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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, 12:24 PM
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Switchblade
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So, yeah... this happened.
I'm not 100% sure, I'd have to go back and check, but I may have mentioned my somewhat negative response to Kamen Rider Ghost on this board once. Possibly. I feel like it's the sort of thing I wouldn't have dwelled on, certainly not several years after the show ended. Regardless, I was not 1000% thrilled to have Ghost's writer back on board, but I wanted to go into the show with an open mind and no immediate prejudices.
And then the first shot opens on a motherfucking clown with a turquoise wig and giant fake mustache. You're not working with me here, Saber.
I'm not ragequitting the show after one episode. It's really early and it's not fair to judge anything too harshly yet. The first episode was badly rushed and the plot will likely calm down once we get most of the characters and plot established. I'm also really curious to see what the show looks like once it's burned through its CGI budget (this episode feels very much like Fukuda telling Toei "So you took away the budget from my last show to make Amazons? Well I am literally going to make you pay for that now!").
It's hard to judge much about the characters or the story since we get so little. I think I like Touma? He's very... standard tokusatsu hero-y; lots of shouting about protecting people and making promises and shit. Mei is our Akiko/Shunpei/Onari comic relief sidekick. I'm automatically disinclined to like her, but at least she's only over-acting a little bit. I do like the gimmick of the monster creating a weird pocket dimension, but I only see that lasting until the episode budget starts shrinking.
I totally get the Sentai comparisons. It's not because there are kids; there is a definite aesthetic to the show that is very Sentai. The goofy sound effects and humor are part of that - they make the show feel like its skewing towards a younger audience than Zero-One. The stock footage transformation and attacks are a huge part of it, though. That is a very Sentai technique. And then there's the end credits...
It's neat that we have an ending theme again. Some of my favorite Kamen Rider songs are from the ending credits. That said, I hate this ending with a passion. I was literally talking back to the computer screen as it aired, saying things like "What? This is not a dancing credits. No. No, no, no. This isn't fucking Sentai." Yeah, I just... no. That was awful. Never do this again, Kamen Rider.
That was probably a pretty rambling post. I'm writing this immediately after watching the episode while I have a lot of thoughts running through my head. Sorry if that was all kind of a jumble.
tl;dr: I'm seeing a lot of red flags, but I'm willing to give the show a chance to win me over. No more dancing ever.
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