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Originally Posted by Kickback

For starters - they've once again decided "THESE POWER RANGERS LIVE IN THEIR OWN UNIVERSE". Lame. Way to, once again, continually, spit all over your "rich history" and "rich universe". If every single series is a universe reboot, then what's the point in caring anymore?

I hate this. I even kinda hated it in RPM, but that had an excuse because reasonably, you can't just destroy the entire world like it did and not have it be an alternate universe or timeline. Maybe if PR had ended with RPM, with SPD/Time Force being post-post-apocalypse with like aliens from PR past helping to rebuild the Earth or something. It needed to continue in present day, and I'd rather RPM be left out than all of Neo Saban.

But really I don't see why they'd ever want to do that. PR has no shortage of continuity headaches between series, just leave them all in the same universe. I'd rather that than a reboot, which is yet another reason I'm not looking forward to the new movie. Power Rangers is a weird franchise in that it's been going for so long without reboot, and it's not a comic or cartoon. It's a live-action show, where the actors age and yet still play the same character. There's never recastings of the same characters (well, rangers at least) Jason is always Austin St. John. That's just who the character is, and the idea that this legacy exists and these newer, younger rangers could just naturally encounter the older rangers and have it feel real becasue it is real... it's something not a lot of shows can do.

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Final fight of the season? Let's only have 6 of the 10 Power Rangers take part ... too expensive to get those other suit actors in here for cool stunts.

That's always a shame, too. If you're going for a straight-up final fight, it's always best to have the whole team.

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I get it - Power Rangers is a kids show. "How can you expect so much from a kids show".

Because kids shows are fucking great, is what I always say. I honestly think we're at a point now where there exists, at least in prominence, more good kids shows than bad ones.

Thing is... I've been re-watching MMPR lately in an attempt to watch ALL of Power Rangers (Neo-Saban included... ugh) and while I'm skimming through it, I find even MMPR had better writing and plotting than Neo-Saban. Adjusting for plot inflation, MMPR is a way better kids show for 1993 than Dino Superchareg is for a 2016 kids show. The actors feel invested and their performances genuine, if not that amazing. The writing feels like it has direction and a goal, despite being hokey and juvinile. It looks stupid but it feels competent.

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I'd say bring on Ninja Steel but honestly, I'm no longer looking forward to it. I'll watch it out of curiosity, but this is continuing to be an abusive relationship and it's time I break the chain.

Oh Ninja Steel is gonna suck for sure.

I haven't had faith in PR since I first saw Samurai. It was more than just a bad season, it showed a clear and deliberate shift towards intentional badness. And that's not something you just go back on. It's clear Saban thinks Power Rangers is just MMPR cheesiness, and forgets the better seasons both in original Saban and Disney. It's taken me until now to realise this, but until I see otherwise, it's what I honestly believe.

My only hope is if the movie succeeds, and corperate synergistic mentality takes over like it always does, an attempt to appeal to the more high-school focused demographic may inadvertently yeild more competent writing.

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Sorry I'm ranting. It's just disappointing on a level that I had hoped we had gotten past.

There's nothign to apologize for when you're this right.

I haven't seen much of Supercharge or even Dino Charge. I honestly tried, but it felt... kinda sad.

Pardon my super cynical approach, but that's where I feel with PR as a whole, and Supercharge has kinda been like the last warning to me. But hey, the Super Drive suits were wicked so there's that at least.