What's so bad about Go-Busters?
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HurricaneDragon
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I actually enjoyed the original Messiah-Enter-Escape dynamic, because it really felt like Messiah was what he was supposed to be - a fledgling (super) computer program, so naturally it acted childish and spoiled at times. As Messiah continued to evolve and grow, the harsher father figure (Enter) became too focused on his development, so, older now, the program created a more "loving" figure who would cater to his whims and wants rather than his needs - essentially he'd (it'd?) grown from the tantrum throwing child phase and hit the rebellious teenage phase.
I dunno. My analogy may be off, but tl;dr: I really enjoyed the dynamics of the villains, so eh.
Sentaifan'07 Xman
"Let's DRIVING!!!!!"
I remember watching Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters months ago, well....I guess it's somewhat decent. But, I just didn't get into it because it was rather boring. I don't understand why so many people like this Sentai in particular. But, I don't think it's THAT dark, grim and gritty. I just think of it as like a "Michael Bay"-ish type of re-imagining of what Super Sentai and Power Rangers would be like if he were to direct the movie reboot. Plus, I didn't really like the characters of Hiromu, Youko, and their respective buddyroids; Cheeda Nick and Usada Lettuce. Now Ryuji and Gorisaki are my personal favorites, and I definitely felt more sympathetic with those two than I do with the other Go-Busters. Masato and Beet J. Stag, they're kinda like a one-dimensional version of "Pinky and the Brain" meets "Abbot and Costello", but less funny. I didn't really care for the supporting characters all that much. They're just rather boring and they too one-dimensional. Enter is my least-favorite Sentai villain, and seriously...why are people still defending this character?!?! He's not even that complex of a villain and I can't take his character seriously. Now Escape on the other hand?!?!?! She's a lot better than Enter. She's definitely worth-watching and she has a better motive than Enter. So, why couldn't they make her the primary main villain?!?!?
Overall, Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters was just too generic, bland, tedious and kind of boring for my taste. I'm sorry, but, I'm more of a fan of better Sentai shows that have more personalities in them like Mahou Sentai Magiranger, Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger, Hell....even Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger and Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger had better personalities than Go-Busters.
Overall, Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters was just too generic, bland, tedious and kind of boring for my taste. I'm sorry, but, I'm more of a fan of better Sentai shows that have more personalities in them like Mahou Sentai Magiranger, Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger, Hell....even Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger and Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger had better personalities than Go-Busters.
lazycoconut
I liked him when he wasn't a god
Too young for what exactly? :eyebrow: She's neither the youngest female Ranger nor youngest actress we've had in recent years
Who or what in ToQger was "bisexual" and why are you pointing to it as a bad thing?
Who or what in ToQger was "bisexual" and why are you pointing to it as a bad thing?
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raden238
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Go-Busters is one of my favorite Sentai series and IMO the last good one we've had in the past 4 years. Its essentially a remake of a 90s sentai. The toyline was simplistic and easy to collect, which was great in my eyes. I don't understand the logic that people would like the toyline more when there are useless collectibles that you need to collect by the hundreds (excluding Ranger Keys because those were awesome).
I thought the cast and music was great. The Actress who portrayed Yoko was just the right age. I believe she was 19 at the time. Its better than little high school girls like Kagura and Fuka who are 15/16. All around its one of my ideal Sentai shows. Its sad that due to poor toy sales, we may never see a show like that again. Also the whole "dark" ending was BS.
I thought the cast and music was great. The Actress who portrayed Yoko was just the right age. I believe she was 19 at the time. Its better than little high school girls like Kagura and Fuka who are 15/16. All around its one of my ideal Sentai shows. Its sad that due to poor toy sales, we may never see a show like that again. Also the whole "dark" ending was BS.
DaikaijuSokogeki!
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lazycoconut said:
Probably best not to feed him.
lazycoconut
I liked him when he wasn't a god
I'm merely curious as to what bizarro version of ToQger he watched ...
Which one and why?
It's not so much that people would like the toyline more, but that the lack of collectibles is likely to be a factor in why the toys did not sell well in Japan.
She was pretty much playing the same type of character as Kagura and Fuuka though (and looked like she could have been younger.) Toei's obsession with the idea that female Rangers must be young schoolgirls is not only sexist but limits narrative scope; there's only so much you can do when you're working with such a narrow range of actresses and character types. Imagine what the shows would be like if most of the male Rangers had to be Souji or Nagi's age?
The ending wasn't really "dark" per se but it does annoy me that people equate character death with narrative integrity and think that the fact of Beet dying makes the ending "better"
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Dr Kain
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Sorry, as a 90s Sentai fan, I'm going to have to disagree. The 90s series are wacky but have a balance between comedy and drama, are action packed with incredible choreography, and they are full of energy (sans Ohranger). Go-Buster is not. The only thing Go-Buster does do that is akin to the 90s is the lackluster development for Yellow and Blue.
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