I want to say the first episode completely sucked, but I thought it was decent. There are 2 gigantic flaws against the show that keep me from liking it more. One, the stupid nods to MMPR. Gosei and Tensou (a stupid nod to Super Sentai) are just blatant ripoffs of Zordon and Alpha, and they try to worm their way around that by saying that Zordon was Gosei's mentor. And Go, Go, Megaforce? Seriously? I like it when each season have their own theme song, but apparently Saban doesn't since it's the same damn theme song!. I started to forgive Samurai for that since it was Saban's big comeback since Wild Force. but this is unforgivable. Two, the actors. These actors are even worse than the ones from Samurai. Yes, apparently, that's possible. The red ranger looks like he's gonna throw up any second, the blur ranger is Kevin's twin, The black and pink rangers, I give them credit, are at least trying, and the yellow ranger only has exactly one facial expression: emotionless. Believe me when I say Kirsten Stewart is better then all of them combined. Oh yeah, I went there. Three, the characters are the same from MMPR. They honestly, laughably, thought I wouldn't notice how the red ranger is a martial arts expert, blue is a nerd, black is athletic, pink is an environmentalist, and yellow is smart like blue? I swear, if they made the pink ranger a gymnast, I would have chucked my remote at the TV. Things I do like: One, the action, but the action is always good in Power Rangers. Two, the writing is better than on Samurai. It sounds more natural and there's not those stupid one-liners and puns like in Samurai, and for a person who normally like one-liners and puns, those were torture. Three, I give them props for having a better explanation for the "teenagers with attitude" thing. Four, the nods to Gokaiger with the Ranger Keys and the Legend War are clever, and I can't wait to see how it's going to play out. All in All, I liked the episode. It was better than the first episode of Samurai they aired, and miles beyond Origins from Samurai. So what did you think?
I want to say the first episode completely sucked, but I thought it was decent. There are 2 gigantic flaws against the show that keep me from liking it more. One, the stupid nods to MMPR. Gosei and Tensou (a stupid nod to Super Sentai) are just blatant ripoffs of Zordon and Alpha, and they try to worm their way around that by saying that Zordon was Gosei's mentor. And Go, Go, Megaforce? Seriously? I like it when each season have their own theme song, but apparently Saban doesn't since it's the same damn theme song!. I started to forgive Samurai for that since it was Saban's big comeback since Wild Force. but this is unforgivable. Two, the actors. These actors are even worse than the ones from Samurai. Yes, apparently, that's possible. The red ranger looks like he's gonna throw up any second, the blur ranger is Kevin's twin, The black and pink rangers, I give them credit, are at least trying, and the yellow ranger only has exactly one facial expression: emotionless. Believe me when I say Kirsten Stewart is better then all of them combined. Oh yeah, I went there. Three, the characters are the same from MMPR. They honestly, laughably, thought I wouldn't notice how the red ranger is a martial arts expert, blue is a nerd, black is athletic, pink is an environmentalist, and yellow is smart like blue? I swear, if they made the pink ranger a gymnast, I would have chucked my remote at the TV. Things I do like: One, the action, but the action is always good in Power Rangers. Two, the writing is better than on Samurai. It sounds more natural and there's not those stupid one-liners and puns like in Samurai, and for a person who normally like one-liners and puns, those were torture. Three, I give them props for having a better explanation for the "teenagers with attitude" thing. Four, the nods to Gokaiger with the Ranger Keys and the Legend War are clever, and I can't wait to see how it's going to play out. All in All, I liked the episode. It was better than the first episode of Samurai they aired, and miles beyond Origins from Samurai. So what did you think?