[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Oh yes. I forgot Conner also gets a Battlizer, too...

His Battlizer would have been cooler if it wasn't so cheap looking. And the Triassic Ranger would have been cooler if I had any idea of what the fuck was going on.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Locke

His Battlizer would have been cooler if it wasn't so cheap looking. And the Triassic Ranger would have been cooler if I had any idea of what the fuck was going on.

I'm not a fan of how floppy the armor is.
As for the Triassic Powers, yeah. I don't have a damn clue what's going on

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I'm not a fan of how floppy the armor is.

It's the same reason I hate a lot of the Megazord suits. I understand they are only human and can't lug around proper armour while doing massive flips, but if they know they have to make the suit lightly, why add bits that draw attention to just how cheap it is? Nothing ruins these segments like extremely flimsy bits of cardboard flapping around like any second it's gonna fall off. They certainly improved this in later seasons with CGI and or what looks like lego...but they still have a long way to go.

[Starscream Gaga]

I hated the Triassic Battlizer. I'm not a huge fan of the concept of Battllizers in general because they leave out the rest of the team, but the Triassic Ranger was already doing that so that at least was forgivable, but those Mr. Fantastic powers were just random and silly. I actually liked the idea of the shoulder cannons, I just wish it didn't go along with those ridiculous stretchy limbs.

EDIT: Looking up pictures, I remembered the armour to be a lot less bizarre looking...

[Matrixbeast]

Design wise, I think the Triassic Ranger looks a lot better, since I'm a fan of the red and gold combination.

Anyway, I'm watching Tommy's Brachio zord, and I was thinking, how weird would it have been if the Brachio zord was Titanus?

[ZeoRangerV]

Started watching Beetleborgs Metallix. I don't remember this show as well as the original season, so this should be interesting.

Even a couple of episodes in, I can tell that this series is a step above the original. I still vastly prefer the original B-Fighter suits to the Kabuto ones, but Metallix has much better direction and Nukus is an excellent villain.

I'd forgotten a Jawa moves into Hillhurst though. Utinni!

[MagiRed]

Okay...this might hurt or work out REALLY well.

I am currently watching Dino Thunder, the Power Rangers season I grew up with and currently adore still to this day. Let's see if it still holds up, now that I have some of the Sentai to compare it to and a more "adult" mindset than what I had as a kid...

[Matrixbeast]

Based on my rewatching of it that I finished just last week, Dino Thunder started out really strong. It had an excellent set of stories to along with decent (If somewhat cliche) characters to follow. I particularly enjoyed how it set up Trent's story arc.

But as Locke and others have said before, it really drops the ball when it comes to resolving them. The stories just...End. It sets up something great, but it doesn't know how to actually resolve it.

[MagiRed]

Well...here it is...I've finally watched episodes 1 and 2 of Dino Thunder for the first time in almost ten years. And...it has flaws, but I still LOVE this season to death. I would dare say that it's better than MMPR, but I'm going to wait until I get past season 2/up to the Alien Ranger mini series and the end of Dino Thunder to make my judgement.

It does have flaws, yes...Connor is much harder to like at the beginning of the show, coming off as kind of an ass at times. And the robo T-rex in episode one could have been made to look much more convincing. Though, it's fun to imagine Tommy have some serious deja vu from his says as Rita's Green Ranger. I'm also annoyed that Zeltrax has that cliched evil laugh TWICE towards the end of episode two, much like how it annoyed me that Koragg had one too many cliche evil laughs that Wolzard never had to utter...Wolzard is more intimidating and overall better than Koragg, but that's another story for another day.

What it did get right was pulled off very well for my tastes and so far, it still holds up. The acting and effort is SO much better than the likes of Samurai and Megaforce now. I especially like the original troops designs much better than the Abaranger goons and the slight resemblance in the opening to Abaranger. The team's mentor and future black ranger running away from the season's bad guys, leading in to later events and the debut of the new rangers.

As much fun as people make of Tommy having perhaps one too many roles in other Power Rangers seasons, here, it just feels right to have him on as the mentor and a team ranger later on.

One more thing that suffers in this premiere is the rushed treatment of the taming of the Zords. It took much longer in Abaranger and felt more dramatic and concerning in Abaranger, though there was little development for the characters at first. The issue seems reversed here with more emphasis on character introductions and little time to actually tame the Zords and make a true sense of dread and worry.

The music is also one place where Power Rangers beats Super Sentai, in my opinion. The theme song is much better suited for action scenes, especially the instrumental for Megazord finishers than the music used in Abaranger. It's just more exciting and catchy, if you ask me.

Overall, it has it's flaws, but I still love Dino Thunder for what it is and regard it as one of the better seasons of Power Rangers, as well as a MUCH superior tribute to MMPR than Megaforce is. I look forward to talking more about it as I go through the other 36 episodes of the season.

[Matrixbeast]

Oh god, Zeltrax. If there's one plot that was utter crap from the get go, it was him. Not even Tommy knows why the hell he has such a problem with him. He briefly gets some level of growth, but that's soon dropped...