|
Community Links |
Members List |
Search Forums |
Advanced Search |
Go to Page... |
|
Thread Tools |
05-03-2012, 01:05 PM | #11 |
Stronger Than You
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: nyet
Posts: 25,333
|
Like I said, I watched Power Rangers for the fight scenes, not the design aesthetics.
|
05-03-2012, 02:36 PM | #12 |
Sentai of the Ages
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 16,715
|
|
05-03-2012, 02:49 PM | #13 |
Stronger Than You
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: nyet
Posts: 25,333
|
I must be the only person who watches PR/Sentai and not be drawn to the female characters :P
|
05-03-2012, 03:13 PM | #14 |
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Lexington, Ky
Posts: 16,328
|
I understand that. I know he wasn't there from the very first episode but for 2 and a half seasons you had so many plot lines tied to his existence. Green with Evil, White Light, Return of the Green Ranger being prime examples. A series that didn't have a 6th ranger just wouldn't have worked as well for that. Tommy eventually led the team and stuck around for nearly 5 seasons. The impact would have been immense on the Power Rangers franchise if they're first team hadn't had a 6th.
__________________
|
05-03-2012, 03:29 PM | #15 |
Stronger Than You
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: nyet
Posts: 25,333
|
Thing is, the story would've been handled differently because there was no 6th Ranger.
We don't know how things would've turned out now. |
05-03-2012, 03:50 PM | #16 |
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Lexington, Ky
Posts: 16,328
|
Yeah. I know. That's literally what im saying. The impact would be immense. The franchise could have compmetely flopped without the extra push of a 6th character and the extended stories related to that.
__________________
|
05-03-2012, 06:57 PM | #17 |
TN's Resident Gunpla Nut
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 8,955
|
I think the fact that it was dinosaur themed too was what pushed it to the states. Because really, what kid that target age doesn't think dinosaurs are awesome?
I remember a video I saw awhile back on youtube actually, it was the MMPR intro spliced together with footage from Jetman. Wish I had the link still, cause it worked with it real well I thought. |
05-03-2012, 07:53 PM | #18 |
Webmaster, Administrator
@TokuChris Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 4,697
|
What everyone is forgetting is that a major reason for the success of the Power Rangers *was* the character Tommy and the Green Ranger. He solely is the reason for so much success for the franchise. There's a reason they had him re-written in to the story, produced the Zyu2 footage, and eventually brought him back as the White Ranger.
It's because the fans WANTED Tommy, they LOVED Tommy, and he became "THE POWER RANGER" of the entire franchise. To this day, people still recognize Tommy more than any other Power Ranger. Jetman would have been interesting, but it would have never caught on with as much success as Zyuranger did. The reason is because in Jetman, there would be no need to bring in a "Tommy" character like in Zyuranger. That, and if you want to get picky, the suits are so much more "team oriented" in Zyuranger than Jetman. |
05-04-2012, 06:27 PM | #19 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 256
|
I'm probably biased because I finished watching Jetman not too long ago, but I thought everything works in that series and it's too bad PR decided to go for dinosaur/prehistoric animals and thus went with Zyuranger. But in a way it kind of preserve Jetman as a sentai-only series and won't be susceptive for comparison with its PR counterpart like Zyuranger has.
__________________
|
07-03-2012, 02:29 PM | #20 |
Cold As Ice
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Cavite, Philippines
Posts: 462
|
I kinda agree with Kickback. To a lot of people Tommy is the franchise player of Power Rangers. Dude appeared in the most number of episodes, had the most number of powers and really there's a reason for that. The fans like the guy. If ever Gokaiger gets adapted to PR I'm sure a lot of people would like to see Tommy make an appearance. But with that said had Saban opted to use Jetman they would probably have written something different. First would be Trini would have been blue and Billy would be yellow.
__________________
Arrive. Raise Hell. Leave. |
|
TokuNation News & Rumors |
Ultraman X Avengers |
Memorial Edition GoPhone Announced |
Kakuranger: 30 Years After |
ToyRise RyuKenDo |
Alternative Cut of "Day Of The Dumpster" Released |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:53 AM.
|