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05-04-2012, 12:04 AM | #41 |
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o_o Wait... so Junglefury, and RPM didn't suck?
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05-04-2012, 12:07 AM | #42 |
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The reason I think Jungle Fury would get 3 is because he seems to be the type of fan that would *LOVE* RJ and Dominic, but especially RJ. I see RJ getting almost an entire "part" dedicated to him. But when you throw in the Spirit Rangers, you can't really do them justice explaining them in a 10 second bit: "And here we have the Spirit Rangers, Disney and Bandai's answer to not having a 6th Ranger and wanting to increase toy sales" ...
The brainwashing/mind-control that made them evil and decent foes, the fact that the Bat Ranger had the most awesome helmet ever, the fact it's the first father/son Ranger duo, the first Ranger with a handicap (blind), I can go on and on ... |
05-04-2012, 12:18 AM | #43 |
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No, Jungle Fury was pretty mediocre. It's not until you get the Spirit Rangers that the show starts to pick up, and then before you know it, it's over. That and Jarrod's part in the finale was actually pretty cool ... Kalish did a good job tying the premiere of the season to the finale.
RPM though was out-standing, and any fan of Power Rangers who always wanted a little more "serious" take on the show (ie: a more realistic explanation as opposed to MAGICAL WIZARD FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION GAVE US POWERS TO FIGHT ALIENS FROM THE MOON!) needs to watch it. Compare storylines. MMPR - Zordon, a wizard stuck "out of dimension", picks 5 teenagers with attitude to take on ancient power coins that transform them in to Power Rangers to fight the evil space alien Rita Repulsa, who was imprisoned on the moon for thousands of years! RPM - Venjix, a sentient computer virus, creates an army of Grinders and cripples the world's computer networks, allowing his robotic armies to lay waste and destruction to the entire world. The domed city of Corinth is the last standing city for mankind. Dr. K, a mysterious individual, taps in to the bio-field and creates a team of super-powered synthetic colored heroes known as the Power Rangers RPM. They are mankind's last chance for survival as Venjix's armies close in on Corinth... Which would you rather watch? |
05-04-2012, 12:26 AM | #44 |
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No, Jungle Fury was pretty mediocre. It's not until you get the Spirit Rangers that the show starts to pick up, and then before you know it, it's over. That and Jarrod's part in the finale was actually pretty cool ... Kalish did a good job tying the premiere of the season to the finale.
RPM though was out-standing, and any fan of Power Rangers who always wanted a little more "serious" take on the show (ie: a more realistic explanation as opposed to MAGICAL WIZARD FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION GAVE US POWERS TO FIGHT ALIENS FROM THE MOON!) needs to watch it. Compare storylines. MMPR - Zordon, a wizard stuck "out of dimension", picks 5 teenagers with attitude to take on ancient power coins that transform them in to Power Rangers to fight the evil space alien Rita Repulsa, who was imprisoned on the moon for thousands of years! RPM - Venjix, a sentient computer virus, creates an army of Grinders and cripples the world's computer networks, allowing his robotic armies to lay waste and destruction to the entire world. The domed city of Corinth is the last standing city for mankind. Dr. K, a mysterious individual, taps in to the bio-field and creates a team of super-powered synthetic colored heroes known as the Power Rangers RPM. They are mankind's last chance for survival as Venjix's armies close in on Corinth... Which would you rather watch? Yeah, I've been avoiding Rpm, and Junglefury like plague just because of how terrible I have heard it was... And, same goes for Samurai Rangers... Which, I tried watching but... Ugh, dat acting.
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05-04-2012, 02:57 PM | #45 |
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Maki, my friend ... give RPM a chance. I turned a lot of "omg Power Rangers is dumb" people in to RPM fans. The series breaks away from all of the Kalish-era flubs that we all hated so much.
RPM Pro's - Story doesn't circulate around the Red Ranger (lol instead it's the Black Ranger!) - There's an unmorphed humans vs. humans scene in a prison (!) (which pissed off Disney apparently) - There's a "cartel" ... you know, like a drug cartel, just not mentioning the word drugs - There's death (flashbacks, but still, PEOPLE ACTUALLY DIE) - Except for zord battles, it's nearly 100% New Zealand footage - Old school "unmorphed" fights against the foot soldiers, and the actors do a lot of it themselves (a lot less stunt doubles used) - It makes fun of itself (a couple of episodes actually poke fun at the suits, the zords, and the unnecessary explosions) - AWESOME background music - The title has nothing to do with the show (Disney and Bandai came up with "RPM" to mean "Race Performance Machines", basing it off what they saw of the Sentai version seeing as Go-Onger involved sentient "racing partner zords" ... however, RPM totally ignores all of that, and if I remember, only call themselves "Power Rangers RPM" after Eddie G was let go and Judd Lynn replaced him) RPM Con's - After Eddie G left and was replaced by Judd Lynn, a storyline from one of Judd Lynn's earlier Power Rangers show is basically recycled nearly plot-point by plot-point - After we get specific Ranger episodes for each of the main five Rangers, we never really get any decent backstory for a couple of them for the rest of the season, namely Summer (Yellow Ranger). - The Gold and Silver Ranger's speech pattern ... jarring at first, it does get better, but if it annoys you when you first hear it, it will continue to annoy you for the rest of the season - Having the Executive Producer change in the middle of the season ... you can feel it, the show feels changed somewhat, and the episodes become more of a direct copy/paste of the Sentai versus being totally original. Seriously though. Give it a chance. You won't regret it! |
05-04-2012, 03:37 PM | #46 |
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I've been watching this series. It's kinda cool although he rants on some pointless stuff sometimes and some of his facts are not right.
But hardcore Ranger fans have some funky taste, I don't understand the hate on RPM sometimes. I never heard about that, what was it?
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05-04-2012, 03:43 PM | #47 |
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You should have.
In Space storyline: Astronema is revealed to be the sister of Andros, the Red Ranger. She is momentarily freed and becomes good until the season's big bad brainwashes her. Until the multi-part finale, she remains under control but eventually joins Andros as he leaves with his friends. RPM storyline: Tenaya 7 is revealed to be the sister of Dillon, the Black Ranger. She is momentarily freed and becomes good until the season's big bad brainwashes her. Until the multi-part finale, she remains under control but eventually joins Dillon as he leaves with his girlfriend. Judd Lynn was responsible for both storylines. Remember what Eddie G originally wanted. Dillon was actually always meant to be the final body for Venjix, and the series would end with "Ranger Black", where the Power Rangers face the reality of having to defeat the main villain by defeating their friend. Oh what could have been. |
05-04-2012, 03:57 PM | #48 |
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Oh duh, Mr. Ranger expert here completely over looked that LOL! But I remember what he wanted to do, I would pay good money to just read that!
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05-04-2012, 04:10 PM | #49 |
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I challenge your Ranger knowledge in a ... KNOW IT ALL FACE OFF.
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05-04-2012, 04:12 PM | #50 |
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Right on! I'm down, got nothing else better to do :P
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