[ZeoRangerV]

Yeah that was sure a Taisen movie alright. Not the worst one I've seen, but certainly not a whole lot to rave about. Rider 3 was pretty cool I guess, I liked the whole "wasn't brainwashed but still chose to continue to be a bad guy" element to his character, but a lot of his development just felt rather whiny (protip Kuroi: the Showa Riders will never accept you because you're too obsessed with the dead).

I actually rather enjoyed the race though for all its silliness, especially that bit where the Rideron just showed up to take out Chaser (sadly CGI but still). I really liked that the returning actors for the movie felt like a rag tag bunch of Riders rather than all the big name ones too, made me buy into the whole rebel Kamen Rider thing a lot more. I haven't actually watched Den-O yet, but I really really liked Zeronos. And Deneb. This film also had the best reasoning for putting Black and RX together since Decade...which really says a lot about Toei since it was a bit of a "this is happening because it can!" moment.

The ending with Mach was utter BS though. History reverted back to normal but the events with Rider 3 still happened? How the hell does that make sense?

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

- No, V3. No, he is not the real Kamen Rider 3. He is as important and lasting of a contribution to the franchise as that guy from last year's movie whose kid died and whose name I don't even remember!

I almost screamed at the screen at this point. I wasn't a fan of how they kept having Rider 3 make jabs at V3 every time they were on screen together as it was, but seriously screw this line.

Also, the urine coloured Blade and Garren helmets are extremely off-putting.