So you would be happy if one is just strolling through the city in a tank or a Zamboni all Deadpool style?

You left out Carmageddon. :lolol

Sure, once in a while. They've had riders with jetpacks and waveriders, why not a tank?

They'd probably be called Kamen Rider Conquest.

Literally made for a Battride War game, cause that season would just be Dynasty Warriors.

So basically a Kamen Rider cosplaying Warpath from G1 Transformers.

RYUKENDOOOOO!!!
Ryukendo is my jam, and Miike is my jammaster!
My niece loves Pretty Cure (well, the Glitter Force version), if it ever got subbed (not likely), I'd be obligated to watch it!

Whoops, wrong thread...

They did have a tank it was in W, it could attach to the Hardboiler and Accel. The only other tank is Magnugigas's survive form.

Just watch it. You're better off with as little Ghost exposure as possible.

Ex-Aid's Doctor/Video Game theme really does not work. The show feels like it's struggling to balance both themes, resulting in them feeling very half-assed. It would of been better if they went with one theme or the other.

Agreed.

Toshiki Inoue's post-Agito shows aren't without merit or positivity and are far from the worst Heisei Rider shows. And Hibiki's second half didn't ruin the excellence of the first half and wasn't even that bad.

From http://kamenrider.wikia.com/wiki/Cat...sei_Era_Riders

But yeah, I meant regular Heisei era. :o

So...?

Obviously, I mean they could've made his suit look so much cooler. Not using that helmet would've helped a lot in my opinion.

I know. But if they can put homosexuals within Kamen Rider. Then they can push the envelope even further and do a woman lead.

They could do it. The question is rather would they? The only thing that they would have to do. Is to make the male secondary rider be as badass as any other first string rider.

Yeah, but as we all know. We don't watch Kamen Rider to see what type of vehicle he's going to be operating.

I don't have a problem with it either (I'm just poking fun at it:p) It was a welcome change from years of seeing a motorcycle all of the time.

I don't know. Would it Sunred? :lolol

It's called Kamen Rider when you think of "Rider" you think of a person riding on something. Not "in" something.

See above for retorts to these statements. :)

Gee,that was the concept. Let's put him in a car instead of riding a motorcycle. He wasn't still riding a motorcycle while having a "car motif" was he?:D

See above for my retort to this statement. :)

It's basically a car that can talk. Now make it transform into a robot....now you're talking.

Agreed, but they really don't need them. In recent years the only time the bikes (vehicle) really played a significant role. Was in Wizard and Ghost. when they used them to mount on those robot creatures.

Actually, I'd argue that the Doctor motif is perfect for the show. While on the surface the two don't really have anything in common, how well they work together really becomes apparent when you look at the overall theme of Death in Ex-Aid.

Despite what people may believe, Doctors are not here to save lives. They are here to delay the inevitable. No matter what they, or anyone else, does, people will always die in the end and there's nothing that anyone can do to change that. Once they're gone, they're gone.

This is in direct contrast with video games. In the video game world, death means absolutely nothing. Sure you may fall down a hole or get shoot a few time, Heck you might even lose all of you lives and get a game over, but that means absolutely nothing in the end. You can always push the reset button and try again, no matter how many times you die. You may get a penalty of some kind but death ultimately means nothing.

In other words, you're correct. The Doctor Motif and the Video Game Motif don't go together. That's the point. The show forces you to look at Death from two completely different angles in order to examine it.

I actually don't. When I hear "Rider" I don't think somebody who riders a bike, now I think somebody who can transform into an awesome superhero. It has become a brand name more than a description of the hero for me. I associate motorcycles with Kamen Rider as much as I associate grasshoppers - played a prominent role at first, not so much anymore.

http://i.imgur.com/Pm5tP2F.gif seconded

Basically came here to say this.

To be fair, the connection between the two themes didn't become really clear until a pretty recent episode. As soon as Dan said, "I've created a type of medicine you doctors never could", the theme, and even why they killed Lazer off so soon, suddenly clicked for me. Ex-Aid is really an examination of how we treat death.

Yeah, a couple months ago I would have agreed that Ex-Aid is a very confused show thematically, but lately they've really been tying everything together a lot nicer.

I mean, it was always clear to me from around a quarter in that Ex-Aid is about death (which btw considering Ghost was about life nicely supports my theory that Toei deliberately makes these shows foils to each other), but everything beyond that seemed a little shallow until recently. Like apparently fate is supposed to be a big theme? But even now it's mostly just a word they keep using.

But as for the doctor/gamer thing, they absolutely fit together. Quite nicely, even, for reasons other people have kindly explained for me. It's the kind of thing that would probably seem more obvious on a second viewing. Case in point, I had it pointed out to me the other day that "I'll clear this with no continues!" is basically Emu pointing out he's only got one life to live. Blew my mind.

Gaim did pretty much the same thing. For a large portion of the show, the connection between dance teams and fruit/space forests isn't clear, then by the end you realize it's all metaphors for survival of the fittest.

I'd say that's about the only thing the show does well with its Doctor/Video Game motif and really about the only thing it does to relate the two. Whenever it tries to emphasize these elements individually, you get stuff like its somewhat confusing game terminology or the character of the week subplots which is in my contender for some of the lamest subplots in Kamen Rider. Both motifs have enough ideas on their own to fill out an entire show but by trying to focus on them both at once, I can't help but feel both motifs bog each other down especially since, aside from the contrast between their ideas of death, the show doesn't do a good job of relating the two motifs.

Here's the thing. The fruit motif in Gaim was really just a gimmick in terms of the appearance. It's not like the show suddenly started talking about the existenstial nature of fruits.

But it kind of did...

I always think it will be better if Ex-Aid has more Riders and has battle royale (Rider vs Rider) theme like Ryuki....

I think it will be really interesting too if since beginning Toei make some Riders from Supporting Gashats like Gekitotsu Robots, DoReMiFa Beat, Jet Combat, GiriGiri Chambara, and Sharakiriki Sports because Supporting Gashats has Level 1 and Level 2 sounds in toyline.

Yeah Ex-Aid series will has 13 Riders + Ride Players

Ex-Aid is so heavy on its overarching plot that I think any major character of the week distractions would just irritate me honestly.

Speaking of character of the week plots though, while I like the ones in W by and large, I REALLLLLLY wish the Puppeteer Dopant episodes didn't exist. Is this an unpopular opinion or nah?

I love Puppeteer Dopant mask but I don't like his clothes....

Ex-aid's a pretty interesting take on the Rider vs. Rider storyline. Unlike Ryuki or Gaim, which were both a lot more ambiguous as to who was the good guy and who was the bad guy, Ex-Aid's Riders are pretty much either good, the doctors, or evil, the Bugsters, and the Rider vs. Rider part of the show is a lot more downplayed compared to those show. While their methods and ideals are different, there's no question that all the Rider's in Ex-Aid's party, save for Kuroto, are good guys.

On the other hand, while the show plays some of them sympathetically, the Bugsters are treated almost entirely as trouble to humanity at best or completely evil at worst.

Long story short, Ryuki and Gaim were about selfish people doing selfish things for selfish reasons and how the main Rider was shaped and changed by coming into conflict with these people. For Ex-Aid though, the Rider vs. Rider part of the show is very much like the dancing in early Gaim. Its important in some ways but most just a prologue for things to come. If it wasn't for the fact that almost every major villain in the show is a Kamen Rider, Ex-Aid really wouldn't Rider vs. Rider Show.

That being said, I would also be interested in a Ryuki/Gaim-esque take on Ex-Aid.

Knight Rider had a car. It's that simple tbh
But without the goofy helmet we can't have Gentarou's pompadour be safe D:
From what I gather, the only thing concerning homosexuality about Japan is that they don't get gay marriage because they see it as "meaningless". However, you won't get shit for being gay there. The donut shop keeper's actor is gay irl and the voice actor for Dio since the 2012 JoJo adaptation is openly bisexual and currently has a boyfriend if I'm not mistaken

I kind of like how Ex-Aid does it, it almost combines the all-out Rider war aspects of Ryuki and Gaim with a more traditional Kamen Rider approach, but has very serialized storytelling. I think it balances a lot of elements near perfectly.

While it did take me a bit to like the Fourze suits, I am glad others don't really like it. Only for the reason that it makes the gimmick line and figuarts cheaper.

What happen to my comment about the showa riders ?

You posted it in the General Questions thread.

I wish could have a sequel to Agito.

I'm always down for more Sumiko Ozawa.

Kamen Rider gummies aren't very juicy at all :/

Not the first time I've heard this - Jeff on Rider Club Radio was bitching about 5his a few weeks back.

It was a pretty shocking revelation. I feel like this whole fandom is a lie now :lol

I haven't had any Japanese gummies. Maybe the Rider ones are relatively juicy compared to the other options.

everything you know and love is a lie!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

1. I'm fine with Kiriya's death
2. Gemn: Dangerous Zombie Level X should've come later
3. Gemn: Dangerous Zombie Level X-0 should've come WAY later
4. Black is meh
5. Level 3 should've been used more in Ex-Aid
6. Faiz is too confusing to watch
7. Decade is a fine series that I'd be okay re-watching
8. Gaim shouldn't have had Gaim Gaiden
9. Ghost was alright
10. Drive is my favorite series
11. Kamen Rider #1 & #2, #3, are all overrated when it comes to specials and team-up movies
12. I liked Hibiki's second half more then the first
13. Kamen Rider got WAY TOO MUCH time on Super Hero Year. Zyuogher and Super Sentai in general where overshadowed by complete trash
14. Kiva is meh
15. Kuuga was a pain to sit through
16. Agito would've been better if it wasn't a 'sequel' to Kuuga (still makes no sense, I don't remember how it was a sequel in the first place)
17. RX isn't even black, he's different shades of dark green. That alone has turned me away from the series
18. Den-O was shit to begin with
19. Decade was better then Di-End
20. Blade was boring and confusing
21. Gou and Chase should've gotten together. Screw Chase and Kiriko, I NEED Gase....Chou? Whatever their ship name is...

Masked Rider is better than Dragon Knight.

*puts on boxing gloves*

I feel like that I'm only one who does not want a PR style adaption for Kamen Rider. A lot of people have ask on which Rider series that should be adapted. I rather if Amazon Prime, Netflix or a cable TV network makes a original Kamen Rider show with no Japanese suits and stock footage. Having a original American Kamen Rider franchise would be cool.

If your going to use entirely original footage, what's the point of even calling it Kamen Rider?