[Locke]

I decided to give Super Megaforce another chance and the episode turns out to be fucking garbage again. Just like Megaforce, the best parts of this show come from the sentai and just like Megaforce even that is so poorly used and surrounded by so much ineptitude that you can't even appreciate that.

Even "good" moments like the "Wild Access" tribute morph fail because firstly Gosei doesn't even fucking pronounce the place right, but where the fuck even are they?! A ten second google search pulled up this screengrab. Last I checked it didn't look like a fucking public park and before someone says that is nitpicking, couldn't they at least fucking try? They could have just greenscreened shit in, like how cool would it be if they fought on that cliff that Cole first met the Red Lion? So we could see the Animarium expanding behind them? I don't even fucking like Wild Force and this shit offended me to no end.

Not to mention the ten billion questions raised in this episode. You're telling me the Red Lion Zord for the past decade of seasons has just been chilling on the island? Even though the episode makes it sound like he's some icon of justice, I find that hard to swallow considering the amount of times the Earth has been in danger the last decade and he chose not help, even as Rangers were getting slaughtered and Zords were getting destroyed just like what happened to him.

And before someone brings up the obvious point I know you're going to make, I get that, but it's up to the show to make sense of these things. Without any context the Red Lion just comes across as a flying dickhat. And this show continues to be a Megafail, a SUPER Megafail. -_-

[TokuKnight89]

Okay, different, not perfect, needs polishing.

Key Points that would have made this slightly better:

-Show remastered footage of Wild Force Megazord and Pegasus Megazord (Pegasus was when they stopped Onikage and was originally known as GaoKentaurus, which Gao Gokaioh's look is based off of).

-Have an excuse for Red Lion's look. Even if it was mentioned that the Princess remains in hibernation and the Lion has acheived greater powers for the sole sake of defending the island, it would have at least been a good throw-away explanation.

-Instead of knocking them off the island with bad effects to cover Turborangers, add an effect to pre-existing scenes that show the Rangers and Peluso getting blasted in new footage.

-They at least tried to cover the "Gao" kanji this time even though you could see it shatter during the relevant tribute morph. Now they care!

-Good use of meshing multiple Gokaiger episodes here. Though the all-black change must of been used to "eat" the clock and again showcase that this team can become any set of Rangers one can think of (cut that bit out here or have them save Troy and Jake in new footage).

-Orgs were all about pollution. Wouldn't a mention about that have been a decent Wild Force reference (and fit in with Emma's "protect the beauty of this magnificant planet" jive).

-Where are the suits for Zen-Aku, Jindrax, and Toxica? If you aren't going to re-hire previous actors, couldn't you at least show previous costumes?

That's all I got right now. Hopefully Jayden can be more than cardboard next week!

[uchihabro77]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

- I know people like new footage, but was it entirely necessary to have them using binoculars with their suits on and no helmets? I guess I just don't get the point of scenes like that. What was the advantage of wearing their ranger suits but not the helmets? While we're on that subject was it necessary to film all of a minute of new footage with the Megaforce suits just because they fell to the ground later in the episode? They immediately changed again so why?

I think that was the excuse for not using the Jetman footage, think about it, they are falling from the sky, in a legendary morph. So it makes sense for them to go *Wild Force* to *Super Mega* all the way down to *Megaforce* where they are in the weakest forms. Then once they had landed, they had to fight again, I guess regaining some strength, and remorphed into Super Mega Mode.

[Locke]

Best part of the episode was "Black Alien"

[Starscream Gaga]

OK, so I finally saw it myself.

So, it was pretty meh and the whole episode was just really shallow. Any semblance of plot was removed and padding was just everywhere. Why on earth did they use the Black footage from the previous episode for all of five seconds? Really, why? They cut out the actual fight footage of them as Black Rangers and just cut straight to them meeting back up with Red and Green, even though there was no good reason for them to be split up in the first place. Come on guys, unnecessary padding. Why on earth keep the Change if you're going to cut out the fight? That doesn't make sense.

Also, what a prick is that lion? He had literally no reason to reject them. He just attacked them in the first place and then suddenly he changes his mind and now they're best buddies and the lions so awesome. Nope, Lion, you're a jerk.

And this dialogue:
Gia: "He could've eaten us whole!"
Troy: "But he chose not to."

Troy, that lion just made a direct attempt on your life. It knocked you off the island in the exact same way it knocked off the bad guys, don't act like it was showing some form of restraint. On that note, I was really looking forward ot seeing how they'd change the scene where they used the Jetman to save their lives (and Ahim gets knocked off course) instead, no attempt to make the scene minus Jetman make sense, they all just survive the huge fall and Emma and Jake are separated without explanation and it really doesn't amount to anything because Jake and Emma do a grand total of nothing before the team meets up again. We do get pointless Megaforce suits though, in which they do nothing but change straight back into Super Megaforce so yay for that...

Why could Noah "sense" the lion anyway? What was up with that? Why did they not ever explain that he and ONLY he could feel the lions presence even when it was in the sky and they were on Earth? Heck, none of the characters wondered why he could either, the other characters didn't even acknowledge his ramblings about its presence. Also a little disappointed that they cut out the sound that summons the Lion. I'm pretty sure that was kept in Wild Force from Gaoranger, so why cut it from Super Megaforce when it was in Gokaiger?

Credit where credit is due though, the new Wild Force fight was pretty well done, definitely a diamond in the rough. I can forgive the fact that the scenery made an abrupt change, because otherwise I think its was a good fight and I like that we get new Legendary Ranger footage. Personally though, I don't understand the choice of Wild Force for the new footage, I'd have preferred a team that wasn't already used in the episode. Mystic Force has had its big scene cut, maybe use them in some original footage sometime?

Otherwise, it was a very Megaforce episode. No actual plot with proper storytelling, just Sentai footage and padding and the end result is just a whole lot of nothing. I had actual hopes for this episode, but Super Megaforce once again showed me why that is something not worth having.

[prfctcellrulz]

I thought it was pretty cool. It sucked not seeing Jetman or any other pre-Sentai Rangers, but other than that complaint, I really enjoyed the episode just like the rest!

(FYI, anyone who calls me a troll and insults my being a huge fan of the show I will report. That means YOU, Locke!)

[TokuChris]

Some points I made in the podcast episode we recorded on Sunday:

- Jake is a creeper
- Gia was the only one actually looking for the island (Noah was playing Angry Birds on the Legendary iPad or whatever, Emma was taking pics, and Jake was using his spyglass to creep on Gia's midriff)
- Excellent original Wild Force footage
- Loved the usage of old sound effects for Legendary morphs (ie: Black Dino Thunder Ranger had the Dino Thunder roar)
- Sad they don't do any cool digital edits for original legendary morphs ... just a cut screen
- Cheesy unnecessary dialogue killed a lot of scenes for me (they're trying to dog us, let's dragon them!)
- Continually making Jake seem dumb/immature to match Gokai Green footage is becoming annoying

And it was still the best episode of the season thus far. Gave it a 4. Finally felt like an anniversary episode whereas the last three didn't feel that way at all.

Next week we get Jayden in the show ... and then Casey after that ... then the Silver Ranger. Show should be ramping up now.

[Deathryuger]

Well, it was definitely the best of the season so far, but that isn't saying much. They seemed to show some effort this time, but they still need to take it further. The thing that really bothered me, even though I new the episode they were editing, was the lack of Robo Knight. I thought for sure they would have taken the opportunity to build on that storyline. Troy has been standing on the beach the last three episodes pining for Robo, but now that he has a shiny red lion he doesn't need to worry about the black one. Also, why didn't Noah have info on the Red Lion on his Legendary Tablet?

[Battlizer]

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Originally Posted by Deathryuger

Also, why didn't Noah have info on the Red Lion on his Legendary Tablet?

He did mention some stuff about the Wild Zords in the beginning of the episode when Gosei spoke to them.

[uchihabro77]

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Originally Posted by Kickback

Some points I made in the podcast episode we recorded on Sunday:

- Jake is a creeper
- Gia was the only one actually looking for the island (Noah was playing Angry Birds on the Legendary iPad or whatever, Emma was taking pics, and Jake was using his spyglass to creep on Gia's midriff)
- Excellent original Wild Force footage
- Loved the usage of old sound effects for Legendary morphs (ie: Black Dino Thunder Ranger had the Dino Thunder roar)
- Sad they don't do any cool digital edits for original legendary morphs ... just a cut screen
- Cheesy unnecessary dialogue killed a lot of scenes for me (they're trying to dog us, let's dragon them!)
- Continually making Jake seem dumb/immature to match Gokai Green footage is becoming annoying

And it was still the best episode of the season thus far. Gave it a 4. Finally felt like an anniversary episode whereas the last three didn't feel that way at all.

Next week we get Jayden in the show ... and then Casey after that ... then the Silver Ranger. Show should be ramping up now.

I cant wait to see Casey's episode, but since they got Jayden back, I wish we would have gotten Rick Medina back for this one, then next episode Red Lion and Cole meet Jayden or something and the two stare at each other like they think they have met before