07-10-2018, 10:47 PM
Watched the two Kamen Rider × Super Sentai movies in the past two nights. My reviews would be as such...
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen. A good team-up idea with a questionable story. How did the villains trick Captain Marvelous and Tsukasa into killing everyone? Why didn't either one of them tell a team mate (or whatever Diend counts as) if they suspected somethig? Like no seriously, if Captain Marvelous had told his team, Joe wouldn't have tryed to kill Diend. Lastly, Spoiler:why did Diend try to take over Big Machine? That last question may have been answered if I watched all of the episodes of Decade he was in but from everything that I've seen (which is the Cho-Den-O movie Episode Blue and a handful of Decade episodes), he's more of a neutral character then a villain. Other then that, it's really great to see all of these heroes in one spot. I'm not as knowledgeable about Kamen Rider as I am with Super Sentai, but the stuff I did recognized was amazing. Even so, I think if you're only a fan of one or the other, you don't need to know alot about the other side (aside from both Gokiger and Decade can transform into other Rangers and Riders). The last 20 minutes or so are the real reason you came.
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z. A better movie, but I have to question why one third of the team up is here. Why was Super Sentai involved? Yoko's role of finding Psyclone could have been given to anyone else, the Kyoryugers show up once and then disappear for most of the movie only to reappear for the mecha/Zord fight they need, and Gokai Silver/Gai's role... actually Gai's role in the movie is important as the Earthling of Gokaiger to remind Geki of how important Earth is. It's also not much of a Kamen Rider movie either, because the main plot revolves around Geki no longer being a Space Sheriff and trying to save the Earth, and Wizard also leaves about the same time the Kyorygers do and shows up for the big fight at the end. Speaking of which the big team up starts a bit differently (and faster at 40 or so minutes vs 20) as different teams of Rangers and Riders help the main cast with the lesser villains. This is nice as it shows more of the team maniac kinda needed, but I do have a probum with it: the lack of any Metal Heroes in the fight. We DO get a brief cameo from six of them, but they are Ranger Keys that the Gokaigers uses only to fire their normal finishing gun. The big fight at the end versus the main villains is still pretty good, but I prefer the previous movie's fight. Maybe it's because I know who Shocker and Zangyack are, but I'm not sure who the Space Sheriff villain is.
Short reviews: 1st movie is a good team up but a bad story. 2nd movie is a good Space Sheriff movie with the other two title teams becoming important near the end. Love the fan survive for both movies.
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen. A good team-up idea with a questionable story. How did the villains trick Captain Marvelous and Tsukasa into killing everyone? Why didn't either one of them tell a team mate (or whatever Diend counts as) if they suspected somethig? Like no seriously, if Captain Marvelous had told his team, Joe wouldn't have tryed to kill Diend. Lastly, Spoiler:why did Diend try to take over Big Machine? That last question may have been answered if I watched all of the episodes of Decade he was in but from everything that I've seen (which is the Cho-Den-O movie Episode Blue and a handful of Decade episodes), he's more of a neutral character then a villain. Other then that, it's really great to see all of these heroes in one spot. I'm not as knowledgeable about Kamen Rider as I am with Super Sentai, but the stuff I did recognized was amazing. Even so, I think if you're only a fan of one or the other, you don't need to know alot about the other side (aside from both Gokiger and Decade can transform into other Rangers and Riders). The last 20 minutes or so are the real reason you came.
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z. A better movie, but I have to question why one third of the team up is here. Why was Super Sentai involved? Yoko's role of finding Psyclone could have been given to anyone else, the Kyoryugers show up once and then disappear for most of the movie only to reappear for the mecha/Zord fight they need, and Gokai Silver/Gai's role... actually Gai's role in the movie is important as the Earthling of Gokaiger to remind Geki of how important Earth is. It's also not much of a Kamen Rider movie either, because the main plot revolves around Geki no longer being a Space Sheriff and trying to save the Earth, and Wizard also leaves about the same time the Kyorygers do and shows up for the big fight at the end. Speaking of which the big team up starts a bit differently (and faster at 40 or so minutes vs 20) as different teams of Rangers and Riders help the main cast with the lesser villains. This is nice as it shows more of the team maniac kinda needed, but I do have a probum with it: the lack of any Metal Heroes in the fight. We DO get a brief cameo from six of them, but they are Ranger Keys that the Gokaigers uses only to fire their normal finishing gun. The big fight at the end versus the main villains is still pretty good, but I prefer the previous movie's fight. Maybe it's because I know who Shocker and Zangyack are, but I'm not sure who the Space Sheriff villain is.
Short reviews: 1st movie is a good team up but a bad story. 2nd movie is a good Space Sheriff movie with the other two title teams becoming important near the end. Love the fan survive for both movies.