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08-27-2012, 05:13 AM | #1 |
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Probably a noob question but i hope to get some proper responses on this,since ikinda liked the old masked rider show as a kid.
Sure,back then i was easily impressed and i watched everything that somewhat resembled my beloved PR, but in my memory the show wasn't too bad in itself, was it ?? I really liked the costume, and the fact that this was a one man army instead of team setup. i liked the vehicles and fighting and just the overall vibe. keep in mind i was just a kid and had no clue about sentai or kamen rider and whatnot, i just watched it as i saw it and knew it. i even had the action figures back then! but then it the show ended and i was sorta expecting a new version, just like i had witnessed my rangers evolving and getting new costumes, but it never came...instead some time later we got beetleborgs masked rider was never to be seen or heard of again in the western market. Did the show perform that poorly ?? was it a footage issue ?? Sometimes i think it would've been awesome if the masked rider series had enjoyed the same longevity as power rangers, surely there was no lack of series/footage to choose from to adapt. ( looking back the acting was bad/cheesy but then again so was mmpr so that is no argument as to why it couldn't last) |
08-27-2012, 06:07 AM | #2 |
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Because Masked Rider made no sense, had absolutely no budget, and had ratings so low you'd have to build your own coal mine to see them. It used stock footage. Which in itself is fine, MMPR did it all the time. Still does. But the footage they used made no sense what so ever (Not that him magically getting more power from water made sense in the original RX black anyway). And Furbus. The answer to why Masked Rider never worked is always Furbus. And those talking cars he barely ever used, yet almost every episode had long boring conversations with that went no where.
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08-27-2012, 08:39 AM | #3 |
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Regardless of if it was a huge hit or not. Toei hit the breaks on Kamen Rider for years anyway. Saban was out Of useable footage if they wanted to keep it going. It was interesting to find out that black rx was filmed in 89 or so and they filmed masked rider in like 94-95? Even as a kid I could tell the footage looked dated. I still liked it as a kid though. It may have been my 2nd favorite of the American Toku boom on the mid 90's
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08-27-2012, 09:52 AM | #4 |
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Ok thanks for the input so far guys, i never even knew the time diffrence of filming untill now tbh, because i'm still a toku noob. intresting stuff.
i guess i was just a happy go lucky kid that never questioned stuff like that..i never thought " hm the picture seems so old & grainy, somethings up.." because iwas too busy being fascinated with the costumes and fighting, that and the fact i probably just assumed that's what those kind of tv shows were supposed to look like, since i was used to it from PR and any other american toku shows back then. just like how i used to unknowingly watch some anime as a kid and realizing the style was diffrent and just calling it " those special/flashy cartoons", not having a clue about the existence of anime or what it truly was..i was just watching a certain blend of cartoons that looked diffrent than my regular diet of batman and ninja turtles cartoons and that's that, no further questioning about it back then. ignorance is bliss i suppose lol, being a kid made me adore many tv shows and videogames that i discovered years later as an adult were wrong on so many levels yet i was oblivious to it. |
08-27-2012, 11:56 AM | #5 |
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It's cool , don't worry about being a noob. Everybody has to start somewhere. I am coming up on 1 year into this hobby. And I still have a ton to learn. This place is generally friendly when you have questions.
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08-27-2012, 12:13 PM | #6 |
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08-27-2012, 12:37 PM | #7 |
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If it makes you feel any better, I have really fond memories of Masked Rider as a kid too. In fact I loved the hell out of it, and I'm not looking forward to eventually rewatching it because of that
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08-27-2012, 01:30 PM | #8 |
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08-27-2012, 01:39 PM | #9 |
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Because they didn't give the show a final battle. Plus, they used footage of Kotaro in scenes that didn't make sense with the American footage. Backgrounds and hair styles were completely different at times.
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08-27-2012, 01:59 PM | #10 |
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I watched Masked Rider when I was 7. I watched Goseiger when I was 22. That's a big difference
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