Womanly Powah
 

Had a thought. Well two of them. The first is I suck at trying to come up with a clever title for my new threads. And the second is here needs to be a real female Red. Samurai started the idea. But I mean more than just a three episode, or so, arch. From start of the series, to the end, a real female red ranger. Or American could do it. We already gave Zyranger Yellow a sex-change. So why not make an American red for an entire season?

Okay, start your flaming now.

Cause if Megaforce ends up being Goseiger, or Gokaiger, I hope they do this. Yes, I just said here I hope they make Marvelous a woman.

I'd welcome the change but I understand why it'll probably never happen.

The primary target market for "Power Rangers" is boys ages 5-9 (ish) and most of them probably wouldn't be willing to enjoy a show starring a girl.

Paladin pretty much hit the nail on the head there.

Have either of you heard of a show on Nickelodeon called 'The Legend of Korra' by any chance?

"Korra" is an excellent show but it is also radically different from "Power Rangers."


I'm sure a series with a female lead COULD work but at the moment its an uphill battle against the standards of action programming.

They had a female Red Ranger, but then she turned out to be evil :lol

Yes, but its not a show I'd instantly compare with Power Rangers.

I'd like to be proved wrong anyway, I think a female red ranger as a fully fledged team member could work well.

Yep. And apparently the producers really had to fight to get Disney to allow even that.

They're making the same mistake Powerpuff Girls made. Assuming what the show is, instead of looking at the audiance. I know girls, and women, who watch and love Power Rangers. Just like alot more boys, and men, watched Powerpuff Girls. Yet they marketed it towards Girls solely.

^This

A female Red Ranger could work, and would work. And it would bring more girls into watching the series. And yes they had to fight Disney for it, that's Disney. This is Nick. They love Girl-Power, have you seen their line-up recently? And there have been popular kids shows with female leads before, Paladin. Not exactly an uphill battle to something that already exists. Like Destroy said: Korra. Yes, it's not the same show as Power Rangers. That wasn't the point he was making. I think, correct me Destroy if I'm wrong, that the point he was making was it's an Action Show with a Female Lead. And is doing rather well. On the same network. And really? You never know untill you try. Power Rangers survived Disney and it can survive trying a female Red Ranger.

Honestly, I think a female red Power Ranger could totally work - especially with Hunger Games being so big right now. I don't see Japan ever doing it, though. It's a much more conservative and patriarchal country. We may get the occasional female team leader (Kakuranger, Timeranger), but the red is the iconic role and I can't see Toei ever doing a permanent female Red (just like we'll never have a Kamen Rider show with a lead female Rider - or likely even a permanent secondary female Rider).