The Girls in Trouble Session #4 TALK UP! :3

[angelicnoir]

1) Thanks for coming back! I've missed the balance with the guys' podcast.

2) I love the happy wide-eyed giddiness of angelicnoir, it made me chuckle listening during work.

Thanks~

3) I think the joke is that Gokaiger is like the Greatest Hits of sentai that everyone wished and prayed and rain-danced for but nobody makes the time to watch it. Ironic? :sweat: It's so good it doesn't need to be watched!

I'm getting around to it~ :sweat: They definitely did justice to the Dekaranger and Shinkenger arcs, which were two of my favorites. I'm sure I'll end up liking it over all... just been MEGA distracted by a sparkly JPOP group

4) I think you guys are looking at this wrong. In the traditional stereotypical guy show, girls aren't supposed to be useful in the physical sense. Girls are the moral/emotional ground for the hero to come home to. Girls are useful in the emotional half (moral backbone, the support role), guys take up the physical. Even independent female Riders are made to need help. Femme couldn't touch Ohja until Ryuga took out his contract monster and she "defeated" him. L'arc was getting beat around by Undead and Glaive stepped in.

The only Riders I've actually seen are Double, Den O, Decade and Kiva and just a little bit of Kabuto and OOOs. So, I don't have a lot to go by.

I totally understand being the emotional backbone for heroes as I see it all the time in the shounen anime I watch constantly.

However, from the Rider series, I've actually seen, I don't think they did a good job of that either. Akiko was fine for Ryuu and while I forgave her a bit, Blade did bring up a good point in saying her husband is obviously going through crap and all she's really doing in the movie is giving him more crap to deal with.

In the actual series, Akiko didn't take so much of a "someone to be there"/"home" role because Philip and Shoutaro had each other, as bromanc-y as that sounds.

In Den O, again, I can concede for Ryotaro's sister in terms of being the emotional support for Ryotaro and Yuuto (older and younger). I think, she was a little overshadowed by Hana though-- who, other than the fact she was a "key" character as a girl out of time, was just... there.

As for Natsumi... I really just didn't like her character. For someone who was supposed to be the "home" character and remind Tsukasa that he needs to get his head out of his ass, she complained and pouted far too much-- and wasn't even that funny about it, like Akiko. If Yuusuke didn't act like such a kid at times, he could have probably been a better "home" character and played off Tsukasa like Philip played off Shoutaro (and vice versa).

And Kiva... just... don't get me started lol~ (Sorry, Queen~) Watching the female characters in that series was like watching a train wreck... a big, horribly emotional, whiny train wreck.

I think Lynx can answer these questions better than I can, though, since my Rider knowledge is hella limited. In terms of the Riders I have seen, that's how I feel about them.

 

[Blade Dancer]

The only example of a truly useful non-Rider female in Rider that I can think of offhand is Sakurako from Kuuga. And she was mostly there for the plot device of disciphering a new Linto symbol, as well as the whole "emotional support" thing that we usually get with females in Rider.

I'm getting around to it~ :sweat: They definitely did justice to the Dekaranger and Shinkenger arcs, which were two of my favorites. I'm sure I'll end up liking it over all... just been MEGA distracted by a sparkly JPOP group

Sparkly! :wub:

I'm getting around to watching it as well, I'll try to be caught up before we do the next podcast. :thumbs:

 

[Aoiblue]

I got suggestions for the next opening song for your podcast:

1. Everybody Go - Kis-My-Ft2
2. We can Make it - Arashi
3. Tsubusa ni Koi - Kanjani8

:3

 

[FreedomR8G6B1]

The only example of a truly useful non-Rider female in Rider that I can think of offhand is Sakurako from Kuuga. And she was mostly there for the plot device of disciphering a new Linto symbol, as well as the whole "emotional support" thing that we usually get with females in Rider.

And there you go...next GiT Podcast Episode #27...

"Heroines of Toku"

Topics:

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  Tackle - The First Female "Rider"...who can beat up an army of Riotroopers.:laugh:

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  Favorite Heroines from both the Showa and Heisei and beyond

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  Female Riders...and its supposed "Curse"

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  Rider Potential - Zeronos' Daughter, Skull's Daughter, etc.

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  Toku Villainesses...there's no good female heroine without a rival.:sweat:

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  Potential Henshin Heroines...Precure, Nanoha, Bubblegum Crisis...if Cutey Honey and Sailor Moon can do it, can anyone else?

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  Heroines of the Sabanverse...from Power Rangers, VR Troopers, Beetleborgs...and...ugh...Masked Rider (though people think Dex's Mom is hot):laugh:

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  Heroines of other shows...like the tale of two "Femmes" in Dragon Knight. to that girl who says "Pump Up the Power" in Syber Squad...:laugh:

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  "His girl Friday"...equal partnership between hero and heroine...the future female heroines or is it still going to end up being the same stuff?

 

[Blade Dancer]

I got suggestions for the next opening song for your podcast:

1. Everybody Go - Kis-My-Ft2
2. We can Make it - Arashi
3. Tsubusa ni Koi - Kanjani8

:3

Heh, there was much discussion about the music in this episode. Angie and I were all about the Arashi. :thumbs:

I haven't heard that Kisumai song before, I'll have to look it up.

And there you go...next GiT Podcast Episode #27...

"Heroines of Toku"

So in 15 years when we get to episode 27... :loltongue:

 

[FreedomR8G6B1]

So in 15 years when we get to episode 27... :loltongue:

Whoops...my bad...NOT HJU RADIO...so sorry.:sweat:

I mean episode "Faiz":sweat:

PS: Make sure you guys make note of Keith hitting on Mezool...:laugh:

 

[angelicnoir]

Heh, there was much discussion about the music in this episode. Angie and I were all about the Arashi. :thumbs:

Sparkles, I tell you. Spark.kles. Though I will never vote for a song if it has nothing to do with what the hell we're talking about.

The fact that we got to talk about Arashi and GANTZ... (speaking of which I'm actually wearing my GANTZ movie premiere t-shirt which has a special place in my heart! Look!)

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... made it extremely exciting to be able to use an Arashi song and make it fit for another fandom love. Fandom clashes make me so elated, it's not even funny. :sweat: It also helped that Believe is in my top 5 favorite Arashi songs. I'm sure my musical ADD will kick in and think up of lot so different kinds of music related to the podcast just to throw everyone off, lol~

And there you go...next GiT Podcast Episode #5-6+... "Heroines of Toku"

Fixed, lol~

*scribbles down notes* Okay, so I have to:

• Finally watch Sailor Moon and Cutie Honey
• Watch more Riders
• Get some suggestions to which Showa era Rider show I should watch first from my friends who actually know what I like and can point me in the right direction
• Get my hands one some VRTroopers and Beetleborgs... I don't know if I would be willing to watch Power Rangers past Space...

...in short preparation for the next Girls podcasts in the near future~ Whew~ gotta put in some work! Times like these I am reminded how much I'm a tokusatsu newbie...

 

[FreedomR8G6B1]

[*] Finally watch Sailor Moon and Cutie Honey

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon...hmm...the Sailor Luna, Dark Mercury, and Princess Sailor Moon I found amusing...plus it was fun counting all the Kamen Riders that appeared in the series.

Cutey Honey...the 2004 film or the 2007 TV show

[*] Get some suggestions to which Showa era Rider show I should watch first from my friends who actually know what I like and can point me in the right direction

The Tackle episodes from Kamen Rider Stronger...oh and read the Stronger Side Story from the Kamen Rider Spirits Manga.

[*] Get my hands one some VR Troopers and Beetleborgs...

Anything Katlin is preferred for VRT, The Red Python and Katlin VR Double Team episodes as it ties into something rather amusing from Spielban...

...Beetleborgs...the Joe Face Switch thing comes to mind.

 

[Blade Dancer]

I somehow managed to never watch Beetleborgs. I watched PR, VRT, even Mystic Knights, but no Beetleborgs. :laugh:

I need to see PGSM and Cutie Honey, too... I think I'll be kept busy. :thumbs:

 

[Inui Takumi]

The cake is a lie.



Don't kill me, I had to say it.

I walked right into that one, didnt I? :laugh:

(crap, its been like almost 2 years and i still haven finished that game, I think im on the last part too. lol)

[*] Get my hands one some VRTroopers and Beetleborgs... I don't know if I would be willing to watch Power Rangers past Space...

I'd say check out Lost Galaxy and Time Force. They have a similar feel to Space. SPD was also a damn good show, much to my surprise.