[Annuga]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Why uncertain?

Because of people saying it was bad without saying why they thought it was bad. That shit the WORST. "Villains were boring" is bad. "The villains didn't really do too much in my opinion and just sat there doing nothing, which I didn't like" is better

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Annuga

Because of people saying it was bad without saying why they thought it was bad. That shit the WORST. "Villains were boring" is bad. "The villains didn't really do too much in my opinion and just sat there doing nothing, which I didn't like" is better

Well, my overall opinion is that the show is really solid. The characters are likable, the story is nice (If a little unevenly paced), and the action is pretty good to watch when they can act more animalistic.

The villains aren't exactly boring. They're just a very, very slow boil. The villain's main plot never evolves beyond "Entertain the big bad," unfortunately. As always, there's a shake up to the villains in the mid 20's, which makes things more entertaining, but he bites the dust and things return to normal.

While there are plots for each of the villains, it all takes a little too long to really reach their payoff. They either take too long to build up, or they're revealed and resolved too quickly, making the villains somewhat interesting during the last 10 episodes, but the rest of the series they're standard fare of "Sit at base and send monsters" most of the time.

[ZeoRangerV]

Zyuohger had its flaws, but it was undoubtedly the best Super Sentai has been since at least Go-Busters (which while maybe not as solid, was far more ambitious so it levels out for me).

Who cares if it wasn't some super fanservicey anniversary series, we got that 5 years ago. What it was was a solid series that had an enjoyable cast, memorable villains (whose arcs were under-utilised, but suitably built up) and (whether you like the suits/cube animals or not) a really distinct aesthetic which made it stand out nicely.

Honestly I think having a series that does "Super Sentai" so well is the perfect way to celebrate a 40th anniversary.

[Sentai King]

Plus we had a serious Red and it made Zyuohger have a lot of good plots build around him. I glad we got Zyuohger it was nice having something new in Super Sentai. Having the visor up also made it so much fun to watch.

The last Sentai I like was Kyoryuger It had so much going on and it was exciting just like Zyuohger.

[Fish Sandwich]

"Solid" is definitely the word of the day when it comes to Zyuohger. It's not in any way ambitious, but it nails the fundamentals and has a ton of charisma and charm to it that makes it very enjoyable.

The past half decade of Sentai has been pretty polarizing, and while, unlike a lot of people, I don't think any of those shows are bad (the worst one is Ninninger and it's still basically okay), and they each have something more unique going on (ToQger had stellar villains, for example), none of them are as well rounded as Zyuohger is.

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

"Solid" is definitely the word of the day when it comes to Zyuohger. It's not in any way ambitious, but it nails the fundamentals and has a ton of charisma and charm to it that makes it very enjoyable.

You surely have earned the "quote of the day" award if there ever was one.
This pretty much sums up the show I should say because the show really felt balanced.

[Kn1ghtW0lf87]

So thanks to my son willingly watching Mystic Force (I know not Super Sentai hang on) I'm noticing a good amount of parallels to Magiranger....and I mean a lot. And yet Samurai/Super Samurai gets crucified for being so close to Shinkenger. I'm just curious why that was

[xiiliea]

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Originally Posted by Kn1ghtW0lf87

So thanks to my son willingly watching Mystic Force (I know not Super Sentai hang on) I'm noticing a good amount of parallels to Magiranger....and I mean a lot. And yet Samurai/Super Samurai gets crucified for being so close to Shinkenger. I'm just curious why that was

Well, it's hard to localize a Japanese-themed show into a localized Japanese-themed show.

[Sevenlima]

What if we have a anniversary season making tribute to the 80's and 90's sentais ?

[Aoi Kurenai]

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Originally Posted by Kn1ghtW0lf87

So thanks to my son willingly watching Mystic Force (I know not Super Sentai hang on) I'm noticing a good amount of parallels to Magiranger....and I mean a lot. And yet Samurai/Super Samurai gets crucified for being so close to Shinkenger. I'm just curious why that was

A lot of it can be due to some of the Rangers in Samurai having fundemental differences between their Shinkneger counterparts. Because of this, when you get to those stories that so closely stick to Shinkneger, there's this strange almost contradiction in the way they act during original material.

Not to mention the cast are mostly not great at emoting or...acting in general. Shinkenger is a show that requires a bit more out of a cast than usual, so give a messy, localized version of that to a weak cast and it's going to be an all around bad time.