Happy Birthday Kamen Rider

CSarracenian March 15, 2014

I’m probably one of the few people who didn’t detest Let’s Go Kamen Riders in anyway, although the last 5-10 minutes are pretty indefensible. There was enough things I liked in it that it didn’t make me hate it like a lot of other people seem to have (if you ask me Movie War Ultimatum’s the one that deserves it way more than Let’s Go oops).
I still really liked the big conference scene between all the villains of Kamen Rider and hear Goro Naya as the Great Leader for one last time (RIP). Though its a bit odd how Gamio is there to represent Grongi rather than Daguva (though then again, it is pretty difficult to see Daguva as a team player), not to mention the Lords from Agito (though I have my theories).
Speaking of Grongi, I had this idea that if Shocker had won and reached their ultimate goal of converting all of humanity, they would eventually devolve into becoming savage monsters with real agency or free-will of their own (just as Hongo said in the comic adaptation), only being slaves to their bloodlust, since there’s nothing left to go anymore. Basically, Shocker would become like Grongi.

And I always have said that Fourze, while fine as it is, has a noticeable Showa Riders shaped hole, given the theme of generational drifts it would have made perfect sense of having the Showa Riders there as a kind of counterpoint for some of the more opportunistic and outright vilifying adults in the show, as the ideal wise and responsible adult figures.

I guess that’s why one of the characters in Fourze was called Tachibana?

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Justin Brett March 10, 2014

If the Go-Busters/Gavan crossover didn’t win the title of ‘most inappropriate mid-series special’ from this, the Gaim crossover with Tokkyuger probably will.

CSarracenian March 15, 2014

I’m probably one of the few people who didn’t detest Let’s Go Kamen Riders in anyway, although the last 5-10 minutes are pretty indefensible. There was enough things I liked in it that it didn’t make me hate it like a lot of other people seem to have (if you ask me Movie War Ultimatum’s the one that deserves it way more than Let’s Go oops).
I still really liked the big conference scene between all the villains of Kamen Rider and hear Goro Naya as the Great Leader for one last time (RIP). Though its a bit odd how Gamio is there to represent Grongi rather than Daguva (though then again, it is pretty difficult to see Daguva as a team player), not to mention the Lords from Agito (though I have my theories).
Speaking of Grongi, I had this idea that if Shocker had won and reached their ultimate goal of converting all of humanity, they would eventually devolve into becoming savage monsters with real agency or free-will of their own (just as Hongo said in the comic adaptation), only being slaves to their bloodlust, since there’s nothing left to go anymore. Basically, Shocker would become like Grongi.

And I always have said that Fourze, while fine as it is, has a noticeable Showa Riders shaped hole, given the theme of generational drifts it would have made perfect sense of having the Showa Riders there as a kind of counterpoint for some of the more opportunistic and outright vilifying adults in the show, as the ideal wise and responsible adult figures.

I guess that’s why one of the characters in Fourze was called Tachibana?

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Episode #055 - Happy Birthday Kamen Rider

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