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Burkion posted:Okay so here's the deal. It depends on which Ultraman you're referring to.  this sounds amazing (and yeah i figured human hosts were likely to change) ( and holy poo poo i'd forgotten that tidbit about Seven Not being in the franchise that is Amazing and really heart warming that they brought him in because of being the creators fav  ) (also you're entirely right that it Does make him better that he's Basically Just a dude) And thank you for the effort post (-also Jesus christ Seven's ending could have Stayed like it was  )And sorry for this Mess of a response. M.Matsuda fucked around with this message at 07:38 on Sep 3, 2017 |
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You're fine man Yeah if UltraSeven hadn't been brought into Return of Ultraman, his series would end on a much, much darker note, as Strix can attest. Though, fun fact. The Heisei UltraSeven series- a set of movies from 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002- are all set in HIS original continuity, free of the other Ultra heroes, where he remains the only Ultra. UltraSeven X is questionably in that setting as well. It also means we have like, six UltraSeven's running around the multiverse. But you know, what can you do
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Burkion posted:You're fine man Six UltraSeven's I feel like there's a meme there And those poor children (and adults) who both Watched that ending. And had to wait. what was it. SEVEN REAL LIFE YEARS for closure. jesus (at least it isn't as bad as Doctor Who's hiatus from Classic to Nu)
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It's time for a not-actually-Halloween episode! This time around, Rita attacks with her latest monster, Frankenbeans. ...what do you mean that's the wrong show? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3CuXocyf6w
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Sep 3, 2017 08:32
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Sep 3, 2017 09:24
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Is that avatar Level 1 Turn-A Gundam?
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Sep 3, 2017 09:33
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https://twitter.com/overtimesubs/status/904297857150107648 Thank you Over-Time!
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Sep 3, 2017 12:09
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finally, a kamen rider show about fighting the cops
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Geez, O-T works fast. I didn't expect this to be subbed a few hours after release, that's terrific. Also this first episode evaded my greatest fears (THROW ALL THE FORMS IN, Ghost-style, gently caress pacing) but at the same time didn't get me very interested. I guess that's the fate of a plotdump, even if it was a well-done one. Hedgehog is a great Full Bottle though and I hope it gets used very often because that was hilarious. Poke! Not sure how I feel about Sento yet, but I don't think he's bland at least. Hopefully with more character focus he'll be good. Having the Rider actually oppose the law is neat and I like it, that's probably the most interesting aspect of Build right now.
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So, M last night called Kuuga a deconstruction. I have to disagree with that. Kuuga's not a whole lot like any Rider series after it, but it is truly a Kamen Rider series to its core. I have a lot I can say about why Kamen Rider Gaim is a fundamentally flawed show, and how it's ending invalidates it as a good Kamen Rider series in my eyes, but I'll save that post for later. It is relevant however. Kuuga was the last series Ishinomori worked on before his death. He came up with the themes and core concept of the show, as well as the gimmick for Kuuga's form changing. And in honor of his memory, the show runners and writers of Kuuga made it Ishinomori as gently caress. The Grongi all call back to the classic Shocker Cyborgs, with very humanoid designs paired to animal motifs that could be very vague at times. More than just their shape, how they're designed works in line with that. They're very sleek, uncomplicated things, like the early Shocker cyborgs, and all of them wear belts with their organization on it, like the early Shocker Cyborgs. Kuuga himself continues the theme that Ishinomori had tried to pursue since, really, Kamen Rider Amazon, but most specifically since Kamen Rider Black and Shin. His costume is more artificial than theirs, with obvious plastic armor and very obvious body suit instead of the techno organic aesthetic of Black or the monstrous design of Shin, but from the story it's dead on to where he wanted to explore with them. If anything, Kuuga reaffirms what Ishinomori believed about Kamen Riders more than any other modern series except perhaps Amazons. He called them the Crying Warriors, and most of the early Riders have the tear drop designs on their helmets to look like they are crying. In the original manga, Hongo and Hayato would reveal their surgical scars when they got upset or were about to transform, again vaguely calling to appearing that they were crying. Which, if you know how Kuuga ends, you know why that is extremely relevant. I'm VERY excited to hear that Build takes on the police, because Kamen Rider is, to its core, a very anti societal hero. Kamen Rider exists outside the system, and has always existed outside the system. In recent Japanese super hero works, like My Hero Academia, a classic Rider would never join the hero society and are fundamentally opposed to how those heroes, in their rigid systems, operate and function. Even most modern Riders wouldn't. I want to see what Build is doing before I go too much further into it, but I'm very excited about this
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That was a pretty good first impression. They've opened a lot of questions, major and minor, and didn't get shy about putting themselves in a situation where they can't really maintain a status quo. Plus, the return of "Kamen Rider created by bad guy experiments" is nice. ActionZero posted:If I hadn't known already that Sentou was Build, watching that episode I would have expected him to give the belt to Ryuuga and be his tech guy for the series.
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If I hadn't known already that Sento was Build, watching that episode I would have expected him to give the belt to Ryuuga and be his tech guy for the series. edit: Okay finished the first episode, I am definitely down to see where this ride goes. Caphi posted:It's not "Sentou." ActionZero fucked around with this message at 16:51 on Sep 3, 2017 |
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So having slept, I have some long form thoughts on Build. Obviously the main thing that makes Build a delight out the gate is Sento Kiryu himself. After a rash of stuttering kids who get thrown facefirst into their belts that goes back to Drive, arguably Wizard (no, hang on, I'll get to this), we have a hero who is technically competent, understands his own tools, and most of all is in command of himself, but is still quirky enough to attack the monsters with (probably nonsense) physics formulae. This throws us right into the character from the get-go and splashes the entire show with his colors, which is part of what makes the pilot so strong. Now, this could go as badly as Wizard. I suspect it won't. The reason is that the smug, sassy Build is placed in context. A lot of context. For starters, Sento already has a partner who, if he isn't on his level technically, at least has Sento's buy-in; is just as invested in the plot, if not more; takes his own initiative; and is known to become a Rider himself. The pilot also succeeded in establishing a lot of plot without a lot of wastage while setting those two up. Though Sento knows the formula, he's only dimly aware of the plot, which affects him deeply: Build understands basic setup and foreshadowing. On top of that, embedded in the plot about the science conspiracy are Sento's other relationships with the barman and with Misora; the existence of Sawa, the journalist; the involvement of Administrative Aide Gentoku; and oh, secret identities are (presumably) back, while Sento works for the powerful bad guys (?) while harboring a fugitive. There's a lot going on that's not just about how cool/smart Sento is! And in the backdrop, there's the Touto police state, the cross-lying agendas of Hokuto and Seito, and the potential for international intervention (!). If none of that gets followed up on, we can declare the show wasted potential, but the pilot promises a decent amount of scaling up. In short, it's an open where there's a lot going on, but the main character(s) is a solid, well-established character with both agency and space to grow. Take me with a grain of salt, though, because I might be forgetting some things. There was a solid minute of the show where every thought I was nursing was completely wiped out by a solid minute of uncontrollable giggling at the Rider Kick. So there's that. e: ActionZero posted:If I hadn't known already that Sentou was Build, watching that episode I would have expected him to give the belt to Ryuuga and be his tech guy for the series. It's not "Sentou."
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Would you say that he's... a Super Sentou? Also lol like a half-dozen people just straight up died during that chase sequence.
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Now that we're two Rider series out from Ghost, shouldn't we change the thread tag by now?
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Or we could just make a new thread.  Hell, I'll do it myself if anybody wants to help me put the OP together.
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PMush Perfect posted:Would you say that he's... a Super Sentou? The cops with the funny masks are all mechanized soldiers.
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Build has promise. I dig it. https://twitter.com/Waffleman_/status/904378375317409792
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Please be good, Build.
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Waffleman_ posted:Build has promise. I dig it.
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That was a lot more daring than I was expecting, and I'm pretty intrigued. Wasn't expecting the main character to flat up become a fugitive from the law in the first episode. Or for a modern Toei toku series to make the government that blatantly in the wrong on purpose. Ryuga's actor was pretty great in Amazons S2, and it looks like he's keeping that up here too. 
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Is Sento a fugitive? I don't recall the government guys seeing him unmasked.
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TFRazorsaw posted:Is Sento a fugitive? I don't recall the government guys seeing him unmasked. He said he was, and he certainly is as his Kamen Rider forms from here on out.
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Waffleman_ posted:Build has promise. I dig it. Pretty solid first ep, going to keep watching. I'ttle take me some time to forget Danger! Danger! Death Crisis! Genocide! though.
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Okay, yeah, Build himself is definitely a fugitive.
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Every girl's heart is a Tokimeki Crisis!
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In the next ep preview I believe I saw Sento hanging out with evil bossman, so I do think we actually have a Kamen Rider who's putting his double identity to good use. And it's real nice to see a competent, proactive lead again.
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I'm writing a lot of words about toku poo poo and you're all going to read them Or at least skim over them So look forward to that Also I'm writing toku inspired novels now so that's also a thing. Woo
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Okay. I'm back after sleeping. and since it's new. i gave Build's first epiosde a shot before i have to wait 40+ weeks to see if it sticks the landing and watch All of it. Please don't be another Ghost.  first thoughts that are unlikely to be really deep or anything: Build is so stylish and i love how his eyes glowed at night  Also his rider kick was Super Neat Sento is a Giant nerd. And he has a Math Watch, and Made a bike out of a Phone I am totally down to see where his character goes. please let it go somewhere good. please don't be Ghost.And jeeze human experimentation. brings back memories of watching the first three eps of OG kamen rider.  Also Literally More bike action that ALL of Ex Aid. All in all i enjoyed the first episode of Build. and i'm glad i didn't have to patch this first episode myself this time. (i mentioned watching Half of Ghost on it's premire. that is why. i could Not fully figure it out)
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Sep 3, 2017 20:59
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I feel this watch needs to be seen by everyone. I want one irl.
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Sep 3, 2017 21:06
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Coming soon to Premium Bandai
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I want to give this boy the biggest swirlie, what a fuckin' nerdlinger.
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gourdcaptain posted:I do love the Blade cast, each and every awkwardly overacting or underacting one. Honestly I was never particularly fond of Mutsuki in the first half of the show. He definitely gets better but I've never been a fan of brainwashed Rider plots. ActionZero posted:I feel this watch needs to be seen by everyone. I understand all of them except 11 and 12. e: OH poo poo O-T is subbing Kamen Rider 4! I already saw it but I'm definitely going to watch it again with their subs, it's extremely good.
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Twelve by Pies posted:I understand all of them except 11 and 12. 1100 is 12 in binary. The clue is the 2 after the number. I have no idea about 11 though.
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It's hex, but it's not marked properly (normally 0 is the octal prefix; the hex prefix is 0x).
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Caphi posted:It's hex, but it's not marked properly (normally 0 is the octal prefix; the hex prefix is 0x). That explains it. I didn't think about hexadecimal but that markup is indeed wrong, weird error from something trying to look intelligent. Then again 0x wouldn't have told me either, I've only seen hexa marked with h at the end, like binary with b.
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Really interested in Build after that first episode. It's a lot of clear setup, but very clean. It's asking the obvious questions but there's a lot of room for places it could go. Sentou is a fun protagonist who's clearly competent but isn't a dull-faced superperson like what's his face from Wizard. Looking forward to more!
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TFRazorsaw posted:Coming soon to Premium Bandai Pretty sure they put it for sale the moment the episode ended
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Well after some stomach issues, angsting over Tien being Usless in Dragon Ball Super , and watching Build's first episode . i return to liveblogging Toku shows. and in this case Very tall and handsome aliens. and the humans around them, who will likely take up the majority of episode runtime. i watched a few episodes of UltraSeven (out of order. -i'll go back normally someday),and read up on the Original Ultraman. i know how this sort of thing works. but at least the ladies are cute also, why did that one episode on..what was it Planet 4 have almost it's ENTIRE soundtrack be that guy eating an apple as grossly,And Noisely as possible. Also Quick note here. i didn't actually watch much Toku growing up. it didn't help that until middle school i had to go to hebrew school on sundays, which was  Fun i ended up watching Liveman because a reviewer i liked was covering all of power rangers and after tearing through those i went on a tv tropes binge through the early sentai. and Liveman had an interesting sounding plot. And well. i heard Yellow Lion was a Really Really good effect for the time. it was. but by God did they waste it. like Burkion told me. SKIP THE MECHA FIGHTS. you watch one. you've seen almost all of them. but besides that Liveman's plot and characters were imo pretty good.Sorry for all the   Either way. On with Nexus.  And Oh Joy Sinister Mole-man is here. (I STILL DON'T TRUST HIM) And Oooh it's time for Exposition Edit: oh cool the underwater secret hideout's near a dam. Edit: the uniforms are pretty nice. shame the helmets are imo kind of silly looking. but i'll get used to them. i just finished EX Aid after all Edit: Training Montage Edit: And Komon's instructor is another cutie. with a nice name: Shiori  Edit: Jeeze Komon you haven't contacted your GF in three weeks. what are you doing. i'm not weird for thinking that's a Lot of time right? Edit: "eat you to death" CR i think i got the gist from Eat you. Edit: And there he is:  , boy the Ninth Doctor here sure, just loves standing around and looking forboding for a few seconds before vanishing huh. Edit: Komon. you didn't contact her for 3 weeks before showing up. That is not surprise time. Call First. Edit: Man you're lucky she's happy about this Edit: Aww she gave him a cute thing. Edit:  unngh giant centipede looking fuckerEdit: Oh jeeze those sound effects what a way to go Edit: WHY IS THE MONSTER BIGGER  Edit: Oh jeeze the monsters are learning Edit:  Oh good Christopher Eccleston is here Edit: And he brought the giant handsome alien Edit: goddamnit. HE JUST HELPED YOU RESCUE THE HOSTAGES. WHY ARE YOU SHOOTING HIM. Edit: And onto Episode 3 i go M.Matsuda fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Sep 4, 2017 |
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