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05-04-2014, 06:00 PM | #10521 |
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So I finally got a chance to sit down and watch the Wizard movie, as most people know bar the pretty shitty ending Wizard is one of my all time favourite Rider shows - and Riders - so luckily for me, this movie really captured the casts great chemistry, and the general sense of humour that I loved so much in the show.
I dunno, I just get a lot from a cast that seem to be genuinely having the time of their lives playing their parts. I guess that is part of the reason I just can't hate Decade. Perhaps the character who made it out the best in the film was Nitou. I was never much a fan of him in the actual show - well until the last ten or so episodes when he suddenly stole the spotlight and became EPIC but sadly at Haruto's expense - but luckily pretty much all of what made him great in those last ten episodes were what they built his Magic World counterpart out of. Magic Land takes a while to warm up the action gears, which is surprising considering how consistently wonderful the action was in the actual show, but around the time Gremlin, Medusa and Phoenix turn up the movie throws us wildly fist pumping from one stunning and epic set piece to another. By the end the movie feels less like it's trying to tell a story and more just trying to outdo its own craziness, and if you're in the right frame of mind for that kind of viewing it's very satisfying. I will say though that I liked that they focused a lot of their budget into just having fun with Wizard's mythology, it sorta felt like a new episode of Decade in some ways and watching it with that in mind made it really fun for me. In terms of our new Rider for the movie...his suit...doesn't translate to the screen well. In motion it's just way too busy to be really appreciated, it just looks a bit of a mess honestly, especially in action sequences. That isn't to say the fights with him are bad, he's just a suit that is much better suited to dramatically standing in the shadows. Sadly the character in the suit most certainly is bad, no scratch that, he's awful. He was basically just a poor man's Fueki, and I mean... couldn't they have created a more original character or at least made a character that actually makes sense? My only real complaints with the film itself is how short it all is, just as the world and the conflicts are established the movie has to start wrapping itself up leading to some logic leaps that I would call contrived, but that'd be insulting the word. It didn't have a bad ending, but it could have done with more breathing room.
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05-04-2014, 06:05 PM | #10522 |
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Re watched the finale episode of Kamen Rider W again... And gosh darn it, I will never get enough of Joker truly one of my favorite rider of all time if not, my 1st.
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05-04-2014, 06:43 PM | #10523 |
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I never really got what people see in Joker. He's literally just half of Double. He's Double without all the things that make Double interesting. Sure, his suit looks nice (if kinda bland) and he's got a good fight scene or two, but Shotaro just isn't as interesting a character or Rider without Phillip backing him up.
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05-04-2014, 07:01 PM | #10524 |
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I never really got what people see in Joker. He's literally just half of Double. He's Double without all the things that make Double interesting. Sure, his suit looks nice (if kinda bland) and he's got a good fight scene or two, but Shotaro just isn't as interesting a character or Rider without Phillip backing him up.
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05-04-2014, 07:16 PM | #10525 |
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05-04-2014, 09:20 PM | #10526 |
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I never really got what people see in Joker. He's literally just half of Double. He's Double without all the things that make Double interesting. Sure, his suit looks nice (if kinda bland) and he's got a good fight scene or two, but Shotaro just isn't as interesting a character or Rider without Phillip backing him up.
Philip is cool, but Shotaro manning up and going alone without the crutch of super-smarts makes him cool. Shotaro himself is also just far more interesting than Philip ever could be. And the suit is anything but bland. It's slick as hell. Wheras Skull is sleek and black except for the helmet, Joker is sleek and black all over. The only visible features of the helmet is the V-crest and those big, blazing red eyes. |
05-04-2014, 09:54 PM | #10527 |
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He's actually everything that makes Double interesting, minus the baggage.
Philip is cool, but Shotaro manning up and going alone without the crutch of super-smarts makes him cool. Shotaro himself is also just far more interesting than Philip ever could be. And the suit is anything but bland. It's slick as hell. Wheras Skull is sleek and black except for the helmet, Joker is sleek and black all over. The only visible features of the helmet is the V-crest and those big, blazing red eyes. Saying Shotaro is better on his own is like saying Gentaro would be better without all those friends, or that Haruto would be better if he gave up on hope. It misses the entire point of the character and the show they appear in. As for the suit, that's a matter of personal taste. I just don't think the Double suit looks as good without the sharp colour contrast of the two halves. |
05-04-2014, 10:11 PM | #10528 |
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05-04-2014, 10:30 PM | #10529 |
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And that's a fair enough point about Joker showing Shotaro isn't helpless alone. But it's hard to accept him a better version without the 'baggage' of Phillip when both times Joker shows up in Double proper (excluding post series cameos) he fails to get the job done and has Double end up actually beating the enemy he was trying to stop. Both time Shotaro almost dies and is only saved by Phillips intervention. Last edited by EnerPrime; 05-04-2014 at 10:34 PM.. |
05-05-2014, 02:59 AM | #10530 |
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I kinda got that sense when the episode pissed around for fifteen minutes before Evil Riders showed up, had a huge battle and then the episode ended
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