[Orange Ranger]

Tried watching that the other day. I don't think I made it 15 minutes.

[Dr Kain]

It's funny because I Loved that movie as a kid. I thought it was the coolest thing since the Transformers movie. Then I bought the DVD about two years ago, watched it, and was like, "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah," why did I like this thing? Although, even as a kid, I was always pissed that I waited all summer to see what was going to happen to Goldar after betraying Zedd, only for it to turn out the movie was not in canon with the series.

[ZeoRangerV]

Did exactly what I said I would and had a bit of a Dragon Knight burst over the weekend, and am up to episode 18. Torque's venting has to be the highlight for me so far, not just because I despised the character but because I have to give major props to the show for "killing" a major Ryuki character about 15 episodes in.

My only concern is that this show is getting through the Riders far too quickly. Its not even halfway through and the only ones left to appear are Siren, Wrath and Onyx (and Alternative Zero if he's even in this show). I'm hoping the villains get a bit more interesting soon too, because despite how strong he is Strike is by far the dullest character so far.

[Locke]

Watched a few more episodes of MMPR and if I had one word to describe the series, it would be 'frustrating' mainly because I want to like it...way more than I actually do. MMPR does the rare thing of making all the heroes likeable, they may not be your favourite characters of all time but they all have their charms. Plus, if you're in the right frame of mind, MMPR insanity is just insane fun.

The problem is just how much of a sloppy production this is. The quality of the Zyuranger clips is horrendous, they do nothing to even get similar locations or they leave in things like close ups that expose the 'Zyuranger' on the Morphers or whatever, it's just pathetic. It feels like no effort has gone into the 'Power Ranger' part of their POWER RANGER show.

[Orange Ranger]

It was the 90's and their first attempt at this stuff so I can understand some of those shortcomings related to details and budget. They were successful so they kept doing what they started doing.

[Locke]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orange Ranger

It was the 90's and their first attempt at this stuff so I can understand some of those shortcomings related to details and budget. They were successful so they kept doing what they started doing.

But surely from a film making perspective you'd see the issues here? I'm assuming the Zyuranger footage wasn't that awful looking originally so fuck knows what they did to it, and it seems like common sense to me to try and match your locations as best as possible and do your best to work around moments that are specific to the sentai. But apparently that wasn't common sense to Saban and they never learn....

[Dr Kain]

Okay, on this note, Locke, they had no idea where they wanted to take the show yet. I'm not sure where you are exactly, but you can see things get a lot more comfortable after Doomsday in terms of execution, but then S2 kind of had to start over as they weren't sure how to handle the DaiRanger footage and the leaving of J, Z, and T.

As for the Zyu footage, how bad did it look bad in the 90s? Sure, you could tell what was Jp and what wasn't, but the reason it is much more noticeable is because of HDTVs and stuff.

[Locke]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Okay, on this note, Locke, they had no idea where they wanted to take the show yet. I'm not sure where you are exactly, but you can see things get a lot more comfortable after Doomsday in terms of execution, but then S2 kind of had to start over as they weren't sure how to handle the DaiRanger footage and the leaving of J, Z, and T.

As for the Zyu footage, how bad did it look bad in the 90s? Sure, you could tell what was Jp and what wasn't, but the reason it is much more noticeable is because of HDTVs and stuff.

I'll wait for them to relax into it better then!

And fair shout, but you would think for the DVD releases they'd improve the quality of the Zyuranger footage, even if they don't do a full restore. Although I know nothing about Shout Factory as a company so maybe I'm asking too much of them and just feel sad a better transfer company didn't pick it up.

[Matrixbeast]

"We're sorry, this episode is currently unavailable right now. Please try a different episode or try again later."
-Netflix, stopping me from watching Wild Force on 3 different devices (2 Laptops and my PS3)

Fine. I won't watch Wild Force, then. Maybe I'll start up Zeo or In Space...

[Orange Ranger]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Locke

But surely from a film making perspective you'd see the issues here? I'm assuming the Zyuranger footage wasn't that awful looking originally so fuck knows what they did to it, and it seems like common sense to me to try and match your locations as best as possible and do your best to work around moments that are specific to the sentai. But apparently that wasn't common sense to Saban and they never learn....

SoCal doesn't have a lot a warehouse districts that would match up well with the made up Japanese buildings, especially with Japanese all over the buildings. Shooting places that would be a little better costs more and may not have helped much. I don't think the sentai footage took a huge downgrade in quality or anything. I agree wth Dr. Kain that HD TV's bring out the faults in old footage. I doubt the footage has had any real remastering done except maybe cleaning up the audio.