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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I actually think some of the early Rider shows were much more inventive than the modern ones. Due in part to special effects and budget limitations, it required a lot more creativity to get cool effects than we see nowadays with everything defaulting to CGI. The first block of the original series, before Fujioka's accident, had some especially interesting cinematography that's unrivaled by anything in the Heisei era outside of Hibiki.

They're definitely more creative, but it's also dated. The original Kamen Rider had some interesting shots for sure (I remember one where Hongo was fighting in a hallway, and it followed him down the hallway and eventually the camera just flipped upside down because he passed it.) but a lot of it looks weird compared to today's stuff. I guess it comes down to what you expect out of it. I appreciate the old stuff, my favorite Sentai era is the 90s. However, I find most of the 70s and early 80s stuff a bit hard to watch. It's not the effects, I'm totally on board with them. It just has much less focus on plot and is super repetitive.

So far, I've only seen about 15 episodes of the original Rider, 1 episode of Amazon, and the rest is all Neo-Heisei, so I don't really know what late Showa and early Heisei are like to compare...but even though I can appreciate the classics and the dated special effects, Neo-Heisei is definitely easier to watch than early Showa.

I've been being drawn more and more towards Ryuki lately. I was gonna watch Fourze next (i've already seen some and I liked it) but Ryuki is calling to me.