[wrestlemaniac]

Are there still many fans around here that actually still prefer to just watch our power rangers and don't really bother to get into the sentai stuff ?

i ask this because i have to shamefully admit i think i'm one of them...i grew up with power rangers and no matter how hard i try i just can not fully "accept" the japanese versions as the legit ones even tho they are offcourse.

i've been watching some zyuranger episodes on youtube recently since i finally wanted to see that, i never had before and since i am such a sucker for my beloved MMPR childhood i thought that might be a good watch since at least i was somewhat familair with it ' the suits,zords, baddies..) unlike many other sentais were i really have to start from scratch.

well, it was ok, but i didn't think it was that much better or anything, infact i had a hard time accepting the actors if that makes sense, they didn't really stand out, or apart from each other as much as say billy vs jason.

At the risk of sounding discriminating ( not my intention) i have this problem almost everytime with asian actors, a lot of them look similar and the language is just plain weird to listen to for more then 10 minutes,they always seem to be either shouting or screaming or making unintentionally funny facial expressions.

i've discovered some nice toku groups on facebook, including TTC where you can watch many fully subbed episodes of many diffrent series and all week long i've been watching stuff. from kamen rider the something called justirisers which i had never even heard of and yes the action can be good and the costumes are always exciting but the actual acting, and overall vibe,just doesn't seem to work on me.

I think this was my last attempt at getting into sentai & other toku stuff, when i feel like watching this form of superheroics, i'm sticking with american power rangers, cheesy acting included it still appeals to me more and i'm done feeling guilty about it. lol

i think this is largely in the same vein as asian action movies never really making it big in the us, sure there are groups of people heavily into them and proclaiming how much better they are than the generic american movie schtick but to pretty much 90% of the western population all them asian dudes look alike and don't have enough charisma to pull it off the way we get excited to see something like expendables for example....make an all star movie that casts the 10 best asian actors and hae them team up a la expendables and how many western people would really care ?....right.

i will always have respect and a general appreciation for tokusatsu and how it originated but when i want to watch power rangers i'll just watch power rangers. i'm tired of trying to get into sentai only to keep coming back to the american equivalent time and again.

[KamenRiderOOO]

Yeah...I'm the exact opposite of you. I enjoy Super Sentai way more than Power Rangers. I have no problem with having to watch it in Japanese (granted, I am Asian and know Japanese), but even before I got a full grasp on the language, I liked it.

Compared to your experience of watching Zyuranger and not liking it as much as MMPR, I am the exact opposite, when I rewatched MMPR, I didn't like it as much as I thought I did.

The language may be weird to you, but it sounds beautiful and exotic to me. You know how many american songs I have on my Ipod? Like 4.

American shows in general, besides the occasional musical/comedy show and cartoons, bore me to death. I mean, if you're talking emotion, I say a Japanese actor can portray that a lot better than an american actor. Japanese are way more entertaining to me, I see an american show for a few minutes, I shut it off and turn on some Toku on my laptop.

And in recent years, all of the American Power Rangers actors to me act and seem flatter in their emotions than day old soda.

Super Sentai has always been more entertaining to me. And saying all of them look a like is kinda racist man, I know that's not your intention, but it is.

[Sentai]

Depends on the Series. Geki I like better than Jungle Fury, and I love JF. RPM I love a hellhuvalot better than Go-Ronger. Samurai and Shinkenger.. Are the same, except the people in Shinken can show emotion.

[ZeoRangerV]

It honestly depends on the series. Things like Mystic Force, Jungle Fury and SPD don't even come close to Magiranger, Gekiranger and Dekaranger. But on the other hand, RPM is better than Go-Onger (although they aren't really all that comparable) and Zeo and In Space are better than the little bits I've seen of Ohranger and Megaranger.

[Kamen Rider Meteor]

I found myself not being able to enjoy power rangers now because I discovered sentai. The acting is so horrible in power rangers that it makes it tough to take. Atleast if the acting is bad in Toku, I can't tell the difference. But the Japanese actors seem to have a better grasp on the balance between serious and silly. Maybe it's just me...

[wrestlemaniac]

@kamenriderooo : i know, if i had a more flattering way of expressing it i would, and there are a lot of things i really like and respect about the population and culture in general, i would even like to travel to japan if i ever have enough money to stay for an extended period.

My views are based solely on tv shows nothing else so please forgive me if it made me sound racist

The thing is, jason david frank or even david "billy" yost could walk on the other side of street a mile away and he'd be reckognized by a bunch of people, even casual people not into PR as "that blue power ranger guy !"...wereas if your asian, and unless your a really big legend like jackie chan, nobody around here would pick up on who you are even tho they might've seen you on tv before.

Anyway, please don't be mad at me, i'm just trying to get others opinions,it is a nice debate

[KamenRiderOOO]

Recently, Kuroki's (from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters) actor caught a pervert who video taped a woman in the same store he was in. Red Mask's (From Hikari Sentai Maskman) actor visited the Philippines and was swarmed by fans. Green Flash's (from Choushinsei Flashman) actor saved a man undergoing Cardiac arrest. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that people don't recognize who they are if they're a mile away

[Matrixbeast]

That comparison doesn't quite work. I'd recognize someone like Kenji Ohba long before I'd realize the person across the street from me was David Yost.
It's a matter of perspective. I highly doubt most people would be able to pick the like of David Yost, Austin St. John, etc from a crowd. You might, but they're not the stars you think they are. Likewise, you can't expect an American crowd to pick out a Japanese star on the streets in America, especially when 90% of the stuff they filmed never actually came over here.

[ZeoRangerV]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrestlemaniac

The thing is, jason david frank or even david "billy" yost could walk on the other side of street a mile away and he'd be reckognized by a bunch of people, even casual people not into PR as "that blue power ranger guy !"...wereas if your asian, and unless your a really big legend like jackie chan, nobody around here would pick up on who you are even tho they might've seen you on tv before.

I'm fairly certain if Super Sentai actors walked down the street in Japan more people would recognise them than the Power Rangers actors though.

[Matrixbeast]

Quote:

Originally Posted by KamenRiderOOO

Recently, Kuroki's (from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters) actor caught a pervert who video taped a woman in the same store he was in. Red Mask's (From Hikari Sentai Maskman) actor visited the Philippines and was swarmed by fans. Green Flash's (from Choushinsei Flashman) actor saved a man undergoing Cardiac arrest. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that people don't recognize who they are if they're a mile away

To be fair, that's not really using his star power. That's just being awesome.