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07-11-2022, 03:30 AM | #331 |
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Well since you requested it, here’s Ichigata’s jingle.
Progrise: The Sole Hero of J-J-J-Justice! Rocking Hopper! Kamen Rider will fight to protect humanity. Type-1! And despite everyone pointing out the Ichigou homage of the design, that’s literally a skin deep thing. His personality and the suffixes for his finishers (Spark and The End) are homages to Kikaider. Onto this episode, all I can say is that the last scene got rewritten because Ohmori-P decided at the last minute that the show’s appeal was Aruto being president. Originally, it would’ve ended with Gai buying out the company and Aruto deciding to quit his job and walk off, with the VP taking one last moment to rub it in. |
07-11-2022, 08:44 AM | #332 |
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KAMEN RIDER - REIWA: THE FIRST GENERATION
I dislike thinking about this movie. I cannot believe they made a story that resurrected Headphones Dad, just so Aruto could heroically murder him. I can?t figure out why it was ever a story worth telling, and then telling it in this way. It made me like Kamen Rider Zero-One less as a concept, and possibly as a character. Quote:
It's Reiwagen Time!
(Like, the mere concept of child/teenage Humagears brings up a lot of questions imo! Do they purely exist to fufill regular Humagears's desire to have families? Can they "age", or are they permamently adolscent? Do they partly exist to continue to provide roles for Humagears bulit for childcare/educational purposes?) Quote:
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This is probably a good time to mention Inoue's statement for Zi-O VS Decade, that Basketball Sougo is native to the Reiwa Generations timeline. If those two Sougos are the same person, then Aruto must've seriously beat him up! Quote:
KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE EPISODE 16 - ?THIS IS THE DAWN OF ZAIA?
He?s an interesting character, Gai. I don?t feel like he?s more fully-developed than when he was last trying to give Hiden Intelligence a black eye, but there?s some fun new details. Him being the inverse of Aruto is clever. Gai manipulated a race of robots to become a powerful, rich industrialist, while Aruto became a powerful, rich industrialist to protect a race of robots. I don?t know if his scheme to takeover Hiden via a satellite trained to despise humanity and a robot death cult is particularly exciting to think about (it feels a little bland right now), but I appreciate his casual Oh I Taught A Robot To Hate People thing. That?s a fun energy for a villain speech. Quote:
The stuff preceding it was entertaining but perfunctory. Neat to see Shining Assault Hopper go all out with dazzling new weaponry, but, like, Jin isn?t exactly Final Boss material. There?s pathos to his inability to even attempt to explain why humanity should go extinct, exposing both the hollowness of MetsubouJinrai?s philosophy and the failure of humanity to teach Humagears how to live, but Horobi was the bigger villain to defeat. Taking out Jin?s just mopping up. It?s a well shot fight, but nothing with any real drama behind it.
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07-11-2022, 03:21 PM | #333 |
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- I dunno when I'll be able to talk about this, but Zea being somewhat of its own character depsite it being a satellite, it's always been interesting to me? Like, you can just see it as a giant plot device floating in space if you want to, but I think viewing Zea like you would any other Humagear makes things more interesting. (Interesting that Yua was concerned about how Aruto, but not Fuwa, could use the upgrade grip.)
That's fair. At the same time it feels kind of...I dunno about shady, but unless his mom was never around to begin with it seems kind of unfair to make a robot of just his dad instead of his mom. Because moms' are really important. |
07-11-2022, 03:27 PM | #334 |
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Maybe having two HumaGear parents who aren't in a relationship would have caused some kind of learning conflict about how best to raise Aruto?
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07-11-2022, 03:34 PM | #335 |
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KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE EPISODE 16 - “THIS IS THE DAWN OF ZAIA”
He’s an interesting character, Gai. I don’t feel like he’s more fully-developed than when he was last trying to give Hiden Intelligence a black eye, but there’s some fun new details. Him being the inverse of Aruto is clever. Gai manipulated a race of robots to become a powerful, rich industrialist, while Aruto became a powerful, rich industrialist to protect a race of robots. I don’t know if his scheme to takeover Hiden via a satellite trained to despise humanity and a robot death cult is particularly exciting to think about (it feels a little bland right now), but I appreciate his casual Oh I Taught A Robot To Hate People thing. That’s a fun energy for a villain speech. Quote:
The stuff preceding it was entertaining but perfunctory. Neat to see Shining Assault Hopper go all out with dazzling new weaponry, but, like, Jin isn’t exactly Final Boss material. There’s pathos to his inability to even attempt to explain why humanity should go extinct, exposing both the hollowness of MetsubouJinrai’s philosophy and the failure of humanity to teach Humagears how to live, but Horobi was the bigger villain to defeat. Taking out Jin’s just mopping up. It’s a well shot fight, but nothing with any real drama behind it.
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KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE SO-DO AI 07: KAMEN RIDER ICHI-GATA - ROCKING HOPPER
I really like the Ichi-Gata suit. It’s a fun Reiwa take on Showa, creating something in the context of Zero-One’s aesthetics that still looks like it could be 50 years old. It’s got the vague Forceriser design (strapped-together armor over a bodysuit), but moved around and evened out, thanks to the Cycloneriser. It’s more symmetrical, with an actual design sense behind it, rather than Stolen and Hotwired. The little scarf/muffler is adorable, I like the sad Showa eyes it’s got. Very clever take on something that needs to feel from a different era.
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07-11-2022, 05:05 PM | #336 |
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I don't remember if this was already pointed out to you, but did you know that the Robot Sougo from Decade vs Zi-O is from this movie's timeline?
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07-11-2022, 06:06 PM | #337 |
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Episode 16(and I guess, by extension, 15) is also a contender for my favorite episode of the season. Everything about them just comes together so perfectly for me. Especially in regards to one of Zero-One's' biggest themes: That being how the previous generation can often instill hatred and negativity bias into the current one. Jin being the final boss of the first act is superb. His singularity being reached under a specific circumstance due to the machinations of the Ark is a great angle at turning Jin into a sort of dark mirror to Aruto. Like, the Ark and Horobi literally set Jin up to get the classic hero motivation/power-up of losing a loved one, only it's being done for one of the villains. Both in-universe and meta-wise, I found that to be absolutely brilliant. But true to form, it's not the blind hatred and despair of Jin that wins the day, but the symbol of peace and unity in Aruto. Shining Assault Hopper serving as both the literal and symbolic union of not just Humans and Humagears, but of Aruto and Fuwa is just icing on the cake. Absolutely wonderful two-parter that serves as both an end to the first Act and the beginning of the second. Love it. And yes, I am 1000% prepared to be the Only Second Act of Zero-One Fan. Just as I was the Only First Act of Zi-O Fan.
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07-11-2022, 06:36 PM | #338 |
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Onto this episode, all I can say is that the last scene got rewritten because Ohmori-P decided at the last minute that the show?s appeal was Aruto being president. Originally, it would?ve ended with Gai buying out the company and Aruto deciding to quit his job and walk off, with the VP taking one last moment to rub it in.
Any other scene where he'd just quit? INSANE. Quote:
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Other than that though, you previously talked about the bad consequence of Fuwa's revenge, and now Fuwa actually felt it (other than how, Gai, the real source of his misery, has appeared), he questioned whether his whole quest for revenge was worth it, especially after seeing the defeated Horobi as nothing more than a hunk of metal.
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But true to form, it's not the blind hatred and despair of Jin that wins the day, but the symbol of peace and unity in Aruto. Shining Assault Hopper serving as both the literal and symbolic union of not just Humans and Humagears, but of Aruto and Fuwa is just icing on the cake.
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07-11-2022, 06:51 PM | #339 |
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... but I probably won't be here much and I'm not a fan of the third act as well as the second, so, eh; I'll let you have this one
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I will just be the Only Last Leg of Zero-One Fan.
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