Sunday, February 17, 2013

Tensou Sentai Goseiger Vs PR Megaforce First Impressions

With the first couple of episodes introduced, I would like to compare Tensou Sentai Goseiger with Power Rangers MegaForce.


Here we go!

Production Values/Song:
Goseiger wins by a ton. It's original. It's very upbeat. It does not do a bad job at ripping off Go Go Power Rangers. Did I mention it did not do a bad job at ripping off Go Go Power Rangers?
Goseiger's original footage was great., albeit the kid footage was unadaptable which had some problems for MegaForce.

Premise: A bunch of protectors of a galaxy vs "teenagers with attitudes."
Sure it is not a promising comparison being put into a preschool pseudo teenage soap opera.
Then again, it happened with Mighty Morphin and it turned out just fine.

Unnecessary kid storyline vs unnecessary teenager storyline
Audiences lose both ways. MegaForce gets a slight lead for not forcing the issue too much to be like Goseiger, even though they basically just copied Mighty Morphin.

Rockstar weapons vs not an homage to the Rockstar monster:
Though it already was, MegaForce did make the show a little less camp, so the points go to MegaForce for good adaptation.

Overall, both had horribly flawed introductions that did not establish much of the show. MegaForce established who has the hots for who and that Noah's a nerd, but no reason for them to protect Earth.
Goseiger only established that Black and Yellow are siblings and that Gosei Red forgets things like Tommy! (Why are there so many Mighty Morphin references in Goseiger that MegaForce wisely does not use.) Watching Goseiger makes you realize that the choices MegaForce used could have been worse (or better..)

1 comment:

  1. um...ok bro. I have Goseiger on DVD and just watched a few min of Megaforce. Megaforce fucking blows in comparison. How does Goseiger make any references to any of the stupid ass American adaptations? Please clarify for me. Thanks.

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