[Locke]

Jumping into Gobus 22 as I remember 21's vague plot, and it wasn't particularly important either. Honestly I remember most of Gobus plot beats from the first half because there wasn't a lot to it honestly.

DAT COLD SORE

Was Go-Busters a sinking ship by this point? Everything about this episode seems meta for what happened with the show. If it wasn't failing by this point, I guess this episode was sorta prophetic. And also a nice sentiment to people who have enjoyed the show so far, like moi, despite the haters.

With that aside, this episode made me kinda sad, seeing the GORGEOUS Escape (fan service? Who cares? I WOULD) running along walls giggling to herself as she kisses her machine wolf pistols or the epic giant robot that LOOKS like a giant robot fighting in Hyperspace - this is just an insanely cool show and I would have loved to see Power Rangers attempt it.

[GoseiWonder]

Cold sore?

[Switchblade]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Locke

Was Go-Busters a sinking ship by this point? Everything about this episode seems meta for what happened with the show. If it wasn't failing by this point, I guess this episode was sorta prophetic. And also a nice sentiment to people who have enjoyed the show so far, like moi, despite the haters.

Yep. I think we all knew that there was some retooling in the pipelines by this point.

[Locke]

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

Cold sore?

Yeah look.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Switchblade

Yep. I think we all knew that there was some retooling in the pipelines by this point.

Can't wait to see where the show goes from here. Escape is a great addition to the show!

[Locke]

Gobus 23. Wait the themes changed?

So Enter's speciality is Megazords? What about all the Metaroids he made up until this point? Escape's metaroids don't seem to be doing any better. Honestly this episode reminded a lot of the early Kyoryuger episodes as the show started to go south. The only difference is Gobus has Escape, yummy yummy Escape.

[MidoGreen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Locke

Gobus 23. Wait the themes changed?

So Enter's speciality is Megazords? What about all the Metaroids he made up until this point? Escape's metaroids don't seem to be doing any better. Honestly this episode reminded a lot of the early Kyoryuger episodes as the show started to go south. The only difference is Gobus has Escape, yummy yummy Escape.

Enter makes the new models. The Delta which you've already seen and the Epsilon which shows in the movie/really serious battles during the series.

[Locke]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MidoGreen

Enter makes the new models. The Delta which you've already seen and the Epsilon which shows in the movie/really serious battles during the series.

Oh right.

I dunno whether it's just because it's been a few months since I last watched the show but I found the whole villain dynamic a little baffling. I sorta know the 'what' but not really the 'why'.

[Switchblade]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Locke

Can't wait to see where the show goes from here. Escape is a great addition to the show!

The 20s get really, really good as we rush to what would have been the series finale.

Then it all comes crashing down in that terrible Gavan tie-in 2-parter.

[Matrixbeast]

M
E
G
A
MEGA

Mega Silver's return (Mega Silver did show up a few episodes back, but it was just because the plot needed the character of the week to arrive somewhere and he was the only character with a motorcycle).
If the episode with Kenta's love interest was miscommunication done competently, then this episode was miscommunication done terribly. Kenta and Miku jump to a conclusion on Yusaka's heath, confront Yusaka about it, and he doesn't correct them? The stupid ass excuse of "I didn't want to seem lame" at the end doesn't justify it, either.

Anyway, with Mega Silver comes more BS. Here, the rangers can't get close to the Mantis Nezire because he can see at 5 angles, so he can always keep them at bay, but Mega Silver (Directly noted to be weaker because of the suit being modified at the time) is able to rush at the monster with no issue? Then, during the later fight, Mega Silver is able to score a hit on him from a blind spot that he spent the entire first fight boating that he didn't have?

God...

Oh well. Up next is the Mega Winger, meaning it's another Mega Silver episode.

[Locke]

Gobus 24. DAT DAY FOR NIGHT.

Sigh, so the new direction for Gobus is for it to become another generic goofy sentai? RUINED IT! The only real positive to come out of this is it seems the creators really don't want to change and seem to be arguing with the producers through the show.

What this episode lacked though, it more than made up for in the action. Yoko and Ryuuji's double team special buster was both a visual treat, but also really cool and the kind of unspoken character development that toku can do pretty uniquely through the action.

Meanwhile Ace is the best mech design in this show, and one of the best sentai mechs ever, so seeing Hiromu get to pilot it without it having to combine with anything else was really enjoyable. About the only combination I like in this show (ironically perhaps) is when all the robos come together as one, well all the robos so far. No other base design, or combination, does anything for me.