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Originally Posted by Locke

Hey everyone ��

Doing my occasional pop back in (if anyone is left that I used to be a regular with back when), I've been watching Geats quietly in my free time and now all caught up, so I thought I would share some overall thoughts like the old days.

I remember you. Good to see you again.

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I will say I do think I am somewhat spoiled by modern Rider action, because I think the action in this show is not great, but I do concede that compared to older Rider, they really don?t hold back on the special effects here. There are almost no regular punches or kicks to be found in this show, every fight has multiple Riders flying around the screen, firing off lasers, defying the laws of gravity and smashing into each other with these big special effects heavy super moves like straight up Dragonball Z shit, but I dunno, I just felt so cold during so much of the action here.

I really like the battles involving the Vision suits, and Ziin?s gravity defying feats were also cool (even if I don?t like that suit design), but both make up a very small portion of the overall action serving you are getting here.

Yeah, I've been somewhat vocal about this for the last few years, too. I tend to refer to it as Riders and monsters throwing CGI at each other. It definitely is something that takes me out of it, especially when you get stuff like Buster's sword on Saber, which was obviously made of wobbly foam (weapons that look more like plastic toys than weapons is another one of my common issues).

I don't know if it's the kind of show that's up your alley, but if you want something that has more weighty fights and creative cinematography, I'd recommend checking out Ultraman Z. It's not completely free of these kinds of issues, but it's got some excellent action sequences and may give you what you're not getting from Kamen Rider anymore.