Classic Sentai Thoughts

[Silvertooth]

I've been watching a pair of old school sentai that are classics but can't be more different, tone wise.

I have reached Episode 20 of Jetman, and it is officially starting to earn it's Serious Business reputation. A couple eps earlier Vyram general Radiguet is cursed by his Empress to lose his memories and became human. During this time he meets and heals a lovely but sick young woman. Now, any modern sentai, this would have been the point where he'd learn of humanity and possibly turn face. Suffice to say... he doesn't. :O_O: Catch eps 17 and 18, they're pretty hardcore.

On the flip side, I've also begin watching Dynaman, a much lighter and odd sentai series. It's got Science, a ninja, a cowboy and lots of explosions. Also, a solid looking robot with a slight resemblance to Vehicle Voltron. Still, the fights are good and over the top. Dynaman's also a bit notorious for it's wacky-dub back in the Mid 80s. Up to about Episode 3 on this one so far.

Looking forward to see where these two shows head.

 

[Kivat]

I haven't seen Dynaman yet, but I can tell you Jetman is just going to get better and better.

That Sentai seriously goes nowhere, but up.

 

[Abare Black]

I haven't seen Dynaman, but considering who's playing DynaPink, I'd really like to check it out!

Jetman is one of the most impressive, well-written Toku shows I've seen. As Kivat said, it just keeps getting better as the series progresses.

 

[Khaiden]

Jetman, that's the only I've seen in which I can be the third person to tell you that it will indeed go up.

It becomes a plot twister, it gives a new meaning to the word characters and gives some Crowning Moments of Awesome you just don't freakin' see coming.

Have fun.

 

[Forever Knight]

Jetman is killer.

Sentai is always at it's best when it's got the serious tone.

I've always wondered how heroes can take a villian as a threat when the villian is acting like a goof.

Dynaman gets a bit of a serious tone when Inazuma Ginga shows up (the new villian).

 

[Tokuboy]

Jetman is one of the best toku of the 90's. Even though that's not saying much; Jetman rules.

 

[RidermanX]

The Showa Era Of Super Sentai Like Fiveman and Jetman is awesome in the way of Merging Mecha I like Great Hawken His Finisher is Awesome

 

[musashi03]

The Showa Era Of Super Sentai Like Fiveman and Jetman is awesome in the way of Merging Mecha I like Great Hawken His Finisher is Awesome

:sly:

 

[MattComix]

I've always wondered how heroes can take a villian as a threat when the villian is acting like a goof.

Well I would say because they don't have the perspective of a viewer or fan watching a show. From their vantage point, it's a monster threatening peoples lives and whatever goofy factor it might have just makes the monster more bizzare and dangerous to them.

The people in the story don't know what the viewer knows and don't go into battle thinking about genre tropes and stuff like that. Unless you have like a comedy or a parody where breaking the 4th wall by having the heroes acknowledging the absurdity of what's happening to them is part of the point.

 

[Painted_Outlaw]

:sly:

He's saying:
"The showa era of super sentai with Fiveman and Jetman is awesome, in terms of merging mecha. I like Great Hawken, his finisher is awesome."