[Locke]

Time to skip two episodes and Brave In to episode 21.

Kyoryuger has too many Rangers, and it's just sorta boring. I'm a pretty diehard Rider fan, and when a new Rider is introduced, they have a completely original design from the ground up and that is AWESOME. But with all of the Kyoryuger's, they are just pallet swaps.

These suits especially are just really wrong for the concept. I get that they are probably simple for this concepts sake, but having them just one solid piece of colour, broken up by just little trinkets makes it all the more boring. Literally every Ranger looks exactly the same, other than add a bit of moulding to the helmet. And before someone tells me 'that is sentai'...eh...not really. The Goseiger's all had unique symbols, unique visor shapes and helmet designs, unique weapons and most importantly they weren't just one colour from their head to their feet.

I'm not saying they can't be awesome characters, Tessai was cool, but I just feel so overwhelmed by this sea of interchangeable suits. The only one out of all of them that has had any details changed or added is Utchy for reasons I don't even know.

I guess it didn't help that the actual episode wasn't even particularly good in the first place. It tried to make sense of, and streamline, a lot of the weirder aspects of the series but it somehow just made it all the more noticeable how dumb it all is. If nothing else this shows timeline is a downright fucking mess and I hope Dino Charge avoids the time and space shit all together.

When it wasn't tripping over itself in an attempt to explain its convoluted mythology it was just being stupid on purpose. Episodes with tones like this one, were exactly the reason why I dropped this show in the first place. The gags aren't funny, and using gags in the place of moments of genuine drama makes the episode a waste.