Why I have NOT posted in this thread is beyond me. To find Kamen Rider fans in a Beyblade forum...my heart leaps with joy and probably stopped dead! XD
(Apr. 13, 2011 9:18 PM)Dude Wrote: I'm never really able to get into those Kamen Rider shows. True, they all have good stuff about them, but there always seems to be a certain element that makes me really dislike the show. It can either be the bad guys, the opening, the protagonist, the vague way they get their powers, but it really kinda annoys me away from the series.
OOO is probably the best I've seen, so far.
Compare Kamen Rider to Super Sentai...actually, compare Super Sentai to Power Rangers. Those two are somewhat the same, as Power Rangers uses scenes from Super Sentai (just like how Dragon Knight used scenes from Ryuki), but Super Sentai is more adult-oriented. People die. In Power Rangers...i don't think anyone died...that's just me though.
Now, from Super Sentai to Kamen Rider, there are two varying differences: Super Sentai is a team. Kamen Rider is a solitary hero bound by ideals or certain situations, like how Eiji becomes OOOs to fight the Greed and save Hina-chan's brother from being possessed by Ankh, who fights with OOOs to get his Core Medals back and become himself (until episode 29, which was pure sex!). There's also the aspect of suited heroes being more villainous than heroic.
In Super Sentai, most if not all the bad guys are monsters. In Kamen Rider, you have monsters or humans who can become Kamen Riders and fight against the main protagonist Kamen Rider (namely Kamen Rider Ryuki...which was also pure sex.).
IMO, I find Kuuga to be the best Kamen Rider in the Heisei Series. The fight scenes were MONDO intense and realistic compared to later on, though Seiji Takaiwa does a good job suit acting. Plus, Kuuga don't take carp from anyone, like a certain Honey Badger.