I actually liked Shinkenger more often than I didn't, but getting Genta and then getting a twenty episode slog of boring pointless filler, is like a steel toe cap to the balls followed by a ball of phlegm in the eye. It's a shame because the ending is pretty good, and during that slog is where most of the focus is on Juuzo in the series and he's like the main reason to watch Shinkenger in my opinion.

OOO is kind of a special case, though, in that a lot of what was originally planned got rewritten on the fly, especially when it came to Date.

I suppose, but what I meant was I pretty much hated OOO before Date, then after Date was introduced it went on to be my favourite series. But the thing was, as the show was completed, I was able to whiz past those first crappy episodes in a couple of days. If I was watching it weekly, and would have had to have suffered through that first portion over a quarter of a year or whatever I probably woulda ended up dropping a show I would have gone on to love.

So even if ToQger isn't really all that good, even if it isn't added to my favourites, if I'm still tuning in five months down the line, it's been a success for me.

On a more bemusing note. I'm 90% certain I know where they got the inspiration for Shinken Gold's outfit...

I'm a Las Vegas native. This is our bus: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._2010_9956.jpg

This is Shiken Gold. lololololol
http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...old_ranger.jpg

^ Haha that is brilliant.

I don't remember Genta being all that bad, but maybe it's because I skipped the middle 20 eps.

I sure do love the ShinkenGold design and suit actor, though.

Jiro Okamoto was an interesting choice for ShinkenGold in suit. He started out just fine, but the guy has always had a bit of a belly. Athletic as heck, but I think that's the natural shape of his body. As the series moves on you start to see it appear more and more. He's much better suited for Rider or armored roles than anything that shows off the shape of his body as clearly as a Sentai suit does.

Anywho. I think the biggest problem with Genta is that nasty clash his character brings not just with the tone of the others but with the tone of the show in general. It's like someone at Toei decided that they can't have a Sentai show these days without an extremely over the top character. We already had Ryunosuke filling some of that role but the guy could at least play it serious when the situation called for it. Genta's actor, bless him, just isn't very good. And in a show like Shinkenger where the casting is better than most Sentai, he sticks out like a sore thumb.

Oh man between how awful Genta was I totally forgot about his chubby belly haha. It was especially weird as Genta was like anorexic levels of skinny.

I loved it.
I loved how they could change they're suit colors and i especially loved the theme music, it really put me in a good mood. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaSd2d5rwPE

Oh man, I thought I was going to hate this one because of the simpler designs.

I was wrong. I am in love with this crazy little season already. My only hope is that we see those Gabutyra train and Den-O liner become real things in another Kamen Rider/Super Sentai crossover movie. Maybe the Gabutyra Train could be in Toqger vs Kyoryuger along with arm and leg pieces based on the Travellion and Grand Liner?