[Locke]

Black 06, it's really impressive how much this show makes sense. I mean yes it's very goofy - I mean look man if you're gonna make things float using string don't let it catch the light in the shot and it's quite often quite out there, like many of these older series are but the Golgom's actually objectives always make a lot of sense, they always have a goal, rather than just being there to scare civilians. It really does feel like a genuine, evil organisation with hands in many pies with a wide spread power and influence.

Really the only criticism I'd have with the storytelling is if one show NEEDED every arc to be two episodes, it'd be this one. Usually by the time they've set the scene, and established the stakes they have very little time to wrap it up and often the suggestion is that once the monster is defeated, that is the end of it, even if the monster was just a pawn in a much larger game for the rest of the episode.

Honestly, I really like the action in this show, sure it isn't some huge SFXfest but I love the sense of motion to it all. One of the main reasons I dislike Blade's action is because it's edited to have motion, rather than actually having motion, and the fighting is edited so choppy you're barely seeing anything and even when you do, the fight choreography is oddly stilted.

Black on the other hand usually has the fights taking place over a wide space, with people getting thrown through candy glass or polystyrene walls and it's amazing what a difference it makes, it's an extremely cheap device, but I actually think seeing Black fly through walls or whatever gives a much better sense of power than Blade's choppy mess.

Plus Kotaro is just awesome, I love how much the show gives him to do without transforming so you are really convinced by him in the suit. There are a few times where it's been a bit dodgy though, like quite often Kotaro is on the brink of failing to save someone and you're left wondering why he doesn't just transform so he can guarantee their safety but that aside, this guy is a boss, I love it when a protagonist actually feels connected to the Rider stuff.