[Locke]

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Originally Posted by ljacone

First off, please show me where I called your criticism a "bad thing." Just because I disagree with your assessment doesn't mean I think it's invalid.

Secondly, calling a show "shit" over and over again is not a constructive criticism. It's just name calling.

Finally, you list Time Force, RPM, and Jungle Fury as your favorites. Jungle Fury is one of my favorites as well, but you can't tell me that the show does not have a good deal of episodes which exist just to tell their story and sell merchandise, without any real revelations in the larger story arc or character. The Five Poisons is a good example. It has a very minor arc in and of itself, and those episodes and monsters therein are excellent. But it's just a little arc of no real significance, compared to say, the Overlords arc or whatnot. This is what I meant when I said there is a happy medium -- you can do both, you don't need Super Serious (TM) all the time and still tell a good story as well as entertain the target audience.

I lump JF in with the four I mentioned, they all have a similar approach; JF just chronologically didn't fit with the point I was making.

Honestly, I really have no dog in the fight as to whether you or Kain like MMPR, you guys have decided that it stinks and only exists on a "so good it's bad" level, so have at it. But recognize that not agreeing with that assessment is not dismissing it.

You said, "You guys are totally over-analyzing this." I'm saying there is no such thing. And once again, I used the expression 'shit' to compress down all the many many faults of MMPR as I'm simply watching it on the entertainment factor this time around and trying my best to gloss over the bad. If you want me to go at length into the problems with the show, I can do, I have done many a time on this board.

Honestly I thought the lack of filler in Jungle Fury was one of the biggest problems actually, ironically, every villain was basically a General character and every moment was hyped up to be the most crucial moment in the series. There was never a moment of downtime and it made the show overwhelming at times and caused problems further down the line when they had to try add in new Rangers and what not.

But I'd still gladly take that, than another episode of MMPR which feels like an episode of Saved By The Bell with randomly chucked in Japanese Clips every now and then.