It kind of bothers me that they would scrap the idea of a darker series because Gobusters didn't sell as well. From the small amount of episodes I saw, the only real problem with it was having any real distinguishing characteristics in the cast that made them interesting & diverse. The only things they focused on were what was necessary to carry to overall plot & the only "interesting & diverse" characters were Jin, Beet J Stag & Enter. (I wouldn't know about escape, I didn't really see anything from her)
A show doesn't need incessant comedy & light heartedness, though. Generally speaking, I would call Kamen Rider Kiva light hearted, while I would call Goseiger incredibly bland & insulting to the audience. I prefer when they take the show & story seriously & have one or maybe two full on comedy characters to lighten the show up & play off one another, of course you can't really reinvent the show every year & do exactly that EVERY YEAR, so I guess, just do what you can?:redface2: