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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Mar 19, 2015 12:53:59 GMT -5
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Post by BorneAgain on Mar 19, 2015 17:18:17 GMT -5
I've watched all of Linkara's Power Rangers reviews; this is the first series that has me strongly tempted to go back and check out the season myself. Honestly the serious setting impressed me less than the logical storytelling that seemed present in his description, with the forces of Corinth and Venjix both making fairly sensical moves for the most part. Throw in the self aware humor and the story of Dr. K (along with what I saw of Olivia Tennet's acting) being some of the most interesting the show's created, and I'm inclined to do an archive binge soon.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Mar 20, 2015 16:30:41 GMT -5
Ah, Olivia Tennet, the only woman who ever almost stole my heart away from Allison Mack... almost.
Ok, my story on RPM. I was never a huge Power Rangers fan. The original series started when I was in Junior High, and I remember watching some of it. Never regularly, but I do remember watching the original Green Ranger story and bits and pieces over the years. I think I gave up for good when they switched to Zeo.
Then fast forward 15 years later when I walked into my new job as a NYC Subway Train Operator for my Saturday afternoon shift. Since my train didn't leave for another half hour, I sat down in the break room, and since I was new I didn't dare try to change the channel on the TV. So what is on the TV then? Power Rangers RPM. No idea why, I don't think anybody else in the room was even paying attention to the TV.
So I watched it. And I enjoyed it. And I couldn't believe this was actually Power Rangers. The storyline was mature, the self-referential humor was hilarious, and Doctor K was one of the most interesting characters I've ever seen. Had the show really changed and grown this much from when I was a teenager? No, no it hadn't. This show was just an anomaly and everything went back to formula the second it ended.
But this show made me a fan. It's the only Power Rangers series I ever went out of my way to watch in its whole on Netflix. I thank it for that.
I'm surprised that Linkara didn't expand on a few of the more infamous moments in the series, like Summer battling Tenaya in a wedding dress or Gem's infamous explosion face. I'm sad this review had to share so much time with Linkara talking about his feelings for Power/Rangers. Personally I don't see what the big deal is. No it's not a movie I'd want to see, but it was so over the top stupid that I couldn't help but find it perversely entertaining.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Mar 20, 2015 20:11:41 GMT -5
I laughed at the overdone reaction of the first show runner upon seeing the Go-Onger footage.
Maybe he should have actually watched the Sentai series before coming up with a story, but that said being able to take a semi goofy series about sentient giant vehicles and their pilots fighting an inter dimensional army of polluters and turn it into a compelling post apocalyptic show geared towards younger viewers is a remarkable feat.
And this is coming from someone from who actually liked Go-Onger a lot.
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Post by CMWaters on Mar 20, 2015 20:13:37 GMT -5
Is it me, or is Dr. K's backstory sorta like a slightly happier version of Ace's from the DCAU?
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Mar 20, 2015 20:26:35 GMT -5
I laughed at the overdone reaction of the first show runner upon seeing the Go-Onger footage. Maybe he should have actually watched the Sentai series before coming up with a story, but that said being able to take a semi goofy series about sentient giant vehicles and their pilots fighting an inter dimensional army of polluters and turn it into a compelling post apocalyptic show geared towards younger viewers is a remarkable feat. And this is coming from someone from who actually liked Go-Onger a lot. The fact that almost all the in-suit fight footage was done here rather than borrowing from Japan might've helped with that, too. |
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 20, 2015 20:32:51 GMT -5
I laughed at the overdone reaction of the first show runner upon seeing the Go-Onger footage. Maybe he should have actually watched the Sentai series before coming up with a story, but that said being able to take a semi goofy series about sentient giant vehicles and their pilots fighting an inter dimensional army of polluters and turn it into a compelling post apocalyptic show geared towards younger viewers is a remarkable feat. And this is coming from someone from who actually liked Go-Onger a lot. I don't think he had a choice. The show was on the verge of cancellation, and the only way he could have saved it was to pitch something of a completely different tone. And he had to do the pitch before he had a chance to see the footage, so he didn't know they would go that goofy with it. I think most other series would have had footage that is much better adapted, he just had a bad draw. |
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2015 22:34:59 GMT -5
The show that saved the Franchise.
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Post by chrom on Mar 20, 2015 22:39:09 GMT -5
I laughed at the overdone reaction of the first show runner upon seeing the Go-Onger footage. Maybe he should have actually watched the Sentai series before coming up with a story, but that said being able to take a semi goofy series about sentient giant vehicles and their pilots fighting an inter dimensional army of polluters and turn it into a compelling post apocalyptic show geared towards younger viewers is a remarkable feat. And this is coming from someone from who actually liked Go-Onger a lot. Wasn't the series Zeo adapted from one of the light hearted Super Sentai series and yet with The Exception of The Letter, it's regarded as the Best season of Power Rangers. In contrast to Turbo's adaptation which was rather dark, and it until OO was regarded as the worst. |
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Post by sternrogers01 on Mar 21, 2015 7:26:43 GMT -5
Judd Lynn had a similar reaction to Eddie when he looked at the Sentai footage needed for Time Force. He came up with this innovative time-travel storyline and when he realized that Timeranger did not include much time-travel other than mainly a few trips to the present and future, he flipped. Time Force is one of the more faithful adaptations of the Sentai version because of this (on top of Lynn was burned out, the TF movie getting cancelled because of 9/11 and Tzachor not helping any as usual)
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Mar 21, 2015 8:40:13 GMT -5
Ah, I thought that with the year long lead time between Japan and America (IE Go-Onger was airing at the same time as Jungle Fury) I would assume that America would have some idea what the Japanese footage would be like before hand. Of course at the time Disney claimed that there wouldn't be any more Power Ranger seasons after Fury so keeping tabs as to what was going on overseas was most likely not priority one. I laughed at the overdone reaction of the first show runner upon seeing the Go-Onger footage. Maybe he should have actually watched the Sentai series before coming up with a story, but that said being able to take a semi goofy series about sentient giant vehicles and their pilots fighting an inter dimensional army of polluters and turn it into a compelling post apocalyptic show geared towards younger viewers is a remarkable feat. And this is coming from someone from who actually liked Go-Onger a lot. Wasn't the series Zeo adapted from one of the light hearted Super Sentai series and yet with The Exception of The Letter, it's regarded as the Best season of Power Rangers. In contrast to Turbo's adaptation which was rather dark, and it until OO was regarded as the worst. The Sentai that Zeo was based on: Ohranger was intended to be a more mature throwback to the older series from the late 70's early 80's since it was celebrating the 20'th anniversary of Sentai, but because of real life tragedies in Japan (IE an earthquake and the Tokyo subway terrorist attacks) some of the darker elements of the series that mirrored real life were removed and the series was forced to take a lighter tone for its run. The followup series Carranger was pretty much a parody of the genre which worked because it got good ratings, but for Power Rangers Turbo there was a divide between the writers as some wanted to keep the light hearted tone of Carranger and others wanted to be super serial because it was the penultimate season before the climatic season. So in a way they got both. |
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Post by Red Impact on Mar 21, 2015 10:32:11 GMT -5
I think some series might have had some familiarity with what the Sentai footage was, but probably don't have all the specifics. I don't think they generally keep close tabs on everything going on, and probably only get full footage near the end of the life cycle. I just don't think he really had a choice here just due to the situation. If Disney thinks the series is too kiddie, pitching a series that would have been appropriate with the lighter tone of Go-onger would have been a death knell. The circumstances forced him to try to take a more lighthearted tone series and make it into something more serious, and he really just had bad luck with the footage.
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Post by ZERO on Mar 21, 2015 12:06:49 GMT -5
Wasn't the series Zeo adapted from one of the light hearted Super Sentai series and yet with The Exception of The Letter, it's regarded as the Best season of Power Rangers. In contrast to Turbo's adaptation which was rather dark, and it until OO was regarded as the worst. OHranger started off with the intentions of being an epic dark series to mark Super Sentai's 20th Anniversary with a setup reminiscent of classic "Military" Sentai of yore. Then the terrorist attacks on the Tokyo subway happened, and Ohranger was quickly retooled to be a lighter show with more toys and stuff which saved the show from being a total failure. Carranger as a result was made to be a sort of light hearted parody from the outset and is generally a beloved series in the Sentai canon and one that saved Super Sentai. Essentially, the first 8 episodes of Choriki Sentai Ohranger are the only ones that resemble the show as originally intended. The retooling came after that. |
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Post by the2ndevil on Mar 22, 2015 1:30:23 GMT -5
Judd Lynn had a similar reaction to Eddie when he looked at the Sentai footage needed for Time Force. He came up with this innovative time-travel storyline and when he realized that Timeranger did not include much time-travel other than mainly a few trips to the present and future, he flipped. Time Force is one of the more faithful adaptations of the Sentai version because of this (on top of Lynn was burned out, the TF movie getting cancelled because of 9/11 and Tzachor not helping any as usual) The planned movie was actually cancelled because SAG was on the verge of a strike, and the show used union actors at that time. As for RPM, I'm really not a fan of it. I did a full rewatch about a year ago, found it to be mediocre, overall. Though I did a complete 180 on Ziggy. Went to absolutely hating him to believing he was the one most deserving to be called a Power Ranger from that particular group. |
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Post by chrom on Apr 1, 2015 22:40:19 GMT -5
Judd Lynn had a similar reaction to Eddie when he looked at the Sentai footage needed for Time Force. He came up with this innovative time-travel storyline and when he realized that Timeranger did not include much time-travel other than mainly a few trips to the present and future, he flipped. Time Force is one of the more faithful adaptations of the Sentai version because of this (on top of Lynn was burned out, the TF movie getting cancelled because of 9/11 and Tzachor not helping any as usual) The planned movie was actually cancelled because SAG was on the verge of a strike, and the show used union actors at that time. As for RPM, I'm really not a fan of it. I did a full rewatch about a year ago, found it to be mediocre, overall. Though I did a complete 180 on Ziggy. Went to absolutely hating him to believing he was the one most deserving to be called a Power Ranger from that particular group. Usually when a person takes up a Morpher and becomes a Ranger, they forget theIr fears and worries and leap into battle with their hearts full of courage as they fight evil. Ziggy? "I'm a Power Ranger?! I don't wannna be a Power Ranger!! I DO NOT WANT TO BE BE A POWER RANGER!!! |
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