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07-16-2020, 07:54 PM | #111 |
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07-16-2020, 08:48 PM | #112 |
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I don't even think the puzzle piece line is easy to take at face value because tokusatsu as much as its because the one saying it is, well... Dadi.
I'm honestly really proud of Die for calling that "a great scene in context." That whole interaction is one of those things that tends to get filed away under "goofy early Blade s***" (and by the way, it's not Ondul, but the quote does come up in memes), perhaps in part because people do apparently take it at face value, but the whole interaction, I agree it's doing a really great job at fleshing out Tachibana's character. The guy has a lot going on, and I've always found the way the story keeps peeling back layers while also adding new ones fascinating. In just these four episodes, he's flirted between Is A Traitor and Is Not A Traitor several times in either direction, and, you know, maybe a bit much for some people, but that raw energy is what makes early Blade special, for better and for worse. I'd argue it's just for the better, but of course I would.
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07-16-2020, 08:58 PM | #113 |
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Contrary opinion, but I actually like early Blade better than late Blade. fite me.
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07-16-2020, 10:52 PM | #114 |
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I don't even think the puzzle piece line is easy to take at face value because tokusatsu as much as its because the one saying it is, well... Dadi.
I'm honestly really proud of Die for calling that "a great scene in context." That whole interaction is one of those things that tends to get filed away under "goofy early Blade s***" (and by the way, it's not Ondul, but the quote does come up in memes), perhaps in part because people do apparently take it at face value, but the whole interaction, I agree it's doing a really great job at fleshing out Tachibana's character. The guy has a lot going on, and I've always found the way the story keeps peeling back layers while also adding new ones fascinating. In just these four episodes, he's flirted between Is A Traitor and Is Not A Traitor several times in either direction, and, you know, maybe a bit much for some people, but that raw energy is what makes early Blade special, for better and for worse. I'd argue it's just for the better, but of course I would. I think it's a really nicely done scene for laying out how catastrophically broken Tachibana is at this point in the story. It's easy to read his previous actions as cold, calculating, part of some larger scheme. This scene (and the one he has later with Hirose) says, actually, he is having the worst day of his life, which is what he also thought yesterday. He's betrayed everyone, kidnapped his boss, and is sleeping rough in the office of the only friend he has left. He doesn't know what he's even doing anymore, hoping that the man he inadvertently (?) rendered comatose will wake up and tell him what all of this means. He is afraid that a puzzle symbolizes his death. This dude is broken in sad, scary ways. He isn't someone to be afraid of, or furious with. He's to be pitied, and maybe shamed. I'm looking forward to finding out why the later stuff isn't as good to you as the early stuff!
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07-16-2020, 11:11 PM | #115 |
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07-16-2020, 11:30 PM | #116 |
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I'll properly respond to this when the response that immediately popped in my head no longer qualifies as a spoiler.
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07-17-2020, 12:37 AM | #117 |
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It’s just so. Much. Exposition. Every scene was filling in a blank, or offering a theory, or shading in a mystery. We’ve got the history of the Rider System, the origins and motivations of the Undead, the Chalice/Amane’s Dad stuff, what BOARD was up to, and the ticking clock of the disintegrating Riders. To quote Episode 1’s post, it’s a lot.
Solid rapport between Hajime and Amane? Uhh.... Though for Kotaro, I don't think that he's that much of a brainiac, or if he said something insulting (he just a bit too much talkative and it being a hindrance to the team for example, the Chief Karasuma hologram part, or probably that he'll blow up the cover with the constant questioning). Though I'm a bit confused, that if you aren't into something revealed at a late part of the series, but here you don't want it to be revealed so much early? Amane doing stuff like this is expected for me, but for Tachibana's doctor friend, does this remind the part of Ghost to you that stranger just talked out things with Takeru about traumatic stuff? Quote:
And I sort-of want to give a pass to the Tachibana/Kenzaki scene at the end. It’s what the whole series has been building up to since the end of the premiere (so, about 40 minutes), and, again, there’s a few interesting moments! I love how hard it is for Kenzaki to stay mad at Tachibana. Most of the scene is disappointingly one-note, with Kenzaki screaming at Tachibana and Tachibana trying to ignore him. But there’s this flash of sadness on Kenzaki at one point, and he stops screaming accusations long enough to try talking with Tachibana. He tells him he doesn’t want to fight. You can see it in his body language, that he’s looking for a reason to forgive Tachibana’s betrayal. But he quickly puts on his Serious Face and gets back into the interrogation. It’s this neat look at how Kenzaki awkwardly wears the role of Kamen Rider, how at heart he’s a very sweet boy, but he’s in a story that needs him to be a strong hero. And Tachibana’s incredulity at how massively off-base Kenzaki’s view of things is, I thought that was a nice beat.
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But it’s just more information, in another episode that’s neck-deep in information. It's Tachibana laying out the stakes of the show, not really sharing a scene with Kenzaki. The whole episode feels like that, where the joy is (I guess?) supposed to be from having more of the show's mystery filled in. But, that's not what I'm watching for? There’s funny little moments (Kotaro’s ridiculous car), but they feel like floating islands in a sea of exposition.
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07-17-2020, 12:58 AM | #118 |
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Though for Kotaro, I don't think that he's that much of a brainiac, or if he said something insulting (he just a bit too much talkative and it being a hindrance to the team for example, the Chief Karasuma hologram part, or probably that he'll blow up the cover with the constant questioning).
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Tachibana and Kenzaki are known bros, Kenzaki is doing what he can to preserve that, but like you said, weren't all above interrogating him and giving out all the bad assumptions of him, didn't expect Tachibana to be so dismissive of Kenzaki here by his repeated attempts to ignore him. And Tachibana probably has some limits that he doesn't like being accused of the one that unsealed the Undeads, that he finally gives explanations to Kenzaki.
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Feels like Kotaro for some reason have a decent house but can't afford a nicer car (I mean obviously it's vintage, but his one probably can be categorized into The Alleged Car with how much the car doesn't work), and for this one I can't figure out the car's real name (it's harder for the very old classics that is probably in 1930s), as a joke I want to give to the characters for the in-universe name they give.
Also, uh, Kotaro does not have a decent house. It might tactfully be described as "a fixer-upper". Less tactfully, in real estate terms, it would be termed "a complete teardown". It is a shithole. It's better than sleeping on the street, but probably not by much.
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07-17-2020, 01:12 AM | #119 |
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Feels like Kotaro for some reason have a decent house but can't afford a nicer car (I mean obviously it's vintage, but his one probably can be categorized into The Alleged Car with how much the car doesn't work), and for this one I can't figure out the car's real name (it's harder for the very old classics that is probably in 1930s), as a joke I want to give to the characters for the in-universe name they give.
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07-17-2020, 01:16 AM | #120 |
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Looking at his house and his car, I'm going to guess he's got one malnourished cow, and one bottle that he rinses out daily.
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