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03-18-2023, 04:59 PM | #17361 |
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I finished Fourze's summer movie not too long ago and started watching its Hyper Battle Video that also serves as minor crossover between Fourze and Amazon, mostly for shits and giggles, and that special is so freaking hilarious. I also should be able to finish this Kamen Rider series very soon. Will be probably watch Blade next.
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03-19-2023, 11:25 PM | #17362 |
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Just finished episode 30 of Stronger, which marks the end of Black Satan and the rise of the Delza Army.
In regards to the former, bringing back Mister Titan as Hundred-Eyes Titan was a great move, albeit it still contained the general annoyance of General Shadow mucking everything up. Not just for Black Satan, but for my enjoyment as well. Because again, I just really loved Titan as a villain, and I fondly think about some alternate universe where we got him as a sort of legendary rival to Stronger like how Ambassador Hell is to Ichigo. As it's when Titan unfortunately dies for real that my enjoyment of the arc as a whole went down pretty hard. Now, to give the show some credit, it does actually tie in somewhat nicely with how the Delza Army is introduced. Why was General Shadow always screwing up Black Satan's' plans? He wanted the Delza Army to take over and, lo and behold, said army is full of backstabbing douchebags. The whole fighting with honor thing was just a ruse. But I unfortunately still don't fully buy into it because really, there's no good reason why Great Leader wouldn't have just had Shadow executed multiple times over by that point. Shadow's' constant boasts about him being the one to personally end Stronger also go totally nowhere and are seemingly forgotten about come the second half of the show, so what gives? Was that all just elaborate ploy too? Which is another thing: Shadow takes credit for alot of what happened, but most of the stuff involving Stronger's' fight against Black Satan contain completely incidental things that in no way would have any sort of influence from Shadow. Well whatever. The Delza Army is here and, yeah, I can definitely see why some would prefer this part of the show. Like I noted earlier, Backstabbing becomes a sort of central theme of the story from this point onward, and there actually a surprisingly serialized plot from here on out, despite the plot itself being rather simplistic. And maybe it's just me, but the general atmosphere of the show also improves, weirdly? The show takes itself slightly more seriously from here on which helps to keep me drawn in. Ignoring how Shadow is involved, the only other real downside I see is the couple of times they try to make the claim that the Delza Army is far more dangerous than Black Satan when, like, the threat level is basically the same from what I can tell? Not a huge deal, just something that's very noticeable. Oh and, of course, you probably have a good idea as to why I felt the need to stop and post after episode 30. I've already talked about how I felt Yuriko wasn't exactly treated well for a good chunk of the show's' run, what with her definitive victories being able to be counted on one hand. And episode 30 marks the point where, unfortunately, she dies, no two ways about it. Which really sucked for me as problematic elements of the 70s aside, I did rather like her as a character. Tackle and Tachibana made a surprisingly good team! But, I gotta give it to the show runners on one aspect, and that being that, at the very least, they let Tackle go out like a warrior; Managing to fight through slowly dying of poison and even managing to take out a Cyber Demon that even Stronger had been struggling with up to that point. Plus, won't lie, I definitely felt for Yuriko during the scenes where she made her promise with Shigeru and then after the fight where she passes on. There was an effort to this last episode that I totally won't discredit. So... yeah, I'm on the last leg of Stronger now, and while I currently have mixed feelings in regards to the first half vs the second half, I am overall optimistic.
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03-20-2023, 10:26 AM | #17363 |
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But, I gotta give it to the show runners on one aspect, and that being that, at the very least, they let Tackle go out like a warrior; Managing to fight through slowly dying of poison and even managing to take out a Cyber Demon that even Stronger had been struggling with up to that point. Plus, won't lie, I definitely felt for Yuriko during the scenes where she made her promise with Shigeru and then after the fight where she passes on. There was an effort to this last episode that I totally won't discredit.
It would've been preferable if this was saved for the final arc, since it's not like Stronger has any other recurring female characters to take her place. Judged on its own merits though, this episode is full of genuine emotion and gave us one last lighthearted scene between Jo, Misaki and Tachibana before the trio is broken forever. "Ultra Cyclone!"
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03-20-2023, 10:48 AM | #17364 |
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It would've been preferable if this was saved for the final arc, since it's not like Stronger has any other recurring female characters to take her place. Judged on its own merits though, this episode is full of genuine emotion and gave us one last lighthearted scene between Jo, Misaki and Tachibana before the trio is broken forever.
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03-20-2023, 10:55 AM | #17365 |
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Fun fact; Tackle was originally pitched as a Kamen Rider before it was turned down by the network, and had the show gone on longer (I believe they initially wanted the usual ~50 run) there were plans to resurrect her as a Kamen Rider with a slightly altered design, mostly covering her up to the same degree as usual Riders (you can find concept art for this online). It seems a lot of her deal was toned down by the network so I appreciate what they were able to get through despite that. I very much consider her to be Kamen Rider
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03-20-2023, 11:48 AM | #17366 |
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Fun fact; Tackle was originally pitched as a Kamen Rider before it was turned down by the network, and had the show gone on longer (I believe they initially wanted the usual ~50 run) there were plans to resurrect her as a Kamen Rider with a slightly altered design, mostly covering her up to the same degree as usual Riders (you can find concept art for this online). It seems a lot of her deal was toned down by the network so I appreciate what they were able to get through despite that. I very much consider her to be Kamen Rider
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03-20-2023, 01:34 PM | #17367 |
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I hadn't heard about the idea for reviving Tackle before, but sure enough a quick look online showed it to me. I imagine they wanted to give her a proper "Rider" form not only as a form of character development, but also so they could have a different suit actor while transformed, given her actor's asthma problems. Too bad the idea fell through, it sounds like it would have been quite interesting.
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03-20-2023, 09:25 PM | #17368 |
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I am now down to the final two episodes of Kamen Rider Fourze and depending on said finale, Fourze may have officially made it as another of my top favorite seasons of Kamen Rider right alongside W, OOO, Dragon Knight and a few others.
EDIT: Just finished Fourze's two-part finale and, like OOO, it is one of the best finale arcs in all of Kamen Rider. Last edited by GuardianAngel87; 03-21-2023 at 02:40 PM.. |
03-25-2023, 11:29 PM | #17369 |
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I have finished Kamen Rider Stronger.
I'll be real, the ending left me pretty disappointed. I get that the show got cut short and all, but I feel that's not much of an excuse. Rather than continuing alot of the character stuff that this second part of the show did a decent job at setting up, it instead just focuses on the inherent coolness of getting all of the past Showa Riders back together. Ya know, granted, that IS cool and all, especially since they're all out-of-suit appearances unlike in Skyrider, it really didn't make for the best pacing or character work in regards to, well, everything. Like, Delza was actually Great Leader the whole time? But he was also the leader of Black Satan? How? And I would've forgiven alot of it too if I had gotten the final scene that I wanted. I was really hoping that the last scene of the show would've been Shigeru out on a vacation, some place nice and warm, as a way to honor Yuriko. But alas, it's just a montage with the focus on how the Kamen Riders will always be around to be our heroes, as per the bog standard. But, regardless of that, as well as some other decisions that I either didn't agree with or were confused by, I still had an overall decent time with Stronger. Like with most the rest of Showa, it's overall just sort of meant to be simplistic fun, and I'm almost always down for that. It's not Peak Showa for me -- that award still goes to Super-1, but for what the show is, I did enjoy its action and most of its characters. So it's a net positive overall. The next Rider show I plan to watch is actually Revice, as I plan to follow along with Die's' thread on it when that happens in a few weeks. Should be fun. If nothing else I dig the aesthetic of it atleast.
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03-26-2023, 12:34 AM | #17370 |
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I thought Hiromi was one of the Revice characters who is universally liked, but wonder what'd be your reason to not be really interested with him.
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