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Kamen Rider Die watches Masked Rider Kuuga
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Thanks! Yeah, it maybe is never going to be my favorite Kamen Rider show. But, like, I don't
hate
it. It's just so weird, in its bizarre dialogue scenes and anti-humor and bonkers violence and confusing commitment to procedure at the expense of pacing... It's, I don't know. I'm glad I'm watching it, since it's a Kamen Rider show and I really like those, but it's so long before the franchise added all of things I think of as "a Kamen Rider show". It's like telling someone you like hamburgers and they hand you an uncooked beef patty. It may eventually become a hamburger, but it needs so many more things done to it first.
And, I'll acknowledge, that it's definitely a Your Mileage May Vary sort-of situation. I'm someone who came in through Ex-Aid and Double, so, yeah, this is an adjustment. I do like trying to figure this show out, enjoy what it's trying to do without judging it unfairly. (That Godai/Kuuga switch-out shot! So cool!) Hopefully these posts aren't too frustrating to the Kuuga fans out there. I don't know that I can ever see the show you do, but I really want to see what it's doing.
Sorry to resurrect this a bit, but I just binged the whole thread and had to comment on this. My first KR was Faiz back in 04. I dropped out with Heisei2 because the trend from Den-O to Fourze was really not appealing to me. I missed the J-Drama sensibilities of early Heisei, and the gimmicks and collect them all toy push really hurt for me.
To go off your uncooked burger metaphor, for me Kuuga is is like a premium aged steak from a good steakhouse. They season with a bit of salt but it's all about the meat. Build got me back into KR and it's probably my second favorite series now, but modern KR to me still feels much more like the kind of steak you'd get at Applebee's. You took an ok piece of meat and threw a bunch of sauces and toppings over it instead of just letting it be a steak. Or maybe like one of those abomination chain pizzas where it's not just a pizza, it's a pizza that's also a taco and a fruit salad. As much as I love Build, I really miss the straightforwardness of Kuuga.
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