rangers board game is now up: $240 for everything is a bit rich for my blood.
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Aug 14, 2018 23:15
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SpazmasterX posted:I'd only consider it if they hit all their stretch goals. Yeah, I could see that. The KS exclusives (in general, not just here) can die in a fire, though.
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Aug 14, 2018 23:37
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Nodosaur posted:Tommy's PHD is actually from a community college. That's why he thinks a dimetredon is a dinosaur. Now I hope he was a Greendale Human Being.
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Aug 15, 2018 13:03
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Morby posted:And they make it really clear over the course of the season that his wooing of Ms. Fairweather is not unwelcome. I’m about 4 episodes from the end and there are several times where the interest is obviously mutual. This isn’t Jake/Gia. She seems receptive, but something Wacky keeps coming up.
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Aug 17, 2018 12:40
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I've been watching Hyperforce (I guess now because I don't need to) and I have to say Cristina Vee as Hyper Black was pretty impressive when she was turning against the team for reasons. Like, completely stone cold about it. I know she's an actor and all, but even the CR guys will break character a little.
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Aug 17, 2018 16:44
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I do keep meaning to ask what are the best Sentai seasons Shout! Factory has available. I'm looking at Timeranger and Jetman thus far.
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Aug 17, 2018 23:22
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MisterBibs posted:What sort of demands has ASJ made? There is an amazing book out there waiting to be written. I just found out about the Overdrive thing which led to somebody saying a few pages back "Operation Overdrive featured a thief, and also somebody who had that role on the show."
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Aug 19, 2018 17:17
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Nodosaur posted:He refused to return it when they contacted him and explained it. And didn't they all know it (or the proceeds) were going to charity initially anyway?
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Aug 19, 2018 18:53
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:This such a bad idea I'm glad they didn't go that direction. That would have been ridiculously awkward. Possibly more so because I doubt they would have touched on it much.
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Aug 23, 2018 16:52
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I love that for an extended stretch Rita, Zedd and all were living out of a camper not unlike Pearl Forrester, Brain Guy and Bobo.
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Aug 25, 2018 01:00
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Don't Lothor's nieces get happy endings? I thought they became ninja students.
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Aug 25, 2018 15:58
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JT Smiley posted:As popular as the Green Ranger was, the show was a massive success long before he showed up. I still remember how hard it was just to find any PR merchandise on store shelves as a kid. Oh, man. And you think toy scalping can be bad today. (It can, but still.)
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Aug 29, 2018 03:45
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It took until getting to the Moon Landing Rangers, but the main MMPR comic finally clicked for me.
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Aug 29, 2018 18:11
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Craptacular! posted:Read the Shattered Grid finale. It’s loaded with lots of nods to famous comic superheroes and other big events in those comics, it does feel very heavily focused on Tommy being more awesome than everyone, and you get this feeling of “he hosed up the entire franchise just to achieve THAT?” In a lot of ways, Drakkon’s end goal is pretty similar to some Sentai villains, and it’s not inappropriate. It’s just... wildly reverential to DC Comics in particular in how it gets there. One small neat thing that I didn't think I would ever say is I'd really like a one-shot at least of Lauren. It's easy to make me like, say, Jen. Lauren was trickier.
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Aug 30, 2018 00:42
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:Its a lil vague and supposed to still be incanon but now we'll only see them in gogo while the main comic deals with lostest galaxy Now I kind of want Go Go to deal with the civilian lives of every Ranger team, even if some would probably be more interesting than others. "Today in Go Go Mystic Force - adventures in small business music retail!"
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Sep 1, 2018 00:53
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Craptacular! posted:Go Go Ninja Storm would be fun. It’s a life of surfing and skating and more dirt bikes than Heisei Rider. And then on top of that like a cherry it’s also Naruto. Also with a dash of small business management. I like that shop could support itself on extreme sports.
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Sep 1, 2018 05:40
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You find neat things at DragonCon sometimes.
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Sep 3, 2018 13:23
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SpazmasterX posted:Aaaaand the Kickstarter is over (more or less). Lauren was the final stretch goal and the $600k mark has been passed. All that's left is the wait for the final total. Glad they made it that far, but couldn't justify that much for a giant board game I wouldn't play. (I have enough of those already, thanks.)
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Sep 6, 2018 02:33
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Morby posted:Also Boukenger. People need to watch Boukenger. It’s so good. Boukenger is as good as Overdrive isn't.
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Sep 27, 2018 22:18
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I thought most people have said that casting a black guy as the Black Ranger and an Asian girl as the Yellow Ranger was a genuine goof. Maybe that's wishful thinking on my part.
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Oct 3, 2018 15:11
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:However, it was Operation Overdrive. And then the dude stole a signed banner? Yup. One to be sold for charity, as I understand it. And it came out it was very clearly not an accident, a "whoops, I walked off with this" deal but the guy decided to take what was not his.
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Oct 3, 2018 21:10
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LividLiquid posted:Tommy hanging out with Dawn Summers, Ritchie Valens, and Jack Bauer. Also Chavez E. Chavez.
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Nov 7, 2018 22:30
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It's hard to overstate how popular the Dragon Megazord was. Kids thought that was the tits.
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Nov 9, 2018 04:19
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Gaz-L posted:A lot of Beast Machines plays like the writers had had a 7 year old who'd just drunk a WHOLE lot of Sunny D explain the plot and characters of Beast Wars to them, and no other context. It has Cheetor being the coolest Maximal, has Rattrap being an actual coward instead of a pessimist, flips the Blackarachnia/Silverbolt dynamic in a way that completely neuters the former's character by making her the pining damsel... and yeah, Rhinox's whole shitshow. In hindsight, it feels obvious that Hasbro didn't want the guys behind Beast Machines to watch Beast Wars because that certainly shows.
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Nov 12, 2018 23:32
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I'd love an ongoing of their PR team made up of PR randos and led by Lauren.
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Dec 3, 2018 23:58
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Always seems kind of a shame to only have one female Ranger on a team these days. The suits look cool, though.
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Dec 7, 2018 16:16
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I will never hate the idea of more RIC, no matter the vector.
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Dec 20, 2018 04:43
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:Z was passed over for promotion and put on administrative leave after it was discovered she was doing burlesque shows in her full uniform. Who knew there were such strict rules on moonlighting?
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Dec 20, 2018 13:32
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How old were the team in ToQger supposed to be? I didn't watch much of it but they didn't seem super old or anything.
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