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03-27-2014, 12:50 PM | #9941 |
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The only thing worse than Kuuga for me is Faiz, because at least at the end of the day I finished Kuuga. Faiz is the only Rider series I full on abandoned with no intention of ever coming back to it.
So if Decade can be better than both of those shows, winner winner chicken dinner.
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03-27-2014, 01:10 PM | #9942 |
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The only thing worse than Kuuga for me is Faiz, because at least at the end of the day I finished Kuuga. Faiz is the only Rider series I full on abandoned with no intention of ever coming back to it.
So if Decade can be better than both of those shows, winner winner chicken dinner.
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03-27-2014, 01:16 PM | #9943 |
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The thing with Kamen Rider that makes it different is that it's about one character. Sentai is about teams, which makes it a hell of a lot easier to find guest stars. All you need is one person out of five or six willing to come back. With Rider you need the main actor and that wasn't really doable for Decade. Some have moved on and will never come back and others might not be available. Instead of trying to do an anniversary show where half the guys don't even show up Toei decided to just cast brand-new actors and make up new stories with old costumes. It didn't really work all that well
To put it in an American perspective, it would be like trying to get Fergie and Mario Lopez to participate in a Kids, Incorporated tribute series. Or like trying to get Leonardo Dicaprio to reprise his role in a Growing Pains reunion show. Last edited by Kamen Rider Lucha; 03-27-2014 at 01:23 PM.. |
03-29-2014, 01:26 AM | #9944 |
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Faiz Episode 39
Maybe Kitazaki should start wearing gloves. Maybe, perhaps maybe then everything he touches won't turn into ash. It's worked with other people who have similar powers, it just may for him. Yuji typed in the henshin code pretty damn fast there from the sound of things. Okay I know that Murakami didn't get hit by the attack, but can I just say that a double rider kick in the Faiz style is pretty freaking cool looking. Now if only Delta was in it, then it would be freaking sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. Huh, so that's what the lunch room looks like in a Japanese police station. Learn something new everyday. Anywho are we really going to bring these two in and have the whole series be one big conspiracy with Smart Brain? Because if we are I'm going to be honest, this is probably about to get a little lame. The evil company being behind everything bad is overplayed. Plus you know, we're bringing these two back almost at the last minute for no real reason. So yeah, if this is the direction the show is going, can't say I'm all too thrilled for the ride. His legs aren't functioning anymore? Is that an effect of using the Delta Gear? Is it something else entirely? Who knows and to be honest I'm not really expecting the show to explain this either at all, or all to well. I'm with Naoya. I think four people living there is a little too much. You only have three rooms. Takumi would have to sleep on the couch or on the floor unless it was decided he'd be bunking with Yuji or Naoya. So yeah, maybe Takumi shouldn't be living there. I smell a power up. Wait what? So everybody at the Ryuusei reunion is dead? And it was all a trap by Smart Brain? But yet they are all still alive? How...what the...just...I...the fucking hell? Just what the hell? Why did Smart Brain do that? Why are they all alive if they're already dead? Just...just what the fuck is going on!? Mari you are definitely not the only one who does not understand what is what anymore. Or at least, just what the gotdamn hell is going on. Seriously though, da fuck is this shit? He can walk again! It's a miracle! You know to be fair, he isn't the only one who can fight as Faiz. I mean I know Takumi is the main user, but it's not like Yuji did that bad of a job. I actually kind of like the idea of Yuji being Faiz. There's nothing wrong with Takumi, but Yuji just seems to fit into Faiz more. Perhaps I'll explain this more when I finish up the show and do my final thoughts. How come Kitazaki always wears shirts with a low cut neckline or with one of the shoulders cut very low? Did he decide that it would be his own personal fashion statement? Mari did you not remember what happened when you tried to use the belt at the beginning of the show? And more importantly, why did you try it again after it failed this time? Why not just throw it to Takumi? Also why is Mihara there? Did he decide to tag along as well? Which begs the question, why not throw him the belt? That satellite looks really bad. I guess it's a model judging by how it looks. Now I have nothing against using a model for a special effect (talking to a guy here who prefers the unaltered version of Star Wars), but this just looks pretty bad and easily noticeable. They obviously can do pretty good CGI in the show as we've seen. Why not just whip up a CGI satellite? Though I will be fair, it is kinda cool that it has to send do a signal to let Takumi transform into Blaster Mode. Well that was 39 and it wasn't all that fine. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't that good. It suffered from quite a few issues that the episodes tend to have. The first being that there wasn't really a story here. It was mostly just random stuff happening until Sawada revealed what happened, and then when the fight at the end started up. Outside of those two scenes, nothing really happened. This also makes them the only parts of the episode that actually contribute to the main story. Swada revealing exactly what happened at the Ryuusei reunion, and Faiz Blaster Form being introduced. Outside of that, there wasn't a story, and nothing was added onto the main plot. Character development also suffered this fate as well. Except there isn't even a redeeming thing for it. There simply wasn't any character development that I saw. It was just the same old same old for these players. The action also suffered. There were only two fight scenes, and they weren't all that great. Kusaka VS Sawada was short and was the same thing we've seen already; both get in some hits, blah blah blah. The brawl at the end wasn't that great either. Kusaka pretty much walked through the one Orphenoch until Kitazaki got involved, then it just became an utter squash. After that, it just turned into knocking out Rina in one hit, and Mari hurting herself until being smart and giving the gear to Takumi. All around, the fights just stunk here. The episode as a whole just stunk in all fairness. There was no story, no character development, no action, not even anything that entertaining to keep you well entertained. The episode can blow in all the areas, but if it's still entertaining then it did something right. But this episode just had nothing. Episode 39 is basically episode 1 in how boring it is, which shouldn't be something we're seeing at the 39th episode.
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03-29-2014, 12:05 PM | #9945 |
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Well I just finished episode 40 of Faiz. Usually I have a nice long post, but when hitting my backspace to correct a mispelling, the stupid computer decided to take me back a few pages, meaning all of what I had written was gone. So you all will get a cliffnotes version this time.
The episode had a very nice but short story which was good as the episode's own individual story, but also as a story which contributes to the main plot of the show. There was also some nice character development for Sawada, Takumi, and Mihara. Mihara accepting and deciding to fight for real, Sawada developing to be more human like, and Takumi developing out of his depressive/no confidence mood. All three were handled well, so good job show. Finally in the action department we had some utter bad assery here. Takumi's first fight in Faiz Blaster Form was just great. It established how utterly powerful the suit is as well as show off his new toys (noticeable green screen and all!). Of course we also had the brawl at the end which just oozed coolness. It had some nice back and forth action, it even continuing on when Kusaka and Mihara got involved. So the action here was kick ass. Final score, episode 40 did a great job and is leaps and bounds better then episode 39.
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03-29-2014, 12:17 PM | #9946 |
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03-29-2014, 12:25 PM | #9947 |
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03-29-2014, 02:12 PM | #9948 |
D*mnit Atreyu!!!
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Watched episodes 9 & 10 of Hibiki a few days ago, probably about a week & a day ago, now onto the next batch of episodes .
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03-29-2014, 02:31 PM | #9949 |
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Faiz Episode 41
Let's get ready to rumbbbbbbbbbbbbbleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! Well at least they seem to be utilizing a sound strategy; take out Kitazaki first. Takuma and Saeko are strong, but they don't come close to the power level of Kitazaki. They just need to gang up on him and take him out of the equation and then deal with the other two. D'awwww is Lassie coming home? Now you just know that probably brought Takuma to utter near orgasmic joy. Kitazaki has pretty much been bullying Takuma since he's appeared in the show, all because he knows how much stronger he is. But now Kitazaki is weakened, and not as strong. Takuma's going to enjoy every minute of this I bet, even though it cost him some of his face. Awww happy days! Happy days! Ain't no mountain higher and you all are family! The band is back together and everybody is happy again. Except for Kusaka. He's still Kusaka. Not going to lie, I do what Naoya just did there with the whole jumping down stairs thing. It's probably why my knees and ankles pop/crack, but it's fun as all hell. Oh and look, a microwave, don't think I've seen that in a Kamen Rider show before. "Get the fuck off of me Keitaro!" Did it really take them this long to notice that Yuka is in the picture? Shouldn't they have figured out way back when the massacre happened that she wasn't one of the people dead? Shouldn't they have tried to track Yuka down for questioning? Apparently not. Stupid ass cops. I miss Ichijo and Ryu. Well it was only a matter of time before Murakami started considering Yuka to possibly join Lucky Clover. Uhhh Yuka, was that umm, really necessary? You sure you couldn't think of another way to calm him down? No? Oh...alright. Speaking of Yuka, are we never going to get more little romance scenes between her and Keitaro again? I really liked those. I wonder how much the producers had to pay to get the theme park to let them attach a camera to the roller coaster. Sure it isn't something cheap to do. On the plus side though, people got to be on TV...sort of. Rejected! Oh my God Kusaka! You look very nice with that hat on your face. Much hard boiled. And holy crap Keitaro, first you get beaten up by a kid, then you get rejected, and now you just got crushed. Man today is not your day Has she not figured out that the Keitaro she's hanging out with is the same Keitaro she's been talking to? And I can see this advice backfiring. I can just see it happening. Keitaro will take her advice, but yet she'll reject it. These two were so lovey dovey, now they've become like the typical old teenage couple...oh yeah, they are teenagers. I always forget about that. Me dying of laughter in 3...2...1... Also CALLED IT! Oh dear God that is a lot of force just to capture one girl. Sure she's a girl with super human powers, but still isn't this a little too much? And how the hell did they know that she's an Orphenoch? Unless these aren't the real police, but just Smart Brain's own little police unit. C-C-C-COMBO! Good God is Yuka letting them have it. But why doesn't she just fly away? She is the crane Orphenoch after all. You'd think she'd just summon her wings and fly off. Well that was 41. Let me tell you something brother, this episode was quite yummy. And by yummy, I obviously mean good. The story element of the episode was your typical deal with Faiz in that there wasn't really much of one. I'd say that the story was mostly just about Yuka and the fun day everybody was having at the amusement park. Now that isn't a bad thing considering the current story we seem to be getting for the next few episodes is about Yuka. But to be frank, they didn't do much with it here until the very end. Plus, nothing in the episode really added anything that important to the overarching story. So really, even though the episode had a story, it didn't really do that much or add anything too important. In the department of character development, there wasn't really any, I guess. I suppose you could say there was development within Takumi with him continuing to leave behind his depressed and lack of confidence mood, and I guess there was some development in the Naoya/Yuka/Keitaro love triangle. But to be honest, it wasn't really that much of a big deal on any of those two options, Takumi maybe having a little more. So personally, I'd say the episode was lacking in the CD area. Finally we come to action, and it was there and not half bad. The continuing fight at the beginning of the episode was very nice, it carrying on 40's back and forth of the fight at the end. That is until the three gang up on Kitazaki and kick his ass. Taku and Kusaka VS the throw away Orphenoch at the end was alright, just your typical stuff though. As for Yuka VS pretty much all of the police, it was, decent. I think she should have gone through a lot more of them though considering how much stronger she is. The only reason she got so worn down is because they had guns, which doesn't make sense because they're regular guns and not like what the riders use. But I digress. Overall, I'd say the action wasn't all that bad, and like many an episode, the best part of the show in the triangle of areas to hit (let's be fair though, everything with Naoya, Keitaro, and Yuka was the best part). In the end, episode 41 was just another average episode in the Faiz lineup. Very little story, very little character development, some nice action, and some really funny/entertaining scenes. The same old same old. Hopefully things pick up since we're so close to the end.
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03-29-2014, 06:24 PM | #9950 |
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Faiz Episode 42
DAYUMN girl! Well somebody was bound to slip up and take notice about Orphenochs. So Yuji is correct, it was only a matter of time. However the big question is, how exactly did they know Yuka was an Orphenoch? So they're going to try and extract the Orphenoch DNA out of humans? That's...pretty damn bold and interesting. I'm actually really curious about this and hope to see more of it explained or shown. I think it is safe to say that Mari is definitely NOT okay. Though curious to know why her friend didn't run over to her when she went down into a crouched position. Maybe she walked off a bit and didn't see? Is this just their regular meeting place? Like even when discussing serious business such as this their like "We have something really serious to talk about, so I'll meet you at the batting cages and we'll talk there." It's pretty amusing in all honesty So Kusaka has know about everything this whole time. Mari, why exactly are you not flipping out even a little bit? If someone constantly lied to me about not remembering an event and then told me they remembered everything about it, I'd be pissed off. So why aren't you, especially when you've asked him numerous times about it? Ahhh Yuka, you have it so rough. I'm not even being sarcastic by saying that, she really does. She was bullied, unloved be her family, gained the Orphenoch abilities and is constantly torn between it, and the person she likes is rejecting her advances. I honestly really do feel for her, and she in my opinion has one of the best stories for a character within the show. She's also one of my favorite characters for that very reason. I always enjoy these dramatic scenes with her, they also feel genuine and very emotional. It's that aspect of her scenes, and of Faiz as a whole that I really enjoy. So they wanted her to try and remove the Orphenoch DNA eh? Okie dokie then. This does pretty much confirm though that the police knew because they're working for Smart Brain (or another company if these aren't Smart Brain guys), and thus probably knew about Orphenochs that way. That makes more sense then the police just randomly finding out about all of this. Though it does also confirm that Faiz is getting REALLY far into the science fiction genre, though who cares about that? Just one of my observations. This new Orphenoch...I like him. He looks utterly kick ass. I really love that head design, just looks so bloody cool. Why are regular old guns hurting the Orphenoch? They are super humanoid beings. Bullets should not be able to hurt them. Only the weapons of the rider's or other Orphenoch's should be able to harm them. Yuji...is...fucking...livid. Well there goes episode 42. And boy oh boy, was it filled with the crazy. The story elements of the episode were really nice. Once again, the episode is centered around Yuka, however I think they actually did a really good job with it this time. 41 while about her, didn't really come off that way. The only way you knew it was a Yuka episode was by the number of scenes she was in. But the story didn't really focus on her until the end. Here however, everything in the story is about her. Yuka turning herself in after trying to finally go out with Naoya, Takumi and Yuji trying to get her free, the whole freaky DNA extraction plot, everything pretty much that could be considered major in this episode was in relation to her. The story was as I said handled very nicely, and it even contributed to the main plot some with the whole DNA thing. So all in all, good work on the story episode. As for character development, welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll yeah...there wasn't any...again. NEXT! This leaves us with the action portion of the episodes. Once again there really isn't all too much to it. But like usual, the action shown isn't half bad. All of it is short though, and the only fight scene worth mentioning/that stands out is Yuji just going berserk on the cops. So over all, not bad action, just very little of it. In the end, we get another nice little episode. Nothing bad, but nothing all that great. Just the same old mixed bag of a series.
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