Comments on: Transpacific rubberization!

By: hman

hman — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:00:33 +0000

One of my favorite lines from Keith’s old reviews was something to the effect of “Whenever you need someone to transform into a monster, you get Steve Wang, just like whenever you someone to be a leprechaun or some other short creature, you get Warwick Davis.” However, “The Guyver” films never did anything for me.

By: The Rev. D.D.

The Rev. D.D. — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:17:20 +0000

(Why did I write “Linnea Quigley”??? I know that’s not her in the first one…sheesh.)

Anyway. Yeah, I didn’t miss Jimmy Walker in the second one. Or the guy playing the Guyver, either.

And your review hits on the big problem, as I mentioned…not enough rubber suit fight scenes! What we do get stacks up to (and usually surpasses) the first movie’s fight scenes, but there’s not nearly enough to justify the “plot” we have to slog through to get to it.
For its faults, the first one paced that sort of thing a bit better. Less down time between critter combat, which means less fast-forwarding for me when I watch it compared to the second one.

The costumes are indeed great (and durable!), and I’d love to own a couple of them.

By: Nathan Shumate

Nathan Shumate — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:01:45 +0000

True, Michael Berryman would have been a great addition (I don’t care how they would have explained his presence). On the other hand, we also weren’t subjected to the “street” Zoanoid who thought he was the urban Jerry Lewis, so there’s some parity there.

By: The Rev. D.D.

The Rev. D.D. — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:54:05 +0000

I remember being sooooo disappointed with Guyver 2 when I saw it. The first one is by no means a classic, but I had a ball watching it. This one…WAY too much “plot” and “human drama” and not nearly enough people in rubber costumes ninja-kicking the crap out of each other.
And a distinct lack of Linnea Quigley and Michael Berryman, which was a huge mark against it right from the start.