So PR should just remain the way it is? Stuff like this is why the franchise is at it's current state.

The non-unionization aspect has always been an issue and one that's inflamed me in the past.

SAG-AFTRA has long been in opposition to the franchise, and in later years, actors who've been offered a return appearance have had to decline because they have gained union membership in those later years and can't risk appearing in a non-union show lest they lose said membership. Ever wonder why RPM Red stayed morphed the entire time he interacted with the Samurai team?

It's why I think SAG-AFTRA needs to adjust their thinking and make some much needed policy changes.

That aside, I do think it's time for unionization cause this isn't 1993 anymore. The non-union aspect is what allowed Saban to shaft his actors and why we had a cast change in Season 2 to begin with!

Speaking on the union issue. I think it’s wild that the show stayed non-union all through the different ownerships. Like the fact that it was still non-union under Disney as well. Yes Haim Saban was a scum bag for doing that to the actors (Even if he did basically own all the 90s kids shows). What I don’t get is why did Disney continue that tradition?

Because they didn’t want to spend any more money on it than they had to. In fact, they woudlve cancelled it right away after they got it, before the New Zealand option came up.

That’s great point actually which brings me to the next question of why Disney gets no shit for it. I mean sure, their uncaring of the property led to probably one of the best seasons of that era if not the whole series (RPM), but they still did employ the same tactics as saban. They didn’t want to spend more money on it so they went as cheap as possible. Saban pretty much did the same thing but “cared” enough to see it survive. One could argue that Disney treated the series worse than Saban and yet Saban gets the shit for it. I’m not praising Saban here. I’m just saying that there’s shit everywhere. lol.

Probably because some people think of the ends justifying the means because they loved the shows in the Disney Era.

And there are shows that are beloved in both Saban eras as well. I mean hell, a MMPR meet and greet literally shutdown the California highways back in the 90s. Point I’m making is that no matter who owned it, it was never treated like the beloved show it actually is. There was hints of it being treated great (certain Bandai employees during Dino charge for example), but it still was treated like a back burner “oh right this show exists” type of show by the execs and the fault doesn’t only belong to Saban. In fact Saban is probably the only guy that tried to make it work, outside of actually paying the actors properly. (I have issues with how unions work being in one myself but that’s not a discussion for this thread)

I suddenly thought of this. All the options I proposed above for correcting the situation are already late and require a greater infusion of labor and money than was done previously. But if PR owners want to keep the same approach, why don't they just change the source for adaptation? That is, for example, Chinese Armored Heroes even have a fansub only for the first two shows. Also, current Chinese culture is much less familiar to the average American viewer than Japanese culture. And she can always be accused of promoting anti-democratic values. Plus, Alpha Animation, a major player in the Chinese tokusatsu market, has connections in the US, working on Ben 10 and other projects. I'm not saying that this approach is ideal and I’m not even sure that the contract with Toei will allow such a transition while preserving the PR name, but this step can be considered as an option for the owner who does not want drastic changes in the American/New Zealand part of the filming.

Putting aside the rampant Sinophobia in the US right now, among other things you're looking at a bunch of logistical issues that'd require a lot more work than staying the course. You'd have to negotiate an entirely new contract with another company to use their IP as a basis, which even if Toei doesn't care much for Power Rangers I would assume they like the idea of that even less; you'd have to shift the entire image of the brand from the overall recognizable silhouette of Sentai suits to whatever else you'd be using.

In short you'd be changing so much of the base formula that makes Power Rangers, Power Rangers, that you'd be better off starting from scratch.

There’s also the Korean tokusatsu which even uses the power ranger name at times.