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05-09-2023, 07:51 PM | #261 |
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I guess actually for this time, Ikki seeing the best in people actually pays off, because it also extends to some monsters as well in him defending Kaido from Otta, not blindly viewing them as evil like Suzu hoped, allowing him to suspect another one as the culprit.
You don't gotta, but I appreciate the peek behind the curtain! Thanks for the insight!
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05-09-2023, 07:59 PM | #262 |
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This is modern day Kamen Rider, he'll be back as a robot or something by the early 30's
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05-10-2023, 10:13 AM | #263 |
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KAMEN RIDER REVICE: THE MYSTERY EPISODE 5
And that?s more sad than it is villainous, which Ikki recognizes. This is a woman who needs to let go of the anger and resentment she?s been bottling up, and if she?s gone and turned herself into a composite monstrosity? Well, maybe she can unload her rage on the Kamen Riders that can withstand it. It?s not an ending where Suzu needs to be defeated; it?s an ending where Suzu needs to be rescued from her trauma. The only way to do that is to let it come to the surface, and then let it burn itself out in a safe place. (The lodge's adjacent Natural Hot Quarry, now taking reservations.) Ikki will always want to help someone in trouble more than he?ll want to fight a monster, and this ending recognizes that. It?s the perfect ending for a Revice story. Quote:
(and also Tycoon x Shinobi)
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05-10-2023, 07:02 PM | #264 |
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KAMEN RIDER REVICE: THE MYSTERY EPISODE 5
It’s all about the need to interrogate and confront the things inside yourself that are shameful and/or destructive, to better understand why you felt that way to begin with. As Suzu’s scheme was revealed last episode, it’s time to reveal what her goal is: resurrection for her dead fiance? Power enough to rule/destroy the world? It turns out that the answer is… nothing, really. She just wants to get enough revenge to stop feeling like her future was taken from her by George and Fenix and Kamen Riders and monsters. There’s no resurrecting her dead lover. The stated goal of Destroying The System is laughably open-ended and ill-advised. It’s all just rage, with no direction or goal. Continuing the work was a way to feel connected to the man she lost, but now there’s nothing but grief and anger. There’s nothing but hurting people to make her rage feel purposeful. Quote:
And that’s more sad than it is villainous, which Ikki recognizes. This is a woman who needs to let go of the anger and resentment she’s been bottling up, and if she’s gone and turned herself into a composite monstrosity? Well, maybe she can unload her rage on the Kamen Riders that can withstand it. It’s not an ending where Suzu needs to be defeated; it’s an ending where Suzu needs to be rescued from her trauma. The only way to do that is to let it come to the surface, and then let it burn itself out in a safe place. (The lodge's adjacent Natural Hot Quarry, now taking reservations.) Ikki will always want to help someone in trouble more than he’ll want to fight a monster, and this ending recognizes that. It’s the perfect ending for a Revice story.
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05-10-2023, 10:05 PM | #265 |
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I mean, I don't know that Shogo's dream of harnessing monsters into stamps and composite monstrosities ever made any sense as a philanthropic effort. This isn't curing cancer or reversing dementia, this is a guy who's like MONSTERS WILL SAVE US, so it's maybe fair to look skeptically on any claims of humanitarian applications of this technology. They're all crazy in this story.
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05-10-2023, 11:10 PM | #266 |
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KAMEN RIDER REVICE: KOALA VS KANGAROO!! CRYING OUT LOVE SMACK IN THE CENTER OF A WEDDING?!
A lot of incredibly funny stuff in this HBV: a Build-themed Genome that turns Vice into a tiny baby that calls Revi “Papi”; a fight between two baby-sized puppets against an outback backdrop; Sakura consistently avoiding telling everyone that she’s definitely marrying Aguilera; and Lovekov casually rejecting Vice. Good stuff, all around. But let’s talk smooching. I will always love this series for hinging a plot in its HBV on – loudly, canonically – how badly George wants to see Daiji and Ikki kiss. That’s it. That’s the top of the mountain for this series. George, long the most background-horny character on the show, contrives a Deadmans-elimination scheme that will hopefully get Ikki and Daiji to smooch, preferably with Daiji in a wedding dress, where George can also record it for later. To gleefully rewatch at his leisure. It’s honestly pretty great? It could absolutely come off a little gay panic-y, but I think the commitment of the characters (as well as the salacious delight George shows) keeps things from making the joke about two dudes kissing; the joke is in two brothers kissing, and how thirsty George is for it, to a level that would make a Supernatural fan cringe. Ikki, the heroic lead, never once makes it seem like kissing a dude is some horrible sacrifice or shameful action; he’s like Hey Let’s Smooch And Then Go Fight A Monster, smile on his face the whole time. (Also: Daiji definitely enjoyed both his Ikki smooch and his Hiromi smooch. This is a very queer-positive HBV!) It’s a special that doesn’t really have a lot to say about family (weddings are where your family grows???) but it’s all in on antagonistic comedy between the Igarashi siblings and bonkers teamwork between Revi and Vice. (Also, the now-requisite comedic humiliation for Hiromi.) This is one of those HBVs that’s just trying to have fun, and I thought it was a bullseye on that count. Its approach to queer romance could be called a failure, but its willingness to get agreeably horny about two young men sharing a romantic moment for George’s duplicitous pleasure was a rousing success. Glad George could get to see his Ikki/Daiji fic finally come to life!
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05-11-2023, 02:40 AM | #267 |
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So, this special was written by a writer named Ayumi Shimo. I’m sure if Fish was here, he’d give a long paragraph gushing about her (since that’s what he did with her episodes of Kiramager), but since he’s not here, I’ll mention that the HBV brand of comedy is right up her alley. (Since much of her previous projects generally fall on the “silliness” sided of the sliding scale of seriousness)
Anyway, some highlights from this: Vice shipping Sakura with everyone, even himself (would that count as incest?) George having Vistamps ready for all of Build’s main 4. Though in real life, only the Kirin (giraffe) stamp has a chance of being made into a toy (since there’s a sound for it in the Demons Driver), though surprisingly, the ToysRUs exclusive for Revice was a Rex repaint called “Toysaurus”. Ikki deciding to remove the obvious candidate to play a blushing bride in favour of doing what Ned Flanders’ kids state they intend to do (marry their brother). Last edited by Androzani84; 05-11-2023 at 04:11 AM.. |
05-11-2023, 01:45 PM | #268 |
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George having Vistamps ready for all of Build?s main 4. Though in real life, only the Kirin (giraffe) stamp has a chance of being made into a toy (since there?s a sound for it in the Demons Driver), though surprisingly, the ToysRUs exclusive for Revice was a Rex repaint called ?Toysaurus?.
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05-11-2023, 09:57 PM | #269 |
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KAMEN RIDER REVICE EPISODE 17 - “DEEPENING BETRAYAL AND THE TRUE WORTH OF A BUDDY”
A week later, and I’ve pretty much forgotten everything that happened in Episode 16. Lemme scroll up a bit… Oh! Right! The supermarket! And that cliffhanger where Sakura goes into the neighbors’ basement! Well, we can knock that last one out real quick: absolutely nothing happened. While I admire the Giff-sized balls it takes to resolve a cliffhanger with a character Nope-ing out of any further investigation, I admit to finding it startlingly hollow in practice. It’s… did the producers not have any idea of what was at the bottom of those stairs? Could they not get that family to come back for a guest appearance? It’s something that has basically no redeeming qualities to it as a storytelling move: It’s a raised question, and the answer is just I Forgot What I Was Going To Say. It’s not even an entertaining misdirect! It’s just leaving it behind! Amazing choice, Kamen Rider Revice. Luckily, the rest of the episode was more thoughtful and compelling. We’re firmly in Act 2 now, and without a cool new Rider to focus its narrative muscle on – Daiji got plenty of spotlight in Act 1, Hiromi is a disintegrating mess with a big ol’ Ask Again Later flashing over his head, and Sakura is already absolutely perfect – the show smartly decides to start treating the Deadmans generally, and the Giffamilia specifically, as an actual collection of people worth interrogating. Now that their nightclub-church-spaceship is destroyed, and Olteca’s split off from Julio and Aguilera, it’s time to dig into what’s making people Gracias so many Deadmans. Julio’s backstory kicks us off, and I confess to not previously spending a single second wondering about what drove him to mariachi-inflected monstering. The hair, yes, of course; constant wondering about that absurd bowl cut. But beyond that… I don’t know, I guess I got burned out because of the Book Club from Saber, whose eventual story of kinship tainted by power was thin gruel after a season of inappropriate flips and playing the piano. Julio’s motivation was being a sidekick, and I just assumed that was the extent to which I was supposed to see him. Instead, we get this heartfelt story about teenage bullying and betrayal, where a sweet kid gets burned by his best friend and joins a cult. I mean, it’s more nuanced than that, but the gist is that Julio felt alone and joined a cult. I don’t mind that, honestly? I like the slow exploration of the Deadmans as something that offered a found family to people who felt punished by a world of villains, and manipulated those people into serving Olteca’s desire for power. Julio needed something he wasn’t getting anywhere else, so he let himself be reshaped by the Deadmans (horrible haircut and all) in order to feel like he was loved and protected. The larger story of the Deadmans doesn’t really get elevated (it’s just a bunch of deranged cultists with chips on their shoulders; nothing to see here) but in a show about the ways Family shapes, improves, and negates us, I like spending a little time with how people inherently thrust themselves into family dynamics of their own making. I like the idea that the Giffamilia’s bond is weaker than biological family because there’s no societal pressure to enforce it, but maybe stronger than the Igarashis for the same reason. Julio thought Olteca was on the same side as him, and now learned that Olteca was only ever on his own side. Julio’s in a story about when friendships hurt us, and what we owe to the friends that hurt us. Very interested to see if this one sticks the landing!
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05-12-2023, 12:38 AM | #270 |
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Well, we can knock that last one out real quick: absolutely nothing happened. While I admire the Giff-sized balls it takes to resolve a cliffhanger with a character Nope-ing out of any further investigation, I admit to finding it startlingly hollow in practice. It?s? did the producers not have any idea of what was at the bottom of those stairs? Could they not get that family to come back for a guest appearance? It?s something that has basically no redeeming qualities to it as a storytelling move: It?s a raised question, and the answer is just I Forgot What I Was Going To Say. It?s not even an entertaining misdirect! It?s just leaving it behind! Amazing choice, Kamen Rider Revice.
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