[Locke]

DK 12. Len mercilessly murders Richie, but shows both Brett and Chris mercy, why? Arguably Richie was the least of a threat out of all three of them.

God this episode was all over the place, this show could probably benefit from taking a breather and slowing down. I never thought I'd say that about toku, ever. I guess I'll just talk about the stuff I could follow...

Okay, I lied, I don't like Chris. His introduction was awesome but it turns out he's just kinda well...dumb. Why would Chris buy a story from a random Suit who comes from nowhere, telling him that the Earth has been invaded by aliens from another dimension who are stealing the citizens of Earth? I mean I know WE know that is going on, and I also know Chris is desperate to please his father, but that still doesn't explain why Chris just immediately agrees that this is the truth.

I mean this guy is so naive Kit actually got a chance to be the voice of reason this episode, KIT, the guy who was working with Torque just a couple of episodes a go. The guy who defies logic practically every episode with some of the worst decision making known to man. I defended the characters in the past, but rewatching this show...has not been kind. Right now the Rider's are largely split down the middle between stupid and boring.

Like a lot of stuff in this show, Dragon Knight does one thing just as brilliantly as it does terribly. That bike chase? Epic. The big irony? This shows original unmorphed action sequences are actually a lot more interesting than their original morphed fights. I mean how'd you do that? How'd you make two guys in leather jackets doing flips more exciting than two guys in power armour using super powers? I guess I would complain about the harsh cuts, and poorly disguised, jumps between Japanese and original footage but at least the Japanese Rider footage is actually interesting.

The worst thing about the action so far though are the Final Vents. These are supposed to be the Special Finishers, the coolest thing to pull off in every fighting game, and in Torque and Dragon Knight's case they really live up to the hype. But all the others SUCK. Like literally all Sting does is fly into them, in an atrocious bit of CG. But honestly, the worst thing of all, is how poorly defined the Final Vents are.

Like for some Riders, Final Vents are the way to get vented - sorta like how in wrestling you can't pin until your finisher has been landed (over simplifying I'm aware) - but there is no explanation at all as to how Lansing survived taking Len's Final Vent head on and walking away, much like how Len has taken his second Final Vent head on and is still standing. The entire Advent system seems fucking broken and it's really frustrating to watch.