Kamen Ridering
I have been enjoying a new TV series lately: Kamen Rider OOO. Completely weeaboo glorious nippon baka gaijin, I know, but I just enjoy the mindless fun and crappy fight scenes. While I kind of love the Kamen Rider series, I will admit that it is sometimes worse than the Power Rangers.
Still, I managed to get Anna hooked as well and she tracked down the predecessor of OOO, Kamen Rider Double. See, Kamen Rider is a long running series, each incarnation of the Rider having little or nothing to do with the previous ones (except Decade, but it was an anniversary series) in terms of plot and setting. This has the advantage that every series can be a little different.
And boy are OOO and Double different. OOO is, at its heart, Sailor Moon for boys: ancient spirits using people's desires to make monsters, while Double is a detective story: two men fighting against an evil syndicate which distributes electronic drugs that give people superpowers.
I think the thing I like about both these series is how simple everything is. This is basically live action superheroes the way we want it done: capes fighting bad guys and saving the world, no soap opera relationship crap, like on Smallville or Heroes. If that's your thing, fine, but I'd rather have my kiddie stuff be kiddie.
Still, I managed to get Anna hooked as well and she tracked down the predecessor of OOO, Kamen Rider Double. See, Kamen Rider is a long running series, each incarnation of the Rider having little or nothing to do with the previous ones (except Decade, but it was an anniversary series) in terms of plot and setting. This has the advantage that every series can be a little different.
And boy are OOO and Double different. OOO is, at its heart, Sailor Moon for boys: ancient spirits using people's desires to make monsters, while Double is a detective story: two men fighting against an evil syndicate which distributes electronic drugs that give people superpowers.
I think the thing I like about both these series is how simple everything is. This is basically live action superheroes the way we want it done: capes fighting bad guys and saving the world, no soap opera relationship crap, like on Smallville or Heroes. If that's your thing, fine, but I'd rather have my kiddie stuff be kiddie.