[TokuChris]

For those following the developments of returning cast of previous years for Power Rangers Super Megaforce, you may remember Karan Ashley stating that all previous actors and actresses had received a generic E-mail invitation, nothing personalized, about returning to the show for the 20th Anniversary.

Thanks to Fury Diamond, a copy of said E-mail is now available for all of us to read. What's enlightening about the E-mail is that Saban Brands states that there was no intention in pre-production to include any veteran Rangers for Super Megaforce. The E-mail continues to try to influence the past actors to return "for your fans", and states that compensation would be very little in an individual basis.

We are complying to the request of Fury Diamond not to re-post the E-mail here, and are instead giving you a direct link to said E-mail.

Click here to read a copy of the generic E-mail sent out inviting past Power Rangers to return

What do you guys think? Given the recent backlash aimed at Saban Brands and Jonathan Tzachor by fans for what they feel is them being cheated by what Saban Brands stated would be the "most expensive" season ever at the last Power Morphicon, do you side with the actors refusing to show up because of the lack of compensation? Do you think production is being too cheap? Or do you think some of the actors could spare a four day expenditure to New Zealand for the sake of the fans?

A lot to discuss, so let's get to it!

SOURCE: Fury Diamond of RangerCrew.com!

[KRX]

I've said it once (I think) and I'll say it again; Saban is incredibly stupid for not including the return of past actors in the budget for the 20th Anniversary, especially since they have known about Gokaiger for two years now. Now look at where we are: fans are enraged before the show has even begun, fan-favorite alumni are rejecting invitations, Saban is revoking invitations for returning alumni, and I can now be considered a fairly active member in the Power Rangers fan community because of the "Save Titanium" campaign I started due to Saban's lack of logical foresight.

[DaiRiderRX]

Saban, this is utter bullshit, literally using the fans to try to get out of paying the actors reasonable wages for their time.

complete bullshit, and wtf saban, you've known of gokaiger for 2 years, how did it come to pass that you didn't consider having past rangers return

[losondro]

they knew gokaiger was going to be adapted yet they never really prepared a proper budget large enough to accommodate everything including past rangers. they're either too cheap or too stupid.

[MnemonicSyntax]

I know it's been mentioned before, so I'll repeat it here. Fury Diamond is quite a reliable source of information, so no doubt this letter is legit.

In case anyone had any doubts, after all. This isn't a jab at anyone, Fury's been doing this for quite a few years now, and has the inside on quite a bit of info.

[Deus]

I agree, Saban has known all along that this would be an anniversary season and also that it would coincide with the adaptation of Gokaiger. How do you NOT budget for that?

It seems to me that Saban should be the ones to take a hit for the fans, not the actors, for their lack of preparation.

[Den-O]

Saban must be out of their damn minds. How could they have possibly NOT known they'd need to use past rangers? They're adapting a season using footage solely based on that!! This just smacks to high hell of Saban being cheap and trying to get an easy way out. This is how I imagine the conversation went.

"Hey team. You know that season we were going to do where it's the 20th anniversary and everyone can turn into past rangers? "

"Yeah."

"Yeah we're not gonna do that. They can turn into whoever they want. But we won't edit the footage to remove sentai only characters. And we won't be using US exclusive characters. And we won't be inviting anyone to come back other than Jason David Frank. Then we play dumb like we never knew this would be a problem. Sound good? I thought so."

[KRX]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Den-O

Saban must be out of their damn minds. How could they have possibly NOT known they'd need to use past rangers? They're adapting a season using footage solely based on that!! This just smacks to high hell of Saban being cheap and trying to get an easy way out. This is how I imagine the conversation went.

"Hey team. You know that season we were going to do where it's the 20th anniversary and everyone can turn into past rangers? "

"Yeah."

"Yeah we're not gonna do that. They can turn into whoever they want. But we won't edit the footage to remove sentai only characters. And we won't be using US exclusive characters. And we won't be inviting anyone to come back other than Jason David Frank. Then we play dumb like we never knew this would be a problem. Sound good? I thought so."

That English is too complex for a group of people making decisions of this caliber of stupidity.

[Kiryu]

The more I'm hearing about Super Megaforce…the more my excitement for the 2nd season is starting to die down…really a damn shame to hear how cheap Saban is being.

[uchihabro77]

i cant say on here how pissed i am about this so ill do this- #$$%^!%@^$#%#&^@ SABAN!!!! $%$%^##^ YOU!

this is bullshit!