There are arguably two dominant superhero cinematic universes at the moment: the Marvel Universe (although this is somewhat controversial these days), and, as io9 has previously written, fast and Furious franchise.But at the same time quickly have Get involved with superheroes and touch the edge of totality cars in space movieswe now have a series brave enough to replace it: Boonboomger.
The 48th and latest entry Super Sentai franchise-this Japan Special Photography Series Forms the basis for action shots and design power rangers—boumbomg Airing in Japan this past weekend, the premise is simple: What if your team of brightly colored superheroes is actually a car-based delivery service that can handle anything from secret documents to women about to be unwillingly married off to a crime family? ,what to do? , although return A group of car-obsessed aliens are about to invade Earth?
This is not the first time team A vehicle-based and even car-specific team-action shot has been completed Power Rangers Turbo From people who are stupid and obsessed with road safety Kalangerfor example, or the end of the world Rotating speed Derived from racing theme keep going— but even in the first episode, boumbomgdesire to go all out fast and Furious The atmosphere is clear.
The main trio – Red Ranger Daiya (Inouchi Haruhi), Blue Ranger Ishiro (Hayama Yuki) and team newcomer Pink Ranger Mira (Suzuki Miu) – already feel so far removed from each other that they call each other “family” Five seconds to go. There’s a comedic, sentient car robot, Bundorio Bunderas – I can’t stress enough that this is actually a play on Antonio Banderas’ name – who not only grows in size, but helps the team The cars turned into giant robots and their personal Hype Man returned to their base. Even the villains, the foot soldiers of the Hashilian Empire, are equally obsessed with speed and cars, claiming their collection of human screams as “Gasolins” and even being willing to suspend drag races with their new enemies, the Boonboomgers, in order to abide by Earth’s the rule of. Road regulations.While there are some live-action car stunts, a lot of the vehicle carnage and mecha combos take place on a digitized car hyperspace track that essentially looks like mario kartrainbow road.
it is Very Silly debut, more inclined to teamComedy side compared to straight superhero fare. The Boonboomgers may be superheroes facing an alien invasion, but they’re also a group of car nerds craving the freedom of racing and driving.Arguably as important as putting on wheeled helmets and letting giant robots get into them, this makes fast and Furious The similarities feel closer.Although these movies have been steadily upping the ante until they were forever teetering on the edge Becoming a comprehensive genre novel, from Augment humans space car, boumbomg Take comprehensive steps to make this desire your all, honestly, quickly Should keep doing the same thing because it’s so much fun.
Boonboomger Now airing in Japan, but unfortunately not available internationally at the moment – but hey, if Hasbro takes a few more years to fully produce power rangers become its own thing Reboot, unique continuitymaybe we might finally see turbine– Similar adaptation. Megazord Driftanyone?
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