So the first episode didn't really do anything for me but it wasn't as much of a train-wreck as I feared it was going to.

Outside of Right I didn't really find the cast as memorable as the Kyoryugers or Gokaiger, this show is going to take awhile to grow on me.

The first episode wasn't terrible, not great either…kinda average but it did get a good chuckle out of me a few times.

I'll give this the three episode treatment and see where it goes but so far I'm not really impressed.

I just re-watched the episode with Over-Time's subs. Damn, they're good. I caught so much more nuance from these than from Imagination Station's subs, which I thought were pretty great. O-T's had a liveliness & fluency. These guys are doing excellent work.

Re-watching the episode revealed a lot of things I missed the first time. That these guys might be dead is foreshadowed surprisingly early on. I think this show is headed toward some dark territory. If they explore that territory with the exuberance and levity of the first episode, I think ToQger could be great. Like its theme of imagination, it has a limitless amount of potential.

I want to congratulate whoever the casting director at Toei is. The last two seasons of Sentai (and the last three over on Kamen Rider) have had some charming-ass lead actors. Where do they keep finding all these attractive, young, charismatic actors?

The miniature work and daikaiju action this season is taking it to a next level. Enhanced by the iridescent pastel CGI backdrops, this season is really something to look at.

I'm also really drawn to the ToQger's combo-weapon finishers. This episode had the monster crushed by a tower of crying child statues. It seems like each finisher will be monster-specific. That's gonna lend itself to some imaginative visuals. Can't wait.

So yeah, I'm really into this. ToQger has nothing but potential. Here's to flawless execution! :lol

So…Kotaku wrote an article about Tokkyuoh and his "Train Boner":


http://kotaku.com/new-power-rangers-...ion-1524260401

I noticed that in the show! But as this forum is sometimes iffy with observations like that I didn't say anything.

It's tough to look at Tokkyuoh's transformation without thinking about how phallic it looks.:lol

Can I be the first to type "Trainbowner" on the forum? :lol

Do you think it expands limitlessly like its fists?

Especially as the erection culminates in a huge spray of steam.

I voted "Good" but I've been very generous. Here are my problems with the show (and yes only one episode so I'll keep an open mind, but I've got to vent):

1) Overly simplistic plot: So 5 childhood friends grew up to be ToQuger? To rescue other children who use their imagination to play together? How lame.

2) No character that stands out. With Gokaiger you have varying personalities, from the stoic Blue to the bumbling Green to the prim and proper Pink. Here almost all of them have the same type of characteristic, which is like happy, or naive, or simplistic. Only Green and Yellow are somewhat serious (but not by much). I don't want a team where all 5 members act essentially the same way.

3) The conductor and the puppet? Blech. I dislike these two weirdos already.

4) What is UP with Red and his lipstick? He looks like a drag sometimes... ok he looks like a drag all the time. Give him a wig and you'd think there are 3 girls on this team. I am serious.

5) Train = Boring. I am already tired of this choo choo theme. With all the auxillary zords and future rangers tied to trains, we are going to suffer with nothing but trains for the next year. Sigh.

Positives (ok I'll say a few)

1) ToQYellow (or ToQuger 3) looks so much like GokaiYellow/Luka Millfy, right down to her yellow blazers, black stockings, and short denim shorts or skirts. They even share same type of hair style. She's not quite as beautiful as Mao Ichimichi, but I can live with that.

2) ToQPink using her imagination to defeat the Top Hats. Cute!

Much like the toy, i rocked a Train-Boner through the Episode.
It was fast paced, and showed off the mian-gimmick early, but i loved the High Energy mook Fight and the Mecha fight.

Could have established the Characters better, but i have seen far worse (looking at you, Goseiger).

So after rewatching the episode subbed, my opinion remains unchanged, but there were some slight improvements from the first viewing. The scene when Right (isn't it supposed to be Light???) gets knocked into the pile of garbage is hilarious and the villains look so awesome. Unfortunately, I think the changing of everyone's colors is going to ruin things a bit as it means they cannot have an episode dedicated to a specific ranger with a monster only being able to be beaten by that specific ranger since they can all trade off.

As for the whole dead thing, I bet all of the rangers are just kids and this is their imagination thinking they are adult super heroes.