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01-27-2018, 08:38 PM | #15071 |
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Have kinda the opposite opinion. Absolutley adored Ryuki all the way through, but I've found Double really hard to get in to. About half way through, and I still haven't found it clicking with me the way it seems it's supposed to. I think my biggest issue is pacing. I really can't stand the thing of every single story being two parts. A lot of the cases don't have enough plot for 44 minutes, and half the episodes seem to be spent in fights where you know the dopant is gonna get away since it's still to early to catch them. Maybe things get less formulaic later on, but at the point I'm at, it's kind of boring. If I didn't really enjoy Shotaro and Phillip as protagonists, I'd have dropped it by now.
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01-27-2018, 09:47 PM | #15072 |
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W's another show that would benefit from a filler guide. It does get a lot less formulaic near the end but it's certainly not the halfway point.
Ryuki literally only ever clicked with me near the end. I especially hated any plot involving Asakura and how ludicrous his various escapes were and how actual random bullshit would just happen to free him. My favourite character, Zolda, hardly ever even appeared as a Rider. And so many of the minor Riders were worthless. I've also watched more Build and I really enjoy it. Not much to say besides it's just plain old good. I like the characters and I want to see how this whole conspiracy unravels. |
01-28-2018, 12:08 AM | #15073 |
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I'll admit, I thought Asakura was massively overrated. His voice was kind of hot, but his ability to always manage to escape everything, even being stuck inside that exploding car trap Tiger set, with little to no explanation, and him being the only one to kill anyone besides the Alternatives got extremely tiring by the end
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01-28-2018, 12:22 AM | #15074 |
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I think with W/Double the two parters I liked because it fit the them of 'two as one' all through the show. Plus I really liked the whole 'hard-boiled detective' angle, and I really like Phillip and Shotaro and Akiko (and Accel/Rider 2) as characters so I was invested in their stories.
And I thought the Sonozaki family as antagonists were great. Claydoll was cool and Taboo (without doubt my favorite villain) was fantastic and really bizarre looking. It's different enough to really be different, but familiar enough to still be Kamen Rider. Then there's that battle truck that the motorcycle can jump into and switch out the back half of the bike to something else, (again, the two into one theme)...there was just a lot of little details and stuff I really liked about the show. Then the characters really did grow up and develop. Phillip and Akiko grow up a lot through the show (I love the episode where Akiko goes undercover as a maid). Shotaro tries to grow up and harden up but he can't, he just has too big a heart. He's 'not' hard-boiled, he's a softie who tries to be a badass. Ryu as Accel grows up and develops quite a bit. Idk,...maybe it's like anything else you either like it or you don't, it grabs you or it doesn't. For me I'd seen The First and The Next movies and really liked them. I'd seen maybe 20 episodes of the original 71 Kamen Rider and I liked it. And I'd seen bits and clips on Youtube of Kuuga and Agito, Decade and OOO's,...all fighting clips for the most part, but I liked them. Then for some reason I just picked 'W' one night and sat down to watch a more 'modern' Rider than the 1971 one that I'd been watching, and I just got really pulled into the story and the characters and ended up binge watching the whole show in less than a week. So it was my first Rider series that I watched start to finish so maybe I'm just partial to it. Split Lip I agree that Ryuki clicked with me towards the end, finally. But I really felt like I had to power through like 25 episodes in the middle where it just seemed like nothing was really happening. It started off really strong, and it ended strong,...but the middle just ...bought time? Spun its wheels? I thought them introducing the Psychotic Snake Rider in the middle was probably the best part of the middle section. To me he was what made it interesting. To date I haven't disliked any of the Rider shows really, I've liked them all. Some I just liked quite a bit more than others. I started Ex-Aid last night and am on (I think) episode 5-6 now. I'm liking it. Some of the fight scenes are pretty over the top with the screen just full of smoke and explosions then slow-motion hits and kicks then all kinds of colorful text all happening at once,...it's a lot going on at once sometimes. But so far the story and characters are interesting,..and I'm not sure why but I'm completely fascinated with Poppy Pipopapo. I sort of wish they'd made a figuarts of her but I couldn't really find anything interesting related to her character to add to the collection. ..I did drop the SHF Ex-Aid level 2 figure into my 'buy it now' bookmarks though. (these shows just kill my wallet. I always end up wanting at least one SHF Rider from a series. And some shows like 'W' I've got maybe close to 10 'W' SHF's? Ouch. hahaha) Last edited by KaijuUltraFan; 01-28-2018 at 12:28 AM.. |
01-28-2018, 06:05 PM | #15075 |
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I am really glad that you're enjoying build, after not being able to get into the series post gaim, it's good to see you enjoying rider again.
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01-28-2018, 10:19 PM | #15076 |
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I watch episode 1 of Build and I really enjoy it. It made me want to see what happens next. I really dig the story and I enjoy the tone too. It had a serious tone to it while having some gags in it.
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01-29-2018, 04:14 PM | #15077 |
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Super-1, Episode 40.
... Sometimes, you just have to ask yourself: What the fuck am I watching? Jin Dogma's soap monster, "Sloappery", makes evil soap which dissolves humans in a rather gruesome manner, turns them into jello, said jello get's flushed down the drain, then they collect it and turn them back. To make them soldiers and slaves and whatnot. And this is somehow more effective than just straight-up kidnapping people. But that's not the best part, the best part is this: The monster needs to be showered with water and brushed to activate its soap-powers. And I specifically made the gif above because this shit really does need to be seen in order to be believed. It's so... surreal. Also, I would comment on how I really appreciate that they finally remembered that Oki Kazuya is a martial artist. See, he can't hit Sloappery because his punches and kicks just slide off of its slippery soap body. He then goes into training to find the secret technique that ancient master used to cut through the water. Why he did that I have no idea because in the end he just kicks the monsters head clean off. Twice. So yes, I admit this episode was entertaining just because of how amazingly dumb it is. But it plays on themes that were so good in the first half, completely misses their point, and you realize how none of it matters anymore. The Junior Rider Squad is still the star of the show, the villains are still a joke (more than usual at least) and none of it really means anything anymore. Super-1, I really liked you, it makes me sad to continuously witness what you have become. But the soap monster was fun...right? Last edited by Kiwami; 01-29-2018 at 04:21 PM.. |
01-29-2018, 04:45 PM | #15078 |
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the irony,..it's a soap monster yet it makes me feel dirty to watch that gif.
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01-29-2018, 05:10 PM | #15079 |
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Super-1, Episode 40.
... Sometimes, you just have to ask yourself: What the fuck am I watching? Jin Dogma's soap monster, "Sloappery", makes evil soap which dissolves humans in a rather gruesome manner, turns them into jello, said jello get's flushed down the drain, then they collect it and turn them back. To make them soldiers and slaves and whatnot. And this is somehow more effective than just straight-up kidnapping people. But that's not the best part, the best part is this: The monster needs to be showered with water and brushed to activate its soap-powers. And I specifically made the gif above because this shit really does need to be seen in order to be believed. It's so... surreal. Also, I would comment on how I really appreciate that they finally remembered that Oki Kazuya is a martial artist. See, he can't hit Sloappery because his punches and kicks just slide off of its slippery soap body. He then goes into training to find the secret technique that ancient master used to cut through the water. Why he did that I have no idea because in the end he just kicks the monsters head clean off. Twice. So yes, I admit this episode was entertaining just because of how amazingly dumb it is. But it plays on themes that were so good in the first half, completely misses their point, and you realize how none of it matters anymore. The Junior Rider Squad is still the star of the show, the villains are still a joke (more than usual at least) and none of it really means anything anymore. Super-1, I really liked you, it makes me sad to continuously witness what you have become. But the soap monster was fun...right? |
01-29-2018, 10:11 PM | #15080 |
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Started Den-O. I hope OZC releases the episodes semi-frequently, I enjoyed the first one. Momotaros is pretty fun.
Also started Dragon Knight, three episodes in. Maybe it's because I made the mistake of watching the clip in this here thread recently and my standards for acting in American adaptations of toku are at an incredible all-time low, but I think it's fairly decent so far. Nothing horribly groundbreaking or interesting, but it's inoffensive. |
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