KingRanger
Banned
Wow... Maybe sentai just isn't for you. You seem to want it to be some kind of adult serious drama. And I have to give a chuckle about you thinking PR is some how more serious than sentai.
A little disappointed...Gokaiger
- Thread starter Maguma
- Start date
Wow... Maybe sentai just isn't for you. You seem to want it to be some kind of adult serious drama. And I have to give a chuckle about you thinking PR is some how more serious than sentai.
Burkion
SLICE
I never said that anywhere in my post. Try again, bucko.
Gokaiger is not the best written sentai ever but, have you been paying attention to the show?
If you think that because the lines are similar they mean the same thing, you missed the point.
FlashNeko
Member
It's still a fair criticism. Even if the show is claiming it's doing a "same dialogue, different emotions behind the dialogue" thing, it can still come off wrong if something gets messed up in the delivery or if the scene is written poorly enough that it just feels like a "oh well, nothing really changed" scene.
And that's kind of the ultimate problem with Gokaiger. Whatever good ideas it might have had and whatever resources it could bring to the table were utterly wasted by a going-nowhere story, defanged/stupid-as-balls/poor rip offs of better characters from Shinkenger villains, guest stars that were occasionally cool but mostly did nothing of distinctive value, and an utterly unlikeable main cast.
Hell, I find it amusing that the OP complains about Gai because Gai is one of the few things I like about Gokaiger. He's a little excitable (which I can see being annoying to some) but he's... like, an actual hero who gives a damn about things.
The most interesting remark I've heard about the last episode, on that level, is that, if you watched it on its own without knowing the rest of the show, you'd think GAI was the main hero with these jerk-ass pirate guys showing up to occasionally help out when they can be bothered to get off their selfish asses and do anything.
That's... a problem when those pirate guys are actually supposed to be your leads. :laugh:
lazycoconut
I liked him when he wasn't a god
I'd hardly call the Shinkenger villains "better characters." As effective villains go they were only about half a step up from Zangyack, if that. (Yes, I enjoy Shinkenger, but the villains were not its strong point.)
FlashNeko
Member
They are when compared to the Goukaiger ones. I mean, hell, Boscco is pretty much just a rip-off of Juzo with a much shittier human form actor and a far less interesting monster form design.
lazycoconut
I liked him when he wasn't a god
Hmm, how do you work that out? Basco is a stereotypical dandy who has past history with Marvelous, whereas Juuzou is a brooding fanatic whose storyline is essentially SHINKENRED IS THE PERFECT OPPONENT I MUST KILL HIM BECAUSE MY SWORD SAYS SO. All they really have in common is an ongoing antagonism with the Red Ranger, and Sentai's done that loads of times
FlashNeko
Member
They're both villains who are theoretically a third faction onto themselves (and thus can earn OMG LONER BADASS cred with fans) but spend all their time fighting the heroes and who have a specific connection to the Red Ranger.
They're both basically the same thing as Biohunter Silver or Dark Knight from Dynaman and it's really obvious the reason Bosco is around is because Juzo was popular and they wanted another character like him.
They're both basically the same thing as Biohunter Silver or Dark Knight from Dynaman and it's really obvious the reason Bosco is around is because Juzo was popular and they wanted another character like him.
lazycoconut
I liked him when he wasn't a god
Possibly. But by that logic we could also argue that they came about because of Rio ...
So you acknowledge that Juzo and Basco have nothing in common besides being a third party (just like Arakawa's own Abare Killer, for that matter), which is a tradition that started in the 80s, and you still think that Basco is a ripoff of Juzo? :sly:
