[Starscream Gaga]

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Originally Posted by KyoryuGreen

Basco was annoying and heartless! All the villains pretty much sucked in Gokaiger. I swear I like the characters better in Super MegaForce.

Definitely an awful trait for a villain. Especially one that is clearly meant to contrast the Gokaiger's reliance on each other.

But eitherway, Basco is not in Super Megaforce so there's no way you could like the Super Megaforce Basco better and the idea that anyone could like Argus is better then Barizorg is frankly ridiculous to me.

I am the opposite though, I think Gokaiger had perfect villains. Warz Gill is hilarious and his incompetency is made up by Damaras and Barizorg's presence. Barizorg gives us an excellent story and character arc for Blue, Damaras is an indisputable badass and when he finally joins the fight directly shit gets real and Insarn works well both in comedic and serious episodes. Basco is an excellent character and adds a sense of urgency that wasn't there prior to the race for the Grand Powers. The only complaint I'd have is I found Achudos Gill and Dairando a little boring and missed Warz Gill and Barizorg a lot, but I think it was necessary for Achudos Gill to be quiet and ruthless in order to contrast his son and the emperor arriving on Earth was a needed plot point story-wise.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by KyoryuGreen

Basco was annoying and heartless! All the villains pretty much sucked in Gokaiger. I swear I like the characters better in Super MegaForce.

Basco is one of the best thing about the series. He goes right up there with Rio, Mele, Jr, Jin, Juuzo, and Krauser as some of the greatest villains of Sentai of all time.

[Don Dogoier]

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

I am the opposite though, I think Gokaiger had perfect villains. Warz Gill is hilarious and his incompetency is made up by Damaras and Barizorg's presence. Barizorg gives us an excellent story and character arc for Blue, Damaras is an indisputable badass and when he finally joins the fight directly shit gets real and Insarn works well both in comedic and serious episodes. Basco is an excellent character and adds a sense of urgency that wasn't there prior to the race for the Grand Powers.

You pretty much stated how I feel about the villains. Basco was ruthless and cruel who only cared for one thing and would go to extreme measures to get what he wanted. He was only in 10 episodes but he made such an impact that I consider him one of the greatest villains of all time. Plus he had one of the greatest motto......."In order to gain something, you must give something up."

Most don't care for the Zangyack but they aren't as bad as people make them out to be. Warz Gill was a whiny spoil brat but he just wanted to prove to his father that he could conquer a planet without the assistance of others. Also the dynamic he had with Barizog was one that was unique. Warz considered him as friend more than he did as his bodyguard and how hurt Warz was when he learned of his death proved that.

[Locke]

Honestly so far the only villain I really like is Insarn, just because she was so damn good in that Carranger episode. But then who wasn't?

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Basco is one of the best thing about the series. He goes right up there with Rio, Mele, Jr, Jin, Juuzo, and Krauser as some of the greatest villains of Sentai of all time.

That's the only character I haven't heard of before. What series is Krauser from?

[MrHerofan]

Been thinking of Magiranger and Zyuranger, but watching them at the same time, since I've heard REALLY bad things about Zyuranger and good things about Magiranger, though I should probably finish up Hibiki then do those two.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

That's the only character I haven't heard of before. What series is Krauser from?

Sorry, it is Cowler, not Krauser. Not sure why I typed Krauser, but he is from Flashman. In fact, he was played by Jouji Nakata.

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Originally Posted by MrHerofan

Been thinking of Magiranger and Zyuranger, but watching them at the same time, since I've heard REALLY bad things about Zyuranger and good things about Magiranger, though I should probably finish up Hibiki then do those two.

I would reverse that.

ZyuRanger's only true weakness is its child of the week plots, but it makes sense in the context of Bandora's overall goal. The ranger cast is strong, but Blue, Yellow, and Black are gypped when it comes to development. The plot is great though, and everything with Dragon Ranger is nothing short of amazing. It is my ninth favorite Sentai for a reason.

MagiRanger's has a million weaknesses, such as the ranger cast is lackluster (I really hate MagiGreen) and there is a lot of CGI used during the fights. The villains are the highlight of the show, especially those in the last arc.

Both are worth watching, but ZyuRanger succeeds more than it fails while MagiRanger fails more than it succeeds.

[Locke]

Gokaiger 16. It's hard to ignore all the similarities between this and One Piece. One Piece is huge in Japan so I wondered if that influenced it.

God I love these characters - Joe's silent guardian routine especially is growing on me so much. I've not been all that impressed with the villains - although Insarn during that Carranger episode was wonderful, but what wasn't wonderful about that episode? - so it's nice to get someone like Basco. Equally it turns out Akared is pretty boss, ridiculous voice and all.

Sadly the fight scenes were a little underwhelming, I get that they need to tone down the sixth Rangers because otherwise the Gokaiger would die instantly, but who knew an army of ten Sixths could be so boring? I guess the director of this episode loved MagiRanger as MagiShine is the only sixth in Basco's arsenal to really put up a fight.

[ZeoRangerV]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

ZyuRanger's only true weakness is its child of the week plots, but it makes sense in the context of Bandora's overall goal. The ranger cast is strong, but Blue, Yellow, and Black are gypped when it comes to development. The plot is great though, and everything with Dragon Ranger is nothing short of amazing. It is my ninth favorite Sentai for a reason.

When by "gypped" you mean "has no development whatsoever", how can that not qualify as a massive flaw? Mei doesn't exactly get a lot outside of 2 or 3 episodes either.

[Locke]

Remember though, Kain loves Dairanger, which is a sentai show with zero plot or character development so I guess he just likes that kinda thing.