by Crescent Pulsar R » Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:48 pm
That doesn't make any sense. Jadeite's mistake was that, despite not needing to kidnap any particular person at any particular place or time, he kept kidnapping people using the same method at the same place and time. Otherwise, under a different plan, kidnapping (for whatever reason) in and of itself could have been (virtually) uncontested. (Because, if I remember correctly, Jadeite was trying to get energy in addition to luring the senshi into a trap. Any evildoer wise enough knows not to show patterns in their actions, lest they're playing a sort of game and wish to challenge the detective(s), have the desire to be caught, or intend to lead the investigators in some way for a certain reason (like a trap).)
Also, that activity is still summed up within one episode, in a few words and scenes. Summarized action offers little in the way of substance, thus real action. Now, had the kidnappings occurred over several episodes, to actually build up to a climax with some weight behind it... And you have to remember that Jadeite pulled off his stunt with the bus in a highly-populated area of Tokyo without a hitch, when we know he has easier options in the area. That more than likely means that there really wasn't a lot of work/challenge involved, especially considering his ability to easily insert himself somewhere (selling charms at Rei's shrine, for instance) or to fabricate something and have it accepted as real (such as the cruise liner). The fact is, he and a lot of baddies in Sailor Moon have a lot of sway over their environment, of who they can pose as, what kind of authority they wield, and what medium they can use for their plan. Look at how easily Nephrite got away with his method for so long, by moving around in person under the same guise. The senshi never interfered until after all of his work was done to his target.
The only reason there's any sort of interference is because the senshi almost always have to fight a baddie by episode's end, which requires anything done from a logical standpoint to take that into consideration as if it's the word of God. It really restricts what the baddies can do, which is unfortunate. You could probably blame the sentai genre for that.