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Mesnick 10-22-2022 02:40 AM
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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89 (Post 839449)
The Toei Tokusatsu YT Channel has recently added the Kikaider Film in celebration of the series 50th Anniversary! Enjoy.... until December 28th at least!

http://ukiyaseed.weebly.com/ukiyasee...h-english-subs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8et8OOlYCwI
Funny movie, but 70s 3D has clearly not stood the test of time.

TokuKnight89 10-23-2022 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme (Post 835741)
I finished up Kikaida 01. The original Kikaida is my favorite 70s toku. 01 might be one of the worst. A poor attempt to follow up on what made the original so memorable for its era, Ichiro as a protagonist doesn't capture the tragic android angle at all (somehow Bijinda comes the closest to recapturing that original appeal in spite of her late debut). I think the thing that struck me most about the show is just HOW low the budget was though. This is a show that starts off recycling old suits and eventually slides downhill to the point that their monsters are just guys wearing wetsuits and motorcycle helmets. I feel bad bashing on KR Stronger for feeling cheap now! Honestly, I didn't hate the show though, it was an awful sequel but kind of a fascinating mess.
Admittedly, I never finished with either series, though your assessment and the recent re-release of the Kikaider Movie on YT is renewing my interest.

That said, I do remember reading about both entries years ago on an older toku site and one of the monster entries was about a robot that was created in 01 which could run on water, and the person who wrote the article made a semi-sarcastic quip about how the oil crisis of the '70s must have also affected the 01 Villain Faction as well. That makes me think that maybe the reason for the cheap budget behind the scenes is because the oil crisis might have impacted production, forcing them to effectively reduce and reuse out of sheer necessity. Just a thought.

Mesnick 10-23-2022 10:51 PM
Speaking of Kikaider, given that it aired during the second half of the original Kamen Rider, I have a feeling it was planned as a replacement for Ichito and Nigo's adventures. And when it turned out to be not so popular, it was decided to launch a direct sequel to the rider, V3.

GoldenXtreme 11-04-2022 10:46 PM
I just finished Juspion. I had never tried a Metal Hero show before and my experience with 80s tokusatsu is pretty limited, and I gotta say that was pretty awful! I kinda had fun with it though? 80s bad toku hits really different from 70s bad toku, and it was hard not to get weirdly enthralled by how incoherent the plot was. The Miya suit also because a subject of much fascination for me due to how that thing frequently became so filthy and tattered looking. Wack show.

Mesnick 11-05-2022 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme (Post 840174)
I just finished Juspion. I had never tried a Metal Hero show before and my experience with 80s tokusatsu is pretty limited, and I gotta say that was pretty awful! I kinda had fun with it though? 80s bad toku hits really different from 70s bad toku, and it was hard not to get weirdly enthralled by how incoherent the plot was. The Miya suit also because a subject of much fascination for me due to how that thing frequently became so filthy and tattered looking. Wack show.
The incoherence of the plot and the repetition of stories is, in my opinion, the main problem of the Metal Hero franchise. Jaspion and the next ones aren't really that bad because of the funny characters, but in Space Sheriffs, this scenario confusion is side by side with cardboard defenders of justice not far removed from their counterparts from the 70s.I also liked how at the beginning Jaspion pretended to be a space opera, but then apparently the budget for various planets ended and he had to settle on Earth.

Mesnick 11-05-2022 04:19 AM
Watched Chousoku Parahero Gundeen. A good mini-series with a lot of familiar faces, good action and a good message. Breaking the fourth wall is very well done, working for the plot, and not just for humor. Well, where else can you see a superhero riding a wheelchair on the walls of skyscrapers? At the end, they hinted at a sequel, but given the specifics of the show, if it comes out, it will only be in 2026.
https://tokusatsunetwork.com/wp-cont.../06/gand-d.jpg

Mesnick 11-05-2022 04:20 AM
Wa

Switchblade 11-05-2022 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Mesnick (Post 840179)
The incoherence of the plot and the repetition of stories is, in my opinion, the main problem of the Metal Hero franchise. Jaspion and the next ones aren't really that bad because of the funny characters, but in Space Sheriffs, this scenario confusion is side by side with cardboard defenders of justice not far removed from their counterparts from the 70s.I also liked how at the beginning Jaspion pretended to be a space opera, but then apparently the budget for various planets ended and he had to settle on Earth.
The only Metal Hero show I could get into was Metalder, which had a really solid story and didn?t feel like each episode was bits of several different episodes edited together.

Mesnick 11-05-2022 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Switchblade (Post 840196)
The only Metal Hero show I could get into was Metalder, which had a really solid story and didn?t feel like each episode was bits of several different episodes edited together.

It's funny that given the short life of this show, most likely the audience in the 80s did not like this approach.

GuardianAngel87 11-05-2022 12:43 PM
Well, to be fair, Metalder was originally planned to be 52 episodes rather than the 39 that we ultimately got.


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