[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Locke

If Disney had the reigns, we'd be better off than we are now. As much as they claimed to not give a rats ass about the franchise, the sheer quantity of money they seemed to throw at their seasons said otherwise. Even the shows which ran almost beat for beat along the path of the sentai they adapted from had entirely unique characters, and enough unique fight footage to make a new show of their own.

How is any of that worse than Saban still doing EXACTLY what he did in the 90s, complete with pisspoor acting, non existent story and editing that was done by someone with a pair of scissors and a lamp?

I agree. I think Disney, as a company, has more of this thing called integrity. It's a concept Saban has never heard of.

Disney has a pretty high bar, as far as quality is concerned. When you watch a Disney production, you're going in with a brand guarantee that it's going to be pretty decent. That mandate for higher quality was immediately felt in Power Rangers. Across the board, Disney paid for better talent. Better actors, better writers, better directors, better producers. And, like they've done with Marvel Comics, Disney avoided micromanagement. That allowed the Power Rangers creative teams more room to explore ideas they actually believed in and to take greater creative risks. You can see what kind of difference that makes on screen.

Saban has proven time and time again that they actively disdain their target audience. They eliminate complexity because they think kids are stupid; they think they can skimp on storytelling because kids won't notice. I don't think that's a criticism that could ever be applied to Disney.

[Yellow Ranger]

Ah I still remember when Disney was Satan to PR fans.

[ComicGuy89]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

I agree. I think Disney, as a company, has more of this thing called integrity. It's a concept Saban has never heard of.

Disney has a pretty high bar, as far as quality is concerned. When you watch a Disney production, you're going in with a brand guarantee that it's going to be pretty decent. That mandate for higher quality was immediately felt in Power Rangers. Across the board, Disney paid for better talent. Better actors, better writers, better directors, better producers. And, like they've done with Marvel Comics, Disney avoided micromanagement. That allowed the Power Rangers creative teams more room to explore ideas they actually believed in and to take greater creative risks. You can see what kind of difference that makes on screen.

Saban has proven time and time again that they actively disdain their target audience. They eliminate complexity because they think kids are stupid; they think they can skimp on storytelling because kids won't notice. I don't think that's a criticism that could ever be applied to Disney.

I really don't know why Saban is this way. They were cheap before but back then they were also extremely creative, from MMPR all the way to Lost Galaxy. The adaptations were completely different from their source material, and they were adventurous in setting, stories and ideas.

[GoseiWonder]

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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger

Ah I still remember when Disney was Satan to PR fans.

Well, Disney had stupid distracting stuff in Ninja Storm, relentless teasing in Dino Thunder, Kalishsplosions throughout the post DT run, "Nick the Fire Wizard and these 4 others that no one cares about," Norg, Norg, Norg, Family Guy Season 8 manifested in a living form, Norg, Norg, the Jar Jar Binks of Power Rangers, Norg, Satan's pubic hair, Norg, Norg, and the ever godless Norg, a debatably crappy tacked-on "anniversary" team up, a lack of police/wizard teamups, stupid names for the Masters in Jungle Fury (sans Finn, Guin and Mao) and terrible advertising and airtime slots for RPM.

But that's ALL forgivable considering what Megaforce is like.

Except Norg. He cannot and should not receive forgiveness.

[TokuChris]

I'd say the failures of Samurai/Super Samurai/Megaforce have more to do with the executive producer (Jonathon Tzachor) than anything else. He's the one who dictates the direction of the season, which with Samurai, was copy/paste in to Google Translate, and in Megaforce has been "MORE CIVILIAN FIGHTS THAN SAMURAI!" which equals 3 in Megaforce, as Samurai only had like 3 total between Samurai and Super Samurai.

[SPLIT LIP]

The fuck is a Norg?

[XW1n5t0nX]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

I really don't know why Saban is this way. They were cheap before but back then they were also extremely creative, from MMPR all the way to Lost Galaxy. The adaptations were completely different from their source material, and they were adventurous in setting, stories and ideas.

And even when they stuck to the Sentai like Lightspeed Rescue and Timeforce did, they made it work fantastically. Same goes with Wild Force (yes I'm counting it as a Saban).

[GoseiWonder]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

The fuck is a Norg?

Oh you lucky, lucky bastard.

But if you MUST know...

Do NOT click it if you aren't ready for your senses to be sodomized by the worst thing in PR.

[XW1n5t0nX]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

Oh you lucky, lucky bastard.

But if you MUST know...

Do NOT click it if you aren't ready for your senses to be sodomized by the worst thing in PR.

I'd rather watch that then Julian Sands partaking in ratsurbation. But just barely.

[Yellow Ranger]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

Well, Disney had stupid distracting stuff in Ninja Storm, relentless teasing in Dino Thunder, Kalishsplosions throughout the post DT run, "Nick the Fire Wizard and these 4 others that no one cares about," Norg, Norg, Norg, Family Guy Season 8 manifested in a living form, Norg, Norg, the Jar Jar Binks of Power Rangers, Norg, Satan's pubic hair, Norg, Norg, and the ever godless Norg, a debatably crappy tacked-on "anniversary" team up, a lack of police/wizard teamups, stupid names for the Masters in Jungle Fury (sans Finn, Guin and Mao) and terrible advertising and airtime slots for RPM.

But that's ALL forgivable considering what Megaforce is like.

Except Norg. He cannot and should not receive forgiveness.

Honestly my only gripe about OAR is Adam taking the spot a WF Ranger should have gotten.*Don't get me wrong Adam's my 3rd fave Ranger but OAR was supposed to be a Disney season anniversary*