[TokuChris]

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Originally Posted by MnemonicSyntax

Jesus. Just because the majority of the adult fans aren't happy doesn't mean the show is going to be cancelled.

Maybe it's just time for those not happy to move on. I'm surprised that people are this upset, based on previous track records in the past. Nothing Saban is doing here is anything new, but as children we didn't care too much. Guess what the children think these days?

The formula works for Saban. It's not going to change when he can continue to make money off it.

I don't think anyone is seriously thinking the show will end up cancelled. I do think Jonathan Tzachor is the WRONG choice for Executive Producer, only because Power Rangers has so much more room to grow, both in terms of overall quality (let's face it - it really does talk down to its audience, both kids AND adults) and overall direction.

The formula may now be "Copy/paste Sentai and translate", grab actors to run around and shout morphing calls before using source footage, and staying within or under budget, and that will work for the time being. But even Disney saw Power Rangers was becoming stale and wanted to get out of it. I mean, this is the same company that wanted to increase viewership to the "Boys 6-11" category, so it sold off Power Rangers back to Saban and went out and BOUGHT MARVEL COMICS AND STAR WARS.

Sometimes a shot of fresh air can revitalize a franchise. Look at Transformers back in the late 90's early 2000's - they went from "re-releasing" all their 80's stuff with no success, to going buckwild and doing "realistic beast Transformers" with Beast Wars and it took off. They tried to take it further with "Beast Machines" and it fell apart - so they went drastic again and imported "Car Robots", which was realistic vehicles (first time since early 90s) and the property exploded, enough that they were able to shop a movie and now it's one of the largest franchises in the world.

If a cartoon about cars and planes that turn in to robots can have a BILLION dollar worldwide movie, I don't see any reason why a a live-action show about teenagers who can transform in to super heroes piloting giant transforming robots can't have something better than an appeal to 5 year olds, and not shooting any higher than the 5 year old demographic.