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Kamen Rider Saber Episode 1- "In The Beginning, There Was A Swordsman Of Fire!"
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09-06-2020, 01:28 AM
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Hm... Remember when Kamen Rider was more cool than cringe? Just finished watching the first episode of Saber and... if I had to summarize my opinions, it would be that Saber felt more sentai-like than I would have preferred? I mean, in this one episode, we have goofy support characters, we have CGI henshins, we have a group of villains hidden in the shadows watching over the monster attacking, we have a literal growing/giant monster... an ENDING THEME? It felt very, very Magiranger to me, especially with the purple knight badguy.Other than that, there are some things I liked, and some red flags.
Pros:
- The suit designs are awesome.
- The belt and gimmick toys are actually rather cool.
- Admittedly, the CGI wasn't cringy and the action was quite good.
- The backstory/lore with the swordsmen is really fascinating.
Cons:
- Too many children. Sorry, but I'm just not a fan of child actors, even in kid's shows. The fact that our main character is a bookshop owner that caters to children is worrying.
- The monsters are yet again generic and don't relate to anything. I don't understand how they were able to nail the monsters so well in some series, but just fail to do so in other shows.
Other observations:
- We don't even have specific victims this time around? I'm not sure whether this is a con or not (as the victim thing has been done to death), but how on Earth are they going to make us care for what's happening each week and keep us emotionally invested? I'd love for a serialized story once again like Gaim, but with this premise and set-up? I highly doubt it's going to happen.
- The Ridebooks look to feature more heavily in the plot and mythos than the Progrise Keys, which is great. However, it remains to be seen if they will play any significant role in the plot or be weaved into it in any meaningful way. Like, are they just going to be given and handed new Ridebooks instead of having to at least earn them somehow? Urgh, I hope not.
The jester like clown narrator, bgm, and somewhat reminds me of trying to be harry potter /shonen anime like fairy tales. The rainbow color doesn't match the darker snippet origins of the original saber/toma early childhood loss. It doesn't reflect well. And people used to complain about shit cars ruining epic proto drive intro. I feel riders will never go bask to the extreme serious dramas and deaths anymore . Build and gaim to an extent exaid and 01 tried, but reset it later .
It's so weird seeing the qr codes on the props as well. It's like sentai mecha suit/cgi tried to be accurate to the toys by showing the cluster leg parts during big combinations back in ninninger. The secondary rider looks kind of like Mitchy from gaim though.
The lead actress might be another akiko. I feel like thus year it'll be another ryuken where driver/weapon plays all the gimmick sounds, but the dinky sword take the fantasy fun out of it.
The stock animation will get tiring if the used the same henshin sequence like sentai and the books are like 90s game cartiages. I agree he was too pro in tranformatiin sequences. It's like this wasnt his debut fight. The actor was performing like a pro kind of cocky in a way displaying how much he train for this moment. It'll make sense if he was a student training to fight like kabuto.
It's a been a while since I've seen ryuki, but I feel the cgi for world changing haven't improved that much. Even with pandemic I'm sure thru could of polished it a bit more at home. Usually, they tend hide bad cgi with dark lighting . Still practical effect is the way to go for riders with minor cgi .
The sentai like martial art dancing sequence will def take the drama out of serious eps. Kind of waste for the epic old school music. The end shot feel like espada is the heroine, but it isn't. She's likely the older sister/ comedy relief. The blue lion though. We're back to fantasy animals like ryusoul Dino's,
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