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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Maybe I'd care more about those costumes if I knew all the franchises? Maybe.

To be honest, I feel like sometimes knowing everyone can actually make the films worse. In Chou Super Hero Taisen specifically, the character they brought back from Ryuki is practically my favorite Rider character overall. Love that guy. Love the guy they brought back from Go-Busters too. But the film does nothing with the characters. Compared to good, involved crossover stuff like GoRider, it's just an absolute waste of the opportunity, and that frustration really drags the whole thing down (even beyond the bad plot and everything else). That's not uncommon for the Super Hero Taisen stuff in general. The other empty suits playing out pointless fight scenes don't fare much better still.

As far as Sentai goes--one thing to keep in mind is that while there are definite tonal differences and just overall different structure to the shows, there's actually a fair bit of overlap between the staffs that make them. It's not huge overlap, but writers and directors don't necessarily stick to only one franchise. So if you're ever interested in checking out a Sentai, it may be worth looking into whether the people behind Riders you enjoyed have also worked on some Super Sentai seasons. For an example, I lurked the Ghost topic, and I noticed for instance that you really liked OOO--OOO's writer has also penned a number of Sentai seasons, and you'll find similar strengths in those shows even though the formula and overall dynamics of the series are much different.

So that's just a thought. Still, I'm also far more of a Rider fan and have waded only ankle-deep into the ocean that is the Super Sentai franchise myself. Especially with such a huge catalog of series in either franchise, I can totally understand the disinterest--I myself basically only started looking into Sentai seasons when my Rider watching hit a wall (lack of subs, mainly). But as Fish Sandwich said, as formulaic and child-oriented as it may appear, there's actually a lot of variety there. So just to echo some previous points--don't write it off just yet, but also certainly don't feel like you have to watch it.