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03-05-2018, 06:58 AM | #21 |
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Because it's better than the regular show a lot of the time. (At least Season 1 excelled over Ghost. I've yet to judge Season 2 against Ex-Aid, but aesthetically the former wins, no contest.)
That said, I do hope Amazons ends after this. There's nowhere else for them to go with it. |
03-05-2018, 08:10 AM | #22 |
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Because it's better than the regular show a lot of the time. (At least Season 1 excelled over Ghost. I've yet to judge Season 2 against Ex-Aid, but aesthetically the former wins, no contest.)
That said, I do hope Amazons ends after this. There's nowhere else for them to go with it. I, for one, find Amazons extremely distasteful. There is such a thing as being too dark and needlessly edgy, and Amazons pole-vaults over that line. Series 2 especially, given how grotesque it is. Gaim and Build are perfect examples that you can be dark and complex without going too far. |
03-05-2018, 08:43 AM | #23 |
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That's extremely subjective.
I, for one, find Amazons extremely distasteful. There is such a thing as being too dark and needlessly edgy, and Amazons pole-vaults over that line. Series 2 especially, given how grotesque it is. Gaim and Build are perfect examples that you can be dark and complex without going too far.
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03-05-2018, 09:23 AM | #24 |
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Honestly the first series wasn't too bad. Still edgy for the sake of being edgy, but in a charming sort of way. Season 2 had a really good story...but it was bogged down by the pointless gore. Amazons as a story requires gore...but the first series did so tastefully. The second was just overdoing it for shock value. |
03-05-2018, 12:40 PM | #25 |
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that is also extremely subjective.
I love Amazons and I love seeing what Kamen Rider would look like if it were real. I managed to get friends who have no interest in Toku or Kamen Rider to watch both seasons of Amazons specifically because it's adult/dark/gory. Where something like Ex-Aid just makes them roll their eyes. It's not too gory or too dark to me, it's as nasty as it should be for what it is. That said I wouldn't want every Kamen Rider show to be that dark or gory, but it's nice that there is at least one Rider series that's "adult." |
03-05-2018, 01:42 PM | #26 |
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Amazonz just reminds me far too much of the dark age of comics. “We’re gonna make it realistic which means blood and gore and almost everyone is an asshole!”
And just, no, that’s not what I’m here for at all. I can kind of understand the appeal, but I absolutely do not think it’s good. |
03-05-2018, 04:22 PM | #27 |
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that is also extremely subjective.
I love Amazons and I love seeing what Kamen Rider would look like if it were real. I managed to get friends who have no interest in Toku or Kamen Rider to watch both seasons of Amazons specifically because it's adult/dark/gory. Where something like Ex-Aid just makes them roll their eyes. It's not too gory or too dark to me, it's as nasty as it should be for what it is. That said I wouldn't want every Kamen Rider show to be that dark or gory, but it's nice that there is at least one Rider series that's "adult." |
03-05-2018, 09:30 PM | #28 |
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Sure, I'm just glad there's at least one 'dark and grim and bloody' Rider series.
And it's not like there isn't (idk, 30?) other Rider series to watch if that's not your thing. |
03-05-2018, 11:49 PM | #29 |
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I think people are forgetting that Kamen Rider as a TV series is watered down from Ishinomori's original idea. Shin Kamen Rider was meant to be that original idea brought to life. Despite being loosely based on Amazon Rider, Amazons is essentially Shin with more detail. I'm simply glad that Rider still has some grit left. As good as Gaim and Build are, even they sometimes don't measure up to classics like Kuuga and Agito for various reasons.
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I initially thought parts of Season 2 were needless shock value, but to my pleasant surprise they were weaved into the greater themes of the story nicely. |
03-06-2018, 12:07 AM | #30 |
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I like that Kamen Rider can have a series for adults while the main series is aim to kids and the general audience similar how Marvel does with the Netflix shows and the MCU movies.
Having a grindhouse exploitation Kamen Rider show was a nice welcome in my book.
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