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10-19-2021, 05:43 PM | #16891 |
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In other news, I finished up Saber the other night. And.. was fine? Idk, I've had a couple of days to think it over and the most novel thought I've had is that the "year after" epilogue should have been like Double, and taken up the entire final episode, rather than the sudden Revice crossover. Also, Touma can just take the Wonderworld job, and then come back to Earth, because main character powers. What a chad writer. In non-Touma news, all the other characters are here because the gang are a team, which is why they're going to job for two episodes before all sacrificing themselves. The fight scenes are good, they just feel very disconnected, like the Riders need to be around to do something, but they're sequestered off in their own fights away from the main plot. Storious's motivations are fine, but man do I wish he'd done more than just mysteriously lurk for 40 whole episodes before doing anything. I get that modern Rider works on an arc structure, and in the past you could complain about the villains either sitting around for a season doing nothing, or just keep getting clowned on all year, but Storious combines the worst of both worlds - he's around, but is constantly overshadowed and vague for 90% of the story. The Meggido on the whole are lacklustre, always outshone by Calibre or the internal forces of the Sword of Logos, so that's not super surprising, but As for Mai saving the day by posting an AskReddit on "What story means the most to you", that actually landed pretty well for me. Saber has been, at times, about what stories tell us, how we bond with others through them, and how we use stories to hlp us through difficult parts of our life. And, in a time when semingly every character has to put on a belt and tatakae, having the non-action one be a vital part of the solution works wonderfully. So, my actual opinions? Mixed to say the least - I certainly enjoyed parts of it, but on the whole? I'm just not sure. Maybe this is what I get for watching in batches, or maybe I'm just too old. Or too burnt out irl. Everyone seems to be enjoying Revice, but my motivation just isn't there. Anyway the best part was when Ren pulled out Dezast's book to beat forgettable endgame mook #1. That and Primitive Dragon saving Touma's life. Honestly, I'm a sucker for when an outlevelled power up comes back because of emotional significance, and Touma's bond with this dragon child being part of the key to saving the world? Beautiful.
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10-19-2021, 05:59 PM | #16892 |
Showa Girl
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Looove when emotions overcome toys for sure! Ren and Dezast didn't hit for me, but man if I don't get it. Shit's always so real
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10-19-2021, 10:07 PM | #16893 |
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Finished Others: MetsubouJinrai and Vulcan and Valkyrie, so now I've officially finished Zero-One.
No I haven't, because I haven't watched the Presidents special, which I thought was an Ex-Aid thing, but apparently it's about Thouser. However, considering Toei has a penchant for releasing a drip feed of stuff post series for years afterwards Glares at Gridon vs Bravo, one can never know when they're truly done with a series. Anyway, Others KR MetsubouJinrai. It seemed like the writer or producer or whomever heard "Oh, people are complaining about the lack of change or consequence from the last movie? Fine!" and decided to do all they could. So, MetsubouJinrai.net as we know it is gone, Zaia continues their asshole streak, and we see what happens when Humagears are hiveminded. It was okay, since I liked the stakes and actual change to the status quo, however, it left a bitter taste in my mouth since how MetsubouJinrai reached their conclusion was confusing and didn't make sense, really. Like, I get why, but it was unsatisfying with how quickly they went all in on that plan. Vulcan and Valkyrie...So, y'all really gonna do Valkyrie dirty like that, huh? Like, damn. It's a bold move to shit on a character that hard without any remorse just for being girl As a whole, I liked that it was a straight continuation of the previous special. It was nice to see characters bond with Humagears without Aruto. Kind of a big deal throughout the series that wasn't explored enough. So, that ending, huh? Ambiguous and up to the audience to decide.
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10-19-2021, 10:18 PM | #16894 |
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I honestly don't get the issue with Valkyrie in this movie... like, the story is about and completely framed around her; and the big awful thing pointed out is that her desperation form only managed to critically damage the most dangerous entity on the planet instead of completely kill it, which Fuwa only managed to do at the cost of his own life. Like, I dunno; for the first time in the whole series I felt Yaiba was an actual character here and she wouldn't have been treated any differently if she was a guy
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10-19-2021, 10:27 PM | #16895 |
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While I'm still meh on a few aspects of the V-Cinema.
I think my only thing is I really, really do not like the fights in either of the movies. The only reason Metsubojinrai's end up as more memorable is because Kamen Rider Zaia is heckling and being rowdy and entertaining. Also the part with the shipping guy, that was funny. Other than that the fights are pretty poor in choreography and execution. It doesn't feel like any of the new forms or Riders end up pushing their abilities to the fullest or get a good showing. Or if they have abilities it's kind of lame like Fuwa just getting an energy wolf whenever he charges. |
10-19-2021, 10:56 PM | #16896 |
Reiei
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The fights are poorly choreographed and shot, some shots imply a punch but the suit actor barely registers the fist onto the other suit actor. Kakehi is probably not in his A-Game here considering he also directed the very good Valkyrie/Vulcan vs. Thouser fight. They killed off Fuwa which is my biggest complaint because I love Fuwa, and Yaiba only existed to peddle the same "Humagears dindunuthin" that Aruto pushed in the show that I kinda have sour taste on looking back on the show as time passed. The end part where Yaiba goes "Ah it's the humans who made them force their hand!" is really grating, way to go for a sweeping generalization. So, Yaiba says that and just... leaves? It's so confusing and just had me lost as if I wasn't already.
It's also really annoying to think that Aruto basically sent Fuwa to his death. I get it, Fumiya is really hard to obtain nowadays, but literally the last shot of Aruto we get in the series is him with this shit-eating grin as Fuwa basically offs himself in a fight against MBJR. Kinda souring to know Aruto's basically the Kuuga of this era. Oh yeah, we didn't get to see MBJR make use of all the members' weapons. You know, like how they advertised it using Naki's claws? So, that sucks. Sorry, the movies just really had me broken in terms of viewing Zero-One as a whole. Edit: We don't get to hear any final words from the MBJR members, too. So, that sucks real bad. Last edited by TheRaizin; 10-19-2021 at 11:03 PM.. |
10-19-2021, 10:59 PM | #16897 |
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these are for sure some of the worst v-cinemas we've gotten in a while
zero-one concluded fairly decently without any loose ends aside from viewers not knowing about jin - an explanation that doesn't require two v-cinemas. zero-one had really good action and set pieces and it feels like NONE of that was ever present in these two v-cinemas. the most bizarre thing is, I care less for the cast now compared to when I had just finished the series or even realxtime. remember when we were all excited for the first v-cinema because it was a chance to maybe flesh out the other half of metsuboujinrai.net? honestly my hype died as soon as that movie ended. I dunno - it all just really feels wasted I love the zero-one cast but boy did it feel like a chore to go through these two movies. here's my biggest issue - if you're going to try so hard to make these movies the true conclusion of their respective series, you need proper send-offs. otherwise, it feels like nothing actually mattered even though "a lot" happened Last edited by Chasing; 10-19-2021 at 11:24 PM.. |
10-19-2021, 11:09 PM | #16898 |
Alias: ZeroEnchiladas
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It's weird because I know it's been a while since I watched them but I feel like we got an answer to that in the Project Thouser Blu-Ray Specials for why he got revived.
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10-19-2021, 11:13 PM | #16899 |
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"What story means the most to you", that actually landed pretty well for me. Saber has been, at times, about what stories tell us, how we bond with others through them, and how we use stories to hlp us through difficult parts of our life. And, in a time when seemingly every character has to put on a belt and tatakae, having the non-action one be a vital part of the solution works wonderfully.
. Perfectly in line with how the four of them saved the world. The main three beat Storious and Mei sends in the most crucial message that lead to the world's restoration, signifying that the story is about the four of them. It's very cool. Yep. Naki requested for Jin and Horobi to revived and fixed because they wanted all four of them to be reunited and probably learn about the good of humanity and something like that. The other reason is that Jin is propped up by Williamson to instrument the project of putting the Ark in a humagear host and destroy it. Last edited by TheRaizin; 10-19-2021 at 11:18 PM.. |
10-20-2021, 12:11 AM | #16900 |
Stronger Than You
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Oh yeah, As unceremoniously gets shot and killed once Zaia revealed he didn't intend on becoming the next Ark.
I think this pisses me off more than it should because not only did they introduce her out of nowhere, but they also played her up plan of reviving Ark through human malice. So, good job. For such a bland, nothing character, your death pissed me off just as much as your life did I think the best way to describe the V-Cinemas is unsatisfying. Like, neat, in the first one, we got an answer to how and why Jin was revived. As is dealt with. We got to learn about Zaia's American branch. In the second, we got to see Yaiba in command of AIMS again and what happens when Fuwa tries to do something without Aruto. None of these were questions I really wanted answered or situations I really had any interest in seeing. Like, the film didn't do anything for me, but these specials left a bitter taste in my mouth. As if someone wanted to take Zero-One, and turn it from a middling series to a divisive one in one fell swoop.
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