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03-27-2015, 09:23 PM | #11791 |
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Kuuga as a whole handles the police involvement the best as far as Kamen Rider goes.
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03-27-2015, 09:23 PM | #11792 |
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I would say that yes but opinions can always very about things.
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03-27-2015, 09:25 PM | #11793 |
Half-Boiled Lifestyle.
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I´m rewatching Kuuga at the moment and the police drama is the best Kamen Rider has gotten. Its really easy to see that they explicitly modeled the show after police dramas that aired around that time.
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03-27-2015, 11:02 PM | #11794 |
AMAZON!!!!!!
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I've been up to 16 episodes into Fourze, in the past four days, which really surprised me how much I've watched in such a short time.
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03-27-2015, 11:39 PM | #11795 |
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I will agree about the cop aspect, but I wouldn't put the series anywhere near my favorites. I actually think Agito did everything Kuuga did better.
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03-28-2015, 01:22 AM | #11796 |
Neppu Yarou.
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Kamen Rider Super 1.
Alrighty, decided to give this a whirl since Stronger was kinda dragging a bit.(Boy the strained budget is a bit sad at times.) REALLY could have done without the photos of real starving people less than 3 minutes into the first episode. That was just fucking tasteless. Other than that, I mostly enjoyed the first episode. It does suffer from what a lot of Showa Rider series do, which is that they have a narrator explain things rather than showing us, and the dialogue at times feels forced in its exposition rather than natural. The villains are briefly introduce but I like what I see. Just good old nut jobs that want to do ethnic cleansing and believe it's a good thing. There's also something very funny about the villains being called the Dogma Kingdom. I will say there were a few moments that were too funny for the wrong reasons. I think they were trying too hard convince me it was totally taking place in the US (when they didn't need to), to the point of mild comedy, specifically a sign in the middle of a desert that was pointing to Idaho, Nevada and Oregon. I also do have to point out that the security is just damned hilarious. Despite being a scientific base, there is none. Come on, just put some masks and uniforms on a few of the extras, that's all you need. I can buy that a mole from the Dogma Kingdom could give security the slip, even in a full lock down, not so much that the scientists are the only ones to give chase because you don't have guards in a secret base. Or maybe that's some serious budget cuts. Is technically a Space program after all. Overall I think the the episode covered a lot of decent ground. We got our villains and basic motives, a glimpse at future supporting characters including a returning Genjirō, which took me by surprise. Not sure why he's doing motorcycles in this series. Maybe Masaru Todou was doing a well enough cafe? We also got the abilities of Super-1 told and displayed to us in a proper way;i.e: Professor Henry going over them with Kazuya during a test as opposed to a damn narrator. I also really like the idea of a Rider just not being able to transform at first on his own, it takes focus and training, or apparently being knocked unconscious by an explosion and sent flying through the air. On a related note, I absolutely love the humming sound from the henshin, very distinctive. Onto the next episode. Kazuya works on some of that focus, although I'm a bit lost on the time period. Is this a few months after the incidents in the previous episode, or just a few weeks? I imagine months given what is shown, or maybe I just missed it if it was mentioned, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't. So Kazuya trains in hope of discovering the key to his henshin. That's pretty much the episode right there. Okay to be fair there is a bit more to it, including a few small scenes with our supporting cast, mostly on the comic relief side of things, although not much in development for them. But this show is still laying ground work so I'm okay with that. We have our MOW from last time(FireKong) return to fight Kazuya, but he can't henshin which is of course problematic. The Dojo master that Kazuya studies under does some kung-fu mind bending tricks on him, and learns that the reason behind why he transformed without aid as seen at the end of the previous episode. Turns out he has to have peace of mind. With that knowledge and with the hottest member of the DK crew out for Kazuya's blood, the Master takes drastic measures to make sure Kazuya will be ready for the impending battle...by sending 100 martial artist at him. I'll admit, I knew this going in, which may play a part in me being slightly underwhelmed by it. I know there is no way in hell a Toku series, especially one in the 80s, would ever actually have 100 extras at once. That being said, it does feel very much like he's fighting waves of people in bursts,(Although this isn't bad, mind you) though the scene changes are little odd. I know why they did it, so they wouldn't have extras on the ground as knocked out opponents. But with him going around taking on waves of enemies, each time in a higher elevation, I can't help but think of the game Kung-Fu, only outside dojo. So after taking out 99 opponents he has to face the master, no surprise there. What I like here is that the Master doesn't lose to Kazuya. Actually the Master doesn't even break a sweat, he just flings Kazuya right off a damn cliff...I'm not entirely sure how exactly that's supposed to put him at peace. I can buy that the henshin was scared out of him, but that does go against the previously established idea. I don't know to blame the writing or the subs for this, maybe I'm supposed to interpret peace of mind as not being hot headed in battle, which even then still wouldn't explain the whole cliff thing. The rest plays out how you'd expect, MOW attacks the supporting cast, Super-1 beats his ass, explosion, etc. I really like the scene after FireKong is defeated, as an explanation for the Kamen Rider part of his name is given by having Scatm- I mean Genjirō Tani, say Kazuya is like the heroes before, which is fantastic, and a nice nod to SkyRider in particular. I didn't find much terribly wrong here, just questionable at time. The show is still bare but understandably so. The best way I can describe this particular episode is like a 70's Kung-fu film thrown into a blender with Toku, which I am totally okay with, I just hope there's more substance to be found later on. Stronger. On thank Sailor Cosmos, interesting things happen in this episode. What's there to say about this one? Well the plot this time is actually a kinda interesting slight change of pace. Rather than outright trying to kill Stronger, Black Satan just hopes to distract him long enough to get bigger plans done, which intertwines with the distraction itself. This is honestly really smart on the villains part. The method used to occupy Jo is a pretty common trope, which is have ordinary citizens go berserk and attack others/the hero, and of course the hero usually won't attack. I don't really mind this since it is a smart move and at the very least executed well. This episode also had a surprising body count, I mean the whole plan is poisoning the water supply with a toxen that makes people lose their minds and then keel over, but it's still kinda surprising. They even have the M.O.W. melt some guy right in front of a kid. Goddamn. They even capture Stronger at one point, which isn't that huge of a deal, but they get the people he's trying to protect to beat the hell out of him like some sort of drug fueled lynch mob. I'm kinda disappointed it only lasted about five seconds, I was actually really absorbed by the scene and it's a shame it didn't go on just a bit longer. Draw backs to the episode are...well, awkward as hell cuts, both in the literal film skip and "How the hell did they do that so fast?" sense. I don't just mean the usual let's jump from building to outside, I mean stuff like Stronger suddenly swinging on a rope via a way too obvious frame skip. Suddenly the M.O.W. somehow getting a hold of two hostages that must've been previously stashed somewhere. Kinda funny to imagine him running all the way and back while Shigy is beating up Bunny mooks. On a related note, I'm pretty sure the cause for this particular cut is because the camera was ran over by a bike: Oh, and they pull that annoying monster gets away (Somehow, they're not gonna show) thing a lot of Showa era stuff did for some reason. You know, attack the monster, it rolls around on the ground, camera zooms in on the Rider's helmet as they look away from the monster rolling, and then they comment on something/music plays before a commercial/scene jump, making look like they just ignored the monster and let it get away mid battle. Come on, it cannot be that hard to actually show or have some sort of audio cue that the monster has a means of escaping. Hell, the monsters can even turn into tiny little mind control spiders, play the sound for that. Stuff like this just makes characters look dumb (Because good is dumb) and the writing lazy. Despite a few draw backs, I think this was a fairly good episode. Things happen here that show Black Satan is a threat, their plan largely did work, for a good while anyway. They caused multiple deaths, caused some chaos, managed to kidnap Stronger and toy with him a bit. The highlights are certainly the villains being intimidating, and Stronger along with Tackle being resourceful to find a cure to the poison. Not to mention Tackle even saved Stronger, and together were able to ultimately prevent a much worse and larger scheme from taking place. |
03-28-2015, 10:33 AM | #11797 |
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I feel that Stronger as a show gets a lot better after Black Satan is defeated and we get into the Delza Army arc. That stuff is really, really good.
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03-28-2015, 03:22 PM | #11798 |
AMAZON!!!!!!
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Well I've watched more of Fourze and I really like Meteor.
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03-28-2015, 04:26 PM | #11799 |
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Nice to see more people watching Fourze, it is quite a good series.
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03-28-2015, 04:55 PM | #11800 |
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