tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211974119538419891.post5737511723736566135..comments2024-03-28T14:38:45.870-05:00Comments on Ranger Retrospective: MMPR Season 2 Episode 36: The Great Bookala EscapeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211974119538419891.post-64226792875911366832016-05-15T00:52:41.821-05:002016-05-15T00:52:41.821-05:00The over-the-top conceptual weirdness of the Galac...The over-the-top conceptual weirdness of the Galactabeasts - giant rubber rock monster animal thngs which turn into robots when you stab them in the head, said robots can turn into a giant robot, oh, and some of them are <em>dead</em> rubber rock monsters and their rubber rock monster form only appears as a force ghost - wrapped all the way around for me from godawful suckage to "I can't force myself to look away this is so insane"Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09703211229982182936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211974119538419891.post-55333921190971123862016-05-14T21:41:36.136-05:002016-05-14T21:41:36.136-05:00Watching Dairanger I can tell the emphasis was on ...Watching Dairanger I can tell the emphasis was on the ground battles, and the Zord battles weren't focused on as heavily. You're spot on that Zyuranger was a great jumping off point for Power Rangers, and we're lucky we didn't get something like Liveman. Nothing against the series itself, but its mech battles were really fucking bland. <br /><br />Kakuranger starts off with some fucking awful Zord battles. The Shogunzord battles are some of the most uneventful fights I've ever seen. Every once in a while one of the Shogunzords would fight with an opponent one on one, but the Shogun Megazord would always resort to its finisher basically as soon as it was formed. Though I'll say I was a huge fan of the Ninja Megazord. Probably because it wasn't such a bulky goddamned mess.<br /><br />I don't recall much of Ohranger's mech battles, but Gingaman typically had some decent ones. So long as we weren't dealing with the non-transformed Galactabeasts. Those things looked like diseased hunks of rubber with faces. Holy shit.Samurai Karasuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253426764783538428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211974119538419891.post-80061432297169930552016-05-14T12:24:02.346-05:002016-05-14T12:24:02.346-05:00I think we were spoiled by having Zyuranger as our...I think we were spoiled by having Zyuranger as our first Power Rangers adaptation. Whoever directed the Zord battles really took the time and effort to make sure we never got the same fight twice. Tired of seeing the Megazord finish off the monster? Let's use the uncombined Dinozords instead! Disassembling the Megazord and finishing the fight with Dragonzord Battle Mode getting too predictable? Let's write the Pink Ranger out so the other Rangers have to use Dragonzord Battle Mode from the start! How about we go completely overboard and have the Ultrazord blow up a giant wheel (OK, that one was actually really lame)! Dairanger set a precedent in Sentai going forward where most of the Zord fights were treated largely as afterthoughts, which is a shame. My memory of subsequent seasons is really hazy, but I think outside of possibly Ohranger and Gingaman, and maybe a handful of Kakuranger episodes, I don't think we ever had as good as Zyuranger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com