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Legacy of Jetman: The Good, The Bad, The H. Saban
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TokuKnight89
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I liked the suits and opening and... That's it personally
Gai is a horrible person who really made me decide "Yup, I have no desire to continue watching". You can have a ranger who's a dick to the rest and make them grow. But what I believe is fucking wrong is having him grab someone who's clearly upset and force himself on her (Kaori in this case). The audience is supposed to feel bad that the girl he likes doesn't like him back but I'm just thinking "Does this fuckhead not know the definition of consent?"
It could have worked but I feel it wouldn't have been the success MMPR ended up being due to the whole dinosaur motive, personally, I'd prefer giant robot dinosaurs instead of giant birds
Jetman can't work as an adaptation today, the show is nearly 30 years old meaning re-using Sentai footage absolutely cannot work, which is one of the main reasons this franchise has done so well. That being said the comics and stuff are fair game, those appeal to more hardcore Power Rangers fans too meaning those people could possibly go "Oh I know what Jetman is!"
Honestly, Gai doesn't hold-up well in the Modern Age, which is slowly but surely starting to realize that not everything in the past is roses! That being said, Gai isn't exactly supposed to taken as the quintessential model for how things should occur, either! At the end of Ep. 2, Gai abandons the Team and the Narrator mentions this at the end, that Gai wants to be alone and free, but that the Team should be unified to defeat Vyram so everyone can be free! Gai is the guy who is criticized by others, including his own teammates, for his behavior. Ryuu and Gai are always at odds with each other and they are polar opposites of each other. The others are ultimately disgusted by his philandering, and the reference to forcing himself on Kaori resulted in him accomplishing nothing and getting slapped! Hell, when Kaori was captured, Maria tried to convince him to kill Ryuu, and she nearly succeeded in the process, but nobody commented on that detail! I look at the Series with a sort-of disconnect. It's what you yourself get out of it, and something that has to be seen for all it's worth. It's the "Gestalt" Theory in Psychology that is occasionally used by Combiner Teams in Transformers: "The Whole is Greater Than The Sum of Its Parts"!
Do I like Gai? Not entirely! He is a flawed and dynamic character, and that usually amounts to some decent, and fictional, drama! Would I act that way in real life? No! He once stared at a female cop's legs and then ran the Red just so she would pull him over and talk to him! What the Hell kinda guy would do that in real life, save for a total sleaze? Is the audience expected to like Gai? Hard to say. I can't authoritatively say what Toei was thinking in '91.
Gai is the "Imperfect-Bad-Boy-Who-Has-His-Moments" type! Luckily, the other Rangers, the Commander, and the Vyram themselves are also interesting people in their own right.
I do think that P.R. could use Jetman, but some new footage would be required! Old footage could be used if it was done right, like the type of Sentai footage that is played on a monitor to showcase "Here is an all-new team of Rangers who fought to save the Multiverse years before you were all born!" type of thing. A Netflix-Exclusive Series where you don't have to worry about TV-Ratio differences might work, or the Comics. There is the questionable continuity of the "Supersonic Rangers" based on Fiveman (which isn't the direction I would've taken)!
For those who question Gai, I can only suggest an attempt at analyzing the Series knowing that Gai has more than a few problems! Focus on the Good, not the Bad or the Ugly! I'm not trying to excuse the characterization, but it is a "What-You-Get-Out-Of-It" Series!
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