I like this episode, and I like the Timeranger it's based on, too. Eric/Naoto is off-duty, just at home, taking care of his pet birds, trying to warm up to a neighborhood little girl who takes a liking to his birds...it's a nice, relaxing day for our serious hero. And then it all comes crashing down... The bad guys show up and kidnap him, with the latest monster's specialty being vocal mimicry, so he's trying to take control of the voice-activated V-Rex/Q-Rex. Eric/Naoto takes quite the beating in this episode, trying to protect his mecha and reclaim control.
As is the case in Timeranger, this is the first time Eric discovers that the Ranger powers -- therefore, Wes's buddies -- are from the future. So, this episode is more or less the Timeranger episode, except for...the butt-ugly power-up Quantum Ranger gets. After being beat up for the entire episode, he's not in great shape when he finally transforms, so Alex e-mails him from the future the way to unlock the strangely named Mega Battle mode. I like the idea of Sentai/Rangers having armor, and it's something Power Rangers went crazy with at the time, but the armor here is just terrible looking. And if its fugness wasn't enough, Quantum Ranger is. Now. On. ROLLERBLADES! Stupid. How the bad guys don't die from laughter is a mystery.
*Gasp!* A Timeranger ep Shougo actually likes?? O=
ReplyDeleteI was actually kinda wondering how you felt about this ep. Glad you liked it~
And yeah, a shame about those Battilizers. I never liked those.
This one looks ridiculous but not all them do
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