[Battlizer]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Nope. Two things changed:

1. It showed Ryuki is too smart or too strong-willed to fall for the effects of the Time vent.

2. Kanzaki was able to stop the drawing from getting wrecked.


That was TOTALLY worth a clip show, right? (no)

If anything, it just sort of makes the final boss Rider look like moron for continuing to talk about the 'corrections' he just made.

Ryuki 30

Cool, a Kitaoka episode! Time to meet meet his old secretary, Megmi, that Kitaoka fired years ago for klutziness. I guess I understand his pain but still... Goro seems pretty jealous at first, but after she beats him in a Kitaoka quiz and reveals she's apparently got the same incurable disease Kitaoka has.

Alright, this episode is one thousand percent more goofy than I thought it would be. Still, it's funny though. I can't help but thing this and the last episode being so humorous means shit is about to go down though. And Kitaoka's blank stares at Megumi's antics were hilarious.

So, Megumi's a recurring character now? If so, I definitely do not mind. Shimada might, from the looks of things...

Also I gotta say, Kanzaki must be incredibly pissed right about now. Shinji, Ren, and Kitaoka are, more or less, friends. And Asakura is really bad at killing those three despite his overpowered abilities.

Ryuki 31

Oh man, looks like an Asakura episode. Apparently he's forgotten to feed all three of his contract monsters. You'd think he'd have the least of these kinda problems, being the only rider who probably isn't opposed to feeding his monster humans. If that's a viable option. ...Well I guess Scissors did it.

At any rate, Asakura doesn't even seem that concerned. The thought probably never crossed his mind when he contracted two extra monsters.

Yui seems to finally remember what Reiko told her about Kanzaki apparently dying in the U.S. Despite...three episodes of goofing off. And yeah, I was right shit is stirring up. Not plot important stuff, but Asakura sending his monsters to feast on the passengers of a cruise, leaving one little girl to survive is pretty important stuff.

Though..it seems that it's NOT Asakura's monsters that attacked the cruise, just some random unrelated ones. Even more surprising is that he saved the little girl's life, though it's morel likely that he just wanted to feed those monsters to his and saving her was an accident.

Guess Asakura can't just feed people to his monsters, thankfully. The three monsters in these episodes were weirdly Rider-like though. They even had their own weapons and everything. They seem to work together and escaped so maybe they'll be sorta important?

Ryuki 32

Eh, why not I'll watch another. It's a direct continuation of the last anyway. Ren seems to hopefully think that Asakura's screwed himself over by contracting three monsters. Even Shinji couldn't protest that Asakura dying was a bad thing.

The little girl from last time is still ptsd' over what she saw on the cruise it seems. The nurse mentions that after the monsters attacked the cruise ship, Asakura watched over the girl that night. I figure he was just waiting for the monsters to return rather than comfort her, but still something to note.

Asakura seems to treat being eaten like a game...And Kitaoka seems pretty happy to get rid of him without ay effort. Reiko also seems to remember she was investigating Kanzaki and talks to his old prof from the US. But Kanzaki mirrors him away....

Woah...fell asleep while writing this. Might as well finish the rest now. Now Shinji wants to prevent Asakura's death too. Not really for his sake, but for the girl he unintentionally saved. Man Shinji's idealism sparks up again.

And...in a bizarre twist, Kitaoka, Ren, and Asakura end up beating the monsters together. Though Ren and Kitaoka REALLY hope Asakura gets eaten by his three monsters. Ren has Darkwing try and intercept and Kitaoka has Magnugigas...moo a little. Well, that's probably the best he'll get out of it.

And Megumi saw him leave the mirror world. Looks like Kanzaki's schemes are getting slowly unraveled...

[ZeoRangerV]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Where are you getting these? I'm curious to see non-crappy-tv-rips of Blade.

I posted links and screencaps in the sub database thread.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

The cinematography is one of the great things about Blade. I love it. I love the camera angles. The wide shots.



Thankfully it is still used a few times throughout the show. I'm sorry, but I think it is nice when an alternate race of beings is given their own language. It makes it feel more real.

Blade looks like it was shot by high schoolers, you can actually hear the rustle of the camera operators clothes and their boots hitting the floor, it's beyond amateurish. And with the way it's edited as well, during the action you can hardly see what is happening, especially during chases.

I hate the gibberish crap, I hated how in Kuuga TVN didn't sub the Grongi so literally half of every episode I had no fucking idea what was going on.

The scrub is fantastic though, I don't know Blade on a personal level so I can't comment on the accuracy of the subs but there has been no bad grammar or spelling errors that I've noticed, but most importantly you can now actually see the show unlike with TVNs rips being disgustingly crushed and the aspect ration being all kind of fucked up.

[ElConvoy]

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Originally Posted by Locke

I hate the gibberish crap, I hated how in Kuuga TVN didn't sub the Grongi so literally half of every episode I had no fucking idea what was going on.

The Audience isnt supposed to know what the Grongi are saying. If they were the scenes would be subtitled or you know...in japanese.

[Locke]

Actually the complete DVD set came with translations for all the Grongi, hence why it was all translated by MCS. So don't try being a smart ass, it doesn't suit ya.

[ElConvoy]

The DVDs arent the way it was meant to be seen during the time it aired on TV the first time. The Subtitles were added when it go rebroadcastet and as you mentioned it on the DVD release.

This was purely done because most of the people had seen the series and knew how the mystery of the Story unfolded hence there was no point in hiding it anymore.

So to calrify. Yes there are subtitles for the Grongi language but the show is meant to be watched without them the first time.

[Locke]

Well that is nice, but I don't enjoy watching a show where I have no idea what is going on. Even by the end, whole chunks of the series went unexplained and unexplored. They didn't articulate their points through body language, give clues with props or locations, I may as well have watched the show raw. A mystery is meant to be compelling, not just alienate and isolate the audience.

But for some reason when Kuuga does that, that is a good thing. Why such a piece of shit of a series like Kuuga gets a free ride while failing at EVERYTHING will forever allude me. But I've long since given up on trying to understand the rabid Kuuga fanbase.

[Locke]

Blade Scrub 03. This episode, as far as translation goes, wasn't great. The first two episodes were solid, but the grammar here seemed to lack a good proofread. It wasn't HK Sub Engrish bad, but there were a few sentences where I had to pause the video and let it process.

Please tell me the shows history gets explored more? I didn't understand this at all. So 10, 000 years ago there was this race called Undead (whatever that is), there were 53 species, one was Human. A Human Undead??? And then the Human Undead beat the other species of Undead, by sealing them in playing cards????

I know Amane is a dick, but she is only a little girl and the fact that she got attacked by a monster who murdered people before her very eyes should be taken into consideration Hajime, before you start pretending to be a monster and growl in her face.

Considering the power of that Grasshopper Undead, Kenzaki's Kick card is pretty crappy, but honestly the fight scenes aren't as bad as I remember them being. The show does the whole wild scramble, we aren't actually all pros here, thing much better than Gaim does. Really the only problem is the CGI and green screening, what is atrocious even by Kamen Rider standards.

I forgot how hot Tachibana's vague doctor friend is, shame she is gonna be dead in a few episodes.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Actually the complete DVD set came with translations for all the Grongi, hence why it was all translated by MCS. So don't try being a smart ass, it doesn't suit ya.

Um MCS did not sub the Grongi speak. I watched their subs in 2012.

And oh no, you can't understand a word people are saying. That's like THE POINT!!! Do you think the Jp understood what a monster was saying the first time they watched the show? Or do you think the Japanese automatically know how to understand made up languages?

Curious, what did you think of the Elvish language Tolkien made up for LotR?

[Locke]

Oh, what sub group did I watch then? I thought it was MCS, whoever it was, they used the DVD as a raw, so not only was the video quality far superior but they had the Grongi subbed as well. Shame I had to switch to TVN half way through as they abandoned the show in the 20s. Not only are their translations poor, but their video compression is garbage.

I find the Elvish hilarious, it sounds absolutely ridiculous and when they spend a "heartfelt scene" of a poorly CGI deaged person shouting gibberish I just laugh out loud, much to the frowns of the sea of neckbeards in the theatre with me. I understand the lengths Tolkein went into Elvish, so I can appreciate it on that level but the Grongi was just shit, just like all of Kuuga. The worst show I've ever finished, and that includes stuff outside of tokusatsu.