Most Underrated Sentai Series

[Clocktower]

Yes, heaven forbid an anniversary of the franchise play up the heroes rather than the villains! Especially when viewers have been known to respond poorly to villain-heavy stories including in Gokaiger's predecessor where they complained that Brajira was too important! People bitching about Gokaiger's villains is one of my absolute pet hates. I really think a lot of the Gokai-hate is people's attempt to look more intelligent than/superior to other fans by trying to have the "unpopular opinion" or pick apart the show and tear into it for being a fun, flashy tribute rather than a tightly-written superhero drama. The whole "but what would Gokaiger have if you take away the anniversary aspect?" argument is ridiculous. It's like saying "What would Magiranger be without the magic and family themes?" or "What would Shinkenger be without the samurai/jidaigeki elements?" Actually, Shinkenger's begun to suffer from this, too - it gets constantly nitpicked because it was a popular series and no way we can let too many people like something, it MUST be scrutinised for "flaws"!

You don't have to hate a series in order to admit and discuss the flaws in it. Like I said, I actually really enjoyed Gokaiger, I can just see why others may not have. Likewise, I can see why you hate Gekiranger for the focus on Lio and Mele and I think there's a lot they could have done to make it an overall better season.. but I still loved it and think it's up there as one of the best.

On the subject of Go-Busters, I think it suffers from a similar problem as Wizard in that a lot of the fandom built up too much hope for it and then decided the show hadn't lived up to that. It isn't the only Sentai that performed poorly, but people overplay its failings. Wizard is also not the worst-performing Rider series and yet it's now being talked about as this huge flop that "killed" the W format or "forced" Toei to bring in a first-time writer for Gaim

In fairness, while Go-busters isn't the only poor performing Sentai, it did perform worse than any other ever. It's not even a case of Western fans hating it but Japanese ones loving it, or having poor viewer numbers but good toy sales, like many other seasons have. It seemed to fail at everything and I think it's worth discussing why. The problem is that people are still too heated up about it, whether they love it or hate it and that's making things a bit too hard at the moment. Admittedly, I really hated it, so maybe I'm part of the problem.

The problems with Wizard are a bit more clear cut and I don't think even hardcore fans of it are rushing to defend most of them. It's had a solid premise and a lot of cool moments, there's just sooo much padding. I can't believe it took them to the late 40's to reveal a plot twist that everyone predicted after the first episode. It's not surprising a lot of people have lost interest, despite the good aspects of the show.

 

[lazycoconut]

You don't have to hate a series in order to admit and discuss the flaws in it. Like I said, I actually really enjoyed Gokaiger, I can just see why others may not have. Likewise, I can see why you hate Gekiranger for the focus on Lio and Mele and I think there's a lot they could have done to make it an overall better season.. but I still loved it and think it's up there as one of the best.

I agree. I just think that with a lot of fans there's this feeling that if something becomes "too popular" or isn't getting "enough" criticism, something is wrong and we have to find fault with it ...

I don't really hate Gekiranger, they just overshadowed it for me. With the reception they reportedly got in Japan, and Japanese fans complaining that Goseiger made Brajira too important, I can see why Toei would be wary of a villain-heavy show at a time when they're looking for commercial success.

In fairness, while Go-busters isn't the only poor performing Sentai, it did perform worse than any other ever. It's not even a case of Western fans hating it but Japanese ones loving it, or having poor viewer numbers but good toy sales, like many other seasons have. It seemed to fail at everything and I think it's worth discussing why. The problem is that people are still too heated up about it, whether they love it or hate it and that's making things a bit too hard at the moment. Admittedly, I really hated it, so maybe I'm part of the problem.

The problems with Wizard are a bit more clear cut and I don't think even hardcore fans of it are rushing to defend most of them. It's had a solid premise and a lot of cool moments, there's just sooo much padding. I can't believe it took them to the late 40's to reveal a plot twist that everyone predicted after the first episode. It's not surprising a lot of people have lost interest, despite the good aspects of the show.

I agree with both of the above. But I get the impression that there wouldn't be so much strong feeling about them if a lot of people hadn't had high hopes for them that then got crushed.

 

[KingRanger]

I agree. I just think that with a lot of fans there's this feeling that if something becomes "too popular" or isn't getting "enough" criticism, something is wrong and we have to find fault with it ...

This is pretty much the toku fandom in a nutshell.

 

[shamrocknroll]

This is pretty much the toku fandom in a nutshell.

Or any fandom really. That or intellectual inbreeding

 

[KingRanger]

That or intellectual inbreeding

What do you mean?

 

[shamrocknroll]

What do you mean?

Only listening to one opinion, usually your own. For example if one guy who hates Go-Onger and only listens to how bad Go-Onger is. Eventually the person who does so starts believing that anybody who likes Go-Onger is stupid or a bad person.

Or the polar opposite. Someone loves Gokaiger and just hangs out with people who love Gokaiger and views anybody who dislikes it as a bad person or an idiot