I don't think many recognised Zone Fighter since it's a short lived Toku/Giant Hero Show. The only memorable part about it is the Tie-In with Godzilla.
Keep watching this clip and you will realise what set this from Ultraman apart.
Zone Fighter on Toho Kingdom
Wiki Link
Godzilla Wiki
And a parody via subs.....
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Friday, October 08, 2004
The Human Spirit
The mythological factor this time round in Blade is that there was a fight which the world chooses it's dominating species.No prize guessing who won.
It's strange when most of the Undead in the show are clad in Big Leather/Latex that had a very strong Biker/S&M feel to it.All Human Undead had is a pair of Jeans and Slippers.I wonder what really took place.I think Spirit cheated all the Undeads, double cross them that's why the other Undeads were damn pissed and attacked humans.I wonder if it's the food that is making the show producers to come up with such ideas.
Sunday, October 03, 2004
Kamen Rider Blade the Movie: Missing Ace
Missing Ace........
On a stormy night,some undisclosed location in th world,Tachibana found an mysterious ancient stone slab in a cave.
At the same time in Japan,Kenzaki fought Hajime and eventually sealed Joker.Putting the fight to perhaps an eventual fullstop.
Kenzaki re-united with another old Friend (or many old Friends) when the Undeads hits the streets.He nearly becoming beetle feed for Change Beetle had it not for the New Riders.Looks like they are really as friendly as they looks.They snobs Kenzaki and sneer at him later on at the cafe to get back the sealed Beat Lion which Kenzaki picked up.The boss of the New Riders requested them to bring Kenzaki and Koutaro back.He turned out to be Tachibana (Surprise!As if.).
A reunion of somekind with Tachibana is interrupted as Amane created a scene in a departmental store and get arrested.The absense of her beloved Hajime-san had made Amane an angry and pissed Teen.(Wow.Isn't that original)
Find out in Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace.
On a stormy night,some undisclosed location in th world,Tachibana found an mysterious ancient stone slab in a cave.
At the same time in Japan,Kenzaki fought Hajime and eventually sealed Joker.Putting the fight to perhaps an eventual fullstop.
4 years had past since then.
Once again the Undeads runs free and terrorised the innocent.A new generation of Riders appears,protecting Mankind from the Undeads.
What happened?Where's Kenzaki and Mutsuki?Was that really Kenzaki we saw on the last Next Rider preview in Blade TV???
Koutaro finally wrote the book about the Kamen Riders.It became a bestseller and Koutaro is having a good time in a Night Club right now.His sister called him it's going to be Amane's birthday soon and wanted to hold a birthday party.Thus his quest begins in finding his old friends.His first stop?Kenzaki.
Kenzaki saved the world alright but fast forward 4 years, he is dumping trash,for a garbage disposal company.Tough work but he seems to enjoy it.Richie Boy Koutaro drove in style to greet his old friend.Life suck after all even in the Tokusetsu world.
Anyway the scene moves on to Mutsuki.Looks like he isn't doing well either.A jobhunter that didn't got himself a job.Life really sucks in the Tokusetsu World.
Once again the Undeads runs free and terrorised the innocent.A new generation of Riders appears,protecting Mankind from the Undeads.
What happened?Where's Kenzaki and Mutsuki?Was that really Kenzaki we saw on the last Next Rider preview in Blade TV???
Koutaro finally wrote the book about the Kamen Riders.It became a bestseller and Koutaro is having a good time in a Night Club right now.His sister called him it's going to be Amane's birthday soon and wanted to hold a birthday party.Thus his quest begins in finding his old friends.His first stop?Kenzaki.
Kenzaki saved the world alright but fast forward 4 years, he is dumping trash,for a garbage disposal company.Tough work but he seems to enjoy it.Richie Boy Koutaro drove in style to greet his old friend.Life suck after all even in the Tokusetsu world.
Anyway the scene moves on to Mutsuki.Looks like he isn't doing well either.A jobhunter that didn't got himself a job.Life really sucks in the Tokusetsu World.
Kenzaki re-united with another old Friend (or many old Friends) when the Undeads hits the streets.He nearly becoming beetle feed for Change Beetle had it not for the New Riders.Looks like they are really as friendly as they looks.They snobs Kenzaki and sneer at him later on at the cafe to get back the sealed Beat Lion which Kenzaki picked up.The boss of the New Riders requested them to bring Kenzaki and Koutaro back.He turned out to be Tachibana (Surprise!As if.).
A reunion of somekind with Tachibana is interrupted as Amane created a scene in a departmental store and get arrested.The absense of her beloved Hajime-san had made Amane an angry and pissed Teen.(Wow.Isn't that original)
Find out in Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace.
Thoughts on Missing Ace.
Every movie had a formulae.
Missing Ace is no better.So they are just offering exactly a repackage deal from last year's movie with this year's Heroes.
New Designs or Yet to be Seen Designs.
Like the previous efforts, one of Missing Ace's Trump Card is New Designs.This year's offering is on par with last year's with 3 New riders,1 canon fodder monster design similar to Paradise Lost's 2 Rider + Canoon Fodder Rider design.Paradise Lost have the New Wolf Orphenoch Design and 555 Blaster mode.Missing Ace have Blade King Form and Joker Undead Form.(The other White Joker could be a movie exclusive.).Also included in Missing Ace are yet to seem Undead (Evolution Stag) or Movie Exclusives (Slash Lizard,Change Beetle and Smog Squid in which I applauded on Toei for skipping him in the TV and used him for the movie instead).
Intense Action
The action in the movie is more intense in the movie as the fighting the TV series is too slow.Movie didn't opt to make the Fight scenes overly exaggerated with Matrix style Fighting Style which Hollywood over used and I like it that way.However in order to stay on pace,Movie skipped on the logic of the Rouse Cards,so many of the Finishers are short cut to give maximum impact.TV series also didn't had much of a mass melee scene but the Movie having 'More to War' checklisted,we got many more costumed people fighting and chasing each other.
CGI/CGI eternities.
Last year's Paradise Lost goes big on CGI and the Movie was pretty much brought down by perhaps some I personally find, useless CGI scenes.This year's CGI scenes look more natural and more to the movie's pace.Thumbs Up.
Cameo
Tradition is to have actors from previous series to appear.This time round we got the Snake,Horse,Rose orphenoch.Riderchips, the people behind the Theme,appears for a moment.
OVERALL
Overall I find that Missing Ace to be the most complete movie for the Rider Series.It may not be the most Original or the most Entertaining but I can see Toei is getting it closer for the Perfect Movie Formulae.The movie also didn't try to reveal it's Trump Card for the series,the new forms for the rest of the other Riders save Blade.They intergrate it into the plot of the movie cleverly so making us wondering if we should to continue watching the TV series.I rate it 8/10 for being slipshod on some minor details but I like it better than Paradise Lost which is actually most of the fanboy's favourite.
Missing Ace is no better.So they are just offering exactly a repackage deal from last year's movie with this year's Heroes.
New Designs or Yet to be Seen Designs.
Like the previous efforts, one of Missing Ace's Trump Card is New Designs.This year's offering is on par with last year's with 3 New riders,1 canon fodder monster design similar to Paradise Lost's 2 Rider + Canoon Fodder Rider design.Paradise Lost have the New Wolf Orphenoch Design and 555 Blaster mode.Missing Ace have Blade King Form and Joker Undead Form.(The other White Joker could be a movie exclusive.).Also included in Missing Ace are yet to seem Undead (Evolution Stag) or Movie Exclusives (Slash Lizard,Change Beetle and Smog Squid in which I applauded on Toei for skipping him in the TV and used him for the movie instead).
Intense Action
The action in the movie is more intense in the movie as the fighting the TV series is too slow.Movie didn't opt to make the Fight scenes overly exaggerated with Matrix style Fighting Style which Hollywood over used and I like it that way.However in order to stay on pace,Movie skipped on the logic of the Rouse Cards,so many of the Finishers are short cut to give maximum impact.TV series also didn't had much of a mass melee scene but the Movie having 'More to War' checklisted,we got many more costumed people fighting and chasing each other.
CGI/CGI eternities.
Last year's Paradise Lost goes big on CGI and the Movie was pretty much brought down by perhaps some I personally find, useless CGI scenes.This year's CGI scenes look more natural and more to the movie's pace.Thumbs Up.
Cameo
Tradition is to have actors from previous series to appear.This time round we got the Snake,Horse,Rose orphenoch.Riderchips, the people behind the Theme,appears for a moment.
OVERALL
Overall I find that Missing Ace to be the most complete movie for the Rider Series.It may not be the most Original or the most Entertaining but I can see Toei is getting it closer for the Perfect Movie Formulae.The movie also didn't try to reveal it's Trump Card for the series,the new forms for the rest of the other Riders save Blade.They intergrate it into the plot of the movie cleverly so making us wondering if we should to continue watching the TV series.I rate it 8/10 for being slipshod on some minor details but I like it better than Paradise Lost which is actually most of the fanboy's favourite.
Saturday, October 02, 2004
One of my favourite sequence in Blade: Missing Ace
It happens after freshly unsealed Hajime(Joker/Chalice) rescued his favourite human being Amane (You friggin Undead paedo!!!!).For some odd reason, Hajime brought Amane to some lakeside/riverside area and lay her on the ground.Just before we can catch the blantant paedo red handed, White Joker appears.
As usual in every story when a person ruin your mode for romance or perhaps your own guilty pleasure, you tend to want to kick his can.Hajime did.Boy did he get his can kicked...
White Joker didn't took it too nicely.Strangely this scenario is kind of like what happened in last year's Kamen Rider 555 the Movie : Paradise Lost, in which Mari and Takumi are seperated in a fight which Takumi (555/Faiz) had to fight 100 shock troopers.
Hajime was helpless.White Joker Pwnz him like he was a complete N00b.He looks on as White Joker claim his prize.
The secret to 4 King Cards is that it will become a Seal Card.That Bastard is gonna seal Amane!!! (Hostages,Victims!!!!Don't write a Kamen Rider Movie without it!!!It's on the checklist for every Kamen Rider since Agito!!!)
"Haha!!!The World is MIne NOW!!!!!" (As if.We all know that all we need is the Hero to power up to that new action figure design to save this World.)
As usual in every story when a person ruin your mode for romance or perhaps your own guilty pleasure, you tend to want to kick his can.Hajime did.Boy did he get his can kicked...
White Joker didn't took it too nicely.Strangely this scenario is kind of like what happened in last year's Kamen Rider 555 the Movie : Paradise Lost, in which Mari and Takumi are seperated in a fight which Takumi (555/Faiz) had to fight 100 shock troopers.
Hajime was helpless.White Joker Pwnz him like he was a complete N00b.He looks on as White Joker claim his prize.
The secret to 4 King Cards is that it will become a Seal Card.That Bastard is gonna seal Amane!!! (Hostages,Victims!!!!Don't write a Kamen Rider Movie without it!!!It's on the checklist for every Kamen Rider since Agito!!!)
"Haha!!!The World is MIne NOW!!!!!" (As if.We all know that all we need is the Hero to power up to that new action figure design to save this World.)
Kamen Rider Blade the movie Missing Ace :Big Friggin Ugly
Missing Ace incoporated many elements present in last year's Faiz: Lost Paradise.One unique feature between them is the CGI Big Friggin Ugly in the finale.
This time round because of the mythical background in Blade, BFU is given a nicer touch meaning better rendered and used in a way that the BFU is looks more realistic than just CGI-ed.
This time round BFU is consider a 'ja-shin' or an Evil God.Hence a grandeur look.If Blade is consider a deck of cards then BFU should be the card holder.Reminds me of the boss to fight in FF series.
The 'White Joker' (I dunno how to call him...I forgot the proper terms to him) is the one who awakened the Ja-shin hence he controls that BFU.
BFU from a nicer angle.
A way to refrain from look clumsily CGI-ed monsters from becoming to expensive and less life-like is to have less interaction with actual actors.Hence this BFU is given the ability to toast Garren and Leangle's ass. (Yes he did attempt swipe them with his sword on hands but he was so big!!!!The two riders just need to run!!)
Fireballs are scary but over usage can be boring.Let's give him lightning and livid things up.
and let Blade finish you with a Royal Flush Attack in King Style!!!
This time round because of the mythical background in Blade, BFU is given a nicer touch meaning better rendered and used in a way that the BFU is looks more realistic than just CGI-ed.
This time round BFU is consider a 'ja-shin' or an Evil God.Hence a grandeur look.If Blade is consider a deck of cards then BFU should be the card holder.Reminds me of the boss to fight in FF series.
The 'White Joker' (I dunno how to call him...I forgot the proper terms to him) is the one who awakened the Ja-shin hence he controls that BFU.
BFU from a nicer angle.
A way to refrain from look clumsily CGI-ed monsters from becoming to expensive and less life-like is to have less interaction with actual actors.Hence this BFU is given the ability to toast Garren and Leangle's ass. (Yes he did attempt swipe them with his sword on hands but he was so big!!!!The two riders just need to run!!)
Fireballs are scary but over usage can be boring.Let's give him lightning and livid things up.
and let Blade finish you with a Royal Flush Attack in King Style!!!
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Monday, September 06, 2004
Channel I
Once again those jokers are bringing new shows I believe that they had no intention of finish airing.
True to form Tokusetsu viewer, I am, nevertheless, felt that I need to do some advertisement to generate awareness on this.
Starting from 17/09, Kamen Rider Ryuki will be shown on the time slot of 6pm,Friday on Channel I of SPH Mediaworks,Singapore.
Thursday, February 19, 2004
Kamen Rider Blade Ep1 Review
Here's wat I think of Kamen Rider Blade....it leaves an odd taste in the mouth...
The costume and monsters, I had nothing to complain abt since in comparison to Gransazer....they lost out...
(Gransazer won over blade however due to identification of 'human' characters...we got abt 3 characters in blade almost looking identical at 1st glance..)
Like most actioners, it began with the standard fight scene which had Rider Garren fighting a Bat 'Undead' (Ya...this is the Keyword to Kaijin now...however Bat?This so unstandard...we all know Bat is for 2nd Episodes) and had Blade zipping down the coastal line on his bike to play backup...of course the help came late and with little help from Blade (if role reversed, Blade might been Bat Food),Garren sealed the Bat in his card..(Cardcaptor Garren.... :lol: ) after a trunk kick style Rider Kick which is so Kaixer-style.
There was surprisingly an OP for a Debut episode..but I put that way that the Seq is the worse Rider Sequence I ever seen, like an MTV that had no direction other than showing the male leads (the camera pans and zooms away too fast to tell who is who) and the Riders fighting Air like martial art showcase.The song is good and by the 'Queen of J-Rock' Nanase Aikawa however.
What follows are the standard fare of looking into wat life the leads led b4 having the lab been attacked a Locust 'Undead' and ends with Kenzaki transforming to Blade with his Tachibana sempai (Garren) looking on as if he was scheming something.
For an action drama,Blade might strike the usual chord with the setting in a darker mood.Howevr it didn't come across as a real action drama due to the idea of playing cards.
The concept of play cards however was very dated (think Cardcaptor Sakura,Rider Ryuki,Yugi-oh) and being confined to 52 + 1(jokers) cards in a poker deck,they will be in a tight spot being innovative (however they will save a grand for the concerning parents,owning that there might be a poker deck laying around already in almost every household if averaged out).
Out of the debut episodes of the 2nd generation of Kamen Riders (notice the English title is now Masked Rider and not Kamen on the toyboxes),Blade came across surprisingly less thrilling and engrossing despite all the actions and the monsters are coloured (the Orephants are Grey)
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