TrialOfHeroes

Ah, here it is. The end of a Rider series. The last chance to put some heart out there. And, spoiler, the series Your Humble Hosts have been adoring over this last year and change on The UnKamenCast R!X! managed to stick the landing. Through pandemic interruptions and thematic muddling, through rewrites and daring decisions, … Continue reading UnKamen RX! 250 – End of Line.

In this episode of Laser Knees, we go after some weird bits of trope-exploration on Kiramager. Sono celebrates some artistic inovation, Aleph posits some supernatural effects on production, and a car acts just, like. Like REALLY uncomfortable. Just. Ew. Yucky. |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:31:27| Machine Sentai Kiramager Episode 19 – PartnersEpisode Writer: … Continue reading Laser Knees 120 – (Un)Comfortable, Chum.

Welcome back to the UnKamenCast R!X! where Your Humble(?) Hosts are closing in on the end of Kamen Rider Zero-One and OH BOY, what a wild ride it’s being! In this episode, Aleph finds one reason things work, Sono highlights some parallels with previous Riders, and Toei did it. They freaking did it. Those absoute … Continue reading UnKamen RX! 249 – How Much Can One Man Hurt?

It’d be gauche to blame the world being on fire for not posting these as regularly as they should be posted. BUT THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO. So, here at the start of this ToH content explosion, we’re gonna check in on a couple episodes of Machine Sentai Kiramager with your favorite host (and also … Continue reading Laser Knees 119 – (He Is) Another Brick in the Wall

As Your Humble-Ish Hosts close in on the end of this year’s Kamen Rider offering, the sweat begins to form and the anxiety begins to build. But more than anything, hey Toei? You better not. In this episode of The UnKamenCast R! X!, Aleph appreciates a philosophy of design, Sono appreciates some visual humor, and … Continue reading UnKamenCast RX! 248 – Jumping To Your Teamwork Makes Jumping To Your Dream Work

Your favorite* tokusatsu talkers are BACK, BAY-BEE and we’re talking a whole bunch about a couple episodes of Kiramager! In this episode of Laser Knees, Your Humble Hosts dive into episodes 15 and 16 of those rock mages to see what we can dig up from a mixed metaphor. In this episode: Mabushina continues to … Continue reading Laser Knees 118 – Things Left Unsaid

You know, there was going to be a lot more waffle in the episode description here about the line between a face turn and a redemption and one of your hosts’s eternal frustration with the conflation of the two in the fannish imagination… But have y’all seen that cool robot dog? Yes, Your Humble Hosts … Continue reading UnKamenCast RX 247 – Extremely Cool Puppy, Extremely Still Murder

So Your Humble Hosts have had a bit more time with the newest member of the Kiramager crew and uh we’re still having some trouble with the guy. But we soldier on regardless because if nothing else, there’s some intensely clever Super Sentai stuff going on even if Silver’s kind of frustrating. So, in this … Continue reading Laser Knees 117 – (That’s a Bit Too) Quick, Silver

As the Ark arc begins on Zero-One, your Humble Hosts are going hard on having a bunch of long, winding thoughts about what made these episodes work; because HOT DANG do they work. The Ark has taken humanoid form, Gai is throwing down against Metsubojinrai.net, Aruto has an idea for a new product, Yua’s having a … Continue reading UnKamenCast RX 246 – How Much Can One Machine Hate?

Hey, Laser Knees is back, too!  With two full episodes, no less! So that means the return of your third- or fourth-favorite team of 2020 masked heroes*, the crew of Laser Knees! And… well, it’s kind of a mixed bag.  But to say more would be to spoil all the discussion, SO! In this episode … Continue reading Laser Knees 116 – Round and Around