Kamen Rider General Discussion

[Galaxian]

Originally Posted by The 48th Ronin

Yup. Jokes away.

However, remember the Gaim Theory.

Does that mean that it's going to $uck? Because I actually like the design.

[Faux Mecha]

Originally Posted by Galaxian

The next Kamen Rider...

Spoiler for :

Kamen Rider Build



The design reminds me quite of a bit of W.

the traditional bug eyes have returned! also half of his base form is based on a rabbit, thankfully it's not another dragon......

[Galaxian]

Originally Posted by Global Sword 2

the traditional bug eyes have returned! also half of his base form is based on a rabbit, thankfully it's not another dragon......

Spoiler for I can't understand his gimmick!:

Red = Rabbit
Blue = Tank
Brown = Gorilla?
Cyan = Diamond
Orange = Taka (Hawk)
Black = Gatling
Purple = Ninja?
Yellow = Comic

They seemed to have designed this Rider using a random word generator.

[Dengar]

Fourze is also great if you like hot blooded awesomeness.

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

So, I checked out the first season of KR Amazons BD episodes on a whim and, oh boy.......that was boringly underwhelming.

The overall execution is just tepid. There are too many padding aka. moments where so little happen in terms of story progression + characters standing or sitting around in contemplation. Some silent moment or long-panning shots are okay to build mood, but what Amazons did is padding which leads to time-wasting (even the dialogues are plagued with some dead space with zero impact). The fights are goddamn lame. The gore that was present in the old Amazon series is not really here. The story is uninspired and they take things too seriously with no glimpse of self awareness (unlike The First & The Next) and any attempt for humor just fell flat. What the hell happened to this series? Was this made with a very limited budget or something? The suits and some of the performances are pretty much the only good things I can recall in this first season. This is like watching an inferior version of Shin Kamen Rider or 555.

Someone please tell me that the Second Season is a lot better than this......

[Dengar]

Well people have been complaining about gore in S2, so you're safe in that area. Concerning other things, you'll just have to see of yourself. It might just not be for you.

[Kanon]

Exaid episode 39

Spoiler:

Emu was offered an impossible choice (Masamune really likes to toy with people): letting Nico die so he can keep his ability to transform, or killing Parad to save Nico knowing there is no way to defeat Gemdeus without Invincible Exaid. Lose-lose situation. Nico dies no matter what.

I wonder what Emu did at the end, he obviously isn't going to lose his ability to transform, and I can't imagine him killing Parad in cold blood like that (knowing he was scared shitless of dying too). Parad will live one way or another, I'm thinking he and Emu will truly fuse into one being.

[Dengar]

I'm disappointed in Pallad. His incredible fear of dying and hypocritical "I wasn't created just to die" mentality. How about showing some empathy for those who felt that same fear because of him?

Due to my natural empathy I felt sorry for him and that pisses me off because he is not someone who deserves being felt sorry for.

[Kanon]

His fear of dying is most likely rooted in Emu's own childhood trauma. The visuals showing both of them underwater certainly imply that, and we've been shown in this episode Emu had already been infected when he had his accident. It's even the cause of it.

That makes his fear understandable to me.

Regarding his mentality, he was created just to be toyed with by humans, so I understand his anger and why he rebels against that fate. He's definitely an asshole for killing innocent humans, but on the other hand, he cares about his fellow bugsters. He isn't all bad.

[Dengar]

Being selective about who he shows his "kindness" to lands him squarely into my "all bad" department.

I mean, remember, he's not above killing other bugsters if it falls within the confines of a game's rules.

[justavisitor]

Spoiler for ex-aid ep 40:

Now,this is the most believable way of turning a bad guy into a guy. not that "for the whole humanity" speech, but simply letting pardo taste the feeling of death!! It is conceivable because bugster didn't know what death would mean to humans. Emu still holds grudge of pardo's killing in the past is the best part of today's episode imo, since in many other shows all would be forgotten once a character changes to the good side

Now I hope the upcoming rider movie would not make the tv plot to be inconsistent, or we have to watch the rider movie to fully understand what is going on in the tv series

[Kanon]

Episode 40 was awesome once again! Emu reached a good answer regarding Parad. The co-op play was great!

That ending and next ep preview though...

[Dengar]

That co op battle was the best thing in this show yet. Takes me back to the time of Ex-Aid's Level XX. Those fights were amazing to watch. The team co op choreography is great.

[Kanon]

Kamen Rider Build was officially announced. It sounds promising, but with that premise, it's hard to believe the other riders wouldn't get involved.

[The 48th Ronin]

The writer is the guy who also wrote Crows Zero? Holy shit.

[The 48th Ronin]

Spoiler:

Kamen Rider Build cast has been announced.

[Kanon]

Ex-aid 41

A save function... that is such a simple yet smart way to counter the reset.

It seems this episode is where the story branches off into a normal ending (the series) and a true ending (the movie).

[Dengar]

If that's true then this will be the first time in a while that I actually will bother watching The Movie.

[Kanon]

It reminds me a bit of what they did with the Blade movie back then. It was basically an alternate ending too, although not advertised as a true ending like for Ex-aid.

[Dengar]

All the Ryuki movies and specials as well.