Sentaifan'07 Xman
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If Fourze was to be adapted, the only possible solutions on correcting Scorpion and Virgo's human identities is to make them two entirely different instructor from two different universities.
Lack of footage wasn't the only reason it ended. TJ Roberts, who played Dex, wanted to quit anyway.Uh , no it did not. The lack of ANY Kamen Rider stock footage to possibly use did. Seriously at best , you could get a trilogy of Masked rider seasons from Black, RX and all the sub films , the Black films and the crossovers. They were already pushing the envelope when they used Shaider stock footage in VR Troopers , but Kamen Rider had little to nothing in terms of series in the 90's before Kuuga brought the series from the brink. Had they succeeded making a series from any or all of the Kamen Rider film pitches such as Shin, ZO and J, perhaps they would be able to hold the audience at bay until Kuuga was ready to be adapted. But who knows as if the series did get revived through those films , we might not have had Kuuga, but still, you get point.
If Shin , ZO and J had their respective series, we'd be having seasons to 2001 as it would have been released in 1997 , 1998 and 1999 if the series was done as is. But if it had Black used, then Kuuga would have been the next season with no gap in sight.
Since there was no more Kamen Rider footage for Saban to use, they could not continue it, especially since it was on a piss-poor budget as it is. Had it succeeded more to justify an American made season , who knows. But even then, it would have ended in 1998 and left a gap of a year until Kuuga might have been optioned for adaptation. Perhaps if Saban did not waste their moeny on Mystic Knights they could have made another season or adapted Black after it, but it would have needed a bigger budget for newer suits and of course might have been a cooler story. After Leawood, he is on the run from the latest villains to protect his friends and family whom use humans or alien slaves from other worlds as their guinea pigs for their foot soldiers and MOTW.
Lack of footage wasn't the only reason it ended. TJ Roberts, who played Dex, wanted to quit anyway.
Should have ditched him. Perfect story setup (His son could be a Masked Rider), enough footage, and besides, the Japanese series changed each year. So no, that's not exactly an excuse. If they really wanted to keep his character, just Mark Ruffalo him like Jo on Beetleborgs and say his former body degraded/ ala needed replacement like shedding.
If they could not keep him for another season, its easy to assume that if those three series materialized alongside Black, you could cover the gap between ZO and Kuuga, assuming Kamen Rider didn't stop and needed no refreshment and return to basics. Shaider was used in VR Troopers, so using Black is natural. If we were to go with the series as is .
But if it was done as I said might have, than what would have stopped them from adapting them in tandem? If Black and RX were adapted as one/two seasons whatever the **** they were called, the last episode would set it up if he were to leave like the series proper, or .... if it was one "season" or series , why not make RX his son and so on, but you can see how that would be boring.
A. If Shin-ZO and Black were left over and Saban wanted to use their footage for future seasons , it would be:
-Black 1997
-Shin-1998
-ZO-1999 (ZO can be Season 2 of Shin. Many parallels in sources)
-J-2000
Have Black be the son of Dex and he fights evil villains on Earth, passes his powers to Shin, whom stabilize into a less monstrous appearance. He is this franchise's V3. Afterwards, most Rider are not of Dex's lineage , but are humans or monsters whom happen to get powers from remnants of Edenoian Race's technology/Edenoiian Power Grid.
No Dex needed.
B. If Masked Rider was as I planned out it would be:
Season 1: Black/1995. The beginning of Dex's life on Earth, fights off villains.
Season 2: RX/1996. End of his story, opens up to Season 3.
Season 3/4: Shin/ZO 1997-98 . A human infected by an alien symbiote, he becomes Shin and tries to get himself healed. Might be Dex's son , as he gradually takes control of Shin , evolving into ZO while his enemy evolves into the Doras.A creature like Shin cameos in the second season as a run-amok servant species of the Edenoians which could be the symbiote's source. J cameos in the fourth season, displays his powers and saves Dex's son. Kamen Rider World footage is used and J takes on the mantle of Masked Rider while ShinZO retires. Happens 30 years after 2, and crosses over with Lost Galaxy/In Space.
Season 5: J.1999 A new Rider grows to giant proportions as he is from a sister world of Edenoi of giants. Last Rider to be related to the royal family in any shape or form. Crosses over with
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If the Rider series stopped at J and came back with Kuuga like it really happened, then Kuuga would be Saban's last and Ryuki would have been the Ninja Storm to Masked Rider, a reboot. Continuing series would be paired with the corresponding Power Rangers like in Japan if they weren't before, crossovers and anything else applies.
What's up with all the blanks dude?