Kamen Rider Ghost Episode 4- "Astonishing Castle In The Sky!" Discussion

Tokumonkey · 11-03-2015, 05:20 PM

I can't shake the feeling that this show is trying very hard not to be Kiva. This is pretty disappointing, since I really liked tonal elements of that show. I also don't feel confident that this is going to change anytime soon, as the candypop feel of the show seems deliberate.

"You seriously still don't understand how your powers work?" That was wonderful. Also, I really enjoyed Takeru's fantastic, "Yeah, I'll leave your office now," followed by heading right back in as a ghost. That's a good use of the ghost premise.

Unless I missed something, it's not yet apparent that Spectre is working for whoever's controlling the Ganma, which is a bit of a relief. (That might still be coming, but I'm hoping not; I don't want more Chase parallels, as much as I loved Chase.)

I had strongly mixed feelings on the Alice-in-Wonderland Ganma: fantastic design! Doesn't belong on a Rider show.

The formula of needing an object and a person with strong ties to This Week's Eyecon is making the plots feel super-contrived to me. I want to applaud the format of single-episode stories on principle, and I'm not sure we'd benefit from these stories being expanded to two episodes. My hope is that the head writer is getting these stories out of the way quickly in order to get to stories they're more interested in telling.

Dormamu · 11-05-2015, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Paladin

Reminder, the SuperHeroTime programming is pre-empted this weekend.

Ghost returns November 8th.

And this is why the next theme should be Golf. Because then they could write whatever championship into the script and we might just watch the actual sport to see if any of them henshin for bogey.

If I may put my 2 cents in, one does not merely try to understand Decade. One must only concede that it exists. And never ends. Really, we've just been watching the Decade show for multiple seasons now, you all just don't realize it. Kind of like how Zeronos keeps showing up.

Dormamu · 11-05-2015, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Wrath663

I know it's still early...but I'm getting Wizard flash backs...with all this hugging.

No donuts, no dice. He's just....a friendly ghost.

AWWWWWWW YYEEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

AkibaSilver · 11-05-2015, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Dormamu

And this is why the next theme should be Golf. Because then they could write whatever championship into the script and we might just watch the actual sport to see if any of them henshin for bogey.

If I may put my 2 cents in, one does not merely try to understand Decade. One must only concede that it exists. And never ends. Really, we've just been watching the Decade show for multiple seasons now, you all just don't realize it. Kind of like how Zeronos keeps showing up.

So does that make Tsukasa the longest running main rider then?

Matrixbeast · 11-05-2015, 05:09 PM

Decade has crawled back into it's hole and only ever pops it's disgusting head for the annual crossover movie.
Decade is over, thank god. Just attribute other riders appearing in the same universe to Kabuto crossing dimensions again.

KyoryuGreen · 11-06-2015, 08:15 AM

Late to the party here but honestly I loved this episode a lot. This probably was the first episode that did something better than Drive besides the action scenes which was tell an episode in one episode rather than two (yes the other episodes did as well but this one felt like a Drive episode). My biggest complaint of Ghost so far was the action being a little lacking but this episode kicked it up to an eleven and Ghost kicked ass here, I loved everything from the Robin Damashii and his Omega Drive to the normal Ganma. Akari and Onari are definitely helpful in their own ways with tracking the Old Man and her finding the pattern of the Ganma too. It reminds me of Stronger in a sense of Takeru is like Stronger and Onari and Akari remind me of Tachibana and Yuriko. I enjoy that Takeru goes into the person's soul and able to help them find what they truly want and can help inspire people, he reminds me kind of like Eiji too in that sense. Spectre is pretty awesome so far, I can't wait to learn about his character same goes for Alan/Aran too. Well I can't wait for more I'm glad I waited to watch this so I have the new episode this weekend hopefully.

KamenRiderLeo · 11-11-2015, 10:02 AM

Okay so I have really kind of been on the fence about this episode.. on the one hand it's great to see Specter debut but the story of the city being lifted into the air and Kamen Rider ghost using his Newton form having the whole of the city in the air and I think he gently let it go is pretty much what happened in age of Ultron but both under different circumstances , overall I'm mostly happy with the episode and can't wait to see what episode 5 can bring to the table so far this is a really great show and I'm happy to see Kamen Rider do another paranormal theme

11-05-2015, 04:39 PM	#92
Dormamu A jump to the sky.. Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,066	Quote: Originally Posted by Paladin Reminder, the SuperHeroTime programming is pre-empted this weekend. Ghost returns November 8th. And this is why the next theme should be Golf. Because then they could write whatever championship into the script and we might just watch the actual sport to see if any of them henshin for bogey. If I may put my 2 cents in, one does not merely try to understand Decade. One must only concede that it exists. And never ends. Really, we've just been watching the Decade show for multiple seasons now, you all just don't realize it. Kind of like how Zeronos keeps showing up. __________________

11-05-2015, 04:41 PM	#93
Dormamu A jump to the sky.. Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,066	Quote: Originally Posted by Wrath663 I know it's still early...but I'm getting Wizard flash backs...with all this hugging. No donuts, no dice. He's just....a friendly ghost. AWWWWWWW YYEEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! __________________

11-05-2015, 04:49 PM	#94
AkibaSilver Warrior of Delusions! Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Wait, you dont know either? Posts: 5,854	Quote: Originally Posted by Dormamu And this is why the next theme should be Golf. Because then they could write whatever championship into the script and we might just watch the actual sport to see if any of them henshin for bogey. If I may put my 2 cents in, one does not merely try to understand Decade. One must only concede that it exists. And never ends. Really, we've just been watching the Decade show for multiple seasons now, you all just don't realize it. Kind of like how Zeronos keeps showing up. So does that make Tsukasa the longest running main rider then? __________________ Check out my occasional ramblings! https://akibamusings.blogspot.com/

11-05-2015, 05:09 PM	#95
Matrixbeast Mighty Morphin Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Za Warudo Posts: 25,465	Decade has crawled back into it's hole and only ever pops it's disgusting head for the annual crossover movie. Decade is over, thank god. Just attribute other riders appearing in the same universe to Kabuto crossing dimensions again. __________________

11-06-2015, 08:15 AM	#96
KyoryuGreen Sky Henshin! Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 4,779	Late to the party here but honestly I loved this episode a lot. This probably was the first episode that did something better than Drive besides the action scenes which was tell an episode in one episode rather than two (yes the other episodes did as well but this one felt like a Drive episode). My biggest complaint of Ghost so far was the action being a little lacking but this episode kicked it up to an eleven and Ghost kicked ass here, I loved everything from the Robin Damashii and his Omega Drive to the normal Ganma. Akari and Onari are definitely helpful in their own ways with tracking the Old Man and her finding the pattern of the Ganma too. It reminds me of Stronger in a sense of Takeru is like Stronger and Onari and Akari remind me of Tachibana and Yuriko. I enjoy that Takeru goes into the person's soul and able to help them find what they truly want and can help inspire people, he reminds me kind of like Eiji too in that sense. Spectre is pretty awesome so far, I can't wait to learn about his character same goes for Alan/Aran too. Well I can't wait for more I'm glad I waited to watch this so I have the new episode this weekend hopefully. __________________ My Sales Thread! Lower Prices!