So thats what the heck it means.

I deserved that.

Anyway, finished episode final. That was... I don't even know.

That was a TERRIBLE send-off to Ryuki. None of the Riders are flattered in any way. Ryuga was a waste of time, Knight is somehow even MORE pointless here than in the show, and it somehow managed to be more of a cop-out ending than the reset at the end of Ryuki.

What... what was accomplished here? What was the point?What did we gain? Was it spending time with our beloved characters? Well that's not true, since only Ryuki gets any real exposure, everyone else dies after a few scenes or fades away. Was it showcasing these new and exciting characters? Well no, Femme did nothing (boy, that subplot with Zolda sure amounted to something) and Ryuga was just an evil Ryuki with no... wait, what did he even want again? Whatever. It also didn't really change the outcome. I guess maybe someone wasn't a fan of the reset, but in that case, why make a pointless movie undoing something so it's even less emotional and epic instead of just cutting out the reset? All that's really different is Yui dies (oh no she was such a great character why) and Zolda lives for, what, another day? He's still gonna die. MAYBE Ryuki survives, but I have a feeling that last charge into battle was sort of him accepting his fate. But it's dumb because he flew in fully geared up (hi Survive almost forgot about you) and typical cowboy charge verses his EXTREMELY moving death in the show where he didn't even die in rider form. (guess it's take out tonight again, Dragredder)

I just don't get it. What did I watch and why does it exist? It's not even the movie as a movie was terrible, just POINTLESS. I think I may rewatch the last few episodes of Ryuki just to overwrite this movie as my most recent Ryuki memory.

You'll hate it more if you've seen Kiva.

Watched episodes 19 and 20 of Kabuto and I absolutely love the rivalry of Tendou/Tsurugi they are amazing, also I love Phantom Thief Shadow storyline too.

Deserved what, Split? I really had no idea :lol (Seriously)

Black is okay, if you're n the right mindset for it. I'm half way through the show, and there isn't really any plot or really any characters yet, it's a much more straight superhero show, about Black saving the day and beating the monster.

Kotaro probably spends less than three minutes out of the suit in every episode and that is normally to goofily smile at the camera while the final wrap up text plays and the show keeps pretending that Golgom are these evil scheming geniuses, but that is pure bollocks.

There is nothing wrong with that, the show is VERY fun, but it was just jarring for me because from what I'd experienced of Rider (all Heisei, not Showa) Kamen Rider was very much a soap opera first, and every now ad then a dude transformed and fought a monster, I wasn't expecting the suit action to suddenly become the focus and all the soap opera stuff dropped nearly entirely.

Sorry Dr Kain I wasn't able to answer your question about Hibiki right away. Anyway Split Lip did answer it the movie never explained anything abiut the Douji and Hime. It did gave a different origin to how Hibiki gained his armed Hibiki form.

Well I've started Kabuto, finished the first 2 eps. Nothing to go on just yet. The worms are quite creepy when they just show up behind you. I found Tendou's introduction quite campy. And I see some similarities with Faiz. The Clock Up is kinda like that upgrade that Faiz got.

That's because you don't actually read my posts. Read and you will see what I like.

Have you not seen me praise of KRBLack and Blade? How about Tiger & Bunny in the anime discussion? How about my praises for Kyoryuger (except for the terrible Deboss design)? My praises for Wizard? My excitement for my RyuuRanger Figuart being shipped out? How great it is that Funi and Sentai have license rescued many Bandai shows?

Anyway, Locke, all the Showa Kamen Rider series are like Black.

I guess Showa ain't for me then, I'll just enjoy Black and move on.

Yeah, the whole concept of Kamen Rider as a serialized show with ongoing character development started with Kuuga. Before that all of the show's were just episodic adventure stories with the occasional two-parter or the very occasional ongoing story arc (I can think of two - Nobuhiko in Black and the scattered weapon blueprints in X).