But the Mystic Dragon should have been important to the plot of the episode, the fact that it wasn't was an error of the writer (Jason Smith).

Exactly. He may have be a former Ranger but as far as I can see Jason Smith hasn't shown himself to be any better of a writer than those that handle every other current episode of Power Rangers.

I think sentai fans are the worst people to write Power Rangers, they seem unable to separate the sentai from their own ideas. Look how much better Power Rangers was in the days when people had no idea what footage they were getting.

Maybe if that was the case Super Megaforce would have been a pirate themed show about a crew who travel through past locations in the franchise (Terra Venture, KO-35, the RPM universe) collecting old Ranger powers.

This I am looking forward to.

I wholly expect a lot of new footage as I swear we were told no pre zyu teams

One can only hope.

Despite everything, I am looking forward to it too.

Mainly because I loved Wild Force and look forward to seeing an episode that seems to focus on the "power-up zord".

I would love to see more Sentai-exclusive Ranger teams in Super Megaforce. Makes me hope that we'd get to see ALL the teams in the final battle.

So basically have a 46-year-old man watch raw Gokaiger footage and tell him "now make this into an American Kids Show?"