Well, episode 13 sure was a clip show. Episode 14 was a lot more interesting...
[HIDE]- Guys, did you just forget that you met a new villain before the clip show? I don't think this is a great time to begin planning your peaceful post-retirement lifestyle.
- The revelation that the future hadn't changed would be a lot more dramatic if you hadn't told us that the future hadn't changed two episodes ago, Sazer-X.
- Yeahh, let's have the close combat guy fight the acid death monster. I'm sure this will end well.
- A scene showing us the interior of the robot besides the cockpit? I can't even remember the last time I saw something like this. How completely awesome.
- Haha, wow. Breaking into the hero's cockpit? That's pretty classy, Grouza. Demerits for not stabbing Remy anyway after Takuto had G2 release the Cosmo Capsules, though. It's not like he could've stopped you. "You can stop me or watch your ally die" is also a great dilemma to put in front of a hero.
- Takuto, why don't you jump Grouza and start beating the **** out of her after she lets Remy go? I mean... she let Remy go. She just has a weenie little knife. You are an armor-plated superhero with a big honkin' sword. You could probably take Grouza, is all I'm sayin'.
- Oh, I see, Takuto's not fighting back 'cause this is where the script says Sazer-X loses all the McGuffins so they can go find them again. Ordinarily this sort of thing really bothers me, but strong villain writing turns this sequence around. This is such a well-earned victory on Neo-Descal's part that I don't really mind the fetch quest counter getting set back to 0.[/HIDE]
I'm really digging the Neo-Descal. I like villains that don't screw around and get right to kicking the heroes in the junk. It gives the impression that they are actually doing everything they can to win.
What we usually get instead are villains who talk big, then spend the whole series dicking around and not taking advantage of countless opportunities to kill off or otherwise defeat the heroes.