[Locke]

So more MMPR, you know what is kinda annoying me about the footage integration now we've had character focused episodes? That no attempt has been made to bond the characters together.

Jason, Trini and Kimberly work well enough when merged with the Zyurangers because Jason is basically just really bland minus some surprisingly funny if not largely juvenile puns and what makes Trini and Kimberly stand out is less to do with their physical attributes (although all the Rangers flip and stuff so Kimberly's gymnastics don't really count).

On the other hand Billy and Zack simply do not work, Zack could have worked but they bothered to add his swag into the unmorphed fight scenes so it's always jarring to see him suddenly become so static when he morphs (minus the aforementioned flipping) and quite a few episodes now have established that Billy is no fighter, needing the Rangers to come save him, so it's jarring when suddenly he morphs and becomes one of the best fighters on the team.

And yes, I am aware they are common problems of the franchise, not just MMPR but I can't understand why they've done it like this. The Zyuranger footage is so ultimately bland that it seems perfect to mold and shape in your own way, but MMPR seems to go out of its way to make really identifiable things in the American footage that you cannot physically translate across and it is just stupid.