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Originally Posted by Taro3

I was expecting big things from MegaForce considering that the series is celebrating 20 years of Power Rangers. But so far I'm a little disappointed.

The acting is kind of so-so, but not to fault the actors, I think it has a lot to do with the characters they were given to play. They're so cliché it borders on annoying. We have the mysterious new guy, not too original. I know the blue ranger has often been more of a geeky type character, but Noah couldn't have been closer to the definition of a nerd if they had given him a pocket protector. He's perhaps the most disappointing because it seems like they try to make him seem as uncool as possible, I assume in an attempt to reinforce the nerdiness. Not all nerds lack self esteem, or get annoyingly passionate in a science class, etc. Not in the real world, and not even in other Power Rangers shows.

I don't think that at all. Noah isn't "not cool" he's just not sure of himself. When you're charged with saving the world, I'm sure it's going to cross your mind eventually.

And no, not all nerds lack self esteem, or love science, etc. etc. etc. but there are those that do. Remember, Power Rangers tends to have a message behind it. I recall in a David Yost TV Guide interview that he said one time, a short, chunky kid came over and told him that because of Billy, he felt like he could do anything and gave him a hug and thanked him. Billy, being the "nerd", showed kids that the can get through anything, even a fear of fish apparently!

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At first I thought Jake was going to be the typical jock. Somewhat thankfully, he turned out to be more of a cross between a typical jock and a typical ladies man, making him slightly more interesting (especially since the latter is a bit more rare in Power Rangers). He really shined in episode 3, but I can't help but feel like his constant flirting with Gia will start to get annoying in a few episodes. Speaking of Gia, she strikes me as a complete Mary Sue. Emma's "I love the environment!" bit is annoying too.

Not sure what a Mary Sue is, so you'll have to explain that one. Also, in the three episodes I've seen, I don't recall Emma being like that at all. In fact, I haven't really seen much of Emma at all, especially for form that conclusion.

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I hate to seem so critical, but it's like they didn't even try to make the characters interesting at all. And again, not that the rest of the show is bad, it just seems to fall short of expectations for what I always thought would be an extra special 20th anniversary series. Little things like the text on the cards just seemed to slip through the cracks. I'd rather have seen them put a little more effort into things like that, rather than just tossing in a bunch of nods to previous shows.

So what are your expectations then? If it's the 20th anniversary, nods to previous shows are expected. But I don't see how this makes any difference to the card issue, when most likely the editing/completely new card issue had it's costs moved to other things that we don't know about, like possible returning actors. Regardless, the card thing is still nitpicky though. We have names for these characters, like "Tensou" and "Gosei." I think the bigger gripe should be the names on the Power Cards themselves. We have for example Sky, Sea and Land Brothers, but other Power Cards show the same thing, but with a variant name, like Aero, Oceanic, and Terran Brothers instead. So it's not much of a stretch to see Skyic, Seaic and Landic on the show itself.

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The first episode seemed to me like a fast paced parade of toys they're selling, and the second was just a little too typical of Power Rangers, following a 20 year old script. The third episode I found a lot more original and redeeming, so I hope that things are taking a turn for the better.

Here's the thing for me here though: You don't want a typical Power Ranger script, but yet you want the nerd to be the typical nerd from other seasons?

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Last but not least, what happened to Gokaiger? I thought MegaForce was supposed to be based on both Goseiger and Gokaiger. But other than some ranger keys on a shelf which have been nothing more than a decoration so far, I can't find a trace of it.

Again I don't mean to be harsh, but it just seems like they could have done a lot better with MegaForce so far than they have done.

This has already been answered for you, but Megaforce is combining two seasons, Goseiger and Gokaiger, to coincide with the 20th anniversary.

Lastly, those aren't Ranger Keys on the walls. They're three to four sizes too large for keys and have no waist joint. It's not to say that they won't do... something, but as it stands, they're not Ranger Keys in that form.