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04-18-2020, 08:13 AM | #2261 |
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It was satisfying at the time to finally see a new season with new suits that matched the Zords in Zeo, Lightspeed Rescue was cool, Mystic Force I thought amped things up with the aesthetics, and RPM was an unexpected masterpiece. Last but certainly not least, PRIS was Endgame before Endgame.
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I love Power Rangers to death, and wants to see them succeed on a whole new level, but I hate the current direction of the TV series. Boom comics are the ones that I love the most currently.
Ffs I went back to watch older seasons to see if I still love the franchise, and in Space reignited that love. There are also some tokusatsu fans who prefer Super Sentai over Power Rangers. More a personal preference issue there. It's the Comics that seem to being doing the most good for the franchise right now, as BOOM! clearly has their head in the game, even if they are in fact contributing to that glut of Mighty Morphin'! The toys are another detail to consider, as the Lightning Collection is Hasbro's best material for the franchise so far. The Beast Morphers toys are suffering from distribution issues and many aren't as good as we were hoping they would be. We aren't getting Transformers-level quality here, and it shows. When it was originally announced that Hasbro would be doing the toys for a Go-Busters Adaptation in 2018, there were many who were ecstatic cause we thought that Hasbro's engineering with Transformers would translate to good toys, but the final result is leaving us a little bummed. They aren't devoting enough to the franchise yet, though it is possible that the franchise hasn't turned a profit for Hasbro yet either to justify a larger investment. There is also some concern with the fact that Hasbro will be adapting Ryusoulger, another Dino Team, as opposed to something like Kyuranger, a Space Team. The LEGO-like construction for Ryusoulger Dinos don't help inspire a lot of confidence regarding toys. That being said, the Ryusoulger Adaptation has the potential to have a more evident Hasbro imprint than Beast Morphers has shown! Another aspect that has long plagued the franchise is whether the Power Rangers Adaptation should be a copy-and-paste of the Sentai it's based-off of or whether it should take liberties and add more P. R. elements not derived from the source material! It remains to be seen what Hasbro will ultimately decide to do on that front. As it stands, those who do want to see the franchise succeed are gonna have to be a little patient and find the love and things to love when and where they can. Some in the fandom are feeling a strain and wonder how things will get better, assuming that the possibility still exists. I don't see the franchise ending in entirety just yet. Every time it looks like we have seen the last, something changes and keeps it going. Personally, I intend to keep going for better or worse. One day this might get a little better. |
04-18-2020, 08:28 AM | #2262 |
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While I can see where some of the complaints are coming from, what it mostly seems like to me from both here and on other sites is alot of people basically want the styles of the darker seasons like Time Force and RPM over and over. Because that worked so well for the awful 2017 movie, right?
Here's the thing with me though. Yes, those are good seasons, and they certainly have their place in the franchise, but what I personally always loved about PR in general was its variety. So would I like to see a more serious season like Time Force again? Absolutely, but I just don't understand those who are like "Oh, this season has silly kid humor? Burn it." Like, no joke, Ninja Storm is one of my favorite seasons, because it embraced its sillier nature and totally nailed it, making it really unique amongst alot of other seasons ontop of being enjoyable to watch. Yes, the Neo-Saban Era(like every era) has its issues, but even then each season does have its own merits and its own bit of personality to it. Yeah, I agree it's the weakest of the three established Eras, but acting like it's some of the worst TV ever? Yeeeaaahh, no, I've seen alot worse(again, I'm not singling out this board on this). Maybe it's just that I see the franchise through a very different lens as someone who legitimately loves Season 1 of MMPR, not just because "it's the first" like alot of naysayers will claim, but because it's absolutely insane and incredibly fun to watch. Or maybe I'm just super easy to please, take your pick. Oh, and I also never got the whole argument on "Sentai vs PR" and whether or not it mattered how similar the two are. I've personally always judged every season on its own merit, rather than trying to directly compare it to anything else. Whether or not its a copypaste season legit means nothing to me(it's also hypocritical of the fanbase considering Time Force is 90% Timeranger but whatever). Last edited by DreamSword; 04-18-2020 at 08:42 AM.. |
04-18-2020, 08:37 AM | #2263 |
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Oh, the last thing I want is dark seasons over and over and over, though I'd hardly call RPM 'incredibly dark'. I just want a good show, and of what I've seen RPM is the only Power Rangers show that fits that bill. It's also the earliest Power Rangers show I've seen, and I have heard good things about the likes of Dino Thunder and Lost Galaxy, but those are pretty far down on my watch list.
I'm not putting down the show for any of the reasons just listed. I just continue to find nothing in Power Rangers that impresses me.
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04-18-2020, 08:40 AM | #2264 |
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Oh, the last thing I want is dark seasons over and over and over, though I'd hardly call RPM 'incredibly dark'. I just want a good show, and of what I've seen RPM is the only Power Rangers show that fits that bill. It's also the earliest Power Rangers show I've seen, and I have heard good things about the likes of Dino Thunder and Lost Galaxy, but those are pretty far down on my watch list.
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04-18-2020, 08:43 AM | #2265 |
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I've heard praises about SPD as well. My concern though about that and Time Force is that while I have heard very good things, they're apparently by and large copies of their Sentai counterparts, which I'm more interested in seeing.
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04-18-2020, 09:04 AM | #2266 |
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Time Force is definitely 90% Timeranger. SPD meanwhile, yeah, a handful of eps are straight up ripped from Dekaranger, but it's mostly its own thing.
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04-18-2020, 10:26 AM | #2267 |
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I don't care about lighter or darker seasons. People mostly named Time Force and RPM as their favorites because it's the most popular seasons. Which is sad because there tons of good PR seasons like Lightspeed Rescue, Ninja Storm and Jungle Fury.
Idk, Power Rangers has the potential to succeed and be greater, it's just they didn't really take that chance. Yeah the 2017 movie failed to bring in new audiences, but that's also because itnhas severe flaws. If they just had the same tone as the 'post-Zordon era' and Disney, light or dark, then it'll be fine. Because FFS all Neo-Saban did was trying too hard to be like MMPR, it feels dated even if you have modern day stuff.
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04-18-2020, 10:42 AM | #2268 |
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The funny thing is, there's actually a lot about the 2017 movie I do like. Tonally and aesthetically there's too many issues to list, but they actually bothered with character building and relationships and some form of development. There's actual, like, arcs here and an attempt at a cohesive story.
It gave an attempt at modernising Power Rangers rather than relying too much on the 90s, and... granted, yes, it took that too far and drove off the cliff; but the likes of Ninja Steel and Beast Morphers don't even start the car.
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04-18-2020, 10:51 AM | #2269 |
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The funny thing is, there's actually a lot about the 2017 movie I do like. Tonally and aesthetically there's too many issues to list, but they actually bothered with character building and relationships and some form of development. There's actual, like, arcs here and an attempt at a cohesive story.
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It gave an attempt at modernising Power Rangers rather than relying too much on the 90s, and... granted, yes, it took that too far and drove off the cliff; but the likes of Ninja Steel and Beast Morphers don't even start the car.
For example, the scene where Brody and Levi discover who Levi really is is really well done. Sure, the twist itself is obvious, but the way it was carried was fantastic. Compare to say, Tyler's' relationship with his dad in Dino Charge, wherein not only is the twist obvious and not given much fanfare, but Tyler's' dad proves himself to be an out and out terrible father afterward, making me wish he'd just stayed gone. |
04-18-2020, 12:27 PM | #2270 |
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See, that's another thing. I don't think alot of people actually remember what MMPR was like, because if you try to do a direct comparison to MMPR and, say, Samurai, they're way different. They have some similarities, sure, but the two shows have entirely different goals and structure(and even tone when it comes to Super Samurai). It'd be like saying Shinkenger was trying to be like MMPR.
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I know I'm like the only one here who likes it, but defending season 1 of Ninja Steel is a hill I will die on. It's not one of my favorite PR shows by any means, but they showed legitimate improvement over the past few seasons in alot of ways.
For example, the scene where Brody and Levi discover who Levi really is is really well done. Sure, the twist itself is obvious, but the way it was carried was fantastic. Compare to say, Tyler's' relationship with his dad in Dino Charge, wherein not only is the twist obvious and not given much fanfare, but Tyler's' dad proves himself to be an out and out terrible father afterward, making me wish he'd just stayed gone. Even in Beast Morphers, I was actually enjoying the series, but whenever they shifted to Ben and Betty, that hatred came back. Don't get me wrong, comic reliefs are essential, but they need to be natural. Like Cassidy and Devin, or Piggy. Idk man. I still love the concept of Power Rangers, but I really want to be able to fully enjoy the current series again. It's just right now I bitched extra because of the fear that RyuSoulger is going to be the same, instead of a drastic change that's seen in Ninja Storm, in a good way of course.
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