[vin13ish]

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My guess to this is that most people are familiar with Deapool's shenanigans while no one had an idea what Gou would be like and how he is might have rubbed people the wrong way given how over the top he is.

Thank you, CybermanWorf!

I got a message to those who are not liking Gou. Get used to it!

Gou is like Deadpool of Kamen Rider.

Gou will be not pointless character unlike Nitou, his relationship with Kiriko help too.

I guess Gou is suppose to be Deadpool to Shinnosuke's Spider-Man

[KokoroRider]

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Originally Posted by vin13ish

Don't worry, Watch it on Henshin Fever! Facebook.

Just watch it.

That help you out?

Ohhhh.....I almost forgot about that site.

[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by vin13ish

Gou is like Deadpool of Kamen Rider.

Pfff... what? Why?!

Because of one joke he's Deadpool now? Why? Deadpool is a maniac who throws references and jokes directed at the reader faster than he can breathe. Not to mention that he kills everything he wants as violently as he wants.

How is that, in any shape of form, the case with Gou here? He's just a flashy showoff (for now).
He will add some spice next week at least, but I don't see why he's Deadpool.

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Gou will be not pointless character unlike Nitou, his relationship with Kiriko help too.

Nitoh wasn’t pointless at all. He stopped the Sabbath. And he was actually funny.

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Originally Posted by vin13ish

I guess Gou is suppose to be Deadpool to Shinnosuke's Spider-Man

Everything he's supposed to be is the secondary Rider. Everything else is your

[CybermanWorf]

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Originally Posted by vin13ish

Thank you, CybermanWorf!

I got a message to those who are not liking Gou. Get used to it!

Gou is like Deadpool of Kamen Rider.

Gou will be not pointless character unlike Nitou, his relationship with Kiriko help too.

I guess Gou is suppose to be Deadpool to Shinnosuke's Spider-Man

Just to be clear I am sort of on the fence about Gou in being sort of annoyed by his antics but seeing his potential so you could say I am in the middle of opinions when it comes to Gou.

[losondro]

That wasn't a bad episode. Still a little iffy on Mach. Also it all comes full circle now (if you know what I mean) :

[FirenOh]

Gou, you motherfuckering daredevil you are the best rider ever. Absolutely ludicrous.

I love this show.

[Switchblade]

So yeah, this episode was pretty much total garbage from beginning to end.

Putting aside my problems with Gou - and believe me, I have problems with Gou (bitch, you do not steal Haruto's catchphrase) - there was a lot of terrible crammed into this 22 minutes. Most of it boils down to a complaint I've had about the show before: it isn't funny. It tries to be funny - oh lord, does it try - but it just isn't funny.

People making goofy expressions isn't innately funny. Awkward and obvious slapstick isn't innately funny. Guys wearing bad wigs or talking in silly voices isn't innately funny. These things can be funny, but they need to be set up with funny characters, funny situations, or even basic comedic cinematography. Nothing about the execution in Drive is funny. I don't care how many gurning faces you shove into a fish-eyed camera lens. I don't care how aggressively Gen flails around while falling. None of it is funny and it's really hard to watch the show keep throwing the same basic, tired, unfunny jokes out again and again and again. The minute Kiriko said Gou was here brother I knew what was going to happen: Shinnosuke was going to say "Oh yeah, cool," take a beat, and then have an over-the-top reaction. It's all repetitive, unoriginal, and honestly not even acted very well (a good actor can sell that gag - Renn Kiriyama did that shit all the time on W and it was usually gold - no one in Drive's cast can pull it off). Ordinarily I can just shrug off the one or two bad joke bits in an episode of Drive, but this week they just kept piling them on top of each other again and again and again. When the episode ended with a new Roidmude showing up with a squeaky voice I just wanted to tell the show to fuck off.

I really want to like Drive. I do. But man, it has been a long time since a Rider show has so utterly failed to entertain me. At this point I think even Kiva was more enjoyable than Drive currently is. Fucking Kiva. I really hope the show turns things around, but I'm watching this episode, seeing Gou prancing around like a total nutjob while Medic dances ballet and I'm kinda losing all hope.

[Kiwami]

I think this show might just not be your deal Switchblade. Nothing wrong with that. I find it funny and entertaining, and while I can understand the problems you have with it I don’t feel them.

[ElConvoy]

A feeling I have about the humor in Drive is not as much that Sanjo actually wants to put that much humor in the show but Toei/Bandai telling him to put that much in there because of the situation we had with Gaim.

Normally Sanjo really knows the stregths and weaknesses of his actors and for the most part he writes comedy so the actors actually are funny. But alot of the jokes in Drive are the exact opposites of that. Mostly everything that has to do with the Special Crimes Unit.

With Gaim we had the situations that alot of kids stopped watching the show. Which probably resulted from the show being just too serious and complicated fro kids to enjoy. So Toei/bandai paniced and everytime Toei/Bandai panics stuff goes wrong for these shows. I wouldnt be surprised if they told Sanjo to put as much humor as humanly possible in each episodes because they think thats what kids wanna see even if it just doesnt work in the shows favor.

[vin13ish]

Maybe Gou was supposed to be kid-appeal character to contrast Shinnosuke's not kid appeal guy. I hope Gou wouldn't become Shunpei of Kamen Rider!

Funny because Gou steal Haruto's catchphrase!

Gou: It's showtime!
Haruto: Hey! That my catchphrase you fool!
Gou: Sorry Haruto. You're not flashy enough to use that catchphrase!
Haruto: Not flashy enough? I show you that I am flashy enough!

Haruto get his infinity ring.

Wizard Driver: Infinity!

Haruto's infinity form: Flashy enough?
Gou: OW! That's too flashy!!!!! You burn my eye out!