[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I've been thinking about the crossover movies since reading the most recent write-up, though. The last one of those I watched was the Build/Ex-Aid team-up. I kind of miss the days when these films consisted of an epilogue to the old show, a random side story for the new show, and some kind of action sequence for both of them. The single, cohesive plot can be nice, but there was something kind of fun about the old format (when it wasn't based off of early drafts of OOO).

I think the problem I have with the single, cohesive plot is that it oftentimes just ends up being About Kamen Rider, rather than anything too specific to the characters or setting its ostensibly tying into, and that just makes it kind of homogenous for me. There's a lack of specificity on a narrative level, even if there's a lot of fun on a character level. Very fun to see old favorites again! Very fun to see the new cast pal around with Legends! But the tone of it rarely feels nailed down to the shows its built from.

Also, zero Lovekov in this movie, does Toei just not want to make any money or what.