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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Making Nexus the current LWW show has really drawn me into the franchise. It started with just liking Nexus, then I wanted to check out Max, now I'm pretty much just fully immersing myself in Ultra stuff. I went through the same thing with Sentai during Gokaiger, although I burned out on it after awhile. Doubt that will happen here, though, as there's just not enough readily available with subs to wear myself out on.

This is the exact same situation I found myself in. I caught Revenge of Belial last year and felt an immediate pull to the franchise because of it but am only now getting to really experience it thanks to Nexus. Nexus, which I've finished, was absolutely excellent. And right now Tiga is very enjoyable, more so than I would have thought for it's age.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Including a cameo by Yasue Sato. I almost didn't recognize her because she was smiling.

But yeah, just watched Revenge of Belial and really, really loved it. There was a definite fantasy quest structure to the film that I really liked. It reminded me a bit of 80s fantasy films like Neverending Story or Krull, and as a big fan of those films I definitely enjoyed this.

The visuals were amazing, too. Outside of the few shots where the suit actors were clearly standing on solid ground in the middle of space, the greenscreen work was fantastic and the overall visual design was incredibly inventive and well-executed. Honestly, the whole film really feels like Tsubaraya let the creators just go wild with whatever crazy things popped into their imaginations. This film clearly had a high budget and you can see it in almost every single shot.

It's kind of hard to gather all my immediate love for this film into coherent thought, as there were just so many aspects of it that worked for me. The characters were all great, the suit designs were both varied and fun, the action was good, and the story was really enjoyable. The climax was kind of an ass-pull with the Noa ex machina, but I think it worked better than The One With the Ridiculous Title, if only because that film crammed way, way too much into one movie (Dyna's cameo was great, for example, but also totally out of left field; same with pretty much every aspect of Zero's existence). Still, it was a really fun movie and I know I'll be watching it again at some point.

EXACTLY! The movie is just down right excellent. Perhaps my favorite visual is Zero exiting the edge of the universe into the grand space between all universes. That scene is just awe inspiring it's so well animated. I loved every second of the film and really loved the reimagining's of Fireman Mirroman and Jumborg Ace. Very cool to see Tsuburaya pull those guys from way deep in their character library and give them an update.