Power Rangers Super Megaforce on Nick.com
 

Check out the pictures of our Super Megaforce Rangers on the front page.

http://news.tokunation.com/2014/01/2...nick-com-14236

They've updated.

The premiere is close.

http://www.nick.com/shows/power-rangers-megaforce

Could they have picked a worst pic of Emma ? The deer in a headlights look isn't a good look for her

They all look incredibly awkward in those shots.

Lol I was gonna say the same thing, she looks TERRIFIED! Haha.

Wow not great, like that they don't fit in those suits or something.

Noah does not look good in that suit.

I kind of thought they were photoshopped at first. I do hope this show is good.

They really should have gone with new actors...I still refuse to accept Noah as Gokai blue, and its going to look extremely awkward when Joe's personality comes through during the fights and then he goes back to being the nerdy "Billy" stereotype afterward. Also the fact that they have to morph into their Megaforce suits and then treat the Gokaiger suits as a Super Mode really bothers me...Goseiger keys existed for a reason.

They really need to fire the folks who handled the photoshoot. None of the actors look comfortable in the suits or their poses.

You say that like Noah worked already. Hyde was the stoic, badass, grief stricken second in command. Noah was the Billy stereotype who had no confidence in his own ability. I don't think they could have matched up more opposite characters than they did with him, and it was utterly ridiculous in the worst possible way.

"I dunno whether I'm cut out to be a Ranger!" Noah would moan, before morphin and shooting his bow one handed while doing backflips, before single handedly taking down a monster and standing dramatically as if it was effortless.

I guess they just expected the kids not to notice, like with the cards.

I never watched Goseiger (maybe one or two episodes) so I'm not as familiar with Hyde.

I can understand wanting to keep a continuity like they did with the original series, but if that's what Saban wanted, then I would've preferred that they stuck with the Samurai team because Megaforce has been extremely awkward to say the least. I think Kevin would have made a much better Gokai Blue.

Noah, Hyde, and Joe are all different people. You both talk as if you never seen Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Billy was treated the same way all through out season one. But he had another 2 years to grow into the character and they used mostly American footage in the last 2 seasons, so nothing Megaforce has done is not surprising because it's been done already. Also, Hyde and Joe are very similar in personality, if anyone should be worried it should be for Jake's character LOL!

As for using Gokaiger as a power-up, They couldn't use the full season of Gokaiger due to the Rangers that came before Zyuranger so expect to see a lot more original footage. Making Samurai into 2 seasons you could say was just an "accident". Megaforce into Super Megaforce a lucky coincidence since they could only use half of Gokaiger anyway. I have a good feeling they won't explain too much as to why they are pirates but it's no different seeing a bunch of dino rangers become ninjas or summoning mystical Chinese beast, sooooooo enjoy the ride.

I guess just after the awesomeness that was the Disney era, Saban's utter laziness is just extra painful. MMPR shouldn't get a free ride, but as it was their first venture, I can be easier on it. But after TWENTY YEARS Megaforce's non existent plot and team of heroes who don't even slightly match their sentai counterparts creating absolutely zero continuity from unmorphed to morphed fights is just abysmal.

I stand by my statement that the entire cast is horrible for the suit actors. I agree that Noah wasn't a good Gosei Blue either as well as a horrible Gokai Blue and when he starts wielding 5 swords at once and fighting with one hand behind his back, that's going to be even more apparent. Jake, however, I think is the worst off. Jake is a heavy hitter with an axe as Gosei Black, but as Gokai Green he runs away from the enemies and sets up traps and shoots from a distance rather then confront them directly and is often overwhelmed during close combat and fights by dodging and rolling over the enemies. I know they tried to make him a bit more awkward in unmorphed fights, but it still is a big difference from Don's distinctive fighting style. Watching Troy while his body is acting cocky as hell saying crap like "never underestimate the teamwork of humans!' and "Together, we'll overcome anything!" is going to awkward too.

I think, out of all the seasons, Gokaiger is a series with the most distinctive connections between their personalities and their in-suit scenes. They really went above and beyond showing off who the characters are in their fights and I think that is a HUGE problem for Super Megaforce. Not only do they show off their personalities in their base forms, using the exact same weapon set as each other in completely different ways that mirror they're own personalities, but often using previous rangers' powers in their own way. Having a bland set of MMPR copycats was just the worst possible move they could've made for a Gokaiger adaption.

But yeah, that's sort of off-topic. On the pictures, outside of me thinking they all look out of place in pirate suits, those expressions are awful. Whoever told Jake's actor that was a good pose and expression combo is crazy.

I highly, highly doubt that. In fact I'd say the fact that the much hyped "US Legend War" only has Rangers that appear on-screen in the Gokaiger War footage without Sentai characters in the background 100% confirms that there will be a minuscule amount of new footage.

I expect Silver will be introduced very early and they'll go on with footage from there. Pre-Zyu Sentai were used in the first 18 episodes much more often because once Gokai Silver came in, the majority of the Gokai Changes were all teams with sixths, which were all Post-Zyu.

From that, it seems that Noah and Jake should really have swapped round for the second season.

Oh and that I should probably give Gokaiger another go.

Argeed. By now Saban has to figure out that we want a team that's not just "MMPR 2.0"

Being cheap is nothing new for Saban, if anything they need a creative team with fresh eyes to over see the brand. It has nothing to do with money because honestly, everything about Megaforce can be fixed with a few comic books or text stories. I agree, yeah Megaforce is boring but everyone needs to stop comparing Power Rangers to Super Sentai and just take it for what it is and expect the worse. Being a Sentai and PR fan is like having one of your favorite movies remade every year, you're always going to be disappointed.


As soon as you get over the fact that the Megaforce Rangers ARE NOT the Goseiger or Gokaiger, you'll be better off. The suit acting has always been a problem in Power Rangers, but it does help when you see a bit more American footage and the actors in costume which we didn't get much of in Megaforce.


The fact that they had to make so much new footage is the reason why Megaforce was so cheap looking. Remember, Saban is cheap so to think that we ever had a chance of a 40 episode season of an "American Gokaiger" series us unrealistic. At this point they are basically coping their MMPR strategy and using 100% Japanese footage and original footage to bridge the gaps, unlike late 90's Saban and Disney just wanted to tell a story regardless. Saban wants to spend $100.00 and get a million back basically LOL!

Wow the fact that someone said that to me, of all people, was hilarious.

I don't want Megaforce to BE Goseiger but if you go back to the likes of In Space, Lost Galaxy, Time Force etc Saban created entirely new stories, entirely new characters, entirely new worlds, while creating a whole continuity and how much you appreciate the finished product is largely superfluous as you can still appreciate all the effort Saban went into making Power Rangers its own thing.

Megaforce on the other hand is 90% Goseiger clips, with all of the context stripped out while still following the same story beats as the Goseiger episode it is taken from. Then awkwardly tacking on a scene of a bunch of highschoolers drinking smoothies during the credits. Apparently these teens are our Rangers? But with personalities so different, and characterisation so non existent, the Red Ranger could be that bug kid for all I know.

As much as I HATE straight adaptations, at least do it properly. Samurai at least incorporated the good aspects of Shinkenger for the most part, Megaforce doesn't even do that. It just takes all of Goseiger's fights and dubs over them.

Even the much derided Disney era, which I LOVED, often directly adapted the sentais basic plot outline, but even then they created new villains, new characters and actually spent money on making it work.

Megaforce has no excuses.

I think that making the Power Rangers act like they do in their suits out of suits is a necessary thing. You can change the story, the enemies, everything, but you have to make it believable. Plenty of Power Ranger series have managed that, but I don't buy it for Megaforce and I really doubt I'm going to buy it for Super Megaforce.

We've been told they've done a lot of new footage for Super Megaforce, but I'm going to have to see it to believe it. As I said, in the trailer, we see the Rangers who will be in the Super Megaforce Legend War and a lot are missing, notably all the ones that appeared alongside Sentai-only characters in the Gokaiger Legend War. The fact they wouldn't make new footage for the Rangers that had unusable footage implies to me that there will be nowhere near as much new footage as they claimed.

Oh my goodness, I've been sigged! What a proud moment for Gaga!

Well you kept comparing the two so that's what I went with. But I understand, that's why I said... "if anything they need a creative team with fresh eyes to over see the brand".

At this point either they don't know what to do anymore or they are just being lazy and making a 24min toy advertisement.


Of course it is, which is why original footage is important. Noah and Joe are two different people, Gokai Blue's movements were made for Joe not Noah. If they wanted an American version of Joe, I'm sure they would have done it. *cough*samurai*cough* But like I said before, that was an issue in season one of MMPR. So it's nothing new.


Toei also made NEW footage for the Mega War as well.

I wish Disney were doing the anniversary.

GOD EMMA THAT FUCKING FACE.

I can't wait for season 21.

I wish Disney still owned Power Rangers.

Once A Ranger was horrible, I'll pass LOL! They tried to kill Power Rangers.... just think of what things would have been like if they didn't try to smother RPM.

I heard a rumor that they were going to switch to adaptation order of Go-Buster and Kyoryuger.


**Sorry for being off topic**

Or alternatively, you wished Disney still cared enough to do either thing.

Disney seasons always felt like they were trying though, compared to the recent Saban seasons.



I think there'd be little point in them switching the order. It'd be more likely that they'd just skip Go-Busters all together, but they're not allowed to do that so.

Well, since Saban owns it, I'd rather Saban cared about the story a bit more.

True, but Star Wars and Marvel? I would have dropped PR too LOL!
Regarding the adaptations, coming off the 20th anniversary and seeing dinosaurs. Not saying I want to see another MMPR clone but just playing off that familiarity versus going into super spy animals then dinosaurs.

Ya know we might not be seeing the Dairanger suits in this season. Those faces still look photoshopped.

I think the difference between old Saban and new Saban is technology, honestly.

Now-a-days, Saban knows ahead of time how a story is ending in the Sentai counterpart, (well, more so since they're now TWO YEARS behind, soon to be THREE YEARS behind), they can write an entire season to match the footage.

But back during the days of In Space, where they thought the series was a space series (but it wasn't obviously), they wrote a story and tried to match footage to what they wanted the story to be.

Example: In Gokaiger, you have a story of Gokai Blue being overwhelmed by an opponent in swordsmanship, so much that it was actually an entire arch in the story, and had a pretty nice payoff at the end.

In Super Megaforce, we're getting ONE episode dedicated to a character who is supposed to be nerdy, but because he's the Blue Ranger, is going to have the same story line super-condensed about feeling like his swordsmanship isn't strong enough to be a Power Ranger (well no duh, you're a NERD WHO USED A BOW IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON).

Because of that you get stories that feel forced, or you get what you feel is a lack of characterization. Noah is supposed to be the new Billy. He's in-shape, but he's supposed to use his mind more than his brawn. However we're now destroying his characterization by forcing a Sentai story line on him that doesn't fit the character we've been TOLD (not shown) that he is.

*claps* I hate how they use the excuse of being a Power Ranger or having new powers now all of a sudden they're experts in whatever new skill they have now :P


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7lPrT0e6Wg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4Mgs8milzG...keys_28229.jpg

That's doesn't mean we are getting Dairanger, maybe the keys but you do know that the SDCC footage was from the same episode of Gokaiger right?

Why put out keys for a whole team of Rangers we never had if you are not going to feature them? And no, there were various episodes of Gokaiger in that trailer, some from the first episode. They could have easily showcased more reconcilable teams, but having a prototype figure and being in a trailer is too much of a coincidence. It was also mentioned that JDF will be returning as the Green and White Ranger, we know he's in the Mega War as Green Ranger. And then there's this picture...

http://www.tokunation.com/attachment...1&d=1385618518

Dr. Tommy Oliver in white w/ Saba. It was said that the "Legendary Rangers" had a small cameo in the Mega War, so this has to be from an earlier episode.

There was only one key seen and was removed afterwards. Also "Legendary Rangers" would very well mean the returning of older actors.

You have read the news on the Mega War right? Outside of maybe 3 episodes Super Megaforce won't have cameos like Gokaiger and their appearance in the final episode is only for a few seconds. As for the key, it's a wait and see I guess...

I never thought about it, like this, and honestly the thought is disturbing. Surely as now Saban KNOWS what is coming, they should be able to create better uses of the footage that get given. How is it that they know what is going to happen...and they make worse shows?

We Toku fans have made full adaptations of the entirety of Go-Busters with clever writing, strong character development and that treat children like they can (and do) handle more than Samurai or Megaforce has offered.

Especially Megaforce. I know OO is the Power Rangers punching bag, but OO actually had plot, and characters and a trajectory. Megaforce is just...nothing. Easily the low point of the entire franchise.

Please tell me I'm not the only one that finds Troy in the Gokai Red suit cringe worthy.

I haven't even watched Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, and I think it doesn't work.