Linkara's "Atop The Fourth Wall" Reviews Talkback II: Man Harder (Spoilers)

[HellCat]

When a comic just really sucks, there's only one man for the job (and trust us, HE IS A MAN!). So sit back and prepare to be educated and appalled.
http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/

Previous talkback. (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=230498)

[Ookamikun]

Hmm... it was unclear in the panels earlier, but were the vampires out during the day?

Also, speaking of Youngblood's disease, maybe Linkara should look up on Image's TMNT comics. I heard they were so bad they got retconned in the Mirage comics continuity.

[Linkara]

Hmm... it was unclear in the panels earlier, but were the vampires out during the day?

Also, speaking of Youngblood's disease, maybe Linkara should look up on Image's TMNT comics. I heard they were so bad they got retconned in the Mirage comics continuity.
Yeah, the coloring really messed it up, but there were no distinct points where they were out during the day.

I have a TMNT comic that'll be showing up in the future. ^_~

[Don_East]

Yeah, the coloring really messed it up, but there were no distinct points where they were out during the day.

I have a TMNT comic that'll be showing up in the future. ^_~
Cool, as a huge TMNT fan, I look forward to it.

[Ookamikun]

Hmm I wonder what it is... Hehehehe!

[HellCat]

YouTube reccomended this and I had to share: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEnuoXB_TLY

:D

[Don_East]

http://www.blip.tv/file/3100692
Future 5 is now up and boy is it dumb.

[RedNinja84]

Man that was lame. But I feel for Linkara, student loans sucks!

[Knightmare]

Yeah, the coloring really messed it up, but there were no distinct points where they were out during the day.

I have a TMNT comic that'll be showing up in the future. ^_~

That's excellent news Linkara, I'm a huge TMNT fan and even if it's not the Image series, I"m looking forward to your review on it.

[Tomato Surprise]

Laughed so hard at the shower line. Very closely, indeed. :D

When's the next big event, multi-part review?

Tomato

[Zorak Masaki]

He seemed angrier than usual during this review (not Countdown level anger but still,,).

[Antiyonder]

http://www.blip.tv/file/3100692
Future 5 is now up and boy is it dumb.

This is the very thing I find annoying with The Cosby Show. The insinuation that people who don't go to college are scum.

[Peter Paltridge]

My favorite moments: "WAZZAAAAP," "Chef" threatening to use an herbal tea on him, and of course, the bad guy thinking he can make himself the smartest person in the world by simply telling everyone not to go to college. This was deliciously bad. Great find, Lewis!

[Linkara]

Laughed so hard at the shower line. Very closely, indeed. :D

When's the next big event, multi-part review?

Tomato
Next week, with Ultimates 3 #1 and 2. ^^

[Daikun]

Were any other issues of Future 5 produced? I'm having trouble finding info online.

[Ookamikun]

Heh, I gotta love the Captain Planet analogy in the comic. I was laughing hilariously. XD

They never really said about the kittens, do they? Usually villains would either have it executed but has an under-the-table stuff that supports his or her evil plans.

[Zorak Masaki]

Were any other issues of Future 5 produced? I'm having trouble finding info online.

Most PSA comics are usually one shots (with the exception of the tandy computer whiz kids comics they gave out at radio shack until 1991 or so).

[creativerealms]

Yes next week Linkara finally tackles Leob. I mean the man has done some good stuff but most of his work is pretty bad.

[Anyone00]

Most PSA comics are usually one shots (with the exception of the tandy computer whiz kids comics they gave out at radio shack until 1991 or so).

I'm sorry but you summoned it
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6215/wizlinkara00.jpg

[Peter Paltridge]

I'm sorry but you summoned it
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6215/wizlinkara00.jpg
Note to Linkara: "the face" is an inside gag, you'll have to read this:

http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople/worstcomixever/whizkids.html

[Antiyonder]

http://www.blip.tv/file/3128209

Ultimate 3 #1-2 is reviewed. Toon Zone forums receives a cameo at 00:14.

[HellCat]

Go TZ! Go CBC!

[Wonderwall]

Nice to see TZ make a cameo. Linkara and I pretty much feel the same way towards the Ultimate line, in fact I was surprised to see him have the exact same gripes word for word...eerie:p. Anyway pretty funny but I Ultimatum is where it's really gonna get good, is that the next one or did he just put TBC at the end to tease us like when he did something similar with Miller Time.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Originally posted by Wonderwall
Nice to see TZ make a cameo. Linkara and I pretty much feel the same way towards the Ultimate line, in fact I was surprised to see him have the exact same gripes word for word...eerie:p. Anyway pretty funny but I Ultimatum is where it's really gonna get good, is that the next one or did he just put TBC at the end to tease us like when he did something similar with Miller Time.

Actually it's because we're going to be getting three weeks of Ultimates 3. According to the schedule, next week we're getting ultimate 3, issues 3 and 4, and the week after is Ultimates 3, issue 5. So I'm hoping that means we're going to be getting a couple of nice "Previously On" segments, since those are always fun.

... Okay seriously, there was a Scarlet Witch/Quicksilver pairing in the actual Ultimates Universe? That is like... beyond messed up. It makes the Scarlet Witch/Toad pairing from X-Men Evolution look so much more appeasing. And yeah that artwork does look pretty pitiful 9espeically on Sabertooth and Blob), though I am wondering just when the Ultimate series starts showing hints of Countdown level stupidity. Still haven't gotten to that level yet. Then again maybe when they get up to the scene with Galactus playing with action figures (Yeah I know that dosen't happen BTW) we'll start seeing it.

[Desensitized]

Ugh, every time I see the Blob I'm reminded of that moment... You know the one.

That was about the last time I ever paid any mind to that universe. I really want to know if anything could have possibly topped that.

Great choice on the music, too. :)

[Juu-kuchi]

Strangely enough, this is my first time watching AT4W. Man I've been so far behind, but noticing that Linkara reviewed Ultimates #3 intrigued me. Unlike him though, I loved the original Millar run by the Ultimates. It was fast-paced, well-drawn, choreographed, and had a sense of love and pathos to the original Avengers.

Ultimates #3? It's comic book pornography. Rife with not just visual censored representations of sex, but ribald and obvious relationships meant to flaunt their controversial nature, excessive cross-overing and brutish action, unexpected cameos with no meaning but to arouse excitement and anticipation, and of course brute-force action rife with blood, impacting shots and overly large flexing of poses.

I can't wait until he rips into the next few issues.

[Gatomon41]

Hey, The Overlord made a cameo!

Another great review of another terrible comic. Filled with controversy and nudity just for the sake of appearing "mature". One wonders if the Nineties was ever this bad.

And why does the Blob look lake a Doom monster? :confused:

Cool, Little Kuriboh did a cameo! Neat!

[Beat]

Well, looks like he will do Ultimatum...eventually.

All he needs to do now is either "Car Wash of Doom" or "The Interplanetary Pro Wrestling Championship" from Marvel's Transformers. [/request] And yes, I keep mentioning them because not only are they horrible comics, but they look even worse compared to the genius Simon Furman ended up pumping out in his run. (Comparing Car Wash of Doom to Matrix Quest is like comparing Countdown to 52- Same universe, totally different result)

[garfield15]

I loved the voice you used for Iron Man.

[Zorak Masaki]

Well, looks like he will do Ultimatum...eventually.

All he needs to do now is either "Car Wash of Doom" or "The Interplanetary Pro Wrestling Championship" from Marvel's Transformers. [/request] And yes, I keep mentioning them because not only are they horrible comics, but they look even worse compared to the genius Simon Furman ended up pumping out in his run. (Comparing Car Wash of Doom to Matrix Quest is like comparing Countdown to 52- Same universe, totally different result)

Dont forget "Toy Soldiers" where the brains of the throttlebots were put into remote control cars, who then proceded to be chased by Trypticon around a mall. ALMOST makes eps of G1 like Kremzeek and Carnage in C-Minor look like masterpieces by comparison.

[Peter Paltridge]

I loved the voice you used for Iron Man.
I hope Linky and I are on the same thought pattern here, because it'd be great to hear Stark sound like that every time he appears, even when "sober."

On a related note, the funniest Wolverine voice I've heard was in a Flash cartoon where they gave him a very stereotypical Canadian accent. I wish I could find that cartoon again. "Ouuuch, buuub!"

[Anyone00]

On a related note, the funniest Wolverine voice I've heard was in a Flash cartoon where they gave him a very stereotypical Canadian accent. I wish I could find that cartoon again. "Ouuuch, buuub!"

http://www.youtube.com/user/FloatingHandsStudios

Oh, and speaking of alcoholic superheroes, Linkara might have a use for this in the future:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9MuEA2eF8c
Sorry if this is the 10^nth time someone has brought this up.

[DisneyBoy]

Hmmm - thanks for introducing me to this blog! They did some fun Wonder Woman related reviews. And the "Every kid should go to college!" comic was hilariously terrible!

[Antiyonder]

Linkara continues to review the really mature series known as Ultimates 3: http://www.blip.tv/file/3158758

[Anyone00]

Doesn't Bender get drunk when he doesn't drink?

Also: Linkara could have used an Angelina Jolie joke.

[garfield15]

I really didn't see the part with the Robot Iron Man also being obsessed with drinking coming. I guess Linky wasn't just being consistent after all.

[Antiyonder]

http://www.blip.tv/file/3189530

Linkara reviews Ultimate 3 #5 . But what is up with those gloves?

[Juu-kuchi]

Epic cliffhanger is epic.

And wow, I'm so glad I didn't read through all this. Ultimates 3 truly is comic book porn. Good God though on the dialogue. What are you Jeph Loeb, the Michael Bay of comics now?

[Desensitized]

The hilarious part is that this somehow gets worse... Ugh...

It doesn't make up for the total pointlessness of the series, though. This whole thing was just a waste of everyone's time.

Except for Linkara's, because we got this video out of it! :D

[Peter Paltridge]

Was Loeb just looking for cheap shocks, or does he really believe incest is harmless?

[garfield15]

Having not read this before, I actually thought it was Granny Goodness for a second and was about to put a wrench through my screen. :p And really, Black Panther, why?

Really epic cliffhanger there Linky. I like it when web shows do their own crazy plot thing.

[creativerealms]

Was Loeb just looking for cheap shocks, or does he really believe incest is harmless?

Well at this one board I visit often Loeb is called the "Liefeld of comic writers." So probably both.

[Antiyonder]

Here's what we'll being getting from March to the first week in May:

3/1 – Doom’s IV #1/2
3/8 – X-Men #1
3/15 – Darker Image #1
3/22 – The Dark Knight Strikes Again Part 2
3/29 – Sultry Teenage Super-Foxes #2
4/5 – Star Trek/X-Men #1
4/12 – Athena #1
4/19 – JLA: Act of God Part 1
4/26 – JLA: Act of God Part 2
5/3 – JLA: Act of God Part 3

[Tomato Surprise]

Woah. That's one way to pull off a cliffhanger. But then again, how do we know that the REAL Linkara isn't a cyborg, too? Kidding. :D

You know what would be epic? Saving the conclusion to this for the site's 2nd anniversary, and having all of TGWTG vs. Mecha-kara. Please?

Tomato

[Antiyonder]

Woah. That's one way to pull off a cliffhanger. But then again, how do we know that the REAL Linkara isn't a cyborg, too? Kidding.

Tomato

Who's to say that he can't be a Martian or Skrull. Use your imagination man.:D


Edit: http://www.blip.tv/file/3198202

Tone Loc Picard? Nice one Linkara.

[Peter Paltridge]

http://www.platypuscomix.net/tz/weirdcovers/292240.jpg

....Thought of you.

[Ookamikun]

Say Linkara, is Continuity Alarm still broken?

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Based on this cameo it isn't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQ9F50V8zE

[Zorak Masaki]

Only one ive read is Darker Image but it is crap. Youve got a decent Maxx story which is ruined by Julie's teenybopper-esque dialogue ("Maybe he's one of those Youngblood guys, that'd be cool"), Deathblow, which is essentially an attempt (notice that i said attempt) to do a film noir version of the punisher, and Bloodwulf, which i wont spoil for you but it contains one of the most laughable panels ever in a comic.

[Linkara]

Let's just pretend the cameo happened BEFORE the continuity alarm was busted, since I don't have the new alarm sound yet. XD


Edit: http://www.blip.tv/file/3198202 (http://www.blip.tv/file/3198202)

Tone Loc Picard? Nice one Linkara.
Thankyas. ^^


You know what would be epic? Saving the conclusion to this for the site's 2nd anniversary, and having all of TGWTG vs. Mecha-kara. Please?
Sorry, nope. ^_~ But I think you'll all be pleased with the ending of the arc.

[Beat]

Fair enough, and can't wait till tonight.

OK, let's see, do I need to drop another recommendation? Eh, why not?


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/Frank_Miller_RoboCop_1.jpg/385px-Frank_Miller_RoboCop_1.jpg

turns in a tired story -- a vignette, really, based on Miller's original script for ''RoboCop 2''- Entertainment Weekly

there's not a lot of personality to the book - The Fourth Rail

Having spent quite a lot of time with these comics over the past several days researching and writing this article, I can honestly say that it makes me want to watch the movie version of RoboCop 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_2) again just so I can get the bad taste out of my mouth. Or prove to myself that the movie couldn't be worse than this. I-Mockery


(That and it simply amazes me that other than those random clips Spoony posted no one on TGWTG has tackled Robocop)

[Tomato Surprise]

Will the double feature be about Mechakara, or reviewing a comic, or both?

Tomato

[Chaotix12345]

Double feature time! Heads up for Youngblood #2 (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3219099/) and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1! (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3219240/)

[Beat]

Linkara vs. Power Rangers. Yeah this is gonna be epic.

[Antiyonder]

Two reviews in a day. And the lucky comics are:

Youngblood #2: http://www.blip.tv/file/3219099

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1: http://www.blip.tv/file/3219240

[Jedigreedo]

Fantastic work, Linkara, loved the Mighty Morphin' goodness!

The Shogun Megazord drawing didn't seem that far off, but some details were definitely askew - although I had to refresh my memory with a quick google search to realize it.

[Tomato Surprise]

THAT. WAS. AMAZING.

Highlights included Poyo's review, Morphin' Time, the dagger, ninja-style dance fighting, Black Lantern Spoony, the list goes on.

Five stars.

Tomato

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Thinking about it, shouldn't there have been an Ensign Monroe Linkara in the final showdown? Or is that only one of the various alternate verse Linkaras and that besides Alternate Poyo it was suppose to take place in the main verse? But yeah otherwise solid enough reviews. Though Youngblood 2 was good (mainly for criticing on how hideous the art is and how much Lidfield sucks for ripping himself off) I really loved the Power Rangers one. Mainly because like Linkara, I started phasing out of Power Rangers after In Space when it stopped continiuning the main rangers storyline and became about a new group of rangers somewhere else that had nothing to do with the rangers from the previous series, besides the yearly crossover. (As a Sonic comic fan I should note that the artist for the Power Rangers book Linkara reviewed also worked on the Sonic comic and uh... Ron Lim really sucks when it comes to drawing furries). And yeah though there were plot holes the comic itself seemed like it would fit an actual power ranger ep (especially with the music played) and the final battle itself was well coregraphed. Kind of makes me wish that other people besides Lewis would have transformation sequences for their alter reviewer egos but hey what can you do right?

[Neo Yi]

Linkara is definitely right, the Power Rangers theme song is absolutely awesome. He plays it like five times throughout his video and I never tire of it. Great tribute to a favorite childhood franchise as well as more awesomeness from Linkara's other characters' appearance.

[Desensitized]

Garth Ennis is totally a robot hating fascist. Now I see the light! Pollo should really consider hosting his own show.

Oh, and good job with the epic struggle, Linkara. Well done! :D

[Chaotix12345]

Fantastic work, Linkara, loved the Mighty Morphin' goodness!

The Shogun Megazord drawing didn't seem that far off, but some details were definitely askew - although I had to refresh my memory with a quick google search to realize it.

The problem was that even though the shogun megazord was drawn, the comic referred to it as the ninja megazord. I can see where Linkara could get confused because of this error.

[Taekmkm]

Oh god, the Shogun megazord. I remembered collecting both the megazord AND the Aqua ranger versions.

Ugh. The Falcon addition made little sense for both. It makes the first zord fly, and the second....shotgun spread? Very samurai-like. Kenshin with a 12-guage.

[Beat]

Well it made sense in the original (it wasn't controlled but an independent spirit), but I digress.

First class work all the way.

[garfield15]

(Can someone explain the "you're standing in my way sir" thing?)

What a great anniversary episode. You really put a lot of effort into that, man. And it's great to see Pollo again. Really, the ending with him reviewing was my favorite part.

(Did you watch RPM?)

[Taekmkm]

(Can someone explain the "you're standing in my way sir" thing?)

Spoony, Swat 4 playthrough. Hilarious, regardless but that's one of the many catchphrases in that besides macing grandmas and his teammates that keep flashing his face.

Multiple times. In the same level.

[Linkara]

Spoony, Swat 4 playthrough. Hilarious, regardless but that's one of the many catchphrases in that besides macing grandmas and his teammates that keep flashing his face.

Multiple times. In the same level.
"YOU FOOL!" :anime:

[Antiyonder]

What was the story on this review you may ask? Check the commentary and find out:

http://www.blip.tv/file/3236322

[Lord Dalek]

Great now I've got Malcolm Clarke stuck in my head..... :o

[Antiyonder]

http://www.blip.tv/file/3252440

A morphed Linkara embarks on a Strange Adventure to help diminish the technophobic feelings towards robots (as requested by Poiyo).

Not for haters of robots.

[Beat]

Just curious, but isn't Pollo spelt like its Spanish influence? (No need to spell out the pun)

[Anyone00]

I wonder if J-9 has a radio head... sorry:shrug: I was hoping for a short My Life as a Teenage Robot reference but oh well.

What? Doesn't Linkara like Spider Barclay?

If only those foolish Llarn knew the way to extend their lifespans indefinitely is not to rip a hole in time-space but to completely shatter it.

[Gokou Ruri]

You know, a robot with the ability to switch between different heads that can do different things has the potential to be an interesting series on its own.

[Antiyonder]

http://www.blip.tv/file/3279698

This link will lead to certain Doom.:eek: And I'm not talking Victor Von Doom.

[Beat]

Liefeld- Pretentious idiot. Seriously, comparing this dreck to 1963, a comic which Moore could never finish because of Liefeld? UGH. Next he's gonna tell me his Supreme was better than Moore's...OH WAIT, HE DID.

[Lord Dalek]

LIEFELLLLLLLLLLLD!

Seriously the man has issues he needs to address.

[Zorak Masaki]

LIEFELLLLLLLLLLLD!

Seriously the man has issues he needs to address.


And next week is more liefeld bashing, as Liefeld did the Bloodwulf story in Darker Image (Oh i hope he addresses THAT panel, anyone whos read it knows what i mean).

[Antiyonder]

Linkara gives his review on X-Men #1: http://www.blip.tv/file/3313976

That said, I've seen all AT4W episodes at least once and Countdown multiple times, and failed to notice the presence of Mechakara (going by the flashbacks). So if someone could provide a list of the story relevant episodes it would be really helpful.

[Beat]

I remember going into a comic shop with a choice between X-Men #1 and Uncanny X-Men #300 (a little romp in Genosha where the X-Men battle the remnants of the Acolytes) and choosing the latter because of the neat holo cover. It appears I was justified.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Originally posted by Antiyonder
That said, I've seen all AT4W episodes at least once and Countdown multiple times, and failed to notice the presence of Mechakara (going by the flashbacks). So if someone could provide a list of the story relevant episodes it would be really helpful.

Well here's a list of Mechlinkara appearences that Linkara gave out on his blog months back.

-Superman vs. the Terminator #1
-Countdown Part 1
-Top 15 Worst Moments of Countdown
-Cable #1
-Zero Patrol #1
-Silent Hill Review Alternate Endings
-Doom #1
-Blackest Night Special

In addition there's the 2010 AT4W Trailer, and Ultimates 3 Issue 5 before his appearences in Youngblood 2 and The Power Rangers comic special. (I may be missing one or two but those are the most important ones).

The newest review was good. Nice to see Linkara tear up a comic that wasn't terribly bad but still did have it's flaws (from Jean and Rouge always needing to jut out their hips, robot duplicates with the powers of the actual X-Men, moments of character shoved into only one page and weird artwork) with a lot of amusing jokes (from the return of the continuity alarm to Xaiver's reason for all the various "security" equpipment in his mansion).

[Ookamikun]

Yeah, you know, Mags would actually have less trouble if he just has a bit more patience, and if the X-Men aren't pushing the berserk button a lot. XD

Say, Linkara, you mentioned something about Austin's Superman. Are you going to do that soon?

[launchpad20]

That was a good review. Linkara brings ups some good points about Jim Lee's artistic flaws i never would've found out on my own. He's not as bad as Liefeld, but he can be fairly close. He also makes a good point about how Superman & Batman's first appearances have more value than characters in the last few decades because of how iconic they are, and have as much exposure as they've had through movies, and television. Very few recent characters have that kind of exposure, if any.

[HellCat]

I finally watched the MMPR review.

...How epic was that?! Top notch stuff from all involved with a ton of 'Oh yeah!' moments.
The morpher scene makes me want to see a Kamen Rider Decade equivalent to TGWTG.com.

[Antiyonder]

He also makes a good point about how Superman & Batman's first appearances have more value than characters in the last few decades because of how iconic they are, and have as much exposure as they've had through movies, and television. Very few recent characters have that kind of exposure, if any.

That and as he said, finding a well conditioned copy of AC #1 and DC #27 would be really hard. But due to spectator buyers bagging and boarding X-Men #1, finding well conditioned copies is a walk in the park.

[John Pannozzi]

He also makes a good point about how Superman & Batman's first appearances have more value than characters in the last few decades because of how iconic they are, and have as much exposure as they've had through movies, and television. Very few recent characters have that kind of exposure, if any.
Oh, I can think of at least one VERY notable exception.

http://www.stuffwelike.com/stuffwelike/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Tmnt1cover.jpg
Consider that the Turtles have become uber-popular, and the first pressing of this very first issue was very small, so small that a second printing followed quickly, and it too sold out.

[Peter Paltridge]

You can now buy an "I AM A MAN"--emblazoned T-shirt at the TGWTG store, among other, Doug-spawned catchphrases. Hopefully Lewis is gaining some kind of royalties from this. Although this particular shirt might not sell so well to women.

[HellCat]

You can now buy an "I AM A MAN"--emblazoned T-shirt at the TGWTG store, among other, Doug-spawned catchphrases. Hopefully Lewis is gaining some kind of royalties from this. Although this particular shirt might not sell so well to women.

'Post modern irony' factor leads me to suspect otherwise. Plus from looking around online, I think his female admirers outweigh us guys.

[Zorak Masaki]

I wonder if we'll ever see eps of AT4W on dvd, a la the AVGN dvds. He would have to remove the film and music clips, but could the reviews stay?

[Antiyonder]

http://www.blip.tv/file/3345943

Linkara gets darker.:eek:

[John Pannozzi]

http://www.blip.tv/file/3345943

Linkara gets darker.:eek:
I have to say I completly disagree with him on the Maxx. The whole concept of traveling between a dream world ("The Outback") and the "real world" makes sense to me, and let's not forget that the Maxx was created by Sam Kieth, the same person who worked on the Sandman (and IIRC he drew some of the best-looking issues) and who is the cousin of Cow & Chicken creator David Feiss.

And the intercontinuity of the Image Universe becomes maybe less confusing when you consider this (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showpost.php?p=731371&postcount=16):


Also, according to Erik Larsen, the way the Image Universe works is that each title exists in its own sub-universe and the crossovers are events that occur simultaneously throughout each title's universe.

[Antiyonder]

http://nostalgiacritic.blip.tv/file/3351990/

It seems 90s Kid's 90 ways is catching up with him.

[Antiyonder]

What time is it you ask?

It's not Morphin Time, nor is it Adventure Time.

It's Miller Time (http://www.blip.tv/file/3376877).

[Lord Dalek]

Blooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnskkkkkkkkkkyyyyyy!!!!1

[Desensitized]

I lost it when I read Wonder Woman's dialogue.

Really, Frank? REALLY?

[Beat]

"I'm gonna assume you know why that's stupid and move on."

Between talking heads, idiotic manga parody/thing, and yeah, Wonder Woman, what the hell was Miller on?

[Ookamikun]

I still can't understand what was up with the artstyle of the comic. It was... horrible to the eyes. >_<

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Yeah I've read both parts of what Linkara covered with Dark Knight strikes back and yeah, both the art and story are defintley as bad as he made it seem. Speaking of second parts, remember last year when Linkara reviewed Sultury Teenage Super Foxes One? Well there was a second issue that he finally got around to reviewing a year later. Behold said review

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/19370-sultry-teenage-super-foxes-2

In addition to a cameo appearence of a popular ATFW villian, we get a much more boring yet not QUITE as mindnumbingly stupid second issue. Still full of plot holes, non existant characterization and generally sexist writing, but it defintley dosen't top an Alchemy machine turning poop into gold. Highlights of this issue include the always amusing to see Twilight bashing, Linkara's ranting on other scummy comic related figures, pointing out that one of our "heroines" would think about burning down a guy she had a crush on just for talking to another women, and the ending teaser where he wondered why he was angry about there not being an issue 3. I mean really I'm sure anyone else could of written a better third issue anyway though I doubt not even the most deseperate of nerd surfing the web would subject themselves to such a thing.

[Chaotix12345]

Ugh. Only Solson Publications could find a way to make a comic featuring both robots AND vampires this BORING.

[Anyone00]

I wonder if Linkara was thinking about putting a LifeForce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G32tVg4Ld6g)joke in there?

Just out of curiosity I did a Google search and it turns out Al's Comic Shop is still around.

It's funny after watching this video and Linkara commenting how it might turn into something not appropriate for his show I watched Benzaie's lasted vid on the site: I know there two different shows with different makers but I was really expecting for a bit of comedic cover-up beyond the original Japanese pixelation:ack: It just makes for an odd juxtaposition.

[Peter Paltridge]

Brodsky, you're not the smartest.

[Peter Paltridge]

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/hopr/19641-history-of-power-rangers-introduction
Linkara begins a second series. Much like the AVGN's Cinemassacre movie analyses on Spike.com, this will be straight reviews....of Power Rangers seasons.

I'll be watching, out of curiosity if anything else. I can't call myself one of the Power Rangers generation. Everybody at school was into Ninja Turtles, and when the first PR season appeared, everybody except the littler kids hated it. It made me sad the Turtles' reign was over.

[Gen200]

As a Power Rangers kid, I am loving this. Ah, the vague, half-forgotten memories that have come flooding back. My favorite ranger was Kimberly at first, then Tommy came along.

[HellCat]

I like this. I grew up with Power Rangers too and whilst still willing to poke fun, it's nice to see him do more straight videos as opposed to playing his satirical character. I think the comparison to James Rolfe is apt. This is looking to be a fun series that will offer some interesting insight on the show. I definetly agree that at it's best the original could have some very nicely handled and epic plots and who doesn't love Bulk and Skull?

[Knightmare]

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/hopr/19641-history-of-power-rangers-introduction
Linkara begins a second series. Much like the AVGN's Cinemassacre movie analyses on Spike.com, this will be straight reviews....of Power Rangers seasons.

I'll be watching, out of curiosity if anything else. I can't call myself one of the Power Rangers generation. Everybody at school was into Ninja Turtles, and when the first PR season appeared, everybody except the littler kids hated it. It made me sad the Turtles' reign was over.

I really enjoyed hearing Linkara's thoughts on the first two seasons of Power Rangers and look forward to hearing his thoughts on the rest of the series. I wonder if he gets to "Lost Galaxy" is going to mention that it was the most butchered of any of the Power Rangers incarnations to air in reruns of Toon Disney's Jetix block?


Like a lot of people here I was a big fan of Power Rangers when it first came out until about "Turbo", then came "In Space" which I thought was a nice way to cap off the series. Then came "Lost Galaxy" which I really liked and I stayed all the way until the begining of "Time Force" then I just lost interest and came back after catching some reruns of "Ninjastorm".

[garfield15]

This is really awesome. I love this look at the seasons and look forward to the less and more remembered ones. Actually, I can't think of anyone other than Linkara that could do this so well.

As for my past with the show, I wasn't the most avid watcher but I watched a lot all the way up to Time Force (BTW, Lightspeed Rescue is so underrated). I petered out around Wild Force but still kept up with the show. Then SPD came around and I started really disliking it (I didn't know about Kalish-ism back then). I was pretty estranged from the show until the awesome that was RPM came around and it remains my favorite season (also, the only season I think I saw every episode of. :sweat:)

[chdr]

This week, Linkara reviews Star Trek / X-Men #1 (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3442061/).

[Anyone00]

Where's Linkara's four full pips?

No mutants: just genetically enhanced super-men trying to take over world and a Eugenics War (1992-1996).

Great song and video. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE)

[Peter Paltridge]

WOW at Season Two. Power-depleting candles, juice saloons, "evil" socklike Ranger costumes....And that whole baby stroller sequence was hysterical. HYSTERICAL!

It's the kind of screwed up logic only kids' TV can pull off, because they'll accept anything.

The one episode I knew of prior to these videos, due to its notoriety, is one where Rita has a monster that turns people into cardboard cutouts. I'm surprised this was never mentioned by Linkara.

[Antiyonder]

Athena #1 is up. (http://www.blip.tv/file/3447031)

Just so you know Linkara, your preferences whatever they are, is fine with us. I'm not here to judge.;)

[Gatomon41]

Just got done with the Star Trek/X-Men review. I remember seeing this back in the 90's (here was 90's Kid for the review?), and thinking it was the most awesome thing I've ever seen.

Today, I agree with Linkara: who thought a Star Trek and X-men crossover would be a good idea?

Loved the "Where no man has gone before"" montage, which could have been "In 5 Seconds" segment by itself.

And speaking of Fanfics, I've read better crazy crossovers better written than this comic. Like the Digimon/BOLOS (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3462524/2/Reality_Flux_Bolo_and_Digimon) crossover.

[Peter Paltridge]

Athena #1 is up. (http://www.blip.tv/file/3447031)
Well, I feel the same way as Linkara about all the crass cheesecake, but I actually am a prude, so that doesn't help him.

Why is "Athena Olympios" strange? Comic books give ironic, unlikely names to their characters all the time. "Ed Nygma" for the Riddler, "John Henry Irons" for Steel, "Harleen Quinzel" for Harley Quinn.

I've seen at least 11 Obama-themed covers since his inauguration. There is even an Archie Obama comic. I'll have to put it up in Weird Covers sometime.

[Beat]

Well it has nothing to do with Saint Seiya. Strike 1.

Linkara hits the rest.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Wow you can really tell this comic struck a nerve with Linkara since he didn't put in any real quick music/TV/movie refrences and just stuck with a big long rant about this comic (The Athena butt line from the Trailer made me think this would have to do with Wonder Woman but I guess not even Amazons Attack would of gone this stupidly cheesecake). Anyway this was still a pretty good review, mainly to see just how ridicoulous this story kept getting. I mean why isn't there more of an actual explanation of just why Zeus put his kids onto earth without they're memories and only pieces of they're power? I mean God had a reason for having Jesus, but Zeus just seems to be doing it because of... nothing we can fanthom. I also wonder why they had to have a special tie in issue with Obama that takes place 3 months after this issue does, and not even have Obama do anything besides make a speech and meet someone famous. (*Insert witty Obama zing here*). Still this isn't nearly as bad as the full on Obama comic that was made during the time of the election, or what Obama is doing in Air Gear. Trust me Linkara, if you think what American Comics did with Obama was too much, you should see what they did with him in that manga.

[Beat]

Aww, he didn't mention Air Gear in his Obama rant. Then again, I keep getting the feeling Linkara purposefully avoids attacking manga lest he open up a new set of floodgates. There was an editorial on the subject saying a Linkara-esque review focusing on manga would never make it out of the first month because fans of manga can't take criticism at all.

[Anyone00]

Now I really want to see Linkara do a review of the 'Your vagina is haunted!' comic.


Trust me Linkara, if you think what American Comics did with Obama was too much, you should see what they did with him in that manga.

Or Anime because I can't think of any American comics that put the President in the body of an aggressive lesbian school-girl.

[Ookamikun]

Speaking of Obama, Yatterman (2008 remake) turned Obama and Hillary into kids.

[Robin2099]

I would officially like to nominate Doc Savage 1 for review by Linkara. One of the worst first issues I've read in a long while. Horrible, horrible job that DC did with that book.

[Antiyonder]

I'd have to go with Marvel Team Up #28 for a review. Never read the comic myself, and I might even enjoy it as a guilty pleasure.

According to spiderfan.org, however, the comic was so bad that Marvel actually wrote an apology for it. For that kind of response, I imagine Linkara would have plenty of critical ammunition for it.

[Gatomon41]

Just got done watching Linkara's "History of the Power Rangers". Enjoying it thoroughly, it was a good in-depth analysis of the themes of the story. It was also another good nostalgia trip, being reminded why Power rangers was so awesome. And conversely, why it wasn't so awesome.

Still, a very interesting and entertaining study without relying too much on comedy.

I do feel bad for Linkara, having have to watch over 100 episodes of Power Rangers. My sanity would be slipping at one point.

Oh, if they ever get arround to it, there should be a riffing commentary for Power Rangers: the Movie. One of the best times I had was watching the Movie at NoBrandCon 2009. Being held in the "No Mercy Room", which allowed people to riff it apart. Watching it with a bunch of geeks making fun of it was awesome.

[Anyone00]

I just got around to watching this (http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/04/15/kristanna-loken-interview-chicago-2009/); and now I just can't help but think of Linkara finger wagging and berating Dr. Insano like a child.

[Ookamikun]

Season 3 (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3502171/) is up if this is the right place to post about it.

[Gatomon41]

Currently watching HPR Part 3. As always entertaining and informative.

Wait, a white cat that turns into a hot, blonde chick that's under the influence of evil but becomes a good guy?! That sounds vaguely familiar... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaUirCEsD2o)

[Christian Prime]

Oh dear! Justice League: Act of God Part 1 - http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3500717/

[HellCat]

Currently watching HPR Part 3. As always entertaining and informative.

Wait, a white cat that turns into a hot, blonde chick that's under the influence of evil but becomes a good guy?! That sounds vaguely familiar... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaUirCEsD2o)

That never made a lick of sense to me. Every other mon in the show had a logical progression. Gatomon- a cat that turns into..a hot blonde chick....bwaaaaah?

I was suprised to hear a Gundam shout out in this. Go ALEX!

[LordTerminal]

That never made a lick of sense to me. Every other mon in the show had a logical progression. Gatomon- a cat that turns into..a hot blonde chick....bwaaaaah?

I was suprised to hear a Gundam shout out in this. Go ALEX!

It's even more ironic when you consider that Linkara was cracking jokes about Myostimon earlier when he was talking about how Saban recycled some of the music they used for Power Rangers in their Digimon dub.

[Beat]

Season 3 talkback- "A Friend in Need". Or "Saban has no idea why people LIKED Kamen Rider in the first place." Shotaro Ishinomori took PERSONAL offense to what Saban did and ensured Saban could never redub a Kamen Rider series while he was alive. Season 3's whole story was "You see this really cool thing in the Japanese footage? The all-chick evil ninja team? The Scream villain grunts? We're gonna ignore it."

JLA Act of God somehow makes that seem good. Cop out writing is never a good idea.

[Gatomon41]

That never made a lick of sense to me. Every other mon in the show had a logical progression. Gatomon- a cat that turns into..a hot blonde chick....bwaaaaah?
Yeah, that always never made much since to me either. But if some Pig-hamster-thing could turn into a Angel, a Cat doesn't seem so strange.


I was suprised to hear a Gundam shout out in this. Go ALEX!
Speaking of which, does any of the Gundams use Chobham armor? Most of the ones I know of have used either futuristic alloys (Lunar Titian, Gundanium) or some high-tech shielding.

[Ookamikun]

Season 3 talkback- "A Friend in Need". Or "Saban has no idea why people LIKED Kamen Rider in the first place." Shotaro Ishinomori took PERSONAL offense to what Saban did and ensured Saban could never redub a Kamen Rider series while he was alive. Season 3's whole story was "You see this really cool thing in the Japanese footage? The all-chick evil ninja team? The Scream villain grunts? We're gonna ignore it."


I doubt people would've known about that anyway.

[HellCat]

Yeah, that always never made much since to me either. But if some Pig-hamster-thing could turn into a Angel, a Cat doesn't seem so strange.


Speaking of which, does any of the Gundams use Chobham armor? Most of the ones I know of have used either futuristic alloys (Lunar Titian, Gundanium) or some high-tech shielding.

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/0080/rx-78nt-1.htm

[Gatomon41]

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/0080/rx-78nt-1.htm
I was expecting more of a Gundam comprising of Chobham, but the external armor is cool looking.

I few more thoughts on the PR S3:
- Dispite the lineup changes (which was probably the reason why I stoped watching the show), it was the most dramatic. Drats.
- So they had the Ninja suits and the Bird-things in the series? I thought those they were just one-shots for the Movie.
-So Zed actually accomplished something that few other villians in kids shows had hoped to dream of. Lord Zed is making a coming back to be a personal fav.

[Anyone00]

It seems JewWario and PsychOtaku are doing some videos that could be considered companion/prequel to Linkara's History of the Power Rangers:
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/jewwario/mp/20604-history-of-super-sentai

You have to admit the old school sentai costumes are pretty awesome.

[Antiyonder]

Season 3 talkback- "A Friend in Need". Or "Saban has no idea why people LIKED Kamen Rider in the first place." Shotaro Ishinomori took PERSONAL offense to what Saban did and ensured Saban could never redub a Kamen Rider series while he was alive. Season 3's whole story was "You see this really cool thing in the Japanese footage? The all-chick evil ninja team? The Scream villain grunts? We're gonna ignore it."

Now I can understand the Masked Rider series' criticism, but I tend to think that the PR/MR 3 parter was actually decent.

[Ookamikun]

It was. Despite Masked Rider being crap, PR fans (well, the normal ones anyway) consider the team-up at least passable.

[HellCat]

I think the biggest mistake Saban made with Masked Rider was trying to make it too sunny and light compared to the source series, with things such as the multi-ethnic family and Furbus. Granted a depressing kids show wouldn't quite work in America but the Kamen Rider concept is similar to Ghost Rider in that it's steeped heavily in the 'cool loner' archetype, one man and his bike delivering swift justice. Plus Dex was an annoying dork, doing the overplayed 'I'm a non human trying to understand humanity' angle.

[Ookamikun]

RX isn't really depressing. In fact, it's quite an uplifting one as opposed to Black.

[Chaotix12345]

Linkara goes Zeo. (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3533375/)

[garfield15]

"Let's stop this cri~ime!"
"It's Morphin' Ti~ime!"

Classic.

And I agree about how awesome Zeo's theme song was.

RX isn't really depressing. In fact, it's quite an uplifting one as opposed to Black.
When you have something like this, your series is no longer credible. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5vpGyoJgmY)

[HellCat]

I completely agree with the comments about the theme. Ron was really good at making the progressive openings actually sound like they were the next big step for the Rangers, not just a title and motif change. You hear the Zeo theme and you believe they're 'Stronger than before!'

I actually quite liked the Machine Empire. This was the stage where I was learning I had a keen interest in drawing/design and alot of my mecha doodles were based on the baddies (Silo in particular was and still is a favourite "Question- How hot is the sun? Answer- You're about to find out!").

I've mentioned it before but there was a short lived UK comic for the series which had some fairly inventive, if crazy, plots. Stuff like Mondo trying to sneak monsters into homes as cereal prizes and Orbus screwing up by enlarging the Gold Ranger instead of the monster. Sadly, all the monsters were reused from the show.

[Knightmare]

Linkara goes Zeo. (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3533375/)

Another great review, I'm really enjoying this look back at the History of Power Rangers. I hated when Zeo aired on Jetix because it probably got the second worst airing of any of the older Power Rangers seasons(the worst went to Lost Galaxy), with a lot of it's episodes getting cut out.

Zeo was a great season and I wish that it was on DVD. I really don't know what else to say because Linkara really touched on all the highs and lows of the season in his review of it. I'm looking forward to watching the rest of this series of reviews and can't wait to hear his thoughts on the low point of Power Rangers that is Turbo, as well some of my favorite seasons, In Space Lost Galaxy,Timeforce, Dino Thunder and SPD.

[Chaotix12345]

It's that time again. Time for a list of new reviews!

5/3 – JLA: Act of God Part 3
5/10 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Meet Archie (Heck Yes!)
5/17 –Lunatik #1
5/24 – Syphons #1
5/31 – The Dark Knight Strikes Again Part 3
6/7 – Q-Unit #1
6/14 – Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse #1-2
6/21 – Freak Force #1
6/28 – Chain Gang War #1

If you can't tell, I'm really looking forward to the TMNT meets Archie review. I just love random crossovers you never would have thought of in your dreams and I'm a huge TMNT nut so combining the two is like twice the awesome sauce. I guess this is the TMNT comic Linkara eluded to. Makes sense that he picks the one comic with the dumbest idea. I also can't wait to see his reactions to the horrible art in one of the back-up stories.

[Gatomon41]

I only saw a few episodes of Zeo, but what I did see was good. It was nice to see that Zeo was a decent season, with an awesome come back by the PR after such a devastating defeat.

However, I did enter :mad: mode when I heard about Kim and Tommy Breaking Up Seriously? That is total mulch.

I did like the idea of the Machine Empire, although their purpose was sadly unfulfilled. Legion upon legion of Mecha and robots bent on dominating Earth. And they never even get their invasion force off the Moon. Talk about pathetic.

Oh, do you know why the Tommy had the giant Battle Wheel?

Because the Red ones go fasta! More Dakka for the Red Ranger!

[garfield15]

And people thought Go-Roader GT was stupid....

TMNT meets Archie, WTF?

[Lord Dalek]

^Well its probably not as weird as that Sabrina/Sonic The Hedgehog crossover from ten years ago.

[Chaotix12345]

Or the Sonic The Hedgehog/Image crossover, for that matter.

[Ookamikun]

To be fair Archie Comics did make TMNT comics.

...comics based on the cartoon, that is.

[Peter Paltridge]

Turtles Meet Archie? YEEEES!!

I expect, at the very least, a good ribbing of the "Why don't you go POUND SAND?" remark.

[Christian Prime]

Justice League: Act of God Part 2 is up: http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3537398/

What more worse can it get?

[Taekmkm]

Aquman going, "WE ARE NOT ALCOHOLICS!" is the best out-of-context moment.

[Wonderwall]

"...Maybe we can kick the habit without kicking the bucket." and the disdain in Linkara's voice when he reads the part with Flash saying they aren't heroes without their powers made me laugh the most.

[Chaotix12345]

Things get a whole lot stupider in the conclusion to JLA: Act of God! (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3572479/)

[Neo Ultra Mike]

.... Wait so the entire mini series ends with the heroes not getting they're pwoers back (which is actually a nice twist in a sense since usually this type of powers you'd expect them to regain somehow but end up staying normal) but Superman and Wonder Woman's kid has them? What? WHAT!? I mean, yeah maybe this means Supes will be a much better dad then he was in Superman Returns but... that is just stupid, especially if they're powers really were taking away by God. I mean God should of rewritten they're DNA coding so they don't have any powers at all right? So how could they have enough in they're genetics so it would pass on to they're children? And Wonder Woman becoming a suicidal catholic without Clark or someone answering her prayers... that is just... geez. And just if you thought Linkara was being facteous about this comic being a big love letter to Batman, they say at the very end specifically in the comic Batman was the best superhero out of everyone. Yeah everyone loves Batman but come on, there were other "superheroes" without powers you know besides just him. Really there are some basic plot pionts in this comic that seem decent (even the idea of people like Supes living oridnary lives without they're powers kind of works for me) but it just got racked down into it's own stupid with the directions they took the characters and how just plain groan worthy the plot twists became.

The review was solid though. I also enjoyed the ending with Linksano being scared away by Poyo (really Poyo helped take down Mechkara. Really Linksano I'd try getting rid of him ASAP If you want to take out Linkara) and then thinking of gathering allies, including a "Warrior". I wonder if this will be addressed in the 2 year special at all, or at the very least become a meaty twist for the Linksano arc.

[DarkGojira]

Adam: I'm a frog.

You just couldn't resist, could you Linkara? :p

[Beat]

A Warrior?

http://www.mathewbrowne.com/images/warrior.jpg

[AlgeaX]

Speaking as a practicing Catholic I gotta agree that Wonder Woman praying to JC in the Cathedral is monumentally stupid. This isn't like getting the Silver Swan's real name wrong, the fact that Diana worships the Greek Pantheon is one of those really basic things that everyone with even a casual familiarity with the character should know. It's like writing a story where Spider-Man desperately needs to get to the roof of a house and runs around yelling: "OH MY GOD, I CAN'T FIND THE LADDER!"

[Chaotix12345]

Linkara regrettably shifts into Turbo. (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3588323/) Twice, in fact. (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3588546/)

[garfield15]

His rant at the end of part 1 was epic.

[Beat]

I've been looking forward to this one. Taking a parody (which ranged from predictable to gutbusting) and make it serious. What could go wrong?

To get an idea of what they were trying to make serious... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKFif6ze0yE)

[garfield15]

To get an idea of what they were trying to make serious... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKFif6ze0yE)"YELLOW RACER DAIJOUBU KAAAAAA?!" Heh heh, oh Carranger, you will never stop being entertaining.

Linkara's reaction to the pizza episode is the same as I had considering that is the only episode of Turbo that I actually remember. :sweat:

[Taekmkm]

I always thought Cassie and Ashley were the hottest female rangers back in the day, and the only contention in the present would be the Water Ninja Ranger and Yellow Dino Ranger.

[Ookamikun]

I've been looking forward to this one. Taking a parody (which ranged from predictable to gutbusting) and make it serious. What could go wrong?

To get an idea of what they were trying to make serious... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKFif6ze0yE)

I always thought it was the problem at first, but no. As we can see in Space/Megaranger, it's not the Sentai itself but the production team had troubles back from the start, as stated in the review. It was only in the second half where they finally got together and acted properly.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Originally posted by garfield15
Linkara's reaction to the pizza episode is the same as I had considering that is the only episode of Turbo that I actually remember. http://www.toonzone.net/forums/images/smilies/sweat.gif

You know to be fair, even Power Rangers admitts that was a stupid episode. TJ remarks about that in "Forever Red" has his contribution to being a red ranger, as the others just groan at this.

Yeah I kind of had the same feelings he did about Turbo (though for some reason I thought Elgar was kind of amusing back in that season. He defintley lost his charm though coming back next season for... I don't even know what reason) with how much changing around they did with the characters and the general situations. I personally think that due to Power Rangers lowered ratings they were trying a bunch of stunts to change dynamics around enough to entice new viewers, but none of them really appealed to any of the fans. I was kind of expecting Linkara to delve more into some of the weirder moments (I mean considering how much of a fan he is of Bulk and Skull, he seemed to take the whole "them turning into monkeys" plot a lot better then I thought he would) since they seemed worthy of really tearing in. (Also I never thought Justin was too bad and actually seemed a lot more developed then most of the other rangers were since the original, so glad Linkara pointed out him being more competent then they were, even if it was kind of a stupid move putting a kid into the ranger's suit and having him grow as tall as the others when morphed. Then again that is basic wish fufillment right there, having a kid actually turn into a ranger so I can understand whey they did it). I mean really, Divatox's ignorance, the switch over to Dimitira the question asker and Alpha Rapping 6, and even some of the lamer filler episodes could of easily been given long rants (I don't htink time was a factor if he already split up the season into two parts). Though I am glad he ranted awhile on the switch over which was very very poorly handled. Really "The Power Transfer" was clusimly handled too but at least they spent time introducing the replacement rangers first. And since unlike the original Zack, Trini and Jason all four actors were still actually fully IN the series until being replaced they could of had time to do a proper switch.

There are some good parts of Turbo he touched on. I always liked the Blue Centurion (in fact I have his zord and the Rescue Megazord action figures... what this was made 13 years ago! This was cool to own back then) and the fact that he wasn't just an overpowered 6th cool tragic ranger figure and did have a more comedic personality. There were some decent filler episodes (I always liked the one where Carlos became a vampire, since that had an awesome fusion between the Turbo Megazord and the rescue megazord. Why they never used it again is beyond me really) and yeah the two part ending was pretty chilling and enjoyable. I'm kind of saddened he didn't do a full review of the Turbo Movie (I thought him and Nostalgia Critic doing a team up review of Turbo would of been an epic part of the two year annivrsary special) but still a great two parter all the same. Next time of course is Power Rangers in space which should be released sometime next week? Why.

Linkar's next comic review is Ninja Turtles meet Archie. In Space had a crossover between the Ninja Turtles and the Power Rangers. Hoenstly, which one is MORE Bizarre? Well I guess archie but still it's worth mentioning with the two being so near each other.

[Gatomon41]

Wow, this is the Star Trek: Voyager of Power Rangers. And for once, the pre-teen replacement isn't to blame.

I was a little confused by what Linkara had hoped to accomplished in tthe Turbo review's opening. In previous segments we saw a brief scene followed by a joke. Here we get a long montage set to the Turbo theme. Why?

[Bloody Marquis]

I was a little confused by what Linkara had hoped to accomplished in tthe Turbo review's opening. In previous segments we saw a brief scene followed by a joke. Here we get a long montage set to the Turbo theme. Why?
Though you could consider the appearance of Justin in the montage to be the punchline.

[Ookamikun]

To be fair, Turbo has mellowed to the fans, and pretty much they usually considered the second half a blessing. And even then, it's not the worst season.

[HellCat]

Turbo definetly felt mixed. You had the kooky source footage, the writers clearly wanting to start setting up a long term plot (the Alliance of Evil) and the demands of the sponsors (Find the bombs!). The overall theme for me was that the series was seen to be dieing and the involved parties wanted to get all they could out of it if so.

In regards to Justin, I'm a bit dissapointed Linkara didn't touch on what I always found the creepiest part- everytime he morphs he undergoes forced puberty. Heavens knows what he looked like under that helmet :eek:

I also agree with disliking the Turbo powers in concept and execution. There never seemed to be a logical reason as to why the Turbo powers were better and the Car theme wasn't that interesting. At least in other seasons, seperate zords are effective weapons by themselves.

[Ookamikun]

They could've make it so that the cars were actually alien tech (as seen in Carranger), but then again Sentai doesn't suffer from continuous "power growth".

[Beat]

The problem is that the story is still a slave to the source footage. Look at PRiS. If the Jaden Sentai Nejiranger weren't reoccuring foes of the Megaranger, the Psycho Rangers wouldn't be around, thus negated one of that season's most beloved arcs. If the sentai is silly, well, baked into pizza.

[HellCat]

The power growth thing is a key reason why they somewhat better off taking the sentai route later. If you keep needing to switch powers as source footage changes, it becomes harder and harder to justify these as improvements. It reminds me of DragonBall GT, where we're told this is the strongest we've ever seen the characters but in execution things actually looked weaker. Power Rangers would surely have hit the same problem- if the rangers were truely getting more and more powerful, at some point you'd be expecting something like one of them to be able to destroy a monster with a single punch or possibly even (referencing DB again) reach the stage where they're so powerful they're a danger to what they swore to protect.

Speaking of, I'm reminded of something that bugged me- sometimes in later MMPR, the rangers would face a respawn of a monster they defeated with earlier powers. Despite this, the monster (which we're given no reason to believe has been upgraded) is depicted as a credible threat and defeating it doesn't appear to be any easier. Inconsistent?

[Gatomon41]

Though you could consider the appearance of Justin in the montage to be the punchline.
Hmmm, even then, the montage still dosn't make any sense.

****
Whats really bugging me (for a person who hasn't seen turbo), was the fact that Diavtox managed to do what greater villains failed to do. She comes off like Janeway! Divatox isn't even on the same level of Zed, has unlikeable minions, and loser stormtroopers. And yet with a well timed zerg rush, she managed to destroy everything?! That's just insulting.

[Taekmkm]

It kinda makes sense since the command center was lost when all the veteren rangers were gone, and it was run by new management.

So a zerg rush works against newbies, by the Starcraft logic.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Originally posted by Gatoman41
I was a little confused by what Linkara had hoped to accomplished in tthe Turbo review's opening. In previous segments we saw a brief scene followed by a joke. Here we get a long montage set to the Turbo theme. Why?

The long montage was from "Shift Into Turbo Part One" which truthfully was pretty much a waste of the episode. I mean, most of it was just an excuse to catch people up on the Power Rangers Turbo movie in case they didn't see it (okay I didn't see it but still couldn't you of made a special clip show for those who didn't see the movie and not just tack it onto an episode?). As for why he didn't put in a joke, yeah that kind of bugged me as well. Not even a ".... Really? This is what they're going with all season? *Sighs* Oh boy, we're in for a ride, and I don't think the good kind." A zinger that warranted showing that scene.


Originally posted by Taekmkm
It kinda makes sense since the command center was lost when all the veteren rangers were gone, and it was run by new management.

So a zerg rush works against newbies, by the Starcraft logic.

Also Dimitria had left the power chamber. Personally the command center's defenses are only good at stopping any evil from coming in without a power coin. It dosen't have any real actual offensive capabilties besides what the rangers possess, otherwise the rangers wouldn't of been needed. So really the only thing keeping anyone in who didn't have a power coin was a being like Zordon or Dimitira powering the command center. Without that power though it's easy to conquer. Also thinking about it, Divatox wouldn't of known where it is originally since it's not like Rita ever told her if were to go by that phone call from the movie.

[Taekmkm]

Plus if you remember, they didn't have their power weapons because they destroyed them blowing up that monster. Besides the cars and their blasters, they had almost no offense to speak of.

[Neo Yi]

I'm watching his Turbo review (not a personal favorite season either) and while I agree the car theme is pretty corny compared to the others, I admit to liking the Turbo Ranger outfit at least. Okay, their helmet visors has the face of a car and I wouldn't have mind if they had reduced the headlights from it a bit, but I ultimately think it worked. Plus, I always liked the designs of the Turbo uniform; it felt very streamlined and sleek.

It's a vast improvement over the Zeo outfits which I never liked. Maybe it's the helmets with their big visors that makes them look like they have a one, giant, black eye or the fact the the "lips" don't have that metallic mouthguard around it. Maybe I just didn't like the low-rise V-neck with the gold, metallic design, but the Zeo wear always weirded me out. Maybe it was just a huge change after seeing three years of the Mighty Morphin' Ranger garbs. *shrugs*

[Ookamikun]

The problem is that the story is still a slave to the source footage. Look at PRiS. If the Jaden Sentai Nejiranger weren't reoccuring foes of the Megaranger, the Psycho Rangers wouldn't be around, thus negated one of that season's most beloved arcs. If the sentai is silly, well, baked into pizza.

RPM begs to differ. I guess it depends on how much effort they could put into it. Even Lost Galaxy tried to be different from Gingaman.


The power growth thing is a key reason why they somewhat better off taking the sentai route later. If you keep needing to switch powers as source footage changes, it becomes harder and harder to justify these as improvements. It reminds me of DragonBall GT, where we're told this is the strongest we've ever seen the characters but in execution things actually looked weaker. Power Rangers would surely have hit the same problem- if the rangers were truely getting more and more powerful, at some point you'd be expecting something like one of them to be able to destroy a monster with a single punch or possibly even (referencing DB again) reach the stage where they're so powerful they're a danger to what they swore to protect.


Agreed. By making each ranger a "different team not part of a single growing force", it gives them the ability to stay fresh and have no problems regarding power. Arguably speaking, RPM is the weakest due to the lack of "full connection" to the morphing grid.

[Beat]

RPM begs to differ. I guess it depends on how much effort they could put into it. Even Lost Galaxy tried to be different from Gingaman.

RPM was a stand alone season (and it considered non-canonical with the other series) So the writers had the luxury of taking the footage and working around it, creating something dark but using the footage to lighten it at the same time. And for the most part it worked.

When writing a serial story, continuing from season to season, justifying such a dramatic tone shift is difficult to say the least.

[Taekmkm]

I think "canon" is a loose word when considering time-traveling is involved 2-3 times.

[GWOtaku]

Speaking of, I'm reminded of something that bugged me- sometimes in later MMPR, the rangers would face a respawn of a monster they defeated with earlier powers. Despite this, the monster (which we're given no reason to believe has been upgraded) is depicted as a credible threat and defeating it doesn't appear to be any easier. Inconsistent?

Yeah, but even worse it was inconsistent in more than one way. Sometimes they'd respawn an old monster and it'd be an absolute joke. This was arguably at its worst when they gave Tommy chances to show off as the White Ranger; I think one time he fought several monsters at once and it was absolutely no problem. Respawned monsters seemed to rarely make use of their past powers too, they were practically like glorified grunts.

In fact, this also reminds me of an episode where Tommy has to fight an evil version of himself with Green Ranger powers. It's even for a long time, but the White Ranger powers were created to be better than green. So....why did Lord Zedd think this would work, exactly? I guess he decided that Tommy is so good at everything that he can even fight a stronger version of himself!

[Lord Dalek]

Great that we agree that Turbo is a turkey. I suspect Space is going to be a lovey-dovey piece though.

[Antiyonder]

In fact, this also reminds me of an episode where Tommy has to fight an evil version of himself with Green Ranger powers. It's even for a long time, but the White Ranger powers were created to be better than green. So....why did Lord Zedd think this would work, exactly? I guess he decided that Tommy is so good at everything that he can even fight a stronger version of himself!

Considering that a powerless Tommy held his own against Goldar and Turbanshell, it's not unreasonable to believe that Green Ranger Tommy could hold his own against The White Ranger.

[Taekmkm]

Great that we agree that Turbo is a turkey. I suspect Space is going to be a lovey-dovey piece though.


Possibly the best almost-series finale to anything? Heck yes. Not to mention the crossover with Ninja Turtles

[Beat]

Well In Space has the greatest evil sentai ever (since you know, the Zokuranger's antics weren't translated well in Turbo)

I mean look at these guys. Compare them to Zedd's recolored Putty suits. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyvNMA8-7ls)

[garfield15]

I mean look at these guys. Compare them to Zedd's recolored Putty suits. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyvNMA8-7ls)
Huh. You know, that scene by comparison... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6vymX1-8Wc)

"But we're EVIL!" NO FREAKING WAI!? I couldn't have figured that out from the darker colors and evil laughs or anything!

[Chaotix12345]

Linkara takes on some turtle power.....and a giant cow head. (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3601892/)

[Aldrius]

Turbo is pretty much the only Power Rangers series I watched from beginning to end.

I'm not sure why. I know I wasn't allowed to watch Mighty Morphing in the first season when it was on.

And I sporadically watched some of the seasons after space. (Mostly because they were on after Digimon) But I watched Turbo from ALMOST beginning to end. (At least from when they switched teams, because I remember the END of that episode with the ceremony at least.)

And I... liked Divatox. She was my favourite character. I'd probably still like the character just because she's... well... er... a diva. And not annoying like Rita. (Well, not AS annoying.)

But yeah, the awesome Turbo finale is about the only thing I distinctly remember besides liking Divatox. Mostly for how kick-ass it was that the bad guys were WINNING for once.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

[ Originally posted by Chaotix12345
Linkara takes on some turtle power.....and a giant cow head. (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3601892/)

Memo to Linkara (does he still lurk around this board at all?): The black kid's name is Chuck. Also ironically enough, the recent Archie speical involved Archie actually dating Josie of the Pussycats. That would of been a good refrence to put in the concert scene.

This was a fairly good review. Even if it was one of those simpler ones (and one of the ones where you could really feel Linkara's confusion with some of the source material). I would of liked some sort of ref to ANOTHER Turtles crossover he's going to be covering in some form soon here but what can you do. Glad to here his turtle history (in truth besides the new TMNT cartoon I'm not the biggest TMNT fan either but it does have a lot of interesting history if you look into it) and archie history and yeah, what's the deal with having a Turtles crossover comic with Archie, and only have one of the stories even BE about Archie, despite the cover promising a huge Archie/Turtles crossover. That'd be as bad as a Sonic comic that contained a Sailor Moon crossover, and only one of the four stories barley dealt with that poteinally weird/awesome idea. (Oh wait there IS such a comic. Never mind). Yeah looks like standard run of the mill Archie fair (really Veronica has mellowed out since then right? Cause she could be down *****y in these older comics) mixed with weird turtles antics. Followed by a very weirdly drawn second story, a PSA comic and... yeah what was up with that? I mean I heard that the Archie Turtles comic was actually darker then the original Turtles cartoon but really, what kind of ending to a special comic is that? Really I would of just junked these stories and had three shorter stories detailing more of the turtles meeting various archie characters and locations to try and pine for more of that crossover gold. Really what's up with series that do crossovers, but don't really exploit all the potential they could for one? I mean why even have a crossover when you're just going to not even do justice to the other characters?

[Ookamikun]

Well to be fair, Archie did do the TMNT 80's comics and it is considered part of the multiverse.

[Peter Paltridge]

Memo to Linkara (does he still lurk around this board at all?): The black kid's name is Chuck. Also ironically enough, the recent Archie speical involved Archie actually dating Josie of the Pussycats. That would of been a good refrence to put in the concert scene.
Except it'd be wrong; Archie dated Valerie, not Josie.

Linkara really doesn't know much about Archie if he doesn't recognize Chuck. This is kinda depressing because it means I won't be seeing much else in the way of goofy non-serious comics, as clearly Lewis doesn't read them.

That wasn't the first appearance of that wonky artist; he was actually a regular in the Turtles series. Why they hired this guy I have no clue; he drew the ugliest off-model Turtles I've ever seen then or since.

And I have no idea what the cow head was about. I was hoping LINKARA knew, but no.

[Andrew T. Hingson]

I always thought Cassie and Ashley were the hottest female rangers back in the day, and the only contention in the present would be the Water Ninja Ranger and Yellow Dino Ranger.

Ashley IMO is the hottest female ranger so far.

I'm quite enjoying Linkara's Power Ranger's retropsective videos.

I didn't see much of Turbo but that was more than enough to remind me why I didn't watch it.

Glad Linkara finally took on some TMNT but man... that comic book seems awful. XD

Those are the most off-model TMNT I think I've ever seen. At least in some frames. Others were okay but man the one with Mikey's eyes bugging out is just bleh.

[Desensitized]

Wow, that TMNT art in the second story was awful. Also, what a waste of an awesome concept. But from what I've heard the early days of the Archie TMNT comic was pretty bad in general.

Thanks for that awesome Simpsons moment at the end, Linkara! It seems most TGWTGs members never seem to use Simpsons clips enough.

[Beat]

That'd be as bad as a Sonic comic that contained a Sailor Moon crossover, and only one of the four stories barley dealt with that poteinally weird/awesome idea. (Oh wait there IS such a comic. Never mind).

And the world collectively asks "Why?"

What can you say about Archie? It hasn't been relevant since forever. The humor is tired and trite. And jeez is the art in this awful.

[Zorak Masaki]

The Cow-Head was named Cudley the Cow-Head who was basically the deux ex machina to send them to other planets/worlds.

[TnAdct1]

Linkara really doesn't know much about Archie if he doesn't recognize Chuck. This is kinda depressing because it means I won't be seeing much else in the way of goofy non-serious comics, as clearly Lewis doesn't read them. Remember that near the beginning of the review, Linkara mentions that he isn't familiar with Archie comics. Hence, it's normal for him to not know the name of the black kid (or the fact that Hot Dog, the dog in the comics, has a tendency to have his thoughts appear in thought bubbles).

[Antiyonder]

Linkara's been busy so far this week:

The first part of the anniversary special: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/21882-kickassia-part-01

AT4W "Lunatik #1": http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3634814/

Plus a review from him and Sage toward's the Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie: http://www.blip.tv/file/3635629

[Peter Paltridge]

That's the worst Lobo imitation yet. I really don't understand why he has a fairy of all things with him (to tell him what to do in dungeons?) Or why we needed six pages devoted to his evolutionary cycle. Or how he keeps his face constantly in shadow no matter what light source is hitting him.

Most importantly, if you want a funny comic, hire someone who writes funny things.

[Chaotix12345]

Linkara sets controls to outer space! (http://www.blip.tv/file/3656678) And again! (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3656774/)

[garfield15]

That was really great.

Besides RPM of all the Ranger episodes that I remember, I remember the most from PRiS (Oh, that pizza episode in Turbo....). I make a lot of jokes on HJU about the corny acting and the research fail when Megaranger is about video games but when it comes down to it, it's a great season on it's own with a true sense of finality.

Oh and I just love JOHNNY EFFING BOSCH coming in. Bankai this! :p

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Actually when I first saw the finale of Power Rangers In Space, I really thought that WAS the end of Power Rangers. They had wrapped up all the big loose threads, all the villians were taken down, good had trimuphaed and washed away evil, and our team were settling down not for further battles, but just to go back home. It really seemed like that was it, which was obviously what the wirters originally intended, not knowing that there would be later seasons of Power Rangers. Still though I watched bits and pieces of later seasons (Mostly Lost Galaxy and Dino Thunder) this was the last season I have very fond memories of first viewing and watching through the entire show and yeah it does hold up pretty well. Linkara does a great job of covering all the bits from this season (I kind of wish he had pointed out the Turtles/Archie crossover from AT4W a week back but maybe he keeps those sepreate) but otherwise this went into great detail on the various character backstories and info from the series. And ending it recalling the theme of good conquering evil was very well placed. I'm pretty sure that with the next reviews he's going to be stepping out of his comfort zone to talk more about the power rangers he didn't grow up with, and see how the new structure compares to the Zordon era rangers.

[Gatomon41]

Wow, Wendee Lee and Patrica Ja Lee was in this? Did not expect that.

I'm amazed how good this show sounds. Despite the original Sentai not being anywhere close to being in Space, this actually sounds like an epic story. Too bad the local Fox station got destroyed, otherwise I would have probably watched it.

I do feel sad about the lost of Lt. Stone and the Juice Bar. They probably all went to Florida to live with Kimberly and Ninjor, where the peace conference was being held, with Erine visiting from Africa.

I am rather surprised Linikara didn't make a crack about how the Megaship bridge looking something out of Star Trek. But Astronema of Borg made be laugh so hard :D

ZORDON LIVES

[HellCat]

I believe the Ninja Turtles episode and Countdown to Destruction part 2 were the only episodes I ever saw. By that time the Power Rangers fad was basically finished here and so whilst the show was still aired for some years, it was shoved into an early Sunday morning slot. A far cry from when the daily 'Lord Zedd is coming' teasers were airing after the morning news.

One thing I think kept me away was the title. It kind of makes you think of 'Pigs in Space' and combined with the dropping popularity it was easy to consider that the show was being lazy. Funny that I now think 'In Space' has a simple charm compared to the later 'Generic Force' style titles Disney would use.

The actual overall arc is pretty impressive though. Lots of TV shows get cancelled with unresolved issues or favour short term continuity, so the writers did an amazing job making the MMPR-Space era into one ultimately connected epic. I said before that later seasons benefited from being standalone but I think it's also hard to replicate the sheer weight an ongoing linked continuity has. To see everything come together in this way, especially for those of us who watched from the beggining....wow.

[Ookamikun]

I think there are only three seasons with "Force" though - Time Force, Wild Force, and Mystic Force (and ironically all but Time Force are crap XD).

Linkara said in Rangerboard that the upcoming analyses would be longer to come out because he has no background on them. Still, that meant no nostalgia so I guess we'll be getting a bit more different style in reviewing. Can't wait for him to reach RPM.

[Shawn Hopkins]

That's the worst Lobo imitation yet. I really don't understand why he has a fairy of all things with him (to tell him what to do in dungeons?) Or why we needed six pages devoted to his evolutionary cycle. Or how he keeps his face constantly in shadow no matter what light source is hitting him.

Most importantly, if you want a funny comic, hire someone who writes funny things.

That's not the worst Lobo imitation. Rob Liefeld's Bloodwulf is the worst Lobo imitation. That's mainly because Bloodwulf isn't really an imitation, he's straight up plagiarism.

http://www.comicvine.com/bloodwulf/29-26951/

The second worst is probably Jack T. Chance, the Green Lantern who acts almost exactly like Lobo but isn't as good.

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Jack_T._Chance_%28New_Earth%29

At least Lobo and Lunatik were created by the same guy, Keith Giffen. In fact, Lunatik was sort of the proto-Lobo and was created first, although he was heavily altered by the time he actually appeared in comics.

[Chaotix12345]

Linkara reviews a comic based on a cartoon starring Chuck-A-NORIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS! (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3663599/)

[Beat]

I remember suggesting this a while back, and while I'm sure I wasn't the only one, score one for viewer input!

Edit- Yikes. Linkara was downright merciless in this one. Political differences with the real Norris, lamenting the involvement of Steve Flipping Ditko in Star Comics and this tripe, and essentially refusing to involve himself in any of the Chuck Norris memes, unlike the Nostalgia Critic who saw fit to embrace them. Then again, it's a toss up between Karate Kommandos and Sidekicks which was the bigger ego trip for Chuck.

[Ookamikun]

Ah, this is a nice follow up to the James Bond Jr. comic review.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Originally posted by Beat
Then again, it's a toss up between Karate Kommandos and Sidekicks which was the bigger ego trip for Chuck.

I think it's Karate Kommandos. See even though Sidekicks glorifies Chuck Norris as a supreme god child, it also points out he's mostly just an inspiring actor. The scenes of the kid fighting with chuck before the tournament are just dream sequences, and really even though Chuck competting with the kid and his team in the dream sequence is ridicoulous, it's not nearly as bad as Chuck NOrris being a freaking GLOBAL ACTION HERO.

Actually as a joke Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos aired for awhile on Adult Swim where I caught part of an episode. Besides being in aww at how ridicoulous the plot is and how the show has a stupid overall premise, the show was very VERY poorly animated. Even if it was only 5 episodes, they didn't exactly have any A-Team animators on board for it. This comic does feel like an actual episode of the show (only with a lot more pointless school exposition at the beginning) and really the "ninjas carrying around guns but NEVER USING THEM" is 3 Ninjas esque lame. You don't give a ninja a gun, and if you do you should at least have them TRY shooting people with it. Not being like "No Chuck Norris is so made of awesome he could dodge a bullet coming from behind him 5 feet away and stop me from firing a second one." I think Linkara dipped into a couple Chuck Norris jokes but with this atrocity, how could you not. Besides the one he did execute were good. I also liked him pointing out why he wasn't reviewing Syphons: Makes me wonder if he'll end up changing his mind about any comic so far scheduled. Though next week's (The 3rd Part of the Dark Knight strikes) is a given. I wonder when he's going to review the next two issues of All Star Batman and Robin though: I read them awhile back at a bookstore. Irish Barmaid Black Canary (something he's already commented on his first top 15 list) is just ripe for more jokes to be made about it.

[Neo Yi]

Currently watching Linkara's Power Rangers In Space retrospective. I am ashamed to admit this, but the Power Rangers/Ninja Turtle is a guilty pleasure I still enjoy to this day. Yes, I know it's silly and nonsensically cheesy even by Power Ranger standards, but back to my then eleven year old self, it was a defining moment of geekery. So it may be the trappings of nostalgia, but I love it; every narmy moment of it.

[Ookamikun]

Looking back at the old Super At Earth's End review, will Linkara do this Chuck Austin's Superman run?

[Gatomon41]

An amendment to the In Space retrospect:

I was amazed that In space managed to avoid what my old professor called "Nazi With a Puppy Dog" scene in regards with Ecliptor.

We all know the scene: Evil villian heads home to spend time with the kids and raise his puppy. Then he goes back to commit destroy everything. The attempt is to show that the Villian isn't so bad. However, its a logical fallacy. The Villian, even if having kids, remains a villain because of what he does.

Despite showing that Ecliptor was a sort of Dark Knight and did care for Astronema, it still didn't change the fact that he remain a evil person. I was expecting a show like Powr Rangers to turn him good. But to my surprise, they left him evil. Nice that the writers did that.

[Antiyonder]

Despite showing that Ecliptor was a sort of Dark Knight and did care for Astronema, it still didn't change the fact that he remain a evil person.

Perhaps, but I tend to think that if he didn't get capture and reprogrammed, he might have served as a reluctant ally of sorts.

[Ookamikun]

An amendment to the In Space retrospect:

I was amazed that In space managed to avoid what my old professor called "Nazi With a Puppy Dog" scene in regards with Ecliptor.

We all know the scene: Evil villian heads home to spend time with the kids and raise his puppy. Then he goes back to commit destroy everything. The attempt is to show that the Villian isn't so bad. However, its a logical fallacy. The Villian, even if having kids, remains a villain because of what he does.

Despite showing that Ecliptor was a sort of Dark Knight and did care for Astronema, it still didn't change the fact that he remain a evil person. I was expecting a show like Powr Rangers to turn him good. But to my surprise, they left him evil. Nice that the writers did that.

It would have been nice and all, but there's one problem:

Rita, Zedd and Divatox are not turned into dust. There's a huge bias towards Zordon, in my opinion.

[Peter Paltridge]

From the theme song clip at the end, Pepper and Too Much look NOTHING like they do in the comic. Maybe that's because on the show, they're Asian stereotypes....

"Too Much" hadn't been slang for over a decade when that cartoon was made. Y'know, they almost named Scooby-Doo "Too Much," because it was current then, but changed their minds.

[Taekmkm]

Rita, Zedd and Divatox are not turned into dust. There's a huge bias towards Zordon, in my opinion.

I dunno, I thought it was because they were the most human-like (especially Divatox) while Ecliptor was more like a machine/energy matter thing.

[Ookamikun]

Thus proving the bias. You are always a monster and therefore have no chance of redemption!

[Antiyonder]

"Spoony" plays the part of a comic reviewer again, but meets Doctor Linksano:

AT4W/Spoony: Experiment Warrior 2-3 (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/22685-at4w-spoony-experiment-warrior-2-3)

[TnAdct1]

"Spoony" plays the part of a comic reviewer again, but meets Doctor Linksano:

AT4W/Spoony: Experiment Warrior 2-3 (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/22685-at4w-spoony-experiment-warrior-2-3) Forget Kickassia, this is the highlight of the two year anniversary crossover event. Among the insanity: -most of the people in the Kickassia film (including Beary and the Nostalgia Critic himself) taking turns playing Linkara and Dr. Insano (with a epic showdown at the end involving ten Dr. Insanos).
-A universe done a la Tom Wiseau (the director of The Room)
-Hulk Hogan Insano
-An ending suggesting the return of a certain enemy of Linkara's

[Beat]

Two minutes in and I'm already rolling. Nice to see Spoonkara has the same hatred of TNA as the real Spoony.

[Peter Paltridge]

Warrior #1 is my favorite AT4W. This didn't quite measure up but it was still great. Warrior's ramblings done in Spoony's impression voice are comedy classic. The biggest misfire was the Battle of the Insanos, which didn't work as well on film as it must have on paper.

The best moment was when someone we'd never seen before appeared and then said "Wait, who am I?"

Also hilarious: Warrior asking for new artists in his own comic. With one classified ad, he shouldn't have to do that. Things must have gotten VERY desperate. Or he just wanted to pay below minimum wage, which he hints at.

[Antiyonder]

The best moment was when someone we'd never seen before appeared and then said "Wait, who am I?"

Also hilarious: Warrior asking for new artists in his own comic. With one classified ad, he shouldn't have to do that. Things must have gotten VERY desperate. Or he just wanted to pay below minimum wage, which he hints at.

Same here, but I also like the scene where we're suppose to think that Angry Joe the Linkara of another reality only to reveal that Lewis was using the bathroom.

[HellCat]

Watching this was a bit of a chore sadly because my computer struggles with newer media. I actually had to watch it in two or three chunks, letting my computer cool down and then coming back where I left off. Sadly this killed alot of the momentum for me but it was a good laugh. Interesting that there were multi Doctor Who refs (background music, the RTD era Sonic Screwdriver, the Dalek ray gun sound effect). The Warrior's ramblings are just so nucking futs that it's impossible for them not to be hilarious. The comics are a prime example of an idea in one's head not being at all well communicated to a wider audience...assuming there were ideas beyond blatant ego wank. The Insano brawl was a bit bizarre but I think that worked in its favour. Lots of bizarre camera angles and long takes that were fittingly insane.

[Anyone00]

Last year's Warrior review was still a bit better but this was good also.
My favorite parts were The Room dimension and the brawl.

In the off chance that Linkara still lurks here: I finally got my stuff out of storage, and I thought I didn't have it but I do; would you be interested in Care Bears 13 (http://www.comics.org/issue/210385/cover/4/?style=default)?

[Chaotix12345]

It's Miller Time once again in The Dark Knight Strikes Again part 3! (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3693782/)

[Antiyonder]

It's that time again folks. No, not "Howdy Doody Time".

It's Miller Time. (http://www.blip.tv/file/3693782)

And a word of advice people. Don't even think for a minute that you can defy Pollo.

[Taekmkm]

Someone...anyone, please tell me what was the story about? I seriously have no idea what happened.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Originally posted by Taekmkm
Someone...anyone, please tell me what was the story about? I seriously have no idea what happened.

Actually I read the third part (skimming over the first and second) in prepearation for today's review. Essistanlly the idea is that Lex Luthor takes over the world by using Brainac to force Superman, Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel to do his evil bidding. Batman formulates a plan to strike terror in fear in the hearts of criminals by putting a scare in Luthor, creating a bat army of kids made up of gangsters from the original Dark Knight series, having his "Catgirl" go around and help free various other heroes, and then call in Green Lantern to purge the world of the nuclear and laser weapons Luthor had installed, and a subplot involving Dick Grayson dressing up like a psyhotic Joker going around and killing the superheroes because he was sick of the way Bruce treated him.

.... Yeah trust me Linkara is 100% right in this review: This comic sucks. Hell the whole "this Joker turns out to be Dick Grayson" plot could of easily warranted a longer rant but yeah I can see him just wnating to move past it since it was at the very end of the book. I also liked him pointing out how this is a parallel to Act of God in a way (here's another one: for some reason or antoher, Wonder Woman and Superman get together, Wonder Woman winds up acting like a super groupie then a super hero while Superman angsts and they have a super powered kid. Except this kid's a super powered overconfident amazon warrior. Which would of been an interesting premise... in a good book) with how this glorifies Batman, as well as refrencing the Molassia takeover and the Film Brain crossover. And yeah really that artwork. I've said it before, but at least All Star Batman And Robin was nice to look at. This? Not at all. It actually looks better in the review then it does when you're reading it. I do hope that in the next clump though Linkara takes a look back at All Star Batman and Robin 2 because there's still more Miller Stupditiy to be made fun of.

[Shawn Hopkins]

I'm speaking generally here because I haven't been able to see the whole review, these things are just too damn long.

Fanboys hate "The Dark Night Strikes Again" because it's not "Dark Knight Returns Returns" and that makes them confused. Fanboys are very simple creatures. Change terrifies them, they are most comfortable with things when they're exactly like their first exposure to them. Since a lot of fanboys jumped on Batman around the "Dark Night Returns" time, that's what they want.

But of course it's not more of the same, they were two decades a part and they both reflect their times and their political situations and Miller's changing politics. If you're willing to throw out some preconceptions and accept a Batman comic that's a little more challenging "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" is a great read, much better than garbage like "Hush."

[Taekmkm]

It still looks and reads like crap. Wonder Woman and Superman orgasming in the sky is never "good" reading.


Wait, didn't they do this twice?

[Beat]

I'm speaking generally here because I haven't been able to see the whole review, these things are just too damn long.

Fanboys hate "The Dark Night Strikes Again" because it's not "Dark Knight Returns Returns" and that makes them confused. Fanboys are very simple creatures. Change terrifies them, they are most comfortable with things when they're exactly like their first exposure to them. Since a lot of fanboys jumped on Batman around the "Dark Night Returns" time, that's what they want.

But of course it's not more of the same, they were two decades a part and they both reflect their times and their political situations and Miller's changing politics. If you're willing to throw out some preconceptions and accept a Batman comic that's a little more challenging "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" is a great read, much better than garbage like "Hush."

I disagree. A lot of DKSA's failings have to do with the fact that it's less of a coherent story than DKR and goes for the same "First Church of Batman" worship that Act of God did. The satire is essentially choir preaching, the plotpoints moronic, and the characters completely off base. It's one thing to go in a new direction, it's another to use a story as a preachy mouthpiece.

This has been all of Miller"s work since Sin City mind you, not just Batman material. Compare Robocop vs. Terminator to Frank Miller"s Robocop. The former takes what could have been a fluffy crossover and gives the titular character a place in the canon of the crossover. The latter is overblown violence sex and unfunny satire, even by Robocop standards.

[Shawn Hopkins]

I disagree. A lot of DKSA's failings have to do with the fact that it's less of a coherent story than DKR and goes for the same "First Church of Batman" worship that Act of God did. The satire is essentially choir preaching, the plotpoints moronic, and the characters completely off base. It's one thing to go in a new direction, it's another to use a story as a preachy mouthpiece.

This has been all of Miller"s work since Sin City mind you, not just Batman material. Compare Robocop vs. Terminator to Frank Miller"s Robocop. The former takes what could have been a fluffy crossover and gives the titular character a place in the canon of the crossover. The latter is overblown violence sex and unfunny satire, even by Robocop standards.

I will agree with you that "Frank Miller's Robocop" isn't good. But, to be completely fair, it's just an adaptation of his screenplay, it's actually written by Steven Grant and drawn by Juan Jose Ryp, whose art I've always found terribly ugly.

[krmiller27]

Has Miller ever done anything good since the 80s for DC and Marvel? He has lost his touch ever since doing Sin City. Don't get me wrong I like the Sin City comics but they are not superhero stories and trying to take Sin City's writing and direction and putting to superheroes just doesn't work. I am actually offended at how bad he writes the characters since every time he writes Superman he makes him a tool for either the government or Batman.

I don't know why some writers have a hard-on for Batman because he supposedly has no "superpowers" but if you actually read what Batman can do you come to the conclusion that Batman is superhuman. No human can be as strong as Batman, he lift over 800 pounds, while being as agile as he is. Also Batman has mastered over 100 different forms of martial arts.

I have no respect for Miller anymore and think his Icon award should be taken away. This pains me because I like Robocop but Miller isn't getting better he is getting worse.

[Shawn Hopkins]

Has Miller ever done anything good since the 80s for DC and Marvel?

Yeah, Daredevil: Man Without Fear, which came out in the 90s, is fantastic. He really hasn't done that much work for Marvel and DC since the 80s other than the All Star book, Strikes Again and Holy Terror if it ever comes out.

[Wonderwall]

TDKR an ugly book in every sense of the word from a visual and story perspective. Also I don't think I've ever connected 300 with constipation until now but I guess it makes sense or at least more sense than this comic made.

[Anyone00]

Looks like Linkara is going to review an issue of Tandy Computer Whiz Kids:
http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/06/oddsing-and-endsing.html

[Peter Paltridge]

Looks like Linkara is going to review an issue of Tandy Computer Whiz Kids:
http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/06/oddsing-and-endsing.html
Right on!

I hope I don't get overshadowed, though. "Hey, did you get the idea to review the Whiz Kids comic from Linkara?" No, it's been there for years....

[Zorak Masaki]

You know, maybe Linkara should review the comics that he's going to review BEFORE putting up the schedule. That said, i wonder which issue he's going to mock (it would be interesting to see him do one of the DC crossovers with superman and wonder woman). He could have lots of fun with "the computers that said no to drugs":
http://www.atarimagazines.com/whizkids/showpage.php?issue=drugs&page=1
(note to mods: if this violates copyright feel free to delete it)

[Anyone00]

I just hope there one of these
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7155/wizharuhireack00.jpg
(the face, not the 4coma guys) are in his review so it can stop being my own personal forced meme and becomes a real meme.

[Chaotix12345]

Linkara gets the blue screen of death when he comes to blows with Tandy Computer Whiz Kids: Fit to Win! (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3720235/)

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Maybe after this run of having to switch out two comics Linkara will go with a list he knows is bad and dosen't have to try review and not be able to come up with material for. Then again I suppose it dosen't matter that much if he gives at least a tidbit of what the other comic was like, and I liked the bit we got how it was a horribly generic cover, linking to this comic's horribly confusing and still uninteresting cover. And yesh, I thought the kids were annoyingly talkative and worldy in the Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos comic but... wow look at these kids. Honestly they're probably about as robotic as the Tandys they're suppose to be promoting. But then forget about to promote thinking progressivley about our future, studying and eating right, staying away from drugs, drunk driving and "probable narcotics". Hell if this comic covered being touched in places that were no good and not being rolling around in a laundromat, it'd cover all it's bases. I have to admit this was a rather easy topic to make fun of but hey as long as there aren't a lot of these in a row these kind of reviews are rather funny, especially with how lame the overal story material is.

Linkara's storyverse gets a shake up though with

Linkasno's depatrture and the mention of the new series villian i assume: the dreaded overlord Vice. Why do I have a feeling that this will lead up to Linkara being forced to team up with Mechakara after he reconsistutes himself to do battle against this guy.

[Anyone00]

Too bad Detective Nukem did get some interaction with the female smugger so there could have been some Peggy jokes.

[HellCat]

I was familiar with the title having read Martianinvader's review of it a few months back. Did that previous review have anything to do with this one? Paging Dr Linkara, will Dr Linkara please report to the Clarification Ward, thank you.

Licensed comics of this nature are always pretty painful. This one read like an Enid Blyton rip off. I wonder if they actually sold much merchandise through these?

On the AT4W side of things, nice job on setting up a new big bad. This kind of villain appears ALOT in modern fiction, so great work on actually managing to make yours sound genuinely ominous and creepy. I was very much reminded of the Lord Zedd scenes from 'The Mutiny'.

[Gatomon41]

Oh, Cliffhanger! :eek:

Man, Duke Nukem and Popeye must of hit rock bottom to end up in this comic.


Licensed comics of this nature are always pretty painful. This one read like an Enid Blyton rip off. You said it, HellCat. In between with the propaganda and product placement, it just mind numbingly anise. By the way, who's Enid Blyton?


On the AT4W side of things, nice job on setting up a new big bad. This kind of villain appears ALOT in modern fiction, so great work on actually managing to make yours sound genuinely ominous and creepy. I was very much reminded of the Lord Zedd scenes from 'The Mutiny'.
Linkara is building up quite a supervillian. A character that can scare off eldrtich horrors that can eat dimensions whole is a big boast. But I did enjoy the build up, which was chilling a very nice.

I'm somewhat happy that Linksano is gone. All this continuity jumping is driving me nuts, and just turning me off to the shows in general. Especially with Spoony's Clone Saga. I love Spoony, but the Clone thing is driving me nuts.

[Chaotix12345]

Linkara goes Galactic! (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3732132/) And again! (http://at4w.blip.tv/file/3732261/)

[Taekmkm]

Now here's a curious thought: With more information on how long and how fast Shikairanger will be adapted by Saban again, will Linkara cover that too instead of ending on RPM?

[Ookamikun]

He said that he will not "miss out" the new season, but of course he will, for now, do up to RPM and let the new season run before he could make a review/analysis for it.

[Gatomon41]

Finally going to check out PRLG, and already the tagline on the blog got me laughing. Nice Starship Troopers reference, Linkara. :D

Edit: Oh, I remember which Sentai series they ussed for this PR. A friend showed me once, and it was cracky beyond compare! I was laughing the whole way through :)

[Beat]

Yeah, Gingaman wasn't very good. Lost Galaxy at least got some mileage off of its "PRiS spinoff" motif, and bought in a ton of Starship Troopers jokes. Luckily, GoGoV and Timeranger were much better, but I'll save my thoughts on those for later.

[Anyone00]

Did Scorpius remind anyone else of the Ur-Quan from the Star Control series particularly the puppet versions from Star Control 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wdidT-L904)?

[Gatomon41]

Wait, someone played Star Control 3? :p

Finally got done with the Lost Galaxy review. Man, so much could have been done, but there was so little time. A part of me wished the series could have gone on another season to flesh everything out. Worse, they didn't do jack with Bulk and the Professor. They could have been great comic relief.

Even with its weaknesses, I think LG is probably better than ST: Voyager or SG: Atlantis.

Too bad Saban couldn't get the music from Starship Troopers along with the costumes. I hate the movie with a burning passion, but the music is still very moving.

Considering the source, the ''Terra Venture'' looked pretty cool. Not only did look cool, but its roomy and well lit corddoors! I'm surprised, considering today's sf tend to have poorly lit halls. Seriously, I wondered how anyone could walk around on babylon 5 or DS9.

I think linkara sums up science in Power Rangers nicely :D

Are you doing your part? Join the Power Rangers! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO0xspHN0Vw)

[HellCat]

Lost Galaxy is an odd one for me. I think I've only seen like one episode and everything else I know about it I had to read up on. It's a shame because looking at this review it seems they were clearly trying to do something compotent, making the concept grow up ever so slightly after the steps taken in the same direction in 'In Space'. Sadly, the name/term Power Rangers itself always seems to shoot in the foot these attempts as soon as it's uttered.

The Starship Trooper uniforms sure get around. They were also used in the infamous live action Gundam 'G-Saviour' and I'll assume many others.

The talk of how powers and armour worked was interesting and makes me look forward to when this review series will reach certain episodes of RPM. My own personal theory has long been that, despite looking like spandex, a ranger suit is actually fairly intense armour.

The bad guy designs in this one were...interesting. They're seemed to be a clear case of one group looking feudal Japanese whilst the other looked like sinister explorers from Europe (complete with plotting on a sea ship)...I really hope Gingaman did't have anything racist going on there. PR wise, that honourable villain looked awesome. We could definitely use more of that.

[Taekmkm]

a ranger suit is actually fairly intense armour.

Time Force addresses in the second episode I think. Pretty much, it acts like a skin-tight forcefield which is why they demorph when they lose power/too much damage.


I'm a bit sad Linkara didn't touch on the Mike/Leo conversation when he gave the Qwaser Sword back.

Leo: It was your destiny to pull the sword.
Mike: So? Maybe it was my destiny to pull it and give it you. You've proven yourself, and that's all it matters.
Leo: Oh heys look grunts *explosions* Okay I'll keep the sword. I AM LEO *rips shirt*

[Antiyonder]

Linkara and his multidimensional doppelgangers are all men (even the female variants). Men of course, don't make mistakes right? Wrong!!:

Bloopers for Warrior #2-3 (http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/specials/23626-warrior-23-bloopers)


Wait, someone played Star Control 3? :p

Finally got done with the Lost Galaxy review. Man, so much could have been done, but there was so little time. A part of me wished the series could have gone on another season to flesh everything out. Worse, they didn't do jack with Bulk and the Professor. They could have been great comic relief.

My guess is while they were trying to move away from the Zordon era, the appearances of Alpha, D.E.C.A., Bulk and Phenomenus were merely to give us moments of familiarity.

[Juu-kuchi]

Finally got around to watching Lost Galaxy.

Nice review. Like a lot of people I didn't really tune in much to Lost Galaxy after Space with the exception of the first episode. From the look of the review it's a shame really since it looked interesting. My guess is that continuity in PR was so ingrained in me that unfamiliar characters and settings were somewhat anathema to my heart.

That said, I'm going to probably enjoy the next few entries from Linkara since, as he said, he won't be functioning from nostalgia. So it'll be interesting to see his views of the post-Zordon era of the Rangers.