[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Battlizer

Eh, in general, I thought it was pretty entertaining. Not among the best, but justbthis goofy fun thing.



It's Power Rangers. It's all cheap. I honestly don't remember the acting, but I thougt it had a lot of cool things going for it. I mean, it was on a space colony! The main villain had a really reasonable motivation to obsessively hate the Rangers. And the Magna Defender just being a vengeance driven nutcase because a villain kolled his son was always cool to me.

I dunno, I just thought it was pretty ambitous, even if the plot istself was disjointed. Which it was.





From what I remember....I felt the same way about Ninja Storm the way I do about MMPR3. They both have a lot of the same sorta feel right down to.the ninja motif. But like I said, I gotta watch it again.

Mystic Force...I don't remember liking at all.

You see my problem is, I don't like 'goofy', you can appeal to kids without the need for slapstick and fart jokes. That is part of the reason I couldn't get into the latest Super Sentai iteration despite everyone in the world bumming it.

But the later the PRs season the less cheap it looked (for the most part). I think Lost Galaxy would have worked better in a later season, the whole story felt too epic for their budget and technology at that time.

It did really annoy me that Ninja Storm basically had no conflict or tension but the action sequences were great and I liked the characters. I think they're the best representation of teenagers that Power Rangers has managed.

And yeah a lot of people dislike Mystic Force.

[Battlizer]

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Originally Posted by Locke

You see my problem is, I don't like 'goofy', you can appeal to kids without the need for slapstick and fart jokes. That is part of the reason I couldn't get into the latest Super Sentai iteration despite everyone in the world bumming it.

But the later the PRs season the less cheap it looked (for the most part). I think Lost Galaxy would have worked better in a later season, the whole story felt too epic for their budget and technology at that time.

It did really annoy me that Ninja Storm basically had no conflict or tension but the action sequences were great and I liked the characters. I think they're the best representation of teenagers that Power Rangers has managed.

And yeah a lot of people dislike Mystic Force.

I don't like fart jokes myself, but I honestly don't think Power rangers has any. But slapstick? Over the top acting ? That I can definitely get into. Not all seasons need to take themselves super seriously. I can dig something like a plot that looks like it came from a silver age comic.

As for Lost Galaxy...eh, I dunno. It's not like they knew thwy would have a bigfer budget in the later seasons

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Battlizer

I don't like fart jokes myself, but I honestly don't think Power rangers has any. But slapstick? Over the top acting ? That I can definitely get into. Not all seasons need to take themselves super seriously. I can dig something like a plot that looks like it came from a silver age comic.

As for Lost Galaxy...eh, I dunno. It's not like they knew thwy would have a bigfer budget in the later seasons

Power Rangers should be fun, I hate the idea of a grimdark Power Rangers season, but there is a big difference between fun and juvenile.

They may have even smaller budgets now, but we can do more with tech now and for cheaper.

[Battlizer]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Power Rangers should be fun, I hate the idea of a grimdark Power Rangers season, but there is a big difference between fun and juvenile.

They may have even smaller budgets now, but we can do more with tech now and for cheaper.

I dont particularly qualify hamminess and slapstick as juvenile, but that's me.

With all that you're saying, I'm beginning to wonder how you made it through Ninja Storm. One of my most vivid memories from that season involve the camera zooming in on Lothor's face utilizing the most obnoxious angles possible. You must like it a lot to suffer through that...

[Matrixbeast]

Speaking of PR, I recently started rewatching SPD, because I liked SPD.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Battlizer

I dont particularly qualify hamminess and slapstick as juvenile, but that's me.

With all that you're saying, I'm beginning to wonder how you made it through Ninja Storm. One of my most vivid memories from that season involve the camera zooming in on Lothor's face utilizing the most obnoxious angles possible. You must like it a lot to suffer through that...

Ninja Storm wasn't a great season but it had likeable characters, solid writing, good acting and the Thunder Rangers. I would have enjoyed it a lot more if it took itself seriously but as far as a comedy series goes, it felt like it had actual effort put into it, which is rare for comedy series.

[ZeoRangerV]

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Originally Posted by guncannon109

I think I might have talked someone into watching Masked Rider... WHAT HAVE I DONE?!

Having just survived that myself, you should be ashamed.

[Battlizer]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Speaking of PR, I recently started rewatching SPD, because I liked SPD.

SPD is one of the Disney seasons I have barely any recollection of whatsoever.

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Originally Posted by Locke

Ninja Storm wasn't a great season but it had likeable characters, solid writing, good acting and the Thunder Rangers. I would have enjoyed it a lot more if it took itself seriously but as far as a comedy series goes, it felt like it had actual effort put into it, which is rare for comedy series.

I don't particularly aee what places Ninja Storm's comedy over any other seasons aside from stuff like Turbo's, but...eh. I'll wait until I watch it again.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Battlizer

I don't particularly aee what places Ninja Storm's comedy over any other seasons aside from stuff like Turbo's, but...eh. I'll wait until I watch it again.

Every reason that I outlined in my post is why I place it above the other comedy series.

The other comedy series had bad acting, awful characters, crap writing and absolutely nothing memorable other than how bad they were.

Ninja Storm is by no means one for the history books but I find the all out comedy seasons always the lowest type of Power Rangers seasons and Ninja Storm is just the best of the bottom of the barrel.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Battlizer

SPD is one of the Disney seasons I have barely any recollection of whatsoever.

Seriously?
SPD was awesome. I loved that show, one of the series I actually weathered against Disney's/Jetix's eclectic time slots just to continue watching it.