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02-25-2021, 11:38 PM | #201 |
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I wanted this post to just be an all-caps ISHIDA INDEFINITELY, to be a quick play on INOUE FOREVER, but TokuNation would rather not let me have that gag (it became all-lower case), so I'm going to just ruin the joke by over-explaining it while still getting my all-caps ISHIDA INDEFINITELY, twice even. If I don't get to enjoy my quick joke, neither does anyone else.
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02-26-2021, 12:27 AM | #202 |
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This is the first episode that really gets Airi involved with the plot and I am always a fan of that. She has this really nice, calming presence while also being slightly adjacent to reality that always adds a lot to a story.
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02-26-2021, 12:31 AM | #203 |
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Other than that, though, a really great Airi episode. There's a thing it felt like they were doing in the beginning, as they cut between Airi and Hana and Yuumi, where it was going to be about these women and how their lives intersected with Riders and imagination monsters from the end of time... but, no, just some good character beats and an inescapable sense of ennui. I'll take it!
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02-26-2021, 02:44 AM | #204 |
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Boy will I have a lot to say about his episode’s second half. But for now, here’s the VA information for the Crow Imagin.
Rintarō Nishi (real name Kazuaki Kurita) Notable anime roles: Asimov Solenson in Cowboy Bebop, Tetsuzaemon Iba in Bleach, Heracles in One Piece, Jake in X-Men, Bartra Liones and the Narrator in The Seven Deadly Sins. Notable Toku roles: Lt. Colonel Shadam/Gorma Emperor XVI in Gosei Sentai Dairanger (live role), Doukuku Chimatsuri in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. Notable dubbing roles: Lu’Kibu in 10000 BC, Mr. Kil in Die Another Day, Hale Caesar in the Expendables trilogy, William Bludworth in the Final Destination series, Moreau in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. |
02-26-2021, 02:18 PM | #205 |
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KAMEN RIDER DEN-O EPISODE 7 - “JEALOUSY BOMBER”
Visually, though… this episode was an absolute stunner. It starts with this Ryotaro yawn, big as the screen. He’s not just tired, he’s TIRED. This is an ALL-CAPS episode, where everything is heightened, everything is shouted out as loud as possible… except for what really matters. Quote:
These beautifully framed shots of Airi and her telescope, a feeling so massive it stays silent. Hope? Joy? Longing? It’s an episode where the biggest emotions are kept inside, hidden from the world. She wants her brother to find his way, to discover what he’s meant for. But what does she want for herself? What is her passion? This is the first episode to really press on what Airi is all about, and it’s as beautiful in its mystery as you’d expect.
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The pink of the room is great for how forced it is, which is the key to understanding Yuumi, this story’s victim, played by Ryuki’s Shimada (and Faiz’s Live-Action Hatsune Miku). She’s a fantastic actor , with this face that’s big and round and sad. The way these two shots use the filtered sunlight for her big smile, and then flip her around for this shadowed fear… great use of light. Yuumi doesn’t really get much dialogue in this episode, but the way she carries herself, the way she’s constantly trying and failing to psyche herself up, the way her entire apartment is designed to trick her into being happy… every scene with her in this space is heartbreaking.
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Just a stupidly fun fight sequence, with Momo having an absolute blast deflecting the Imagin’s attacks. The whole fight is a winner, from Ryotaro’s gentle scolding of Momo’s excitement, to Momo’s over-the-top joy at getting to test himself in combat, to Momo’s over-the-top despair at the Imagin cutting the fight short. Momo begging an Imagin to come back so he could fight it is maybe the defining moment for that character in my brain right now. He’s nearly beside himself with grief at only getting a portion of a fight. Loved it.
Great use of that birds-eye camera again, this time literally for a bird’s eye. Them swinging a camera over Den-O to simulate the charging and diving of the Imgin is incredibly kinetic, and works great for the cliffhanger. An exciting final fight for an episode of top-shelf camerawork. Quote:
This whole thing with the jealous ex-boyfriend showing up at Milk Dipper… it’s a lot. Even for an episode where the jokes are turned up to 11, this scene turns the performances up to 12. It is almost criminally broad. If there was a prison for Wacky Toku, everyone involved in the production of this episode would probably still be serving time there. But! I love the use of lighting on Miura’s face here. Split-second timing to get this gag to work, and they nailed it.
This whole interrogation scene… I don’t love the Jealous Ex, honestly. He’s so insanely over-the-top, even for this episode, and the show is scrupulously avoiding giving us any real context for what he’s on about. He’s Angry and Possessive, and it’s hard to see the person inside all of these comedic outbursts. But, man, some clever camera and editing choices here. I don’t know if I love them going so hard on He’s Crazy, but the execution never wavers from its goal.
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02-26-2021, 04:29 PM | #206 |
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Though still, what do you count as something that explains a character is about? (before Airi was a keeper at a coffee shop, and her motherly trait to Ryotaro still exists like taking care of his body. She also had many admirers, but that's on the other characters not her though) Like it seems that, you only count the primary Rider (or someone that has that trait like Keitaro) for minding other people's business such as calling other people's views out, but for other characters, it makes them not understandable instead.
But what does she want for herself? Beyond being The Hero's Sister, what is it that she's working towards or passionate about? This was the first episode that started to dig out some space for Airi to think about her own needs and goals, which was nice. Quote:
With of course the thoughtless brawl in middle of the customer just enjoying food at DenLiner, it'd just be a monster attack to them, and this also reminds me of how Hajime in Blade fought an Undead thoughtlessly in a restaurant with little regard for the others, and with the scene not played as a gag, that was really intense one. The Taros pretending to be buddy-buddy in front of him is a sure quality gag though.
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02-26-2021, 04:59 PM | #207 |
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02-26-2021, 05:12 PM | #208 |
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Is it weird that these discussions about the visuals of the episodes are helping me understand what/how I'd want to shoot television if I ever get the chance to make it?
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02-26-2021, 05:14 PM | #209 |
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Nope! We learn by analyzing the things we like. Why does this shot work? What is it adding to the performance? How can an episode have both the funniest gag in the series, as well as the sweetest ending? Once those things are understood, we can apply them to our own art.
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02-26-2021, 05:24 PM | #210 |
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Nope! We learn by analyzing the things we like. Why does this shot work? What is it adding to the performance? How can an episode have both the funniest gag in the series, as well as the sweetest ending? Once those things are understood, we can apply them to our own art.
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