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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I can?t imagine why Kaido got cast in a tiny role in a non-Inoue film, but I?m totally grateful for it.

Well if we're going by Mitsuru Karahashi's connection to the writer, it should be mentioned he was one of the main antagonists in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger not too long before OOO.

(Also worth noting is that Kobayashi got picked to write that show specifically because she's apparently a fan of period dramas, so that might go a little ways towards explaining why her Riders keep winding up in the middle of them.)

OOO had a real good summer movie. While I would insist that everything in OOO was already the good stuff, I can't put it any better than Kurona did. It's OOO, so there's literally nothing wrong with it, and I've also liked it more every time I've seen it. Double's movie was amazing because of that unprecedented level of Sakamoto adrenaline, but OOO goes for a really thoughtful, gentle sort of vibe (relatively speaking, when there's still plenty of fun action), and that's great in its own right. I was also reminded recently that the tagline for the double feature with Gokaiger was literally something like "Heroes bring cheer to Japan!", which gave me a new appreciation for why it might have the tone and message it does. This movie was released in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake, and I'd imagine that, just like the Rider who makes his debut here, the direction of it was influenced by that to some extent. I've described this as an especially "feel-good" kind of movie before even making this connection, so with it in mind, yeah, I think this a real nice film! Hard not to love a Rider flick that ends with a catchy samba jam about holding hands!

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

True! It is incredibly rare in a movie for a base form to be worth anything, and it's worth appreciating.

OOO, balancing its use of various forms perfectly? What a surprise!