[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

...And yeah, honestly, 90% of what I remember about this movie from watching it years ago is just that scene, which makes it hard to contribute much insight beyond that. (The other 10% of what I remember is that it was a totally serviceable if inessential Chase story. Well, like 9% that, and then 1% Accel being there.)

Probably could've saved myself some time and just posted those screencaps! To quote wrestling commentator Excalibur, "You GOT to give the people what they want!"

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Originally Posted by Kurona

I think my opinion of basically... every V-Cin until Build's are "I watched this when I was first getting into Kamen Rider and marathoning W through Ex-Aid; I remember basically nothing about them but my tastes have so completely changed and these stories are generally more complex than their shows to the extent I can't trust what I think of them anymore". And this review is a pretty good example! Because I don't remember taking anything like this away from this movie, but I don't think that's really because of a different take; but because I didn't get much from it or was really paying attention to much of it, and I feel the same way about most other V-Cins! In other words this is a roundabout way of saying "Thank you for this glowing review that makes me realise I should probably go ahead and rewatch a bunch of these"

Thanks! I'm having the same experience going through these old Phase 2 movies. (I assure you I did not take anything away from this movie originally, other than Hey It's Accel and Wow This Is A Horny Side-Project.) It's definitely been interesting to find new layers to a lot of this stuff, or just see aspects that I wasn't ready for the first time.

I think it's that I've developed a fluency in this genre, you know? It's like learning any language: the early days are all catching keywords and fumbling conjugation; then a slow refinement after tons of practice; then you're conversant, eloquent. The little nuances you used to overlook are suddenly neon-lit and unmistakable. You're bypassing topic sentences and blunt declarations in favor of allegory, in favor of poetry.

It's so nice to revisit work and find that you've grown enough to appreciate it more, don't you think?