Most Overrated Tokusatsu

[Bolt]

I doubt it; it looked too gay for me to even attempt to watch it.

 

[DigDoug]

Of the choices on this list, I had to pick Den-O. As much as I like it, I feel that it had too much wasted potential to be as popular as it is.

 

[Ragna "D" BloodEdge]

Weird... as far as I've seen it seems like most people love Den-O. Pretty sure I was in the minority.

I suppose I should actually watch it at some point...right?

Wait a minute...look who I'm asking...

 

[MattComix]

Weird... as far as I've seen it seems like most people love Den-O. Pretty sure I was in the minority.

I think it's basically a case of where there's little neutrality about Den-O. You either really love it or you really do not. I don't hate the series for being light hearted. Afterall, aren't I usually the guy posting about stuff going overboard with the darkness? but while I don't have a problem with light-hearted I'm not fond of hyperwackyness especially in Kamen Rider which is something that I think needs a certain degree of dark and dramatic tone as part of what distinguishes its own identity from that of Sentai and Ultraman.

The designs on the Rider forms alone were enough to turn me away. I felt like it was some of the worst stuff PLEX has ever done. But in attempting to watch any of it I just felt like it may very well be the ultimate example of how Toei will put the Rider name on anything they got rather than just letting a premise stand as its own show and letting Kamen Rider be Kamen Rider.

To end on a more positive note I think that Yasushi Nirasawa still does very interesting work on monster designs and its something that stands out no matter what series it is.

 

[koji17]

Why is GARO on the poll? When people look back 15 years later at prominent series of the genre in days past, GARO should considered a "classic". :coolshades:

BTW: I voted Den-O.

 

[prometheus126]

Yeah, I can see that. Garo's a fantastic show but the "Dark" crowd does overhype it at times. Same can be said of Ultraman Nexus and Ultraseven X, both of which are also great shows in their own right but can also be overhyped by the same folks.

And Kabuto... while it's fun it's also a terrible mess more often than not.

I do have to defend nexus a bit with that. with nexus, the darkness came from the overall show and story and motivation rather then the substance the show was made of. as much as I found the show great, garo just seemed to keep going "look at me! I'm dark and mature and cool! you'll LOVE me!!!" nexus went with an overall story that tended to become very dramatic and brooding but nothing seemed to scream it out, if only the character developement. I do have to admit I am biased because I found nexus to be an amazing show and though I do love garo, it just seemed to be trying to do the coolest dude in school thing a little too much. I hate ulraseven X so I'm not the person to try and defend it.
kabuto............IS super fun and I still like tendou but it was a mess and a half. it seemed like they thought of new storylines as they were going along and ended up ruining what could have been better.

BTW, the bestest show ever was Godman!!!!!!

 

[Kaiju]

Most Overrated Tokusatsu : the whole sentai industry :buttrock:

 

[DarkWolf]

Most Overrated Tokusatsu : the whole sentai industry :buttrock:

Saw that one coming a mile away! :laugh:

Hmm... Kamen Rider and Sentai probably are a tad overrated these days, but there really isn't much else during the year besides the occasional GARO or Rescue Force. I can surely say there are quite a few others that don't get the attention they deserve.

Oh, and Keitei Sousakan 7 is overrated. Not to diss the show on its own merits, but all the action is CGI. It just barely, if at all, could be called toku. Maybe there are some real effects besides phone props that I'm just missing. I dunno...

 

[Okkusenman]

Out of the shows i've seen on that list i'd say den-o

 

[Aoiblue]

isnt basically everyones definition of "overrated" if everyones like it? :redface2:
im not voting, no thank you.