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GalvaTRION · 07-08-2010, 05:45 AM

I'm three or so episodes into Iron King (I generally watch these before I go to sleep, meaning that I fall asleep watching them and have to find my place next time).

First impressions- surprised, honestly. First, the evil robots look great. Like, honestly creepy looking at times, effective even. Really, these look more like what an evil Ultra should look like than the one we did get with that recent Ultraman movie.

The main characters (Gentaro, kind of a cowboy type; Goro, a weird nerd that turns into Iron King; and The Girl I Want To Spray In The Face With My Man Juice) are a mixed bag. As with your more colorful Japanese characters, the line between 'annoying' and 'energetic' is blurred. They're willfully retarded in some ways, and so unbelievably awesome in others: Usually the cocksure cowboy alpha-asshole would turn out to be the awesome giant robot whatever, but here it is the nerdy jackass that transforms. This is a nice change from the norm. Our cocksure asshole cowboy isn't cocksure for no reason- he fucking attacks these giant robots with just this wacky little pen device he has, that completely outclasses Batman's gadgets in the awesome department. It's a pen, but it shoots this crazy rope/grappling hook that allows him to dangle helplessly from some robot's arm. But is he hopeless? FUCK NO, that pen also has a fuckin' SWORD in it (how's that for compact, eh?) that can slice robots. Plus he can jump like he's Mario, which is crazy.

The girl in the show is yet another female character in a 70s kids show that I find irresistible. She's wearing this completely off-the-wall Native American outfit and hairdo for no apparent reason, other than to confuse my genitals in to being further enraged by the fact that it can't touch her.

The villains are kind of re-damn-diculous. This is a group of people that work for the parks and recreation service, that SECRETLY ARE THE EVIL ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO OVERTHROW JAPAN FOR 2000 YEARS. While doing this, they've been wearing the funniest hats that have ever existed, though in a bizarre twist the actual suits they wear look pretty cool (so rare in a show like this).

Iron King himself is amazingly the only minor disappointment. He's onscreen so rarely that all he gets to do is flail for maybe a minute before having to shrink back down into Goro. COME ON, I know these shows are made on the cheap, but fuck.

Looking forward to the rest of it.

GalvaTRION · 07-19-2010, 07:23 PM

Denjin Zaborgar gettin' a new movie!

GalvaTRION · 09-01-2010, 03:43 PM

Haruo Nakajima has released his autobiography.

BUT ITS IN JAPANESE. FUCK!

Still, its got a shitload of pictures.

07-08-2010, 05:45 AM	#71
GalvaTRION DECEPTICONS, NOT ONE STEP BACK! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The asshole of the world, Oklahoma Posts: 14,284	I'm three or so episodes into Iron King (I generally watch these before I go to sleep, meaning that I fall asleep watching them and have to find my place next time). First impressions- surprised, honestly. First, the evil robots look great. Like, honestly creepy looking at times, effective even. Really, these look more like what an evil Ultra should look like than the one we did get with that recent Ultraman movie. The main characters (Gentaro, kind of a cowboy type; Goro, a weird nerd that turns into Iron King; and The Girl I Want To Spray In The Face With My Man Juice) are a mixed bag. As with your more colorful Japanese characters, the line between 'annoying' and 'energetic' is blurred. They're willfully retarded in some ways, and so unbelievably awesome in others: Usually the cocksure cowboy alpha-asshole would turn out to be the awesome giant robot whatever, but here it is the nerdy jackass that transforms. This is a nice change from the norm. Our cocksure asshole cowboy isn't cocksure for no reason- he fucking attacks these giant robots with just this wacky little pen device he has, that completely outclasses Batman's gadgets in the awesome department. It's a pen, but it shoots this crazy rope/grappling hook that allows him to dangle helplessly from some robot's arm. But is he hopeless? FUCK NO, that pen also has a fuckin' SWORD in it (how's that for compact, eh?) that can slice robots. Plus he can jump like he's Mario, which is crazy. The girl in the show is yet another female character in a 70s kids show that I find irresistible. She's wearing this completely off-the-wall Native American outfit and hairdo for no apparent reason, other than to confuse my genitals in to being further enraged by the fact that it can't touch her. The villains are kind of re-damn-diculous. This is a group of people that work for the parks and recreation service, that SECRETLY ARE THE EVIL ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO OVERTHROW JAPAN FOR 2000 YEARS. While doing this, they've been wearing the funniest hats that have ever existed, though in a bizarre twist the actual suits they wear look pretty cool (so rare in a show like this). Iron King himself is amazingly the only minor disappointment. He's onscreen so rarely that all he gets to do is flail for maybe a minute before having to shrink back down into Goro. COME ON, I know these shows are made on the cheap, but fuck. Looking forward to the rest of it. __________________ Take a trip to Horribleville! That's just not how the press in this country works.

07-19-2010, 07:23 PM	#72
GalvaTRION DECEPTICONS, NOT ONE STEP BACK! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The asshole of the world, Oklahoma Posts: 14,284	Denjin Zaborgar gettin' a new movie! __________________ Take a trip to Horribleville! That's just not how the press in this country works.

09-01-2010, 03:43 PM	#73
GalvaTRION DECEPTICONS, NOT ONE STEP BACK! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The asshole of the world, Oklahoma Posts: 14,284	Haruo Nakajima has released his autobiography. BUT ITS IN JAPANESE. FUCK! Still, its got a shitload of pictures. __________________ Take a trip to Horribleville! That's just not how the press in this country works.