Silver Lining, part 2

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Akino Ame 11:45 am
Huh. New planet in the PR universe
Andrasia

Kaitou 11:46 am
It WAS a new planet

Akino Ame 11:46 am
I'm gonna be honest--it sounds like they named it so close to Andros for a REASON
Especially since the way everyone reacts is roughly how Turbo responded to Andros
"So you're from space?" ---> "You're an extraterrestrial?"

Kaitou 11:47 am
yep

Akino Ame 11:47 am
...DAMN
They went ALDERAN on the guy's planet
I wouldn't be surprised if they WANTED to do Eltar or KO-35, but they realized they couldn't blow up either planet

Akino Ame 11:48 am
KO-35 is needed for SPD and we can't do that to poor Eltar
...The quarry is the SAME ONE from 199
They took the stock footage and put it to a green screen
To seamlessly splice together Gokaiger and Megaforce footage
It's the same damn mountain

Kaitou 11:49 am
YEP

Akino Ame 11:49 am
You can see the paths where the Sentai all lined up
They took CARE
I am IMPRESSED with this season

Akino Ame 11:50 am
THIS IS HOW YOU ADAPT AND ACCOUNT FOR FOOTAGE DIFFERENCES
And since it's that mountain, I wonder if the Timeranger tribute will be reworked into Orion trying to go back in time to save his family

Kaitou 11:51 am
which would be heartwrenching

Akino Ame 11:51 am
...I honestly think Andros needs to buy Orion a drink
Or twelve
Orion went through EIJI level shit

Kaitou 11:52 am
YEP

Akino Ame 11:53 am
JAKE, THIS IS NOT THE FUCKING TIME
Orion is holding back tears and talking about how all of his people are dead and he watched his village be destroyed and how by sheer luck and being able to run faster than everyone else, he's the only Andrasian left alive, and you laugh over Troy's unfortunate choice of words
I just love the four-way group GLARE
Noah looks like he's gonna punch him out

Kaitou 11:54 am
his voice was CHOKING with emotion that whole way

Akino Ame 11:54 am
Yeah
Which is a major step up from Emma's flat delivery of "We're sorry for your loss."

Akino Ame 11:55 am
Put a little more OOMPH into it. He's the survivor of a terrible genocide
Oh, that was nice
For once, we actually hear an alien language
And just the JOY in his voice when he hears his native tongue for what must be the first time in months

Kaitou 11:57 am
there's no way around it. Cameron Jebo is a GOOD ACTOR

Akino Ame 11:57 am
Yes
He's a shining star here
And I like the fusion of Gai's backstory there
Didn't die. Just got lucky. Had similar visions
And it settles it--Andrasia is the source of the Super Mega powers
They were probably entrusted to Earth thousands of years ago, with Silver kept hidden on Andrasia JUST IN CASE
But Orion was too cautious to try it before the Invasion hit
And yeah, you could SEE the guilt on his face because of it

Akino Ame 11:59 am
I mean, they're drawing from AVATAR here

Kaitou 12:00 pm
yeah. As for Emma, I do think they're telling her to be more Ahim-like at times
very calm

Akino Ame 12:00 pm
Yeah
I do like that Jebo's taking into account that English is Orion's second language
His speech is a little formal at times
And he has to be TAUGHT the word "morpher" and he says it like he's not sure it's the right word
It reminds me of Khary Payton as Aqualad

Kaitou 12:02 pm
I always felt that Morpher is a Eltarian word

Akino Ame 12:02 pm
I think it's probably a translation of the Eltaran word
...HOLY SHIT, ORION
I'm sorry. Andros has lost ALL RIGHT to bitch about how hard his life is
You went Tom Hanks in fucking CASTAWAY because of how shitty your life was
We need to do it. We need a meeting of Eiji and Orion

Kaitou 12:05 pm
I would RP him. after what he's gone through? totally one of my kinds of characters

Akino Ame 12:05 pm
They really did it. I'm impressed. They took the backstory of most of the Gokaigers and smushed them together for Orion, then sent him to a cast full of innocent Earthlings like Gai
YES

Kaitou 12:05 pm
yep

Akino Ame 12:06 pm
He's been doing this for years
It took months for him to fix the ship
And clearly many months before that since his people were killed
Given his hair
The style tells me he had to have been cutting it himself, getting it as close as he could with a knife and as comfortable as he could

Akino Ame 12:08 pm
Hehehehe
Noah, your crush is obvious
"...I wanna hang out with him too..."
Pfft, the fear on Orion's face when they decide they're getting his hair professionally done
Given how poor his village seems to have been, this is probably his first time at a professional barber

Kaitou 12:13 pm
yeah

Akino Ame 12:14 pm
I like that
Noah reassures Orion that he's not alone anymore. Mostly because Orion's so used to fighting alone that he's killstealing and making himself a severe liability, getting in the way of their attacks

Akino Ame 12:17 pm
Nice
The three that energize: Green Ranger, Quantum Ranger, White Dino Ranger

Kaitou 12:18 pm
yep

Akino Ame 12:19 pm
It feels seamless
And Noah implies that they really haven't been able to USE the Sixth Ranger Keys
They were still locked

Akino Ame 12:20 pm
And I still think it makes perfect sense for Time Force, beyond the year 3000 to retrofit the Q-Rex
Knowing that while 2001's going to need it red and with just two modes, 2014 is going to need it completely overhauled in blue and silver with a compatible system for the Ranger Keys and three modes
Compatible with Quantum power, Green Ranger power, and White Ranger Dino power

Akino Ame 12:24 pm
NOAH, YOU ARE TOTALLY GAY FOR ORION. ADMIT IT

Kaitou 12:25 pm
hehehehe
he is

Akino Ame 12:26 pm
Commander today was Angor from DT

Akino Ame 12:27 pm
And nothing against Gai--I love him, but I really think I like Orion more. He's got more on the line
They did a fantastic job creating this character