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Originally Posted by Locke

Kyoryuger 10. Super sentai, the only place where the giant robots are more convincing than the facial hair.

God the first half of the episode was awful from start to finish. From them trying to give a scientific reason to KyoryuGold's sword skills - only to then directly contradict it in the very same scene, and then again KyoryuGold's introduction and make it worthless that Daigo can block it on the first attempt and it becomes similarly worthless when you actually see it put in practice.

And then there is the long string of goofy practical gags like Amy's footsie skills, to the Violet Beauregard battery, to the fart battery to the infuriating announcer.

Luckily the second half was great minus the three instances I've already listed. I love how active the Commanders are in this show, even if they are mostly pretty rubbish, and it really did capture the chaos of an all out battle really well. This show has fantastic visuals, clearly a big budget and just some really imaginative people behind the camera. It was even better because Souji was an all round badass this episode, he really stood out despite it not being focused on him.

Plus this is our first trip out for Gold, who has one of the most AMAZING introductions I've ever seen. Even the horrendous dancing bends to pure badassery when it's done by him. It made me feel like a child again, the introduction of the sixth was always my favourite part of Power Rangers and KyoryuGold is so COOL.

It helps that Utchy has his own little kabuki styled dance rather than the narmtastic samba everyone else does. Feels like some feudal samurai ritual to get him pumped before heading off into battle.