[Locke]

Took a break from MMPR for a while, so as such I watched a few episodes in a row to compensate.

It's kinda amusing watching the Rangers scoff at aliens, considering that not only would there be Alien Rangers after this iteration but I think this show has had almost as many aliens in it during its run as it has had human characters by this point. I mean hell, aren't Rita and the gang aliens? Plus the whole show is built around magic, and different dimensions and stuff. Aliens are the hardest part to believe?

Also Bulk and Skull have to be some of the most morally conflicting characters as an adult that I've ever watched. Being that in the Mighty Morphin world the usual bully characters are the heroes and the usual hero characters are the bullies, whenever I feel like I should hate Bulk and Skull, Jason usually lands them both on their asses as laughing stocks and I can't help but feel sorry for them and wonder why they are the way they are. Obviously Saban never put that much thought into them but ironically I think they are the most interesting characters despite being there entirely for filler. Kinda makes me wish they became Rangers.

The pacing is still really weird, episodes seems to spend longer establishing Rita's monsters than it does actually having them on screen, so it just feels like time wasted. But it's weird because with the way Rita goes on, it's like all these Monsters have used before, so couldn't they have given a better reason for Finster to dump exposition? Rita clearly knows what is what.

I really love the Zords in this show, but I'm really not a fan of the Megazord, although brief and far apart I get way more kicks out of the individual Zords fighting uncombined. It's like I'm watching Zoids and I loved that show.

I'm still not convinced by the characters, Kimberly is a sexy punk, but character focus in this show usually translates just to Rangers getting to do something Jason would usually do when morphed. And whenever you think maybe they are hinting at a relationship or a deeper friendship between core Rangers, it's isolated to that single episode as those two characters happen to work together in the morphed footage and then it's never mentioned again.