Having just finished rewatching Dengeki Sentai Changeman (Still love it, still my second favorite Super Sentai), I've decided to watch Choushinsei Flashman; technically I tried to watch it before but I only made it four episodes in before the lack of subs discouraged me, but that was a good while ago and now I'm at the point where subs are greatly appreciated but I can do without if I have to.
Anyway! First episode down and for a plot plot plot action action action opener that doesn't hardly ever give any time to flesh out the characters, it's a pretty good one, better than Changeman's in my opinion, mostly because the premise here is a more creative and interesting one at the outset to me. I really like the setup with MESS, how they're basically approaching the Earth as this giant weapons testing lab, which fully justifies them sending out one monster at a time instead of just building up their army and attacking full force. The designs are also really good, and when Lee Keflin is working that orchestra piano thing, I can't help but think of the two monster makers from Abaranger, only not nearly so silly.
As to the heroes, like I mentioned before they don't give hardly any time for characterization, but a few of them manage to convey their personalities through their actions well, most prominently Sara being "The Smart One" of the group. Plus, the fact is that these heroes are pretty proactive, leaving the safety of the Flash system to go save Earth, a planet they next to nothing about, and they have their own goal of trying to find their parents, so this is a setup that should give our heroes plenty to do when they're not fighting off mutant elephants or whatever else Ra Deus thinks might be the ultimate life form that could conquer the entire universe.
So yeah, this is a good start and I'm definitely optimistic about watching this series.
Anyway! First episode down and for a plot plot plot action action action opener that doesn't hardly ever give any time to flesh out the characters, it's a pretty good one, better than Changeman's in my opinion, mostly because the premise here is a more creative and interesting one at the outset to me. I really like the setup with MESS, how they're basically approaching the Earth as this giant weapons testing lab, which fully justifies them sending out one monster at a time instead of just building up their army and attacking full force. The designs are also really good, and when Lee Keflin is working that orchestra piano thing, I can't help but think of the two monster makers from Abaranger, only not nearly so silly.
As to the heroes, like I mentioned before they don't give hardly any time for characterization, but a few of them manage to convey their personalities through their actions well, most prominently Sara being "The Smart One" of the group. Plus, the fact is that these heroes are pretty proactive, leaving the safety of the Flash system to go save Earth, a planet they next to nothing about, and they have their own goal of trying to find their parents, so this is a setup that should give our heroes plenty to do when they're not fighting off mutant elephants or whatever else Ra Deus thinks might be the ultimate life form that could conquer the entire universe.
So yeah, this is a good start and I'm definitely optimistic about watching this series.
