[wrestlemaniac]

Are there still many fans around here that actually still prefer to just watch our power rangers and don't really bother to get into the sentai stuff ?

i ask this because i have to shamefully admit i think i'm one of them...i grew up with power rangers and no matter how hard i try i just can not fully "accept" the japanese versions as the legit ones even tho they are offcourse.

i've been watching some zyuranger episodes on youtube recently since i finally wanted to see that, i never had before and since i am such a sucker for my beloved MMPR childhood i thought that might be a good watch since at least i was somewhat familair with it ' the suits,zords, baddies..) unlike many other sentais were i really have to start from scratch.

well, it was ok, but i didn't think it was that much better or anything, infact i had a hard time accepting the actors if that makes sense, they didn't really stand out, or apart from each other as much as say billy vs jason.

At the risk of sounding discriminating ( not my intention) i have this problem almost everytime with asian actors, a lot of them look similar and the language is just plain weird to listen to for more then 10 minutes,they always seem to be either shouting or screaming or making unintentionally funny facial expressions.

i've discovered some nice toku groups on facebook, including TTC where you can watch many fully subbed episodes of many diffrent series and all week long i've been watching stuff. from kamen rider the something called justirisers which i had never even heard of and yes the action can be good and the costumes are always exciting but the actual acting, and overall vibe,just doesn't seem to work on me.

I think this was my last attempt at getting into sentai & other toku stuff, when i feel like watching this form of superheroics, i'm sticking with american power rangers, cheesy acting included it still appeals to me more and i'm done feeling guilty about it. lol

i think this is largely in the same vein as asian action movies never really making it big in the us, sure there are groups of people heavily into them and proclaiming how much better they are than the generic american movie schtick but to pretty much 90% of the western population all them asian dudes look alike and don't have enough charisma to pull it off the way we get excited to see something like expendables for example....make an all star movie that casts the 10 best asian actors and hae them team up a la expendables and how many western people would really care ?....right.

i will always have respect and a general appreciation for tokusatsu and how it originated but when i want to watch power rangers i'll just watch power rangers. i'm tired of trying to get into sentai only to keep coming back to the american equivalent time and again.