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02-11-2022, 05:57 AM | #461 |
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Basically, this is a movie that made me work for my fun with it, is what I'm saying. I actually properly rewatched this for the first time since back then, just to see if I've lightened up on it, and honestly, it was exactly as dull as I remember. It's definitely not entirely without any merit whatsoever and I'll gladly take it over the original SHT, but exactly like the original, there was a way more exciting Rider movie directed by Sakamoto released a couple months prior that highlights how unexciting Kaneda's approach here is. On a rewatch, I think I realized it's the flow of this thing that drove me crazy. It's so listless in how it's edited especially, with all these awkward pauses throughout that feel like they're stretching to get the movie to a certain length or something. I don't know, I think I still just straight up don't like this one? It has a bunch of returning characters who are hugely geared to my tastes, but Team Ex-Aid barely gets screentime (even though the GoRiders are like one of the most fun ideas ever), the Kyurangers barely participate (which might have something to do with this being made while their show was just starting up, to be fair?), and then you've got Amu there, who gets plenty of screentime, only to act absolutely nothing like herself the entire time. It's just kind of one huge bummer, any way I look at it. Quote:
(I'll remind you that this was Level X though! I'm pretty sure that's the second-strongest form Emu uses in this movie!)
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02-11-2022, 10:42 AM | #462 |
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This movie is probably the only major piece of Ex-Aid media that I haven’t seen. It’s about 50% not liking modern Sentai and 50% forgetting it exists.
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02-11-2022, 05:07 PM | #463 |
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definitely could've gone my whole life without knowing someone decided to put bravo on "team woman"
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Like, I don't think this is a crossover film worth avoiding (Drive/Ghost), but it's also fine to skip.
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02-11-2022, 06:36 PM | #464 |
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Like, I'm not even a diehard Kuroto fan, and when I saw those results, I was like, "yeah God could probably take on Tsukasa and win." I was so excited about all the storytelling possibilities of things that weren't in the movie they made.
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02-11-2022, 09:12 PM | #465 |
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Die, you talking about the movie/specials with Sentai in them are fun just to see what you call them instead of their team name. It took me forever to realize when you were talking about ToQger.
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02-12-2022, 01:20 PM | #466 |
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There's a few fun moments here and there, but all in all, probably the weakest Superhero Taisen Movies I've seen.
Honestly, the part that doesn't do it for me is the main plot of the whole thing revolving around the kid, not that it was nice to show off a different side of Hiro, but that it just wasn't that great, especially when compared to the premise of the videogame tournament. Zhyuo White Tiger mimicking Amazon was pretty cute, Ex-Aid fighting the Amazons (from the reboot) as his chibi form is absolutely bizarre, and the formation of Ex-Aid's team was probably my favorite part in this whole movie. It's especially funny how Ex-Aid is the team's Red, despite being pink, and Momotaro (who is red) is the Pink, just because of his name pun, but the real kicker here is that they still have those same colors no matter what order they pull. It also makes me appreciate Kitaoka/Zolda's appearance after watching Ryuki, which still kind of astounds me how he might have been one of my favorite Riders in Ryuki. Still really wish we could have seen some of the other teams in action, because I absolutely love the premise of forming a Sentai team out of Riders and Sentai. Naturally, Shocker's back with the power of Xevius (love that game), and everybody teams up to fight them, which is always a treat to watch in these movies. But something that I strangely adore is Kamen Sentai Gorider, where they're all Ichigos with Sentai capes and colors, just their suits and the whole idea that Goranger was originally going to be a Rider series before being replaced by Stronger (if I remember right), it's a fun little reference and just amuses me whenever I see them. Guess I'll be talking about them again very soon... Overall, as I've said, not very good, and it's a shame they couldn't pull off the teams thing better, because that, I must say, is a brilliant idea for these crossovers. |
02-12-2022, 01:23 PM | #467 |
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Fun Fact: This is currently the only crossover to include a character from Kyoryuger Brave (the South Korean subjectively superior sequel to Kyoryuger), as Raimein appears in Kamen Rider Quarry to fight the Zyuohgers. He totally blends in with all those other unvoiced Game World monsters, but it's a super cool reference for people who've actually watched the show!
Anyway, it's been a while since I last watched this movie and I thought it was pretty great. So I just rewatched it! One thing I "remembered" from the first time was that savage fight between Zyuoh Tiger and Amazon, but I totally got the outcome backwards. I even brought it up here at some point and nobody even bothered to call me out on it! Fortunately, this is still a great showing for Amu, who manages to take out Stronger all on her own. Naga also gets a cool moment. Anytime he expresses emotion, either in the show or crying for Eight here, it's a seriously big deal! This was during a time when I had put Kyuranger on hiatus due to my declining interest and this was probably a factor for me deciding to continue watching. Not such a good showing for Hiiro though, who manages to be even less expressive than the two actually emotionless characters and he acts like an ignorant moron. Well I guess someone had to be OOC in a Yonemura movie. While SHWGP is my favorite of the SHW series, it kind of cheats by mostly being a Kamen Rider movie. So for SHWs that actually focus on both of Toei's main Super Heroes, CSHW is my favorite. Let's be honest though, the name is stupid. I mean, Chou and Super? That's redundant! The subs translated it as Ultra Super, but really it's more like Super Duper and even then, how much more Super can Super get? Quote:
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Who's your choice?
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02-12-2022, 02:23 PM | #468 |
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Zhyuo White Tiger mimicking Amazon was pretty cute, Ex-Aid fighting the Amazons (from the reboot) as his chibi form is absolutely bizarre, and the formation of Ex-Aid's team was probably my favorite part in this whole movie. It's especially funny how Ex-Aid is the team's Red, despite being pink, and Momotaro (who is red) is the Pink, just because of his name pun, but the real kicker here is that they still have those same colors no matter what order they pull. It also makes me appreciate Kitaoka/Zolda's appearance after watching Ryuki, which still kind of astounds me how he might have been one of my favorite Riders in Ryuki. Still really wish we could have seen some of the other teams in action, because I absolutely love the premise of forming a Sentai team out of Riders and Sentai.
I just wish we'd gotten to spend a little more time with Emu's incredibly weird team of misfits! Or maybe had them matter at all in Hiiro's storyline! Quote:
It's a mixture of diminishing Rider options (I'm almost current!), Stockholm Syndrome (maybe it's okay to kidnap someone if someone else says it's for a good reason?), and Inoue Forever. If DonBrothers had a different creative team, I'd probably stay Sentai-free until 2023 at the earliest.
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02-12-2022, 02:28 PM | #469 |
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Ooh, having to answer my own question.
In spite of there being a lot of good choices, I?ll just go with Team Woman. And I?m entirely shallow enough to admit that?s partly because I find them all hot (yes, even Oren) |
02-12-2022, 03:24 PM | #470 |
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Beating a woman with a lead pipe was gross. Attacking a woman in her shower was unnecessary. But I think it was when Emu was getting his face shredded with broken glass that I completely checked out of this Ex-Aid Fan Club one-shot. The tone is Horror Movie, which just sits so uneasily beside Video Game Adventure that I can’t imagine why anyone involved thought it was a good idea. There’s some small tension to putting Asakura - arguably the most heinous Rider of all-time, what with all the serial killing - into this show about klutzy gamer doctors and saccharine mascots, but it almost immediately reveals itself as a terrible concept, because Asakura doesn’t care about that tension. It’s not a story that weaves Asakura into the narrative, or incorporates him into the aesthetic; it’s a story where Asakura throws away the central MacGuffin because it diminishes the enjoyment he derives from brutalizing people. You can’t ever harness Asakura, which is part of his charm/”charm” in Ryuki. He doesn’t want anything other than fighting. He instantly reorients the storytelling away from character-based drama and thematic relevance, and straight into Grand Guignol nonsense. They put a character who breaks stories into this story, and he broke it. There’s honestly nothing in this episode worth talking about besides Asakura, which is a bummer. I don’t buy Hiiro’s declaration that he’s committed to medicine so that he can give other people a chance to follow their dreams, because I’ve watched more than two consecutive minutes of Ex-Aid. His sycophantic nurses withstanding his verbal abuse with good-natured We’ll Make Him Proud Someday obsequiousness feels like it’s glossing over an intensely troubling power-dynamic, bordering on an abusive relationship. And Foundation X’s appearance at the end could not be less welcome. On the one hand, as a Ryuki fan, it’s nice to see Asakura come back and do his shtick, spout his catchphrases (yes, he is still vexed), and just generally dominate the screen with an unhinged performance and unstoppable charisma. But on the other hand… this is an incredibly inappropriate show for him to make his triumphant return on. Like, Drive. Bring him back on Drive. Do not taint the colorful and jovial world of Ex-Aid with a story about Hiiro executing a serial killer. No thanks!
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