Govon Infinity Episode 1 shows promise. I think
it's a very promising start. The best thing about
it is definitely Reiji. He is a charismatic character,
and he's got a lot of draw to him, both in his
performance and in the action. Well, both in
his emotional performance and in the action performance.
I'm sure there's a stunning actor in there somewhere.
If it's not, then that's amazing. But he's, uh...
He's really a compelling character. He's really
interesting to watch. I love his emotional...
I don't know, center or emotional positioning.
And I know the Emor gear are the whole thing,
so emotion's like a big deal in the show. But
beyond that, just the emotional punch he delivers
is really compelling and really interesting.
I think it really elevated the episode. Probably
the... The biggest thing that makes me pull back
or shy away from the show is just how complicated
it is. There's times where they're explaining
the multiverse stuff to the audience and they
like break the fourth wall kind of to do that,
to help them do that. And I don't know, it just
feels like a lot. It feels like a lot. And I
was thinking, this is a lot to keep track of.
This is a lot to manage. This is a lot to write.
A lot of structure to... to do. You've got a
lot of moving parts. There's the Emmergears,
which apparently are semi -sentient, at least.
They go into these guns that enabled them to
transform that I think are going to turn out
to be their ships slash mecha as well. And at
least one guy has his fancy little badge, but
it's not just a badge, it's a badge that opens
up and Then he transforms into the suit later
on. And it's just, it feels like a lot. It's
a lot to take in. And on top of that, there's
not just one guy like that. There's three. And
on top of that, there's a whole multiverse. And
the episode starts off, I can't tell if this
is the thing where they're showing this like
big climactic battle type thing with five big
ships facing off against something to protect
the Cosmosphere from Maku invasion or whatever.
I can't tell if that's towards the end of the
series or if that is supposed to be happening
already or if that's just a, this could happen.
It's a for instance. I don't know. And it's a
little confusing and a little frustrating because
there's just so much going on. And none of that
external stuff, none of the big overarching stuff
is really important right now. And none of it
was teased in a way that was really super compelling
to me because it just seemed like there's going
to be lots of track. But Reiji, his performance
just really sold me, especially throughout the
episode, but especially at the end when he's
doing this fight and this monologue thing where
he's explaining to the guy who was the seed or
the germ, whatever, for this monster to come
out of him, which I assume is a Maku monster,
but I don't really know because we haven't gotten
into it enough. It was really moving. It was
really powerful. It was very effective and I
really enjoyed it. Something else I really enjoyed
was the very Jackie Chan -like fighting that
he did. Ray G was jumping around. He's in this
huge fight against this big gang of guys. And
with his wits, he overcomes. Well, with his wits
and very finely tuned fighting ability, he's
able to come through this fight. And it's really
cool. It was really enjoyable to watch. And it
was a fun fight. I would like to see more fights
like that and less transformed fights, honestly.
If we're going to be doing things differently
in the show, that'd be great. Yeah, so anyway,
the action was really good. Oh, also there's
another concept, which is that this Earth, or
maybe all of the Earths, because it's a multiverse,
have aliens living among them, and they're fairly
well integrated into society, except there are...
gangs of bad aliens as well, which I don't know
why. Do they include humans or not include humans?
I don't know. It's unclear. Whatever. But that's
another element, just to stack on top of everything.
And then apparently they have the technology
to make androids that are very lifelike and human
-like, which makes sense if they had got trans
-dimensional... and transportation in giant spaceships.
And if a little spaceship can take off from Earth
and get into space within seconds, then yeah,
it's all possible. So that's fine. It's just,
it's a lot to take in. But Ray G is a great emotional
anchor and a great emotional core to the show
and a great human core, a great human face to
really like make you like the super space sheriffs.
And to, at least for me, it got buy -in for me.
Like I like this idea. I like what's going on.
I like what I'm seeing here. And I'd like to
see more of it. I find it very interesting that
the promotional material was published in the
United States, in English -speaking countries.
I don't know where else, because I don't use
VPNs to go to England or Australia or anything
like that to see if stuff works over there. I
don't really care. Sorry. I don't think about
you at all. And yet, despite the fact that there
was this U .S.-Western -American push and release
of the promo material for Project Red, There's
no word on an official release yet. Zets is doing
it. Zets is doing it very successfully. Ultraman's
been doing it for a while. And here, there's
nothing happening for this new show, which is
kind of interesting. I wonder why they're doing
that. And I'm just hoping they're doing it because
there's going to be a dub either on YouTube or
on Crunchyroll or something like that so I can
watch it. And Toei is working with, you know,
they've got a bunch of anime stuff on Crunchyroll,
so why not? Yeah. Anyway, that's my thoughts
on it. It seems like a lot, but it also seems
very promising, especially when you strip away
all the crazy stuff and you just focus on Reiji,
this really interesting lead character. Tell
me what you thought about the first episode of
Super Space Sheriff Kavan Infinity Project Red,
episode one. I'd be really curious to see what
you thought about it. If you agree that Reiji
makes for this really great emotional anchor
for the show. and what you hope to see from this
show. I'd like to know that, too. Because I'd
like to see a lot more of these untransformed
fights. And I almost want, since this first episode
was about Reiji, and we got introduced to the
Bushido guy in this episode, I'd like to see
the next episode be about him, and then the third
episode be about the pair of girls, and then
for it to rotate. I think that'd be super cool.
Will they do it? I don't know. I don't know.
Until next time, folks, this is MJ with Henshin
Inspection and Henshin Reflection signing out.
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