I am an old Showa ghost. I have carefully watched “Kūga”, “AGITO” and “Ryuuki” in Heisei. I gave up on “555” when I saw the ending of two episodes left… For others, I only read one or two episodes and then had no intention of pursuing it again. However, I did finish the “DCD” which was a topic at the time.
This time, “Kamen Rider Zeztz” not only attracted me with its appearance, but its visual effects also made me feel like it was a bit of a breakthrough.
The story roughly says that the male protagonist Wan Jinmo has had bad luck since he was a child. Every time he helps others, he will have bad luck. I usually dream that I am an agent with extraordinary skills, a hero who saves the beautiful star Ning Meng.
From the “extremely secret defense agency CODE” mentioned by the police, to the investigation of disappearances, suspicious deaths and other unsolved and confusing incidents, they are all related to dreams.
In the first episode, Banzu Mo obtained the ZEZTZ DRIVER with the power of dreams in a dream and transformed into Kamen Rider Zeztz. After defeating him, he woke up and the belt and capsule in his dream actually brought reality.
This is the brief plot of the first episode. The hero saves the beauty at the beginning, just like Deadpool and Wolverine start the scene, and they run out of the behind-the-scenes list while fighting. Well, the effect is pretty good…!
Wan Jinmo’s agent looks very much like Yu Yu from “City Hunter” (the older generation of Hong Kong and Taiwan call him Meng Bo). He hits people with rubber bullets because it is always a children’s show and it can’t be too violent, right?
Even the real sister wakes up and looks like Axiang from “City Hunter”…
Since the theme is “dream”, this generation of Kamen Rider does not have to explain what its energy is, and it can also use earth-type attacks in battle. Blow people away and make lightning, sea, mountains and other objects appear! Let’s see what other tricks are available in the future?
Last time I talked about the leather case of “Kamen Rider Zeztz”. In the first episode of the battle in the night scene, the clothes had special effects lights all the time, which was very eye-catching! Even without special effects, many parts of Zeztz itself are metallic, and they shine brightly as soon as the lights are on! Although it has special effects and metallic reflections, the color scheme made me think it was the first generation Kamen Rider No. 1 for a moment!
Although the battle in the first episode is a night scene, it is easy to see the “tailor” feel of Zeztz’s leather case, especially the “red edge” on the leather case, with a red edge full of “tailor lines” on both sides. Although 555 also has this kind of handwork, Zeztz’s is much more obvious. In addition, the chest and abdominal muscles also have a very “papery” feel. If you pay attention, you can see that they are made from a thin piece of tailoring, which lacks three-dimensionality.
Even if the red edges are not three-dimensional, the chest and abdominal muscles have the texture of paper, which is very interesting! How I wish it were three-dimensional. Maybe you will say that it is difficult to detect it without a close lens. But if you look at many action scenes, the “folds” when those “tailor lines” move are very obvious!
Maybe people who are used to watching Japanese special photos think “folds” are normal and natural, but for those who are strict, having more folds means they look like props! rather than real “creatures”.
Even if Spider-Man is filmed in Hollywood, the appearance of Spider-Man is basically the clothes he wears. The mask is put on separately, but wearing it like this without the neck connection will not look good. So the formal costume mask is connected to the clothes, and there is a gel mask inside the cloth mask to straighten the outline of the head. The zipper on the back of the mask is usually repaired using a computer to ensure that there are no holes in the holster. Of course, now the Dutch Spider-Man can be replaced with CG all over his body. Back then, the Toby version even hid the zippers of his clothes in places such as his armpits.
Obviously the original setting is to put it on and make a homemade suit, but you won’t be able to see the zipper, folding and tailoring bits (they will be repaired). This is the rigorous spirit of Hollywood (forget about the 2025 SUPERMAN zip-up suit…)
Of course, I have talked about Japanese leather cases before and the fact that it is always a “children’s program”. In the past, I hated “it has been filmed for decades, and progress is only a small step.” Now, I look at it from the perspective of “try to squeeze out some adult stuff for us to watch in the children’s program!” This way I feel better…
Just from the RX leather case’s method to the current leather case technology, “Kamen Rider Zeztz” is considered a breakthrough! But I actually don’t expect too much. You see, the official has announced a large list of dream capsules (CAPSEM) from Heisei to Reiwa. In other words, this drama will still borrow the power of its predecessors. Is it fashionable to hang a belt on your body? You need to use a capsule (that is, the egg box of the egg box machine) to install the transformation. It still feels full of toys…
No way, Kamen Rider is always a children’s show, so I’m very grateful to the staff for trying their best to sneak in some adult stuff for us to watch!
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