Thursday, December 29, 2005

The Tokusatsu Cycle

Tokusatsu, can fall into a predictable cycle. Joe Schmoe, usually a character with a tragic past, encounters lackeys of an evil organization with aims to take over the world; hero goes through an elaborate sequence of poses to transform into the mega-powerful costumed Superhero X; giant rubber-suited monster gets pummeled into oblivion; catchy closing theme plays as footage of the hero riding off to meet his next challenge rolls under the credits.

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What can I say? That never stopped me as a kid as from watching.

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