[Jkin62]

I have a bit of a rant for the Heisei KR seasons I've seen thus far that are Pre-Decade.
(Please keep in mind this is all subjective)
To Kuuga, Agito, 555, and Kiva... the only Pre-Decade non-Den-O seasons I have watched...
Goddamn, you guys are slow as balls. Maybe I was spoiled by the style that came across in Den-O and the Neo-Heisei seasons, but by god are these slow. The pacing is like at 1/2 speed. It is quite simply, boring. A whole lot of nothing was the main chunk of the episode coupled with an important plot point that takes longer to get to the point than a fat guy takes to run 5 miles. (Odd comparison I know but I'm angered, I can't think straight XD) I played an episode of Kuuga at 2x speed and missed nothing. Holy crap did I loathe sitting through Kuuga. I gave it hope that maybe it'd get better or maybe I'd get used to the style, but nope! Still as boring as when I started.
Let me be clear, with Kuuga and the above seasons I mentioned, it's not that I hate the characters or the story, more often than not I usually like them. It's just at the point where good characters and story can't save a bad execution.
I quit Agito about 20 episodes in simply because the payoff to the story didn't feel like it was gonna be worth all the boredom I sat through with Kuuga. With 555 I made it around 20 eps as well, maybe 22 or 23. With Kiva, I just couldn't make it past episode 5. I don't have the fortitude to sit through an adult J-drama with monsters and an insect themed hero. Make it interesting at least. Decade showed you can be serious and interesting with a good pace. Hell, I'll just point to Gaim and say this is how you do serious storytelling at a good pace with Kamen Rider.

Okay maybe I was a bit harsh there, but I'm sorry, it's how I feel. Those seasons are all too dry for my taste. Definitely not a fan.

One more thing I'd like to rant about if you're still reading...

Super Hero Grand Prix, Kamen Rider Sangou...
Holy crap was this bad. Why on gods green earth did you take everything that made the OOO Den-O Let's Go Kamen Riders movie crap, and put it into this movie.
Timeline related mess? Check
Shocker rules the world. UGH. Check
None of the returning Riders billed as main characters being interesting? Double check.

Oh my god, seriously the worst Kamen Rider film to date. I literally have put Drive on hiatus it was so bad. It has effectively stopped my habits of watching KR for the first time since 2012.
Who's bright idea was it again to have Shocker rule the timeline, but never show how it changes Kamen Rider(Or I guess Shocker Rider) history? Was Helheim still a thing? How different was the final showdown in Gaim? What about the sabbath? You can't honestly tell me Haruto fights for hope in the name of Shocker. What was the Sonozaki family's status in all this? Did Decade end up detroying the AR Worlds and live up to his title as the destroyer of worlds? Did Godai f******* Yusuke still manage to control his final form fighting for smiles and still fight for Shocker?
None of these questions were answered. Nada. Ugh...
Nothing about this film was good. The cameos sucked, the action left me uninterested so that in turn sucked. The story was a joke. Nothing in Drive was advanced. The ending song wasn't memorable. There is nothing redeemable about this except the brief moments when you see your favorite Rider suit voiced by some complete stranger who clearly isn't the original actor and....
Aye... I'm gonna give myself an aneurysm if I go on.

Okay I'm done. Rage off and sleepy mode on...