[Locke]

Stage Four.

For a show that is so generally goofy, the introductions of the monsters of the week is surprisingly dark. It was also kinda cool to see the legend of the Magirangers had spread. Vancuria is also awesome, although is it true her suit actor is a dude? But the boobies...

Magiking was handled a lot better The Titan Megazord, as well. Mystic Force played the whole deal as a bit of a joke, but MagiRanger actually made the cockpit a plot point. It was awesome.

It's odd then, for every good moment like this, the show seems to match it beat for beat, with a shit one. Firstly Kai is an insufferable moron, and borderline douchebag. So I'm just waiting for his inevitable transformation into a good person, for an eat my words moment. I'm just hoping it is soon.

Also, this shows treatment of mythology is terrible. "Oh yeah Blue is really good at fortune magic by the way, isn't that convenient? What we haven't established this at all? Oh yeah wear the cloak cuz....magic and stuff. Cool." "Oh yeah also red is alchemy. What does that have to do with anything? Oh well it's convenient, cool."

Plus, even by sentai standards, this show is grossly melodramatic. Seeing Kai scream gibberish, while thrashing with a toy phone until he collapsed was pathetic.