Kyoryuger had Kouichi Sakamoto in charge for action, that should be enough reason for it to be awesome. That guy may be a pervert, but he's brilliant when it comes to action sequences.

I wish I could forget about Sun Vulcan. A series with no female rangers, horrible storyline, and practically no relation to Denjiman despite being written as a direct sequel should not exist.

He was. On both counts. Every time a girl spun, which was usually Yayoi and Ami, it would slow done. Chimes would ring. And the camera would get in nice and tight. And again during Kyoryuger v Go-Busters with Go-Bust Yellow and Ami dressed as schoolgirls.

I swear that scene existed just for him.

There's no Sentai series I forget happening, but I kind of wish I could forget Miss America. That'd be nice.

I can't really say that i forgot. But in my head Sentai is Goranger , J.A.K.Q. -------------------HUGE GAP---------------- then Jetman to now.

I have a weird disinterest in any Sentai between J.A.K.Q and Jetman. I am not really sure why.

Because Battle Fever J. It's contagious!

Minus Liveman, which I really enjoy, I do too also find showa productions pretty forgettable. I come to these shows for the action, and those minuscule dated effects make it painful for me. I know they're classics and should be appreciated for what we have today, but appreciation and adoration - even toleration - are different things.

See, that is where I have to disagree with you (as usual). I would rather have dated practical effects that have not aged well over fake looking CGI explosions and mecha that deters between blocky toys and disproportionate CGI. At least back in the 80s and 90s it was always block toys.

This:

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...Go-Busters.jpg

just looks down right awful compared to this:

http://www.supersentai.com/database/...annosaurus.jpg

CGI should be there to enhance the experience, not take it over.

That is an anomaly of an example though as Zyuranger was a HUGE leap in mecha over everything that came before it, I wouldn't dare attempt to compare sentai before Zyu to it mech wise, in the way I wouldn't dare compare the pre-Gobus mech action to Go-Busters either.

Yeah, a lot of the mecha action in shows before Zyuranger feels like an after thought. It takes, what? Like 8 episodes or so for Liveman's mecha battle after they form LiveRobo to actually change up the choreography.

And that's not to mention that a lot of the mecha filming itself just sucked back then before Zyuranger. Most of the time there isn't much of an attempt made to sell the illusion of these things being giants. I feel this is a huge shame in Turboranger since those last few enemies, including the main enemy himself, have some fantastic designs and deserved better battles.

At best, 80s Sentai was very inconsistent. You had stuff like this, which just looks like two guys in suits on a beach, and then stuff like this, where they go out of their way to build a kickass prop.

Though I will say, poor quality CGI is just as bad because of how visible good CGI is in movies, so this stuff instantly looks bad rather than just ages bad. One of the best instances of CGI I've seen in toku was the first two seconds or so of Decade doing the Ryuki Final Form Rider for the first time. As he transforms into the dragon, it's animated nicely and well textured and then the very next scene...it's like they got lazy and realized how close the deadline was. The Rescue Fire stuff was really good as well, for a TV budget, the machines are consistently animated to a pretty good level, have a nice amount of texture on them and don't feel all...janky.

You're missing out on some really great shows like Bioman, Changeman, and Flashman. And some decent shows in Maskman, Liveman, and Fiveman.

That's because the mecha is really just there to sell toys and that is it.