SamuraiEchidna
Active Member
BUMP!
Man, this was the strangest dream I had! It was basically a trailer for a movie. An American version of Kamen Rider. No, not an adaption... There was NO Japanese Footage used. America saw what Japan was going with Kamen Rider, they copied the suits and bikes and some props detail-for-detail, but decided to make their own spin on it.
Except it was a movie and not a TV series!
I'll try and cover as much as I can since I can't remember all the details:
· The dream or "trailer" called them The Masked Riders. In fact, that was title of the movie.
· The dream featured the 7 Legendary Riders, including Tackle (they called her Masked Rider Tackle, the Lady Rider).
· Masked Rider No. 1 and No. 2 were played by a pair of white guys. I think their names were Roy Hopper and Deuce Hopper. Apparently, they are adopted brothers.
· V3 was played by a black guy with a huge afro. Looked like a member of the Black Panthers. Spoke in jive. Forget his name, but he had a nickname, "The Super-Fly Dragon". (Yes, apparently, my dreams aren't above shameless puns)
· Apparently, the Masked Riders were part of a HUGE multiracial biker gang. They go from big city to big city, writing the wrongs of criminals and what not. They have gang members who don't transform, they just stay human and fight with chains and heavy tools, helping out like minions or foot soldiers. They even have a senior citizen Asian guy as their mentor; he had the stereotypical fu manchu look going and was VERY skilled in martial arts. Never needed weapons; could make entire vehicles flip over with a karate chop to the hood!
· The Tachibana logo was kept on the bikes, but it means something else in this dream.
· Apparently, the Masked Riders are not just masked super heroes. They might be super soldiers or something, but they don't fully understand why or how. Their mentor might know, but he's being very vague about it.
· The biker gang is on the run from the government and the authorities, but they can't seem to trap them. Even when military soldiers and policeman surround the area, the biker gang can sneak up on them because their bikes "are as quiet as a swarm of locusts". They can drive circles around them, and by the time the biker gang makes themselves known, they're gone because their bikes are somehow faster than any vehicle on the market.
· The government decides to hire a special company that promises they can catch the Masked Riders. The company is called "Shock Co.", and the chairman of the board for this company is a German guy named Damian Octovon. (Looks more like an ex-Nazi than Dracula).
· To stop the biker gang, Damian has Shock Agents stationed around all major cities. They are disguised as normal people, but in a moments notice, they will change outfits and attack. When they change, they look like the classic Shocker foot soldiers, the ones that wore berets. Although, some of them wear black wool caps.
· There was going to be sequel bait. Apparently, Damian was hinting at fighting super soldier with super soldier, or in this case, making monsters.
· Roy and Deuce would often say "Let's kick it." and "Kickin' it!" before they preform their finishing kick attacks.
What's really weird about this trailer is that it felt like it was being made in the 70's or maybe early 80's. It had the production value of anything made from that time, like the A-Team or Shaft. Speaking of Shaft, think of the theme song by Isaac Hayes, that's pretty much the music the trailer was going for. There were slang terms and cliches from that era ALL through the dream! The original Kamen Rider TV show was in the 70's, so how could the movie and the TV show exist at the same time? How could it predict what the other 5 or 6 Riders would look like?
I could examine it forever, but it was a dream. It wasn't suppose to make sense.
But WOW! What a dream... It was almost like a Tokusatsu wet dream.
Man, this was the strangest dream I had! It was basically a trailer for a movie. An American version of Kamen Rider. No, not an adaption... There was NO Japanese Footage used. America saw what Japan was going with Kamen Rider, they copied the suits and bikes and some props detail-for-detail, but decided to make their own spin on it.
Except it was a movie and not a TV series!
I'll try and cover as much as I can since I can't remember all the details:
· The dream or "trailer" called them The Masked Riders. In fact, that was title of the movie.
· The dream featured the 7 Legendary Riders, including Tackle (they called her Masked Rider Tackle, the Lady Rider).
· Masked Rider No. 1 and No. 2 were played by a pair of white guys. I think their names were Roy Hopper and Deuce Hopper. Apparently, they are adopted brothers.
· V3 was played by a black guy with a huge afro. Looked like a member of the Black Panthers. Spoke in jive. Forget his name, but he had a nickname, "The Super-Fly Dragon". (Yes, apparently, my dreams aren't above shameless puns)
· Apparently, the Masked Riders were part of a HUGE multiracial biker gang. They go from big city to big city, writing the wrongs of criminals and what not. They have gang members who don't transform, they just stay human and fight with chains and heavy tools, helping out like minions or foot soldiers. They even have a senior citizen Asian guy as their mentor; he had the stereotypical fu manchu look going and was VERY skilled in martial arts. Never needed weapons; could make entire vehicles flip over with a karate chop to the hood!
· The Tachibana logo was kept on the bikes, but it means something else in this dream.
· Apparently, the Masked Riders are not just masked super heroes. They might be super soldiers or something, but they don't fully understand why or how. Their mentor might know, but he's being very vague about it.
· The biker gang is on the run from the government and the authorities, but they can't seem to trap them. Even when military soldiers and policeman surround the area, the biker gang can sneak up on them because their bikes "are as quiet as a swarm of locusts". They can drive circles around them, and by the time the biker gang makes themselves known, they're gone because their bikes are somehow faster than any vehicle on the market.
· The government decides to hire a special company that promises they can catch the Masked Riders. The company is called "Shock Co.", and the chairman of the board for this company is a German guy named Damian Octovon. (Looks more like an ex-Nazi than Dracula).
· To stop the biker gang, Damian has Shock Agents stationed around all major cities. They are disguised as normal people, but in a moments notice, they will change outfits and attack. When they change, they look like the classic Shocker foot soldiers, the ones that wore berets. Although, some of them wear black wool caps.
· There was going to be sequel bait. Apparently, Damian was hinting at fighting super soldier with super soldier, or in this case, making monsters.
· Roy and Deuce would often say "Let's kick it." and "Kickin' it!" before they preform their finishing kick attacks.
What's really weird about this trailer is that it felt like it was being made in the 70's or maybe early 80's. It had the production value of anything made from that time, like the A-Team or Shaft. Speaking of Shaft, think of the theme song by Isaac Hayes, that's pretty much the music the trailer was going for. There were slang terms and cliches from that era ALL through the dream! The original Kamen Rider TV show was in the 70's, so how could the movie and the TV show exist at the same time? How could it predict what the other 5 or 6 Riders would look like?
I could examine it forever, but it was a dream. It wasn't suppose to make sense.
But WOW! What a dream... It was almost like a Tokusatsu wet dream.