I must say I was so saddened by this series. I've been a fan of Power Rangers ever since the very beginning and would never miss an episode. I even recorded a lot of them and enjoy sitting and re-watching the older ones. Before I saw this new series I got the Sentai version and sat and watched the entire series, around 50 episodes counting the movie and special, and LOVED it and thought this'll make a great basis for a new Power Ranger series. When the show premiered.. I felt sick to my stomach from the opening until the ending. THe characters were wrong, everything was just wrong.
For instance, in the sentai version when MagiMother got defeated by Wolzard she didn't just loose her wand, she DIED. In the US series, oh our kids are too sensitive to see someone die so they used the exact same footage to just say Udonna got defeated by Knight Wolf and lost her powers. I mean come on, it's not like they showed her beaten and bloody or something, they used the same footage.. just a different explanation. THey've always done this, but this is the first sentai I saw before the PR series, and I was seriously sickened. If you're a fan of the original PR (with Jason and Tommy and the rest) then I'd recommend buying the Sentai DVDs from Japan and forgetting this series.
Though it is okay for kids, it's just so watered down and weak next to the sentai. For me, the only good part about it is that some of the figures/mecha are released here and it's cheaper than buying it from JP. At least the toys they didn't totally ruin.
For instance, in the sentai version when MagiMother got defeated by Wolzard she didn't just loose her wand, she DIED. In the US series, oh our kids are too sensitive to see someone die so they used the exact same footage to just say Udonna got defeated by Knight Wolf and lost her powers. I mean come on, it's not like they showed her beaten and bloody or something, they used the same footage.. just a different explanation. THey've always done this, but this is the first sentai I saw before the PR series, and I was seriously sickened. If you're a fan of the original PR (with Jason and Tommy and the rest) then I'd recommend buying the Sentai DVDs from Japan and forgetting this series.
Though it is okay for kids, it's just so watered down and weak next to the sentai. For me, the only good part about it is that some of the figures/mecha are released here and it's cheaper than buying it from JP. At least the toys they didn't totally ruin.