[Locke]

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Originally Posted by EnerPrime

Locke, I'm not gonna say any specifics to avoid spoilers, but you should really finish Boukengers before you assume that the Boukenger powers are easily replacable. There's a lot of stuff in the end of that series that makes it pretty clear that that's not the case.

Why don't the government use the same tech but a different power source? Because...FUCK LOGIC GOKAIGER.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Why don't the government use the same tech but a different power source? Because...FUCK LOGIC GOKAIGER.

It doesn't work that way. You have to understand the nature of the 'Precious' from Boukenger to get how their powers work. Trust me, there is a reason.

Things like the Legend War, big events like that, usually suspend whatever circumstances gave heroes their power so they can use them aagin, in cases like Boukenger. Or for like revived dead heroes like Abare Killer & Dragon ranger. It's generally assumed to be because of the concentration of Super Sentai spirit/bravery/courage/what have you that amazing things like this can happen. When the world truly needs it's heroes they return like for the Legend War. Or like when Gaoranger had the 25th anniversary and all 24 previous Red's appeared with their mecha. It's a team-up thing.

Outside of that you just have to go with the flow that the powers are gone at a certain point. And with Boukenger, outside of special events like above, there's a reason for them to be gone.

[Locke]

So they already built super powered suits once and now they can't replicate that at all and just use a different power source...right...

Even if we don't concentrate on Boukenger, there are still tons of other cameos that defy all reason and logic. You had that MagiRed fella with Flaggle showing he still had powers, but he's too busy stood around in a towel trying to look mysterious. You have GekiRed, the master martial artist as to what I am guessing is super human levels...bumming about. And even though the Power Lion exists to defend the planet, is still alive, as is his master is he trying to help fight off the invasion? LOL NOPE.

It isn't even like it makes sense within its own story, someone said something silly like 'well the Rangers trust the Gokaiger to get the job done' or some shit, like okay? So that means the Rangers just sit on their hands?

Well clearly not as you see the Goseiger and Gingaman Rangers still want to fight, you see the Deka Police people still doing their jobs, you still see GoGo Pink helping people. So all the cameos that feature passive Rangers taking up knitting or whatever they are doing while an invasion is literally happening around them is beyond the parameters of stupid.

[VictoriousImagin]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

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One of the Gokaiger pamphlets (I think it was 199 Heroes) stated that the hoopla with the powers and the revived rangers were due to the Earth's will (or something). So yes. Basically God willed the powers and heroes back into existence.

Same pamphlet mentioned that most of the mechs were trashed during the Legend War, so there's also that.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by Locke

So they already built super powered suits once and now they can't replicate that at all and just use a different power source...right...

Again Precious is the power source, just look it up.

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Even if we don't concentrate on Boukenger, there are still tons of other cameos that defy all reason and logic. You had that MagiRed fella with Flaggle showing he still had powers, but he's too busy stood around in a towel trying to look mysterious. You have GekiRed, the master martial artist as to what I am guessing is super human levels...bumming about. And even though the Power Lion exists to defend the planet, is still alive, as is his master is he trying to help fight off the invasion? LOL NOPE.

The magirangers are a magical family, the children of a heavenly saint. Their brother in law is another saint. Their mother is a magician from way back. They have magic innately in them, but not ranger powers.

Geki Red indeed has pretty amazing superhuman abilities but no ranger powers. Though SCRTC could probably easily make new Geki Changers for them. So that one I'll give you. But he's been travelling the world training martial artists since the defeat of Long anyway. It's his duty to guard that pendant he wears, which trust me if you knew what it was you'd understand why he doesn't get involved. It's the most deadly threat to the entire world probably in the entire franchise.

Gaoranger is an entirely different story. After the finale, when all the Orgs were defeated and the Power Animals saved, they had to give back their powers to Tetom. They were to be sealed away unless they were ever needed again. Hence an actual proper explanation for why they were present in the Legend War. Their powers are ancient and mystically based but can only be used when needed to defend the world. But they were scattered with all the other heroes' powers at the end of the war. The Gaorangers don't have special abilities or anything outside of their suits. Kakeru has literally always ben a vet and that's about it. I mean sure Gao Yellow was a fighter pilot but come on

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It isn't even like it makes sense within its own story, someone said something silly like 'well the Rangers trust the Gokaiger to get the job done' or some shit, like okay? So that means the Rangers just sit on their hands?

Well clearly not as you see the Goseiger and Gingaman Rangers still want to fight, you see the Deka Police people still doing their jobs, you still see GoGo Pink helping people. So all the cameos that feature passive Rangers taking up knitting or whatever they are doing while an invasion is literally happening around them is beyond the parameters of stupid.

I don't find it stupid so much as, depending on what point their ranger identities ended, another team took up the charge of defending the world. Some of them kept fighting the good fight in one form or another, but many of them simply realize, hey there's like 200+ of us out there, surely they dont need me. And some of them had prety lame average careers before becoming rangers so they didn't do anything extraordinary after returning to their normal lives. Not everyone can still work for these crazy heroic organizations as they age.

[GoseiWonder]

DenziBlue makes pastries.

[Locke]

Yes but why is Precious the ONLY power source, they can't use electricity? Or petrol? Or nuclear energy? I don't understand your argument, by their logic if they can build super suits in the first place they can find alternative fuel sources. That is the easiest part.

The magic is what I am talking about in MagiRanger, if they have magic powers then why aren't they fighting? They don't need spandex to fight, you clearly see Red and his partner can conjure flames? I'm pretty sure he'd be more useful in a fight than stood around trying to act deep.

And speaking of GaoRanger, if the Power Lion is sentient and exists to guard the planet...why isn't it doing that? Sure it doesn't have a GaoRanger to buddy up with, but so what, it literally can't do shit until it has a GaoRanger? Well that can't be it as it helps the Gokaiger all the time, you think it would help the military perhaps? Actually while we're on that topic where are the military? The army is clearly something that exists in sentai, so why are they even being passive in this time of crisis?

My wider point, is everyone acts like Gokaiger is an entry level series, but as expressed here as someone who has gotten most of their sentai knowledge through this show, it's done largely a pretty poor job of realising and explaining the worlds and stories it represents. You have all the answers because you've watched the shows, but it's up to the show, not your own knowledge, to convince you of the story they are presenting.

[SideswipePrime]

Downloading AbaRanger episode 1 now!

I decided to just start over from episode 1, since all I ever saw were those crappy HK subs, and I felt it took away from the experience, so now I can watch it properly.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

The tribute episodes are a mixed bag. They're some of the best, but also some of the worst, episodes of the show.

It's hard to say they're universally good or bad because they're all pretty different and succeed or fail based on individual merits. Definitely inconsistent.

The only one I found bad was the GaoRanger one, and that was because GaoRed looked like he was half asleep during the entire thing.

[SideswipePrime]

Abaranger 1:

Wow...they kinda just throw you into the deep end, don't they? It's just suddenly everything's happening. One part that did bother me is that Blue and Yellow just grabbed the Dino Braces off of Emmy and the old guy's wrists...it's like...did they just know to grab them because of their Dino-guts? because it seemed like Asuka had to explain how to use them to the other two. There were also a few minor editing issues here and there. There were also some parts with some really weird pacing. Ryoga seems like a pretty cool guy. I find it interesting that the Bakuryus are sentient, which they weren't in Dino Thunder. Also, "Super Dino Mode" is not just something they can do by channeling their inner dinosaur? Alright. Another thing I found kind of funny was that Asuka was aware of the parallel earth or "Another Earth" as he called it. I am interested to see where this show goes, and I hope that some of this stuff gets explained, as well how Asuka gets his powers back.

Also, it kind of bothers me that Imagination Station uses Times New Roman as their font for their subtitles, but that's a minor complaint. I'm just glad that someone finally decided to pick this show up and stick to it.