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Goodness! The king is a Player!

Just saw this movie last Saturday. Well, I didn't hate it, that's for sure. Optimus' trailer was cool by the way. And yes, way too much human drama. Also, not sure if it was just me, but I noticed something about the speech patterns of Optimus. Every time he speaks, it's like he is narrating. His voice sounds so grand that I feel that when he speaks, your focus shifts to his words and not on what is happening. I also get the feeling that you can quote all his lines in the movie. You know what I'm saying?

Here's one I found in youtube by chance. Not sure about the song, but I liked the video.

I would like the scans of the Sentai Mechs, but I'm not going to be able to do anything about them at the moment, since I haven't started working on the Sentai Wiki pages yet. I think I can incorporate the articles about the Kamen Riders into the wiki, like interviews and the sorts. I'm actually thinking about how to make the wiki pages look like your browsing a magazine. I got this idea from an iPad facebook app that automatically arranges your wall posts and styles them like your reading a magazine.

I really can't say at the moment because what caught my eye was the sentai robo book. They have lot's of many shiny stuff. . For the newtype, I think it's your call, didn't really see much of the contents so I really can't say what to scan. And of course I do understand your concern for the welfare of the books. I myself am hesitant in scanning some of my Japanese manga. But if it's only the information we want, I guess a clear hires photo of the section would do nicely. But for the nice images, I'm afraid I have no sense of artistry to determine what photos would look nice. I'll have to rely on you for that.

Hmm... they do seem to be broken. I think any form of help would be very beneficial. Especially now that I find out that those links I provided are down. This is actually a big find, since I think those books of yours might contain detailed information on specific merchandise. I especially liked the Sentai book that compiles all the mechs of all sentais. I have to admit, the sentai series is a daunting task that I'm not sure I'm prepared to start it any time soon. Though I do hope we'll eventually get there. For the moment, I think it would be great if you could scan a couple or more relevant pages so we can add it to the wiki.

I think I can save you the trouble for some of the other magazines. There's a scanned version of 2 of the newtype the live you have from here: http://thai-toku.com/koro/

I don't know, he looks kinda fat. For someone who has to be very nimble, the new image makes him look like a moving target. Granted, he looks insanely strong, the new image sure looks awfully familiar. But now he looks more space worthy than the previous image.

This started showing 2 days ago. Has anyone seen it yet? I think I'd rather wait for the hype to go down before watching. I hate waiting in lines for cinemas. If you did happen to see this, what's your verdict? Most of my colleagues are scheduled to watch this tonight and I admit I'm a bit envious that they're going to watch it tonight. But I'd rather wait a week or two before watching. Could save me a lot of headaches.

WOOHOO!!! Finally got my S.I.C. W Cyclone Joker! I'll post pics of the box when I get home. I've already got a number of S.I.C. but I have never opened any of them. I guess I'm still looking for a suitable display case before I finally open them. I have a lot of figures that are still boxed.

If things go sour, it can be easily rolled back right? I always say, if there is minimal to no cost, then why not? However, if there is cost involved, you'd have to weight the benefits if it is proportional to the said costs.

Ugh... why do I even bother......

Okay, if you didn't understand what I just said, I'll just say it outright.

There were a lot of them wearing yellow and black after they suited up. But there was a guy that the protagonists tried to approach, and he just told them to "f*** off"". Was in a Japanese bar drinking alone, and by god, he hasn't aged one bit.

I can't believe I saw this today. I have to say I quite enjoyed the movie, despite all the continuity loopholes it got. I have to ask, while Charles was using Cerebro, I saw a kid with sunglasses. It immediately made me think that is Scot Summers. But Scot is the older brother of Alex, and Alex here is a teenager. Just something to ponder about. If I got it all wrong, then forget I said anything.

I don't know about you guys, but I find this video kinda cool. Not the song, but how the song was played. How often do you see head banging in a classical concert??

I updated this page to at least contain some additional information as to how we really are different from Wikipedia. At the same this, I guess you can say this is a self serving subject targeted at uplifting the PTW contributor's own ego. I have to say, the guy doing all those PTW pages sure is shallow.

Then this gives you more reason to avoid HK subs. Not only are their translations funny, the time the subs are displayed are also inconsistent. Some times they stick out like a sore thumb, and sometimes they don't even appear at all. I still can't forget how they called Hongo and Shiro as Woody and Wolf.

I think I now know why it's so difficult to replicate the milk teas from one of our famous local cafes. They are using espresso machine to brew their tea. That's how they managed to get the smooth consistency. Not to mention that the syrups they use are sourced from Taiwan.

By the way, that info I posted above was dated May 20 from a Japanese rumor mill. And if the next rider is going to start this coming fall (September), then they only have one month to prepare anything from scratch. I do like to clarify my statement. I found little information that is "official". There were some results about ZZZZ, but they are mostly unofficial information so I really can't rely on them. What we need to wait for now is the official word that confirms this.

I certainly hope so. Cap being my all time favorite character, it's really hard not to have great expectations of the movie. But judging on the trailer, Evans seems to be doing a good job of portraying Steve Rogers as the good patriot.

Oh, and here's some rumors that I got from a rumor site. Take this with a grain of salt: Kamen Rider Fouze (ZZZZ) A High School Rider. Fights enemies called Noa using the rider system he inherited from his father. The main protagonist not being able to skillfully draw out the power of Fouze is partially unable to utilize the power. There are 4 basic form, the protagonist has memory loss, and the motif is a space ship, a switch will gather item, and the scriptwriter is someone who has not involved in any rider series. Fouze metamorph from Rider No. 0 thus he inherited an incomplete power. Metamorph can transform the whole body, since Fouze is incomplete, he can only transform his arms, legs and weapons. This is connected to the 40th anniversary of Rider, with W (V V) -> OOO -> ZZZZ [tl note: 2V, 3O, 4Z], pointing out as it's common feature

What is? The Rocket Punch Pun or the Fouze overall. I've tried googling this using "仮面ライダー フォーゼ" as a search string and it resulted minimal results and information. Looks like some people are calling this "ZZZZ" (Four Z). Apparently, those things attached to his arms are called rocket module, which increases the speed of his punches. Wow, that literally is a Rocket Punch. Pun intended.

Thanks, I am aware of the Factory X and Museum replicas. I also had a feeling that the deluxe shield I saw would have similar composition like a lid of a trash can. That's why I hesitated and researched a bit before buying it. But after seeing that shiny shield, I want that instead. I wonder if its bullet proof.

I do have a liking to the current JL header. It blends well with the site. I do like to ask what purpose these banners will be for. I mean obviously to advertise the site, but where will you put it? You can't exactly force people to use those banners, right? Me, for example, would not use any banners for my signature. I'm using my current one simply because there are other machines that would not be able to read Japanese fonts.