2014-12-13

akinoame: (Gaim)
2014-12-13 11:13 am
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Sing My Song For You

"Sing My Song For You" from Movie Wars: Full Throttle is good, but there's one problem.

The actors' singing is impossible to distinguish. You've got Kouta and Kaito, who are fantastic singers; Mai, who's a professional singer; Shinnosuke and Kiriko, where it's their first song for the series (and given the way Rider girls get no songs anymore, I was so excited about hearing Mai and Kiriko); and I didn't even realize that Chase, Heart, and Brain sang this!

They all fade into background singers for Mitsuru Matsuoka. This isn't exaggerations--it's exactly what happens. Why bring all of them in when you very easily could have just used the rest of Earnest-Drive or even reunite Sophia instead of getting our hopes up about the actors? And he's a great singer, but I feel like it's Eternal syndrome all over again--where suddenly, the movies at the end got this sense of "Oh my god, Eternal was the GREATEST RIDER EVER and totally a good guy all along, you just didn't UNDERSTAND him, Shotaro and Philip."

I like the song. It's really nice. But it's still kind of a letdown, and I think I have a new running gag about Eternal taking over everything.
akinoame: (Kings and Vagabonds)
2014-12-13 01:28 pm
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Vagabonds 7

Chapter 7: The Price of Desire
Summary: The King's desire may cost Eiji and the children their lives, unless Solaris, Gerhild, and the villagers save them first. Meanwhile, Eiji struggles with who he can and can't save.

Notes: Willeson is all Jafar's fault.