Kamen Rider Dragon Knight: Interview Final

[Keith Justice]

I hardly consdier asking why the Xaviax armor wasn't used more often to be an insult, but that's just me.

I asked.. kinda figured you'd get this answer:

Hmmm. I actually don't know the answer to that question. Mostly I guess, it was because William was such an amazing actor, it would have been a shame to hide his skills.

 

[Matrix]

man I wanted to ask quesitons. But its cool, the inteview rocked.

 

[The 2nd Evil]

Hmmm. I actually don't know the answer to that question. Mostly I guess, it was because William was such an amazing actor, it would have been a shame to hide his skills.

Okay, then! Thank you, Keith.

Though I still feel it is a shame such a badass costume was largely wasted.

 

[Chronotia Archzenom]

Thanks for the post Keith, now it is clear to all.

 

[ReXXXSoprano]

That was a great interview. It's a shame that the budget/time constraints got in the way of what could've been a great story told. Thanks to Keith for getting Nathan to answer those questions. Much appreciated.

 

[Keith Justice]

Nathan deserves all the thanks for taking the time.

But yeah, budget constraints are not unique to KRDK. Just about any show where you'd like to ask, "Why didn't you do more of this or that" it comes down to budgets and schedules.

Buffy and Angel's monsters often wore cloaks because of budget constraints... you won't see Jack Bauer take his terrorist hunting intergalactic because of budget constraints and so forth.

 

[Poweranimals]

I wanted to know why Dragon and Wing Knight were the only Riders with "Knight" in their name. That was kinda random. And I'm surprised no one asked about the future of Kamen Rider in the US.

 

[Quark]

Not sure how to feel about some of these answers. Time and budget are perfectly legitimate excuses in some cases, in others I just dunno. Was nice of him to take the time to respond with lengthy answers, though.

 

[SaikoDragon]

Not sure how to feel about some of these answers. Time and budget are perfectly legitimate excuses in some cases, in others I just dunno. Was nice of him to take the time to respond with lengthy answers, though.

which answers were you unsure about?

When it all boils down, money is the factor in everything. But at the same time, I often wonder if it was absolutely necessary to film so much action footage. A lot of it was slow and boring, and perhaps taxing on the budget. Not sure how big of a slice it took from the budget pie. I do recall him mentioning the drama scenes cost less. But I notice they didn't use a whole lot of Japanese footage either. Had they used more, it would have saved on their budget as well.

You could say "action is what kids wanted" but I think it might have been better to make the kids "want it more" by holding back on it a little. though the final battle was epic, I wish it had a bit more pyro, set damage, more effective hits. Less is more in dramatic fights. But this was a budgetary deal.

However, I'm not someone in the "biz" so my comments are mostly ignorant and probably ideas they already came up with.

 

[Silver Wolf]

I wanted to know why Dragon and Wing Knight were the only Riders with "Knight" in their name.

I thought that was relatively obvious.

"Ryuki" translates to "Dragon Knight" (Alternatively "Dragoon") and "Knight" is a Knight. As "Dragon Knight" fits as an easily translated name, and "Knight" is redundant in that sense, they added "Wing" to the title. And as both are the most "Knight-ish" in appearance (such as the design of the helmet visors, reliance on swords and shields/cloaks/armour) and are the main protagonists, the theme naming works, just as it did in Kamen Rider Ryuki originally.