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Originally Posted by Mesnick

If anything, this also contradicts the principle of SWAT work. That is, the task of this service is to be called in cases when the police fail to neutralize criminals and destroy the threat. So their action is not even a reaction, but the execution of an order.

I mean, I dunno if the writers were thinking much past SWAT being "higher police with big guns" but yeah, that's a solid point.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

This is another shot for shot episode, with the most changes being the whole ?stolen specs? subplot (in Dekaranger, it was a total coincidence that the second mid-season upgrade for the villains was body armour like what the Dekarangers were getting, so props for tying the two together I guess?), the Battlizer getting subject to the Worf Effect and the few seconds where they swipe a blank containment card against their new big guns.

Having the two be connected does raise the question of why the villain's' armor is so different though. I guess maybe they modified the tech?

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(it was less of an issue in the source, since the Dekaranger team have far less of a close knit relationship)

One odd side effect of this thread is making me think I might not have the best of times with Dekaranger.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Yeah, I figured. Without SPD in the bad future, Sam wouldn't have much training in synchronized tactics. I guess he's kind of like Aiyon in that way, with how he tries to aggressively carry the fight so his comrades don't have to risk their lives, not realizing that his life is also important and Rangers should protect each other.

Yeah. While one certain character showing up way later will bring up some questions about it, it's becoming more and more clear about why Omega was sent to the past alone.

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More functionality for RIC further proves that he's still far from being obsolete as well. These two guys are both underdogs in their own ways, so it's fitting that they emphasize each other's hidden strengths and this concept of two becoming one must have been popular, as the next 2 shows repeated it.

It's a really cool concept! And while both those later examples have their own ups and downs, I will never knock any of these three Battlizers overall.

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The repaint of the Omega Morpher is good symbolism to remind the viewer that this power only exists thanks to the intervention of Omega Ranger that saved SPD. Could even be a case of reverse causality, if this inspired the Omega Morpher in the future. Even if it didn't physically exist, there might've been a blueprint or something.

I wouldn't be surprised if the two were more directly linked than what the show itself lets on. Heck, one easy headcanon I could see someone making is that the Omega Morpher was scrounged up from the scraps of the planned Battlizer that never ended up finished.

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Sky earned that Red Ranger moment for sure. He's come a long way from being that self-entitled a**hole at the start to becoming a reliable teammate and close friend. Him conceding the Morpher back to Jack after the fight is a good moment of acknowledgement that he knows he still has more to learn as the Blue Ranger before he can feel worthy of a permanent color change. The old Sky would never have done that so unreluctantly.

"Heroes come in all colors" was such a great way to cap it all off, too!

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This being mostly a Sky focus episode though, I think it would've been better if he had a more active role in foiling Mirloc's scheme, instead of Sam having to bail him out along with the others. As mentioned, the episode this was adapted from was focused on Sam's counterpart, so him getting to be the hero made more sense there. Of course, I'm not going to deduct points for meta stuff, but with Sam being such a big part of this episode, I believe this is another case where the lack of emotional connection to him, as well as between him and Mirloc, is a detriment to the narrative.

I can see where you're coming from. While it might've been a bit tricky to edit around, Sam and Sky tag-teaming against Mirloc would've probably worked alot better. Given how well this show has been able to edit around stock footage in previous episodes, it's a shame there wasn't much of an attempt there, though maybe the dimished budget just didn't really allow for it this time around.