Review + Summary: Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle

Today's review is on Gokager Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle:

This movie is made to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Super Sentai, and the DVD and subs just came out. So let us begin with a short summary. SPOILER WARNING

The movie starts with an extension of the Legend War shown in Gokaiger Episode One. This time, we have the addition of Bangai Heroes such as Dekamaster, Knight Wolzard and all that jazz. So just like in episode one, the Zangyack comes, Akaranger got the idea of sacrificing all the powers of the sentai to wipe out the fleet.

GoseiBlack: Eh Akaranger, who died and made you boss?

Well, Akaranger's questionable plan is accepted by everyone (Why did they go through with it is a mystery). Zangyack's fleet is thwarted, and as we all know, the powers of the Super Sentai are turned into ranger keys. The Goseigers are quite miffed since they can't protect the planet anymore. But who gives a shit. So the planet is super sentai-less for a few YEARS (#nonsensicalplothole: why the hell is it years later I don't know since months later would put everything in better perspective but what the hell we watch sentai for fun not logic). Fast Forward.

The Gokaigers are fighting Zangyack AGAIN, with Insarn and Barizorg standing there like dummies with trollfaces on. As usual we have the shenanigans of the Gormin and Zgormin getting their asses whopped. For some reason Marvelous wants to use the powers of Goseigers. He takes it out, and shit gets real. Agri and Moune jump out of nowhere and grab all the keys! Turns out the Goseigers are stalking the Gokaigers waiting for this moment and they think the Gokaigers are underqualified for this job. Understandably, the Gokaigers are pissed at that "Protecting the Earth is an Angel's duty" shit that has been thrown around for a year. (#nonsensicalplothole: Has anyone realized that the Goseigers piss off every previous sentai with this statement? Because that sounds conceited.) Anyways they get their powers back and change into Goseigers once again!

Yeah. Angels. Again.

They finish off the remaining pawns and Marvelous tells them to give the keys back, since playtime is over. Alata refuses, and they battle, wanting GoseiKnight's key. Poor GoseiKnight. Now nothing but a talking robotic head. Skip battle, skip battle, skip battle.

The Gokaigers return to the GokaiGalleon, randomly searching for GoseiKnight's key. They find it, then BOOM! Douchebag angels got into their mecha first. Time for GokaiOh! A Mecha fight ensues, and shit get real again.

Meanwhile, at the Gigant Horse, Waruzu Giru is getting miffed. Again. [Facepalm]. Black Cross King revives out of nowhere (#randomlypullingshitoutoftheirass) and gives Waruzu a deal: he kills all the sentai, and Waruzu gets all of Earth. The dick agrees, because his balls are terrified to death of this guy and Black Cross King departs to Earth.

Completely unrelated to this is a scene showing Denziblue, the tough-as-nails old guy working hard selling bread. [Facepalm at his job]. He meets a kid who has a DaiDenzin figure, and soon meets, by coincidence, Both DaiRed and DekaPink and a sad little man who lost everything and planning to sell a Variblune model for some cash. Mint grade Variblune. Bear in mind that this guy and the kid has a role to play.

On the other hand, Alata, the sneaky douche, sneaked onto the Galleon to steal/find/pilfer/snatch GoseiKnight's key. GokaiRed catches him red-handed and they take the fight outside. The box of keys is taken out as well. The fight between mechas escalates and they get the hell out of the mechas to have a Mexican Standoff. Then POW! Black Cross King arrives. He resurrects Dagon, SomeguyIWon'tbotherNamingWhoHasADamnLongName and Bura-f*cking-Jira.

Hi Kids! It's me again! AGAIN! THIS TIME WITH A MOTHERFACKING BELT!

Black Cross King activates some sort of bullshit ray and transports the Gokaigers and Goseigers to different places, splitting the team into the trademark team split. Yawn.

Marvelous gets stuck in time with Alata, Joe and Luka get stuck with Agri and Moune, and Ahim and Doc gets stuck with Eri and Hyde.

Marvy and Alata end up fighting Burajira, Joe and his peers fight The One With The Long Name and the others fight Dagon. The fights are pretty standard, so I won't bother with the details. Predictably they win, and before they can celebrate, they have to fight Black Cross King.

But Black Cross King has a secret weapon: A pimped out version of Basco's trumpet! He calls all the other past sentai, reusing the same scene that I see on every episode of Gokaiger AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE MOVIE.

Toei: Kids won't notice if we use this again.

So they change and say all their phrases, and fight the Sentai senpais. It's just a larger version of a Basco fight, and there are some notable scenes, like these below:

Those are actual scenes from the fight. Toei gave us stock footage. In a battle. Dammit.

So they get all their ranger keys back by defeating them Basco-style, with a bit of colour-on-colour action. Black Cross King gets pissed and grows big and I mean BIG! The teams are forced to a corner but WAIT! SOMETHING'S HAPPENING!

Something. Is. On.

The Akaranger key shines, and soon the other keys shown here shines as well. We are treated to scenes with an Unhenshined Akaranger, Big One, DynaPink, TurboRed and a few others too tedious to name. Akaranger gives Marvelous their Great Power, and POW! All the Previous Rangers are called!

Dragonball!!!

This is a technically predictable scene since they were fighting here.

What are those steps for?! The mystery!

So the past rangers are summoned. And to defeat Black Cross King a weapon called the Super Sentai Bazooka is pulled out of nowhere and used against him.

Black Cross King dies, the past rangers become keys once more, and things become quiet...for about a minute, then Black Cross King becomes Black Cross Colossus. Back to the Mechas.

GoseiKnight tries to attack Black Cross Colossus, to no avail. The Mechas are losing as well. Everyone loses hope, then the guy who met the sentai members previously with his Daidenzin tells them to Never Give Up, and the kid with the Variblune tells them to keep hoping. Then their toys shine, and BAM! We get ALL mechas from Variblune to Shinkenger's Mecha.

Gosei Knight is amazed and states that this is the greatest miracle on Earth. And now here comes a part that makes me facepalm. We are treated to stock footage of Daidenzin Slashing Black Cross Colussus. Black Cross Colossus calls some villains, including all incarnations of Buredoran.

It's me again. Burajira, 2011

So all the mechas use their finishing moves on all of the monsters, and we're treated to more and more stock footage. The Gokaigers use the Great Power of Gorangers and becomes Goren Gokai-Oh. I won't put any images because I'm not gonna spoil the surprise. Black Cross Colossus dies with the finisher of Goren Gokai-Oh.

The movie ends with a nice note, with Goseigers giving back their keys to the Gokaigers. A passing the torch moment ensues, with Gokai Silver outside the Galleon, smirking I think, and the movie ends.

REVIEW:

This movie is quite interesting as it shows that the Gokaigers completely accept their role as protectors of the Earth, no less. Goseigers however still have the same vibe as they always have, completely caught up in the duty of being an angel. Alata shows really good leadership skills, but I still think he's a pussy. Not cool enough. The role of Zangyack was kept to a minimum, which kinda sucks. Plotholes? Yes. But utterly negligible. The involvement of all past rangers and mechas? EPIC.

It's kinda sad that this movie couldn't be combined with Let's Go Kamen Riders, but this is an epic movie nonetheless.

Rating: 4.5 stars

Suddenly....I feel like writing this song.

http://youtu.be/PtsVSxgjUY0

Above is the link for the original version of this song.

Whispering out your name to the stars,

The silent shadows fill my heart,

I cry.

Sitting there just looking at the sky,

A sudden teardrop from my eye,

I sigh.

Standing there I reach out for the moon,

The graceful moonbeam shines on me,

I shout.

Taking out a picture of us both,

Smiling there just telling jokes,

Us both...

What has happened now?

My silent pleas have fell on deaf ears.

I tried to love you but

Many things stood in our ways.

Walking down the path we used to walk

Looking at the place we sat,

I left.

Sitting on the grass I screamed out loud,

The neverending pain I feel,

Won't stop.

I just want to tell

You so many times that I had loved you.

But for some reason though,

You were always so distant...

My letter won't reach you,

My words won't ever show,

What has been will never be again,

I just want you here now,

So I'll say I Love you,

Why do these things happen always suddenly.

I don't what'll happen,

Even though I feel numb,

I just know that you'll never be mine,

Before you leave my life,

Belonging to another,

Before you disappear

Please listen once.

I will never give up,

I'll always stand by you,

When you're down remember that I'll always be there.

Walking home I'm just an empty shell,

You leaving suddenly from me,

Goodbye.

I wish you well....

My Pride as A Gackt Fan

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FOURZE, SANJOU!!! UCHUUUUUUU KITAAAAAAAAAA~

UCHUUUUUUU KITAAAAAAA~

Kamen Rider Fourze has arrived, Fourze, sanjou! The first episode of Fourze started last Sunday, a quick rundown of Fourze is as below:

Kamen Rider FOURZE

• High school student who henshins into a Kamen Rider!
• Has a shitload of switches that enable him to fight fight fight!
• Has support robots called Foodroids!
• Has a "partner" who absolutely, absolutely hates him, but has to aid him nonetheless

That last part reminded me of this guy

and this guy

An interesting thing about Fourze is the high school setting. We have several characters named after past riders who are part of the Kamen Rider Club:

photo from Orends: Range

From left: Tomoko Nozama (Amazon, with tomoko being reference to his frequent "tomodachi-ing"), Miu Kazashiro (V3, Shiro Kazami), Kengo Utahoshi (Kamen Rider #1, Takeshi Hongo, the Ankh+Goto guy), Gentaro Kisaragi (Fourze!!!!), Yuki Jojima (Riderman, Yuki Joji), Shun Daimonji (Kamen Rider #2, Hayato Ichimonji) and JK (X, Keisuke Jin).

The characters all represent token stereotype characters, with Nozama being the Goth, Kazashiro as the "Queen", Utahoshi as the sidekick, Jojima as the token good girl, Daimonji as the Jock and JK as the cowardly slacker. This is somewhat interesting as Gentaro has made it his aim to be friends with everyone.

Up until now, Gentaro has used several switches, namely:

Rocket Arm

Launcher Leg

Drill Leg

Radar Arm

Chainsaw Leg

Apparently Gentaro is somekinda prodigy for using Fourze.

But nonetheless, after watching the first episode, several questions are on my mind, namely HOW DOES THE SCHOOL PAY FOR ALL THE DAMAGE.

I'm guessing under government grants, citing "Collateral damage due to reckless fighting'..... LOL

Well, episode 1 was great, and I am really looking forward to episode 2.

Once more, UCHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU KITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~

Differences between Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider OOO

Today We are going to compare

And

DOUBLE

1. Two guys who transforms into one rider with a cool-ass bike
2. Uses Gaia Memories stolen from the Antagonists.
3. Fights against antagonistic group called the Museum who uses Gaia Memories to wreak havoc on the city.
4. Has a berserker state called FangJoker.
5. Aided by a rogue member of the Museum.
6. Has a shitload of forms on account of the Gaia Memories with Half-Changes.
7. Has a partner who starts out initially wary of the main rider. (Ryu Terui/Accel).
8. Has a main female lead who starts out annoying then becomes a good friend/companion. (Akiko Narumi)

OOO

1. One guy who transforms into one rider with a cool-ass bike.
2. Uses Core Medals stolen from the Antagonists.
3. Fights against antagonistic group called the Greeed who uses Core/Cell Medals to wreak havoc on the city.
4. Has a berserker state called PuToTerano Combo.
5. Aided by a rogue member of the Greeeds.
6. Has a shitload of forms on account of the Core Medals with Combos and random combos.
7. Has a partner who starts out initially wary of the main rider. (Shintaro Gotou/Birth2)
8. Has a main female lead who starts out annoying then becomes a good friend/companion. (Hina Izumi).

The similarities DOES NOT END THERE. The biggest similarity is this.

Has a shitload of merchandise to sell to kids.

There. my review of Kamen Rider Double and OOO.

My stupid form 6 life.

Uhuh.....Form six. That's what I got. I entered the school near my old school, SMK Seri Serdang. And of course, to fulfill my dream of being an engineer [NOTE: Creating Iron Man Suits], I entered 6 Mulia Bawah, the infamous physics class.

The first thing I learned from this class is you DO NOT DISCRIMINATE. In this class, we may all be Chinese (the Malay guy went to polytechnic institution) but nonetheless we tolerate everything except racism. And talentism.

MEANWHILE, in the Biology class, they don't take no shit with yo' pointless yappin'. You talk too much? Not from their school? You might as well have the Plague.

In my class, instead of pointless studying, we study in a stress-free environment. Especially for Maths. A typical conversation with our Maths/Form teacher Encik Kamarulzaman starts like this.

US: Cikgu, kenapa kamu lewat?

KZ: Aiyah, saya ada hal sikit.

Note the aiyah. From that day onwards, we would pepper our conversation with aiyah, ahhhh and several other nonsense from this teacher.

For chemistry? My gawd. We use Methyl "jingga" for methyl orange.

So that's about it for my class. I hope I survive the time for F6!

J-RANT #1: Gackt

Well, I'm out of toku ideas, might as well start a J-Rant here. Today's J-RANT Topic is...Gackt.

Quite Simply, Gackt, full name 神威 楽斗 Kamui Gakuto is a Japanese Visual-Kei Singer. His name literally means God's Brilliance, Music Fighter. Aha, judging from that badass name, he must be awesome.

Well, As mentioned, he's a visual-kei singer. According to wikipedia here, is a musical style in Japan where singers put on a lot of white makeup and have androgynous appearances. But anyways, Gackt is somewhere in the middle. Androgynous, but male all the same.

I first heard of Gackt from this movie.

Kamen Rider Decade. He sang the theme song, which really coincidentally just came on in my random itunes playlist.

Journey Through the Decade. When I first heard this song, I was like, 'Wow, this guy sure has nice vocals'. I immediately went to Ares and downloaded this song.

Immediately, I was taken aback with this song.

I was somewhat surprised to hear that Gackt sang this song as well, since I PREVIOUSLY heard this song, and it was awesome. Soon, I was moving on to the third song of his DECADE trilogy.

Stay the Ride Alive. One of his better songs, I may add. After that, I was hooked on the voice of Gackt.

I typed in Gackt into my Ares search and several songs came out, among them JESUS, GHOST and several more. But 1 song caught my ear before all of them.

Last Song. It reminded me of her, her smile, her beauty. I remember the tears in my eyes as I first heard this song. The emotions....well, anyways, I soon moved on to his Final Fantasy Projects.

Oh, right. I forgot to mention that Gackt is also Genesis Rhapsodos from Final Fantasy VII Collection. This guy.

His costume, here.

Genesis is the result of project G, and he was the first SOLDIER to rebel against Shinra. In case you were wondering where had you heard this before, it happened to this guy.

Sephiroth. In a way, Gackt's character, Genesis was the original Sephiroth.

The buddies are pictured here. ANYWAYS, back to the topic. He recorded 2 songs for Dirge of Cerberus. Redemption and Longing.

But eventually I moved on to what I consider his best song-Flower.

This song always sends a shiver down my spine. Now....Gackt has other projects, such as Show Your Heart and whatnot. I LOVE GACKT!!!!

My Friday Round up #1

Well.....today's Friday again. That means that another week of doing 'stuff' that 'nobody cares'.....well anyways I've decided to give a Friday Round up every week. Applaud!

~Awkward Cricket Silence, tumbleweed blows~

-Ahem........we'll begin anyways.

Monday was a mothaeffing train wreck, owing to uhhh...uhh.....forgot.....

Well, this week was lame. No nothing.

~More awkward silence~

Well I guess this week's a crappy week. Next Friday's update then!

Toku Rant #2 Marvel and Toei

Well, today's time for another toku rant. Today I'm gonna talk about the relationship between:

and

Well, first of all, many of you will point out the obvious. Marvel and Toei produces superheroes! We have spiderman, fantastic four, avengers on one side, and we have Kamen Riders and Super Sentai on the other. Did you think it stopped there? Of course not, silly!

Marvel and Toei once had a licensing agreement lasting 3 years. Basically Toei would be free to take anything from Marvel and give their own twist, likewise for Marvel. So Toei took one of the best assets from Marvel:

Supaida-man. Spiderman. Here's the opening:

At o.55, we see that spiderman has this.

A. FREAKING. GIANT. ROBOT.

But believe it or not, without

We would have no

Yes, one relationship between Toei and Marvel is that Spider-man was one of the first superheroes to get a giant robot. And yes, he got it even earlier than Super Sentai.

Speaking of which.

The second relationship between Toei and Marvel is this:

This is Captain America. Toei 'decided' to adapt Cap into Japanese format. Oh...based on the Spider-man experiences, I guess you can see where this is going...

BATTLE FEVER J.

One of the most interesting things about BFJ is that it was the first Super Sentai show to use the name Super Sentai. Before that, the 2 sentais were creations of the late Shotaro Ishinomori. By this time, Toei were somewhat out of ideas. To remedy that, they created BFJ.

So, in a convoluted way:

Without

There would be no

And without Battle Fever J, there would be no

And without Zyuranger, there would be no

Aaaaand without MMPR, there would be no

Yes.....Power Rangers Samurai came from Captain America.

By the way, without

we would have been spared of

Yes....Toku fans out there, next time you see a ridiculous mecha from sentai like this:

Which makes you want to swear and give up sentai,

Thank him.

Excelsior.

By the way, guess what Marvel took. Kamen Riders? Gorangers? Inazuman maybe? Zvatt?

They took giant robots. Wrap your head around that.

Henshin-ing ALL DAY LONG

Recently found out that my blog hasn't been updated in months.

Well, what am I doing nowadays? Basically, I've been Toku-ing. This is tokusatsu:

Alot of people don't know the fine distinction between Toku and Kiddy shows. Here's an example of a REAL Toku:

On the other hand, this is what you call a kiddy show:

It's an american remake of Kamen Rider Ryuki. Now, I know there are Toku Fans out there, screaming out that this is insane! Why remake Ryuki? Why not Faiz? Blade? Kabuto? Heck, why not make AmerGito (American Agito)?

Because this allures them:

Za 13 Riders. Ryuki. Knight. Zolda. Odin. Scissors. Ohja. Verde. Raia. Imperer. Tiger. Gai. Femme. And Ryuga. 13 riders, 13 toys. Collect them all!!

You see, Merchandising has been behind all American remakes. Look at What they did to power rangers.

For the best part of my knowledge, Super Sentai only had 1 season with a battlizer. That season was Dekaranger, and they borrowed that concept for the American. The Japanese did it for the Deus Ex Machina effect, but guess why Americans want a battlizer?

TO SELL TOYS!

The noble mission again. Why, its as if Japanese show aren't good enough without toy opportunities. But lately, the Japanese had picked up this habit.

There's been a trend nowadays as I map out the seasons of these few years:

Kamen Rider Decade: ONE deck system

Kamen Rider Double: TWO USB Drives simutaneously

Kamen Rider OOO: THREE Medals simultaneously, interchangeable

OOO however takes it a tad too far:

Basic Form- 3 medals, differing Greeeds. (OOO Gets his medals from enemies called GREEEDS.)

There were 5 Greeeds initially, but now 2 more have emerged. Kids, Cosplayers, Collect them all!

So, will this habit last, or will it just disappear? Only Time will tell.