how would you adapt kamen rider for the usa?

TheFightingSpirit · 03-12-2014, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Locke

Didn't Dragon Knight come out like eight years after Ryuki? We're at about the perfect time for a Kabuto adaptation then!

Perhaps, but wasn't one of the main issues people had with it the difficulty of matching the new footage to the old? I'm sure I heard that some where.

Mind you I suppose Dragon Knight was SD so the gap wasn't nearly as drastic as it could have been.

Locke · 03-12-2014, 07:22 PM

I dunno I really love Dragon Knight - and by all regards Japan were really happy with the adaptation too - plus it won some awards and stuff in the US as well so I really don't know why the toku community puts such a downer on it.

Matrixbeast · 03-12-2014, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Locke

I dunno I really love Dragon Knight - and by all regards Japan were really happy with the adaptation too - plus it won some awards and stuff in the US as well so I really don't know why the toku community puts such a downer on it.

I thought it sucked

The chaotic editing, the strange lack of music, and some of the actors just not being convincing enough. It would be unfair to harp on the effects from 2003, but I just wasn't a fan of Dragon Knight.

NavyMesoRanger · 03-12-2014, 08:00 PM

I don't see people that suggest decade to be adapted. okay it is a tribute series to all the other riders but if someone wanted a way to adapt the rider universe to the usa decade will be the best option

Guyver Spawn · 03-12-2014, 08:01 PM

Ryuki had the best toy sales of the 2000's which is why they pick it. I remember they started working on DK back in 2006. So they had to pick between Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, 555 or Blade. Hibki would never work in the US and they might skip out on it due to poor toy sales.

XW1n5t0nX · 03-12-2014, 08:08 PM

As much as everybody would and will complain about quality of the picture, why not just do a Showa one? Plots are simple enough to be adapted over to the US. True there won't be a whole lot of merchandise sales, but they could always come up with their own.

Locke · 03-12-2014, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by XW1n5t0nX

As much as everybody would and will complain about quality of the picture, why not just do a Showa one? Plots are simple enough to be adapted over to the US. True there won't be a whole lot of merchandise sales, but they could always come up with their own.

You sorta answered your own question there, there is pretty much zero incentive to use a showa series.

Guyver Spawn · 03-12-2014, 08:37 PM

They could make a original American Kamen Rider. If the US can make a original American Godzilla and Ultraman then why not Kamen Rider?

sentairiderfan35 · 03-12-2014, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by NavyMesoRanger

I don't see people that suggest decade to be adapted. okay it is a tribute series to all the other riders but if someone wanted a way to adapt the rider universe to the usa decade will be the best option

decade could work but you have to find a way to adapt the other besides dragon knight and masked rider and rework the plot

Matrixbeast · 03-12-2014, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by NavyMesoRanger

I don't see people that suggest decade to be adapted. okay it is a tribute series to all the other riders but if someone wanted a way to adapt the rider universe to the usa decade will be the best option

How would Decade be the best option? The entirety of his series is based upon the existence of others.

The sheer amount of explaining they'd have to do to make sense of it all probably wouldn't be worth it.

03-12-2014, 07:22 PM	#42
Locke Big Bad Wolf. Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Raiding tombs. Posts: 9,529	I dunno I really love Dragon Knight - and by all regards Japan were really happy with the adaptation too - plus it won some awards and stuff in the US as well so I really don't know why the toku community puts such a downer on it. __________________

03-12-2014, 07:26 PM	#43
Matrixbeast Mighty Morphin Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Za Warudo Posts: 25,457	Quote: Originally Posted by Locke I dunno I really love Dragon Knight - and by all regards Japan were really happy with the adaptation too - plus it won some awards and stuff in the US as well so I really don't know why the toku community puts such a downer on it. I thought it sucked The chaotic editing, the strange lack of music, and some of the actors just not being convincing enough. It would be unfair to harp on the effects from 2003, but I just wasn't a fan of Dragon Knight. __________________

03-12-2014, 08:08 PM	#46
XW1n5t0nX 「蝙蝠騎士の魔界<ブラム>」 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The Catacombs of Ohio Posts: 12,794	As much as everybody would and will complain about quality of the picture, why not just do a Showa one? Plots are simple enough to be adapted over to the US. True there won't be a whole lot of merchandise sales, but they could always come up with their own. __________________

03-12-2014, 08:15 PM	#47
Locke Big Bad Wolf. Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Raiding tombs. Posts: 9,529	Quote: Originally Posted by XW1n5t0nX As much as everybody would and will complain about quality of the picture, why not just do a Showa one? Plots are simple enough to be adapted over to the US. True there won't be a whole lot of merchandise sales, but they could always come up with their own. You sorta answered your own question there, there is pretty much zero incentive to use a showa series. __________________

03-12-2014, 10:24 PM	#50
Matrixbeast Mighty Morphin Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Za Warudo Posts: 25,457	Quote: Originally Posted by NavyMesoRanger I don't see people that suggest decade to be adapted. okay it is a tribute series to all the other riders but if someone wanted a way to adapt the rider universe to the usa decade will be the best option How would Decade be the best option? The entirety of his series is based upon the existence of others. The sheer amount of explaining they'd have to do to make sense of it all probably wouldn't be worth it. __________________