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09-04-2013, 12:53 PM | #6971 |
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So it is another case of 'keep watching and it will get good later'? That has become like a placeholder.
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09-04-2013, 04:46 PM | #6972 |
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Black 17. I want that kid's Battle Hopper pushbike
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09-04-2013, 04:49 PM | #6973 |
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Somewhat, I loved every bit of Den-O, but after watching all the movies, Zeronos is my favorite part, and by extension Airi
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09-04-2013, 05:08 PM | #6974 |
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Zeronos/yuuto definitely had the better story. As for Den-O as a whole, I enjoyed it but they dropped the ball with the ending. Kai felt so emo and pointless, would have been interesting to see what they had in mind if Hanna's actress didn't have to leave, like the original plot sort of thing =\
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09-04-2013, 05:38 PM | #6975 |
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Black 24. The episode where all Golgom wanted to be, was swimming in bitches and Kotaro met the Guardians of Universe, as presented in the style of a 60s B-Movie. It's kinda hard not to enjoy something this awful but when I see what Kamen Rider grows into, it's disappointing that there are so many opportunities for great character moments or epic stories that they just waste so they can repeat the same fight scene over and over again.
Still, on the other hand, it blows me away how good the monster suits are in this show, with most Heisei suits looking much faker and much tackier. It's a shame most of the mutants in this show don't get to do a lot, because those suits deserve so much more, for how much effort clearly went into them. The same can be said for Kotaro, he is probably one of the best Riders ever, as most Riders are so passive and unengaging but Kotaro is so active and never relies solely on his powers to get him through everything, so why create such an amazing Rider and then give him fuck all to do outside of fight scenes? He has so much at stake in his battle with Golgom, but about the most you see him do outside of action is sit at a counter and look into space. Still, for both its age, and small Kamen Rider budget, the action scenes in this are usually impressive, especially with how much is done out of suit which is pretty much never done in modern Rider. Was this weeks mutant a teacher in another Kamen Rider show? I swear I recognised him.
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09-04-2013, 06:52 PM | #6976 |
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Den-O 17. Ah, a much more story focused episode. That Sawada chick is cute as hell, although not nearly as much of a babe as Hana is, even though Hana shouldn't really be as sexually appealing as she is. I saw a lot of myself in Sawada though, who appeared to be going through exactly what I am lately. I dunno how much the kiddies would really care though.
If Ryou had to get rid of one form, get rid of Rod, his combat abilities are useless and all he is gonna get Ryou is a venereal disease. Speaking seriously, the choice to draw attention to how many forms Ryou has and the way each form has a tendency to cancel out the other, really highlights one of my main problems with the show. With Axe form, you no longer really needed Sword Form. And with Gun Form, you no longer really needed Rod Form (although you never needed that form). I think this show would have worked so much better, if the only Imagin Ryou got was Momo and maybe Ryuu as like an internal dark Imagin sorta like Hollow Ichigo style, while Axe and Rod got to be their own, separate Riders. This weeks Imagin looked cool as hell though, and I swear I recognised his actor. And it was also cool to see Ryou try and do something himself, for once, even if that meant fighting in his useless base form.
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09-04-2013, 07:05 PM | #6977 |
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I like Rod form's design, but yeah, it doesn't serve much of a purpose. Even the weapon, which is a fishing rod, is treated like a staff, which functions no different than sword form. Even Rod Form's theme song is lame compared to the others.
Although I like the other forms because they keep the action varied, minus rod of course. Also the Imagin was voiced by the same guy who did GaoGaiGar's voice. Last edited by SPLIT LIP; 09-04-2013 at 07:11 PM.. |
09-04-2013, 07:11 PM | #6978 |
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I like Rod form's design, but yeah, it doesn't serve much of a purpose. Even the weapon, which is a fishing rod, is treated like a staff, which functions no different than sword form.
Although I like the other forms because they keep the action varied, minus rod of course. At least say, Fourze or OOO, each form had a unique identity and power set beyond what it was armed with. Hell, even Kuuga with all its shittiness, gave each form a unique purpose and power to give a reason for him having so many (at least until they started over upgrading everything like they thought they were Apple).
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09-04-2013, 07:13 PM | #6979 |
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Let's just say they do it better than, for example, the time Sword Form fought a flying Imagin and switched to rod form to have the range. The extra three feet of range needed to hit it, apparently. (ignoring that Sword form's sword blade, y'know, detaches and flies at enemies)
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09-04-2013, 07:16 PM | #6980 |
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Let's just say they do it better than, for example, the time Sword Form fought a flying Imagin and switched to rod form to have the range. The extra three feet of range needed to hit it, apparently. (ignoring that Sword form's sword blade, y'know, detaches and flies at enemies)
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