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uragiru: (the black bird sits atop my guts)

@CROW â•¶ noon, the day after venus' party

[personal profile] uragiru 2018-05-27 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I said something last week about starting a conversation off on the right foot.
So to be certain it does so, I am going to be absolutely, incontestably, crystal clear.
I am not interested in a fight, or an argument, or a heart-to-heart.
I only want to ascertain an answer to a question I have:

Are you alive.
uragiru: (but the brushstrokes feel)

[personal profile] uragiru 2018-05-27 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I will not. I'm writing it down right now in the notebook I don't have.
"Date ?/?/???? - Sakamoto said fuck, and then called it the f word like a middle schooler."

I think I'm past the death stage of the hangover.
It's still awful.
Aren't adults supposed to have remedies for this?
uragiru: (they say it's commonplace)

[personal profile] uragiru 2018-05-27 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
NOTEBOOK. For notes. Observations.
It had an A on the front.

I used to just stay in my room.
uragiru: ('til we break down and fall)

[personal profile] uragiru 2018-05-27 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, at least it was productive.
It doesn't feel as helpless, I guess?

I probably would have studied.
But not many adults would spend money on one of those children.
So I think I just spent a lot of time daydreaming about Featherman instead.
uragiru: (this damn machine‚ this damn machine)

[personal profile] uragiru 2018-05-27 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Not that bad?
It's good.
uragiru: (this brigade of girls and boys)

[personal profile] uragiru 2018-05-27 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean, convince you? How can you need convincing?
The entire Featherman franchise is a classic spiritual successor to the Tokusatsu genre. Not only that, but it experiments with the conventions of the genre rather than relying on nostalgia to carry its popularity, and it has merit outside of merely being another Tokusatsu show.
There are some weak links, certainly, but any franchise has its failures. And even Neo Featherman had episodes that were worth watching, as long as it wasn't your first Featherman series.
Featherman R is the foundation of modern Toku genre. It's the most popular series for a reason. The "monster of the week" formula might seem repetitive at a first glance, but each arc had a clear narrative theme and ongoing character development. Hawk's struggle to settle into the role of the team leader defied traditional tropes of the genre, which would usually have a naturally skilled and charismatic leader.
And Featherman V has been pushing the bounds of genre convention even further, by casting Pink Argus as the lead for the first time rather than Red Hawk, as well as moving away from the monster of the week format in favour of a more compelling exploration of its characters and themes. It's adapting incredibly well to a modern audience and it isn't afraid to tackle mature themes without feeling the need to censor them for children.
Not only is Argus a unique leader, but the rest of her teammates are equally "unfit" for their roles, and the show takes the time to address each character's struggles and motivations without sacrificing the plot or the spotlight for Argus.
"Death must not be needlessly feared. But it must not needlessly be desired as well. Face it and fight, Featherman!"
It's a genuinely heartfelt, inspired story, both as a Toku show and a superhero series.
Besides that, V is the first time I've actually given a shit about Yellow Owl, so it's obvious that it must be doing something right.
uragiru: (but we're all just part of)

[personal profile] uragiru 2018-05-27 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Any show could do that.
Featherman has real narrative value, not to mention cultural significance to the Toku genre.
uragiru: (well‚ do you even want to know?)

[personal profile] uragiru 2018-05-27 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
... I never played the video game.
When I lived on my own, I didn't have the time.
And before that, it's not as though someone like me would have something like that.

--But I have heard that it's bad.
It isn't in the spirit of the franchise at all. They were clearly just capitalising on its popularity.
Some of the manga spin-offs are decent, at least. Particularly Featherman: From The Ashes.
uragiru: (this black bird wants to rip me)

[personal profile] uragiru 2018-05-27 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
...
Sakamoto.
The full name of the franchise is Phoenix Ranger Featherman.
uragiru: (and bears its beak to fight)

[personal profile] uragiru 2018-05-27 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Dinosaurs are a far less comprehensible theme, and they have no symbolism.
The costume design would have been hideous.
Also, "Phoenix" was the initial concept for the franchise. In the very first series, the Phoenix Ranger was the ultimate form that Hawk could achieve, but it was at the cost of his own life.
They chose it because the phoenix represented renewal and rebirth, and then the bird theme was constructed around that.

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