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04-04-2016, 03:13 PM | #13202 |
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Skyrider episode 21
-KITSubs, I know you're more about following the spirit of the dialogue than providing an accurate translation, but please, have some restraint. -"Who's stronger, you or Stronger?" "Um...we're the same" That Hiroshi's giving himself a lot of credit, I gotta say. -Also man, they just pointed out this dumbass kid is also named Shigeru. Small world. Just kidding, they probably did it on purpose. -Man, Hiroshi has just no reservations about laying down some drop kicks on Stronger. I seriously fail to see how training by attacking Shigeru over a rock would be any more effective. Is Stronger just into it? I had him pegged for an S... -I'm honestly really disappointed that RhinoDump's dam-destroying plan involves sensible shit like blowing it up with explosives, as opposed to him just running and headbutting it until it breaks. Like, legitimately disappointed. You have let me down, RhinoDump. I thought I knew you. -Oh man, the explosive plan failed so now he literally is doing that thing I thought he would do! I love you, RhinoDump. Please never leave. -Onore, Sukairaidaa! You made RhinoDump leave. You monster. -I am really disappointed that JellyFission didn't reply to RhinoDump's "avenge me" with a "screw you." -So now that Ika Musume is dead as usual all the other jellyfish are gonna die, so that's cool, but I'm pretty sure the little girl from the last episode was already suffering from excess murderjelly for like two days. She's probably dead. And the episode doesn't even bring up the kids and teacher from the last episode at all. This disregard for victims is truly one of the Showa era's strongest points. This was a fun episode. |
04-04-2016, 03:17 PM | #13203 |
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Skyrider episode 21
-KITSubs, I know you're more about following the spirit of the dialogue than providing an accurate translation, but please, have some restraint.
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04-04-2016, 06:32 PM | #13204 |
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Ok, so I'm not used to typing out my thoughts like this so sorry if I end up rambling a bit.
I've been a fan of KR for a while now, but most of my experience with the franchise has been with the post-Decade shows. I've watched Den-O all the way through Ghost (in fact Decade was what started me on this oddly enough), and while I have watched Kuuga and parts of Ryuki, I haven't seen any Showa stuff yet partially out of the fear that the older quality will mean I'll get bored or disinterested. But with the Amazons trailer grabbing my attention, I figured now would be a good time as any to get into the Showa era, starting with Kamen Rider Amazon. And since I should probably DO something with the account I have here, I'll try to give some of my opinions on the show as I go along. So here's my first impressions on the first episode: ...wooooow. That video quality. It's not bad, in fact it has a bit of charm to it, but it's definitely a bit jarring at first. It felt like a mix between an old war documentary and a children's cartoon... wait nevermind, that demon just puked acid blood on a forest, definitely not a children's cartoon. Eh, I'm sure I'll get used to it though. I got used to Kuuga pretty quickly. As I went along, the characters didn't seem too bad, but the guy who played Kousaka seemed... like he wasn't particularly interested in what he was doing. It didn't help that it was kind of obvious that the voices were from a recording booth. The others were fine and engaging though, even the kid surprisingly. Though the fact that right after Kousaka mentioned "enemies" the kid's sister just let the kid outside on his own without a second thought was a little funny. And I liked the bonding moment that happened between him and Amazon. For some reason, I was silently hoping that he wouldn't get killed. ...Oh no, this is much worse. Traumatize him with a monster nearly killing his new jungle buddy. Speaking of which, was the monster on the boat with Amazon? I wasn't really sure but it looked like it had followed him all the way from the Amazon, so were they fighting on the boat the whole time it was at sea? Oh well, whatever. The action's pretty good and very primal feeling (duh). The sound effects everywhere were a little weird, but not too distracting. Except when it was during a non-action scene, that was a little weird. One downside to the episode is that it felt like there wasn't much of an overarching plot, and the characters were just meandering around with occasional monster attacks. Also, it felt kind of annoying that he kept fighting it without transforming, even though it was obviously not working. I can let that slide though, since it's only the first episode. Overall I found it quite enjoyable, and while there wasn't much that really grabbed my attention so far, I still want to keep going and see what happens with it.
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04-04-2016, 08:28 PM | #13205 |
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Continuing with Amazon episodes 2-3
2: Oh good, we get more slightly redundant exposition on Gedon: Ancient Incan magic artifacts = world domination, Amazon has the thing Gedon needs. Pretty standard, though the talking faces on Gedon are still kinda weird. I half expect one of them to speak out of turn or say something stupid and get berated by the others. So, let me get this straight... This poison, which gave Masako "new symptoms" that "modern medicine can't diagnose", is cured by Amazon with a few berries and leaves? ...Seems legit. Still like the kid/Amazon friendship going on, it's heartwarming. *grumbles* Friggin friend being an idiot... You weren't even there, why are you blaming Amazon for draining Masako's blood and poisoning her? You know, I get that they couldn't produce proper monster suits for all those footsoldiers, but they look less like heralds for a demon overlord and more like cultist cosplayers. Also the tassels. It's like Beast Hyper on steroids, and I like Beast Hyper (now anyways. it was still kinda weird at first). The fighting between Amazon and the bat beastman was pretty cool now that I can actually see what's going on, but wow that beastman is a moron. You really expected to get shown mercy after running away a second time? I know you nearly got your organs ripped out, but you seriously expected Gedon to let you live? If I were you, I would've gotten the hell out of Japan as fast as I could. Or better yet, you could've actually followed your own friggin creed and gotten killed trying to kill Amazon. ...wow I can't believe I just said that. Anyway, not really related to the episodes, but i love how, during the commercial buffers, the subbing group threatens you with one of the characters if you attempt to sell their videos. ...Actually that's still weird to say. 3: Huh... so Gedon magically pukes up the beastmen? Weird. I honestly thought they were enhanced humans or something. I mean he has followers, I figured he could lead them to follow him in hopes of receiving power. I guess they're just there to protect themselves when Gedon takes over. Or they're actually committed to following a blood-consuming demon. Oh no, the beastman's power is spraying soap! No one can escape the soap! They're doomed!!! *giggles* Did they just simulate Amazon and a victim flowing down a waterfall by throwing two entwined ragdolls into the river? I get that's what they were limited to at the time, but that's hilarious. Also, do they only have those two footsoldier outfits? I'm pretty sure Gedon has more than two supporters, but so far it seems like the same two women help the beastman in outside scenes. Oh good, at least one of Gedon's faces isn't stupid. It didn't immediately assume Amazon was dead just from going over a waterfall. It actually thought that Amazon disappearing meant that he was still alive. I guess having Ten faces has its advantages. Wait!!!! Wait wait wait wait. THAT Tachibana? As in the guy who helped Ichigou!? Seriously? *quick google search* Wow, I didn't know he kept showing up that much. And they say that Kamen Riders nowadays are obsessed with crossovers. I really wasn't expecting some random motorcyclist victim to be the scientist that started it all. And he looks so young, I expected him to be older. I really like how they're writing Amazon, and his actor is doing a pretty good job at it as well. Him being upset at not being understood and attacked by regular people, his kind interactions with his friends, his fear/hatred of motorcycles being well created and established, and the fact that in a crisis he realizes the folly of his fear and... immediately grasps how to activate and ride it... He didn't go very far, but still... Anyway, I'm loving this show so far, contrary to my initial fears. Now that it's starting to get into its own rhythm, the action is cool, the characters and even villains are likable and somewhat intelligent, and I want to see Amazon continue to learn and hopefully make more friends. I hope they keep this u... did that beastman just cover itself in its own soap vomit and die? What?
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04-05-2016, 12:04 AM | #13206 |
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Wait!!!! Wait wait wait wait. THAT Tachibana? As in the guy who helped Ichigou!? Seriously? *quick google search* Wow, I didn't know he kept showing up that much. And they say that Kamen Riders nowadays are obsessed with crossovers. I really wasn't expecting some random motorcyclist victim to be the scientist that started it all. And he looks so young, I expected him to be older.
Glad to see you're enjoying Amazon. It's... well, it's really damn weird. Even by early Rider standards. But it's a really fun weird. |
04-05-2016, 02:47 AM | #13207 |
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Skyrider episode 22.
Holy shit, Hiroshi stabbed the dude's eye with an icicle! That's cold blooded. Eyes are off limits, Hiroshi. Rude, Hiroshi. |
04-05-2016, 05:36 AM | #13208 |
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Amazons 01
I liked it. Its a return to Riders roots as a horror show and I liked how the episode builds its atmosphere. I like it when shows take their time with things and dont rush from action scene to action scene. The character stuff was also neat. The cg blood in the show looks terrible though. But thats a cg blood thing. I have yet to see anything that makes it look good. |
04-05-2016, 06:58 AM | #13209 |
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I liked it. Its a return to Riders roots as a horror show and I liked how the episode builds its atmosphere. I like it when shows take their time with things and dont rush from action scene to action scene. The character stuff was also neat. The cg blood in the show looks terrible though. But thats a cg blood thing. I have yet to see anything that makes it look good. Dammit, man, it's Amazon. Where are our gigantic jets of shaving foam? |
04-05-2016, 07:45 AM | #13210 |
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Yeah for the most part they did it cg. They have some fake blood in there in some scenes (which look a thousand times better) but most of the blood is done with computers.
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