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ErIog posted:So I saw the Gokaiger/OOO movie this morning. The OOO movie was pretty awesome, but the Gokaiger movie I felt was a little weak. The Gokaiger movie had its moments, but it felt like a kind cartoony lead-in to the OOO movie. Gokaiger was like the first 30min, and then the last hour was OOO. That's pretty much how the yearly films work unfortunately. Occasionally they'll still come out with something good, but a lot of the recent ones (I'd say Boukenger onwards, excepting Gekiranger) have been weak.
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'Freaky Friday' ripoffs and similar body swapping/changing/binding episodes are pretty common for Sentai. I'm sure there's at least one every year.
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| # ¿ Aug 22, 2011 08:12 |
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Valhawk posted:Decade has it's moments. The Black/BlackRX episodes are pretty good, the Hibiki one is good as well. Yeah, the show remains pretty good if you just watch it (and the movies) for the belt's voices and the action scenes. Go in knowing that whilst each individual episode usually makes sense, the overall story is pretty much incoherent.
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Rei_ posted:It might be much to ask, but can someone give me rundowns on the good/bad aspects of Ryuki and Boukenger? Boukenger seems appealing because it looks like treasure hunting, and Ryuki has always seemed sort of interesting but I always worried it looked too bogged down with Riders. What are you expecting in terms of 'treasure hunting'? Do you enjoy episodic series? I really liked Boukenger for various reasons but the treasure hunting aspect was often not the focus. Certainly, they were always going after 'treasures' as opposed to being focused on defending against/attacking the villains but it doesn't have that kind of Indiana Jones adventuring feel outside of a handful of episodes. Also, it's very episodic so you might get frustrated (as many people did at the time it was airing) with the lack of a strong season-long arc. DiscoJ fucked around with this message at Sep 9, 2011 around 19:08 |
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Valhawk posted:Another Boukenger fan checking in. Yeah, they were a definite strength of the series, bringing a level of variety to the Monster of the Week approach that hasn't been seen since.
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I don't really see the point in translating 'Sentai' for English speakers any more than 'Power Rangers' for Japanese speakers. But if it is to be translated at all, why not have it consistent across all shows? The meaning/usage of the term doesn't change from show to show, so why would the translation? It's the brand name for Changeman as much as it is for Goukaiger and military/government connotations don't work for every series. 'Task Force' has the same problem in my opinion as well making many names sound odd in English. Indeed, most Sentai names would sound odd if you went the whole hog and translated it all into English ('Magic Squadron Magic Ranger' being my favourite). DiscoJ fucked around with this message at Sep 11, 2011 around 10:44 |
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Rei_ posted:They love that loving stadium. Tokyo Dome? They also have a stage show there. In fact that the place almost felt like a Sentai/Rider theme park when I went a few years ago.
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Used to be just the one but I think there's at least two you can expect these days, a solo movie (e.g. OOO Wonderful) and a team-up ('Movie Wars'). Other than that, I think it depends on whether there's an anniversary to celebrate and also the popularity of the Rider series in question. I don't think anyone would've expected to see Den-O carry on in movie form for as long as it has.
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Rei_ posted:So does this movie take place Post-OOOs? There are pictures of Eiji with a cobbled-together set of medals, which would make sense considering the end of the series. I'd guess it was pre-purple and seems to be pre-Proto-Birth so probably around the middle. Someone could probably pin-point it based on the medals in that holder thing at the start that
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Abalieno posted:Why no one is subbing this? GokaiPink, pointing in the middle.
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| # ¿ Oct 25, 2011 15:02 |
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I want to say Kabuto had it and I'm sure Den-O and Kiva did and know for certain that Decade did.
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| # ¿ Oct 25, 2011 16:33 |
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The Mole Imagin must be a running joke inside Toei now. I think there were about three in the Den-O series anyway and they've appeared fairly prominently since.
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| # ¿ Oct 26, 2011 02:41 |
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Well the point the author was making was just relating to the number of potential show-related action figures. Decade would certainly allow for lots of those.
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:So I recently Finished Magiranger and was wondering if there are any other completely subbed Sentai series worth watching? Hurricanger and Abaranger both have complete sets of HK subs. The subs aren't great by any means but as with the other recommendations, they are more or less sufficient. The problem with HK subs is that they are English translations of Chinese subtitles rather than a direct translation of the Japanese. This introduces the occassional oddity, but they're generally understandable.
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Those first 6 minutes... amazing.
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There's really no point having Fourze on that list. I mean, it's only just finished introducing the core cast of characters. It's certainly been fun so far but then so was Decade at this point in its run.
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| # ¿ Nov 19, 2011 04:53 |
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The First has a romance sub-plot rather than a horror one.
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| # ¿ Nov 20, 2011 00:41 |
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I think (having watch the preview once) that there was a new perspective on the team shot. Anything new will probably be limited to that kind of thing.
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| # ¿ Nov 21, 2011 05:42 |
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Dre2Dee2 posted:STIGMA THROUGH IDIOT HEARING I like how they just updated this without trying to make sense of it (though I suppose you could argue that the seemingly random string might have an in-universe meaning).
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| # ¿ Nov 21, 2011 05:49 |
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Yep, 'HK' subs
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Dr Tran posted:I saw 2/26. Does that mean 52 eps of Gokaiger? Depends on whether there's a New Year's Day episode or not (they're usually isn't).
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I'm just interested in seeing how that transformation device will work in the show. It seems to have a 'quick' mode too.
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I mean the actual in show sequence. Especially for when they need to transform quickly. It's a return to a 'unique' device after Gokaiger and Goseiger (which I think were kinda boring after the Shoudophone).
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UndashingOne posted:So maybe I'm missing something, but why is Decade universally panned? I really like what I've seen of the Rider in the movies. Is it a problem with the series? It's other major problem was the incoherence of its storyline. When you watch the opening of the series and indeed, the whole first episode, it seems to set up this epic, universe-crossing mystery story but then proceeds to drop the ball episode after episode. It could just be me, but I honestly wouldn't be able to explain Decade's story if I tried. It's just a mess of stuff happening because it looks cool, and in that respect, it was actually pretty fun to watch. UndashingOne posted:How was the portrayal disrespectful? Adding to what's already been said, if you've seen the movies, you will have seen Decade beating up other Riders barely breaking a sweat. Decade himself has been described as a 'Mary Sue' for the way he's portrayed as just being better than everyone else. Gokaiger really has been much more reverent whilst still making the Gokaiger look strong. I think the first review on this page says it best (and without spoilers): http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/reviews....amenRiderDecade DiscoJ fucked around with this message at Dec 13, 2011 around 01:27 |
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The start of Decade was fine, even 'pretty good'. It's how it continues once all nine past riders have been converted into toys and then how it ends that has soured most people on it. A lot of the complaints (e.g. the lack of appropriate deference towards the older seasons, Tsukasa being a 'Mary Sue') are more taste/experience issues than a real 'problem' with the show itself. Best thing remains the belt sounds though. (I liked The Next too)
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ErIog posted:Umm...it's exactly a month away from release. I would consider that "close," considering megamax just came out. So that's 2 SHT movies in 2 months. True, but both movies are still ages away for people not in Japan.
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| # ¿ Dec 20, 2011 12:07 |
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Not really proof of anything but some supermarkets here in Tokyo have boards on which people can post requests and I often saw 'please get more Fourze _____'. Might just have been one family/group, but in stores like Yodobashi Camera, Fourze stuff seems to getting getting prominent positions.
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It would be nice to be surprised once in awhile by an amazing sequence. Imagine how much more fun stuff like the All Rider Kick in All Riders vs. Daishocker and the gathering of mecha in 199 Heroes would've been if it had taken you by surprise. (Post your experience if it did). It just seems unnecessary to show stuff like that because surely people would go watch it anyway?
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Flameingblack posted:You know /m/ made that rumor up to gently caress with a website, don't you? It was completely fabricated from the start. People on certain other websites have been speculating wildly about it mostly because of the way he was introduced (knocked down by a truck, visited by 3 dead sixth rangers). I don't think it's going to happen but there's more to the rumour/theory than just '4chan made it up'.
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| # ¿ Feb 7, 2012 01:27 |
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Fourze is still pretty good but if you go for something like W or OOO, you'll have the full set of episodes and movies already available.
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| # ¿ Feb 17, 2012 16:55 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW_phI9ZeS8 On another point, though it might not be possible storywise, I'm hoping to see a Decade vs. GokaiRed fight filled with transformations. For the sound as much as the visuals.
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| # ¿ Feb 21, 2012 06:50 |
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Raw's out now. I liked that, for once, they showed that people were actually in the buildings being damaged.
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| # ¿ Feb 26, 2012 04:26 |
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Team spoiler: 3+2 at least has already been confirmed.
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| # ¿ Feb 26, 2012 07:34 |
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Garo's use of green screens has been terrible in recent eps. Just massively distracting.
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404GoonNotFound posted:-The removable helmets are kinda making me uncomfortable. I know it was common as hell in seasons 1-4 or so of MMPR, but in Sentai isn't this poo poo usually saved for season finales? Go-Onger did it all the time to go with the race driver theme.
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| # ¿ Feb 27, 2012 07:10 |
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OOO pretty much meandered along for the first half of the series (leading to me getting bored and dropping it mid way through). I gave it another chance some time later and once it started to tell a story beyond 'COUNT ZA MEDALS', it became much more enjoyable to watch.
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Yeah, Gokaiger was a very special case. Though the anniversary aspect didn't necessarily make it 'better' than any of the previous seasons, it certainly gave it an extra something special, making it way more fun to watch than it would've been otherwise. Gobusters (and any other season you might watch) should really be judged on their own merits. But more importantly, I think 'It's time for special busters' sounds cool.
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All of them were worse than Sieg. He was classy as hell and not over-exposed like the rest of them. As he was used sparingly, I was usually pretty pleased to see him and his shtick didn't get old.
DiscoJ fucked around with this message at Mar 14, 2012 around 05:51 |
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Umm.. I posted Zabee (or TheBee or whatever, I don't care) as a counterpoint to 'Kamen Rider has bad designs'. That thing looks great. The Masked form not so much (though the honeycomb motif was interesting at least) but the Rider form is one the best designs in the whole franchise. Looked great in motion too.
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