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12-08-2017, 06:50 AM | #14961 |
Sky Henshin!
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Henderson, NV
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SkyRider Episode 44: Finally had time to get back to SkyRider. It's still in the Ghost Story series, which is down pretty great. These monsters and plans are something you see out of a horror movie or scary story. Hiroshi took care of the crazy cat before it could steal the blood of children to revive all the fallen monsters. Man, I love Toku for just allowing me to write that previous sentence lol. Hiroshi continues to be brutal in combat, jumping into the air and slamming the cat monster's head into the ground twice wasn't enough; he needed to Rider kick it afterwards. You know, if NeoShocker weren't horrifically bad people, I'd almost feel sorry for them. Well, I am on the last 10 episodes of this series. I can't wait for more.
SkyRider Episode 45: Loved this episode a lot. NeoShocker playing on Hiroshi's kindness was great. Also, introducing a villain that he fought before and will fight again was great too. Great to see how Tani and Hiroshi handled this threat that was going on, and how Hiroshi was being targeted because people thought Kamen Rider killed this person. Very well done storytelling, and kept with the horror theme that the Ghost Story series has kept these last few episodes. The fight scenes were great, SkyRider was pulling off different wrestling maneuvers which were amazing to see. Well, last episode of the Ghost Story series and onto the final 9 episodes, can't wait for them.
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12-12-2017, 06:30 PM | #14962 |
Warrior of Delusions!
Join Date: Jun 2012
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Kamen Rider SD
So... that was a thing. A quirky, anime showa thing, which I'm guessing doesn't exactly represent the riders all that well, but still a fun, entertaining half hour. All the riders (up to Shin!) get to show up, even if they don't do anything, and it contains a good amount of laughs. Would recommend.
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12-12-2017, 07:18 PM | #14963 |
天心の英雄たち
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Maryland
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I'm about halfway through Ryuki. Not hating it,..not crazy about it either. Unlike other series of Kamen Rider I've seen I don't have the, "Can't wait to get off work and see more episodes OMG what's going to happen next?!?!" feeling.
It doesn't suck or anything,...the 'mirror world' thing is a little hokey. I'm constantly wondering why one of them doesn't just shoot another one in the head instead of Henshining into mirror world and fighting. ..maybe there's just too many Kamen Riders. I don't feel like I really identify with any of them,..or something. I don't know, I can't articulate it really. I think I'm just not rooting for any of them. Some of the costumes and fights and everything are cool, I'm just not really crazy about any of the characters I guess. Kamen Rider v1, W, Amazons, Agito and Kuuga, ZO, J, Shin, First and Next, Black, Build..they kind of pulled me in right away and I was compelled to see where the story was going. With Ryuki I'm close to 30 episodes in and it really doesn't seem like the story is going anywhere. They just fight each other all the time and no one really dies and nothing really happens. Batman is angsty, Cobra is crazy, Ryuki wishes everyone would just get along, the lawyer kind of acts like a douche..over and over. the lawyer actually might be the most interesting character. It's the first Kamen Rider series I didn't just tear through as fast as possible. I've been watching v1 again actually instead of finishing Ryuki. But I'm almost done with that again too. ...Hongo is just a cool mofo. Last edited by KaijuUltraFan; 12-12-2017 at 07:24 PM.. |
12-13-2017, 02:55 PM | #14964 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: lexington, Ky
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Waiting for Build and currently trying to motivate myself to start Ryuki
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12-13-2017, 04:50 PM | #14965 |
天心の英雄たち
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Maryland
Posts: 939
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GL w/ Ryuki
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12-14-2017, 08:22 AM | #14966 |
Sky Henshin!
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Henderson, NV
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SkyRider Episode 46: Well, I see Kamen Rider can do Garo plots as well as Garo can lol. This episode felt like Garo with the Mirror Lizard capturing people. Also, felt like The Flash with Mirror Master. Still, a great episode of Hiroshi ready to put in himself in any amount of danger to save people. GanGanG is a lot of fun, reminds me of Mole Beastman from Amazon, and I love that about him. Great fights, and different effects too. Loved to see that he flew for the Rider Kick this time. Abunger returning is awesome to see a General take his time to study his opponent is awesome. I like this rival of SkyRider. I can't wait for more. =)
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12-14-2017, 04:28 PM | #14967 |
天心の英雄たち
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I feel like Heisei era Rider series can have great big story arcs and good cliffhanger endings that keeps you wanting to watch, but Showa era can really have some excellent stand alone episodes.
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12-15-2017, 06:14 AM | #14968 |
Sky Henshin!
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SkyRider Episode 47: The conclusion of Abunger. This was a brilliant episode, I loved seeing the enemies studying SkyRider and came up with a good plan to try and defeat him. Also, it was great to see a bit of Hiroshi's past and why he wanted to become this good person that helps others. I enjoyed seeing that a lot and the wearing out of SkyRider plan was awesome. Abunger made for a great rival for SkyRider and I wish he was in it a little more; but it was still a good run nonetheless. I enjoy the cast and how they have fun together. One of my other favorite moments was Hiroshi saving the kid the same way he was saved as a child from a bridge. NeoShocker is a tough enemy and SkyRider is just as tough as a hero to battle them. I can't wait for more of this battle.
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12-17-2017, 12:48 PM | #14969 |
Dai Shogun
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Germany
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I'm about to wrap up Blade, I have about 10 episodes left, it took me a while to get back to it but I'm glad to be back.
I witnessed the arrival of Blade's King form, the Joker-arc and the "Trials" with Hirose's dad. Quite awesome to be honest. Some things I didn't like as much, the whole "the hero becomes a second Joker"-thing feels kinda forced, especially since it's more of an arc for Hajime then Kenzaki, and Garren being bamboozled into switching sides yet again was a bit dumb. Aside from that though? It was great. I really like Wild Chalice and can now completely understand why so many people crave to have him in Figuarts-form, and Blade King form is no slouch either, really awesome looking suit. The short arc with Hirose and her dad was pretty great too. The big stinker though is still Mutsuki/Leangle. I don't get this character at all. Wasn't he completely possessed by the Category Ace when he became this wannabee pimp? Now he seems normal again but still acts like a dick because...? I swear he was interesting at first with the whole "Being trapped in a locker as a baby"-kinda thing but after they resolved it they just completely ruined the character. Switchblade told me it's because of the change in writers, but man it's still so annoying that this character sticks out like a sore thumb all the time. Anyways, I'll finish Blade soon and then it's another dive into the Showa-territory for me. I wanted to watch V3 next but have a slight hunch to go for something different, there's a Showa Rider I knew next to nothing about but after trying the first episode I kinda want to keep going. The Rider I'm talking about has a great taste in gloves and I love it. |
12-17-2017, 05:20 PM | #14970 |
Big Bad Wolf.
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Raiding tombs.
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I have returned! Well… not really. Just thought I’d pop my head in since there is a new Rider about. I gave it a REALLY good go with Drive and Ex-Aid but none of the Superhero Time stuff really does it for me anymore and I am far too isolated from the community to really keep up with the non Superhero Time stuff.
I’ve watched two episodes of Build so far. In a general sense I like Build’s design but honestly I’ve felt like all of the primary Rider’s after Gaim, except maybe Ex-Aid, have had awesome core designs that have been ruined by ugly forms down the line. I can live with the low production quality of tokusatsu but for me the Giant Robot style of suit construction where you just stick a cluster of flimsy crap with no design coherence onto a morph suit and let it flap in the wind does nothing for me and we have got a LOT of that shit over the last few years for Rider forms. Build as a character/set of powers I’m still out on. I couldn’t even tell you Build’s name at this point and it is too early to decide whether Build changing form a hundred times an episode is going to be fun or draining. I’m already concerned it is leaning towards the more negative side of things when he started to flap around his hoover arm. So far the story has done nothing for me either, Rider still doesn’t seem to understand the difference between melodrama and genuine pathos but I will say that I am happy that this seems like a far more serious Rider than what we’ve gotten for the last few years and in some ways seems to be going back to basic in terms of overarching themes and ideas. Oh and Night Rogue so far has been so cool, like a Toku version of the Dread Doctors. I also rewatched the first episode of Blade for the Nth time. It remains one of the only older shows I enjoyed but never finished and now someone other than TVN has finished Blade, I have no excuse. Thoughts on episode one, all these years later? I like being dropped in media res, it helps that these clearer encodes allow me to actually differentiate the actors in the way the potato quality TVN encodes never could. The actual set up is extremely bland as far as Japanese stories go but the contrast to the pretty much non existent pace in the first two episodes of Build to something like Blade which moves at a blink and you’ll miss it pace to a fault. I love the Rider suit designs in this show, Chalice is one of the coolest looking Rider’s ever in my mind. The actual implementation of the whole magic cards shit is actually great too, even if the concept of it is super dumb. Really sweet transformations to boot although “Turn Up”, what the fuck haha. Just a shame about the nauseating direction and unnecessary and dated CG effects.
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