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04-15-2023, 01:34 PM | #1 |
TokuKnight89
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Well, it's almost time for a game-changing new special.
For some, it's been a long and winding road. We have dozens of episodes and comics and toys and games and a few movies to think back on. Unfortunately we even have a few controversies. Circumstances involving some of the actors haven't always been on the up-and-up. Things happen behind the scenes which we still try to make sense of even to this day: https://twitter.com/PwrRngr/status/1...C9rfnZjtstAAAA What are your musings after all this time? The Good? The Bad? The Ugly? Thoughts for the future? Just remember, Once & Always has its own pre-existing thread. This is for everything that's happened up to this point. Why put an opinion in a General Questions thread? |
04-15-2023, 02:59 PM | #2 |
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The topic is about Mighty Morphins, not about PR in general? Well, I think this is without a doubt an event of its time and I will continue to enjoy both old shows and new products, whatever they are. The main thing is that the phenomenal success of MMPR does not turn the entire franchise into toxic nostalgia and an attempt to repeat its greatness on the basis of the Cargo cult.
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04-15-2023, 03:38 PM | #3 |
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I argued with myself on the title. Technically, it's Mighty Morphin' that is 30 years old, but by-and-large this can be about the entire franchise up to this moment with obvious emphasis on all things Mighty Morphin'.
It's to celebrate the franchise by celebrating it's birthday and what all of that means, including but not limited to the things that aren't worth celebrating. |
04-15-2023, 05:48 PM | #4 |
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I argued with myself on the title. Technically, it's Mighty Morphin' that is 30 years old, but by-and-large this can be about the entire franchise up to this moment with obvious emphasis on all things Mighty Morphin'.
It's to celebrate the franchise by celebrating it's birthday and what all of that means, including but not limited to the things that aren't worth celebrating. |
04-16-2023, 08:12 PM | #5 |
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I haven't really kept up with PR since it finished airing on ABC, but it's a series I definitely grew up watching and it is the gateway to my current broader Toku fandom. From Lightspeed to Timeforce are my favorite because of the great storylines and awesome megazords released.
I think for most people PR is the perfect primer for this genre. So I hope the franchise continues on for new fans to discover all the branches of the Toku tree
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04-17-2023, 10:03 AM | #6 |
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My introduction to PR and the Tokusatsu genre was Dino Thunder, which was an awesome show. It's been a lot of fun seeing how the franchise has changed and innovated in the last 2 decades since I started watching, while learning about the Sentai that these shows came from as well. Hoping for another prosperous 30 years!
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04-19-2023, 02:14 AM | #7 |
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I'm sorry, but this is going to be a long post (added that when I saw the lenght of it)
My introduction to Power Rangers was MMPR. I have fond memories of the series and I even had the comics of the time (even a Zeo comics where compliance machines went crazy, that was funny.) I think I still have my Green Ranger comics somewhere and in good shape. But let's be honest, it was a product of its time and by the time I grew older, there are some stuff that make my eyes roll, notably the humor with Bulk and Skull. I prefer what we got later on when they became cops and less of a joke. Also, you can't help but think that they did a lot of clever editing for the time and I can still see this. When I was a kid, I didn't care about the Green Ranger having a weird Dragon Shield instead of the Zyuranger one. Now, as an adult, when I see this I find it funny. But MMPR, to me, became less thrilling when Jason, Kat and Trini left. I like Zack, I think he had and still has a lot of charisma but my Black Ranger was Adam Park to me. I remember when I stopped watching Power Rangers, it was when Time Force was airing and that it then was bought by Disney. I tried, I really tried but didn't like the Disney formula, I liked some episodes centered around Tommy and he wasn't even my favorite Ranger. Then I came back to PR with Beast Morphers. Seeing a sort of Goldar come back was actually fun, seeing Jason was also fun. The characters were pretty likeable...but damn...I hated that comic duo, it was just...just so out of touch, just bad. One thing that impressed me with Beast Morphers is that you had to start looking for japanese footage and you could find it because of the difference in the quality of the footage. The narrative was also good but I was clearly not a fan of the 2 seasons. I prefer when it's one big stuff like the japanese series, where you see a shift in tone with notably the Christmas episode. Talking about Christmas episodes...I was a little bit weary about Dino Fury because of all the surrounding controversies and all, the buzz just to do the buzz. I gave it a shot and I like it. And to me they are doing things right, and that Christmas episode in season 1 WAS the shift in tone that we have in japanese series. Then here is my honest opinion on Dino Fury, to me, it's definitely the right direction they should go for. Now the jokes are actually midly funny, and it's not tied to only two characters Even though yeah...J-Borg and Jane could be considered that, but they toned it done. I actually had a laugh with the episode where Ollie gets his streak of bad luck at the end of said episode. And I know it's silly. I'm still currently watching Dino Fury, and despite some stuff being a bit kiddy (like the Finders Keepers stuff), like the morals they make, it's not made to be too kiddy, it can have meanings for us adults too. Japanese footage are near undistinguishable from the rest and I'm often wondering what's what (the Zords footages don't count though, these ones are obvious) I was curious enough to watch the first Ryusoulger episode and I was surprised to not like it. There's no nuance, things are too comedic, or overly dramatic. I was also surprised to see that the very first two antagonists you see are...hu the equivalent of Boomtower and Mucus. Talking about Mucus, I'm surprised to like a monster character that much that I would like a figure of it x) I also like that they brought back Zedd, I'm in the episode where Void King appeared so I don't know much about Zedd's involvement in the rest of the Dino Fury season but when I saw him come back, I was thrilled because to me it meant that MMPR would come back. I plan to watch Once and Always tonight and honestly, I don't mind the choice of the characters, I don't know what motivate them apart from the new Yellow Ranger but I suppose there's an in universe explanation as to why it's Kat coming back and not Kimberly. And as much as I loved Kimberly at the time...I don't mind seeing Kat at all. Once and Always, to me, is like going full circle and seeing a 55 minutes MMPR episodes with current technologies is what I was hoping for. It was a rocky road after Time Force but... The Power Rangers series while staying true to its legacy and its roots has beautiful evolved. Last edited by Yarlick; 04-19-2023 at 02:18 AM.. |
04-19-2023, 03:46 AM | #8 |
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I was a wee lad when the Power Rangers swept the nation, but I remember loving every second of it. Catching the debut, watching reruns whenever I got home from school, renting VHS's that only had like, 3 episodes a tape.
Also owning the Green With Evil saga on VHS, which was awesome. Power Rangers was a massive part of my childhood, and even when my friends aged out of it, I still remember my brother and I enjoying it. We were massive nerds I watched PR consistently up until Mystic Force, which was where I kind of stopped following it at a regular basis, and Jungle Fury where I stopped entirely (Granted, I did try to watch RPM, but it was fucked over by scheduling that I could never follow it). Power Rangers (As well as Godzilla) made me a toku fan from a very early age, so I was consuming that shit all the time. Masked Rider and the Metal Hero adaptations, SSSS, as well as even renting a VHS of Kamen Rider Kuuga from an Asian video rental store (Grandmother is Japanese, so we went to this place somewhere in Tennessee every so often. Came across a VHS called "Kamen Rider Couga" and gave it a watch. No idea what was going on, but it was neat) For a franchise so cheesy, it has an undeniable charm and warmth to it. Helmeted heroes fighting monsters in rubber suits is something made fun of, but it's always something that made me smile, and it does to this day.
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