Tokusatsu Thread (Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Ultraman and the likes)

Listening to the Super Sentai intros one after the other is a surreal experience to say the least.

So, overdrive is now at the point where Mack is a Robot.

Well just as the movie was about to hit theaters look what Lionsgate dropped.  

Almost time for Jungle Fury.

Well, the new Power Rangers movie is getting a lot of praise from both fans and non-fans, despite having a bit more of a mixed reception among professional critics.

@Jarkes  
I’ve never cared about the opinions of “professional’ critics.I love Friday The 13th and Japanese monster movies,neither of which get decent consideration from most critics,also I usually hate the type of movies they praise.

Jungle fury seems to be having a much better reception among the chat than Overdrive did.

@09MurphyM  
It has RJ! That alone would make it one of the best.

I thought Overdrive was dull.I thought Jungle Fury was dull,too,but at least it had RJ.After I watched it for the first time,I found myself unconsciously mimicking RJ’s mannerisms.

Jungle Fury is a little bland at times, and even a few problems at point, but like Wild Force I think it’s underrated.
 
But even having seen the sentai, the use of the mentors from the sentai in that one shot in the end still gets a “WTF” out of me.

@Prof.NightJack
 
It wasn’t even Gekiranger footage either.

@Prof.NightJack  
I think one of the saving graces is that it comes after Operation Overdrive, one of the worst seasons ever.

@Jarkes  
Ya, I went from “What the fuck are these things?” to “What the fuck, they made new footage for this?”  
And I laughed when Linkara just went “No.. No.. just no.” I was expecting him to say more.

Also, ever noticed how until the “Neo-Saban” seasons that PR at points used motorcycles to a point of rivaling some riders?

@Prof.NightJack
 
Yeah, there were a LOT of Power Rangers-exclusive bikes. Sometimes they were expansions of stuff from the Sentai, where instead of just one or two members having a bike, they all had one based off of the bikes from the Sentai (Lightspeed Rescue, Wild Force, Ninja Storm), and other times they were completely new (Time Force, Dino Thunder, Jungle Fury).

@Jarkes  
And of course Ninja Steel!
 
@Prof.NightJack
 
Forget ‘rivaling,’ we hardly ever saw Ghost’s bike and Ex-Aid features them even less.
 
The Power Rangers’ use of bikes is what really makes Kamen Rider’s non-use of them lately more annoying. Especially with the series that are closer to sentai. If in an episode of Time Force or Wild Force that follows the story of its sentai counterpart exactly, there’s room for bikes, then Kamen Rider’s really got no excuse. :p
 
I mean, honestly. A Kamen Rider should never be ditched by a monster because he couldn’t catch up on foot.

@OptimusPrimevil  
I hope the guy in the suit got paid a nice chunk.

@Phantom Rider
 
And don’t get me started on Gaim, where Kouta tries to RUN to get to Takatora before the New Generation Riders attempt to get him, even shouting “I hope I get there in time!”

@OptimusPrimevil
 
If any Ultra has ever done something like that, my money’d be on Ultraseven.

Almost time for RPM!

I love how RPM strives to be different not just from the previous power rangers seasons but even from it’s own sentai counterpart.

In Space and RPM both could of been the absolute end of the franchise and made it go out on a high note.  
If the franchise is likely to end again, I can only hope it’s on another high note like them.

@Prof.NightJack  
They should threaten cancellation every season so they can all be like those two.

@Phantom Rider  
And keep Amit Bhaumik away from it.  
We want a high note not trying to needlessly tie everything in the past together.