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Hey guys, Flamelord325 here and today I am going to start covering the season of Power Rangers Time Force episode by episode and give my thoughts on it.

Time Force begins with a dark opening, putting us straight into action after a boring narration about how every criminal has been imprisoned except one named Ransik. We see some cops, the Time Force, surrounding a building as Ransik tries taking a Time Travel inducing thingy to go back in time. You should know that Ransiks actor, Vernon Wells, is a professional actor, and is most famous for Bennet in Commando, a great movie villain. Ransik is confronted by a member of the Time Force, Alex, the Red Time Force Ranger. Ransik puts up a good fight but eventually Alex overwhelms him and he is arrested. Until Alex showed up, did you honestly think you were watching Power Rangers?

As Ransik is put on trial, we are introduced more to Lucas, Trip, Katie and Jen. Jen is Alex's girlfriend, and they share a tender moment, something rare for PR. This also shows what I think to be this seasons greatest strength: the acting. There are 0 bad performances, and that may be due to the fact that most of the actors and actresses have been in acting before. Its also a bog problem i have with the newer Saban series and it hurts the show. Anyways, Ransik is found guilty by the trial and is sentenced to life in cryogenic freeze. Jen, Lucas, Trip and Katie are to escort Ransik to the prison where he will be permanently frozen forever. While in the transport, Ransik remarks that the future is full of surprises, and afterwards they are ambushed by Ransiks Cronies and daughter and he manages to escape. In a full douche bag way  the commander fires them for their failure. Meanwhile, at the cryo prison the Time Force guys are freezing mutants and turning them into toys (missed some possibilties there bandai) but are killed (wow) and Ransik and co walk in, taking control. Using the thingamajig from the first scene, they are about to leave  into the past when Alex goes searching for Ransik on the roof of the prison. They begin an intense fight.

Before I say anything, I want to be clear that I am new at this. If people think this is a bad review, that's perfectly fine. More or less expected, even. Just be aware that if I've missed any subtle aspects of a kid's TV show from a decade back, I will probably say it's down to a lack of experience. It's a perfectly viable excuse that I can only use in my first few reviews, so dammit, I'm going to make good use of it!

It's probably going to be considered an odd choice, something like Beyblades, as a first review. I think the reason is that I've seen reviews of varying Pokémon and Digimon films and seasons, and these were two of four dubbed anime series I watched as a kid, the other two being Yugi-oh and Beyblades. While I intend to review Yugi-oh in due course, I thought I'd go with the less well-known of the two (as far as I can tell) to start off with.

The premise of Beyblades is essentially one that takes place in a world where Beyblades (basically glorified spinning tops) are much more exciting than the actual ones we had in the real world. That is to say, people can control their movements... telepathically, I think? I'm not really sure, they never explain. They are also much sturdier, spin faster and longer, and on occasion contain magical beings called Bit-Beasts which give them even more power and take the form of an animal or mythical creature. Oh, and playing with these Beyblades is considered a professional sport.