Kamen Rider OOO - Talk Up!

[NeonZ]

e) Trying to stand out so much doing things that might potentially annoy fans it ended up obfuscating the homages to some of them

That's the real reason Decade gets a bunch of people mindless whining on message boards rather than mindlessly praising it. Sometimes, especially in the Movie Wars finale, Decade basically got to the point of "anti-fanservice". I talked about it in another topic.

http://forums.henshinjustice.net/showpost.php?p=1159117&postcount=1612

Or d) "require more than bursts of light and color to be entertained."

Most people complaining about Decade here only have "lol Decade has no story" to say, so that doesn't seem likely...

 

[garfield15]

Hey, I said my reason. It was answer c)

 

[Synch]

Oh I may complain about decade but its not like I did not enjoy it Its entertaining my only problem is that it could have been more so ... Hell I think I'm going to watch the decade series over again now its the only rider series that I have not already watched multiple times ...

 

[Lynxara]

Most people complaining about Decade here only have "lol Decade has no story" to say, so that doesn't seem likely...

Same difference, honestly. If you don't give your action and fanservice grounding in a strong narrative, it's just light and noise. "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing," if you want to get all Shakespearian.

It may be a complaint you disagree with, but it's highly dishonest to act like it's not a valid complaint. Especially since the show, from its very first episode, pretty much encourages you to watch it to find out what happens next.

 

[NeonZ]

Same difference, honestly. If you don't give your action and fanservice grounding in a strong narrative, it's just light and noise. "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing," if you want to get all Shakespearian.

Decade was mostly focused on the individual episodic tales though, not on the overall frame that justified the traveling.

Of course, it also went and tried to explain the overall frame, so I don't see how "it has no story" is a valid complaint at all. Does it have story problems? Yes, but "it has no story" is different from "this point wasn't developed very well" or "this other plot element received an arbitrary set up".

I'm not saying that there aren't reasons to dislike the show, and valid ones (not just the anti-fanservice I mentioned in that other topic). However, saying that the show "has no story" is not a valid complaint when it clearly has a complete narrative. Now, the narrative might have problems, but it's obviously there.

It may be a complaint you disagree with, but it's highly dishonest to act like it's not a valid complaint. Especially since the show, from its very first episode, pretty much encourages you to watch it to find out what happens next.

You talk about dishonesty and then bring up that idea?

You're quick to dismiss everything set up by the first episode and actually followed later on because it wasn't to your liking, but then now brings up the first episode as if it set up a trend followed upon and then later not delivered?

The first episode was expository because it set up the journey, but every episode afterwards focused on the individual worlds seen during it, not on the overall narrative. Scenes like Narutaki mumbling around only took a few seconds almost every week, almost like a detour from the actual arc that was going on. And most of his comments actually ended up fulfilled even, like Decade destroying the worlds and Natsumi stopping Decade (although this last one was arbitrary, given the lack of reasoning for Natsumi/Kiva-la).

Yet, in the ending, the show turned around and explained basically everything, aside from Narutaki. And they even actually followed upon most of the earlier set up. Decade is actually a very rewatchable show.

What people here hate about Decade is the grounding and story that got in the way, and even subverted, the fan service that should have been there. I guess it's particularly irritating when coupled with other elements from Decade that were just there for pointless fanservice. That's granted to displease people, but it's not a problem with the show.

 

[Hidden Masta]

Someone needs to replace the gibberish parts of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance with "RaToraTah" then rewrite the lyrics and call it Bad Ooomance.

I've spoken.

 

[Gundam Kai]

Someone needs to replace the gibberish parts of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance with "RaToraTah" then rewrite the lyrics and call it Bad Ooomance.

I've spoken.

This :castlerock:

 

[Reimon]

Anybody thinks there will an Thanksgiving episode for OOO, since they did Halloween.

 

[Hidden Masta]

Thanksgiving is only about America though.

 

[Reimon]

Oh, only Americans do that. I guess Ankh will feel bad about his bird clan are being eatan on that holiday.