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Told ya I'd be back real quick. So the
scene has been set, the characters are all in place with some
development behind them. All that means is that his is the first
episode to really be able to do its own thing. Sadly the opportunity
is wasted as the show spends this week on auto-pilot, or cruse
control, or...do trains have an equivalent to either of those? Hold
on (goes in search of an answer) okey; looks like they don't. Though
some might have a kind of pacesetter. Alright so this episode was all
pacesetter.
There wasn't much of a point to this
tale other than introducing another train car that allows the group
to car jump into towns that have been taken over by the shadow line.
Color me disappointed to see a show with a train theme shifting so
soon to the lameness of cars. What? Cars suck! Alright it wasn't all
about the imagination fueled cars. There was an actual plot line
about a monster than caused suffering through hunger. Kinda fitting
that an episode about hunger would end up being so lacking in meat.
Like a soyburger. A pacesetting soyburger.
Getting away from the analogies. Was
there anything good about this one at all? Well the action was good.
Must admit that I'm always amazed at what the stunt crews for these
shows are capable of doing while essentially blind from the helmets.
There's a healthy amount of flipping and kicking that would put a
strain on someone who didn't have a sensory deprecation tank wrapped
around their heads, yet these folks handle it beautifully.
As for any story/character progress.
The whole affair was used to illustrate that Right feels completely
fine with childishly torturing monsters to show them the error of
their ways. In this case he ties the monster to a tree and taunts it
with food. While this makes for some mildly funny moments, it's
nothing to get too excited about. The villains are a little more
active as they bicker about whether the collected darkness should be
saved for the emperor or fed to Grita, a creature that is being
groomed as his bride. Over the past few entries it's been shown that
Grita has the monster hots for General Schwarz who is currently
spending his time spying on the ToQgers.
You might say I'm selling the episode
short but honest to god there wasn't much here to get excited about.
In fact, there was never a clear focus for the episode. It introduced
new tools for the group without spending much time on them. Spent
time on Right without really doing anything with him. Developed the
villains a little more while only giving them one scene. Just seemed
like a wasted opportunity overall. That said, now seems like a good
time to start power rankings. Let's go.
- Premire
- Episode 4
- Episode 3
- Episode 2
- Episode 5
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