It's safe to say that out all of the many season of Power Rangers out there one of the worse ones is quite easily Powers Megaforce and Power Rangers Super Megaforce. As both seasons of the show just built up to something that was in it's original run rather underwhelming however Saban / Nickelodeon must have known as they released what is basically a directors cut of the show final two episodes and so then join me as I review the episode that was meant to celebrate really roughly twenty years of Powers Rangers with the episode in question being called simply just "The Legendary Battle: Extended Edition" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when the Rangers finally defeat another one of of The Armadas generals they discover that an invasion of earth is about to begin and so have to stop the invasion before earth is doomed forever. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was plot that's epic enough to be the final episode of an action but at the same time it doesn't really wrap up anything that was set up in the previous episodes instead just glossing over them or not wrapping them up in a way that made sense but this episodes plot was really rather entertaining and as well being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Andrew Gray as Troy Burrows , John Mark Loudermilk as Noah Carver and Azim Rizk as Jake Holling. Also starring in this episode is Christina Masterson as Emma Goodall , Ciara Hanna as Gia Moran , Cameron Jebo as Orion , Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver , Selwyn Ward as T.J. Johnson , Patricia Ja Lee as Cassie Chan , Danny Slavin as Leo Corbett , Reggie Rolle as Damon Henderson , Melody Perkins as Karone , Sean Cw Johnson as Carter Grayson , Alison MacInnis as Dana Mitchell , Jason Faunt as Wesley "Wes" Collins , Hector David, Jr. as Mike , Brittany Pirtle as Emily , Chris Auer as The Voice Of Robo Knight , Shailesh Prajapati as Ernie , Ian Harcourt as Mr. Burley , Geoff Dolan as The Voice Of Gosei , Estevez Gillespie as The Voice Of Tensou , Mike Drew as The Voice Of Emperor Mavro , Rebecca Parr as The Voice Of Levira and Adrian Smith as The Voice Of Redker.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad by Power Rangers standards. However at the same time tho the acting in this episode is quite clearly not that good either with alot of the acting from the then current team of rangers for the most part being really wooden and in the case of Andrew Gray also really robotic as well none of this is the fault of the cast as there only being told what to do and how to say those lines but the acting in this episode really isn't helped by the episodes which is just so bad as it gives none of the episodes cast much to work with interms of what there respective characters personalities are even meant to be and as a result of this really is the fact that the episodes cast reall just can't turn in that good of a performance as the episodes script really just won't allow for it.
In what was a rather shocking not all of the returning characters have speaking this is despite two of them being in the previous season of the show and where already in New Zealand. Which makes no sense to include as out of any of the ranger teams it's sadly those two that kids today are going to be the most familiar with and heck even Damon Henderson from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy gets no speaking lines even in this extended version where alot of the characters could have been given speaking lines as the episode has more then running time to give them at least one line of dialog and yet for some weird reason the episode doesn't do that which makes no sense in the slightest as this is an anniversary episode and yet there not having some Rangers speak in the episode which is just a weird thing to do.
For some reason this episode tries and fails to be as epic as the two episode Countdown To Destruction from Power Rangers In Space. Even just straight up copying the scene where all of the earth characters wonder where the Power Rangers even are however what made the scene work in Countdown To Destruction is the fact that prior to Power Rangers In Space we had spent several years with those characters and heck the episode even had characters that we knew of and had spent alot of time with where as in this episode outside of the cameos from past rangers alot of the characters that we see in that scene are all characters that we've never seen before and as a result of that is the fact that the scene now looses all of it's impact as for all we could know these new characters might not even like the Power Rangers to begin with but what would have made the scene work is if they had some characters that we actually knew trying to cheer people much like what they did in Countdown To Destruction as realistically alot of the earth characters would be trying to cheer people and try to keep the hope alive and well.
One of the plot lines from the show that this episode misses the mark with is the relationship subplot between Jake and Gia. Which ends with her kissing and them becoming a couple which isn't the problem the problem is that the episode doesn't set that up and yet the episode has a perfect point where they could have started to develop that relationship a bit more as when the rangers fall out of there megazord and they all land in separate locations instead of having Jake land pretty much next to Noah and Gia land near Emma you instead have Jake land next to Gia he then gets up first and goes to help her with the two of them exchanging a look and maybe having a moment together and that's all you'd need to set up the fact that maybe she's starting to fall for him just that one quick scene that wouldn't have taken that long to film and you wouldn't have to change a single line of dialog and yet as it is the ending to that subplot just comes out of nowhere and feels really rather rushed when it really should have been set up at some point earlier in the episode.
While the episode does give Tommy Oliver some slight focus he doesn't take over the entire episode with him only appearing unmorphed for two or three scenes. With the episode giving equal treatment to alot of the past Rangers all while showing us trying to help people when they really need it which is a great way to showcase alot of these returning as it brings them back into the story in a way that feels more natural then what the show had been doing where a past Ranger would just show up for no reason here they all have a reason to be in this one town which is to help to stop The Armada and they just so happen to get caught up in the attacks which leads them to helping to rescue alot of the townsfolk but it would have been nice if we got to see characters like Justin for example or Andros or even Bulk & Skull just because it would show the threat from both point of the view of the rangers and the point of view of those who really aren't rangers.
Now then this episode really has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty five minuets exactly. Which is a solid running time for this episode even though it's just two episodes edited together and to this episodes credit this episode does have more then enough plot there to cover that large amount of running time and the extra running time does allow for the plot to be as fully developed as it could have been without it feeling like an extra long episode of the show but at the same time the entire Legendary Battle episode itself really should have been it's own thing as that's the whole reason as to why people are watching this extended edition as the titular battle really did get the short end of the stick in the regular edition and the extra time given to it in this episode does help to make feel all the more important and I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty the best part of the episode. As this was where the episode got to be the most fun even tho they do make painfully obvious that there using Sentai footage for the Legendary Battle just by having the Rangers say that they don't need a power up for no reason whatsoever but the titular Legendary Battle does come of really better thanks to the episodes extended running time as it allows the fight to be longer and be filled with more cool and exiting moments all of which well enough in this episodes favor and all of which make the action in this episode seem really cool to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall while this version of The Legendary Battle is better then the regular version both this episode and really both Power Rangers Megaforce and Power Rangers Super Megaforce are really flawed on a fundamental level in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does means that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6/5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all f the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all f the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Power Rangers fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being the great and legendary the official Power Rangers fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this episode and are really of course on the official Power Rangers fandom wiki page are really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.