Kamen Rider ZEZTZ Episode 1

i was just rewatching gotchard of all shows before this so can you imagine my fucking shock

I'M GENUINELY SO FUCKING GAGGED . . . LIKE THAT WAS GOOD AF ! i cannot say i expected it to be that good. the main concern people had for zeztz before release was that it would feel too americanized & now watching it ,it feels like if the theme of a kamen rider season was western action in the way that kiva's theme is monsters & horror & gavv is candy. i am relatively new to kamen rider still & haven't dipped my toes into many ,especially older seasons but this felt like a good & proper kamen rider season with AMAZING polish . . . it is a good introduction for western audiences while staying really true to what I've seen & loved from the other seasons. it's not really pandering like it feels like a love letter to the new audience they want to find using the same pen they used to write their other letters. that opening fight sequence really sums it up with an action context of a north american hostage situation being fought by a strong japanese colourful character with his little quirks & cartoony emotes. the toy bullets was a really good reveal to keep it kid friendly & i really like how this show does not explain things to you like they respect you asd an audience to figure it without holding your hand & pointinmg abt the bright shining sign telling you what is happening ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ before i talk about our main character i want to briefly mention how much i like his sister's writing. i really like her dialogue & her quick snap at him at the beginning. it was done nicely in my opinion. the two detective authorities we see also don't have a major part yet but i like how defined they already feel like i could get a good picture of who these people are ,all besides the celebrity which is okay because every single time we see her is through baku's dreams & not who she truly is. it is an issue how young the actress is compared to the actor playing a character crushing on her though ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ now onto baku. he's fun ! he's got a great spirit & is a joy to watch. i like his dialogue here & i like the performance of imai ryutaro ,he does a good job. my favorite scene of his is his reaction to his driver proving his dream was real ,he was cute af. the dream chase was so fucking good ,seeing his paranoia & doubts of reality slowly creep in while he is consistently demoralized was beautifulyl done. & even more beautiful was how they went abouit him going back up to fight. as somepony who watches kamen rider ,super sentai & pretty cure i have seen this exact same plot happen seventy+thousand times to various degrees of me only being able to respond ' ' okay girl .. . i guess ' ' but i liked this one ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i remember watching the first ewpisode of no. 1 gozyuger & ,i liekd it but i thought ' ' jesus christ ' ' they crammed a lot into their twenty minute time+slot. the flow of this episode was really good. i felt like we saw what we needed to see & set up what we needed to. this was kind've a very simple start which lends to why it went so smoothly & i like it ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ now onto the aesthetics of the show ,this show is goregous. it looks so good. the dreams are lit very cooly like the foreshadowing green & orange in the intro dream & then our scenes during the day in the real world are so warm like the hospital feels more like a school as a care+facility as opposed to a sterile morgue at night. & then the camera+work is really fun to fdollow. i already mentioned the dream chase but jesus fucking christ that was so good. it perfectly encaptures kids' horror which is something very american to me because of especially disney channel halloween specials but it was just amazingly done ,I'm obsessed with the door design too. the contacts are really really good style story+telling ,i think he only has them in for whenm he is confident in his dream. his suit is bulky af & i am a little indifferent to it ,but i like that the orange glow makes him look like night+light ,like a bed+side lava+lamp. i really love his henshin pose ,swiping his bloody injury & smearing it against the driver that is placed directly above his heart after he just went into cardiac arrest is cunt. the show weirdly cuts into the action fight which is probably because fo a commercial break which i think looks weird. I'm not going to judge combat sequences because i don't really care for that type of thing & oither people are more suitable to talking about that then me. i have some fears about the generative artifical intelligence use but i am not an authority figure & what scenes they didn't use generations for looked amazing ,such as the chase that i mentioned ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i liked this a lot i really don't have that many problems. i am looking forward to this series there are stars in my eyes & hope in my heart.

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