[Switchblade]

Hmm... I'm not sure what to make of this so far.

On the one hand, I really like the premise: a small band of resistance fighters traveling around the galaxy, battling an evil empire. I think there's a lot of cool potential here, assuming they don't just land on Earth at some point and stay there the rest of the show. I also like how each Kyuranger is an alien and not all of them are humanoid, that's a cool touch.

On the other hand, the pacing on this first episode was really bad. I know they wanted to get everything established right away, but establishing the team, adding two new members, and introducing the mech all in <25 minutes left the episode feeling incredibly rushed. It may have slowed down the show, but I think they should have introduced Garu or Lucky in this episode, not both.

The other big problem I'm having is with the characters. Lucky is goddamn awful. There have been louder and dumber Reds, but this guy is just incredibly obnoxious. "Randomly bumping into the plot" is a pretty lazy super power, his motivation is incredibly shallow, and that catchphrase needs to stop right the hell now. I honestly don't know if I can watch more than a few episodes of this if he's going to be like this every damn week.