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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Sure! I like a lot of different types of characters, and you need a variety to tell a good story. I'm not a fan of any version of Everyone Needs To Be X.

How about the difference of what's accepted and reviled character's flaws I talk about?

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I mean, he's definitely got his flaws, but a lack of sense of humor isn't one of them. If folks got other problems, I'd be interested in hearing what they don't like, same as always.

I prefer Inoue not working with any other writer, because there's a chance that he can (and already did) fuck up what's already established with his style. I forgot to talk about this, but the Faiz novel is something where Inoue goes unrestrained, and there's a moment too depraved, far more than Kusaka slapping Mari. And for humors (not only Inoue), I don't know if humor should be those assholes shamelessly putting others down? That jerk behaviour is considered funny so long as it's happening to someone else (and partly because you aren't affected; not putting themselves in their shoes); comedic sociopathy. As Mel Brooks put it: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die". And because of this there's a potential of people letting others do evil things to others for their amusement (comedy); I dislike jerks or villains shamelessly get away from their deeds, either from fandom or in-universe.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I was wondering if the movie, with its shorter running time, would try and touch on any of the show’s themes. And, it does, for sure. The idea of humans and Orphnochs coexisting is the stated premise of the film, the goal of the heroes.

This movie, actually shows, if the bad guys actually win at the end. The reason why majority of species are all Orphnochs now. There are thousands of humans left, they're on verge of extinction. The reason why this wasn't in main series is obviosly, The Good Guys Always Win, while in this movie, The Bad Guy Wins, Smart Brain is nowhere near as successful in this movie.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I get the Misunderstanding tag against Faiz now! It’s not great!

Lol yeah, despite you liking the series, now you got a taste of the feelings of some fans about Faiz. The Yuji plot here yeah, the misunderstanding part that's got infuriating to others. Yuji was tricked and lied, just like what happened to him regarding Takumi in the main series. Though what makes it not Yuji's decision here? Both times Smart Brain had a hand in his turn, where in the series, Hanagata assigned him as a leader of Smart Brain, and here, Smart Lady tricked him. Turning evil is always a decision? Because if not, Yuji can not turning evil and probably tries to process the situation (Mari was publicly arrested and going to be executed! Contrary to a moment before where Mari was standing aside Murakami!). Other than that, yeah Orga (O"R"GA!) is my favorite suit for Faiz, though I'm not a fan of the circle in the head, I do know that it means to accompany the emperor feel of him (The emperor feel is the reason it's my favorite).

The fight is what I liked too for the movie, full on showdown with Orga overwhelming Faiz, then their Orphnoch form's scuffle (Yuji permanently being in Centaur mode, also no one noticed that Wolf Orphnoch here just knocked out Orga from transformation quickly?!), and finally Takumi turning it around with Blaster form. And as this is Faiz Blaster's debut, his showings are much more elaborate in this movie, where you got a full display of his kick, where (this reminds me of Knight's finishers in both form) it's the inverse of the base form's kick; in base form, the drill is created for Faiz to kick on, while in Blaster form, the kick itself creates spreading drills/shockwaves, which is useful as AoE too to drive away Elasmotherium Orphnoch from Mari. There's also a full sequence of his backpack transforming into Bloody Cannons. Orga's Exceed Charge is what I liked better than usual sword finishers including Sparkle Cut (the very one that finishes off Psyga), where it's actually different using huge sword (like Wizard Infinity), but with the way it done, the sword doesn't seem to be fully solid to me? A bit bummer of a nice idea. So the one that took the Orphnoch King role is Elasmotherium Orphnoch (killed Auto Vajin too)? He took 3 Exceed Charges to go down (Orga's, Faiz Blaster's Photon Cannon, and I guess the drills/shockwaves from Faiz Blaster's Super Strengthened Crimson Smash too?). Otherwise, for Takumi being an Orphnoch, reminding again that's the reason why Kamen Rider Faiz exists! Only Orphnochs can turn into one, in Faiz, Riders and monsters are mutual.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Good film, though, besides that.

I wouldn't say "super fast" though, because there are a lengthy amount of time of their rocky start in the show, in inverse, a bit of a slow one to me.... And the ugly fact that for the show, The Ryusei School members are the closest to each other, including Mari (and Kusaka?) to them. Kusaka is used as a worf effect, a victim of Psyga, his death is just a show of power compared to the karmic retribution his series got. This is an actionized movie... other than Mari, there's also Keitaro, especially when he becomes Kaixa (like I said, normal humans can't be a Rider, obviously Takumi has to be something else like an Orphnoch, and Keitaro was made super too), and Yuji/YuKaido donning an action gear from others. I mean, everyone's on one group now of Human Liberation Army, due to Orphnochs/Smart Brain winning. Human Liberation Army however has 1 villain which is Mizuhara, which unfortinately costs the group when Yuji kills him, and made for another bad ending (the group left Mari). Psyga is the speedy one to fight Faiz Axel. While Orga is a mighty glacier, he has the best defensive and offense output of all the five Rider gears and even Faiz Axel, but it is extremely slow, being unable to keep up with any of Faiz's forms, it's much slower than Kaixa and it's powerful armor is more weighted than the rest. Other than that, Leo is a much more mature Kitazaki, having the same depravity being one of the most rotten people in the series, but without the childish/teen-ish enthusiasm of Kitazaki. He's better at hiding his impulses than Kitazaki. Also Leo's actor Peter Ho isn't a Japanese, he's an American born raised in Taiwan and Canada, by that the movie made him stick to English, the only Rider who speaks primarily English.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I don’t know if it feels like I’ve said a lot about this movie? I liked the themes, I love these characters, it was a fun diversion. Seems like it would’ve been fun to see in a theater?

So here I got to see Kaido's reaction to a dying Yuka, which iirc, he never got to know in the main series. I don't ever understand why Orphnochs choose to turn into Riotroopers, fodder Riders. They probably could've fared better in their Orphnoch form. Also the old lady pictured above is Sanako Kanzaki. And Mina is also a girl in ep. 49 of Ryuki.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

So you remember how after you got done with Agito, I said that was my favorite thread you've done so far? Apparently you and Inoue turned out to be a Best Match, because this blows that out of the water.

I don't know why Inoue got a flak then, that his writing is very wild. It's goofy, it's over-the-top, it's larger than life and laugh out loud and in your face and wide-angle lenses. Those are things that are memorable on internet especially as memes.