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Originally Posted by Mesnick

The original "Mission Impossible" of 1966 was cited as one of the sources of inspiration for the Gorengers. So we can safely say that ?Mission Impossible? inspired ?Power Rangers?, despite the fact that the first film with Cruise was released only in ?96. But, of course, the influence of early Bond is also felt in Gorengers.

When I was watching "Bomb Hurricane", the arguments between Ian Fleming and John Le Carre popped into my head. Fleming did an over-the-top and suave approach to spy-craft and Le Carre did a more grounded and dirty approach; one is overt and the other is covert. Thing is, the Bond Movies were popular in the '60s and '70s, and Gorenger is arguably one of the imitators which branched out from those origins and spawned something that was probably never intended. It took the basic elements already established by Kamen Rider, expanded on it, took some Mission Impossible and James Bond inspiration (which we kind of already saw in Rider with FBI Agent Taki) and started incorporating more sci-fi and superhero comic and anime elements to become the powerhouse that it is now.

Funny how these things work out.