[Locke]

Blade 11. I think I've worked out my problem with the action, it isn't that the fighting is bad so much as it is that the Rider's are really boring.

Tachibana barely draws his gun, Blade lugs that sword around like it weighs more than he does and Chalice just sorta poses with his bow for a bit. You would think considering they each have powers built around their respective weapons, they'd give them each a unique and identifiable style. But I never get a sense that Blade is a swordsman, or Tachibana is a gunslinger or Chalice is an archer so what is the point of giving them these specific weapons? And even when they activate their Yu-Gi-Oh cards it's all so unspectacular you wonder why they even bothered, as the attacks are so over edited you barely get to see a thing.

That isn't even mentioning when it comes to two Rider's battling, rather than feeling like some epic confrontation they just sorta stand there and wail on each other with impactless hits. Yawn.

It's worse as well because so far the Undead have been far more interesting than the Riders, with much cooler designs, much cooler powers and much more interesting action sequences. Although Wesker's true form is ugly bugly.

Also this episode had some of the worst transformation effects I've ever seen in Kamen Rider, period. I mean once now and then is fine, but none of the transformations in this were lined up properly so people appeared to be teleporting around the space. Then again it's better than watching them stand on the spot for the rest of the fight....