[Sh Ranger]

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Originally Posted by FairyKing

IDK if this is actually unpopular, but here goes:

Using the powers of previous heroes is a horrible gimmick. It makes it seem like the current hero can't stand on their own, and needs to rely on the franchise and nostalgia to be powerful within the fiction and interesting to the audience.

I'll probably watch Decade and Zi-O eventually because I'm just that invested in Kamen Rider, but my hatred of past-hero-powers kills any interest I have in Gokaiger despite loving the idea of a pirate Sentai.

I disagree that legendary powers are bad in general but I agree that heroes should stand on their own if they need to. It was brought up in Ghost when the Parka Ghosts deemed Takeru ready to stand on his own after getting Mugen Damashii but Takeru reminded them that their legacy was still important to the world and inspired him to let his life burn bright.

I think Gokaiger, while a decent but overrated show, has a serious problem with its premise. They have their own powers but they also use legendary powers even though they got them by accident and didn't do anything to earn them until character development. They got pretty much everything from the start on a silver platter. It's not like Zi-O, where Sougo is ordained and groomed to become the inheritor of all Riders, tasked with earning the trust of his predecessors so he can get their Ride Watches.

This problem was fixed in Super Mega Force however, with Legendary Ranger Mode having a time limit, encouraging the Rangers to use it sparingly and rely on their training. They were already chosen and mentored by Gosei a year before getting access to their predecessors' powers.

If Super Sentai does legendary powers again for the 50th anniversary, I would like to see it be more like Zi-O, except for confusing time travel stuff. Each Ranger could have a unique form based on a Sentai, like you could have a pink Gekiranger or a yellow Ryusoulger.

[Mmicb0b]

also I feel like Drive is WAY BETTER than people give it credit for

[H3N51N]

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Originally Posted by Mmicb0b

also I feel like Drive is WAY BETTER than people give it credit for

Thank You! I will still argue that Drive has one of the more complete KR stories in the franchise.

[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

I half-agree. One of the few points I can give Super Mega Force is that I found Prince Vekar way more entertaining than Warz Gill.

Vekar was entertaining because they exaggerated how whiny and vain he was, which brought out a lot more of what I think was always supposed to be the joke with Zangyack - they're all following the orders of a pampered brat, completely unfit for command, who is only in a position of authority through nepotism. Didn't Warz Gill have literal blue blood, even? Much like with Genis in Zyuohger or Dogranio in LuPat, there's a very justifiable reason why the villains act as inefficiently as they do, although whether that resulted in fun bad guys is, of course, up for debate. I was never a big fan of Zangyack myself.

[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Vekar was entertaining because they exaggerated how whiny and vain he was, which brought out a lot more of what I think was always supposed to be the joke with Zangyack - they're all following the orders of a pampered brat, completely unfit for command, who is only in a position of authority through nepotism. Didn't Warz Gill have literal blue blood, even? Much like with Genis in Zyuohger or Dogranio in LuPat, there's a very justifiable reason why the villains act as inefficiently as they do, although whether that resulted in fun bad guys is, of course, up for debate. I was never a big fan of Zangyack myself.

Totally agree. Saban made the right call in dialing it up with him. In some hypothetical alternate timeline where Goseiger and Gokaiger were more traditionally adapted, I'd want them to keep the decision they made with Vekar, because it made him alot more fun(ny). Whereas Warz Gill, while I don't hate him as a villain or anything, he just doesn't do much for me due to being more understated.

Speaking of Goseiger, that's actually a really underrated season. Granted, I haven't seen much of Sentai in general, but based on stuff I'd heard about it beforehand, I went in expecting to be bored to tears. But I came out of it actually rather liking it for what it was.

[AkibaSilver]

I think Goseiger just has a reputation because it came out after Shinkenger, which people loved, and Gokaiger, which people also really loved, leaving Gosei still a perfectly solid Sentai, but just ignored.

[Jello]

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Originally Posted by H3N51N

Thanks You! I will still argue that Drive has one of the more complete KR stories in the franchise.

Drive walked so Zero One could ru- shot

[Kurona]

Drive and Zero-One, while they have plenty of good qualities otherwise, are two series that prove to me that this franchise is not capable of writing about robots

[Jello]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Drive and Zero-One, while they have plenty of good qualities otherwise, are two series that prove to me that this franchise is not capable of writing about robots

Drive: Ok so we have a solid non evil robot, should we build up on him? Naaaah let's just kill him off in the same episode.

Zero One: This is the biggest part of the show, now let's keep it to like four characters.

[Layton13]

I think the "Workplace Competition"-Arc, together with the "Hiden Manufacturing"-Arc are easily the best parts of Zero-One and honestly, the only Arcs better than meh.