[MarsHottentot]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

The Taddle in Taddle Quest is a pun on "tadoru" which means to pursue.
I guess that was their best attempt at romanization of the word.

Well, that being the case, they could have called it "Quest Quest"!

[MarsHottentot]

Here's a great interview with Kazuo Funaki, the designer of the Kamen Rider Ex-Aid's Game Driver.

There's some illuminating info here, one interesting tidbit being that an adult audience was being considered, which I found a little surprising.

[Annuga]

What do people like about OOO? I remember not liking it when I first saw it, but I forgot almost everything other than liking the Greeed, TaJaDor and being INCREDIBLY jealous of one of Mezool's 'victims'. I tried watching it again in January but I couldn't be arsed to watch more than 14 episodes because I found it so boring. I know I'm in the minority with this opinion, so I want to hear things from a fan's perspective

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Annuga

What do people like about OOO? I remember not liking it when I first saw it, but I forgot almost everything other than liking the Greeed, TaJaDor and being INCREDIBLY jealous of one of Mezool's 'victims'.

I'm not a huge OOO fan myself, but it was my first Rider show (kind of) and my opinion has only gone up in retrospect:

- I actually felt Eiji was a little bland at first (ironically missing the point the way people do about my beloved Haruto) but it isn't the case. He does a great job being the seeming fool who's secretly really smart (he's using Ankh as much as Ankh is using him) and totally bada** (some of stunts, early on especially, are legendary).

-The integration of the merch is THE smoothest of any Rider show, hands down. The whole "gain a medal, lose a medal" progression kept OOO from getting too powerful for his own good, and the Ridevendors and Candroids made more sense than they had any right to.

- The ~desire~ stuff is really well done throughout, so it's really strong thematically.

- Solid character arcs with a likable cast. Birth is awesome~

- The middle is a bit weak pacing-wise, but the first and last thirds are really strong.

- Some other stuff? OOO is just a generally solid series. I don't think there's a whole lot really explicitly wrong with it.

[Annuga]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I'm not a huge OOO fan myself, but it was my first Rider show (kind of) and my opinion has only gone up in retrospect:

- I actually felt Eiji was a little bland at first (ironically missing the point the way people do about my beloved Haruto) but it isn't the case. He does a great job being the seeming fool who's secretly really smart (he's using Ankh as much as Ankh is using him) and totally bada** (some of stunts, early on especially, are legendary).

-The integration of the merch is THE smoothest of any Rider show, hands down. The whole "gain a medal, lose a medal" progression kept OOO from getting too powerful for his own good, and the Ridevendors and Candroids made more sense than they had any right to.

- Solid character arcs with a likable cast. Birth is awesome~

- The middle is a bit weak pacing-wise, but the first and last thirds are really strong.

- Some other stuff? OOO is just a generally solid series. I don't think there's a whole lot really explicitly wrong with it.

One of the 'victims' made a woman STUNNING. If the Greeed could make me lose my lack of self-esteem about my looks and overall femininity by doing that, sign me the fuck up, this planet is dumb anyway, problably would taste like shit for them

[Fish Sandwich]

Ahh, got you.

Also I forgot to mention f***ing Ankh! How did I do that?! If you told me he was the best supporting character in Kamen Rider period I don't think I could argue.

[Powerman293]

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Originally Posted by Annuga

What do people like about OOO? I remember not liking it when I first saw it, but I forgot almost everything other than liking the Greeed, TaJaDor and being INCREDIBLY jealous of one of Mezool's 'victims'. I tried watching it again in January but I couldn't be arsed to watch more than 14 episodes because I found it so boring. I know I'm in the minority with this opinion, so I want to hear things from a fan's perspective

One of things I liked about the show was just sort of the instability of the situation. A lot of people complain modern rider shows have no tension to them, that the main character just walks through everything and getting handed powerups along the way. In OOO, it almost feels like luck that things ended up the way they did. Core medals were constantly changing hands, at least early on, which made for a lot of interesting scenarios and kept you engaged. The debuts of new forms, while showing off the shiny new toys, did in the story function as sort of act of desperation or last resort in order to defeat the monster or to stop Eiji from getting killed.

I also think some of the characters play off of each other well. Eiji and Ankh make up the heart of the show and by the time they have to come into conflict with each other, it defintley pulls at you a bit.

[MarsHottentot]

Hey, I'd love a smoking hot girlfriend / wife, but if we have no shared interests there's no way that crap's gonna work. Besides, for most of us, age pretty much evens the playing field in the overall "hawt" dept (i.e. everyone starts getting increasingly "flawed"). Consequently, personality becomes WAY more important. Y'know, unless you're a sociopath. I know you probably know this and it doesn't really change your feelings but, eventually, it probably will.

Anyway, on topic - I haven't started on OOO's yet but was under the impression it was on the upper tier of the "good" shows. One thing I'm noticing from watching Kamen Rider over all is that the mid-season usually slumps, regardless of whether a show is great, good or bad. I'd imagine it's probably down to how many episodes need filling and because they simply can. Any of us could write a V/MotW plot with our eyes closed - these guys do it for a living. Most of us are tuning in as much for the spectacle anyway so, provided the rest of the show isn't mushy ramen, it's no big hurdle. Well, for me, at least.

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

The debuts of new forms, while showing off the shiny new toys, did in the story function as sort of act of desperation or last resort in order to defeat the monster or to stop Eiji from getting killed.

On that note, PuToTyra is really well executed final form I'd compare favorably to King Form (which is still the gold standard every show should aspire to, so even getting close is impressive).

Man, maybe I should've just said "everything", there really is a ton to like about OOO. I think I'm in one of my moods where I feel bad for not appreciating it more than I do again now.

[Annuga]

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Originally Posted by MarsHottentot

Hey, I'd love a smoking hot girlfriend / wife, but if we have no shared interests there's no way that crap's gonna work. Besides, for most of us, age pretty much evens the playing field in the overall "hawt" dept (i.e. everyone starts getting increasingly "flawed"). Consequently, personality becomes WAY more important. Y'know, unless you're a sociopath. I know you probably know this and it doesn't really change your feelings but, eventually, it probably will.

Anyway, on topic - I haven't started on OOO's yet but was under the impression it was on the upper tier of the "good" shows. One thing I'm noticing from watching Kamen Rider over all is that the mid-season usually slumps, regardless of whether a show is great, good or bad. I'd imagine it's probably down to how many episodes need filling and because they simply can. Any of us could write a V/MotW plot with our eyes closed - these guys do it for a living. Most of us are tuning in as much for the spectacle anyway so, provided the rest of the show isn't mushy ramen, it's no big hurdle. Well, for me, at least.

It's a very, VERY personal thing

I personally believe Drive actually did a good job with it's mid-season