Keeping in mind that we're still grading on a curve here, that was pretty good. It's admittedly still not to Dinnovator levels, but the first episode of Wakusaver season 2 is already a noticeable improvement over season 1. And comparing season intros to season intros in particular, it fixed basically all the choreography and cinematography episodes from the series' first fight. There's hope for you yet, GIGA!
Pink running through the quarry with explosions going off every which was way perhaps a bit too drawn out, but I do appreciate the action. That's a rough-looking quarry, though; there are a lot of jagged rocks and loose gravel.
The series' plot up to this point is pretty much a mess, and I don't think this episode does much to really fix that. But at least for this episode, the character banter was on point. That was a big problem in S01E05, since there was no one except Pink.
I believe that BGM track for when the Wakusaverers regrouped was new? It certainly had a good beat to it. Which is why I'm a bit disappointed that they used the series' theme song for the fight itself. On which note, I'm still of the opinion that GIGA needs to re-record it; the harmony between the two singers isn't very good, and since they do all of the other GIGA songs, we know they can do better.
Oh, and Pink no longer looks like a lizard person! She has naturally baggy eyes it would seem, and that's fine, but her season 1 make-up made it stick out in a bad sort of way. Meanwhile I'm still scratching my head a bit in trying to figure out just what they've done with Rajura's look; it's just slightly different enough to be noticeable, but as this is well outside my knowledge base, I don't know how break things down. Overall, I guess it's a harder look? Everything is darker, and there's more contrast.
Meanwhile, there's something curious going on with the number of episodes for this season. The website lists 4 episodes, as well as episode 3.5, which was advertised here as well. For all the previous GIGA series, the final episode has been the JAV. However the website only lists 3.5 as being for sale on DVD - with no mention of selling episode 4 - which implies that 3.5 is the JAV this time around. That could have some big implications, assuming that a season 3 is on the table; the season doesn't have to end with a JAV and can be wrapped up in a format accessible to everyone. Though 4 episodes is still short, especially given that this is a 5 man team.
takenoko wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 11:37 am
Where were the lasers from the first rock quarry scene coming from? No space ship?
There's a space ship. We've seen it in season 1, and we see it again near the end of this episode as well.
Oh the commanders are still here. You sure yo udon't want to fight these guys, Wakusavers?
Unfortunately, I don't realistically expect we'll see them fight the commanders. The girls' outfits look quite fragile. Really, they'd need some kind of transformed form, both to get the characters in more durable clothing and to swap out the actresses for stunties. Though Garufoza's outfit is basic enough that you may be able to pull off a fight with him, especially since half of his face is hidden by default.
resop2 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:55 am
One nitpick: The scene where the Generals retreat should have happened after the Wakusavers' intimidation scolding but before the Wakusavers walk away to get curry. As shown, the Generals had no reason to retreat and the Wakusavers had no reason to turn their backs, but switch the order of scenes then it would make sense.
Yeah, that's definitely a plot weakness for this episode. Not only does it not adhere to Sentai tropes, but having the heroes walk away from the villains is just kind of daffy.
The pr0n thing is Alternate Universe.
Is it? Going by Luna's review, it sounded like episode 6 was basically Pink fights the bad guys and loses -> un-sexy times -> Pink escapes, and somehow the rest break out with her. Which is consistent with what we saw in the montage at the end of episode 5. I don't think there's anything here in season 2 episode 1 that conflicts with that?
