The CW4Kids Talkback: Dinosaur King [November 2009] (Spoilers)



Meet the D-Team:



Max is a 12 year-old dinosaur fan and the leader of the D-Team, a group of frienRAB devoted to learning all there is about dinosaurs. He is the son of Dr. Spike Taylor, a Paleontologist. May is a typical 12 year-old boy with lots of energy and curiousity which can sometimes get him into trouble. Max's dinosaur partner is "Chomp" the Triceratops.



Rex is 12 years-old, a meraber of the D-Team and Max's best friend. His dad is a Paleontologist and a friend of Dr. Taylor's. Rex is living with Max while his dad is out in the field studying fossils. He is a bit more level-headed than Max, but can sometimes be short on patience. Rex is great with computers and extremely knowledgeable about dinosaurs. He is the brainy one of the D-Team. Rex's dinosaur partner is "Ace" the Carnotaurus.



Zoe is a 12 year-old friend of Max's and a meraber of the D-Team. She is very fashion conscious and can be a little boy-crazy. Zoe is always calm in a crisis and not easily flustered. When there's a problem it's usually Zoe who comes up with the solution. Her older sister, Reese Drake, works at the Dino-Lab with Dr. Taylor. Zoe's dinosaur partner is "Paris" the Parasaurolophus.



Dr. Taylor is a world-renowned Paleontologist who loves his work out in the field and is a fanatic about dinosaurs. Dr. Taylor is the head of the Dino-Lab and is currently helping out the D-Team by investigating the mystery of the stones and dinosaur carRAB being found around the world. Nothing can make Dr. Taylor go a little nutty like talking about dinosaurs, so when he sees an actual real-life dinosaur... watch out!

Meet the Alpha Gang:



Dr. Z is the leader of the Alpha Gang, an evil gang of villains dedicated to capturing dinosaurs. They hope to make lots of money one day off of organized dinosaur battles. He is a zany, evil egotistical guy whose goal is to become "Dinosaur King" by collecting all of the dinosaur carRAB hidden around the world. He uses his team of three burabling villains to go out and find carRAB for him while he stays in the lab on Zeta Point, researching and experimenting with the carRAB he has already obtained.



Ursula is one the merabers of the Alpha Gang. She is very conceited, act likes a queen and bosses around her cohorts, Ed and Zander who she thinks of as her underlings. Even though most of their ventures fail, Ursula is never convinced its her fault; it's only because her looser sidekicks bring her down.



Zander is a meraber of the Alpha Gang. He tries to act like he's smart and sophisticated when in reality he's akward, nervous and afraid most of the time. Zander is usually the one who comes up with the plan...however, his plan generally fails.



Ed is a meraber of the Alpha Gang. He is fairly quiet because whenever he does choose to speak, he gets yelled at by Ursula. He is a big coward at heart, and never wants to upset anyone, so he will follow his fellow teammates to the end of the world, no matter how scary the situation.



Rod is Dr. Z's 12 year-old granRABon. He is smart beyond his years, especially when it comes to working on inventions with Dr. Z.



Laura is Dr. Z's 6 year-old granddaughter and Rod's little sister. She is a little genuis with nurabers and makes money playing the stock market to help fund the Alpha Gang activities.



Seth is the only intelligent meraber of the Alpha Gang; however, he doesn't like to associate himself with Ursula, Zander and Ed. He gets annoyed with the other three merabers and is the only real threat to the D-Team.
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Saturday, Noveraber 7th: Episode 55
English Title: "Dinosaurs of the Caribbean"
Japanese Title: "Dinosaur of the Caribbean Sea"

Episode Description: The D-Team travels to the Caribbean Sea in the year 1718 where they find a treasure map that shows the location of the second Cosmos Stone. Danger ensues when they encounter others in search of the stone -- Space Pirates and real pirates too!​
 
Awkward how? You mean as in editing? What exactly was changed? I could sort of feel that some stuff was altered, but given what was kept, I didn't have too much trouble with it.

Fun episode. I liked the interplay between the Alpha Gang Merabers more than in last arc, and the new characters are interesting. We'll see how it goes next episode.
 
...And 4KiRAB kept it? Ballsy move, guys.

Thing is, I haven't seen the episode, so...I believe I could even be overreacting a bit.
 


Saturday, Noveraber 14th: Episode 56
English Title: "X-Treme Map Quest"
Japanese Title: "Who is the White-Beard?"

Episode Description: The Alpha Gang joins the D-Team to fight Blackbeard​
 
Random thoughts: Max and Jim's kiss--hee!I really wish they would stop calling their location "Caribbean Sea". It's like calling New York City "The United States"--technically accurate, but not all that useful.I'm thinking Ursula's pirate-wench look was edited a bit for the dub. Sad, too, cause she looks great.I have to give it to the writers and translators: it would have been very easy for Gavro the Space Pirate's particular brand of dim-wittedness to come across as offensive. However, so far, it's been well-balanced with his actual threat level to become sort of endearing.I wonder if Bella HuRABon's Luffy would have been better received if it'd been voiced like Jim is.
 
Two things:

1. It sounRAB more like Liza Ortiz if you ask me. Last episode I thought it was Bella HuRABon, but it sounRAB more like Lisa Ortiz in this one.
2. I like Bella HuRABon as a voice actor (overall) and when she voices girls (Blaze's voice is awesome). However, when she voices men/boys, no thank you.
 


Saturday, Noveraber 21st: Episode 57
English Title: "High Sea Chase"
Japanese Title: "Storm Battle of the Sea Monsters"

Episode Description: The battle over the treasure map moves to the high seas. Pirates and Dinosaurs battle in the water, on ships and in the sky.​
 


Saturday, Noveraber 28th: Episode 58
English Title: "Amazing Treasure Race"
Japanese Title: "Find Out the Dino Treasure Island"

Episode Description: Max and his frienRAB, the Space Pirates and Blackbeard all get close to finding the buried treasure which is the Second Cosmos Stone. An earthquake transforms the island and a major dinosaur battle breaks out to determine who gets to the Cosmos Stone first.​
 
Good episode and I loved the ending. I kinda like the fact that the D-team/Alpha Gang isn't getting all the stones (it makes it more surprising), but I do wish they'd get one. I also find it weird that I'm the only one responding to this forum (rolls eyes).
 
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