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09-20-2016, 06:03 PM | #3441 |
Avi by @CSarracenian
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With a date and a source and everything? Frankly if that's the case I'll be kind of sad because Over-Time's subs were, outside of a couple lines, really good. I'm still bummed the official subs we're getting for Ultraman can't be bothered to translate the songs. When the lyrics are right there on the screen, you've really got no excuse.
Oh man, that sounds kind of amazing. Info is here
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09-20-2016, 06:12 PM | #3442 |
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So I watched part of Episode 1 of the Blade Scrub. It's so much clearer then when I originally watched it, and it looks really really good. Something I appreciate about Early Heisei Rider is just the look of it. It just looks real. It doesn't look overly dark or overly bright.Compared to the Amazons trailer I watched, it looks stylistically beautiful, but not real.
You ever think we'll go back to that look, or was that style just a byproduct of Toei's production being not as familiar with visual stylization of the picture since Rider only came back in 2000, and they had to learn new technology? |
09-20-2016, 06:54 PM | #3443 |
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I think Amazons is the closest we'll ever get to that style of shooting (thank god). |
09-20-2016, 07:04 PM | #3444 |
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Not that I'm opposed to more official Toku stuff getting released, mind you. The more the better! I'm just really skeptical about this particular instance given how little Toei seems to care about Kamen Rider going international. Quote:
Well, that makes one of us. Though I know exactly what you mean.
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09-20-2016, 07:46 PM | #3445 |
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I like both. I like the bright, crazy, well lensed HD neo-Heisei shows and I like the gritty, grungy early Heisei style. Like I said before, it's like digging mid-70's Dr. Who, the effects are budget but the writing is fantastic, making the sum result "charming" - even more so if you're a production wonk.
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09-20-2016, 07:59 PM | #3446 |
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...I like Power Rangers, if anyone is wondering. It's especially baffling given how live-action superheroes ARE kind of mainstream now. Even on TV. If The Flash can be a genuinely successful show on its third season airing in prime time I have no clue why stuff like Kamen Rider can't get in on that action. Now's the time, Toei!
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09-20-2016, 08:53 PM | #3447 |
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Well, like Power Rangers or not, they are the stumbling block, stateside, for "henshin heroes". Most people know PR as the early show with Rita Rotten, Bulk & Skull and twenty four minutes of brain-dead hijinx with spandex karate and rubber robo action.
Most adults who aren't otaku / nostalgiamaniacs aren't going to sit through that again. Heisei Kamen Rider, even at it's goofiest, isn't as silly as that - but the minute people see someone strike a pose and transform into a helmeted superhero - that's exactly what they think of. Trying to convince them that KR shows actually have plots (Decade not withstanding) go beyond exploding the MotW and are legit entertainment is very, very difficult! I freely admit to not liking the Rangers (not much into their Sentai twins, either) but, in my opinion, beyond the superficial similarities, the Kamen Rider franchise is worlds apart from Super Sentai. Quote:
Honestly I'd prefer to see a Power Rangers-esque adaptation rather then just straight-up porting the shows (though both is ideal). Dragon Knight took some (very tiny) baby-steps in that direction but I've always wanted to see a show like that targeted more towards teens/young-adults/whatever. You know, with not crap acting and such.
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It's especially baffling given how live-action superheroes ARE kind of mainstream now. Even on TV. If The Flash can be a genuinely successful show on its third season airing in prime time I have no clue why stuff like Kamen Rider can't get in on that action. Now's the time, Toei!
But, seriously, they're similarly budgeted shows (all of these comic book shows outside Netflix Marvel stuff) with about the same level of absurdity and melodrama. Who knows? Maybe this Ranger movie will change shit. No, I don't know anything about it other than they look more Metal Hero than Sentai now...
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09-20-2016, 09:13 PM | #3448 |
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...I swear I like PR too! Even season 1! Quote:
Honestly, just picture, like, Amazons, but in English. Not dubbed I mean, but literally a show basically identical to Amazons made specifically for an English-speaking audience. It'd blow people's minds! Put it on HBO and give it a decent advertising budget. It might not be a mega-hit but I can't imagine it not finding an audience really quickly. The only reason people don't know they want this stuff is because it isn't right in front of them. Of course, I'm not a marketer or whatever, so what do I know.
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09-20-2016, 09:33 PM | #3449 |
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Honestly, just picture, like, Amazons, but in English. Not dubbed I mean, but literally a show basically identical to Amazons made specifically for an English-speaking audience. It'd blow people's minds! Put it on HBO and give it a decent advertising budget. It might not be a mega-hit but I can't imagine it not finding an audience really quickly. The only reason people don't know they want this stuff is because it isn't right in front of them.
Of course, I'm not a marketer or whatever, so what do I know. An aside: I can't wait for Season 2!
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09-20-2016, 09:55 PM | #3450 |
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I think Kamen Rider will do well in the US if they do a original TV show with no Japanese footage. It would need a decent size budget, but I think it can work. With Amazons plan to be release in Amazon Prime US, maybe it can boost interest in the franchise outside the US. With a original TV series in the US, they can have a bigger budget and prove that not all henshin heroes are PR rip offs.
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Unlike Toku, anime always been popular before we had DBZ in 1996 and Pokemon in 1998. People seem to forget the days of Streamline Pictures, Central Park Media, Pioneer and Manga Entertainment. The biggest issue with Japanese live action shows and movies is that I notice most people don't like to watch foreign movies. You have people that don't like reading sub titles and I have seen people that don't like watching actors that are not from the United States.
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