Shin Kamen Rider Prologue: Difference between revisions

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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Shin killing the [[Big Bad]] who just killed his [[Love Interest]]. The former is a grasshopper-monster complete with super-strength, sharp claws and ultraregeneration powers, the latter is a normal human with a gun...yeah.

* [[Cut Short]]: Despite the fact that the title calls it a prologue, ''Shin'' never went any further than the one movie. ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'''s comedy net spinoff has Shin asking the ''Decade'' cast to help his petition for a sequel, and subsequently finding success and fame {{spoiler|only for the whole thing to be [[All Just a Dream]]. [[Butt Monkey|Poor Shin.]]}}

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''No shit.'' This film is the darkest and grittiest interpretation of ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' to date. Rather than a tranditional super-suited human, the Rider is genetically altered and undergoes a horrifying transformation. The fight scenes are visceral and bloody. And if that weren't bad enough, almost everybody in the film [[Kill Em All|dies.]] Considering that the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' fanbase is normally very supportive of darker installments (''[[Kamen Rider Black]]'', ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'', etc.), the controversial nature of this film amongst the fandom is quite the indicator of what this film is like.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''No shit.'' This film is the darkest and grittiest interpretation of ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' to date. Rather than a tranditional super-suited human, the Rider is genetically altered and undergoes a horrifying transformation. The fight scenes are visceral and bloody. And if that weren't bad enough, almost everybody in the film [[Kill'Em All|dies.]] Considering that the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' fanbase is normally very supportive of darker installments (''[[Kamen Rider Black]]'', ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'', etc.), the controversial nature of this film amongst the fandom is quite the indicator of what this film is like.

* [[Deconstruction]]

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Apparently the reason for Shin and Onizuka's [[Psychic Link]] is that it is a mutation of an insect [[Hive Mind]]. Putting aside the fact that social insects do not work that way (a fact which [[Science Marches On|wasn't really all that well known at the time]]), grasshoppers are ''not even social insects to begin with''.

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* [[Gray and Gray Morality]]: While we do have a [[Big Bad]], the CIA will not hesitate to dispose of Shin if he proves uncooperative.

* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]: Shin, at least initially, has no control over how or when he transforms.

* [[Kill Em All]]: By the end of the movie, pretty much every named character except Shin and his gym buddy, who was nowhere near the scene of carnage, is dead. Including Shin's girlfriend, who was pregnant with his child.

* [[Kill'Em All]]: By the end of the movie, pretty much every named character except Shin and his gym buddy, who was nowhere near the scene of carnage, is dead. Including Shin's girlfriend, who was pregnant with his child.

* [[Milestone Celebration]]: 20th anniversary production.

* [[Painful Transformation]]: And HOW!