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06-23-2013, 07:35 PM | #5251 |
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So when does Episode Final take place, just so's I know?
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06-23-2013, 07:38 PM | #5252 |
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06-23-2013, 07:51 PM | #5253 |
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Yeah, but it probably works better if you watch it after you finish the show.
...I say probably because I tried watching it after the show (twice) and couldn't get past the forty minute mark. :/
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06-24-2013, 01:19 AM | #5254 |
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Just finished The Next. Man, THAT was a movie.
That was just... I don't even know. It felt like a really long, overly gross, overly violent episode fo a not good rider series. The suits are still fucking awesome, V3 included, but this felt like snuff almost. (even had boobs for, like, two seconds) But at least now when someone whines that Kamen Rider should return to it's "roots in horror" I can just point at this to show them why they should be quiet and enjoy the brightly-coloured series that are actually entertaining. Two problems exist with the horror approach: 1. If the horror is being committed by silly rubber monsters, it's not that horrifiying, and 2. horror in a show with bug-themed heroes just feels cheap and out of place. This came out in 2007, same year as Den-O, a very light-hearted and colourful series with cartoonish antics. Den-O, despite that, was hugely popular and a fan-favourite retaining it popularity even now. This, however, is a nearly completely forgotten exercise in futility that even fans seem to either ignore or show contempt for. Plus the plot was I don't even know. The riders were barely a factor. V3 was the brand new character, actually related to the weird ghost chick, and was barely in it. And Ichimonji died because... I don't know. I was bored to tears. This movie was about and hour and fifty minutes. It had enough story and action to maybe fill half that. Aside from the awesome awesome suits and one or two cool, if random fights, I just finished the movie and can barely remember anything good. The First was okay, if confusing (due to lack of English subtitles) and felt less... immature than this It told a serious story that was, for the most part, focused and intelligent. This was blood, gore, skin and, well, exploitation. I felt actually kind of bad after watching it. Think I'll watch an episode of OOO to make me feel better. Or just an ep of Ryuki. Hell, I'll even watch Wizard. |
06-24-2013, 05:34 AM | #5255 |
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Considering I thought OOO 25 would be the sports melodrama one, it actually turned out to be a really great episode.
I loved how caring Date was in this episode, just the little things like shielding Brotou when Eiji henshined or the way Date pulled Eiji out of the fire, literally, to save him at the end. Stuff like that. I also love Brotou since he doesn't even have a powers and he stands at Date's side providing covering fire and just helping out anyway he can, what a total badarse. Plus the general mystery stuff around Ankh is really interesting.
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06-24-2013, 06:10 AM | #5256 |
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Just finished The Next. Man, THAT was a movie.
That was just... I don't even know. It felt like a really long, overly gross, overly violent episode fo a not good rider series. The suits are still fucking awesome, V3 included, but this felt like snuff almost. (even had boobs for, like, two seconds) But at least now when someone whines that Kamen Rider should return to it's "roots in horror" I can just point at this to show them why they should be quiet and enjoy the brightly-coloured series that are actually entertaining. Two problems exist with the horror approach: 1. If the horror is being committed by silly rubber monsters, it's not that horrifiying, and 2. horror in a show with bug-themed heroes just feels cheap and out of place. This came out in 2007, same year as Den-O, a very light-hearted and colourful series with cartoonish antics. Den-O, despite that, was hugely popular and a fan-favourite retaining it popularity even now. This, however, is a nearly completely forgotten exercise in futility that even fans seem to either ignore or show contempt for. Plus the plot was I don't even know. The riders were barely a factor. V3 was the brand new character, actually related to the weird ghost chick, and was barely in it. And Ichimonji died because... I don't know. I was bored to tears. This movie was about and hour and fifty minutes. It had enough story and action to maybe fill half that. Aside from the awesome awesome suits and one or two cool, if random fights, I just finished the movie and can barely remember anything good. The First was okay, if confusing (due to lack of English subtitles) and felt less... immature than this It told a serious story that was, for the most part, focused and intelligent. This was blood, gore, skin and, well, exploitation. I felt actually kind of bad after watching it. Think I'll watch an episode of OOO to make me feel better. Or just an ep of Ryuki. Hell, I'll even watch Wizard. |
06-24-2013, 07:08 AM | #5257 |
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I still think it is hilarious that there is a movie called Ultraman: The Next and a movie called Kamen Rider: The Next.
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06-24-2013, 10:09 AM | #5258 |
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Episode 30 of Fourze was another good episode for my main man Ryusei.
The series does an okay job of world building but as the majority of the series takes place in the school you can forget sometimes that there is a world beyond it, which I guess is ironic considering the space theme. So it was good to see Ryusei's old school and friends, even if his old school is a massive shithole. Is it suggested as well that Ryusei has a thing for the goth chick? And I guess the focus on him will continue for a few weeks as Aries has awoken. Plus I know Fourze uses the Kamen Rider asshole of the week style of storytelling but I don't mind as much with this show because the characters are so likeable and the emotions played so on point that you're able to feel invested even when you barely know the characters.
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06-24-2013, 11:29 AM | #5259 |
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It also helps that, in Fourze, these are juveniles who haven't really had the chance to live, so their pettiness and assholishness is rather fitting for high school students.
Much less so with Wizard having full grown adults acting more childish than Fourze's school kids.
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06-24-2013, 11:35 AM | #5260 |
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It also helps that, in Fourze, these are juveniles who haven't really had the chance to live, so their pettiness and assholishness is rather fitting for high school students.
Much less so with Wizard having full grown adults acting more childish than Fourze's school kids. Anyway OOO 26, I liked the way they tied the punch drunk boxer back to Eiji, it's nice to see a Rider who you can actually believe is in the suit in the first place (if you don't question why he needs no training at all) but it's even better when it becomes a story point as well. It's strange though, Kamen Rider - at least the shows I have seen - seem to have very little interest in exploring the powers and making them feel awesome, which is a shame given transforming into lots of different forms with lots of different powers is the crux of the series. Even upgrades a lot of the time they just go 'cool', like Eiji you can turn into like a phoenix thing don't you wanna like go fly round the city or something? Fightingwise...eh, Date using all of his powers at once could have been awesome if it didn't look absolutely terrible. I thought Kamen Rider didn't make suits that flimsy Also Doctor Maki has a creepy sister complex? This guy just gets more ew by the second.
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