The New Power Rangers discussion thread

[Kevin]

It's cool, no one liked Turbo; it's considered to be the worst season of PR ever.

Although I've always wondered what fans considered the 2nd worst season after Turbo.

Wild force. And i loved Turbo BECAUSE of Justin. I wanted to be him.

 

[BlackLantern]

SPD is my favorite...least favorite is either Turbo or Jungle Fury

 

[Kevin]

I kind of think of Power Rangers as Generations, almost like with Transformers.

Gen 1: Mighty Morphin' - In Space
Gen 2: Lost Galaxy - Wild Force
Gen 3: Ninja Storm - RPM

Gen 1, of course, the Zordon era.

Gen 2 is the post-Zordon era; new cast each season with only a slight connection with the past Gen particularly with Lost Galaxy and Forever Red.

Gen 3 is the "Disney Era"; with practically NO connection with the Zordon era at all, except Tommy.

How dare you? PROO? Once a Ranger? Adam?? What?! lol

 

[Art_of_Crime]

hopefully if the show is rebooted they will come up with more story ideas. I always felt like the show got caught in a loop. I know they did do a lot of different sub plots, but the main plots were very similar.
teen stuff
bulk and skull make you laugh
putties
morph
monster
grow
zorgs
lesson

don't get me wrong. I know a lot of shows did that, and power rangers was far from the first. Scooby Doo and Inspector Gadget are two of the prime offenders. I think it bothered me the most in power rangers because i felt like that show had so much potential.

 

[Charlie Boy]

Nope. It's 100% serious.

I take it no one has discovered the concept of sarcasm.

 

[BlackLantern]

hopefully if the show is rebooted they will come up with more story ideas. I always felt like the show got caught in a loop. I know they did do a lot of different sub plots, but the main plots were very similar.
teen stuff
bulk and skull make you laugh
putties
morph
monster
grow
zorgs
lesson

don't get me wrong. I know a lot of shows did that, and power rangers was far from the first. Scooby Doo and Inspector Gadget are two of the prime offenders. I think it bothered me the most in power rangers because i felt like that show had so much potential.

what exactly did they do wrong?? Scooby Doo is a franchise that has endured for the better part of 30 years....kids entertainment is very fickle and if you survive that long, you are doing something right

 

[conjob_89]

It's cool, no one liked Turbo; it's considered to be the worst season of PR ever.

Although I've always wondered what fans considered the 2nd worst season after Turbo.

I did enjoy Turbo til they switch actresses for Divatox

Loathed the Ninja Storm line up in the beginning. Three rangers?! Seriously?!

 

[BlackLantern]

I liked the smaller number

 

[Charlie Boy]

The smaller number of rangers worked well for some seasons. I thought Ninja Storm and Dino Thunder were pretty decent seasons.

 

[Art_of_Crime]

what exactly did they do wrong?? Scooby Doo is a franchise that has endured for the better part of 30 years....kids entertainment is very fickle and if you survive that long, you are doing something right

its just the repetitive story structure. if you have seen 5 episodes you have seen them all.

Shows like the new Ninja Turtles cartoon and Avatar the last Airbender have proven that shows with some depth and a long arcing story can be a hit with kids. I just want to see Power Rangers be given a chance like that. For them to be that awesome.

 

[BlackLantern]

Power Rangers, as a franchise, has been around for 25 years (give or take) whatever they are doing seems to work

 

[Art_of_Crime]

are you counting the sentai years too?

 

[BlackLantern]

Im counting from whenever it started in Japan

 

[Art_of_Crime]

you know i'm curious. why is it that people are so unwilling to say anything but positive things about power rangers. I'm not an overly negative person and I did like the show when it first came over here, but i always wished it could have been more than it was. Why is that so awful?
I just want the new show to live up to its potential.

there is so much useless crap on TV these days, and kids shows are in many cases beyond crap. They deserve better.

 

[BlackLantern]

because you seem to be acting like the 20 + years its been on tv means nothing because it hasn't gone in a direction that YOU would like to see it go in

 

[Art_of_Crime]

because you seem to be acting like the 20 + years its been on tv means nothing because it hasn't gone in a direction that YOU would like to see it go in

I just made a statement about the show and now its getting blown way out of proportion.

 

[BlackLantern]

welcome to the Hype....don't back a horse and then not be able to ride the argument through

 

[Art_of_Crime]

welcome to the Hype....don't back a horse and then not be able to ride the argument through

I'm not done, just commenting on the state of things.

Okay fine let me ask you this. Do you want to see a power rangers show that is more of the same formula?

 

[BlackLantern]

I don't see how its a bad thing....from what ive seen, they each have certain themes that progress through the season....they aren't overt but they are there...

SPD started with the B team who weren't supposed to be Rangers but had to step up and eventually take on the A squad

Ninja Storm had them deal with 2 Rangers gone bad, then had Cam as a Ranger some time later on

I seem to recall some relationship stuff in Lightspeed Rescue between the black guy and the hot scientist lady

with Power Rangers I find its best to keep it simple....you want to get all fancy, you get Mystic Force and no one wants that

butt capes


and you have to remember....we aren't the demographic here, kids are

 

[Charlie Boy]

Mystic Force was the worst. I'm not a big fan of stories dealing with magic in the first place... So Mystic Force didn't have much hope going for it before I abandoned that particular season.

 

[Art_of_Crime]

alright, i'm not trying to be a troll.
Any predictions about the zords? CG or guy in suit?
It might be the godzilla fan in me, but I'm a sucker for suits rather than cg.

 

[Gold Samurai]

Since they're most likely going to be adapting "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger" then the mecha will be a mixture of models and CGI

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Once again Shinkenger is a great series. It's mostly dramatic but there are few comedy moments.

Particularly from ShinkenGold(the goofster brought in to lighten the mood)

 

[Art_of_Crime]

that was very..... hyperactive
I see what you mean about the combo. It works.

 

[PyroChamber]

I did enjoy Turbo til they switch actresses for Divatox

Well, technically the "2nd Divatox" was actually the original Divatox from the Turbo movie; they just had the actress who played Dimitria replace her while she was pregnant.

 

[conjob_89]

Well, technically the "2nd Divatox" was actually the original Divatox from the Turbo movie; they just had the actress who played Dimitria replace her while she was pregnant.

Never did like the film/1st Divatox