Chris Beveridge
03-16-2011, 07:44 AM
http://cdn-www.mania.com/content_pics/000006/79/64/27a5a60e22e0e924_thumb.jpgReview by Chris Beveridge (http://www.mania.com/rio-rainbow-gate-episode-11_article_128974.html)
Mania Grade: B
In Summary:
Rio has a fairly fun episode here that was a lot more enjoyable in the first half than the second half, if only because the girls were just so giddy as they worked their way through the casinos. The lightness of it all was a welcome change from the darker and more story driven elements of the show recently, something I still don't think it really needed, so spending time with silly material and some simple games of luck and chance was good to see. Of course, they did it in style with all of them well decked out and the show took it a few steps further with the costumes the girls all get to wear for the challenge that's issued here. That part felt weaker overall, but it all serves to get us to the ending where it's made clear exactly what kind of challenge Rio herself is about to lay down for Rina and Cartia.
Mania Grade: B
In Summary:
Rio has a fairly fun episode here that was a lot more enjoyable in the first half than the second half, if only because the girls were just so giddy as they worked their way through the casinos. The lightness of it all was a welcome change from the darker and more story driven elements of the show recently, something I still don't think it really needed, so spending time with silly material and some simple games of luck and chance was good to see. Of course, they did it in style with all of them well decked out and the show took it a few steps further with the costumes the girls all get to wear for the challenge that's issued here. That part felt weaker overall, but it all serves to get us to the ending where it's made clear exactly what kind of challenge Rio herself is about to lay down for Rina and Cartia.