Kamen Rider Kabuto

I've seen the first few eps of Kamen Rider Kabuto and I think I might like this series... it's definitely different from Kamen Rider Hibiki... but then I think Hibiki was the exception to the other Kamen Riders... That usually happens to me with a series such as this... I start with the one that's really different to get introduced to the series.

I started the Final Fantasy series with Final Fantasy Legend for the gameboy and then years later played Final Fantasy VIII. When Advent Children came out I played VII for a time, I'll finish it eventually... I want make sure I can cross-dress Cloud properly ^_^

So with the Kamen Rider series, I started with the one that really diverged from the rest of the series... but still it was cool :)

Since I haven't watched an episode for a couple of weeks I can't remember their names anymore (I feel bad about that. I plan on watching more this week, so I can give my impressions of the eps) But I want the little guy to be able to transform one of these days... I wonder what his Kamen will look like? Saaa

A sad season

After watching the 3rd episode of Power Rangers Mystic Force... I think I'm actually going to hang my hat up on this series until next year. The premise this year is just a little bit too much. Usually there's only one maybe two Rangers in a series that I don't like and the plot is campy yet still fun to watch... This year, it's like they combined Tir Na Nog with Power Rangers and then ran with it. If you can, I'd recommend watching Mahou Sentai Majiranger (the Japanese version). There's actually a plot there and the red ranger is cute and I love the green ranger's hair. Yes that's a random reason to like the series but, hey! There's no need for logic when it comes to Sentai :)

"Destroy" versus "Death" in Power Rangers

Ok, having deep thoughts about Power Rangers is like contemplating whether Moo Goo Gai Pan tastes like chicken or pork, however, I do find it interesting that not a single Ranger in the cast has ever "died" (Zordon doesn't really count). I thought they were getting somewhere in the first episode of Time Force when Alex "Died" but no no, he turns up again later with no real explanation on how he survived other than the fact that Jen didn't wait to find out whether he was actually dead or just unconscious.

I was torturing Kalinara tonight by showing her the first two episodes of the new Mystic Force season and a thought crossed my mind. (yes I know, a rare event.) Why does no one say "Die" in Power Rangers? Instead of saying. "I don't want to die." they'll say "I don't want to be destroyed."

To me, being destroyed is much worse, a fate worse than death in my mind, because you can still be "alive" and be destroyed; a mass of broken pieces that can never know peace.

So, Power Rangers teaches us that villains and heroes get destroyed as if both were inhuman devices with no souls and it's perfectly fine for both to be destroyed because they really weren't alive in the first place. Versus saying that life is organic and death is a possible reality.