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>>I didn't know Doras had a name. I always thought he was a Rider of some sort simply because he had a bug theme. Kamen Rider Terminator

Yeah, the director mentioned his name in the making of footage, he basically said that Doras was what he imagined an evil Kamen Rider to look like

>>Also, what's the deal with Doras being alive in the end? Setup for a sequel?

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was he, I don't remember that, I thought Zo did his rider kick sending him flying into the child like creatures pool like thing which kinda destroyed it,
damit now ive gotta go check to see what's what


But on the terms of a squeal, Didnt Kamen Rider J follow this? since Zo appeared in the cross over Kamen Rider World with J, was he not a bad guy in that, damit something else i need to look into, alflip

Doras was kind of a butt ugly rider, but not the ugliest rider i have seen

something else I just remembered, that boys mum was mean just dumping him at the film set and leaving him there alone
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Ah, Kamen Rider ZO. Takes me back a bit. I remember I heard a funny rumor once (can't remember where I read it) but the ZO comes from the fact that some silly japanese guy thought it looked like 20. And they were like twentieth anniversary...ZO...hmmm it just might work! I thought it was an interesting tidbit. But I don't know if it's authentic or not. But yeah I always thought Doras was a great villain. Cool beans.

>>Also, what's the deal with Doras being alive in the end? Setup for a sequel?

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Now I also have to dl and watch this again (besides I've never seen the extras) because I don't remember Doras coming back. Besides ZO is badass. Moreso than J in my opinion. And yeah J does come after ZO, which then follows up with World which is a crossover of three shows (Black, ZO and J) in which ZO and J team up to fight the revived Century King, Shadow Moon and his evil revived recyclable kaijin. (Is it just me or were the kaijin back in the day more badass than today's variety? Just my opinion I guess. Creepier is better to me, although I have no problem with current kaijin, they're cool too.)

Red Doras was pretty badass too although at that point there was no one to fight him, which was sad... Anybody remember how Saban's Masked Rider tried to have Doras as a villain? Yeah... I was like ten I think but I remember how badly cut that was...
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I have never seen Kamen Rider ZO but it it's worth watching?

what do you think members since I know a few of you seen before.
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Shado Kabuto wrote:I have never seen Kamen Rider ZO but it it's worth watching?

what do you think members since I know a few of you seen before.
Definitely. I have not much more to say than that. It's great.
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its a great film to watch,

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Doras did die, he vanished when he hit the warped kids pool
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>Doras did die, he vanished when he hit the warped kids pool[/spoiler][/quote]

No, I meant if you look at the deleted scenes, it looks like he comes back after the credits
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Takenoko's talking about the second to last clip in the deleted scenes. You watched the wrong file. :P

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The clip has Doras stand back up all smoking and looking at the camera. It looks like it's some kind of after credit deal from the way it was shot.


I'm curious if someone has the right 'tool' to watch the ending karaoke in all it's glory. Anyone?
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You know I had to buy my "tool" to enjoy it by buying a kid's book that came with it XD

I had fun dropping hints into the main chan for a few weeks. People probably just attributed it to my non-sequitur noise that I usually do though
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oh right i havent watched the making of since i did the qc, guess ill have to take alook thru it then

Edit: hmm that scene could have been from during the fight, bit hard to tell really given that its a deleted scene
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this was my first time watching very terminator like but very good so thats what the older series were like loved the villain was so much more violent the modern ones though maybe cause he was after a kid it just seemed like that
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Those deleted scenes were interesting, I wouldn't mind seeing what the full 90 minutes were like. Too bad the deleted scenes just had unused music from the soundtrack, and not the sound elements like sound effects or dialogue.
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Man after watching the making of and stuff I'm so psyched! It just makes me realize how great ZO is and how much hard work they put into it. The director had a lot of good ideas going and I like the mentality he had when he went into making it. I love the ending theme. I wish I had the soundtrack...or more specifically an mp3 of that song but I'll settle for just replaying it endlessly.

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I forgot about that giant grasshopper/bug that wakes him up at the beginning. It seems like it was meant to do more from the deleted scenes. Seems to me like they went and took the idea a step further by letting him talk in KR J. And...is it just me or is Doras jewish? I mean in that deleted scene the door opens up like a star of david to a yellow background... was that supposed to be symbolic of something? Maybe I think too much...
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It's a great show that still holds up today, I enjoyed watching the rerelease. I must say i'm surprised that they actually went with some stop motion animation for this that certainly takes a long time to film, especially considering it would've probably been cheaper for them to use regular suit actor, i'm actaully glad they went the harder route since it makes the scene with Spider Woman alot more enjoyable. Lastly I want to touch upon the music I absolutely enjoyed it I think they picked out some real good pieces, they certainly fit the tone of the movie well. The opening sounded very melancholic and haunting, while the ending piece was uplifting really did capture the essence of ZO as he rode off.
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Thanks, Cheetah.

I grew up watching early shows like Kikaida, Rainbow Man and Kamen Rider V3 in the 70s, so the more old school feel of ZO was a welcome look back.
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That Onee-chan is Naomi Morinaga (Annie from Uchuu Keiji Shaider) right? Cool.

The villain reminds me of Cell from DBZ.
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