[Blade Raider]

No, especially not when they are going to halfass it.

Pure and simple, it's lazy. This isn't 1993. The Sentai didn't just end a few months ago with the very little prep time before the production began. Saban had 3 full years to review the footage and address these issues. Furthermore, they have to cut at least half the episodes out anyways, making all the breathing room you could want for editing. There is no reason for this footage to be here other than Saban being astronomically lazy.

Now, if there was just no way around these Sentai only teams (which there completely is), Saban needed to address it up front. They needed the rangers to be summoned to the command center and have Gosei introduce the current rangers, and in turn the audience, to these never before seen teams. Use stock footage (including footage from other Gokaiger episodes if need be) to showcase the teams, give each team a name, and tell us about those teams.

The worst thing Saban could've done is exactly what they did. I guarantee there's some kid out there trying to find Power Rangers Blitz New Powers (aka Maskman) on Netflix because the kid is unaware it's not a real Power Rangers team.

What more can I say? What Saban Brands has done is alienate the old fans (and PR only fans), confuse new fans into wanting to watch shows that don't exist, and above all else put no real effort into their work at all.


PS Sorry is a got to rambling in there.