What are you watching? (Kamen Rider Edition)

SPLIT LIP · 07-06-2013, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Huh. I always just assumed it was just an ultimate form thing. Like how Armed Hibiki is red or how Shining Agito is all silver and red.

That's what I thought.

It's ugly either way. It adds one too many colours to an already busy design aesthetic.

Battlizer · 07-07-2013, 01:42 AM

Blade 20

Oh man looks like things could go bad for Kotarou here. It was nice to see Tachibana take up responsibility for Mutsuki's crazy rider belt, like he's taking him under his wing.

And two new Undead with human forms! The ram one is kind of a lunatic. I wonder how important he'll end up being.

So Hajime and Kenzaki are more or less allies now, but I forgot Tachibana nearly killed Hajime in their last encounter. Regardless of whether he knows Tachibana was under someone else's control or not, I bet he'll still be pissed. And with Tachibana being Tachibana, he'll probably say it was all his fault anyway...

Locke · 07-07-2013, 03:13 AM

Fourze 44: As said, Ryusei's injuries lost some of their effectiveness when just last episode he had a gaping hole in his shoulder that magically healed between episodes.

Then again with how rushed everything has become by this point nothing really feels as impactful as I think the show thinks it is. Like what the fuck are the Presenters? You can't suddenly say they are integral to your shows lore if you've never established or even mentioned them in the past.

It's a shame as well because nothing added in this episode is uninteresting, it was actually a really really great episode, it just feels like it should have happened like twenty episodes ago, not like five or so episodes from the end. And should have been more than a glorified of the week story.

Also Tomoko and Ryusei are my OTP haha.

Fourze 45: So they remembered Ran and Super Fly? Great, just what we needed, as Ran is a fucking IDIOT, she actually managed to be more moronic than Gen this episode who has spent basically the last ten episodes dribbling down himself, at least Libra was around being interesting.

Wait so literally everything has been about these Presenters introduced last episode? They really must have made up Chairman's plan at the end of the series, not at the start.

Fourze 46: I know it's juvenile but I love the Japanese pronunciation of Pisces 'Piss Kiss' hahaha. I wouldn't do that if I were you.

Why would they let Libra know where their base is? They went from not trusting him one moment to the next trusting him completely. I know they are teenagers but fuck me they are idiots, of course Libra would betray you!

Fourze 47: the twist itself is interesting, the lack of any kind of build up isn't, I feel like I could have jumped in at episode 45 and gotten the same out of the ending as if I had watched from the beginning. And that is just bad. Plus considering this is a show about space, the sequence of the broken window on the Rabbit Hatch was mindblowing in how dumb it was.

As always though when it came to emotions the show got it spot on, Jesus Kengo's goodbye, the acting from Gen and Yuuki, goosebumps. Plus Sagittarius is fucking awesome, he has a Rider Kick! Honestly the action in this episode was awesome in general, although how did Meteor access his powers in the moon base?

guncannon109 · 07-07-2013, 09:39 AM

Kamen Rider Kiva Episodes 15 - 17

Dai-chan proved to be... interesting? Yeah let's leave it at that. I rather like the stories of someone who was once evil but forgets there past and learns to be good. Unfortunately the ending was rather tragic. Speaking of tragic, Nago seems to keep getting worse. How the hell does Kivat catch a cold? Lastly, Otoya is a bad ass!

I must say Kiva is quickly challenging W as my favorite rider series, not sure how I feel about that but I shall continue onward on this awesome series! Not sure why many people seem to hate it though.

Switchblade · 07-07-2013, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Locke

Then again with how rushed everything has become by this point nothing really feels as impactful as I think the show thinks it is. Like what the fuck are the Presenters? You can't suddenly say they are integral to your shows lore if you've never established or even mentioned them in the past.

And welcome to Fourze's biggest overall problem as a series: major pacing issues. The plot slowed to a near standstill in the late teens through mid-30s and then had to rush to cram everything into the last ten episodes.

KyoryuGreen · 07-07-2013, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by guncannon109

Kamen Rider Kiva Episodes 15 - 17

Dai-chan proved to be... interesting? Yeah let's leave it at that. I rather like the stories of someone who was once evil but forgets there past and learns to be good. Unfortunately the ending was rather tragic. Speaking of tragic, Nago seems to keep getting worse. How the hell does Kivat? Lastly, Otoya is a bad ass!

I must say Kiva is quickly challenging W as my favorite rider series, not sure how I feel about that but I shall continue onward on this awesome series! Not sure why many people seem to hate it though.

Yeah Kiva is extremely fun and enjoyable I've been loving it so far. More twists and turns coming up soon for you.

KyoryuGreen · 07-07-2013, 10:59 AM

I finished Kiva 33-35 today and man this series keeps getting better and better. Kamen Rider Saga looks totally awesome did not see that coming with Kengo.

Also I watched Super Hero Taisen today and found that really really fun. Weirdly I really enjoyed DiEnd and want to see his story even if it means watching Decade.

Locke · 07-07-2013, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

And welcome to Fourze's biggest overall problem as a series: major pacing issues. The plot slowed to a near standstill in the late teens through mid-30s and then had to rush to cram everything into the last ten episodes.

Yeah the whole show was a bit of a mess honestly, who thought high school drama and space opera were two compatible genres? I think the first half of the series which was almost exclusively set in the high school and simply dealt with the formation of the Rider Club and their daily battles with the Zodiarts were near flawless, easily the best I've seen of Kamen Rider so far and I hope to find something that hits a similar cord.

But then...then it decided it wanted to be more than that, it wanted to be more and more sci-fi, more and more space opera and the more the series grew the less Fourze got to do what it wanted to do so the more things became rushed and the more the 'how much these don't fit together' part of the two genres became obvious.

Checked out another episode of Blade before jumping into Fourze's final episode. And eh, just another story of monsters attacking humans with Japanese men with playing cards rising up to fight them eh? Shame. I wonder why they sealed them in a pack of playing cards in the first place, no wonder they broke out! About the only way they tried to mix this up was with them apparently being unsealed to just be sealed again...the fuck is the point of that?!

The monster design was good, the suits are really growing on me - I especially love how they have an actual impact on the body so they don't just feel like a change of clothes and for an older series I love the fight scenes.

Battlizer · 07-07-2013, 12:17 PM

Blade 21

Mutsuki wasn't even in control when he beat up and mocked Hajime and Hajime still tells the kid to learn to control his power....so he could kick his ass later. Harsh, dude. So yeah, it's like I thought. Tachibana's gonna mentor Mutsuki on being a Kamen Rider. Pretty cool.

Looks like there's finally a hint of the main villains. Their base appears to be a submarine...Interesting. Wacky Ram Undead's finally gone. I wonder if/when they'll be utilizing the high level undead cards...

Switchblade · 07-07-2013, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Locke

Checked out another episode of Blade before jumping into Fourze's final episode. And eh, just another story of monsters attacking humans with Japanese men with playing cards rising up to fight them eh? Shame. I wonder why they sealed them in a pack of playing cards in the first place, no wonder they broke out! About the only way they tried to mix this up was with them apparently being unsealed to just be sealed again...the fuck is the point of that?!

The monster design was good, the suits are really growing on me - I especially love how they have an actual impact on the body so they don't just feel like a change of clothes and for an older series I love the fight scenes.

There's a bit more to it than that. Humans didn't originally seal the Undead and they were unsealed for a specific reason. You'll find out what it is later.

07-07-2013, 03:13 AM	#5613
Locke Big Bad Wolf. Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Raiding tombs. Posts: 9,529	Fourze 44: As said, Ryusei's injuries lost some of their effectiveness when just last episode he had a gaping hole in his shoulder that magically healed between episodes. Then again with how rushed everything has become by this point nothing really feels as impactful as I think the show thinks it is. Like what the fuck are the Presenters? You can't suddenly say they are integral to your shows lore if you've never established or even mentioned them in the past. It's a shame as well because nothing added in this episode is uninteresting, it was actually a really really great episode, it just feels like it should have happened like twenty episodes ago, not like five or so episodes from the end. And should have been more than a glorified of the week story. Also Tomoko and Ryusei are my OTP haha. Fourze 45: So they remembered Ran and Super Fly? Great, just what we needed, as Ran is a fucking IDIOT, she actually managed to be more moronic than Gen this episode who has spent basically the last ten episodes dribbling down himself, at least Libra was around being interesting. Wait so literally everything has been about these Presenters introduced last episode? They really must have made up Chairman's plan at the end of the series, not at the start. Fourze 46: I know it's juvenile but I love the Japanese pronunciation of Pisces 'Piss Kiss' hahaha. I wouldn't do that if I were you. Why would they let Libra know where their base is? They went from not trusting him one moment to the next trusting him completely. I know they are teenagers but fuck me they are idiots, of course Libra would betray you! Fourze 47: the twist itself is interesting, the lack of any kind of build up isn't, I feel like I could have jumped in at episode 45 and gotten the same out of the ending as if I had watched from the beginning. And that is just bad. Plus considering this is a show about space, the sequence of the broken window on the Rabbit Hatch was mindblowing in how dumb it was. As always though when it came to emotions the show got it spot on, Jesus Kengo's goodbye, the acting from Gen and Yuuki, goosebumps. Plus Sagittarius is fucking awesome, he has a Rider Kick! Honestly the action in this episode was awesome in general, although how did Meteor access his powers in the moon base? __________________ Last edited by Locke; 07-07-2013 at 08:35 AM..

07-07-2013, 09:39 AM	#5614
guncannon109 Gathering Rangers for D&D Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Orgrimmar Posts: 7,949	Kamen Rider Kiva Episodes 15 - 17 Dai-chan proved to be... interesting? Yeah let's leave it at that. I rather like the stories of someone who was once evil but forgets there past and learns to be good. Unfortunately the ending was rather tragic. Speaking of tragic, Nago seems to keep getting worse. How the hell does Kivat catch a cold? Lastly, Otoya is a bad ass! I must say Kiva is quickly challenging W as my favorite rider series, not sure how I feel about that but I shall continue onward on this awesome series! Not sure why many people seem to hate it though. Last edited by guncannon109; 07-09-2013 at 09:09 AM..

07-07-2013, 10:57 AM	#5616
KyoryuGreen Sky Henshin! Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 4,779	Quote: Originally Posted by guncannon109 Kamen Rider Kiva Episodes 15 - 17 Dai-chan proved to be... interesting? Yeah let's leave it at that. I rather like the stories of someone who was once evil but forgets there past and learns to be good. Unfortunately the ending was rather tragic. Speaking of tragic, Nago seems to keep getting worse. How the hell does Kivat? Lastly, Otoya is a bad ass! I must say Kiva is quickly challenging W as my favorite rider series, not sure how I feel about that but I shall continue onward on this awesome series! Not sure why many people seem to hate it though. Yeah Kiva is extremely fun and enjoyable I've been loving it so far. More twists and turns coming up soon for you. __________________ My Sales Thread! Lower Prices!

07-07-2013, 10:59 AM	#5617
KyoryuGreen Sky Henshin! Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 4,779	I finished Kiva 33-35 today and man this series keeps getting better and better. Kamen Rider Saga looks totally awesome did not see that coming with Kengo. Also I watched Super Hero Taisen today and found that really really fun. Weirdly I really enjoyed DiEnd and want to see his story even if it means watching Decade. __________________ My Sales Thread! Lower Prices!

07-07-2013, 11:34 AM	#5618
Locke Big Bad Wolf. Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Raiding tombs. Posts: 9,529	Quote: Originally Posted by Switchblade And welcome to Fourze's biggest overall problem as a series: major pacing issues. The plot slowed to a near standstill in the late teens through mid-30s and then had to rush to cram everything into the last ten episodes. Yeah the whole show was a bit of a mess honestly, who thought high school drama and space opera were two compatible genres? I think the first half of the series which was almost exclusively set in the high school and simply dealt with the formation of the Rider Club and their daily battles with the Zodiarts were near flawless, easily the best I've seen of Kamen Rider so far and I hope to find something that hits a similar cord. But then...then it decided it wanted to be more than that, it wanted to be more and more sci-fi, more and more space opera and the more the series grew the less Fourze got to do what it wanted to do so the more things became rushed and the more the 'how much these don't fit together' part of the two genres became obvious. Checked out another episode of Blade before jumping into Fourze's final episode. And eh, just another story of monsters attacking humans with Japanese men with playing cards rising up to fight them eh? Shame. I wonder why they sealed them in a pack of playing cards in the first place, no wonder they broke out! About the only way they tried to mix this up was with them apparently being unsealed to just be sealed again...the fuck is the point of that?! The monster design was good, the suits are really growing on me - I especially love how they have an actual impact on the body so they don't just feel like a change of clothes and for an older series I love the fight scenes. __________________ Last edited by Locke; 07-07-2013 at 12:14 PM..