[Eric]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

How do you rate these Rangers?
How do you rate the Story?
How do you rate the Villians?
How do you rate the Writing?
How do you rate the lead-up into Super?
How do you rate the Characters?
How do you rate the Mechs and Weapons?

The story, as well as the writing, is basically Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers for today's kids, though to be honest, even Mighty Morphin' had a few good storylines, and the writing was actually better as the show went on. Megaforce just feels rushed, primarily because of having to adapt both Goseiger and Gokaiger in one 40-episode season. Sorry, I meant TWO 20-episode seasons, both with unnecessary Halloween and Christmas specials that are basically clip shows.

God dammit, Nickelodeon. But hell, better them than Disney.

As far as the villains go, if they really wanted to make the Warstar Aliens a threat, they should have just kept them, the mutants, and the robots all under one roof instead of Vrak having to change his appearance for each group and their respective lairs. I understand that was part of Goseiger, but come on.

The lead-up into Super. We know that the visions Troy had throughout the season will come to pass in the last episode for the next season. We know that they, along with every other team of Power Rangers, will fight the Armada (though I still think they should have just kept the Zangyack name). We know that Gosei was in a worried tone, yelling at the Rangers to morph when the Armada showed up. We know that the Gokaiger suits will be a powered-up form for the Goseiger suits, and that the Rangers will use the Ranger Keys to morph into previous Rangers. Finally, we know that only Tommy, TJ, Cassie, Leo, Karone, Damon, Carter, Dana, Wes, Casey, Jayden, Mike, and Emily return for a cameo. So that means the idea of having a previous Power Ranger return to give the new team their respective teams' powers is out, like what Gokaiger did. The way I see it, it looks like Gosei is going to be around to give the Megaforce Rangers the Greater Powers of the previous teams instead, what with the Ranger Keys being in his Command Center and all.

The Rangers themselves are tolerable, though I think Troy's actor can do a lot better. Most of the time, he sounds, looks, and acts robotic, and when the voice actor for Robo Knight does a better job emoting than the Red Ranger, you know something's wrong. Nothing against the actor, hopefully his acting improves.

The Megazords, the Gosei Morphers, and the weapons are probably the only things I genuinely liked about Megaforce. The Megazord itself has that charm that reminds me of the original Megazord in a way, and while the Morphers may look silly, the idea of using Power Cards is clever. I just wish they used Ranger Cards instead of Ranger Keys for Super Megaforce, to be perfectly honest. The weapons are nice, too; it's not often we get a bowgun in a Power Rangers series. Come to think of it, I think this is the first time we actually have a bowgun weapon for Power Rangers. Nice!

Personally? I think Saban could have done so much better with Megaforce. There were quite a few good ideas he could have done instead of just being a cheap tightwad. Something tells me he's going to cheap out again when Super Megaforce airs.