[TokuChris]

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Originally Posted by ljacone

I watched the first few episodes of RPM on Netflix and was not impressed. Seemed like it was trying entirely too hard to be Super Serious (TM), and that tone did not match the Japanese footage at all.

Alternately, I checked out the first few eps of Go-Onger (TVN sub) and really enjoyed it. It's fun and silly and entertaining. This is one case, for me anyway, where the localization failed because it was trying to make a serious show out of a fun one, rather than the usual motif of making a funny show out of a serious one.

Still, it's cool that we can sit down and watch whole seasons of Power Rangers so easily (at least in the US). That's such a boon to me.

I think the reason RPM becomes a gem is because it doesn't really rely on the Sentai footage at all. I'd dare say that 85% of the fight scenes in-suit is new footage, while the zord battles are all Sentai footage. I know Judd Lynn used more Sentai footage when he came in as EP, but I think Episode 3 ("Rain"?) is the only time I remember a lot of Sentai footage being used (with the monster that attacks the bridge).

Give RPM through Episode 16 ... if you don't love it by then, I'll concede my argument