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[Boss Doggie]

Skip Go-Onger and watch RPM.

 

[vareon]

Yeah, I feel almost guilty. I liked the characters a lot. I liked the general wackiness (but not cartoon wackiness like Den-O), I LOVE LOVE LOVE the music. The cheesy love stories did it for me. I mean, it wasn't a mindblower as far as the plot twists went. I like how Wataru grew up, I adore Otoya for obvious reasons, Yuri and Megumi were hot, IXA was a cool Rider. I dunno, it just did it for me.

Meanwhile, everyone seems to freaking LOOOOOOOVE Faiz and that was one of my least favorites by far. I think I feel about Faiz how everyone feels about Kiva.

The music's pretty awesome I agree. It has my favorite Rider Kick music. All the suits are pretty cool too. I think my main problem with Kiva is I have a wildly different expectation about the series. Also the way they handled the toys are pretty bad (ShooDoran, Powered Ixa, BronBooster).

Also seeing them kill the guy, civilian problem solved, dude grows big, kill it with mecha also got tiresome.

This is pretty much every Sentai, and the only one with a slightly different structure is Go-busters, as far as I know. CMIIW, Sentai guys!

Not sure if I'll watch another season, maybe Go-Onger. But I basing that just on how cool I think the suits look. Was the season any good?

Nah, skip.

 

[Slayven]

The crappier the season the better the music.

 

[Edag Plata]

Finished Gokaiger. Really enjoyed the season.

Things I liked:
-Gokai Silver, I think having him be a Sentai fan is a genius move. It creates an interesting
-GoZyuJin

Thins I didn't like:

-I'm not sure if anyone else thought this way but it felt like the team didn't care for each other until later in the season
-All of Gokai-Oh's transformations looked tacked on and ugly

I think I just dislike giant robot fights.

Not sure if I'll watch another season, maybe Go-Onger. But I basing that just on how cool I think the suits look. Was the season any good?

I loved that Gokai Silver was a Sentai fan, because by definition, Gokai Silver is who I would have been had I been on the show. It also doesn't hurt that the silvers are my favorite. Also, GoZyuJin was a SICK robo. Gokai-Oh was bulky and ugly. They were like those giant legos for the littlest kids. The only cool version was Shinken Gokai-Oh.

I feel like the team always liked each other a lot, they just never showed it because they were too cool and "showy" to show emotion like that, and part of their coming around by the end of the season was them learning how to be a caring group to other people and to the people of Earth. I thought it was rad.

The crappier the season the better the music.

If by crappy you mean Go-Onger, then yeah, I freaking LOVE the music in Go-Onger.

 

[WillyFive]

The crappier the season the better the music.

I think they all have great music (except Go-Busters, it's score is like a retread of Dekaranger, without it's awesome compositions and style).

 

[Slayven]

I think they all have great music (except Go-Busters, it's score is like a retread of Dekaranger, without it's awesome compositions and style).

Dekaranger's was perfect, you can not hear that opening alarm and not get pumped. Dekamaster's theme oozed old school badassness, and the only music that competes with SWAT mode's "you done fucked up now" mood is the Kagenki theme.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Isao Sasaki makes everything good. One of my favorite veteran singers.

Also he sung Doggie's theme. I thought it was badass, but people seem to say it sounds like porno synth... not that I mind.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Ya'll are haters. Go-Onger? More like Bro-Onger.

I ordered the Rider 2 (The First ver.), Kuuga, Faiz, Tatoba and Elek States Figuarts yesterday and preordered the three Akibarangers. So expensively cheap.

 

[WillyFive]

Dekaranger's was perfect, you can not hear that opening alarm and not get pumped. Dekamaster's theme oozed old school badassness, and the only music that competes with SWAT mode's "you done fucked up now" mood is the Kagenki theme.

Oh yeah. Check this sweet action out.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Yeah, it really does sound like a stripper song.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Yeah, it really does sound like a stripper song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoMkVnI2pAk

Also on songs does anyone know which this is?
http://youtu.be/36f7h5uWFbc?t=40s

 

[Boss Doggie]

Well I got my sights on Doggie!

Anyway, this board already knows about All Generation Kamen Rider 2 right? And about Aquarius and Capricorn zodiarts?

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Anyway, this board already knows about All Generation Kamen Rider 2 right?

Pretty sure it's been mentioned a couple of times. Not sure which version I'm gonna get if I bother with it. Probably gonna wait on impressions anyway.

 

[WillyFive]

Theme song for Kamen Rider vs. Super Sentai with English subtitles.

 

[alvmew]

Also on songs does anyone know which this is?

GoJyuJin's theme, "Kansei! GoJyuJin" by NoB.

 

[Slayven]

Theme song for Kamen Rider vs. Super Sentai with English subtitles.

I like the message.

 

[Tizoc]

Akibaranger>GoBusters.
I'm just not feeling or enjoying GoBusters a lot atm, does it get better in later eps.?

One thing I never thought I'd like about Akibaranger is

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Akiba Yellow...her cosplaying...she pulls it off so well that I'm well IMPRESSED, plus her cosplaying as the two later characters just made her appear as a totally different person .

Seriously, WATCH AKIBARANGER NAO!

 

[Boss Doggie]

Never liked Akiba because it's too otaku-centric for my tastes.

Meanwhile I'm enjoying Fourze and GoBuster.

 

[Urban Scholar]

King Ranger on the scene! Oh man, I'd love to watch oh ranger in it's entirety.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUKt-LWi0Oc

 

[RoryDropkick]

So coming off the 48fps thread, how did you guys feel when Kamen Rider went from 30fps to 24fps?

Was it 30 to 24 or more just a move from videotape to film? Up until Hibiki it was that way.. I remember getting my tapes of Kuuga in the mail back in the day and having that full frame motion unlike how the encodes look, they still don't quite capture the framerate that they had, even the subs don't match the framerate of the DVD's because of the encoding.

 

[WillyFive]

OhRed's first battle is still classy today.

Was it 30 to 24 or more just a move from videotape to film? Up until Hibiki it was that way.. I remember getting my tapes of Kuuga in the mail back in the day and having that full frame motion unlike how the encodes look, they still don't quite capture the framerate that they had, even the subs don't match the framerate of the DVD's because of the encoding.

The show definitely had a higher framerate, much like soap operas do. You could notice it whenever the show did shaky cam.

 

[Slayven]

yeah Oh red ddidn't have many fucks to give.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

I watched the first 2 episodes of Dairanger.....


I regret my decision.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Yeah, iirc from Kuuga to Hibiki the episodes were more high in FPS. I recall most old Heisei Riders being aired here having smooth framerate.

 

[Wiseblade]

So has anyone made a GIF of Enter's button mashing yet? If not, I may just have to take a crack at it myself.

 

[RiderKairuu]

OhRed's first battle is still classy today.

That downward stab! My memory escapes me but isn't OhRanger considered the black sheep of the sentai series?

 

[WillyFive]

That downward stab! My memory escapes me but isn't OhRanger considered the black sheep of the sentai series?

I don't know if the show was any good or not, but it was the climax of a downward spiral in ratings for the series. When the Tokyo Subway Sarin terrorist attack occurred in 1995, dark shows that dealt with that kind of stuff (like Ohranger) were considered to be in very bad taste, which was the absolute last thing the show needed. A lot of rewrites were made to the show to change it's tone (basketball playing mecha!), but it was too late.

And therefore, the next Sentai show Carranger was a comedy, and ratings went back up and the show wasn't cancelled.

 

[RiderKairuu]

I don't know if the show was any good or not, but it was the climax of a downward spiral in ratings for the series. When the Tokyo Subway Sarin terrorist attack occurred in 1995, dark shows that dealt with that kind of stuff (like Ohranger) were considered to be in very bad taste, which was the absolute last thing the show needed. A lot of rewrites were made to the show to change it's tone (basketball playing mecha!), but it was too late.

And therefore, the next Sentai show Carranger was a comedy, and ratings went back up and the show wasn't cancelled.

It's always an interesting comparison to Power Rangers where Zeo depending on who you talk to was at one point the height of the shows popularity and it's sentai counterpart was the opposite. It's also interesting that Turbo almost killed Power Rangers (for me at least) and Carranger was sentais saving grace. That is all based on opinion though, I'm not sure what the consensus is on Zeo and Turbo, I just know I loved one and hated the other.

 

[Parallax]

It's always an interesting comparison to Power Rangers where Zeo depending on who you talk to was at one point the height of the shows popularity and it's sentai counterpart was the opposite. It's also interesting that Turbo almost killed Power Rangers (for me at least) and Carranger was sentais saving grace. That is all based on opinion though, I'm not sure what the consensus is on Zeo and Turbo, I just know I loved one and hated the other.

turbo almost killed power rangers entirely. in space was supposed to be the last hurrah, but it was so well received, that they continued...its pretty sad how bad turbo was despite having a pretty good cast of secondary rangers.

 

[Novid]

It's always an interesting comparison to Power Rangers where Zeo depending on who you talk to was at one point the height of the shows popularity and it's sentai counterpart was the opposite. It's also interesting that Turbo almost killed Power Rangers (for me at least) and Carranger was sentais saving grace. That is all based on opinion though, I'm not sure what the consensus is on Zeo and Turbo, I just know I loved one and hated the other.

just bad timing for OhRanger. Very Bad.

TimeRanger and TimeForce was some of the best written for both series.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

It didn't help OhRanger that it was just boring as hell.

 

[WillyFive]

Watching Go-Busters on TV Asahi now, why are they selling Go-Busters themed hot dogs? They will sell anything with the show's brands in it, it seems.

 

[Slayven]

Watching Go-Busters on TV Asahi now, why are they selling Go-Busters themed hot dogs? They will sell anything with the show's brands in it, it seems.

Kiva had it's on menu at a Japanese diner chain.

 

[Boss Doggie]

turbo almost killed power rangers entirely. in space was supposed to be the last hurrah, but it was so well received, that they continued...its pretty sad how bad turbo was despite having a pretty good cast of secondary rangers.

Not really. Turbo managed to prevent ratings from dipping. It was already sinking during Zeo but Turbo managed to prevent it from going down further.

 

[RoryDropkick]

OhRed's first battle is still classy today.



The show definitely had a higher framerate, much like soap operas do. You could notice it whenever the show did shaky cam.

Indeed it did. And honestly I missed that in the encodes so much. It really hurt even more when TV-N shitted up the encodes so badly. I was amazed when I first saw Kabuto and the new film style. Gad that makes me feel old though, getting 4 eps a month from my contact in japan back in 2000, that and Timeranger every month *lol* I had way too much tokusatsu on tape, going all the way back to 1983.

 

[Urban Scholar]

Not really. Turbo managed to prevent ratings from dipping. It was already sinking during Zeo but Turbo managed to prevent it from going down further.

Man Turbo was meh for me until the new guys were there. I'll never understand the character focused part of PR here as opposed to the team iteration of each new sentai in Japan.

So um Fourze, looks like Gentaro has a crazy stalker girl after him, lol. New horoscope dude that looks like he's yakuza looks bad ass.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Yeah a lot of people agree Turbo's second half really saved the show and actually are likable.

 

[vareon]

So coming off the 48fps thread, how did you guys feel when Kamen Rider went from 30fps to 24fps?

Tbh I liked the 30fps ones better, but only in Kuuga, Agito, and Hibiki.

 

[Slayven]

Killing and then cockblocking the man? Douchebagy.

 

[WillyFive]

Killing and then cockblocking the man? Douchebagy.

Don't worry, he'll still forgive him.

 

[shaowebb]

I'm so pumped for All Kamen Rider Generation 2 for DS/PSP

IN GENERATION 1
■Rider 1
■Rider 2
■V3
■Riderman
■X Rider
■Amazon
■Stronger
■Skyrider
■Super-1
■ZX
■Black
■Black RX
■Shin
■ZO
■J
■Kuuga
■Agito
■Ryuki
■Faiz
■Blade
■Hibiki
■Kabuto
■Den-O
■Kiva
■Decade
■W
■OOO
■Birth
■Fourze

In Rider Generation 2:

(The above plus)

■G3-X
■Knight
■Kaixa
■Garren
■Ibuki
■Gatack
■Zeronos
■New Den-O
■IXA
■Diend
■Accel
■Birth (Prototype)
■Meteor
If anyone finds out about more riders let us all know.
Also according to Henshinjustice its supposed to have over 100 characters!

EDIT: Hmm...Siliconera is saying only 50 of said 100 are set to be playable riders

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one, two, skip a few ,99, one hundred?

and that if you pre-order you can get a sticker book with codes on them to unlock riders immediately. Wait a minute....

Hell yeah! Also Screens
Looks like I'll be getting some fun with Diend! Needs more Kamen Rider Chalice though...I swear this game will be like Super Robot Wars for me...

Here's hoping after this sequel and the Kamen Rider x Super Sentai crossover movie they do a spiritual sequel that is Kamen Rider/ Super Sentai just like this so I can see some Rider Hunter Silva!

 

[WillyFive]

That 40 x 35 Anniversary Live Show was a lot of fun, a lot of good stuff.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Poor Ohsugi

Forever alone!

 

[Slayven]

That 40 x 35 Anniversary Live Show was a lot of fun, a lot of good stuff.

Can't believe I watched the whole thing. Grampus rocked the hell out of Power to tear.

 

[chickdigger802]

So foundation X is a thing?

Don't remember... did they appear in OOO?

Hmmm I recall fuuto tower appearing in a newspaper in fourze.


And whoever directed gobusters this week need to watch KR Kabuto. The high speed battle could have been a lot better... Finisher was pretty cool though.

 

[WillyFive]

Go-Busters is trying to do a lot of heavy drama, but it's not really good at it.

So foundation X is a thing?

Don't remember... did they appear in OOO?

It's from Kamen Rider W.

It seems that Fourze is dabbling a bit in the crossover part of it's original premise.

 

[Slayven]

Go-Busters is trying to do a lot of heavy drama, but it's not really good at it.



It's from Kamen Rider W.

It seems that Fourze is dabbling a bit in the crossover part of it's original premise.

Gobusters are outpacing Goseiger for cast you just don't give a fuck about. Except for Enter.

 

[Edag Plata]

Gobusters are outpacing Goseiger for cast you just don't give a fuck about. Except for Enter.

THAT is a bit of a stretch. Though its weird because Yasuko Kobayashi is the writer and she usually writes fantastic characters like the Shinkengers and the Timerangers...so when I found out it was her, I was hoping to get a great character show...but alas! The every other year Sentai rule is still in effect.

 

[Triple Da G.O.D!]

So foundation X is a thing?

Don't remember... did they appear in OOO?

It was made to seem early on that Foundation X was supporting all those birthday parties. If I'm to remember correctly it was the original plan for Foundation X to be the new Shocker. It could be possible that Foundation X is supporting AHS and the Kougami Foundation. We'd never get that kind of answer this soon and on TV to boot. If it's the case we'll get some movies that explain the deal behind it all.

Cosmic States is fucking awesome. I'm glad the show's premise was the power but not the final power. Gotta save something for the movies. I wonder how Cosmic States will translate into the next Climax Heroes game?

Go-Busters, get to Beet and Stag ASAP. I'm not really into Buddyroid/Human relationships.

 

[WillyFive]

The every other year Sentai rule is still in effect.

Darn right.