Finished watching the premiere, and Im a bit surprised how it didnt suck as badly as I thought. Granted, Im still not that excited about the show, Im at least happy that they kept the martial arts theme prominant.
Pros
-The fighting was actually a lot better than the previous seasons of PR. (maybe its my bias towards anything Kung Fu related, like SRB). All was going good though till the slow-mo's and explosions started, thats when it went downhill.
-RJ is a nice change for a mentor
-Like everyone else said, the OP is much better than the OO OP.
-The rangers are okay. Not as annoying as PROO
Cons (there are quite a few. Most of these are due to comparisons with Gekiranger. I know it aint very fair but I cant help it.
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-Morphers. I know they were probably trying to be innovative, but damn, sunglasses? They dont mix well with the theme of the show at all. Just cuz the visors are a bit smaller than usual, dont mean they make good morphers necessarily. The Gekiranger glove morphers were much more hardcore.
-Roll call poses. What I liked about Gekiranger was their moves. After the henshin, they did these movements that were pretty hardcore. The JF poses are good, but a bit simplified. I know its a picky comment but hey, what are ya gonna do. haha
-Dai Shi. sorry, but he doesnt look like he can be as cool as Rio. And they copied the exact same outfit. I havent seen that much in PR as far as human villians are concerned.
-One thing that annoyed me was the Blue ranger. When he fights, he tries soo hard to sound like Bruce lee. That just bugged the crap out of me.
-slow mo and explosions, there baaack! *shudders*