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Fish Sandwich rewatches Kamen Rider Kuuga
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04-06-2020, 04:30 PM
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Fish Sandwich
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Hey there! I'm Fish Sandwich. People who frequent these boards might know me as the one with the questionable taste in screen names, and the even more questionable taste in TV shows.
You might also know a user going by Kamen Rider Die. Die has been doing threads chronicling his experiences watching Heisei Rider shows for the first time for a while now, and I've come to see him as a bit of a kindred spirit when it comes to the desire to talk at length about Kamen Rider. His threads are a real treat, and if you by chance haven't checked them out, I highly suggest you do. You'll also see me in there a lot. As I'm writing this,
he's about halfway through Ryuki.
If you aren't reading this in the future, come on and join the fun!
Of course, for however similar we are, we're also two different people. I'll truck with Showa any day of the week, for one thing. I'm also a huge fan of a show Die was largely unenthused by, which surprisingly enough,
isn't
Ghost. No, I'm talking about Kuuga, of course. A show formative to
my
fandom of Kamen Rider,
not so much to Die's
. And that's been eating me up a little ever since that thread ended.
It feels weird to call myself a long-time fan knowing how many people have been around way longer, but I've been watching Kamen Rider since somewhere in 2011, and the memories of those shows I watched early on are starting to get a little faded. I couldn't express what I saw in Kuuga to anywhere near the extent I wanted to, and I figure it's time to put a stop to that. For a while, now, I've been rewatching the Heisei Rider shows that I saw early on, and it's been a lot of fun. Back then, I was a lot more passive about watching them, so to go back and examine them more closely the way I do now, even talking about it episode-by-episode in the "What are you watching?" thread, not too dissimilar to how Die does things, it really helped me to reconnect with what I love about them, and to see things I would've never noticed before.
I figure it's high time for Kuuga to get that same treatment. The stars have lined up for it. And if I'm doing that anyway, why not go the extra mile and do my own thread for it? A thread that's similar, but different. The fundamental idea is the same. Watch a Rider show, and comment on my thoughts as I do so. The difference is that Die's threads run on the magic of that virgin experience of seeing a show for the first time. I can't give you that, and I'm also liable to be a lot more long-winded, and a lot less
funny
. So, like, those might be issues.
What I'm hoping to compensate with is raw affection. I try my best to analyze things critical
ly
, but I'm not very criti
cal
when it comes to Kamen Rider. It takes a lot for a Rider show to upset me. I'll probably let a lot of glaring flaws off the hook, spin things most would consider negatives into positives, and not even notice things others would nitpick. All of that is out of love, and I'd be thrilled if that's of some interest to anyone.
So, just like Die, let me get some basic guidelines covered:
I *PROBABLY* WON'T SPOIL KUUGA PAST THE EPISODE I'M ON
. The only way this would even matter is if for some reason you're reading this thread while going through the show, but this is just naturally how I tend to write about these things, so I feel like it's worth mentioning. A lot of stuff, I've plain forgotten, and while a lot of stuff I might hint at, any future events I do feel the need to bring up will probably only be referenced obliquely. I already have way too much to talk about in the moment to worry about what comes next. I'll get there eventually.
I DEFINITELY WON'T BE SPOILING ANY OTHER SHOWS
. Again, mostly a natural result of how I write these things. Kuuga should be the
only
show you have to worry about having seen (if even). Comparisons to other shows will be broad, and more about stylistic differences than anything. I won't bring up plot twists or character deaths or anything like that. The worst you have to fear is me maybe referencing a catchphrase or something.
EVERYONE'S A CRITIC
, which is to say,
I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TO SAY!
About Kuuga. About what I have to say about Kuuga. About what someone else has to say about Kuuga. Whatever. Don't sweat it too much. If you want to pop in just to say Yuusuke was wearing a particularly nice shirt in an episode,
that is great
. Like Die always says, these threads are participatory. It's more fun for everyone if everyone is having fun, so please don't be afraid to let your voice be heard. If you have a thought about Kuuga, it has a place here.
That being said,
PLEASE DON'T SPOIL ANY OTHER SHOWS, OR AT LEAST USE SPOILER TAGS
. I feel a bit cruel asking this, since it doesn't matter to me personally, but I've been a spoilerphobe myself, and my promise up above becomes less than meaningless is somebody scrolls down to find a remark about something that happened in, like, episode 40 of Build anyway. Kuuga's a cool show with plenty to talk about by itself, so hopefully this won't be a hard rule to follow.
So with all that out of the way, nothing would make me happier than if you'd all make your heavy burdens into a pillow, sit back, relax, and join me as I witness a legend being rewritten, all over again.
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