The biggest problem? We’ve seen this all before. Let’s flashback to last year for a moment. The third episode of Power Rangers Megaforce, “Going Viral,” featured Noah doubting himself and needing Jake’s help to learn a new skill that would give him the ability to beat the monster of the week. “Blue Saber Saga” features the exact same plot, albeit with much better pacing, which was the biggest problem with Megaforce. This leads credence to the notion that has been discussed since Super Megaforce premiered: Megaforce was almost completely pointless. So does this episode, being a retread of “Going Viral” impact its final score? Sadly, yes. As much as I loved this episode, Noah learns the exact same thing. It would have been vastly improved if they made even a passing reference to him learning how to use Jake’s snake axe. His reason for training could have centered around his feelings of inadequacy: no matter how hard he trains, he still isn’t as good as the others. He has to work extra hard, but even when he does, all his training could be rendered pointless by the enemy using new tactics. Speaking of training, fans were making a big to-do about the fact that the training scene with Noah was lifted nearly shot for shot from Sentai. My response to that? It at least made sense in the context of the episode. It’s sadly been done more times than most fans realize, particularly in early Power Rangers Samurai episodes. There, it felt forced. Here? It flowed well enough. Power Rangers is not meant for people who have seen Sentai, so get over it. Super Megaforce continues down the right path, but I hope they don’t just retread all the lessons the rangers already learned in Megaforce. Even if Super Megaforce does it better, we’ve already seen it, and it’s just wasting time. Give us something new. Megaforce may not have given us much, but try to build on it or just move forward. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing.
