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05-14-2018, 02:02 PM | #361 |
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You sort of have to take Amazons as its own thing as opposed to a main Rider entry. It's going to feel a lot more bleak than the mainstream Rider shows precisely because it seeks to challenge those shows' more upbeat outlook on things.
Haruka, Jin and Chihiro are all typical Rider protagonists when taken to their logical extremes. Haruka fights in the name of justice, but this means he won't hesitate to cut down an evil human the same way he would a monster. Jin strictly hunts monsters, but does nothing about humans that are equally as dangerous. Chihiro is a Rider whose power source stems from his monstrous nature, but unlike the Riders we've come to know from the main series, he isn't able to fully suppress this side of him and he ultimately can't be trusted to use his powers for good without endangering everybody around him. Amazons is to Kamen Rider what KOTOR 2 was to Star Wars.
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05-14-2018, 02:33 PM | #362 |
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I'm fine with less bright hope in Amazons. We have many other Rider shows that have a more hopeful feel to them. Something different felt nice for once.
One thing that I notice in Amazons that I didn't like is the CG blood. It looks CG to me and I can't stand CG blood. They should have done it the old way with practical special effects. Quote:
...I mean, I'm also in the camp that finds Amazon's gore over-the-top and IMTOTALLYADULTANDEDGY...but I find it charming in its hilarity. Like, it's something of a cheesy link to mainstream Kamen Rider. Amazon Omega might not have a five-minute long transformation sound, but he does rip a guys head off, which no less ridiculous XD
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05-14-2018, 04:10 PM | #363 |
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While I definitely didn't enjoy it as much as Season 1, I found myself enjoying it a lot more when I started thinking of it's plot, weird romance included, as a tragedy instead of as a Kamen Rider show. Chihiro was an idiot, but he was also a young child mentally, trying to play the stereotypical Rider hero, not realizing the for him, that was never going to be an option. I liked the switch from him as the main Rider of the first half to Haruka taking back the role, or even arguably Jin did. Though you wouldn't exactly call Jin a straightforward protagonist, there's a serious argument to be made for him being the real main character of Amazons
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05-14-2018, 07:32 PM | #364 |
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I really dislike when Kamen Rider didn't has lot of Monster of The Week in recent years. Ghost's last monster of the week are in episode 36, Ex-Aid's last monster of the week are in episode 22, and Build's last monster of the week are in episode 16. Its quite boring without monster of the week.
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05-14-2018, 07:49 PM | #365 |
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Monster of the Week doesn't necessarily have to mean Subplot of the Week. We could still advance the story forward while giving a new villains for our heroes to fight. Having a consistent set of villains to face can become a problem especially in the long term. Build has shown this with the Kaiser Bros who have been getting their butts handed to them so much in the past couple of episodes such that they don't feel like threats when they show up.
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05-21-2018, 12:46 PM | #366 |
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Den-O is trash and its comedy made me hate light-hearted/nonsencial series since then.
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05-29-2018, 03:37 PM | #367 |
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Old Heisei rider shows except Kuuga, Kiva and Den-O, were meh. Kabuto was a trainwreck, Blade was an ok show, but not as good as people say. Agito has so boring protagonist
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05-29-2018, 03:42 PM | #368 |
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05-29-2018, 04:49 PM | #369 |
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The showa riders was simple and no generic stuff.
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05-29-2018, 07:55 PM | #370 |
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Ok
I don't agree but I can respect that opinion. WHAT DID YOU SAY? SHOUCHI IS PRECIOUS. |
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