[Locke]

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Originally Posted by NGW

Yeah, should be interesting to see. I also recall you having difficulty getting passed the first handful of episodes of Blade, right?

And funny to see you mention Amazon, since that was likely to be the first Showa season I was gonna watch lol.

Yeah man, there is nothing really wrong with Blade as such, but I come to these shows for the special effects as much as I do anything else, they are superhero shows after all. And one of the core gimmicks in Blade - a really cool gimmick I might add - is beating monsters allows you to capture them and gain their powers. On paper this is awesome, but when you see the special effects used to capture them....mother of God it is bad. And it only gets worse as things progress, as Blade and Garren start chaining powers together so it's supposed to be this MASSIVE DEAL and the result looks like the kind of effects found in most web series.

A lot of people can shrug this off, power to them, but I just can't, I need good action to enjoy a toku series. A toku show can have a bad story and still be great to me if it provides the spectacle but I just don't think it works the other way round. This isn't a medium for great stories, or drama, after all. If I was looking for great literature I'd be watching a play or reading a book. I come here for the explosions and the lasers.