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11-13-2019, 09:40 AM | #15671 |
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I guess it's just people see different things. I thought she was funny and cute in the first episode.
And I liked when she immediately was willing to take risks and go undercover and put herself in dangerous situations for the team. (doesn't mean I'd want to get hit with a green shoe, but as a character in a show I found her funny and cute,... endearing might be a good word. I didn't want to see her get hurt. And I liked how she panicked when Phillip fell over, "No one told me about this!" ) Not being able to read Japanese I always suspected their was an in-joke regarding the shoes I couldn't read. Because I'm pretty sure I remember the words on the green slippers she hit people with would change. And I wondered if there was a side-joke to what the word was vs the situation or person she was hitting. |
11-13-2019, 09:38 PM | #15672 |
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Alright, before I move into the last chapter of this rewatch, there's something I want to get out of my system first. Namely all the runners-up and otherwise unused mistakes that almost managed a mention when I was going through Faiz. I feel like I'm going to regret it if I don't get this stuff committed to writing before I forget.
というわけで、復活のスーパーファイズ翻訳ミスコーナーです~!今日は完全ルール違反の翻訳ミスオンパレードだ! 「質問によるな」 This is the mistake from episode 2 that set me on the road to creating this little corner, so I figure while I'm here I might as well give it the full treatment, with the picture and the original quote. For a quick reminder, Takumi is saying whether or not he'll answer a question from Mari "depends on the question". 「人数足りないんだから」 In this bit from episode 4, the other girls on Yuka's basketball team are doing their usual shtick of tormenting her. She then gets told by this one not to skip practice, but not because it's boring without her. Granted, the implication that's it's boring without her around to make fun of means the broad meaning is still intact, but the actual reason given is that they won't have enough people without Yuka. I think the implication that she's considered so worthless by the rest of them that they only keep her around out of absolute necessity is a bit more devastating, but maybe that's just me. 「で…でも、死体が発見された場所は、バラバラじゃないですか?」 This whole exchange between Soeno and Sawamura from episode 5 is pretty messed up, and not just because they're talking about the deaths of a bunch of high school girls! There's a lot I could get into, but one thing I'd very specifically like to call out is this line here. Sawamura didn't say a thing about the bodies being mutilated! He just said they the locations they were found in were scattered. This got misinterpreted as the bodies themselves being scattered, and the followup line where he states, factually, some of those locations, is now rendered as a hypothetical because of this initial mistake. It's been a while since I actually watched these episodes, but I believe the implication here, is that, since people killed by Orphenochs revive for a bit briefly (something played up much more this early on), the girls Yuka killed tried going about the rest of their day before properly kicking the bucket, and because of this, Sawamura is skeptical that the deaths are directly connected back to the school, unlike Soeno, who's sure something happened here, but not what. 「あなたは再三の警告にもかかわらず、今まで一度も人間を襲ったことがありませんね?」 This line from episode 10 was in an unfortunate category for a while. I knew it was wrong, and it was majorly bugging me. But since, and I can't stress this enough, I'm not any kind of expert, I didn't know what was right, preventing me from using it as the mistake of the day. But then Murakami used the word 警告 in the movie and I realized I'd been blanking on that the whole time. Smart Lady is actually telling the Snail Orphenoch here that, in spite of Smart Brain's repeated warnings, he's yet to attack a human. This is crucial! He hasn't even attempted to attack people. He was introduced as someone stealing food from people's homes, while being so polite about it, he even cleaned them up while he was there. It's not until he's threatened with getting murdered by Faiz here, and then getting caught stealing, that he actually works up the guts to go for it. 「三原くんは知らないかもしれないけど、乾さんはファイズとして今まで立派に戦ってきたのよ」 Mihara debuted literally right as Takkun's break from being Faiz began, and it still hasn't ended by the time this line from episode 38 is said. What Rina, who has been around to see these things, is saying to Mihara isn't "did you forget how...", it's "maybe you don't know, but...". The poor kid has enough problems already without people trying to gaslight him. 「俺、たっくんのこと怖くないから」 This is from in episode 41, when Takumi is being welcomed back into the group after certain big story events leave his friends fearful of him for a while. So I'd just like to note that, far from uncharacteristically talking about what he wants in this delicate time, this is actually Keitarou reassuring Takkun he's not scared of him. 「木の間に、引っかかって飛べない風船」 This line, from episode 43, is another one that's correct, but inexplicably missing part of the sentence. Yuka makes the comparison she's drawing much more explicit in the full line, which would be, working with what's already there, "A balloon caught in the branches of a tree, unable to fly". 「あなたはお払い箱なの」 And of course, I couldn't leave everyone hanging after teasing this line from episode 46 earlier. The short story is that Smart Lady just told Murakami he's been fired. The long story is best explained by someone smarter than me! But since I'm here right now, and this is a weird enough flub to warrant elaborating, the gist of it is that Smart Lady used an idiom that literally means "payment box". The etymology of that apparently has something to do with Shinto purification rites and wordplay, if you're wondering, but that's the part someone else would be better at telling you. To be fair to TV-Nihon, I didn't know this word either until I had to go look it up, but from what I can tell, it's not something that would ever be used literally, and even then, I don't think "piggy bank" would be an appropriate translation. The fact that Murakami is out of a job is probably obvious enough anyway, but this line makes Smart Lady sound like... actually I'm not even sure what this sentence implies, but it's way off the mark! ...Okay, I think that about covers it. Covers the things I most wanted to comment on, anyway. There are actually still mistakes I haven't touched on at all. That includes both ones minor enough I wasn't too worried about, and also bigger ones that I simply can't explain easily enough. Even just talking about that conversation between Soeno and Sawamura was something of a struggle. Not to mention anything there might've been that simply flew over my head entirely, the same way it did both the groups who have worked on this show. I touched on this when I finished Faiz, too, but critiquing bad translation is seriously not something I'm qualified for. I'm aware there's an armchair critic aspect to this. The classic "well do it yourself then if you're so smart" scenario. But that's just it. If I'm smarter than these people at all, it's not by much. I'm attempting to punch well above my weight every time I do this, but I really have a passion for these shows, and I think these things are worth pointing out. The subs available for Faiz are not very good, and while I don't know if good subs would magically raise everyone's opinion on it, there's no doubt in my mind that the guesswork-heavy translation we have available is not doing anyone any favors, especially for people who are fans of the show, who won't be able to dig any deeper into a lot of the subtext, because it's been paved over. I guess that's what I hoped to illustrate through this whole process. TV-Nihon's subs for Faiz weren't bad because they said nekojita a lot, or even because the dialogue was wooden. They're bad because they are, objectively, indisputably, incorrect about a large amount of what happens. Agony tried to step up to the plate, and I give them credit for that, but even with them you still aren't getting a particularly trustworthy set of subtitles. So hopefully someday none of this is an issue anymore. Either way, I'm going to get back to talking about the shows themselves now. 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In all seriousness, part of the reason I think that might actually work for 2010 is that once Shoutarou stands up to fake Skull, the story is basically complete, and the fight afterwards is a formality. In Core, the reveal of why Soukichi stayed away from Akiko comes at the very end, so you really do have to stick around to get the full experience. They do in my experience, at least. I've always seen people fall into the basic camps of "Double was really good", and "Double was really good... but that ending". I don't think anyone is at each other's throats about it, but it seems to split fans. Quote:
That was one of the craziest things about this rewatch to me. That used to be how I felt, but now after seeing it again, I think she was actually at her strongest in some of those early arcs. Her banter with Shoutarou works great because, despite throwing herself recklessly into danger, she often makes extremely legitimate points about things, and is generally more competent than she appears. That bit in the Sweets arc where she smashes a chair against the Dopant to protect their client is also, like, by far her coolest moment in the whole series, and it's only 10 episodes in.
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11-14-2019, 12:03 AM | #15673 |
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To me her best/coolest moment was when she told off Clay Doll about how stupid she was being. I gained alot of respect for her after that.
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11-14-2019, 08:08 PM | #15674 |
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W Returns: Accel:
Remember earlier when I said I don't actively care about Accel, and how much of a lie that turned out to be? There's actually still one more caveat to that, and it's this movie, which is so awesome I basically worship it. Okay, I guess "worship" is a bit of an overstatement, but I think any other word would be understating it, so I'm in a tricky spot here. The point is, this is the first, and what I'd probably still consider the all around best Rider V-Cinema. Specter's comes close, with a deeper story, and like, the best final fight ever, but Accel is absurdly tight in its execution, and a total blast to watch. The character is so suited to the concept, too. Accel always looked made for a starring role, and he got it. It's no 49 episode series, but it doesn't need to be. Speaking of that story, though, it's good. There's a lot I like in it. I like Aoi, and I especially like the villain that ends up holding a mirror to Ryuu and showing what's changed about him over time, but there's also a lot that doesn't exactly blow me away. Honestly, Akiko and Ryuu's romance, having seen the show twice now, came right out of nowhere and didn't add a whole to the series, and as the dramatic crux of this film, it can be a little hard to sympathize with Akiko on this one. Although I'm also not even sure how much the audience is supposed to. It's not the most flawless narrative ever. But who cares about the narrative? Do you know who directed this thing? I'll give you one hint: Aw yeah, that's right, Sakamoto's back at it again! This is in the running for most Sakamoto thing Sakamoto's ever directed, too. I mean, the guy who loves getting actors in on the action, doing a movie where the hero loses his powers for the bulk of the story? He couldn't have signed up fast enough. This is the trick to the story, too. It isn't some deep thing that's going to teach you life lessons and have amazingly complex characters, but it's very clear that's largely because that isn't what they were going for. The script is absolutely fantastic at providing clever setups for action scenes. The pacing is marvelous. The tension is ever-present. On that level, the story isn't just good, it's almost perfect. The whole thing has this super-charged feel, and it's crazy fun tagging along with Ryuu on what turns out to be one heck of a busy day. You get to see him hit the mean streets, really diving into the Fuuto underworld as he beats the crap out of people in basically any scenario they could come up with. He's in seedy back alleys! He's got a woman handcuffed to him! He's got backup from Jinno! He's in seedy clubs taking on half a dozen goons! He's improvising lockpicks, and jumping out of parking garages from heights that should break his legs! He's even got a jetpack by the end! That's all the movie needs to work, and it's so, so good at it. It's one of the most edge of your seat exciting Rider flicks out there, and the more emotional beats of the plot still hit more than well enough to get you invested. They're also operating on that same heightened level, which I think goes a long way towards explaining why Akiko is so exaggerated here. This is the same movie where convincing someone they can still change involves Ryuu jamming an egg in a dude's mouth and telling him it tastes delicious while pointing a gun to his head. You've come to the wrong place if you're looking for subtlety. So I say don't do that. Just leave all subtlety behind, sit back, and enjoy the thrill ride. Trust me, it's gonna make you satisfied. W Returns: Eternal: Meanwhile, this one has never done a whole lot for me. I'm pretty sure I only ever watched it the one time (maybe twice?), and I was really looking forward to giving this movie another chance. Because I don't think it's bad at all. First of all, you've still got Sakamoto directing. Which is a plus. But beyond that, all logic dictates to me that this would be the better film out of this duology. It's a much more involved story about a group of underdog anti-heroes, and the tragedies of their past, present, and future, all done in a style that gives off very strong 80's action movie vibes. There's a ton to love here, but for whatever reason, the pulse-pounding, stylized thriller about a cop on the run, racing against time, clicks with me way more. Trying to put that aside for a second, I really do think this movie did an excellent job at fleshing out NEVER, and Katsumi in particular, without going too far, and retroactively painting them as some kind of misunderstood heroes. In part, it gets around that by simply having the real bad guys here be that much more scummy, but there still is a sense of moral ambiguity to the whole thing, and the emphasis is more on how NEVER were not put into a great spot in life to begin with, working with what was already established in the summer movie nicely. Of course, Eternal himself was just plain cool, and Mitsuru Matsuoka is delightful, so even on that most basic level, this movie works. The action is less intense overall than Accel, but it's also grander in scale, which... doesn't quite compensate, I think. Actually, this might be the whole reason I like Accel so much more. Something about Eternal leaves me bored by comparison. Maybe it's all the psychics running out fighting by standing around instead of doing awesome martial arts, maybe it's that scene early on of NEVER fighting random goons that goes on maybe just a bit too long, but this is definitely the thing about the movie that works the least in my opinion. But again, it's Sakamoto during one of the most consistently impressive periods in his career. It's still way better than average, so that isn't enough to explain it. Honestly, I'd rather hear other people talk about this movie than myself. I feel like there's gotta be people out there who love this one the same way I love Accel, and it'd kind of be nice to be more sold on it than I am. It's a good watch, but it doesn't quite resonate with me the way other things do. On second thought, "by far" was a bit much, because you're absolutely right about that scene being awesome. I'm gonna go ahead and call it a tie.
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11-14-2019, 08:57 PM | #15675 |
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Eternal was never a movie I found myself enjoying a lot, and it certainly didn't help having that character at the end go "and the moral of the story is: these terrorists were nice, actually, and you shouldn't think badly of them".
Accel as a whole hasn't really stayed with me, but a lot of its scenes definitely have. Most of which you've already gone over; but some other parts that still stick out to me are Booster jumping through the air and Shotaro & Philip basically getting arrested at a bar. Just a lot of fun stuff going on in this one, and I also appreciate that it (alongside Core and Megamax) continued to establish the Dopants as a criminal threat that W and Accel were still fighting. I think that's another part of what works about W's setting so well to me -- it's something that doesn't really stop when you stop watching. You get the feeling that you're just seeing a snippet (albeit, a very large and extremely important snippet) of their lives, and that their stories and battles continue on outside of what you see. It's far more believeable than many other Rider shows for that reason.
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The flip-side to that being the implication that there will never be an end to the Dopants, and as such the fight they continue to have is ultimately pointless as there will be no conclusion and nothing new for the characters to move on with in their lives. It's part of why alot of the Kuuga staff didn't like the idea of there being a sequel.
Or maybe I'm just thinking way too hard about it. Either way, I prefer for one threat to end and a different one to begin in my stories(usually).
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11-15-2019, 10:05 PM | #15678 |
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Kamen Rider Taisen:
This is not a great movie, but I've always liked it a fair bit. It's like the awkard halfway point between the generally quite awful Super Hero Taisen films, and the generally quite good Heisei Generations movies. Something that exists right in this period where Toei was clearly trying to get their crap together when it came to doing these big fanservice events, but still hadn't really figured it out. There's a lot of the usual pointless glorified suits with unfitting voices, on one hand. OOO's habit of whiffing on Rider Kicks hits a new low when he gets Rope Armed out of the air by Riderman and then explodes. Black and Black RX are apparently partners now. Kenichi Suzumura is voicing Fourze for some reason. J is boiled down to being "that big one" again. It's got all the hallmarks of the era of movies that started during Decade. On the other hand, it's also got, for one of the first truly notable times, returning actors who are actually allowed the screentime to matter. Hiroshi Fujioka is back, in person, and while he only gets two scenes, he owns every second he appears, and the fact that he was there at all legitimately had a huge amount of novelty to it at the time. Then, of course, you have Takkun, who's the reason I'm doing this right now. He gets by far the meatiest part of all the guest actors, especially when he gets to share the spotlight with X for the 13 minute segment of this movie that plays out like some lost episode of Faiz. Which is awesome! Going that length of time with what is largely just human characters talking, with no absurd doomsday devices or overly complex plans getting in the way, does not happen in movies like this, and I savor every minute of it. Takumi is great here, and just on a side note, I appreciate the detail of him going from his initial necklace from the show to the on-brand phi one from later once he becomes a Rider again. I appreciate little touches like that. I also appreciate that Haruto was also in this movie and got to tell Takkun he'd be his hope. I appreciate that a lot, actually. You gotta understand, back in 2014 I thought it was going to be cool just to have my two favorite Rider protagonists in the same movie. I scarcely expected them to even interact, let alone what I got. I'm probably the only one who cares, but that's exactly why I love that moment so much. I swear they actually made it specifically for me. The story that holds all of this together is unfortunately leaning a lot more towards typical crossover nonsense. I actually like Fifteen quite a lot. A cool looking skeleton guy who can use all the heroes' powers. That's neat. As an actual character, though, he's a little underbaked. Which isn't even the movie's big problem, which is instead that it makes the Showa Riders look like huge jerks. Hongou must've got up on the wrong side of the bed that day. I'd joke that the overly complicated plan he comes up with to stop Badan was just a pretense to wail on the new generation, but it stops being a joke as soon as he drops even the pretense, and just sicks his crew on the Heisei Riders for no reason whatsoever. The ending to this movie is the stupidest and best thing ever. The real one I mean. Not the Showa one that's basically a lamer version of the same thing. No, I'm talking about Kouta's legendary defense of some random flower on some beach. It's such an over the top, absurd way for the conflict to resolve, I can't help but love it. I mean, I've got to agree with Hongou on this one. If your dedication to protecting life is hardcore enough that you'll try tanking a Rider Kick to save foliage, I think it's safe to say your kindness isn't making you weak. So I don't know. It's the usual noisy mess for the most part, and it doesn't make much sense, but by the time it wraps up, and that new version of Dragon Road starts playing, it feels like it comes together into something that's maybe more than the sum of its parts. Kamen Rider 3: Toei's next attempt to get their crap together went even better, because they remembered they already did this right once, and just decided to make Let's Go Kamen Riders again. Don't you dare think I'm knocking it for that either. I love Kamen Rider 3. And what better place to start than with... Kamen Rider 3! They really went all out to make this a character deserving of such a big part. Digging up an obscure bit of Rider lore, and basically totally retrofitting it into this new thing. His suit design is stellar, being agressively modern, yet mixing in so many classic design elements, as well as its own inspired new ones, like the straight up broken shackles on his wrists and ankles. Kuroi as a character is fleshed out enough to be legitimately interesting, with a proper arc, and the clever spin on the "friend or foe" angle where you're fed so many mixed messages it legitimately becomes hard to guess exactly what his deal is, all backed by a pretty strong performance. I especially love the emphasis on the body language of him clenching his fists throughout. Plus, his theme song is great, and he's got a sweet car. The plot surrounding all this is, as I suggested at the start, a blatant reuse of Let's Go Kamen Riders' central concept of Shocker winning, and the altered timeline that would create. It's hard to call this a bad thing. It wins some points right away by having an opening done in 4:3, and in general, the attitude the movie has towards the franchise lacks that weirdly detached, borderline cynicism that defines your average spring movie. The different cast, and unique angle of Rider 3 also prevent it from truly feeling like a bland repeat of Let's Go, too. But like that movie, the plot is actually fairly digestible. Not as much, mind you. There's still a fair amount of weirdness, to be sure, but you won't be scratching your head constantly trying to figure out what's going on, and who thought it was a good idea. It's a focused enough story that the thing that stands out most is how pointless and random Ninninger's inclusion in the climax feels, and at least the reason why they put that in the movie is obvious. The guest stars here are all pretty good again too. You've got all the Riders from Blade back (mostly as voices, but still), Zeronos as the obligatory Den-O representation, Black, who actually evolves into RX as part of the narrative, in case you needed proof how much tighter this movie is compared to normal, and of course, Takkun. He isn't very important this time, but it's always a joy to see him, and he says something about protecting childrens' dreams at one point, so what more do you want? Kamen Rider 4: Hey, hang on a second. I think my brain just got in top gear! Takkun was in Kamen Rider Taisen, where the Showa Riders had beef with the Heisei Riders for being hung up on people they care about dying, saying that was leading to the bad guys' plans succeeding. A year later, Takkun is the focal point for Kamen Rider 4, a story about how the Heisei Riders being hung up on people they care about dying nearly allows Shocker's latest plan to succeed. Do you guys realize what this means? The Showa Riders were right the whole time! And here I was saying they're jerks a second ago! I guess it was just tough love. Anyways, I don't actually like Kamen Rider 4 that much. There isn't much in the way of memorable action, the plot kinda drags in spots, Rider 4 himself feels like an afterthought with zero actual relevance to anything. Both times I've watched it now, I mostly just feel bored the whole way through. The most fun I had this time was when it hit me that the fact he only appears in suit, combined with the history rewriting nature of the plot resulted in my newest fan theory, that Rider 4 actually just is Katsumi Daidou, remodeled by Shocker, and that's why he's voiced by Mitsuru Matsuoka. The fact that my mind was wandering enough to think this up should tell you a lot about how engaged I felt by the story. Which, you know, I don't want to just crap on this thing like it's some pile of trash, either. That's really not my style. A lot of the ideas here are extremely creative and interesting, but there's so much that confuses me, I just can't get into it. A lot of the details of the plot seem kind of sketchy to me, and I gotta say, watching this right after going back through Faiz, I actually like it even less now. I remember being impressed by, if nothing else, how Kamen Rider 4 really went for it when it came to bringing some further closure to Faiz, but in retrospect, I'm not sure how good a job it does at that. On a basic character level, the way it digs into Takumi's head is fairly servicable, but I don't even know if this is supposed to be the same character from TV. I think the immediate assumption about that flashback in Kamen Rider Taisen was that it was simply showing things figuratively rather than literally, but the timeline might just be that messed up. Because Kamen Rider 4 digs itself deeper by showing edited bits of the final scene from Faiz, to make that show's ending look more tragic than it was. It's totally, completely, irreconcilably at odds with what happened, and a lot of the implications it makes about what happened really rub me the wrong way as a Faiz fan, all the more so because it still skirts around giving proper details. Maybe these ones are meant to be figurative too, but I can't tell you. So, yeah, it turns out this one might've legitimately upset me a bit. I don't like being so negative, but I just can't think of anything nice to say here. It was cool seeing a bit of the Murmur Mansion movie mentioned in episode 20 of Drive. It doesn't have voice acting either, so Roidmude Kyuu's attack on that press conference must've got the job done. I guess that's the moral of the story? Terrorism works? Man, every way I look at this thing, it's bumming me out. Quote:
I get where you're coming from here. I kind of had it in my head that might be the movie's big problem going in this time. But I honestly think it walks that tightrope quite skillfully. Nowhere in the movie does anyone forgive or excuse Katsumi's actions. I think the point is more just to do an "evil isn't born, it's made" kind of deal. It adds complexity to how he got there, but it never tries to deny the fact that he did.
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11-15-2019, 10:33 PM | #15679 |
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Eeeeeh, that's a pretty extreme exaggeration of what actually happened. I don't know how much clearer the movie could be than "I know Katsumi was a bad person. But he wasn't just that." I get where you're coming from here. I kind of had it in my head that might be the movie's big problem going in this time. But I honestly think it walks that tightrope quite skillfully. Nowhere in the movie does anyone forgive or excuse Katsumi's actions. I think the point is more just to do an "evil isn't born, it's made" kind of deal. It adds complexity to how he got there, but it never tries to deny the fact that he did. Kamen Rider Taisen is pretty much exactly as you described for me. There's a lot of great stuff in here - it's just that it's often disjointed, and as you said; very much bogged down by the trappings of the Taisen movies. Reduction of characters to Just More Suit Riders where you never really believe Kabuto or Amazon are there; and certain actual characters being characterised in a way that's just mindboggling. They finally were able to get Hiroshi back in person and this is what they're doing with Ichigou's character given that opportunity, huh? Regardless, I started that off agreeing that it's great, right? Because it is. I think I even slightly disagree on Fifteen's character being flat - it's not incredibly complex, but it works well for the needs of the story and well enough that that scene of him and his wife near the end is heart warming and breaking at the same time. There's so much wrong with this movie yet so much it does right in equal measure, and that's definitely one of them -- makes a great contrast with the themes of the movie and arguably, Gaim as a whole; which is part of what makes it work well to me. Certainly more than the previous two SHTs, this actually feels like a movie -about- Gaim to some extent, and he's not even in it that much! I think, actually, this movie gives me a greater insight into what on earth Gaim was supposed to be about more than the series itself! And as someone who doesn't even like Faiz, by god, they really went the mile in making me like Faiz. There's a lot about Takumi's characterisation I enjoy here and it makes me want an entire Faiz/X crossover movie or miniseries. It's just so down to earth, yet also has that diner scene to kick it off for that wonderful dash of so-ridiculous-it-works I love in my Kamen Rider. Also, Kusaka comes back to be absolutely terrible! Kind of get a kick out of him being portrayed so unambiguously as an asshole and him getting evaporated by Haruto and Keisuke's hope wave or whatever. Haruto and Keisuke should hope wave more terrible people like that; do TheBee next. Like... it's really funny how much better this was on rewatch recently. I absolutely hated it when I first watched it - which was pretty early on actually; Gaim was like the fourth Rider I ran through - but this time round? Could not help but get a lot of smiles out of it. Even the Toqgers' random cameo just feels so right for them; they're all in character and it's been so long since I've seen them that it really tugged at me. Sidenote, Toqger is a really good series that gets what Sentai's all about.
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11-16-2019, 12:31 AM | #15680 |
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Oh I really loved Kamen Rider 4 the first (and second time!) I watched it. I never minded it giving Faiz it's own version of the ending (all they really explicitly add on top of the original was that Takumi dies, and everything else can be taken as either having been the same if you want). That it actually referenced Kiba too, when 3 and Taisen never did, and Kaidou being there too all did a lot to make me feel like this was trying it's best to be a sort of Faiz 10 Years After Special, and it worked for me really well on that.
Plus, I really liked the climax and the accompanying music of the final fight, even if Type Formula really doesn't look like it should be any good in a fistfight. |
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