[Eric]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I really don't know Beetleborgs from personal experience. I do know how bad season three was.

I'll admit, season 3 is a bit weak, and having Kim be replaced by Kat as the Pink Ranger was a dumb idea.

Beetleborgs...everything about it is terrible. I know a lot of you want to know why I hate this show, so I'll tell you.

I was seven. I saw commercials for this, and I thought the Beetleborg suits looked cool. I decided to watch the show, thinking that maybe it'll make up for the cancellation of VR Troopers and the crap-fest that was Masked Rider. As I watched, I tried to enjoy it, despite the fact that it felt too campy, even for Power Rangers. I guess I was at that age where my interest in Power Rangers and Power Rangers-esque shows had started to wane. It's as if I was torturing myself to like it. Beetleborgs Metallix didn't help at all, either, and that was when Power Rangers Turbo was on.

Many years later, I had discovered its original Japanese counterpart, Juukou B-Fighter, and compared the two plots. Why didn't we get the Japanese story instead? An insect calls upon three teenagers to use insect-like technology to save the Earth from aliens. Yeah, I could understand it sounded similar to what Power Rangers had, but come on!

What we got here on the other side of the Pacific were three children who summon what I can only describe as Jay Leno trying to be the ghost of Elvis who magically makes them the heroes of their favorite comic book, along with pathetic parodies of classic movie monsters that would make even Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff facepalm at the sheer sight of their stupidity.

And the theme song. THAT. GODFORSAKEN. THEME SONG.

I. HATED. THAT SIREN'S SONG FROM HELL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

Not just because of how catchy it was, but because every kid on the playground knew that I hated it, and would exploit that weakness I had. All the way to the very end of elementary school. This song is to me what the show Doug is to the Nostalgia Critic; annoying, and a part of my history that I don't want to reminisce! Are you all happy now!? ARE YOU!?