[Kiryu]

So finally finished this episode in whole and maaaan…where do I begin?


Might as well talk about the positives…I did get a good chuckle out of that mascot scene and I liked seeing the original footage there's something very surreal about watching Goseigers fighting the Gormim Soldiers. This series is also doing a much better job of conveying the fact that they are with war and that this is an invasion I liked that bit of continuity in that they actually showed that much of the city is still in rubble/under repair from the last attack. Just that nice little touch makes the Invasion Fleet seem like a much bigger deal then the Zangyaku.

So with the positives out of the way let's get into my negatives.

The big thing that caught my attention this episode was just how oddly edited this whole thing was specifically during the fight scene. There are these brief pauses and jump cuts that makes it obvious to where they spliced in footage together. Then we have the fights themselves. I won't go over the whole Dairanger thing because that's been a hot topic this week and discussed to death what I do wanna bring up though is the fact that the rangers sure took their sweet time in actually helping Troy. They were in a hurry so why waste time trying to fight the EX Borgs out of suit? And for that matter…why not transform straight into Super Mega if they know their regular suits aren't strong enough to fend them off? And the fact that the monster thought they actually managed to capture the Red Ranger…I'm sorry but am I missing something here? He was doing fine in a previous fight scene, so I'm not sure where that came from. Speaking of the suits…I'm still having trouble getting use to the whole Ranger Inception thing. It gets odd when I think that they're wearing three layers of suits plus their street clothing.

Let's talk about the SPD Runner now…because not having the episode be an SPD Tribute and having the car zord come from out of freakin no where makes it seem like less of a big deal then it already was. There's also the fact they kept the part where The Gokaigers looked at Doogie Kruger in the Japanese episode so that was kind of odd that they would look away without any good reason like that. Then there's the fact that they decided to attack the armada directly, where they spliced in the first Zord battle from episode 1. That was…again: Odd and out of freaking nowhere. And that pretty much sums this episode up: a lot of stuff that just comes out of nowhere. It feels like five different people had a bajillion different ideas for the episode and each added their own thing while the other guy wasn't looking. I know Gosei gave explanation for the new powers but that didn't amount to anything. It's more of Gosei being a prick and choosing to give the powers to the Team whenever he bloody feels like it.

I know it might seem like I'm being a negative nancy but truthfully I did enjoy the episode even with all those grievances I posted about above. Fortunately, Gokaiger footage is still a blast to watch through even if the never ending quips and cheesy one liners makes it god awful. and I stand by what I said in my earlier post: Troy really should just marry Robo Knight.