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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

See, this is why people don't care about the Showa guys. They get it in their heads the old shows are somehow "cheesier" than the new ones. I vaguely understand, but really, aside from, like, maybe Kuuga and Agito, what Kamen Rider shows aren't ridiculous?

But really, it's the dated special effects and filming techniques that make the Showa stuff seem cheesy. While almost all Rider and Sentai monsters look ridiculous, they at least look high quality. Some of the older ones look kind of awful. Then you have weird filming techniques. The first Rider's henshin is basically him driving his motorcycle while an image of him in the suit fades in over it. Amazon's henshin is basically a kaleidoscope. Sure, they had to make do with what they could do, but when you're used to today's henshins, it's weird.