The Demo Site

originally posted August 14, 2005

By NinjaJack

When you tune into an episode of S.P.D. you are throughly treated to spiffy characters surrounded by expansive beautiful sets. The towering Doggie Cruger keeps you grounded while Doctor Manx keeps you at attention. Lower squads and cadets scurry about the mammoth fortress of the Command Center as sounds of the day treat your ears to the happenings of the near future.

This kind of thing is what I love about this show, PR is capable of being bold and brave or dull and drab. SPD has been a little of bold to tell the truth.
Personally SPD strikes me as a fine first attempt at bringing PR to a new direction. I`m not sure where that direction will end up but it`s sure different from past PR.
S.P.D seems to suffer from not knowing where PR has been and not exactly being prophet like in knowing where it`s going.

Wired was a good effort that needed less of S.O.P.H.I.E. and more of Bridge. The story was fine, but in the long run it really did not advance any plots now did it?
We need more episodes like Shadow , we need to know that these Rangers face consequences to their actions. If Cruger had stayed with his wife he might today know of her fate. But episodes like Abandoned seem to drive the point this team still has room to grow.
The recent episodes that have aired have been better, well except for Messenger which suffered not so much from bad writing but rather two writers writing two different takes on the episode's set of characters. I just finished watching a true Jackie episode "Reflections", a true classic. Now this is the PR that I am use to seeing. Story before action and action that doesn`t slowdown the plot.

S.P.D. would benefit greatly if Jackie had the influence she had in PRDT(thank you for Fighting Spirit!) and PRTF. Not to mention all the other seasons she`s worked on.

Recently Rangerking, a Rangerposter that shall forever live on in infamy, wanted to initiate a huge boycott on PR because he did not like S.P.D.'s direction. Was his views valid? Maybe.
Was his execution on his complaints a good idea? Perhaps not.
SPD is a fine series with a lot of rough edges, it`s like a Gundam model kit thats missing a few parts. But with a little glue and some love it`s going to make it through just fine. Just as long as the producers are opened to well deserved criticism as much as well deserved praise.