[Starscream Gaga]

OK, so I finally saw it myself.

So, it was pretty meh and the whole episode was just really shallow. Any semblance of plot was removed and padding was just everywhere. Why on earth did they use the Black footage from the previous episode for all of five seconds? Really, why? They cut out the actual fight footage of them as Black Rangers and just cut straight to them meeting back up with Red and Green, even though there was no good reason for them to be split up in the first place. Come on guys, unnecessary padding. Why on earth keep the Change if you're going to cut out the fight? That doesn't make sense.

Also, what a prick is that lion? He had literally no reason to reject them. He just attacked them in the first place and then suddenly he changes his mind and now they're best buddies and the lions so awesome. Nope, Lion, you're a jerk.

And this dialogue:
Gia: "He could've eaten us whole!"
Troy: "But he chose not to."

Troy, that lion just made a direct attempt on your life. It knocked you off the island in the exact same way it knocked off the bad guys, don't act like it was showing some form of restraint. On that note, I was really looking forward ot seeing how they'd change the scene where they used the Jetman to save their lives (and Ahim gets knocked off course) instead, no attempt to make the scene minus Jetman make sense, they all just survive the huge fall and Emma and Jake are separated without explanation and it really doesn't amount to anything because Jake and Emma do a grand total of nothing before the team meets up again. We do get pointless Megaforce suits though, in which they do nothing but change straight back into Super Megaforce so yay for that...

Why could Noah "sense" the lion anyway? What was up with that? Why did they not ever explain that he and ONLY he could feel the lions presence even when it was in the sky and they were on Earth? Heck, none of the characters wondered why he could either, the other characters didn't even acknowledge his ramblings about its presence. Also a little disappointed that they cut out the sound that summons the Lion. I'm pretty sure that was kept in Wild Force from Gaoranger, so why cut it from Super Megaforce when it was in Gokaiger?

Credit where credit is due though, the new Wild Force fight was pretty well done, definitely a diamond in the rough. I can forgive the fact that the scenery made an abrupt change, because otherwise I think its was a good fight and I like that we get new Legendary Ranger footage. Personally though, I don't understand the choice of Wild Force for the new footage, I'd have preferred a team that wasn't already used in the episode. Mystic Force has had its big scene cut, maybe use them in some original footage sometime?

Otherwise, it was a very Megaforce episode. No actual plot with proper storytelling, just Sentai footage and padding and the end result is just a whole lot of nothing. I had actual hopes for this episode, but Super Megaforce once again showed me why that is something not worth having.