Well no. But considering Burajira's body changing was a central part of his character in Goseiger, they could have done more with it in Megaforce than 'just cause'. Especially considering how much of Megaforce was just a straight adaptation.

No, not everything needs to be explained. But everything does need to have an internal logic that is consistent. Vrak randomly changing forms has no logical consistency. And because of that it feels arbitrary.

In Goseiger, the logic behind his form changes was clear -- he was manipulating the various new villain groups, and synthesizing their strengths into his own being.

To me, the only reason to keep Vrak's original form around is so kids don't get confused when they tune in and see he looks vaguely different. Which reads to me as yet another instance of Saban treating kids like idiots.

That for me is the crucial failing of Megaforce as a show. Hate Samurai as much as you like, but because it stuck so close to Shinkenger, most of what made Shinkenger great was still there in Samurai just in a weaker, watered down form.

Megaforce did exactly what Samurai did to Shinkenger, then just bizarrely took out every single plot detail. So they followed the vague outline of the episodes they take the footage from, then remove all context until it's meaningless. Megaforce was literally about nothing.

But that's the thing. Once the second form was introduced it was only ever seen when he was in Earth or in combat. The Warstar form was whenever he was on the ship or in the underwater base. Yes it wasn't explicitly explained, but even from an aesthetic standpoint one looks regal and the other designed for combat. I concede that they did kind of ruin the flow by having him engage the rangers in the Warstar form, but like I say it was the once at the beginning and then every other bit fighting footage involving him was Yuuma or Cyborg forms. Kids aren't so stupid that they can't put two and two together.

Megaforce has its flaws, but I honestly don't feel the handling of Vrak's forms was one of them.

Finished Go-Onger for the 7th time and watching Go-Busters for 5,th time.

Wow, that's dedication!

Epic 48.

Wow, it's been a LONG time since we've had an episode this incredible. Whoever says Alata is a bad Red is a fucking liar, he was just AMAZING in this episode. His fight with Gosei Knight was beyond epic, and his final declaration and the ultimate resolution of the battle reminded me why I love this show so goddamn much.

It would have been perfect if it wasn't for Eri's singing and the boring Gosei Ultimate fight they used to pad the episode.

You're my hero.

You're in the middle of the the best sequence of Goseiger episodes, IMO (though, duh, obviously the last arc of any show is going to be among its best).

My feeling about Goseiger is that they went into the series with some really good world building & character ideas (I.E., the Burajira twist, a cool mythology, an interesting dynamic with the paired-off duos on the team) and a badass ending. But they didn't have much of a story planned to get us to that ending. So they had to improvise the middle of the series, to varying degrees of success. Ultimately, that leaves the show feeling very uneven, even if it's really enjoyable for the most part.

And yes. Everyone is wrong about Alata. He is a badass, and the fact that he doesn't look badass makes him even cooler.

You don't want to get me started on why I think everyone hates him.

I still think the opening Warstar section was the best, it had strong character focus, great world building, epic villains, incredible fights and barely a lick of filler.

I do agree though that the Yuuma section sucked, despite the Yuuma section basically introducing everything that matters in the show, it was drowned in filler and even when it isn't, it was just kinda boring. I hated the Super Modes and as cool as Gosei Knight was, he was just wasted.