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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 22, 2017 0:39:21 GMT -5
Just like in Hurricaneger, where their last names spelled out "shinobi". I hope this is true. And a lot of the Sentai since then: Abaranger - the Rangers' family names are historical periods when dinosaurs lived Dekaranger - the Rangers' family names are taken from mystery authors and their given names are taken from types of tea Magiranger - the Rangers' given names spell out "mahoutsukai" Boukenger - the Rangers' names all contain a pun related to their team colour e.g. "Masumi" contains the character for "black ink" Gekiranger - the names of the main three are a play on the phrase "let's run and jump" Go-onger - the Rangers' family names spell out "ecology" (and "ecologist" if you add the Wings) Kyoryuger - the main five heroes' family names spell out "Kyouryuu" and their given names spell out "Dinosaur" Ninninger - each Ranger has their respective element/weather power included in their name I had forgot about those. The only ones on that list that I didn't know were the Magiranger, Boukenger, and Go-Onger ones. I especially love the Magiranger one.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 21, 2017 17:42:35 GMT -5
Just like in Hurricaneger, where their last names spelled out "shinobi". I hope this is true.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 21, 2017 17:37:57 GMT -5
I just finished Zyuranger. It's interesting finally seeing the sentai that's the basis for MMPR, the PR season that started it all. It's definitely not perfect, but I really like this one. I had a lot of fun with this one. I thought Dairanger was okay, but this is the most I've been invested in any sentai since Gingaman. As for problems, I thought it was too needlessly slowly paced and episodic, but when it did focus on the story, I was invested, and Geki is one of my new favorite reds, Burai is one of my new favorite 6ths, and Witch Bandora is one of my new favorite sentai villains, with Machiko Soga giving one of the best sentai villain performances I've seen, and she is over-the-top perfection. As far as the dino sentais go, it's definitely not better than Kyoryuger, but those characters put this show over Abaranger for me. I've now officially seen every sentai that got adapted into PR, and am now entering Pre-Zyu territory. After I watch Amazons, I'm doing Jetman and Kiva. As for my ranking:
Current Sentai Ranking: 1) Gokaiger 2) Shinkenger 3) Gekiranger 4) Go-Busters 5) Magiranger 6) Dekaranger 7) Gingaman 8) Timeranger 9) Kyoryuger 10) Boukenger 11) Go-Onger 12) Goseiger 13) Zyuranger 14) Abaranger 15) Dairanger 16) GoGo V 17) Zyuohger 18) Gaoranger 19) ToQger 20) Hurricaneger 21) Ninninger 22) Megaranger 23) Kakuranger 24) Ohranger 25) Carranger
I'm also gonna be adding this grading system: (1-4: Brilliant) (5-9: Great) (10-14: Good) (15-17: Okay) (18-19: Mediocre) (20-25: Terrible) I guess you can look at it like A+, A, B, C, D, and F. I’m also giving sentais in the first 3 sections (in this case, 1-14) what I’m calling the “rewatchability factor”. I’m gonna give every sentai 1 rewatch, but for the rest of my life, anytime I want to rewatch a sentai just for fun and for my leisure, those are the ones I’m gonna go to. I’m gonna be rewatching shows like Shinkenger, Gekiranger, and Dekaranger, for example, over and over for the rest of my life. All of the other ones (15-25), once I give them their 1 mulligan rewatch, I’m never watching them again.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 18, 2017 14:20:32 GMT -5
Of all the KR shows I've seen so far (W-current), Micchy is the only one I don't like. I hate Micchy. He singlehandedly brought Gaim down from great to good for me, and is the reason I think that show is overrated. It's still good, but overrated.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 18, 2017 14:14:21 GMT -5
Gokaiger is my first sentai. I didn't find out about SS until 2010 after PR was canceled, and that next year, I watched Gokaiger as it aired. I used to not have any interest in KR, but a reviewer named Japanime convinced me to give KR a shot, so 12 episodes in, I caught up on Ghost (which I don't think is bad, by the way), and that became my first KR show. I'm now going back and catching up on both franchises, and I just finished W and Dairanger, and am now watching Zyuranger.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 18, 2017 13:53:32 GMT -5
I think the phrase "one of these things is not like the others", in the case of this writer, truer words were never spoken. It's almost hard to believe that the same person who wrote Gingaman, Timeranger, Shinkenger, and Go-Busters wrote ToQger.
1) Shinkenger- To me, Shinkenger is the best sentai, 2nd only to Gokaiger, which is my favorite sentai (there's a difference). I don't think any sentai is perfect, but to me, this one comes the closest.
2) Go-Busters- I think the designs of everything, from the suits, to the zords, and even the weapons, are butt-ugly, but that doesn't stop me from saying that this is one of the best sentais I've seen.
3) Gingaman- It's not easy to make a show that's charming because of its simplicity, and I think this show pulled it off. I even like Lost Galaxy. People have seen Megaranger, but think this show is the boring one? Fair enough, I suppose.
4) Timeranger- Time Force is my favorite PR season, and I have problems with Timeranger that keep me from thinking it's better than Time Force, but that doesn't stop me from saying that Timeranger is still a great show. Still, I think it might be a tad overrated if people are calling it perfect.
I think all of those shows are great, except for ToQger.
5) ToQger- I don't think ToQger is a bad show. I just think it's a mediocre one. I do think it overall has a solid story, which is the thing that keeps me from disliking it, but the pacing, the tone, and some of the humor keeps me from liking it as much as I want to. I see why people love it. I see why people hate it. I'm just meh on it.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 15, 2017 23:07:48 GMT -5
Kyuranger episode 41: This is what I'm talking about. This felt like an episode of the show I thought we were getting when we saw that trailer in January. This shows what Kyuranger can be when it's not being bogged down in stupidity. I, of course, have my problems, but this is one of the best episodes in a long while.
The Good: I appreciate the "calm before the storm" nature to the episode, and I'm not just referencing Time Force. I just mean that I appreciate that the episode didn't just go straight into action, and we took the time to build up to it, and we got some smaller scenes. I love how this episode was paced. As much as I think the Garu and Caesar thing came out of nowhere, I thought it was cute, and it was the first time in a long while that I thought Garu was funny. I also thought it was a well directed episode. I like the shot of the rangers in the hallucinations acting crazy, and I like the shot when we cut back to Garu and all of the other rangers are knocked out, and he's the only one left fighting the monster. I thought that was great. Speaking of that monster...
The Bad: Maybe I miscalculated and misread all the information we got. I'm disappointed this isn't the Southern Raiders episode I wanted for Garu, and I guess I can't hold that against the episode. What I can hold against the episode is the fact that the monster is Lucky's dad. As much as I wanted Lucky to have some kind of resolution with his dad, to throw a double twist like this at us, I think it's lame. I know Kukuruga had no reason to tell the truth, but that episode was about Lucky having faith in his father, and if you're gonna make the fact that he was dead be a twist, just keep it that way. That was my only major problem in what I thought was a really good episode.
Next episode: Next episode looks like another good one. I'm glad and also not surprised they're going a little more intense, and if the rest of the show is like this, it might be enough to keep me from calling Kyuranger a bad show. I hope they keep this quality up.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 13, 2017 16:48:54 GMT -5
Alright, I've finally finished W. I think it's a good show. My major problems with the show is that Begins Night (which, as of now, I haven't seen yet) should have been in the show and not just a side movie, I don't care for the fact that W needs 2 people to use, and I don't think the show ever justifies this, this show is slower paced than I would like, and I find Ryuu generic, but I do like the characters, the villains, and the plot. I also love Accel's forms, the noir aspect, and the opening is now my new favorite KR opening. This show was actually recommended to me by Japanime, and I don't love it as much as he does, but I do like it. In fact, I've yet to see a KR show that is even mediocre, much less don't like. That's a track record if I've ever seen one. KR is on a roll. Now that I'm finished with this, I'm doing Amazons. Instead of alternating in 5-episode chunks like I usually do, I'm gonna finish all of Zyuranger, then do all of Amazons, then do Jetman and Kiva at the same time. As for my ranking:
Current KR Ranking: 1) OOO 2) Drive 3) Fourze 4) Ex-Aid 5) Gaim 6) W 7) Wizard 8) Ghost
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 12, 2017 9:19:32 GMT -5
I've finally finished Dairanger. Well, this one didn't suck. I've finally watched a good sentai that's Pre-Gingaman. The characters are meh, but it has a cool mythology, a decent plot, some character development, and some surprising moments. The villains are meh, except for Jin and Akomaru. I thought they were the highlights. I didn't love this show, and I do have my problems, but I still think it's a solid show, and I'll take this over obnoxious Kakuranger, development-less and tonal whiplash Ohranger, insufferable Carranger, and boring Megaranger, 4 of the worst sentais I've ever seen. Now that I'm done with Dairanger, I'm gonna do Zyuranger, which I hope to have done by the end of this year, and I'm on episode 41 of W, and when I'm through with that, I'm doing Amazons, then skipping Decade for until I've caught up with all the other KR shows, and going with Kiva. As for my ranking:
Current Sentai Ranking: 1) Gokaiger 2) Shinkenger 3) Gekiranger 4) Go-Busters 5) Magiranger 6) Dekaranger 7) Gingaman 8) Timeranger 9) Kyoryuger 10) Boukenger 11) Go-Onger 12) Goseiger 13) Abaranger 14) Dairanger 15) GoGo V 16) Zyuohger 17) Gaoranger 18) ToQger 19) Hurricaneger 20) Ninninger 21) Megaranger 22) Kakuranger 23) Ohranger 24) Carranger
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 10, 2017 14:39:18 GMT -5
Kyuranger episode 40: We keep getting stupid episodes like this, and I'm starting to run out of stuff to say about this show. I thought this episode was terrible. It doesn't help that I don't care about sports at all, but I would imagine that even if I did, I would still hate this episode.
The Good: I appreciate that this episode tried to be a Spada focus episode. That's all I got.
The Bad: I don't care that this episode was one big Goranger reference. I don't get what the point of it was. Why are we even doing a baseball episode this late in the show, much less in a show about the universe being taken over? I don't get why Spada not knowing how to play baseball was this big deal. I also had the same problem with this episode that I had with the Ninja Steel Halloween episode: If it's the villain's rules, why bother having rules if everyone is just gonna break them? Also, why was this episode about Spada learning hard work? Since when has he had a problem with that, and why and how did learning it earn him the Kyutama?
Next episode: Next episode looks awesome. Garu apparently know this new general that's appearing, and if they're doing the Southern Raiders thing I wanted them to do, it just feels too good to be true, but we'll see. If they are doing this, it should have been done 20-30 episodes ago, but better late than never, I guess. We have 7-10 episodes left, and they are gonna crucial in determining how I feel about Kyuranger as a whole, because I could go either way. If the rest of the episodes are great, I will rank Kyuranger as just a mediocre show, but if they suck like a lot of these episodes have been, I have no choice but to call Kyuranger a bad show. Either way, Kyuranger will be one of the most disappointing sentais I've ever watched.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 8, 2017 20:23:53 GMT -5
For senta when was the last pure vehicle based mecha. Would it be dekaranger? Technically, it's ToQger, but they were all trains, and I don't like the look of those zords, except for Build Dai-Oh. Before that, the 5 main Gokaigers all had vehicle zords, but they didn't look that great on their own. Before that, it was Boukenger. Every other sentai besides those 2 from Go-Onger to Kyuranger has animal/vehicle or animal/gimmick hybrids, and there's nothing wrong with zords like that (in fact, I like a lot of those zords), but I want SS to mix it up every now and then. I would love to see another sentai that had animal based zords that are just animals, like Gaoranger and Gekiranger. As for the Lupinranger and Patoranger zords, I really like them. I especially like how mechanical they look, and again, I like Lupinranger's megazord better.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 8, 2017 16:59:58 GMT -5
I like the suits. The Patoranger suits remind me of Bioman, and the Lupinranger suits remind me of Timeranger. I don't usually care for capes on sentai suits, but I think it works better with the Lupinrangers than the Magirangers, and I like the Lupinranger suits better than the Magiranger and Patoranger suits. I appreciate the fact that the zords are allowed to just be vehicles, and not animal/vehicle or animal/gimmick hybrids. I also like that even the Lupinrangers' zords have top hats. I look forward to every new sentai, so I hope this one doesn't become another letdown.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 5, 2017 23:52:30 GMT -5
^ I think all 4 of those shows are worse than Ninninger. If you're surprised to here me say that, imagine my surprise when I watched them. Also, I love Gingaman. As for how I survived Ninninger, I watched that show as it aired, but I don't know if that helped, because it made that year feel like an eternity, similar to how I'm feeling with Kyuranger now.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 5, 2017 15:05:57 GMT -5
I don't agree with SMF being better than WF or OO, but I also think SMF is better than regular Megaforce. Gokaiger is my favorite sentai, so you'll get no argument from me about how terrible of a season it was, but aside from the Alien Ranger Arc, Megaforce is the worst season to me.
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Post by Gokai Gaburincho on Dec 4, 2017 13:19:39 GMT -5
"I'm as big as a megazord. I'm like a Megaranger." Well, Brody, you're almost as dull and as boring as one, so you're not wrong. Yeah, one of my problems with this episode is something everyone else already pointed out. Everyone is super trusting with their power stars. Also, everyone is so nonchalant about the fact that Sarah just time traveled. I also didn't care for the cliched "You guys didn't get me anything for Christmas?" thing. I like this episode better than a lot of the terrible episodes of Ninja Steel, and despite the time travel and clip show aspect, this could have been a more solid episode. This just missed the mark for me. I'm giving it a 2/5. Well, it could be worse. At least Victor and Monty aren't in this episode. So, that's a plus. Still, if I have learned anything from watching this entire season, it's just well. Everybody wanted the Neo-Saban era seasons to do better, but obviously....they're not going to get what they always wanted because of this new route that Saban Brands is going for, these days. So, it's look like you're just stuck with watching Kamen Rider all the time, since not all of the Heisei-era Rider shows suck and they've got some far better relatable characters, and memeroable story-arcs that almost everybody should be talking more about, than anything from the Neo-Saban era of Power Rangers. Or, your other options are these...Power Rangers Hyper Force, read a book, or just watch some other TV show that isn't related to Tokusatsu, period. Sorry, dude. But you ain't got much of a choice. Well, I just watched 4 of the worst sentais I've seen so far in a row with Megaranger, Carranger, Ohranger, then Kakuranger, while watching Ninja Steel and Kyuranger, the latter of which I'm especially starting to lose my patience for. When it comes to PR, SS, and KR, I'm not one of these guys that's gonna quit halfway through a show just because it starts to suck. I plan on watching every season of all of these shows, no matter how good or bad they are, because not only am I curious about these shows, I want to have my own thoughts and opinions on these shows. That's not gonna change. As for the future of PR, I feel like we can't keep going on with these terrible shows forever. Something's gotta give eventually. I feel like one of 2 things is gonna happen in the near future (sometime within the next 5-10 years): either the show is gonna get better, or it's gonna get canceled. I could always be wrong, but that's just how I feel.
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