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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Got tired of waiting for the final bit of it to drop and began watching Dino Fury. Binged the first six episodes tonight and so far it's not bad. Probably the big things I noticed off the bat are that the soundtrack is very 90s/early 2000s videogame and that this season isn't as good at hiding the stock footage as Beast Morphers was.

I thought the move to Netflix was going to solve the hiatus problem, but where before we were waiting until late August, now we have to wait until September. It's frustrating for sure.

While I'm not a big fan of the OP, I do think the background music during fights has this cool cosmic techno feeling that I enjoy. Also during the Morphin' sequence is pretty epic!

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I like how Warden Garcia is portrayed as a dude who's just trying to earnestly do his job

As you may have realized from Episode 7, Warden Buzzkill's major flaw is that he's a little too earnest in his job, to the point of neglecting Javi and talking trash about his hobby.

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Also, now up through episode 12, and while I don't think the show is really doing anything to super stand out as of yet, it does have a few more things going for it.

Namely, I've noticed that the overall theme of the show seems to be about lies and deception? Alot of the plots so far have been centered around things not being as they first seem, and in a variety of ways too. Seems like more often than not though the default is stories about how things that seem too good to be true usually are.

In addition to the chivalry of knights, yeah, you make a good point about the theme. It's important not to judge a book by its cover, which I think is a moral they took from Ryusoulger and expanded on that in various ways with each episode. I feel like this gives the show a more mature and conscientious feeling than previous seasons.

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This also might be the first season where I like the villains more than the Rangers? Void Knight being Mr. Freeze was a great twist, Mucus is consistently funny and has a surprisingly good win record for someone constantly being told to shut up, and Boomtower and Slither are just fun to watch.

I like how the comedy is spread pretty evenly among the Rangers and villains, instead of just relying on the typical comic relief duo. Mucus and Slither have a sweet friendship and Void Knight has this dry sense of humor which is great.

However, there is one piratical villain appearing later who I basically hate. He annoys the hell out of me and he's just a total a**hole to his allies.

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Not to sell the Rangers short though, as so far I'm really digging Javi in terms of both personality and storyline. Episode 11 especially was a good highlight for him, and the Mood Beam lead to some great character humor across the cast.

I think all the Rangers have their own appeal, but I have to give the favorite position to Amelia. I love how she believes strongly in things that seem impossible and foolish to others and she's not afraid to speak openly about them.