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First Impressions: Power Rangers Megaforce

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It's here, it's finally here. After the relatively disappointing combo of Samurai and Super Samurai (from a show perspective anyway), the next Power Rangers series has a lot to live up to. Long time fans were looking for something more original with better actors and a 20th anniversary celebration that could rival Super Sentai 's recently past 35th anniversary series. The result is Power Rangers Megaforce , a curious series that will be using footage from both Tensou Sentai Goseiger and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger . Here is a review of the recently aired first episode, "Mega Mission" . When evil space aliens arrive with plans to conquer the Earth, the mystical Gosei and his robotic aide Tensou summon five "teenagers with attitude" to carry on the legacy of the Power Rangers as the newest team of heroes - the Power Rangers Megaforce. Armed with an array of power cards and weapons, Troy, Noah, Jake, Emma and Gia show evil that "Earth's defe...

Movie REVIEW: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen

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It finally happened. After 40 years of Kamen Rider and 35 years of Super Sentai , with only a few fleeting crossovers in between, the two franchises have collided for one big movie event.  The film was released cinematically back in April, and heavily promoted between the two currently airing shows Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters and Kamen Rider Fourze . It also saw the return of the casts of both Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger  and Kamen Rider Decade , two series which shared very similar motifs. The film sees Captain Marvelous/Gokai Red taking control of the DaiZangyack fleet, a crew made up of previous villains in the Super Sentai franchise. In order to seek out the ultimate treasure, Gokai Red has proclaimed war on the Kamen Riders and vowed to eliminate them all. On the other side, Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade has once again taken his place at the head of DaiShocker, and in turn plans to destroy all of the Super Sentai. As the legendary seven Riders, the Gorangers and many...