So Your Humble Hosts have had a bit more time with the newest member of the Kiramager crew and uh we’re still having some trouble with the guy. But we soldier on regardless because if nothing else, there’s some intensely clever Super Sentai stuff going on even if Silver’s kind of frustrating. So, in this … Continue reading Laser Knees 117 – (That’s a Bit Too) Quick, Silver

It’s our last episode of Laser Knees before the Covid-induced hiatus hits and, unsurprisingly, your favorite (we’re just going to assume, don’t bother correcting us) hosts have some observations to make. In this episode, Sono appreciates some playful tweaking of the rules, Aleph takes issue with some common “wisdom” about kids who are jerks, and … Continue reading Laser Knees 115 – Burning Bridges

It’s time to brave the dark depths and horror of these quarantimes to fight the terror!  And to do that, an old friend’s popped back up to take the reins from ToH all-star Narahisu Arakawa to… mixed emotions.  So join your incandescent interlocutors for another wild ride toward the heart of the fun with Mashin … Continue reading Laser Knees 114 – That New Machine

We’re back with another episode of Laser Knees, taking a look at the newest Super Sentai series, Kiramager!  Our crazy diamonds have been shining up a storm with new toys and unfortunate implications and your incandescent interlocutors are here to see what, if anything, can be polished! In this episode of Laser Knees, Aleph is uncomfortable … Continue reading Laser Knees 113 – The Gunner’s Shovel’s Dream

Well, things are going strange for our heroes and also for the actual real world.  This episode was recorded around the time where Rio Komiya had been in (then thankfully out) of the hospital with Covid19, so once more:  We’re happy he’s okay and also happy that Toei shut down filming while he was recovering. … Continue reading Laser Knees 112 (not 242, oops!) – The Happiest Days of Their Lives

It’s that time again, and just in time, too! Dark clouds hover on the horizon, threatening to drown out all of our joy! And into that looming horror comes: Kiramager! In this episode of Laser Knees, your tolerably-humble hosts enthuse passionately about the first three(!) episodes of the newest Super Sentai series, one which brings … Continue reading Laser Knees 111 – Shine On, You Crazy Diamonds!

In which we sadly bid a fond, fond farewell to those long-lived heroes of the RyuSoul tribes. Not to get too ahead of ourselves, in this episode of Laser Knees we get to talk about the way this Sentai series ends and welcome Super Sentai back into apparent viability.  Aleph has praise for the craft … Continue reading Laser Knees 110 – Vaya con dinos

Yes, your favorite(?) tokusatsu nerds are back! Fighting the virus to put out some long-overdue thinks about the last stretch of RyuSoulGer! In this episode, Kureon steps on someone’s dramatic moment, Aleph ponders directoral competition, and Sono wants to know why we aren’t talking about Master Black doing some serial killer mess. |Right-click “Save As” … Continue reading Laser Knees 109 – Return of the Grongi Magician!

Sometimes, you get scared.  And these episodes of Ryusoulger show us that the key to getting past that fear is MARK DACASCOS (who, incidentally, was almost the first Red Ranger in the original pitch for Power Rangers)!  More info in the as-mentioned below! And if YOU need help being distracted from whatever you’re afraid of (the … Continue reading Laser Knees 108 – OTO SMASH!

Besides the big plot stuff, these episodes of Ryusoulger also feature Rikako Sakata, aka Miu from your hosts’ much-beloved Kamen Rider Fourze! Uchu kitaa! Which is a heck of a way to start some episode discussions that are gonna turn into kind of a bummer, if we’re being honest. On this episode of Laser Knees: Our Heroes … Continue reading Laser Knees 107 – Curtains.