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09-10-2020, 08:22 PM | #971 |
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Hey, so, one of the many things I stumbled upon watching random YouTube videos about Blade – for the memes, you see – was a comment saying that, apparently, there's a special little fact about those flowers Hajime is holding when he sees Kenzaki on The Bench at the end.
Now, flowers are far from an area of expertise for me, so maybe someone more knowledgeable can confirm or debunk this (all I can say is a quick Google search got me some images of flowers that matched the ones in the screencap well enough), but those red ones are a variety of the Gladiolus flower, the name of which is derived from the Latin word gladius... which means "blade". They're also commonly known as sword lilies. This show had a really good finale.
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09-10-2020, 08:31 PM | #972 |
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Now, flowers are far from an area of expertise for me, so maybe someone more knowledgeable can confirm or debunk this (all I can say is a quick Google search got me some images of flowers that matched the ones in the screencap well enough), but those red ones are a variety of the Gladiolus flower, the name of which is derived from the Latin word gladius... which means "blade". They're also commonly known as sword lilies.
Unreal. Thank you for finding that out! What an insanely deep reference for the show to make! Next you're going to tell me the bench Hajime sees Kenzaki sitting on was made from heartwood...
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09-10-2020, 08:50 PM | #973 |
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TIL the bench scene in Blade is one of the deepest and most intricate scenes in all of Kamen Rider.
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09-12-2020, 03:38 PM | #974 |
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KAMEN RIDER BLADE MOVIE: MISSING ACE
Now, I love him. I love his Kamen Rider stories. I love his monumental assholes and the ways they protect humanity. I love that in stories of people being insufferable to their friends and family, there’s a message of hope. I love that he uses stories of conflict and strife to warn against enjoying stories of conflict and strife. I love that he believes in the innate value of broken people. Quote:
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It takes a long time to get there, though, with a bunch of plot twists and bizarre mechanics (Amane needs to be the sacrifice, but then it could also be Kenzaki or Hajime?), but that’s not really what the movie’s about. It’s about crisis, and how that looks different whether you’re inside of it or outside of it.
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Still, for all of the thematic work about the ways we can get addicted to conflict and the people ground up as a consequence, this thing is a blast to watch. The combat is fantastic, with a scale you only get in a movie. Dozens of monsters get dispatched by a half-dozen Riders, and Hajime gets beat up in some beautifully-shot sequences. (That Rider Kick in a rainstorm! In the second scene!) It all looks terrific, even the Final Fantasy-esque final form for Shufflenger Gold. Just a real fun movie to watch.
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I think the key was, as always, Hajime wanted to be saved. I'm not sure he'd express it in those terms, as him wanting something, but Kenzaki knew that he wanted that peaceful life with Amane and Haruka. U.N.D.A.D., he was doing what he was programmed to do. I don't think he was something that could be saved, you know? Not programmed to value his own feelings or desires.
I'm thinking on how Hajime is trying hard not to return into Joker form, where it's seen that if he returned he goes back into Joker's primal tendencies. I'm thinking that becoming Human Undead (a.k.a Hajime) or probably others gives Hajime different demeanor, cooling him down.
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09-12-2020, 07:32 PM | #975 |
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I'm thinking on how Hajime is trying hard not to return into Joker form, where it's seen that if he returned he goes back into Joker's primal tendencies. I'm thinking that becoming Human Undead (a.k.a Hajime) or probably others gives Hajime different demeanor, cooling him down.
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09-14-2020, 07:26 AM | #976 |
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OK, sorry for this, but can you address my other replies regarding the movie, like the coping or the plot continuities?
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One of the things I feel like I've missed from Phase 2 (aside from the shows actually naming characters) is the humor? Not to say that these Phase 1 series aren't funny, but they're certainly less... light-hearted than I think of Phase 2 as being. (And, yes, I am referring to the series about the horrors of war as "light-hearted".) So if you're saying there's less drama in the first part because it's a more fun show, I could be into that! But, also, yes, Inoue. I'm not sure if I'm prepared to risk being booted from the boards by stanning the second part of Hibiki, but it's definitely a possibility.
They already exist before they met the classic Riders, and that's what I ask, what are they striving for as Riders (time without classic Riders). They're being a dick to classic Riders, but classic Riders existing or not, they became Riders.
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09-14-2020, 09:49 AM | #977 |
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I think they were just doing a job. The New Generation specials painted them as frustrated and unemployed, so getting paid to pummel monsters seems like an end in and of itself.
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09-14-2020, 12:07 PM | #978 |
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Fun fact, the whole Kamen Rider as a job approach was inspired by Odoru Daisousasen/Bayside Shakedown, a famous cop drama series/movie franchise in Japan. Apparently they drew inspiration from Bayside Shakedown's way of portraying Aoyama the protagonist(played by Yuji Oda) and the other police officers as not a band of superheroes but as regular people.
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09-14-2020, 12:18 PM | #979 |
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Fun fact, the whole Kamen Rider as a job approach was inspired by Odoru Daisousasen/Bayside Shakedown, a famous cop drama series/movie franchise in Japan. Apparently they drew inspiration from Bayside Shakedown's way of portraying Aoyama the protagonist(played by Yuji Oda) and the other police officers as not a band of superheroes but as regular people.
I think Blade, as a show, had a really fun thread about how what starts as obligation (Kenzaki trying to save people after losing his parents; Hajime protecting Amane and Haruka) can grow into a deeper, more fulfilling motivation over time. Can't get that unless you start with it being a job, though!
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Actually, Inoue's stuff can play out like where it plays off negativity as the norm that characters bounce off of on a regular basis, it's not treating positivity as something we should strive for and share, and pushing it to the side to let grayness take center stage. At least to others, when comparing his work to other work where there's much negativity, in this case, Ryuki to Faiz.
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As a product of different writer (Inoue did write a few in the main, but not a primary writer), it happens and in no small scale. First, Blade didn't become an Undead, so if Kenzaki sealed Hajime, the Albino Joker would've won due to the nature of the Sealing Stone, as well as the fact that he would've been the last remaining Undead by default? Second, Spider Undead is sealed in the same manner that lead to the creation of the "improperly sealed" card, yet Leagle is never possessed by said Undead. Third, Shima?? He acts more like regular monster, also Girafa (Kanai) as well, acting like regular monster instead of a higher up.
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Though the one in movie, it's actually unhealthy coping mechanisms (in this case, projecting their issues to others, escapism, becoming actual criminal and delinquent) to cope with problems when the problem become too difficult for them to handle alone. There are quite many cases of jerkasses and/or anti-heroes resorting to unhealthy coping mechanisms when they meet with a challenge too huge to overcome. Unhealthy coping mechanism is not to be ignored and treat as if it’s perfectly okay. It should be acknowledged that those characters made a mistake in using those coping mechanisms, and at the same time, extend some understanding to them. Kenzaki points out that as an adult, you should be mindful of the other's feelings. You know you actually had one of your stores looted last night.
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Ah, my other point was also written there: comedy isn't necessarily about over the top stuff like phase 2 has, like there characters are extremely exaggerated and openly animated in traits, where phase 1 is more grounded, like the "headquarters" such as Kotaro's house compared to CR.
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