It's just I've seen so much toku over the last two years, in my opinions (which is all my posts ever are, they are never meant to be taken as facts) I'm done making excuses for bad shows.

Gaoranger 04. This episode highlighted some of the core flaws of sentai in general.

Minus Alata - and to some extent Ryuuji - I can't really think of a single other specific hero who felt LIKE a hero from the start. I get that Rangers become heroes over the course of the series but it just seems odd that the shows always bring together a bunch of rookies that bumble their way to badassery. Why not just pick those who are heroes ALREADY? They still have as much room to grow as a rookie does, but you don't have problems like this at the start. Or if you DO pick a bunch like this, it deserves a better explanation than 'well the Power Animals know best derp'.

Similarly, pretty much every other show starts with everyone doing their own thing, just a bunch of random people chucked together. Of course they wont function as a single unit if you throw a bunch of strangers together, what do you expect? Why doesn't this TEAM BASED SHOW think more about the TEAM ASPECT?

That isn't to say Gaoranger is a total wash, although dated in the execution, the villains have interesting designs, and seeing the Gaoranger literally claw off the footsoldiers faces is some fucked up shit that never gets old.

But yeah, the last two episodes have not been particularly great, I'm hoping the cliffhanger of this episode means a brighter future but if not then maybe I'll just write this one off. Maybe try a few more episodes of Maskman before leaping into Gokaiger. We'll see.

Okay, starting tomorrow, I officially (Re)start Go-Busters!

That aside, I have some interest in Zyuranger and Gaoranger as well. I think I'll head towards Zyu should GoBus not do it for me.

Zyuranger is really, really fun. Just be prepared for a lot of children of the week.

Yeah, I've heard of that.
How good are the child actors, and what are their general age range?

As good as expected and 7-10-ish, respectively.

You still have interest in Gao after my posts and everyone else calling it average? :P

Thanks!

I can deal with average. One of my favorite PR seasons is Turbo, after all :p

So I went and re watched the Boukenger movie today just because. It's funny, because in the movie the Boukengers face... The monster that killed the dinosaurs. And it featured Akashi's world travelling dad showing up out of nowhere to give him guidance. And BoukenSilver (played by Masayuki Deai, who would go on to play both KyoryuGreys) is pretty awesome in it, and manges to not get as neglected as most non core Rangers do in the summer films. There's a lot of this movie that retroactives reminds me of Kyoryuger.

Also, Akashi's dad is essentially Indiana Jones and it's awesome.

I'm not at all surprised. Kyoryuger is the most derivative of the Sentai series I've seen. I don't mean that in a bad way -- it was clearly reminiscent of past Sentai series by design.