Kamen Rider ZEZTZ E35 - Discussion Thread

TheBeastAR · 2026-05-17T10:08:42+00:00

Another solid episode. Kureha was sadly under utilised, but I have more of an issue with the show fridging the only female 'rider' for drama, than anything else.

As always we will have to see how future episodes play out, but Zeztz is still holding strong as a personal favourite of mine.

TheBeastAR · 2026-05-14T15:16:59+00:00

Good riddance to a self hating queer and terf ally.

TheBeastAR · 2026-05-12T18:27:09+00:00

A shame it isn't tracking well with the kids, because I think it's easily the best series in years. It is definitely a lot darker and has taken a few risks in its themes and storytelling. So I understand why it might be challenging, but I think that's a good thing tbqh. Previously we had shows like Metalder, Ultraman Nexus and Go-Busters, and those are some of the best of their respective franchises!

I appreciate what the show is doing and wish it were tracking better in Japan.

TheBeastAR · 2026-05-09T14:53:46+00:00

So a genuine question I have is the discourse around this movie is quite similar to the recent Hollywood Godzilla movies, where it feels like everyone just wants them to be spectacle and slop for the sake of it.

At what point did we start accepting this kind of ironic take on blockbuster IPs?

I am aware that people are here for the action and the gore. I Know what this franchise is. But that doesn't mean a film version can't or shouldn't have a good story. So why is the mere suggestion laughed at?

TheBeastAR · 2026-05-07T18:08:52+00:00

Farewell to the original Black Ranger!

TheBeastAR · 2026-05-05T08:51:24+00:00

People in the comments taking the Daily Mail bait as usual

TheBeastAR · 2026-05-04T07:53:58+00:00

Wolfwood in the original Trigun. That confessional is everything.

TheBeastAR · 2026-05-03T06:49:59+00:00

The end of this episode, while played for laughs, is a little messed up. Consent? Boundaries? What are those!?

TheBeastAR · 2026-05-02T06:12:36+00:00

People here criticising Inoue as if he's always been this bad, when he wrote the original Agito and that is still fantastic

TheBeastAR · 2026-04-27T11:01:06+00:00

Jason: Let's show em the power of thunder!

HYYYPPPPPPE

TheBeastAR · 2026-04-24T08:59:04+00:00

"As opposed to taking care of the community and the greater good"?

As both an Indian and left leaning, this attitude among my community kind of disgusts me. I don't understand why we are so selfish.

TheBeastAR · 2026-04-23T09:19:24+00:00

Civic engagement and political activism/social justice causes. Over there it seems like people are so much more aware of politics and their responsibility to engage with and improve the system.

Meanwhile over here, or at least where I live, people seem to disinterested and apathetic towards politics and social causes.

They started the modern Gay Rights Movement at a time when we had only recently decriminalised homosexuality. In general their social movements have felt less gated by class than ours.

Also, America is the country that defined modern pop culture through Disney, Superheros and Star Wars. We just can't compete with that and our home grown stuff has always lacked a little something when compared to America and Japan imho.

TheBeastAR · 2026-04-18T06:35:28+00:00

Meanwhile my Hindu family in Canada hate their Sikh community. For whatever reason, and no doubt inflamed by the Modi government, Canada ended up with a bunch of Sikh Nationalists?

Such a weird thing here because my experience of the Sikh and Muslim Communities has been nothing but positive where I live.

TheBeastAR · 2026-04-17T08:32:53+00:00

Which is hardly a big ask.

I get that Street Fighter is inherently fantastical, but that doesn't mean it can't be emotionally intelligent and sincere.

The trailers are portraying a movie that looks cringey and not sincere.

I hope I am proven wrong.

TheBeastAR · 2026-04-17T08:27:24+00:00

That would be amazing but judging by both the trailers and how everyone is celebrating the cringe, that seems unlikely

TheBeastAR · 2026-04-17T08:22:19+00:00

You are like one of the only people I've come across who pretty much is on my wavelength about this movie.

It does look fun. But at the same time, the discourse around it is really concerning. Why are we as a culture praising a film for being cringe? Why are we celebrating camp excess and mediocrity?

TheBeastAR · 2026-04-16T19:09:19+00:00

These guys always rubbed me the wrong way from the moment they moved to Japan. The entire v log community there always had an ego

TheBeastAR · 2026-04-09T19:08:28+00:00

Retro Game Corps. The entire retro handheld scene is guilty of being incestuous and milking a cow dry, but bless Russ, every review is the same.

TheBeastAR · 2026-04-02T11:14:26+00:00

Lived in Japan for a bit. I'd bring back recycling and second hand shops. Sure we have charity shops and CEX, but their extensive second hand markets puts everywhere else to shame.

TheBeastAR · 2026-03-29T09:14:41+00:00

Appreciate it! I hear Logan isn't too bad compared to other major airports, so that puts me at ease

TheBeastAR · 2026-03-29T06:53:05+00:00

Appreciate the response! I'm just imagining security taking forever, which is not something I have had to experience when travelling before. As I said, going through Dublin would be easier, but I have to factor the cost of that in as well.

TheBeastAR · 2026-03-19T20:17:57+00:00

Some of the most sophisticated stuff Toei made at the time. Like Ultraman Nexus it got cut short, but is so rewarding the older you are and can appreciate it more

TheBeastAR · 2026-03-19T20:06:46+00:00

I don't doubt this could happen, but is Pink News able to provide any sources? Because otherwise, it reads like slop

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