I don't mind Reika's traits, but how she's depicted. I don't need her to be girly or even feminine.
My problem is that she's just a tool. While she's cunning and manipulative, ultimately, it's just "Master Logos" this and "Brother" that.

Watching her feels like I'm watching a less interesting version of Blades' literal character arc. Choosing between the Guild and what she feels is right, except she only begins to feel the slightest bit of doubt 20 episodes later than she should have.

Well, does this really only apply to her? At this point in the show, all antagonists are just tools of the Master Logos. Even Kamijo and Kento unconsciously helped him..

Ah, you?ve passed my favorite moment in the whole series: the shot where someone asked the set design crew to make a hotel hallway look more like a Sword of Logos base so they taped a piece of office paper with ?Sword of Logos? written on it to the wall. I will never stop loving how hilariously low effort that was.

Reika isn't so awful in the post-show content, but I find her totally insufferable in the show. And I'm one of the few people who otherwise enjoyed Saber.

Oh, I replied like that before in response to you mentioning her as "horrible person" part. Didn't know if your complaint is different in her being a tool (this sounds similar to Yua from Zero-One instead, though Reika never got this unlike Yua). Well I guess this is lowkey related to her being her brothers' "simp" as well to blindly follow anything he does, like below.

Ryoga IS kinda the evil counterpart of Rintaro. Ryoga follows orders without question, blindly believes that Master Logos will is inherently just and doubt is weakness, making him someone who is subservient and can't be reasoned or bargained with. Rintaro cares about SoL for the principles it stands for, so SoL's actions would conflict with his conscience when their work don't fit for what he stands for, it's a contradiction to think that having no doubt is the same as believing more.

So, quick question. How did Kento get the Sword of Darkness, anyway? I know this was like, 20 episodes ago, but it was something that came to mind. Reika stole it when Daichi died, and then a few episodes later...Kento just appeared with them as Calibur.

Anywho, Got to Xross Saber. Not the biggest fan of the minimalist style changes for the final form. The metallic blue sheen looks nice and gives it a nice space vibe, but as far as final forms go, I'm not in love.
So, he just has all the powers, huh? Kind of undermines the whole "We did it" thing when that's what the upgrade provides, but okay :lol

Also, Ren is annoying. Why did people want him to come back, again?

Kento was imprisoned in a sword that showed him options for the future. And when Kento chose the fate of Calibur, Kurayami let him go.

As far as I remember, he did not receive all the powers, but temporarily borrows them from other swordsmen. So the unification of all riders (well, or elimination, as in the case of Falchion) is necessary, because without it Xross Saber cannot be assembled.

This will become clearer in the future. But if you hint: Revice and Zeronos.

Kento was sealed himself inside the Ankokuken Kurayami in his last seen moments, he disappeared to darkness.

I'd think Xross Saber is one of the better final form debuts, fighting wise, and so far would be my favorite for Reiwa's, still edging Geats IX's by a bit. Where the fight shows off its power in a flashy and complete way. Solomon uses Arthur's sword is simply his choice, as he reveals more of what he can do with his power such as summoning robots which gets overwhelmed by Xross Saber.

Ren is the more morally grey/anti-heroic one among the good guys due to his negative traits, but his traits is displayed in a bratty, immature, and childish type, like Nico from Ex-Aid.

A'ight, finished Saber. Took me 3 attempts, but I finally did :lol

This show honestly felt like someone said "Git gud" and Saber responded "Okay." The beginning is such a slog, with annoying characters, a world that makes no sense, and Luna being sucked through a portal constantly.
I feel the reveal of Calibur's true identity was the point where things finally started getting interesting, as the story at large now ties directly to Touma. They also ditched the amnesia plot around this point as well, having Touma finally remember what happened, which was nice as those flashbacks were incredibly repetitive, literally using the same footage several episodes in a row.

I know people like him, but Kento was kind of a drag for me. Him being super angsty about his father's betrayal makes sense, but made him super one note and uninteresting. This shouldn't be the case, as he's a vital part of Touma's backstory. It also doesn't help that after he "Died," the first interesting arc of the series began, making the noticeable quality leap while he was gone feel like he was holding things back :lol

Also during this arc, I wish Blades had an all out brawl against Saber. I mean, I'm glad they resolved things with a conversation, but c'mon. Lead Riders fighting Secondaries is a tradition now.

Anyway, something I'm surprised at is how Falchion was actually a relevant character. Movie Riders are rarely mentioned in show (And if they are, it's in a brief flashback to their defeat, like Bikiser in Build), so for him to not only show up, but be an important character for several episodes was a nice surprise.
(I still have no idea why his sword deus ex machina'd it's way to smack Storius in the final fight, though)

I wish Ren and Desast's story was expanded upon more. I probably would've come to like Ren if they did so.
Other characters were alright. I do quite like Ogami and Daishinji. Otherwise, they were just okay.

Saber is a show that I can finally understand why people like, but I'm not gonna hold it against anyone who, like me, can't make it past those first 10 episodes, because ooph, they're rough.

Tradition? They specifically break it in Saber especially with the debut of Rintaro seemingly hostile and creepy, where it's due to his lack of social skills rather than animosity instead.

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Kento had IMO the best heel turn process among the ones done in Reiwa... though it also had his heroic stint at that time being so standard and dim (just felt like "guy who fights in the protagonist side" who at one point is consumed by revenge). Albeit at the end he does 'imitate' Touma's deeds.

I know I've said this before, but one of my very favorite parts of Saber is that when Kento comes back as Calibur, Touma confronts him about it, asks him what he's doing, and Kento actually explains his entire plan and the reasoning behind it. I've gotten so used to Kamen Rider characters playing variations of "I don't have to explain myself to you" or "A person like you would never understand" that I was caught completely off guard by an actual open and honest conversation. It was such a refreshing change of pace.

Kousei Amano portraying a hero challenge: Literally impossible.
Also, what the fuck is going on in Outsiders? Because even when I think I'm following the plot, turns out I'm not :lol

I have something quite unusual to talk about today!

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This is the crossover event Senki Zesshou Symphogear X Kamen Rider 555: Another Testament from the Japan-only mobile phone game Symphogear XD Unlimited. Though my Japanese skills are rather poor I still enjoy playing this game for the wide variety of strange scenarios. Normally I wouldn't post about something like this but, well...

1. I'm probably one of the only people in the entire English-speaking world who is qualified to talk about both Kamen Rider Faiz and Symphogear while also having enough madness to play a niche Japanese mobile game where they happened to have a crossover.
2. TOSHIKI INOUE HIMSELF WROTE THE SCRIPT.

As soon as I heard Inoue himself was writing I knew this was either going to be amazing or awful and that I would need to share my experience. I'll try my best to explain for those not in-the-know, so without further ado...


The story for this event is pretty much in the vein of a Heisei-era Kamen Rider movie, where it's in an independent universe almost entire disconnected from any existing Kamen Rider or Symphogear storylines. To run through the basics... Humanity has been pushed to the brink of extinction by Orphe-Noise (combining monsters from both series), which turn humans to ash but can also cause them to be reborn as an Orphenoch. However, a small group of humans are pursuing the Rider Gears that supposedly belonged to some saviors so they can fight back... Kanade from Symphogear dies in the struggle to obtain the belts but was unable to use it successfully, though Hibiki was able to use the Kaixa Gear (she probably died and become an Orphenoch but it isn't made explicit). Tsubasa is all torn up about it but get over it at lightspeed. The commander from Symphogear shows up as an Orphenoch and they have to kill him, but not before he regains his humanity and Tsubasa inherits the Delta Gear from him. They go to fight the Orphenoch King (who is Fudo Kazanari from Symphogear, bitter at humanity for rejecting him after trying to defend his country during wartime), have to fight Kanade who it turns out was reborn as an Orphenoch herself and is using the Faiz Gear. Snap her out of it, but can't beat the Orphenoch King who declares he was the one who spread the rumor about the belts being using by the saviors all along. Then some version of Takumi and Kusaka show up after being summoned from another universe (in probably the most amusing moment of the whole event, the Symphogear characters are rather taken aback by the Faiz cast's crass personalities) and together they beat down the Orphenoch King in a giant stadium and the world is saved.

So uh... let's not beat around the bush, this is basically a crappy rehash of elements from both Paradise Lost and Symphogear Season 1. I think the thing that got to me the most with this story was how thinly spread everything felt. The plot moved extremely rapidly and nothing was given enough attention for me to feel anything besides a vague sense of ennui. I know mobile game scenarios aren't exactly something Inoue is used to working with, but I got nothing out of this as a fan of either Faiz of Symphogear. Then we also run into the additional issue one often sees with Inoue. The man usually pretty terrible as writing characters that are not his own. XDU itself is already a secondary piece of media, which means it can feel "off" compared to the anime source material. But you can tell that many of the normal writers are serious fans of the series who delve into niche details (and even references to the original creator's other works) and are usually thoughtful about tone and characterization. Inoue feels like at BEST he watched the season 1 of Symphogear and wasn't too keen on it, even that might be giving him too much credit. Everything about it just felt "wrong", even with the alternate universe excuse.

I do feel like this kind of crossover could have worked, but honestly not with Inoue heading it. If anything I wish the scenario had just gone totally off the rails and had Hibiki get possessed by Kusaka's ghost and go around choking people and telling them to kill themselves and it turns out no one in Faiz could communicate because the Curse of Balal and we have to destroy the moon to Takumi can finally spit out what he wants to say. That being said... I do think it is EXTREMELY funny that this whole thing happened at all. I also think it's exceedingly amusing the gave Hibiki a Kaixa Gear (polar opposite personalities right there), a nod to Hibiki's birthday being Kaixa day along with the fact that her voice actor, Aoi Yuki, played child Mari in Faiz.

Plot? What plot? I can safely say that no one will ever understand "the plot" in Outsiders, including the writers themselves.

Well, after a quick look at Gotchard vs Legend, I can say that, in addition to the expected references to Decade, there are plenty of references to Zi-O.

I caught up on Outsiders, Episodes 3 and 4! And yeah... I have no clue what is happening! It's fun, but I can't follow character motivations at all. Tachibana is willing to wipe out humainity because... reasons? Gold Drive is a comedian now? And as much as they keep referecing all these Outsiders, I'm not sure they've teamed up once.

Garren King Form slaps though.

Finished Outsiders. Absolutely loved it.

The idea of an ultimate force of good being created with the support of all riders behind it only for it to come to the logical conclusion that the only way to truly eradicate evil is to use the powers of the riders to essentially wipe humanity from the board is a very fitting plot given a lot of the characters involved with it: riders who aren't human yet found humanity in some way. Framing it as ultimate good in Zein vs ultimate evil with Ark is also a smart way to frame it in a more simplistic manner. Foundation X is conjuring a force to counteract Zein, Tachibana and Board along with other organizations are banding together to get Zein at peak performance without realizing just what it's capable of.

Can't wait to see Kuroto fold back into things, as well as what they have planned for George.

My main problem with the latest episode of The Outsiders: the unkillability of all the characters. Garren gets a finisher from Horobi, Brain gets a finisher from Zein, Horobi gets a finisher from King Garren. And no one was even seriously injured. Even Banjo survived, albeit inside the network. After the cool introduction of Zein in the last episode, this is more like a sandbox game or boring 30th episodes when you need to stall for time and the writer is not allowed to kill anyone. I mean, what the hell? Most of the characters have already come to life more than once. Finish them off now, and then bring them back in the finale.
I also miss Asakura and Desast.

I don?t know, maybe I`m just exposed to a certain type of media, but this idea seems so tired to me that it?s almost a clich?. It's like with angels, who are worse than demons. This was once original, but now I'd be more surprised if the angel turned out to be a good character.
Going back to Zein, it seems obvious to me that he was meant to be the villain. He is too powerful and too alien for the viewer to empathize with him. It is possible, however, that he will be able to repent before being destroyed and save everyone by sacrificing himself, but this is not certain.

I am now finally back with watching Kamen Rider Wizard via its summer movie and episodes 40 and 41.

What did you think about the surprise return of Mayu as Kamen Rider Mage?

I thought it was pretty cool. I just wished she had a much better Rider suit.

EDIT: Incidentally, I am now down to less than ten episodes of the series. I should be able to finish Wizard pretty soon.

I finally watched Shin Kamen Rider last night! I enjoyed it very much!

One thing I absolutely adore about this movie is how much they tried to make it look like a Showa Kamen Rider Show with how some scenes are shot and choreographed, heck the overall feel and atmosphere had a lot of that at many places throughout.

The tragic hero of Takeshi Hongo is probably the biggest highlight to me with how right off the bat how violent (boy, I wasn't expecting THAT much) and grotesque he's become and how it weighs on him. I always got a sense he felt resigned to his fate and just wanted to make the best out of it in the trailers and I still got it here. Very well played.

The action and suits are amazing, mixing the goofy and sometimes grotesque monster looks and the mechanic aesthetic of the Augs, and "K's" very robotic movements, some of which are edited like stop-motion in a way giving an inhuman and Showa feel to him.

I honestly lost track of time while I watched the movie and thought the movie still had more to go after Hayato appeared (really enjoyed him). It kind of surprised me when it ended because I thought "That didn't feel like two hours!"

I may do a spoiler discussion at a later date, but for now, I enjoyed it. Although... This may be controversial of me, but I think I still like Shin Ultraman a bit better. Not saying Shin Kamen Rider did anything wrong, but for some reason, I don't know if I love it more than Shin Ultraman, despite all my praise of this one. Maybe I'll need to rewatch them a couple more times, but that's just me.

Since we're talking about Shin Kamen Rider and Ultraman. I recently got the idea that in both of these shows, Anno is contemplating death and the cost of avoiding it. The idea is not new and has even been implemented in a similar way before, but it seems to me that for Anno it is especially important that in order to save the hero?s life, someone else must sacrifice his own (only one capsule in Ultraman, limited helmet memory in Kamen Rider).

We could go even further if we compare Shin Godzilla's "Who will Know?" which is about struggling to survive even if it doesn't wish for it.

I always thought they complement their shows rather well. Hongo is grappling with his loss of humanity and willing to help Ruriko however he can. Shinji (in Shin Ultraman not Evangelion) was killed because of Ultraman, who felt guilt and came to the conclusion that humanity was worth saving over himself, much like how in the original. So, I feel they fit the "Heroic Sacrifice" idea in the same spirit as their predecessors.

Today I finished watching Kamen Rider Amazon!

And I gotta admit, this show surprised me in a few different ways, especially given its online reputation as simply "the gorey Showa season."

Because yeah, sure, the gore is there(even if the effects are laughable nowadays), but it's nowhere near the level that many a post talking about it had me believe. Heck, Super-1 had way more gore all over it.

But the show has alot more to offer. The story, as basic as it is, moves at a rather solid pace all throughout. The shorter run time means that the show never overstays its welcome. And in terms of overall themes, there's alot to do with friendship, communication, and the need for peaceful coexistence.

The smaller cast also lent to many of them being alot more involved than your average Showa supporting cast. The biggest highlight being Mole Beastman, who is just an absolute delight the entire time that he's in the show. Heck, one of the major gripes I have with Amazon is how dirty the show does him towards the end. Why the heck hasn't he gotten a Seihou figure yet!?

The only other downside I'd throw at the show is that I felt the villains were rather lackluster in comparison to many other Showa baddies. But again, atleast they didn't overstay their welcome like, say, General Shadow in Stronger. The last few episodes I also felt were rather weak in comparison to the rest of the show. But I still had alot of fun regardless. Double props for making the kid character of the cast actually competent and not annoying!

So, yeah. I don't think I'd call Amazon my favorite Showa season(that'd still be Super-1 currently), but I had alot of fun with it, and I'd put it high up on the list.

The next time I'm feeling a Rider show, well, with all the seasons I've seen, I think it's about time I tackle the season that to this day I still hear fans herald as the greatest the franchise will ever see, with nothing even remotely coming close to how it good it was ever since it aired.

I hear that break dancing might be involved too.

I always love seeing some Mole Beastman appreciation. He's such an interesting pal for Amazon, and even though he doesn't stick around for the whole thing he's still probably given the most attention of any "enemy monster turned ally" in any Showa tokusatsu I've seen. There's also something so charming about his slightly grumpy demeanor combined with his genuine friendship with Amazon.

I do think the "violent" reputation the show has is seriously overblown, but I do find the specific style of violence in the show rather engrossing. The animalistic noises, the gushing fountains of hilariously foaming blood, the oddly satisfying decapitations. It's a bit magical.

Definitely one of the most memorable Showa Rider shows if nothing else!

He's my personal favorite in terms of that trope so far. Dude just had so much charisma about him. Very impressive for an obviously rubber suit!

Oh for sure. The show definitely had a specific style that it was aiming at and, while it didn't always deliver on it(especially in the later episodes), you can tell they were doing their best to be all in on the "Bestial" approach to things. Very cool.

Yeah, it's the only Showa Rider show I've watched so far that has pretty much no connection to its predecessors, other than Tachibana and Garanda Empire which doesn't even show up until the second half. Of course, being my first Showa Rider show, it was still a unique experience for me and I enjoyed it for its own merits.

I totally agree with everything said above about this guy. Mole Beastman was such a lovable sidekick and tomodachi for Amazon and the most tragic part of the show was when he performed a heroic sacrifice to gain the antidote for the poisonous fungi. I still remember Amazon crying his name in that fight.

What about Jyumenki's design though? I imagine he must've scared a lot more kids than any of Great Leader's incarnations.

You mean either General Monster in SkyRider, or General Shadow in Stronger.

I ranked it highly as well, in third place below V3 and Stronger. Still haven't got to Super 1 yet as I'm currently prioritizing my Sentai and Metal Hero backlog.

Popular and breakdancing.... Obviously you must be referring to Kamen Rider Den-O! :p

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Black is a great show, yeah.

Oh I'd believe it. His obsession with blood in the early episodes especially probably grossed alot of kids out. He's a really cool idea, it's just a shame that the technology of time meant he was limited in how much he could actually do.

Ah, yeah. I meant Stronger. My bad.

Funny. But Den-O is probably gonna be one of the last ones I do due to just how expansive it's gotten over the years. All those bonus specials scare me, man!

Did Black have dancing in it? It has been so long that I legit don't remember.

More than almost 100 episodes of Ichigo?

Roughly the same run time I believe.

Yep. There was an episode where Gorgom used street dancers to unwittingly sell medallions that turned people into monsters. I always remember it because a) tracksuits are so hilariously awful and b) it was the same plot as Kabuto's final story arc.

Ohh okay. Man, I really gotta skim through the Rider shows I started off with again sometime. How could I forget gems like that!?

what

Okay, so technically minus the street dancer part, but the whole thing with jewelry that turns people into Worms is very similar to the plot from that Black episode.

I watched Kamen Rider Black Sun! This might be the most conflicted I've ever felt over a Kamen Rider show.

This show is depressing, bleak even. The violence is extreme. The delicate social issues tackled with the tact of a wrecking ball. Before I really dig into it I should say that ultimately I came out more impressed than disappointed (at least I think so), though not necessarily by a huge margin. Also, I have a feeling I'll be repeating a lot of opinions that have already been said by others, but I'll say them anyways!

On a basic visual level, the show is striking. Major combatants have cool suits and cool fights, even if they aren't used super heavily. Minor kaijin have basic designs reminiscent of guys in animal masks, which seems intentional to me, as a way to emphasize how barely different they are from normal humans. I'm pretty happy on this front!

This show's narrative and themes are a very mixed bag to say the least. I know everyone has already talked numerous times about how little this show cares for subtlety. Discrimination is bad, and I do feel it is a valid point to drive home just how awful and pervasive it can be. Yet at the same time, it loses so much nuance about what makes discrimination so insidious. Like yes, at times you will see a blatant bigot who makes you wonder what century they crawled out of, but more pervasively it is actually people who act on their prejudices in more minor ways or who hurt others out of ignorance. We see basically none of this in the show, kaiju discrimination is always directly in the viewers face when I think there was plenty of room to show both. Heck, in a show aimed so squarely at adults it feels extra strange they didn't want to explore it more in-depth. The kaiju themselves fall into a strange situation where they have an amalgamation of characteristics of numerous minorities. Some parts play like racial minorities, some more like sexual minorities, and just about anything else you can imagine. I think there is a healthy dose of burakumin social commentary in there even! But the issue is, these different groups have numerous nuances to their persecution that differ from each other and when the show just picks random aspects to play up at different times it doesn't create a cohesive whole. Sometimes kaijin are treated like a visible minority and immediately cast out from a public area even though it is entirely unclear how "normal" humans can tell they are different when untransformed. At other points no one notices them. Lots of stuff like that. Once you add in the further confounding factor that all the kaijin are actually artificially made biological weapons and you just reach a point where the commentary isn't really applicable to anything in real life yet also takes so much from real life that it can't stand on it's own. Even beyond the handling of the kaiju, the plot is odd. The dual time periods is reminiscent of KR Kiva and is similarly disorienting. There is just a general, vaguely inexplicable aura surrounding the whole thing since the show regularly decides to leave important details unexplained for long periods of time and sometimes just doesn't explain things at all.

The ending is particularly infamous it seems, though it actually wasn't quite as bad as I expected. Nothing changes, humans (and kaijin, who are human themselves) are doomed to eternal conflict, as injustice is something that has to be battled forever... Though Aoi indoctrinating a random girl into her child soldiers just like Nobuhiko has previously done to tragic effect was pretty questionable. I get the message they were going for but I don't think this was a great way to do it.

Aoi was pretty great overall, even if the ending bit was questionable. You really gotta admire her drive. There were so many moments where she did something so unconventional for a heroine of the genre, and that made her always fascinating to watch. She's the real protagonist vs Kotaro who does... very little relevant to the actual themes of the story. His relationship with Aoi is kinda cute at least. Which does kind of come back around to the point of "why make this Black related again?" I think the story would have been helped if it didn't have to work around existing Black material. I don't even feel mad that it was a disrespect to the original show or anything like that, I just think the connection was actively to this show's detriment.

I uh... feel like I complained a lot. But the show was weird and gritty and strange in a way that made me ultimately glad I watched it even if I wouldn't call it "good". There were moments that were genuinely haunting, like Shunsuke's horrible yet mundane death at the hands of a lynch mob. I think the show had it's heart in the right place, discrimination sucks and people should be upset about it and fight it instead of giving in to apathy. Faltering and imperfect as it may be, this show is yet another stepping stone in our history, forging towards an unknown future. I genuinely don't think we'll see another one like it, this show is plenty divisive in English but Japan seems to HATE it. Anyways, sorry this review was as meandering as the show's storytelling! (Okay, okay, I'll stop.)

Been busy and not had much time for Toku, so spent this eve catching up on Gotchard - Episodes 5 to 8. And yeah, it's a fun cute little sho that embodies Rider at it's most kid friendly and playful, but also gets what works and why Rider should sometimes return to its roots. Plus, you can see the seeds its setting up for later to come into play. Definitely going to keep going, and also check out this Legend special, which I hear is more "ONORE DECADE" shenanigins.

I would say Legend is Decade Junior. Although Zi-O's style is also noticeable. Maybe Sougo will be remembered in the Legend sequel?

I am back with watching Kamen Rider Wizard once again. This time, I am currently watching its final six episodes.

I watched "4 Aces and a Black Fox". Well, this movie is probably my favorite piece of Geats content. The film is dynamic, exciting and surprisingly optimistic. Excellent spectacular fights, especially in the second half. Gotchard's debut turned out to be bright and spectacular, fitting surprisingly well into the film. Also, Melo and Mela turned out to be perhaps the best cinematic antagonists since Eternal. However, there are also disadvantages. Unlike most films, this one feels surprisingly intimate, even compared to some V-cinema. This may be due to the fact that civilians appear in one scene at the beginning and then disappear, leaving the heroes to fight Jamato in empty locations.
Also, it seems to me that a mini-series format would be more suitable for this plot, especially its first half. Because we simply get variations of the same events in different executions. In addition, I can’t help but criticize Geats’ emotional stinginess. Contrary to the name, there are two Aces: a smiling fool and an aloof weakling. I was also a little surprised by the final battle. Almost entirely focused on fencing, she looked like something out of Sabre. Geats even twisted his sword once with Rintaro's signature move. I don’t know about anyone, but I didn’t see Geats’ style at all in the last fight.
The other characters also resemble very simplified and weakened versions of themselves, reduced to a single character trait. Special mention should be made of Keiwa, who was shown so little without a suit that it was as if the actor had asked for a per-second fee.
And I also really didn’t like that Geats was able to win only because of Melo’s carelessness, who did not follow through with his own plan. I don’t like this, as for me it belittles the heroes.
However, despite this criticism, I enjoyed the film without a doubt. It was an enjoyable hour and I may even watch it again someday.
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