To get back to topic... finished Megaranger just about half an hour ago. The show sure had it's weakpoints, but overall, I liked it a lot. The characters were great and the designs and music were totally awesome. The finale was really exciting and touching- it's been a while since a Sentai finale touched me like that. ^^

How is that any different then what the Japanese do then?

That's because these networks are looking at kids like they are dumb and treating them as such. Kids don't care about good stories? Then why are they reading Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, etc? Companies are telling them they don't want good stories so they aren't giving them good stories. Yes, there are a lot of kids that just want mindless destruction, but that is because that is what society is dictating for them. Kids are turning to games like Minecraft because nothing is challenging their brain to think. Everything is being spoon fed to them as if they were stupid.

I just find American Filler more entertaining than Japanese filler.

Also I don't really mind shows that have like no plot these days. If kids want stories then they can go and read some books.

I don't care about filler as long as it is good. Gargoyles has amazing filler. Some Sentai filler is good, some is bad. The majority of Zyu's filler is enjoyable, but there are a chunk of episodes right in the teens where it isn't. The Genie one comes to mind. However, 2-3 bad filler episodes does not make an entire show bad. If you aren't enjoying the show though, you don't have to continue.

Hell, I gave up on ToQ after 5 episodes, Gosei after 9 (three times in a row), and Dynaman after 10. That to me qualifies them as the worst Sentai series ever. If someone cannot make it past the first 10 episodes of Zyu, they shouldn't force themselves to do so. I love Zyu, and I think people are crazy for not liking it, but they probably think I am crazy for not liking ToQ and Gosei. I know I argue with Locke all of the time, but we both have entirely different tastes as the series he loves, I hate. The series he hates, I love. I wouldn't expect him to like Kamen Rider Black either as Black is in my top 5 favorite KR shows of all time.

Nevertheless though, kids should be able to get good stories out of cartoons just as much as books. Not everyone reads well, and when someone does not read well, they try to avoid reading. As much as we don't want to acknowledge that, it is the fact. I know parents who were upset that their child only wanted to read comics even though that meant they were still reading. The parents did not see it that way though, which is a shame as THEY ARE STILL READING!! Regardess, a cartoon should still be balanced between strong stories with strong character development and filler.

I was replying to the part in which you said "...and now is the era for random nonsense like Adventure Time and Regular Show."



If lots of kids were reading the series you mention then companies would focus more on story than in mindless action and explosions but it seems that is not the case, just look at Power Rangers (their toys still sell and the shows have a lot of attention, so no need to change) another problem is that companies don't want to take risks so they keep broadcasting the same shit over and over again.You must also keep in mind that the target audience of these shows is KIDS not tweens or teens that read Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Skulduggery Pleasant and other TEEN novels.

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Completely agree, excellent point.

Kids are different. I started reading Harry Potter as a kid and kept on reading as a teen because it wasn't completely published when I was still a kid. But I also know many kids that didn't care for complex stories or didn't read at all. To say kids don't care for good stories these days is a generalization and wrong, because there are many kids that do. Besides, kids expect and want what they know, so if you give them the complex stuff from the beginning on, that'll be what they want later.

I didn't say all kids didn't like complex stories, it's just that they can't complain about it because that's the only thing that they are given, that is the problem.

True. Sad, but true.

Here we Goseiger again 04.

I actually think Marsatta's solos are pretty good. How would the Goseiger feel about a bit of Tiny Moving Parts? Now THAT is Muse-ic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYwKHL0edWU And although the effects of relay border on racist, I love how they actually involve the whole planet.

Eri is by far the weakest Goseiger and her singing is fucking awful. If badly ADRed lalas is the music of heroes, sign me up for the Warstar. Although Agri and Moune really are massive assholes at the start, at least Eri seems like a nice - albeit excruciatingly irritating - person. Hyde and Alata are my favourites of the team by a country mile and they make it obvious why from the start.

As much as I actually don't mind Datas I hate his introduction of pure, contrived nonsense. Couldn't they give him a better origin story than just being there? It's so weird that everyone just goes along with it as well. Did they think no one would notice how stupid it is? I mean that is ignoring all of the finer details too, like not only does he just HAPPEN to be in the same observatory where the Gosei Angels are, but why does Master Head not ever mention him before this? And why is a guy playing rock music the reason he wakes up, wasn't the destroying of the Tower of Heaven a much bigger deal? I guess not...

There was a mixed bag of action this week, Brajira's introduction to the Goseiger is awesome and this is my favourite incarnation of him throughout the show so it's sad it's so short lived. The suit actors for the Goseiger have so much energy, personality and are so well choreographed, I love the fights even with the dull effects. And I love how, although still not exactly good, Goseiger feels like it actually puts effort into the giant stuff and isn't just going through the motions and phoning it in.

Is it really worth watching? I am about to finish Jetman and I am deciding on what to watch next.