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But for now, I'll be happy to support my favorite MMPR Ranger in his Zeo form and my all time favorite Ranger to take down Tommy. They both deserve the love, and the idea of picking one of the other, but I have stronger loyalties with Trent than Jason. |
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As much as I like him, I've gotta give my support to the only pure american Ranger aside from the Spirit rangers. (Phantom doesn't count, he was from Carranger but they just made more footage for him) |
Well the hate tweets have officially started rolling in, but I'm being civil and I hope anyone else out there who might disagree with me can be as well. I've said this before, that yes, I do have my differences and qualms with the franchise. Especially in recent years. But at it's core I love it for introducing me to my childhood heroes. This isn't about hate for me, it's about making this a fair and representative competition of the entire franchise.
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You know with all the key talk as of late, I wonder if we'll ever get US versions of the mecha keys.
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Which is a crying shame. If they made an original Megazord key, or Gosei Great Key, those things would sell.
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Just wanted to post my $0.02 on this whole debacle that sprung up today with Jason David Frank.
For starters - there's no hating on Jason David Frank. Have you ever clicked our "Characters" tab on our front page? Two of the options are "Mighty Morphin Green Ranger" and "Mighty Morphin White Ranger". If you click them, you'll see the news stories we've tagged with Jason David Frank. Whether or not individual members of this site or of this site's staff like him or not, he's the face of the Power Rangers franchise - there's no doubting that. The #NoMoreTommy Twitter campaign is not a "hate group" or a "hate tag". The entire purpose of #NoMoreTommy is to give the other Power Rangers a fighting chance in Morphin Madness. There's something like 119 Power Rangers in existence, and Jason David Frank's character "Tommy Oliver" makes up, at most, 5 of them (Green, White, Zeo Red, Turbo Red, Dino Thunder Black). That leaves 114 other Power Rangers over 20 years of history. For someone who has not participated in Morphin Madness at all, for him to jump in at Round 3 and start pimping himself for votes for three of his characters this last week, there was a legion of one-time voters that quickly cast their vote for Jason David Frank. That's fine. But since then? Various communities in this fandom joined together to vote for the other deserving Power Rangers. It's not that anyone hates Jason David Frank or the character "Tommy", but there is more to Power Rangers than Jason David Frank. To get out of work today after no sleep because I was super excited to be creating a special for Talkin Toku with a bunch of great people in this fandom, to see that Jason David Frank claimed that the voting had to be rigged because he was losing, to say that we're all "haters" because we're not voting for him ... what a slap in the face to my childhood. Here's one of my childhood heroes saying I'm a hater because I'm voting for some of my other favorite Power Rangers who I feel are more deserving. Basically, "you didn't vote for me? You must be a hater". To see uchihabro77 post his thoughts on JDF's Facebook, and for JDF to respond with a simple "to each his own" and not even bother to comment on any of his points, really showed me Jason David Frank's true character. I now see him as nothing more than someone who never managed to succeed in the movie business, lives off his karate schools and hucking $20 custom merchandise of a show he did 20 years ago while charging ridiculous prices to listen to him talk for an hour while autographing questionable quality photographs, and a guy who is terrified that if he doesn't manage to remain "The Best Power Ranger in the World" (his words, not mine) he will lose out on all those appearance fees that Wizard World pays him. If Jason David Frank is 100% about the fans, why is he skipping the OFFICIAL Power Rangers convention to do Wizard World Chicago? Did they offer him a more lucrative appearance fee? Is he upset that he wouldn't be the main attraction at Power Morphicon? Is that why he backed out of Megacon in Florida, because Austin St. John returned to the fandom and took the spotlight? I was a fan of Jason David Frank. After today, he's just another actor from my childhood trying to cash in on my love for nostalgia. I'm moving on. |
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And I know a guy to whom JDF IS Power Rangers. I hope he never has to see this side of his hero. |
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What's Hisashi Sakai up to these days? |
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I'm just sick of his ego and how poorly he treats some of his fellow cast members (I.E. Austin St John, Steve Cardenas in at least one incident, David Yost), the Disney seasons (except the one that just happened to feature him), and now, his fans who just wanted to see the underdog come out on top for once. (Trent, Andros and Trey namely.) I used to respect him for being so involved with the fandom, and looked up to him as a hero when he was the Black Ranger (and Green, thanks to reruns that I still fondly remember to this day) on my tv as a kid. But now, I can't give him even that. The fact that he has to resort to "buying" votes from his fans just to try and get ahead of his competition shows how sad and desperate he is to hold his number one spot. Well...I can still like Tommy as a character, I guess. But his actions ruined my views of him as a person. At least now I won't feel bad when Mr Parazzo's White Ranger comes out on top over him. |
I have never been against JDF, hell I was a huge fan of his when I first got back into the PR fandom last year, but after the Dino Thunder panel at lexcon, I saw how he didnt really give a crap about any question that wasnt about him. Heck once he left, the panel seemed better. But after this? I dont really care if I meet him next year or not. Plenty of other actors/actresses I rather would meet. Hopefully Austin St John gets more involved soon.
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There really is little reason to say anything else at this point, is there?
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I hate that things have turned into a rag on JDF type thing. But this isn't what the intent of NoMoreTommy ever was. It was as Kickback said, giving everyone a fair shake at this competition. Jason has turned this into, I need more publicity, I want to win, vote for me because I'm awesome and I'll bribe you, type of thing. It's just become too egotisitical. Caring about fans is one thing, caring enough about yourself to bribe people to vote for you in a competition that has no berring on your career? That's downright despicable.
And not only condoning, but suggesting that his fans cheat to ensure his victory shows even less class. That's the most appauling part of this whole thing. We aren't cheating on our side. The community has banded together to allow this to be what it's meant to be. And now Jason has twisted our message, and blanketly called us all antagonizers and haters. I don't appreciate that much sir. I've had my time in and out of the fandom and regardless of my taste on this season or that one, I genuinely care about Power Rangers and most of all, it's fans. The only hate or smearing is coming from his side of things, not ours. |
This contest is probably the worst thing to happen to Power Rangers. I mean, look what it did!
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Okay, how is Troy still in this?
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Regardless of the character, that suit is awesome. (Super Megaforce Red)
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But he must fall like his comrades...though, I was sad to see Gia lose. Aside from Robo Knight, she's my favorite of the Megaforce/Super Megaforce team so far...unless Orion comes in and really steals the show. But regardless, Gem must prevail. |
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Adults love pirates. |
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I guess you could say, Gem is gonna -:cool:- blow away the competition. |
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Though, like the Zeo Gold voters, I might vote against you at least once in round four...I am evil, after all, and what's a good villain without some back stabbing? >:3 (Nah but seriously, I am grateful to anyone who votes for Trent and Gem, even if they lose in the next round, I still appreciate it and can take some pride in their wins over "bigger fan favorites") |
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Anyway, I've started voting for RJ over Wes to make the matchup with Ryan less painful. Sorry Mr. Faunt. This future isn't for you... |
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I'm just voting Titanium until my heart's content. That's all I want. lol
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