Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Reviewing Episode: Let's Go Kamen Rider

Welcome to the first episode of Reviewing Episode, the section of where I review any shows or movies related to Tokusatsu. i did it since I need to vary my mind and also because not everyone read fanfic, so it's better to do something else too, right?

And my first victim is OOO, Den-O, All Riders Let's Go Kamen Rider, the 40th anniversary movie for Kamen Rider.

Okay, all main riders are here...wait, who the hell are you!? *looking at the red-white armor with peach eyes*
Skipping the whole story, I found a lot of weird things and a lot of unsatisfactory appear thanks to this movie.

First of all, I found that the show gets some problem from the start; the past actors of Kamen Rider is no longer can be contact. You see, in Japan, Kamen Rider is rendered real famous. And the actors and actresses will most likely get a lot of contract for other shows, unlike Super Sentai (from what I deduced).

Now, my first unsatisfactory is the presence of Den-O without the Den-O. Takeru Sato, the main actor of Kamen Rider Den-O, is out of reach. He is now super famous thanks to the series' successful. I mean, what's the point of having a cast of the show without the main cast? It's like the headless body, or having a Super Sentai series without red ranger. This brings us to my second unsatisfactory.

Den-O? No, no. You get the wrong person here. I am Kenshin Himura.
Den-O. Because of how successful the show is, Toei tends to overuse one thing that is famous and bring it up till the end of this world. Den-O is a 2008 show. But because most people love it, they keep making movies about it every year, and each movies are degrading every year. We are so lucky that OOO gets more focus then Decade and Kiva when they made the same crossover. But the question is, why Den-O? Because basically you can use the time-traveling plot of Den-O so that it would make more sense on how the riders meet up. But still not making any sense considering Heisei Riders are from different universes, confirmed by everyone. What about use the dimension traveling plot with Decade? Because Masashiro Inoue is too famous, no time. W, the one before OOO?

Look! Both W's main actors (Renn Kiriyama and Masaki Suda) clearly showing up at some point in the movie. That's mean they can actually show up for the whole movie. What? Can't Gaia Memory do the same about putting Kamen Riders into one place?

But don't worry. Den-O also not the main focus. It's about some kids that ended up into the past.

Problem rise here too.

Looking at how the show progress, it is mostly about how one mistake can change the whole history. That's a good thing. Except the time-traveling scheme is poorly done.

In the middle of the show, one of the boy, Naoki, stuck in the past. And in the end it turns out that Naoki lived like a normal people and grow up, get married, having a child that is actually his friend before he get stuck in the past...wait, WTF!? Is this Toei's way of making someone's friend banging that person's mom? But that's not the worst thing yet.

Not pictured: Hot mom in the future
 You see, in the earlier scene, it shows that Naoki has a memory of 40 years ago. That time happened before he had gone to the past (no connection here, Toei?). And then a paradox happened, and Naoki's life is now different. He is now a slum dog, not a millionaire. So, he lives in the past afterward, banging his friend's mom, who I'm sure is now a MYLF. So, he explain to everyone what happened and the present is not changed.

But, what about OOO? His story is still on!

This is why I hate Den-O...

You: Hey, shut up and just watched the whole show. At least we get to see all riders in movie.

Talk about the action, how awesome it is that all the main riders of their shows are introduced followed by their names said either by a lot of people there or by a mysterious announcer. Also we get their pose. So, what's wrong with that? Unlike Super Sentai's Legend War, we don't get to see all Riders fight in one scene. Why did this happened? Super Sentai has so many to be counted, yet they can appear all at once. But not Riders. Why, Toei!? Why!?

And about OOO's new form, TaMaShii (Taka, Imagin Shocker). We already know how Shocker medal is existed. Shocker created their own Core Medal. But what about Imagin Medal? Ankh clearly grabs out that thing out of Momotaros. He is a freaking Imagin! Made of sand! Is Ankh have some kind of magic hand that can create anything into a medal or something?  Hmm...*looking at my favorite actors and actress who name will not be mentioned*

The reason why I suddenly though ErYuI Combo (Erina Mano, Yumi Sugimoto, Yui Koike).
 I won't say much about Metal Hero appeared since I don't know much, but they just have a really short scene.

Technically, we are not riders. So that's understandable.
This is Kamen Rider movie. Why can't this show become epic? Super Sentai 35th anniversary is waaay better than this! F(bleep) you, Den-O!

So, I give this movie 2 out 5.


I better off watch porn (which is something I hate thanks to that annoying sound) rather than watching this movie.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Naruto & Tokusatsu Crossover Problem

For now I can see how famous Naruto is. An animation about ninja in orange jumpsuit. With powerful and interesting jutsus. I have to admit, as much as I complained about the fandom of this franchise, I am myself loved Naruto too. Naruto and Gundam are the only animation I would waste my time downloading them.

And...talk about the fandom, I can see that crossover is a common thing. Unlike Super Sentai and Kamen Rider who I'm pretty sure the only crossover that get attention is NOT outside the franchise. But for Naruto, crossover is something normal. Maybe because the needs of pairing him or any other characters in the show with others.

And talk about crossover, what I am complaining is how lack of a good crossover between Naruto and Tokusatsu show, especially Kamen Rider and Super Sentai. It seems the only thing those authors can think of is making a time paradox in the first episode of Naruto and making him the suited hero!

That is really piss me off! Did you know how stupid it is that the small boy happens to have a great power and when he use it, turning his body into adult-size? Oh fine, Kibaranger and Kingranger are small boys too. But at that time there is no Fanfiction.net (I failed at history, if you ever trying to bash me for that point). But now, people think that small kids becoming adult heroes are the worst idea ever. So, why bother doing it!!??

Owh, it doesn't stop there. If you are not be careful, even Sasuke gets the power. He is a small boy who doesn't know what sex is, and only focus on revenge. Did you know why no country ever let a young boy rule one? Because they are all immature, can't think of others, have no real point of life! And you gave him that power? F(bleep) you, vinegar-ass!

Why can't we have a Shippuden-shaped Naruto to have those? Why people love the obnoxious part of him more than the strategist part of him?

And worse, when can we have a crossover of Naruto's characters with Tokusatsu characters? Naruto get paired up with any of them rather than giving him a huge power and a lot of harem?

If you want to create a crossover storyline, make it CROSS-OVER! Cross those characters over with another set of characters! NOT CHANGING THE WHOLE STORY TO SUIT UP WITH ANOTHER SO-CALLED CROSSOVER STUFF! THAT IS NOT CROSSOVER! THAT IS JUST AU! JUST AU!

(The blogger is now admitted into the nearest hospital for too much stress...and apparently he is listening to SNSD's song while doing this article. Yes, everyone. He is an anti-fan. Except for the song. Not the people.)

Fanfic 2 Read: Kamen Rider Decade x Kamen Rider Dragon Knight

Ah, back to Kamen Rider. There just so many interesting stuff about Super Sentai fanfics, but keep those up and I'm scared that people will say how biased I am. Well, up until now my only follower is ChrisX, so those bias thinging might still far.



Finally back to Kamen Rider fanfic. And now I am going to review Kamen Rider Decade X Kamen Dragon Knight by PhinalPhantasy. It is a combination of both hateful Decade series and the infamous successful adaptation Dragon Knight. And while I am doing this thing, I just don't know what's up with Phinal. Why is he taking so long to finish this? I don't know. That's his life, not mine. He probably have a life, unlike someone who wasted his time finishing his nobody-care fanfics. (crying)

So, the story is about Hikari Studio ended up rather than somewhere in Japan, it is somewhere in USA. That happens when Kit Taylor a.k.a. Dragon Knight is going to save his father from JTC a.k.a. Strike and those two not-attractive Asian brothers, who happen to have no stereotype. That's the first one I saw.

So, I'll give out of five stars...wait, you actually want me to review the whole thing? Fine!

 First of all, I am not a big, not even a small fan of non-canon storyline. It's fine if one story is original to its own world, but if you trying to change the history given in the canon storyline? It's a huge NO! Why must you destroy every single canon story given just according to what your heart desire? Are you dissatisfied with what happened? Can't you just let it go away?

Apparently no. Phinal screwed up a lot of Dragon Knight element. And the only thing I love is the short crack pairing of Tsukasa and Kase, and it is really short. Owh, wait. There's no such pairing in that story. SO that just mean there is nothing I love about this.

Except for how the author keeps up a good work in grammar and stuff. Meh, he's an American. No big deal.

What I also love about him is how he isn't the type that give up (from what I saw). His story takes a really long time to update. By long I mean it can take up more than a year just to update one chapter. ONE CHAPTER!

THAT'S FOR SCREWING EVERYTHING! WHY MUST YOU MAKE ONYX THE BAD GUY! HE IS THE COOLEST RIDER IN THAT SERIES! AND KAITO IS EVIL? HE IS NEVER NEAR THAT! EVEN IF HE IS HALF-JUSTICE HEARTED, BUT THERE IS NO WAY HE'S NEARING ANY BIG BAD GUY!

Well, at least we get to see Knight Vs Wing Knight, which can be pretty funny on how Kase tried to determine which one is the real Len. Of course, Knight is not a drone there (wait, what the hell?) and Ryuki fan should not forget that his name is Ren, which thanks to R-L problem in Japan, can be translated as Len. Hey, I'm sorry for explaining the pun joke here, but if you can't understand any pun here, why bother shouting at my face on how I spoiled everything?

So, overall, 2 out of 5. Sorry, Phinal, but your style of storyline isn't my favorite.