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Hello there, my crowd! Welcome to my Weekly Musings: Red Edition. 

[I ❤ JAPAN] -- [I ❤ THE COLOR RED] -- [I ❤ CELESTIA]

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Hi there, my crowd!  Why is this weekly summary late? ... I forgot. Sorry!

 Nothing major happened in the week we just finished, other than Daylight Savings. Curse this wretched tradition... 

 There were some trailers dropped, but nothing worth talking about too much. Somehow Megamind got a sequel and a TV show without me knowing about it. I heard it's terrible. But the biggest news was the unexpected passing of Akira Toriyama.  I won't echo my thoughts more than I've stated before. We all know his legacy is immortal. Still, I hope Japan does something amazing to honor him.

 BoonBoom 01: We're All Cranked-Up & Ready To Go!  Well, this was definitely a mixed salad of sorts! Based on the heroes, I get the feeling that this show may be story driven. Some comedy, sure, but it won't be enough to cripple or hold back the main storyline. If that's true, then it's spiritually similar to TurboRanger without directly copying. The monsters definitely have the same energy as the ones from CarRanger. The giant fight had the same energy as Go-Onger. Furthermore, I am surprised how they managed to fit so much into the first episode! This how you make 23 minutes feel like an hour. But before I get too attached, I need to see at least one more episode...

 BoonBoom 02: Take a Rad Right.  There's not much more to say than what I did last time. This episode simply explores what the BoonBoomgers do as civilians and what kind of status quo we can expect from the show. No time for story, so it's really hard to say how much more we should expect. They really just go full-speed ahead with the story; you either keep up or get left behind. For now, I will say thank you to the fansubs for calling them Boon Red/Blue/Pink instead of going for all the different romanizations of “Buun”. And while I have seen this combination before, I am glad that BoonBoomger is cementing the idea of Red, Blue, and Pink as the main three rather than Red, Blue, and Yellow like we've seen a million times. Lastly, I am glad the show is taking its time introducing the other two rangers. Sure, the ED theme kind of gives it away, but the fact they are taking their time makes me feel like there is plenty to stick around for.

 Gotchard 24: Remember to Forget!  Yep. Mark this one as a bad episode. It commits the sin of the “How We Got Here” trope. Showing us a glimpse of the third act did NOTHING to enhance the experience other than give us spoilers; therefore it's a sin. When we get to the third act that was teased at the beginning, it just becomes a cliffhanger, therefore our reward for going through this episode was practically nothing. Another sin of storytelling. Worst of all, it's a clipshow. Now I normally say a clipshow is fine if you also throw in some new lore or story information, anything that makes the plot feel like it's still progressing forward. They ALMOST did that! They almost explained something about their professor-turned-traitor. But the story intervened before that could happen, so we got NOTHING! They dangled a plot thread over us for nothing. They're saving all the good stuff for the next episode. Another sin. Strike three. You're out!

 Gotchard 25: Steamy Results!  Part of me expected them to use the Warptera card to warp over to the Academy and take their cards back. Did not happen, but okay. However, I did not expect Rinne's father to just reappear! Kind of random and anticlimactic. Hope there is a story to explore there. We almost got the professor back, but that didn't happen either. Gotta say, I don't mean to bash anyone's mental trauma, but the professor is kind of an idiot if he really has internalized the death of his classmate and blamed himself. It clearly wasn't his fault, it was Geryon. I was kind of expecting more out of this reveal. The show made it look like Geryon tried to gaslight the professor into that internalized blame, but the execution was weak. They really should have played up the manipulation element. Perhaps if we hadn't wasted time on a flashback episode, there would have been more time to flesh that backstory out.

That's it for now, my crowd.  Take care, and rev up.

Yeah, don't focus too much on the lyrics for this one, just focus on the vibe. I swear, they might have meant to, but the melody sounds so oriental. Am I the only one that hears it? Do you? Not to be connect to the old movie with the same name, this is "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" by Mike + The Mechanics.