[ComicGuy89]

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Originally Posted by Banba Soukichi

So I'm gonna preface this post by saying I LOVED the episode. The Mecha fight at the start was PHENOMINAL and I LOVE that MegaRangers grand power is SO SEXY!

But was I the only one would couldn't HELP but compare it to "Countdown to Destruction"? The enormous fleet attacking, the Starting in Mecha and going down to ground, the 24 hour wait, the nighttime planning of the rangers and deciding how to proceed, the civilians getting ready to be executed before the ranger s transform, and even the preview showing Red going up to the command ship It really got me though the "crowd" of people was too dang small! I kept saying "not enough extras!" at the TV.

I don't know. I LOVED the episode, but (with the exception of the Zord fight) it seemed a pale imitation of what it reminded me of.

Now that you've mentioned it, you're right; it does feel a lot like Countdown to Destruction. I still got the illusion of city-wide chaos though from the scenes of the civilians helping each other out. For the smaller crowd, the battle was better paced, and the action more frantic. For one, in Countdown to Destruction, I felt that once Astronema halted the assault, it started dragging a bit. Here, it was so fantastically paced that I screamed "WHAT?!?" at the TV after the end credits popped up.

So, I don't think it's really fair to say it's a "pale imitation". As to which series did it better, that's debatable, but we take what we like.