Dino Fury has been a true new beginning for the franchise with one of the best casts in years, a rad EDM vibes morphing sequence/roll call and all around improved writing from Simon Bennett & co. As the first season went on, I couldn't help but feel in retrospect how Beast Morphers was still too Neo Saban at times, especially with Zoey and Ben & Betty's wacky slapstick. Now that's outta here.
Zayto awakening and the flashbacks to Rafkon have made for some great episodes. Beast Morphers still has the better premiere but this season stayed locked in with other outstanding episodes in Izzy & Ravi's debut as Rangers and the return of OG Lord Zedd. Izzy & Fern representing LGBTQ+ has been awesome as well, long overdue for the show. It's interesting that early on Dino Fury was initially going to be a one-and-done season but was changed to two, and so the season was padded. Despite that, there were only a couple weak episodes I didn't care for much, while Void Knight trying to get the Sporix to revive Santuara was paced fairy well I thought.
I wasn't sold on Buzzblast and the obvious Riptide set
redressing, and while it can come off as a bit chaotic with so much
going on so close together, it feels very modern for the
show, as well as the Ranger hotline. I was however quickly sold on Jane & J-Borg, by far the best comedic relief since Disney era. I like the new direction they went with having Mucus as an additional comedic character.
I wasn't too sure about the Nexus Prism coming back but it worked pretty well as we really dove into PR lore with the Morphin Masters being responsible for a lot of old powers. And Mick's guest appearance and using his shapeshifting was fun - at least it was him and not a real teamup. Hopefully we can otherwise stay clear of Ninja Steel. >_>
Ivan in Dino Charge still has the best Gold Ranger debut in modern times but Aiyon's debut wasn't bad either, kind of a better episode plot than Nate & Steel becoming Rangers or Levi.
The season finale was one of the most decent in years as far as being more of a midseason finale, which past seasons hadn't really done except for the Super Megaforce cliffhanger. I look forward to where things go as we really get rolling this year with the debut of Void King & Queen, Zedd coming back and if they play into him getting his Z-Staff. Also I've enjoyed Campbell Cooley's characters dating back to Snide so I was glad to see that continue with Slyther as a General.
5/5 for "SPORIX UNLEASHED," "NEW RECRUITS," "UNEXPECTED GUEST," "OLD FOES," "ANCIENT HISTORY"
3/5 for "SUPERSTITION STRIKES," "McSCARY MANOR," "SUPER HOTSHOT," "SECRET SANTA"
4/5 for the rest
