[acdcguy]

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Originally Posted by SengalBoy

I've phased out of Power Rangers a few months ago after spending some time hating the direction of the show and wondering if I can still like them, Boom comics are the only ones I actively look forward too (even then I binge read it instead of following it every month). It's why I'm taking a break with Kamen Rider Saber because I don't want to get burned out of the series. As for Sentai, the past years have been problematic but I genuinely enjoyed Ryusoulger, and Kiramager is fantastic.

Honestly Ultraman is the one I look forward the most, although I do worry if I got bored with it in the future, or that future series couldn't live up to the high standards that most New Generation series sets up. This happens with R/B, it's a solid show, but it wasn't well liked primarily for not living up to X, Orb and Geed which are fantastic shows.

So I've looked at comparisons to the original run of the series of Power Rangers (i.e. the initial Saban Era) to modern seasons and while definitely corny, it was progressing to a more mature tone until it abruptly shifted back into immaturity with Wild Force. And has been up and down in tone ever since. Even now in the Hasbro Era it's still overtly juvenile. There's been zero attempt to "exploit its potential" as they put it when they bought it. I'm not expecting a masterpiece or even a Marvel film, but I feel they could at least put an effort into the story, direction, and acting. They don't even put any effort. It's like they keep trying to remake MMPR every season by calculation which makes these newer seasons lack the charm that MMPR had. MMPR had charm because it was a small budget and unique. It's a bigger brand now. Bigger brand bigger budget. There's no excuse to keep rehashing the same formula. I get there's a basic "Scooby-Doo" formula that Sentai follows that PR inherited, but there is much more they can add to it that they just don't.

As for Marvel it's all cookie cutter garbage. It's fun but it's mind numbing. Both Marvel and DC are void of any culture or deep meaning. And they fail at the opposite of Power Rangers, where big brand, too big of a budget. In order to have a greater return they take the less amount of risk, or if they do take a risk they pump it full of pop music and flashy colors. Even Disney is so creatively bankrupt they can't help themselves but to remake their animated classics in live action, and not even try to go over the top with the adaptions so we're left with a bland husk void of any charm the originals had.

I cannot even stand modern day music anymore. At least not what's popular. Sometimes I long to be an innovative creator in the 18th or 19th Century. A world filled with opportunity and discovery, instead of rehashed concepts and rampant consumerism.