EPISODE 27
I REALLY do not remember this show well, and I didn't remember this episode much at all. It's pretty pathetic, like the PTA wrote in and told Toei how to wrap up that too damn scary, violent and disturbing Shadow Moon storyline.
Shadow Moon reappears, messing up Crisis' Dr. Evil plan of causing a volcano to erupt and cover the city in liquid hot mag-muh. He takes control of their monster and gets back to his go fight RX plan. The episode's just a lot of padding until RX and Shadow Moon finally fight, with RX stabbing him through the belt and winning. That's not the bad part...the bad part is, once RX wins, Shadow Moon compliments him, fills him in on Crisis' plan, urging him to stop it AND he offers to go help save the two kids who are inexplicably brought into the story to add some victims for our hero to save...and that hero ends up being Shadow Moon! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!?! I can't, show.
The episode ends with Koutarou carrying (the empty suit of) Shadow Moon, who then reverts back to human. (Fake Shemp Nobuhiko alert.) Koutarou's at peace feeling like Nobuhiko came through at the end. What the hell is this cop-out nonsense? Not only do I feel like the PTA complained, but also some new nerd in charge of the network or something. Or maybe it was RX staff who was jealous that they brought back the better villain from the better show, so the ultimatum was given to not only write Shadow Moon out, but have him go Magoo in the end. Lame. They could have easily had him pop up again, being a kind of Birugenia or Sixth Villain the show could use. What a waste.
EPISODE 28
Speaking of Sixth Villains...this episode marks the debut of RX's Sixth Villain, Dasmader. Dathmader? Darth Madder? Doesnmatter? Whatever. It's a really forgettable, dare I say filler-y episode, so I'm puzzled why they choose to debut a new villain in such an episode. The episode's written by Kyoko Sagiyama, not even the main writer! So, it's a weird choice. But it's about the only thing to note about this episode, because it's sooooooooooo. Damn. Boring. I kept checkin' out throughout it.
Crisis' latest scheme is to turn some of their soldiers into butterflies that can possess people to be used for Crisis. A boy's family is among those possessed, and we spend too much time with his bawling ass. Brutal.
And then there's Dasmader. I've never liked this guy. His design is just wretched, and it looks like a homemade costume. Also? I think he's miscast. Actor Tetsuya Matsui looks like he's 14 years old and four feet tall. While the character is meant to be the inspection man of the Crisis Emperor (why can't this character have a name? It would be so much easier to type "Bob," instead of "Crisis Emperor"), we know he ends up being more, and Matsui's an action actor, and he gets into a fight immediately with RX. So...he's meant to be a BIT formidable, so he shouldn't look like a goddamn kid wearing the General Black costume his meemaw made him for Halloween. He's such a short twerp. He has no authority. He's like Dark Helmet.
Can you tell I'm tired of this show yet?
Well here's a bit of my thoughts:
ReplyDelete1.) Shadow Moon was wrapped up poorly. Like I suggested earlier - he should have been given temporary command over General Jark and his minions. Then he finally meets his demise doing something good but...
2.) Dasmader finally appears. WTF! I wish that Bilgenia returned instead. Remember how Bilgenia was easily slain by Shadow Moon? In my mind, Bilgenia appears as the new official inspector of Grand Lord Crisis. Bilgenia kills Shadow Moon. Shadow Moon makes a final act of goodness to save some children. Let Bilgenia appear and finally get his revenge on Shadow Moon. Bilgenia then appears to bully the Crisis officers. I think Tetsuya Matsui can still fill the role in place of Jun Yoshida.
3.) Comparing Dasmader to Dark Helmet? Now that's far-fetched. I wish someone like Dark Helmet appeared in Kyuranger though.
I do think Bilgenia should have returned at some point, but just as a vengeful spirit or something. I certainly wouldn't want Matsui to take the role, though. He's such a wooden actor, and he doesn't seem at all threatening for the hero.
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