[Powerman293]

Ex-aid episode 1

This episode felt rushed but it does introduce some really interesting plot set ups. The virus, the Driver itself, the mystery of the incident, Emu himself. I'm starting to actually like the design of the Ex-aid suit itself (except the colors), I didn't even know there was a life bar on his chest plate until watching this episode. Although I am not a fan of the wacky sound effects they threw into this episode for some reason.

But by far I think the best thing in this episode was the super cute nurse girl who was carrying the driver. Seriously, she did a decent job of helping convey some of the dialogue and it also helps she.. is appealing to my senses.

..Until she went into the game and became her digital version. Good lord, she feels as dressed up and forced as Marina Joyce.

[MarsHottentot]

Dig on Episode 2! So good!

[barnstenchfartface]

Giving Kamen Rider 1 a watch.

-We're Nova Shocker! We don't like Shocker! We're gonna attack them arbitrarily for no apparent reason and with no clear purpose!

-Nova Shocker's plan seems poorly thought out, or at least poorly elaborated on. Unwarranted levels of applause.

-The scene of the combatmen in the bar was fantastic.

-Takeru should have asked Edison for help.

-I am pretty confused about what the purpose of Takeru pretending to be a teacher is. Almost as much as I am about how they managed to do it. If he just needed to keep an eye on her couldn't he just...go invisible? Like...a Ghost?

-Are student teachers supposed to randomly hang around during the girls' PE period? Takeru, you're not being very inconspicuous.

-Ok usually I find Onari absolutely humorless but I love that he wasn't even able to keep a straight face while teasing Akari. L...O.....l.

-oh no shes a chuuni

-Surprise Makoto. Has he just...been hanging out there, waiting for a good moment to jump in? Cause otherwise he just...barged into some random conversation with some random guy he doesn't know.

-Seriously though does this high school just let anyone say they're a teacher and let them loose on a class? Takeru hasn't even graduated from high school...

-It's weird to hear Takeru say the word "inochi" without following up with "MOYASUZE."

-Makoto is a rude.

-Wow what the heck is this. Makoto and Takeru have bikes??? ...since when?

-So why does Lady Nova Shocker not get to turn into a monster.

-This movie needs better scene transitions.

-This stuff about "immature Eyecons" doesn't make any....sigh, whatever.

-This Movie Needs Better Scene Transitions: The Sequel: Holy Crap, Come On: They Were Just In The Middle Of A Battle, Then He Dies And Now It's The Funeral?!

-Ichigou...MOYASUZE!

(sns)

-"Let's just fight Nova Shocker in our weakest forms, it'll go great!" -Takeru and Makoto, apparently.

-What the fuck was the point of Nova Shocker's "we no conquer world we conquer eekonomix" if they were just going to end up like this? Friggin nothing is what.

-And seriously does Bufall not care at all that Urga totally lost his brains and killed Igura???

-This doesn't have anything to do with anything, but god damn do I hate TV-N's comically overdone little transformation effects. I don't care about their translation accuracy or style or whatever, it's this, and pretty much this alone, that's the reason I try to stay as far away from their subs as possible. They are truly terrible. It's a good thing there's been so little of that in this...90 minute movie.

-"Oh shit, yeah! We have other Eyecons!" -Takeru and Makoto, apparently.

-I've mostly been complaining for a while so here's a good thing: The Rider Damashii are cool. Shame they each only got like two seconds to show off. It's ok though. They were obviously hard pressed for time, and there had been no previous occasions in which the Riders could have used them. Not in this...90 minute movie.

-Is Buffal made of fucking adamantium????

-Why are the lines on Ghost's abdomen a different color from the rest of his suit? Was it like that in the show too...? Hm.

And with that, a closing thought: I thought this movie was pretty dumb. Maybe not Taisen dumb, but pretty dumb. So...hey, it's a Kamen Rider movie. Yippee. Nothing special there. Maybe I'm just too much of a goddamn nitpick. Anyway, more closing thoughts because I am a liar:

-The little behind the scenes thing during the credits is my favorite thing about this movie. It definitely looks like they had fun making it, especially Fujioka. I may not have particularly enjoyed the movie, but I will always appreciate the people making it having fun and giving it their best. It's nice to see.

-And that closing monologue from Hongo Takeshi? Truly fantastic.

[MarsHottentot]

I liked Kamen Rider 1 but, it's as you say: it's a Rider movie and they're, almost invariably, not very "sensical". I go into them knowing that they're going to be logical messes, fairly quickly thrown together and basically are just watching them for the henshins and the XXXXKLUSIVES! It's always great to see Fujioka as Hongo!

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface

-We're Nova Shocker! We don't like Shocker! We're gonna attack them arbitrarily for no apparent reason and with no clear purpose!

-I am pretty confused about what the purpose of Takeru pretending to be a teacher is. Almost as much as I am about how they managed to do it. If he just needed to keep an eye on her couldn't he just...go invisible? Like...a Ghost?

-It's weird to hear Takeru say the word "inochi" without following up with "MOYASUZE."

-This movie needs better scene transitions.

-"Let's just fight Nova Shocker in our weakest forms, it'll go great!" -Takeru and Makoto, apparently.

-Why are the lines on Ghost's abdomen a different color from the rest of his suit? Was it like that in the show too...? Hm.

- But if they don't randomly pick a fight with OG Shocker how are they going to establish the conflict between them/have something cool to put in a trailer?!

- But if they don't have Takeru pretend to be a teacher how else are they going to fit in wacky comedy?! Honestly I'm amazed there wasn't a scene where Onari tries. Clearly Inoue has no idea to how to write Ghost's cast!

- I know that was just a joke but real-talk he prattles on about that stuff all the time.

- I sort of get what they were going for (you're in the middle of a fun fight scene and then HOLY S*** HONGO'S DEAD) but yeah, it's a very weird style.

- I love how they went full mid-series Ghost by having Takeru go straight to Boost for half the movie and then when Specter shows up he just stops. Maybe he didn't want to make Makoto feel inadequate?

- Wait huh what? They're orange, aren't they? Just like the rest? Are you sure it wasn't just the lighting of a certain shot or something?

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it's a Rider movie and they're, almost invariably, not very "sensical".

Yeah, the spring movies especially are really freakin' weird in terms of plotting. I think Kamen Rider 1 had a really strong thematic core going on, but it's bogged down so much by more nonsense plans from (insert subtitle here)-Shocker, which is something I'd really love to see them move away from. I liked it quite a bit (it helps that I'm such a huge Ghost fan), but stuff like that even gets me in a nitpicky mood.

[Powerman293]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Yeah, the spring movies especially are really freakin' weird in terms of plotting. I think Kamen Rider 1 had a really strong thematic core going on, but it's bogged down so much by more nonsense plans from (insert subtitle here)-Shocker, which is something I'd really love to see them move away from. I liked it quite a bit (it helps that I'm such a huge Ghost fan), but stuff like that even gets me in a nitpicky mood.

But the Rider 1 movie is a hell of a lot more focused and competent then the Super Hero Taisen movies IMO.

[barnstenchfartface]

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- Wait huh what? They're orange, aren't they? Just like the rest? Are you sure it wasn't just the lighting of a certain shot or something?

No, like, look at this. They're like the same color as his face, but the rest of it is a duller shade. I don't think it's the lighting, and it was consistent. Might be the materials, since the other lines are on armor parts but these are directly on the undersuit.

I was gonna say it was weird I never noticed in the show if it was the case, but considering how little we saw of Ore in the end...

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But the Rider 1 movie is a hell of a lot more focused and competent then the Super Hero Taisen movies IMO.

I don't think anyone's gonna try to argue it's worse than the Taisens in basically any way. But, as I think has been mentioned before, that isn't exactly high praise. It's more focused, sure, but "more focused than a Taisen" is a category encompassing basically every work of fiction ever produced by human hands.

I think one of the bigger problems was the time. This movie didn't need to be as long as it was, and having to fill up the time resulted in a lot of what felt (to me) like filler/padding. I can excuse the use of Shocker yet again, since it is Ichigou and all, but the Nova Shocker conflict I think added absolutely nothing to the narrative. Well, besides that one scene of the combatmen duking it out. That is still pretty great.

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface

No, like, look at this. They're like the same color as his face, but the rest of it is a duller shade. I don't think it's the lighting, and it was consistent. Might be the materials, since the other lines are on armor parts but these are directly on the undersuit.

It probably is just the materials. I think the reason you don't notice it in the show is because of the difference in lighting though (I mean throughout this time). The movies have slightly dingy, darker, "cinematic" lighting that I think makes stuff like that stick out more.

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I can excuse the use of Shocker yet again, since it is Ichigou and all, but the Nova Shocker conflict I think added absolutely nothing to the narrative.

I think the basic idea is a "don't count the old guys out just for being old" kind of thing, what with Ambassador Hell helping the Riders out in the end. It fits with the Rider 1 shilling too. Like maybe you're supposed to think Nova Shocker are a bunch of morons? Needless to say it wasn't as well done as it could've been.

[KyoryuGreen]

Amazon Episode 14: Ah the villain change of the Showa Era, well at least with X, this, Stronger, and Super-1. It was executed awesomely here though. Dobsonfly turning his back on Gorgos was intriguing, especially with seeing him team up with Amazon. I am intrigued with Great Emperor Zero and see what kind of evil he will bring to Amazon. The biggest moment was seeing Amazon finally use the Daisetsuzan against both Dobsonfly and Gorgos which brutally defeated both of them. The supporting cast was fantastic this episode. I continue to love Amazon's journey and can't wait for more.

[Switchblade]

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Amazon Episode 14: Ah the villain change of the Showa Era, well at least with X, this, Stronger, and Super-1. It was executed awesomely here though. Dobsonfly turning his back on Gorgos was intriguing, especially with seeing him team up with Amazon. I am intrigued with Great Emperor Zero and see what kind of evil he will bring to Amazon. The biggest moment was seeing Amazon finally use the Daisetsuzan against both Dobsonfly and Gorgos which brutally defeated both of them. The supporting cast was fantastic this episode. I continue to love Amazon's journey and can't wait for more.

I never liked Emperer Zero. He's so much less interesting than the Ten-Faced Demon, both in terms of design and personality. He's about on par with Archbishop Wing as far as mediocre Showa generals go. He has a really memorable death scene, though.