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Originally Posted by MnemonicSyntax

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!

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.

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.

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?

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.

My issue is not that they included a nerdy character, it's just that all of the characters seem so stereotypical. The glasses the attitude, it's like they just went though a super generic check list for things associated with nerds and called it a day. In other installments, that was never the case, for good reason I think. Sure, there have been nerds, but they at least had some self confidence and unique traits. But the MegaForce characters all seem so generic.

A Mary Sue basically means a character that's too perfect. Gia is smart, beautiful, popular, etc. Again she just seemed like another generic, shallow character.

Did you watch the first episode? In one of the first scenes, in response to Mr. Burley's question, Emma says that only insects will survive all the awful things humans are doing to wreck the environment. I'd have to go back and watch it again to be sure, but I think about midway through the episode she even says the line "I love the environment" or something very similar.

For a show like Power Rangers, changing text on a card should not be rocket science. Yeah, it would take some time to do the editing, but heck to me that seems like part of the job of making a Power Rangers series. Why not make it right? Again, this is the 20th anniversary of Power Rangers we're talking about. If there was one series to pay a little more attention to, put a little more effort into, and not to cut corners on, I'd hope this would be it. I guess 'cause they think the show is just for children who won't care anyway. Maybe my expectations were too high, but I was expecting this season to be epic, not hovering around average.

I never said I wanted anything typical from other seasons. I was just suggesting other seasons as examples of more interesting characters and stories. That doesn't mean I just want clones of former rangers. I just want to not feel like I could see pictures of the current cast in the dictionary under "nerd" "jock" etc.

There's just nothing special about MegaForce right now, that's my big gripe.

But at least I've got hope. Going Viral at least showed that Jake and Noah aren't completely 1-dimensional, so hopefully as we get to know more about the others, they'll be less bland.