Lord Arcanon and The Boys take center stage on the latest Power Rangers Dino Super Charge.

ThisPower Rangers Dino Super Chargereview contains spoilers.

Oh sure, we got little pieces here and there but by and large it was mostly filler city.

Some of the episodes were good, but I was waiting for these plots to finally start paying off.

We just have to get through the making of a pavlova to do it.

Look, I dont mind the wacky b-story about Chase having to make a famous New Zealand recipe.

In fact, I think that would have been a great little stand-alone episode.

Chase feels if he cant get this right, hes losing a part of his heritage.

They also have to deal with a snippy Yelp style food critic.

Itd be a total MMPR style episode.

Instead its shoved into a plot heavy episode.

In fact, picture this b-plot as the Energem and the arrival of Lord Arcanon as the pavlova recipe.

That analogy was kind of messy actually, but Im going to run with it.

Hell,Power Rangershas done it before.

Their old combinations arent working so they need a new one!

We dont need a wacky b-plot to justify it.

Not to say the A-plot isnt messy itself.

On the surface this is an amazing idea.

Heckyl has a monster zord he can pilot!

The new big bad can control the Rangers zords!

This is someClash of the Megazordsstyle goodness and it repurposes the Sentai footage in a really unique way.

The problem is how it plays out.

Heckyl beats Lord Arcanon, Singe, and Doomwing back once.

Okay, thats fine.

It shows Heckyl is still a formidable threat.

Then he beats the new villains back again.

Lord Arcanon and The Boys (new boy band, amirite?)

are just kinda like, Okay welp that didnt work see ya later BAIIIIII!

These are supposed to be the new big bads.

The guys who come in and total change the status quo.

To have them get totally curb stomped their first run out completely undercuts the threat.

They only win because the Rangers end up doing all the work for them.

So if the Rangers can beat Heckyl while they cant, why should we consider them a major threat?

Because they can control the zords?

If that becomes a recurring problem they have to fight against, fair enough.

Well see next week.

Another major problem is the info dumping.

They couldnt have spread some of this around the last six or so stand alone episodes?

I love the concept of Heckyl being nothing more than a tool for Lord Arcanon.

I love that Sledge was working for him and that Lord Arcanon has come to collect the bounties.

What could have been a cool status quo breaking episode instead plays it safe.

Yes, the Rangers are now concerned about the Silver Ranger giving away their technology.

But they still have their zords.

Nothing big has changed, besides Lord Arcanon becoming the big bad.

Weve only got a handful of episodes left until the finale.

Start raising the stakes!

I had such a big smile on my face when all the Rangers ducked for cover at the end.

Lets just hope they start getting to do something soon.

Stray Thoughts

Sentai 6.

Ah yes, Im sure thats a little reference for hardcore fans.

Trust your kiwi ingenuity.

And trust we will get all the tax credits for this.

Heckyl wearing his goggles in the zord made me smile so hard.

Rating:

2.5 out of 5