[AkibaSilver]

Ah, Movie Wars Genesis. On the one hand, they finally overcame the weird three-act structure. On the other hand... everything else.

I haven't seen this since it first came out, nor do I really want to, but the bit that stuck with me is Chase randomly coming back out of nowhere. My first Rider movie was the OOO/Fourze movie war, and Ankh coming back there... even though I'd never seen the show, I felt it was a big deal. I could feel the bond shining through in the writing. Here, though? Chase just walks in from off-screen, and is dead again because uhhhh his actor's contract covers the movie war. I don't like calling writing lazy, it feels like an easy catch-all excuse for everything, but in this case, knowing now this is the writer's only Rider contribution, it does feel they didn't do their homework.