i have two sides: the side that loves the emotional but fantastical violence lite of (most) tokusatsu and the side that loves the hardcore gory violence of brutal action films.
never the two should meet for me. some people are into the more adult or grounded or (shudders) realistic toku and that's valid! that's totally cool. but nah, not for me. just like i don't care for action movies where it doesn't feel like something is happening to these people, carefree slaughtering with no visceral impact.
(yes my first Kamen Rider was Amazons, which is exactly the two meeting and i enjoyed it at the time (especially the episode that is just The Raid!) but revisiting it is very not my taste)
