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Has Power Rangers lost its edge?
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11-23-2016, 01:26 PM
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Lord Benendearu
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After having recently seen the finale to Power Rangers Dino Supercharge, it, and the whole Dino Charge series, left me with a feeling of meh.
While both Dino Charge seasons did set up interesting ideas, such as having a time displaced caveman and knight as main rangers, none of these ideas are used to its full potential. There was a really interesting possibility for character development for them in which they deal with homesickness. Give one of them, I don't know, an episode in which he has the possibility to return to his own time, only to realize his responsibility as a ranger is more important. If done well, it would really cement said character as someone who would sacrifice his own desire for the greater good.
Another example is Heckyl/Snide. The last few episodes portrayed the Heckyl part of the character as a sympathetic anti-villain, who, in his own words, did everything he did to restore his planet. The problem is that the majority of the series, Heckyl acted no less evil than Snide, feeling just as one-dimensional as an MMPR villain. So yet another bit of wasted potential.
While one mediocre season in a while can be expected, the last six years have, in my opinion, all been mediocre to outright bad. None of the Neo Saban seasons got me really invested in their characters and story. And that while Power Rangers is able to tell interesting stories, as we have seen in past seasons. Examples of this are (in my opinion) In Space, Lost Galaxy, Time Force and RPM. (Yes, I know Lost Galaxy is very messy at times in terms of story, but the atmosphere and characters really grabbed me.)
To list all my opinions of the Neo-Saban power rangers:
(Super)samurai: Being a carbon copy of its original Sentai counterpart, complete with literally translated dialogue, it really feels stilted at best and completely implausible at worst. The Japanese tone they tried to copy just obviously does not fit with the western setting the characters live in.
It really broke my immersion when the Rangers, of which only one Ranger was of Asian descent, were discussing wether Antonio deserved to be a considered a "true samurai".
To me, it felt like a bunch of western fans of Shinkenger were trying to reenact the scene in which the rangers were discussing wether Genta should be allowed in their team.
(Super)megaforce: Everything wrong with this "anniversary" has already been said by a multitude of other people, including a 3 hour long videoreview by Linkara, so no need for me to list said wrongs. Let's just say the laziness of the writers oozes from the final product.
Dino (super)charge: Many interesting ideas, but none of which are truly explored to their fullest extent. However, I do think this is the best of the three (6 if you treat the Supers as separate seasons), as it did dare to try out new things if you compare it to the previous 2(/4) seasons.
So I am wondering: Is my view of the Neo-Saban seasons tainted by the nostalgia I have for the older seasons? Or is there truly something lacking in these recent seasons that the older Saban and Disney seasons did have?
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