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04-27-2021, 10:48 AM | #21 |
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Also, how is this movie not visually stunning? The opening sequence alone is amazing looking. |
04-27-2021, 12:23 PM | #22 |
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What I learned from RealXTime is that online Gamers are one step away from trying to blow up the world. The most believable thing Kamen Rider ever did.
But yeah, I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking of the Ex-Aid summer movie, because this is just that, but like, a lot better? Esu doesn't have much too him, but it's still more meat (both in characterisation *and* plan) that he's probably still among top 5 movie villains in that regard. The Sentai team of non-Hiden Riders all get good stuff, whether it be solo action scenes, cute little character moments (Jin calling Fuwa "Gorilla" was worth the runtime alone), or literally everything Horobi does. He 100% benefits from this being post-series, meaning we're freed from any "Oh we're just working with you humans because we also don't wanna die" that might have otherwise have to be invoked, and we get to see him in his new role as defender of life. As for Aruto and Izu, it sure is funny how often one of the friendliest, most openly compassionate main Riders constantly gets himself evil forms, huh? I don't mean that as a criticism - it's almost a point of Aruto's character by now that his primary tactic is to let himself get whaled on while trying to redeem somone, and using a beserker form means he can let his driver punish him while he fights, it's genius! But yeah, he doesn't have much of an arc hee, but he puts the plot together, and he saves the day by opening his heart to someone. That's how you know it's Aruto. As for Izu, I see people's problems, but I think that middle scene is open to interpretation? I think the final scene makes clear that Izu2 might have a little more of Izu1's memories, but not the understanding, the depth behind them. She's not quite the old Izu we knew, but the soul is still there. Idk, maybe I'm being charitable because that final 01/02 fight was amazing. As others have said, the film looks amazing, and while it's not exactly pefect (Lucifer is exactly the mindless villain we could have got with Esu, I had to check on the wiki who he was because I'd forgotten which general was which by the end), and the in-media-res aspect probably lends the film better to a second watch than a first, so you spend less time trying to piece it together and can appreciate the art putting it together, I think I've talked myself into rating it pretty well.
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04-27-2021, 12:43 PM | #23 |
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Something small I like by the way? The 02 key in the Thousandjacker. For a toyline that has a huge amount of henshin devices, 01 has been very hesitant to actually mix and match keys and have them shared between Riders beyond Flying Falcon; with pretty much all of the upgrade keys having been designed for a specific one. So it's nice to see them do something like this which feels almost as kitbashy and "you're-not-supposed-to-do-that" as Kamen Rider Blood.
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04-27-2021, 01:22 PM | #24 |
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You know speaking about how this is basically just Gamers using V-Tuber technology to spray the world with internet gas...
Did anyone else feel like that one grenade the Abaddon tried to use was super weird? You know the one I'm talking about, the one that's basically a Rubix Cube that's painted green but with the middle tilted. Was like... that our hint? That we'd be dealing with Gamers? Or was it just a real odd prop decision on Toei's part? |
04-27-2021, 05:10 PM | #25 |
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Okay, first of all, whoever's idea it was to put Zero-One suits under a blacklight is a genius. Really dynamic opening. The rest of this was pretty decent. The action was really good but the plot was kinda weak and definitely felt rushed by the end. The whole thing was worth it for the Zero-One/Zero-Two team up. If we get more Zero-One content I would love to see that happen again.
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04-28-2021, 06:17 PM | #26 |
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I'm not usually one to pay attention to rider stats (because, well, they're complete nonsense), but I found this one kinda funny.
Here's 02's stats:- And here's Realizing's stats:- 02 is actually a little stronger than Realizing (and fun fact is more powerful than any 01 form in all stats, including Ark-One and Hell Rising). This means that when they're double ridering in this movie, Izu is canonically stronger than Aruto
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04-28-2021, 06:29 PM | #27 |
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Ensuring this was the case was actually a specific motivation for making Hell Rising a "negative" power up, even. They were very committed to the idea that Zero-Two's whole point is being better than Zero-One.
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04-28-2021, 07:04 PM | #28 |
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You know what I forgot to do, I gotta give a shout out to the men and women of AIM's because they jobbed so hard during the series because that's what they were meant to do.
Either make the Riders look cooler by default until they became the grunt squad of Battle Raiders. But here we actually see them handling their own quite well and it honestly made me smile to see them actually beating back the Abaddon forces. Granted they were facing Gamers, but still. |
04-28-2021, 07:15 PM | #29 |
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Loved the action. Loved the budget. Did not love that Aruto spent 75% of his screentime just, like, screaming painfully. And when he wasn't screaming painfully, Es was. It was just like... a lot of painful screaming. Too much for my taste (and eardrums). I tend to skip the modern Sentai and Rider tie-in movies because, well, they're not really movies so much as they are a few episodes smooshed together. I was compelled to give this one a shot because of how startlingly Es and Azu were introduced in the last episode of Zero-One. I just... I wish Toei would get writers who understood the difference between the mediums to work on these, but that's never gonna happen, so I will continue to pass on these. |
04-28-2021, 07:36 PM | #30 |
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You know what I forgot to do, I gotta give a shout out to the men and women of AIM's because they jobbed so hard during the series because that's what they were meant to do.
Either make the Riders look cooler by default until they became the grunt squad of Battle Raiders. But here we actually see them handling their own quite well and it honestly made me smile to see them actually beating back the Abaddon forces. Granted they were facing Gamers, but still.
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