[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Anyway, this was my first real experience with Rider crossover movies (which keeps that link somewhat on topic) and I was kind of confused by the two segments format.

As someone who started with the Heisei Generations format, I was also initially perplexed by the Movie War split-narrative thing. Especially for how much it never seemed like one of the stories connected in a logical way. Here, it's the Drive section, which is 99% a Lupin tale and then 1% Look A Space Robot. I mean, the Wizard/Gaim movie does the exact same thing, but with the opening segment (Beast gets snatched by a dimension-hopping monster) instead of the middle segment.

I've never liked that, as a storytelling decision?

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Oh wow, I didn't even realise you were skipping Gaim's summer movie (or that you skipped Wizard's!). Just feel the SHTs are enough for a solo outing for them?

The basic criteria for this project's coverage is that the content should include some sort of Legend Rider crossover, or at least debut a new Rider. I don't think the Wizard summer movie introduced anyone (Gaim would debut in the two-parter), and ditto for Gaim's. I don't know if I'm completely right on that, but I want to say my list uses that criteria to figure out inclusion.

also it is grueling to watch and write up a minimum of two movies each week and i'd like to watch zi-o before autumn

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Originally Posted by Kurona

This movie was fun. Not much more to it than that but it's kind of hard to beat the Tridoron flying through space on orange slice wheels to blow up a representation of collective consciousness, right? I remember just having a good laugh when I watched it years ago. Fun stuff!

It has a really crowd-pleasing conclusion. It doesn't just lean on Okay There Are A Dozen Riders, it really tries to construct a finale that is kinetic and gripping. I liked the back third of this movie more than I'd've thought!

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

That being said, I really adore the design and I kind of wish a Kamen Rider game that came out during Gaim had come out during Drive post this movie. Because it was all about movies, and had a really fitting villain named Cinema. He looked cool too. Of course he just ends up possessing the most recent villainous movie Rider, Bujin Gaim, to be the final boss and I always thought it was lame. Now if it were Lupin? I'd be down because both really managed to match aesthetics for the most part.

Man, Drive has some of the best adversaries. Do another Lupin project for the Fan Club, you cowards!

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

So with the Wizard/Gaim movie I said that I remembered watching but forgot everything about it. I can?t even remember if I watched this one.

this was the gaim movie with absolutely no soccer, if that helps

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

So Megamax was, like, one of the first Toku things I ever saw and the fact it landed with me says a tonne about the strength of that movie. Then you have the Gaim/Wizard movie the year after, and while I really like the Wizard portion of that (Your monthly reminder that Wizard is, in fact, good!), the Gaim portion is messy. And then you get to Gaim/Drive, a movie where I both understood the Gaim backstory, and enjoyed the Drive side-story! It's a win-win!

Understanding what's going on isn't a prerequisite for enjoying Kamen Rider, but it's sometimes a help!

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

As good as *all that* stuff obviously is, the vibrant, energetic simplicity of that first quarter or so, it basically totally rekindled my love of this whole franchise after basically the only thing that's ever even slightly dampened it happened, and for that alone, I would always be fond of Drive. Everything else I love about it, including how strong that later material is, it's almost like a bonus. It's nearly up there with the level of fun I had following Fourze week after week, and just like Fourze, I'm a little upset with myself that I don't actively consider it a top tier favorite, even though it's so special to me. (Instead, like Fourze, I inexplicably fell even more in love with the boring show after it that everyone hates.)

Yeah, the start of Drive is maybe my favorite part? It was instantly firing on all cylinders, if you'll pardon the automotive expression. I like the supporting cast a lot, and Heart's final scene is one of my favorite moments in all of Kamen Rider, but the series opens with some much energy and optimism that I was totally in love from the start. It was a nice swing from the messiness of the Gaim finale, into a pure team-oriented crime-solving paradigm.

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Originally Posted by Frontier

I...I legit don't remember this.

I think about this two-parter more than anything else from Gaim.