[Klonoahedgehog]

Operation overdrive. Everything, except once a ranger.

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Dino Thunder summed up in half a sentence

Well, now I've gotta go back and watch Dino Thunder in it's entirety, because I watched some of the reruns on Nicktoons, and I thought it held up pretty well.

Also, I thought you were going to say Decade at first.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I can't bring myself to agree with that, since so many of Dino Thunder's stories were so atrociously resolved that it if someone were to tell me that DT's writing staff changed halfway through the series, I'd believe them.

Resolved is being kind, huge chunks of Dino Thunder's plot is basically just dropped. Especially when it comes to the initial conflicts around Trent. Trent really was just a terrible character.

[Kamen Rider Ultra]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Yes. Because Ultraman and the Dynaman parody would totally be enough to draw all of us into the toku.

There aim wasn't to draw you into toku, it was to draw your parents/your money out of them/you.

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Hate Disney or Saban, but Power Rangers is pretty much the universal point for about 90% of the members here, and various other non Asian toku fans online.

I was watching the original "Super Sentai Series" as they were airing in Japan. When I saw "Power Rangers", I was like cool, a U.S. version. Once I saw how they were butchering it. My aspirations for it faded quickly, I was done with it by Power Rangers Turbo.

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Oh, as for the continuity problems, just blame it on Time Force or something

I blame Saban and Disney.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Ultra

I'd rewrite it by not having Disney or Saban TOUCH the Super Sentai Franchise.

Meaning, having a production company who actually cares about the source material and not just turning a profit. (But yeah, that'll happen )

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by SideswipePrime

Well, now I've gotta go back and watch Dino Thunder in it's entirety, because I watched some of the reruns on Nicktoons, and I thought it held up pretty well.

Also, I thought you were going to say Decade at first.

Psh, nah. Decade was terrible from start to finish

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Originally Posted by Locke

Resolved is being kind, huge chunks of Dino Thunder's plot is basically just dropped. Especially when it comes to the initial conflicts around Trent. Trent really was just a terrible character.

It pains me to hear that, because Trent had so much potential, and they handled his introduction well...

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Ultra

There aim wasn't to draw you into toku, it was to draw your parents/your money out of them/you.

You missed the point.
Without Power Rangers, about 90% of us would not be here talking. It doesn't matter what their goal was, it was through that franchise that sparked any interest.
"Yes, but I saw the original Sentai from Japan"
That's good for you. The rest of the board didn't.

[Locke]

Yeah Trent's introduction is fantastic. The way he is torn and pained by how his power was used to hurt his friends, the way Conner refuses to accept him, his romance with Kira. Then it all goes nowhere...

I HATE people who say that Power Rangers butchered Super Sentai. Yes Power Rangers uses sentai fights *claps for you because you are the smartest one on our board* but that doesn't mean Power Rangers IS Super Sentai. They don't just dub the footage, they add new characters, new stories and new fights. Whether you like the direction the Power Rangers version takes it, the original sentai is not ruined, because a) the sentai will always be there but b) IT ISN'T THE SAME THING.

[Kamen Rider Ultra]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

You missed the point.
Without Power Rangers, about 90% of us would not be here talking. It doesn't matter what their goal was, it was through that franchise that sparked any interest.
"Yes, but I saw the original Sentai from Japan"
That's good for you. The rest of the board didn't.

No I didn't "miss" the point, I was just irrelevant to me.

Because Saban tried to spark our interests in Super Sentai/toku, back in the mid 1980's. It didn't take.

All I'm saying is that we can have "Power Rangers". But had a production company who actually cared about the source material and not just turning a profit. (But yeah, that'll happen )

Had someone else picked it up, produced it, and oversaw it. Instead of those two companies.

With the popularity of the franchise, someone was bound to pick it up. We just so happen to had Saban pick it up first.

[TokuChris]

Abandoned story lines from Dino Thunder:

- Tommy and Smitty
- Tommy and Anton
- Trent's birth parents
- Zeltrax's reason for revenge

I put the last one in there because let's face it - it takes more than "you were more successful than me" to harbor that much hatred and spite for someone.

[Locke]

Everything about Zeltrax was inconsistent, remember when he turned against Mesogog for no reason and completely undermined pretty much his entire motivations prior?