durendal

Looking throught the credits of Decade, I think I somewhat understand why they lacked the budget to produce more than 31 episodes. The fricking cast is so big that all the money they should be spending on additional episodes went to paying off all the guest actors and suit actors. They have 64 guest actors and 32 guest voice actors with 35 suit actors. In an ordinary Rider shows, you typically have around 20 guest actors and 10 suit actors. Now imagine that.

After editing a few riders profile, doesn't look too intimidating anymore. My predicament now would be what to do next. Should I watch Kuuga, or jump to re-edit the Decade page? I'm still deciding what to do next since the discussion tab in the wiki page doesn't let you create new threads yet. Will this feature be removed or will it be retained after the software update?

Somewhat lame joke. Indian with One Testicle There once was an Indian who had only one testicle and whose given name was "Onestone". He hated that name and asked everyone not to call him Onestone. After years and years of torment, Onestone finally cracked and said, "if anyone calls me Onestone again, I will kill them!" The word got around and nobody called him that anymore. Then one day a young woman named Blue Bird forgot and said, "Good Morning, Onestone" He jumped up, grabbed her and took her deep into the forest where he made love to her all day and all night. He made love to her all the next day, until Blue Bird died from exhaustion. The word got around that Onestone meant what he promised he would do. Years went by and no one dared call him by his given name until a woman named Yellow Bird returned to the village after being away. Yellow Bird, who was Blue Bird's cousin, was overjoyed when she saw Onestone. She hugged him and said "Good to see you, Onestone." Onestone grabbed her, took her deep into the foest, then made made love to her all day, made love to her all night, made love to her all the next day, made love to her all the next night, but Yellow Stone wouldn't die! Why??? Oh, come on. Take a guess!!! Think about it!!! You're going to love this!!! Everyone knows.... You can't kill Two Birds with Onestone!!!

Subject: Scary people in our government A DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of 'why' our country is in trouble! 1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!) 2. I got a call from a Kansas Congressman's (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, and then he interrupted me with, ''I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts .'' Without trying to make him look stupid, I calmly explained, ''Cape Cod is in Massachusetts , Capetown is in Africa'' his response -- click. 3. A senior Vermont Congressman (Bernie Sanders) called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando . He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, 'don't lie to me, I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!'' (OMG) 4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife (Landra Reid) who asked, ''Is it possible to see England from Canada ?'' I said, ''No.'' She said, ''But they look so close on the map.'' (OMG, again!) 5. An aide for a cabinet member (Janet Napolitano) once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. I pulled up the reservation and noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas . When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, ''I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time.'' (Aghhhh) 6. An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m., and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m. I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois , but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that. 7. A New York lawmaker, (Jerrold Nadler) called and asked, ''Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?'' I said, 'No, why do you ask?' he replied, ''Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!'' After putting him on hold for a minute, while I looked into it. (I was dying laughing). I came back and explained the city code for Fresno , Ca. is (FAT - Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on his luggage. 8. A Senator John Kerry aide (Lindsay Ross) called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost info, she asked, ''Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii ?'' 9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman, Bobby Bright (D) from Ala who asked, ''How do I know which plane to get on?'' I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, ''I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them.'' 10. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D) called and said, ''I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola , Florida. Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?'' I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola , FL on a commuter plane. She said, ''Yeah, whatever, smarty!'' 11. Mary Landrieu (D) La. Senator called and had a question about the documents she needed in order to fly to China . After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded her that she needed a visa. 'Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those.'' I double checked and sure enough, her stay required a visa. When I told her this she said, ''Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!'' 12. A New Jersey Congressman (John Adler) called to make reservations, ''I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York .'' I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, ''Are you sure that's the name of the town?'' 'Yes, what flights do you have?'' replied the man. After some searching, I came back with, ''I'm sorry, sir, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a rhino anywhere." ''The man retorted, ''Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!'' So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, ''You don't mean Buffalo, do you?'' The reply? ''Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.'' Now you know why the Government is in the shape that it's in! Could anyone be this DUMB? YES, THEY WALK AMONG US, ARE IN POLITICS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BREED. I don't write it, I just offer it for your consideration. Like manure, you just gotta spread it around.

A Polish man moved to the U.S. and married an American girl. Although his English was far from perfect, they got along very well, until one day he rushed into a lawyer's office and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him, "very quick." The lawyer said that the speed for getting a divorce would depend on the circumstances, and asked him the following questions: Lawyer: "Have you any grounds?" Polish Man: "Ja, Ja, acre and half and nice little home." Lawyer: "No, I mean what is the foundation of this case?" Polish Man: "It made of concrete." Lawyer: "Does either of you have a real grudge?" Polish Man: "No, we have carport, and not need one." Lawyer: "I mean, What are your relations like?" Polish Man: "All my relations still in Poland." Lawyer: "Is there any infidelity in your marriage?" Polish Man: "Ja, we have hi-fidelity stereo set and good DVD player." Lawyer: Does your wife beat you up?" Polish Man: "No, I always up before her." Lawyer: "Is your wife a nagger?" Polish Man: "No, she white." Lawyer: "Why do you want this divorce?" Polish Man: "She going to kill me." Lawyer: "What makes you think that?" Polish Man: "I got proof. Lawyer: "What kind of proof?" Polish Man: "She going to poison me. She buy a bottle at drugstore and put on shelf in bathroom. I can read and it say, ..... Polish Remover."

Now we know why he is a general. In a recent interview, General Norman Schwarzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harbored and abetted the terrorist who perpetrated the 9/11 attack on America. His answer was classic Schwarzkopf. The general said, "I believe that forgiving them is God's function.... OUR job is to arrange that meeting."

WTF? We'll have to wait till december 12 to see the final ending of Decade?

Checked their official site: http://www.dcd-shin....ovie/index.html I think it's currently showing. Started last August 8. Also checked the Toho Cinemas, and the movie is currently ranking at no 7. http://www.tohotheater.jp/index.html edit: Wait, there was a next movie? I didn't notice that. Was also not mentioned in their official site. I'll have to check it out first.

This is strange, I'm sure I made a thread about the tribute to Michael Jackson, and now I can't seem to find it. Well, anyway, the real intention of that thread is to share music videos that you find interesting, but due to the circumstances during that time, (the passing of the King of Pop), I've decided to change it to a tribute thread instead. Well, anyway, since I can't find that thread anymore, might as well make a new thread. As the topic implies, post music videos.Here's the first videos I'd like to share from a Korean Girl Group Wonder girls, with their song "Nobody". It's a catchy tune with a great dance moves, with some funny comedy at the side.

Found some decent pictures of the cast, split the characters into another page, and updated the KR template to include characters, riders, and advent cards.

Actually, they tried that. The cards can't be unsealed once only one undead remained. They should have thought of that before they sealed all the undead. I guess the information came to them a little too late.

So, when was the last time we've seen a rider cleverly defeat the enemy?

Wait, before this goes any further, I would like to clear out something. It seems that we are arguing over something that we all agree in. Everyone agrees that there is nothing wrong with the portrayal of Wataru, and what everyone is complaining about is how the show depicted the development of Wataru's personality. Being a timid wiener is fine, but it gets tiring to watch a timid wiener go back and forth. Am I correct in this?

Sorry to dig this up again, but I just want to share my excitement over my current phone. Yup, it's still the same Nokia E66, and by gosh, this is one sturdy phone. Anyway, like I mentioned previously, I've gotten past the predicament of installing chinese language. And it was only recently that I learn the dictionary comes with text to speech, in chinese. But the problem is I can't seem to read the Japanese text. Now, problem solved. I can write in Japanese using my phone. Whoopee! Not to mention the Japanese text to speech works as well. Whoopee!! Got a nice cute girl voice too. Hehehehe. Me Happy!

I'm glad that you approve of the link. I'm done with the character bio's. I guess I really need to split it up, but I'll do that after I find some nice images for the characters. The individual rider profile seems to be a little bit intimidating.

Do note, that Otaku IS a derogatory term. If they call you Otaku, they are insulting you. I find it funny how many western fans would want to call themselves "Otaku". On the note of riders being "role model", I don't think this would be appropriate. In today's generation, I don't think shows will depict the main hero as a role model. If you didn't notice, today's show mostly consists of "Reality" shows, thus the producers would want something that is more close to reality. But they could have done it better. And that's the main problem. There is nothing wrong in depicting Wataru the way he is. It is the development of his character that was lacking. A good example of character development is Jirou. In 1986, he is the brash, violent and quick tempered Wolfen. But in 2008, he is the level headed ally. The show succeeded in showing how Jirou turned from a berserker to a composed gentleman. Kiva may have failed in some points, but there are still some points that are well made.

I have no beef with the other heisei riders as I have only seen a selected few. My beef with Kiva is the under development of their characters and how elastic their personality can become when subject to extreme emotional difficulty. I would understand it when they snap, but the way they presented it is somewhat distorted. An example is Kengo, on minute he's a happy go lucky guy and the next he's a stiff jerkass of a friend. Wataru's personality in the first episode was already exaggerated to begin with. And the only word that I can describe him is Timid, all throughout the series. Starting off from Super timid, to semi-timid at the end of the series. Now Jirou, he's one of the characters I like. I could say that he is probably one of the most stable characters in the show along with the other arms monster. Otoya too. I find it hard to believe that Wataru is related to Otoya. If I were Otoya, I would disown Wataru. (but then again, Otoya wasn't exactly there to see Wataru grow up, so I guess that's excusable) Opinions stated above are purely my own and is no way connected to any staff or members of Japan Legend.

But remember, Lycanthrope also mentioned that such debates are also present. So asking for their opinion might just add more fuel to fire the discussion. They too have 2 sides of it. The fact that riders are changing means it is growing. Also, I don't see the point on condemming the producers of what is happening to the franchise. For one thing, we watch them for enjoyment, not to start arguments. If I don't like the show, then I will just choose not to watch. There's really nothing I can do about it. I'm really sorry, but I'm slowly getting tired of this showa-Heisei debate. It is unfair to compare Heisei and Showa riders as they are not made for the same generation.

Sorry, correction, I get my images from Toei Hero Net. see here: http://www.toeihero.net/archive/index.shtml The reason why I get pictures from that site is because the images are unique, and they do special poses with clean images. Most of the images in Blade were taken from that site. So I don't think screenshots would be sufficient as it would be difficult to find a clear whole image of the riders. Not to mention a lot of wasted space. Don't worry, I'll manage.

I think I understand what Lycanthrope was trying to convey. The Showa Riders seem to have this "loner" aura in them when they battle the villains. Such "loner" characteristics makes the character look strong and confident, thus the "Manly Man" term being coined up. On the other hand, the Heisei Riders doesn't seem to be the "loner" type, being supported by comrades. Of course in the Showa Riders, there are still the support group, but that's all they are, support. Even the V3-Riderman relationship, even though Riderman was the sub-rider, he never got the chance to finish off a monster, and it was all V3 who did the dirty work. Considering that they gave Riderman the honorary title of the 4th Masked Rider. Comparing this to the Heisei Riders, the main rider no longer does all the dirty work. There are sometimes more than 1 rider, thus it would be much more difficult on the point of the scriptwriters to give development to all the riders. So instead of rooting for one single rider, fans are torn to choose among the several riders, thus creating a rift in the unity among fans.

It's currently in our Masked Rider Ryuki wiki, which was derived from the Japanese wiki (Part of my PTW or Project Toku Wiki). In the Japanese wiki, the source of this information came from the October 17, 2002 edition of the Japan Economics Newspaper and the December 4, 2003 edition of Yomiuri Newspaper

Wow, even after watching the series, there's a lot of things that I didn't know. There seems to be a TV special that has an entirely different settings for the characters, like Ren being a close friend of Tezuka. Might take me a while to finish this. The character bio's are sorta long, and spoiler-full. Will have to consider splitting this into a separate page once I'm done. Also, I seem to be having difficulty searching for pictures. The usual site I take my pictures from (Hero Time, it's an official japanese site with information regarding Heisei Riders and Sentai) doesn't seem to have suitable sized pictures.

How sad that Fujioka Hiroshi who played Kamen Rider Ichigo/Hongo Takeshi disapproves of Masked Rider Ryuki. But what's funny is that Ryuki was popular among Women, and most especially to single women who have never seen kamen Rider.

Not really sure if these questions are appropriate, but oh well.... 失礼な事をしますけど、 日本社会は仮面ライダーはどう思う? 歳上ファンがあるんですか? 仮面ライダーの減少質は海外のファンが大きな引数が知りますか? 海外歳上ファンの意見は、電王の前の仮面ライダーは電王の後のライダーと比べがもっと勝れていた。彼らは、電王の登場は仮面ライダーが完璧に変えたと思う、多くのファンが仮面ライダーを諦めるのは電王の所為です。 この事どう思う? 上記の質問の関係ですが、日本のファンはその事もあるんですか? もし東映は仮面ライダー1呉が仮面ライダーのアイコンとしてモモタロスを変えて、ファンの反応はどうなる? 日本人のお友達は仮面ライダーも好きがあれば、この質問を彼らを聞きください。

Done with V3 (with the exception of the mp3 links). Moving on to Masked Rider Ryuki.