Gosei Blue is Batman

It's been pretty inactive here... (Apparently, the badly edited MMPR reruns are not good for this blog. Not that there's been much of a difference...)

This week's Goseiger deserved a mention, though:

Gosei Blue is really, really... Well, I'm going to use a euphemism that my sister and I use, and say he's Batman.

Look it up on YouTube (or whatever it is you particularly do if you choose to watch Sentai), because this was some pretty good stuff.

First Impressions: MMPR 2010

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What the heck was that?

Not to rag on whoever put this together or anything, but what's up with all the manga-style narration boxes (the "this is the name of this character" ones), the Adam West Batman sound effects, and the... I don't even know what to call those moments where they paused for a second and threw in weird imagery.

(I really don't mean to rag on it; I try to avoid the kneejerk reaction that often comes in response to tiny changes; it's just that this really bugs me. Although I have to admit, I expected they might pull something like it.)

My sister raised an eyebrow and wondered why they apparently thought Shinkenger was too Japanese if they were going to do what they've done, which itself is very Japanese.

Not to complain too much. I don't think I ever saw the second episode more than once, and even with the changes, it was nice to get a more concrete look at it. (I totally forgot about the weird sequence with the space shuttle "time trap" zinging around town.)

Also, I had a kind of funny set of moments; Kimberly says, "NOT!" towards the end of the first episode, which made me mumble something about it being "so '90s." Then, in the second episode, she says of the communicators "This is so '90s!"

An oddly prophetic moment, really.

*crickets chirp*

Man, have I been quiet over here.

One of the problems with keeping this going regularly is that the local ABC station is managed by a bunch of *expletive deleted* jerks who show college football games rather than let Power Rangers air; in fact, I missed a huge chunk of RPM's later episodes.

Which, obviously, ticks me off.

I'm currently working through those episodes on YouTube (cough), but I don't know when I'll have more content here.

The fact that they're planning on rerunning the first season is kind of staggering and weird, and I don't know if I'll be more interested in working on this blog or not then. Here's hoping it will be helpful.

Gee Whiz...

I've been quiet here, haven't I?

Well, consider it a good sign for RPM's quality, if nothing else.

I need to get cracking here. I dunno what I'll do differently...

*lapses into three month silence*

RPM Talkin'

You might notice I put in the "griping" tag there. Guess why?

It's because the release of new episodes of RPM has become chaotic and unpredictable. Come on, guys, what are you trying to do? This is serialized, and it's best to watch them in something resembling consecutive order.

That being said, the series is happily not losing any steam. Since I last posted, two new episodes have aired (sporadically), and they were great.

I don't have much to say about Ghosts, partly because it's been a bit. (It was awesome seeing Dr. K flip out and hug Gem and Gemma, though.)

In Or Out had me worried for a minute. There was just something in its atmosphere that made me think there was something off.

Then I got over it.

It was extremely funny to note that apparently, Tenaya 7 is significantly heavier than the Rangers are. I thought those Ranger suits were supposed to be heavy or something. (In an episode of the Sentai Dekaranger, when a character morphed, the bike he was riding that was rigged to blow up detected the change in his weight. Not that it said how much, or that Sentai is PR canon, but still...)

Also, poor Ziggy. As the comic relief, he sure takes a lot of abuse, doesn't he?

Response

Wow, that round of reruns didn't last long, did it?

Venjix's personality, which really doesn't come out very often, came back in force today. The episode kind of begs the question of why he doesn't personally control all his robots, but then, the series would be a lot less fun.

You get bonus points if you noticed that he hinted at possibly being more than just a computer virus. ("I've waited longer than you can know..." or something like that.) This is the first real sign he may actually be that Venjix.

Also, it cracked me up that the henchtypes actually thought Venjix was dead when the twins aced him. I could see Shifter and Crunch thinking that, but Tenaya? Heh, that ranks with her getting owned by Ziggy in terms of "oops" moments.

Friendly Reminder

(As well as an apology for the lack of consistent updates.)

The RPM rerun season has begun. If you for some reason aren't watching it yet, now (or rather, this upcoming Saturday) is the time to get on the boat.

Edit: Whoops, looks like they're doing the accelerated rerun schedule. If you took my advice earlier because you actually hadn't seen the first few episodes, then you may have missed the first. My bad.