What did you think of Operation Overdrive?

[DaiOzzyTM]

Just wondering what everyones thoughts are on this season usually i find its
3/4 of fans don't like it.

[PrimoPiccolo]

I'm completely indifferent to Overdrive as a whole. They had some great stand-alones, especially the first 1/3 of the season, but in total it was a trainwreck. Moltor and the Fearcats were lame, Flurious was lazy, Hartford was insane, and Tyzonn had a personality that was basically clay which got molded into a new shape every episode.

Definitely near the bottom of the PR barrel.

[Knightfall]

Boukenger had some of the greatest potential of any sentai to adapt... and OO turned out to be a dud.

[Sakura3]

I saw Dino Thunder through Jungle Fury #8 so far and in regards to the Operation Overdrive remarks I loved this series. I've been watching any series made by Disney and they did a really solid job on Overdrive. I like the Jewel Quest US add. That was a nice touch.

I don't know why you dudes are picking on Operation Overdrive. I saw all 32 episodes and am still watcing.

[PrimoPiccolo]

I don't know why you dudes are picking on Operation Overdrive.
Because we actually sighted reasons why it wasn't up to par with other seasons.

[Kamen Rider]

It was a garbage season ever along with PRNS to PROO.

[PowerOnyx]

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Dislikes of the Power Rangers Operartion Overdrive series:
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Also keep in mind that I will not list "Needed more episodes" as a con. Nor will I list that the story was "Too centered on the Red Ranger" or contained "Too many explosions" as a con. Those three are just common knowledge for all of the series.
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Operation Overdrive

1. Will was a jerk.
2. Will saying he learned the value of teamwork at the ender, yet from episode one until the final 2 episodes he was resistant of being part of a team.
3. The "black" guy being a jerk.
4. The "black" being the thief.
5. A power Ranger being a thief.
6. The Racecar Driver didn't get the Racecar Zord.
7. Will using super-speed when it was Ronny's power
8. Having genetic Powers.
9. Genetic Powers were barely used.
10. Vella just appears at the end of the story.
11. Tyzonn was a serious character and could have possibly been the best sixth Ranger, then he became a comic relief character. Then he became Dax.
12. Tyzonn mimicking Will.
13. Lack of Spencer. He seemed to get dropped into the background.
14. Dax had no personality at all. He was the martial arts stunt man yet he never got to lead in battle or develop strategic maneuvers.
15. "Crown and Punishment" ender needed a second part to tie up the loose ends. (Mainly Vella).
16. Ronny's Bulldozer Claw weapons.
17. Thrax's existence was not explained further than he was the son of Rita & Zedd.
18. How come the Morphing Grid didn't work for the OO Rangers and Sentinel Knight could not restore their Powers or the Morphing Grid, yet he could restore five other Rangers powers regardless of the morphing grid not working?? (ermm....)
19. Bridge being in OaR. Travel to the future for ONE Ranger? Why not just use another that existed in the OO timeline? The other 4 did.
20. Alpha being as tall as everyone else.
21. Alpha being able to actually be inside the morphing grid.
22. Lack of Camdor/Miratrix "2 years ago" backstory
23. The re-designed Black Ranger costume.
24. Lack of Mighty Morphin' music playing for Adam's intro and fight scenes.
25. If the new team went to Angel Grove to get Alpha 6, where was everyone else who served as Rangers? Is Adam the only former ranger who still lives in Angel Grove?
26. The OO Rangers giving up & disbanding from the mission & each other just because they were no longer Power Rangers.
27. Never got to see Moltar or Flurious's human forms before they got transformed.
28. The intro song lyrics were horrible. Made no change when a sixth was added. And it was rap. Rap does not belong in Power Rangers. EVER. The opening theme background music was good.
29. Too much slang and ebonics.
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Everything else in that season I did like.

[Sakura3]

In other words that's like saying KR you practically don't like the Disney era at all.

Why don't you just stay wth the Saban era then and leave the rest of us alone who actually liked the Disney Era?

Come on guys the Disney Era 6 plus RPM are just as much part of Power Rangers as the 10 years that Saban made. You guys act like Saban was the ONLY era when it came to Power Rangers and are just disconnecting everything Ninja Storm onwards. Typical. Saban will never do Power Rangers again. They sold to Disney.

[DaiOzzyTM]

nah I don't think this was a dud Flurious was lazy because its hard to fit him into the shows when its using sentai footage, this season had some the best fighting scenes in a while, great characters like will and ronny. The treausre hunting was nice and the villains were ver very cool. Though the android thing wasn't the greatest and mr hartford was abit dull but I think it was a good series.

[PRangerX]

In other words that's like saying KR you practically don't like the Disney era at all.

Why don't you just stay wth the Saban era then and leave the rest of us alone who actually liked the Disney Era?

Come on guys the Disney Era 6 plus RPM are just as much part of Power Rangers as the 10 years that Saban made. You guys act like Saban was the ONLY era when it came to Power Rangers and are just disconnecting everything Ninja Storm onwards. Typical. Saban will never do Power Rangers again. They sold to Disney.

DinoThunder is a well loved season. Ninja Storm had its detractors but also had its fans. The Disney seasons that are meant with disdain seem to be SPD-OO ( JF is still on going). Basically the Kalish era ( whether its fair to blame him or not). Obviously there are fans that like the whole Disney era too. As its all very subjective.

I don't hate the Disney era. I think certian things could be done better. They slave too much to the Sentai plots instead of trying to tell there own story. One thing about NS and DT, was that they tried to tell there own stories. Ever since Doug and Ann left that hasn't been the case as much. I really liked Mystic Force but the basic plot was actually taken from Sentai. To be fair, Saban Entertianment relyed on Sentai heavily the last four or five years (I loved Time Force, but it was heavily based on Timeranger). Thats not to say that you can't adapt a really good sentai closely. Its just not the way you should automatically produce PR.

I can still enjoy PR as a fan. But I think there is a certain staleness now. there just feels like there is something missing. I think the whole formula they use now has become worn out. And is too predictable. The characters are too interchangeable from year to year. And everything ends up being disjionted since they go out of the Sentai footage causes them to change plans. PR's always had this problem. But there was a time when PR did its best to adapt the Sentai footage to its own story.

As for OO, there were certianly elements to it that I enjoyed as a fan. I really liked the robot Mack arch. I really liked how they handled the rift between Hartford and Mack. It was a bueatiful momments when Mack learned that his father truely loved him as a real son.

I think the jewel plot was interesting. I think at times OO suffered from being a pretty aim low series ( which actually is better then aiming high and dropping the ball). The finalie was a bit underwhelming. When you think about how the Corona Aurora was supposed to be this powerful aritifact and Mack was able to defeat Flurious like a Monster of the day. I would say OO was average.

[Kamen Rider]

In other words that's like saying KR you practically don't like the Disney era at all.

Why don't you just stay wth the Saban era then and leave the rest of us alone who actually liked the Disney Era?

Come on guys the Disney Era 6 plus RPM are just as much part of Power Rangers as the 10 years that Saban made. You guys act like Saban was the ONLY era when it came to Power Rangers and are just disconnecting everything Ninja Storm onwards. Typical. Saban will never do Power Rangers again. They sold to Disney.

Did I said Jungle Fury in this thread?

[Knightfall]

They needed better actors. Those accents were out of control.

I needed close captions every time Rose opened her mouth.

Luckily Caitlin and Rhoda were hot, or I wouldnt have sat through this series.

[PrimoPiccolo]

Lack of Mighty Morphin' music playing for Adam's intro and fight scenes.
I love your list, I agree with pretty much everything on it. But the only reason MMPR music didn't play is because Saban Entertainment retains all rights to its music library. So any use of the theme songs beyond airing reruns would get them sued.

Same reason why Digimon had to change their theme for the fourth and fifth seasons.

[PrimoPiccolo]

Come on guys the Disney Era 6 plus RPM are just as much part of Power Rangers as the 10 years that Saban made. You guys act like Saban was the ONLY era when it came to Power Rangers and are just disconnecting everything Ninja Storm onwards.
It's not about who owns it, it's about the quality level.

Dino Thunder is loved. I personally enjoyed the heck out of S.P.D. Jungle Fury is doing all right so far. And even though I'm not into Ninja Storm, I can understand why other people liked it. But anyone who actually looks beyond fight scenes or plotlines can't find much to say positively about Mystic Force or Operation Overdrive.

[PrimoPiccolo]

Flurious was lazy because its hard to fit him into the shows when its using sentai footage
Sentai footage didn't stop Miratrix from being active, and you'll rarely hear anyone say they didn't like the Kamdor-centered episodes. That's no excuse.

[PRangerX]

Sentai footage didn't stop Miratrix from being active, and you'll rarely hear anyone say they didn't like the Kamdor-centered episodes. That's no excuse.

Its kinda of funny how Flurious ended up being the big bad. Considering he was the least active villain. I guess it kind of fits the backstabbing nature of his character.

One of the things they should have done with Kamndor and Miratrix, was give them a reason for wanting the jewels. I mean the preimere shows us these two brothers racing each other for the Crown. Then all of the sudden we get Miratrix, who somehow wants the same thing. Yet has nothing to do with the brothers. And no reason is ever really given as to why they want the gems who who they are.

[PrimoPiccolo]

One of the things they should have done with Kamndor and Miratrix, was give them a reason for wanting the jewels. I mean the preimere shows us these two brothers racing each other for the Crown. Then all of the sudden we get Miratrix, who somehow wants the same thing. Yet has nothing to do with the brothers. And no reason is ever really given as to why they want the gems who who they are.
That's just another problem on Overdrive's laundry list.

But really, did it matter? Flurious and Moltor didn't even say why they wanted the crown so badly, just that they always have.

[PowerOnyx]

One of the things they should have done with Kamndor and Miratrix, was give them a reason for wanting the jewels. I mean the preimere shows us these two brothers racing each other for the Crown. Then all of the sudden we get Miratrix, who somehow wants the same thing. Yet has nothing to do with the brothers. And no reason is ever really given as to why they want the gems who who they are.

Have any of the past villains ever had a valid reason for wanted to take over the planet other than complete domination? If Andrew knew about the Crown it is safe to say that all of the villains in OO knew as well. And they all scrambled for jewels so they could use it to take over.

[PRangerX]

Have any of the past villains ever had a valid reason for wanted to take over the planet other than complete domination? If Andrew knew about the Crown it is safe to say that all of the villains in OO knew as well. And they all scrambled for jewels so they could use it to take over.

It was just wierd in the context of the season, thats all. It didn't destory OO as a season or anything. Its just something they could have done better.

[DaiOzzyTM]

DinoThunder is a well loved season. Ninja Storm had its detractors but also had its fans. The Disney seasons that are meant with disdain seem to be SPD-OO ( JF is still on going). Basically the Kalish era ( whether its fair to blame him or not). Obviously there are fans that like the whole Disney era too. As its all very subjective.

I don't hate the Disney era. I think certian things could be done better. They slave too much to the Sentai plots instead of trying to tell there own story. One thing about NS and DT, was that they tried to tell there own stories. Ever since Doug and Ann left that hasn't been the case as much. I really liked Mystic Force but the basic plot was actually taken from Sentai. To be fair, Saban Entertianment relyed on Sentai heavily the last four or five years (I loved Time Force, but it was heavily based on Timeranger). Thats not to say that you can't adapt a really good sentai closely. Its just not the way you should automatically produce PR.

I can still enjoy PR as a fan. But I think there is a certain staleness now. there just feels like there is something missing. I think the whole formula they use now has become worn out. And is too predictable. The characters are too interchangeable from year to year. And everything ends up being disjionted since they go out of the Sentai footage causes them to change plans. PR's always had this problem. But there was a time when PR did its best to adapt the Sentai footage to its own story.

As for OO, there were certianly elements to it that I enjoyed as a fan. I really liked the robot Mack arch. I really liked how they handled the rift between Hartford and Mack. It was a bueatiful momments when Mack learned that his father truely loved him as a real son.

I think the jewel plot was interesting. I think at times OO suffered from being a pretty aim low series ( which actually is better then aiming high and dropping the ball). The finalie was a bit underwhelming. When you think about how the Corona Aurora was supposed to be this powerful aritifact and Mack was able to defeat Flurious like a Monster of the day. I would say OO was average.

I can understand that and is probably one the most forgiving i been to a disney disliker, i think disney series are fresh new and modern, saban did get bit old dunt get me wrong TF was fantastic but alot like LR got abit samey

[PRangerX]

I can understand that and is probably one the most forgiving i been to a disney disliker, i think disney series are fresh new and modern, saban did get bit old dunt get me wrong TF was fantastic but alot like LR got abit samey

You see what happened was.... The last several years of Saban Entertianment, PR started to be produced like Sentai. And Disney thinks thats how PR needs to be. There ideas about PR are very narrow. Every year they have to have civilian powers, romance is frowned upon, and continung story archs are kept to a minimum. Since they want every episode to have a problem that is solved by the end. Doug Sloan fought for a lot of what we saw in DinoThunder.

[crimsonfireranger]

I didn't like the plot at all trying to get jewels doesn't really sound cool

[Clive Koopa]

I think Operation Overdrive was the worst series in the whole franchise. The whole series seemed like it was all clumped together and not thought out clearly. The whole Thrax plot was messed up too.