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roffels posted:Is there a good reason why Power Rangers stopped using sentai's foot soldiers? Seems like it would limit their ability to use sentai footage without much payoff. Technically they only did it in MMPR Seasons 2 & 3 (though to be fair, the Tenga did at least fit in with Kakuranger's whole Youkai motif), Turbo, Space, Lost Galaxy and Dino Thunder. Even then, with the exception of the first two the Sentai mooks almost always show up anyway in some fashion. Not entirely sure why they bothered but to be honest more often then not I actually like most of the PR-exclusive foot soldiers better than their Sentai counterparts. Larryb fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Sep 18, 2018 |
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Larryb posted:Technically they only did it in MMPR Seasons 2 & 3 (though to be fair, the Tenga did at least fit in with Kakuranger's whole Youkai motif), Turbo, Space, Lost Galaxy and Dino Thunder. Even then, with the exception of the first two the Sentai mooks almost always show up anyway in some fashion. Thanks. I guess I'm showing my ignorance because I only watched MMPR through In Space. I'm slowly making my way through the sentai equivalents now.
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Larryb posted:Technically they only did it in MMPR Seasons 2 & 3 (though to be fair, the Tenga did at least fit in with Kakuranger's whole Youkai motif), Turbo, Space, Lost Galaxy and Dino Thunder. Even then, with the exception of the first two the Sentai mooks almost always show up anyway in some fashion. The Sentai mooks in those season usually either didn't mesh with the adjusted theme or seemed too silly for US audiences. Having colorful and cartoonish mooks just doesn't appeal to the audience PR tries to aim for so it becomes easier to just create one out of whole cloth. Lost Galaxy also necessitated a new type of mook given the drastic retheme.
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Xelkelvos posted:The Sentai mooks in those season usually either didn't mesh with the adjusted theme or seemed too silly for US audiences. Having colorful and cartoonish mooks just doesn't appeal to the audience PR tries to aim for so it becomes easier to just create one out of whole cloth. Lost Galaxy also necessitated a new type of mook given the drastic retheme. Out of all of them I think the Doro-Doro from Kakuranger probably could have worked in PR (you could pretty easily pass them off as just a new breed of Putties).
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Effective this week, my minimalist vids will be moving to Fridays and Sundays. This has everything to do with Monday being an awful day for YouTube views and nothing at all to do with the fact that I'm playing catch-up on the latest FF14 patch.
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Lizard Wizard posted:Effective this week, my minimalist vids will be moving to Fridays and Sundays. This has everything to do with Monday being an awful day for YouTube views and nothing at all to do with the fact that I'm playing catch-up on the latest FF14 patch. Are you sure you're not just secretly Garfield?
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Box of Bunnies posted:Are you sure you're not just secretly Garfield? I am no warlock, sir.
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It's been awhile since I watch power rangers or sentai but is it wrong to say I might prefer some versions over others.
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Yes. The Great Bookalah Escape and Forever Red must always be considered as equals
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Most seasons are equally good/poo poo beyond the first.
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I’m more annoyed with myself for stubbornly refusing to check out anything beyond Turbo since I was a kid. I missed out on some cool stuff, but thankfully Netflix is still the MVP.
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 Today on Power Rangers, a mind control plot. We're just getting all the old standbys out of the way early, aren't we?
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Why Why is Turbo good now? Why do I like Elgar?
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Al Borland Korn posted:Why A wizard did it.
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Lizard Wizard posted:A
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sir i am a reptile
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but this sure is hell not: 
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What, you've never heard of a bearded dragon?
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The gem that powers The Phantom Ranger is a Bookalah gem, given to Billy after he moved to Aquitar, by his best friend the Bookalah. He can't morph as already established, it's a powered suit. He can never take it off or he'll start rapidly aging.
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Al Borland Korn posted:Why is Turbo good now? More Catherine Sutherland, I imagine. She's so pretty. 
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I want there to be a story where the Phantom Ranger takes off his mask to reveal another identical mask underneath
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Turbo really should have gone all in on the Sentai essentially being a parody. The Divatox crew and Piranhatrons are such fun villains that they should have made the show work around that.
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Nodosaur posted:I want there to be a story where the Phantom Ranger takes off his mask to reveal another identical mask underneath So... Akibared peeling off his visor to reveal another visor?
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galagazombie posted:Turbo really should have gone all in on the Sentai essentially being a parody. The Divatox crew and Piranhatrons are such fun villains that they should have made the show work around that. Could Turbo work as a parody, in terms of existing length? Like, we've got poo poo with Lothar leaning on the fourth wall, but that's ages later. I'm not sure two seasons off MMPR has enough (for lack of a better term) stuff to parody.
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galagazombie posted:Turbo really should have gone all in on the Sentai essentially being a parody. The Divatox crew and Piranhatrons are such fun villains that they should have made the show work around that. I have no clue where that particular idea came from originally but Carranger isn't really a parody of anything. It's just a more light-hearted season that occasionally mocks some of the tropes of the genre while at the same time embracing them openly. Larryb fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Sep 22, 2018 |
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Larryb posted:I have no clue where that particular idea came from originally but Carranger isn't really a parody of anything. Literally the first paragraph on its Wikipedia page.
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The line between loving sendup and scathing parody is thin and shifts with time. I don't see how any of the ways Carranger "mocks some of the tropes of the genre while at the same time embracing them openly" disqualifies it as a parody. That's kind of what parody is. Airplane! was pretty much the script of the thing it was based on with gags added, and absolutely nobody would say it's not a parody.
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RPM had GREAT parody moments despite it being a pretty dark series. I still recommend anyone to check out "Ranger Series Blue" from RPM
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Caphi posted:The line between loving sendup and scathing parody is thin and shifts with time. Go-Onger kind of does the same thing in addition to being a more lighthearted season but for some reason that's not considered a parody. I guess I just don't see what necessarily differentiates Carranger from any other Sentai (it's not even the first show to use everyday vehicles as mechs since technically Turboranger did it first years before and almost every season has it's goofy monsters. Hell, Jetman had one that was literally a giant cup of ramen). Plus, unlike something like say Akibaranger, the season has its dark moments as well (especially more towards the end). But however you count it, it's still a pretty good show overall and I'd highly recommend checking it out if you haven't already. Larryb fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Sep 23, 2018 |
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Akibaranger is existentially terrifying. What if we're all of us the characters who leave partway through the story, to be replaced with someone refreshing and new? 
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Larryb posted:Go-Onger kind of does the same thing in addition to being a more lighthearted season but for some reason that's not considered a parody. I guess I just don't see what necessarily differentiates Carranger from any other Sentai (it's not even the first show to use everyday vehicles as mechs since technically Turboranger did it first years before and almost every season has it's goofy monsters. Hell, Jetman had one that was literally a giant cup of ramen). Plus, unlike something like say Akibaranger, the season has its dark moments as well (especially more towards the end). RealFoxy posted:RPM had GREAT parody moments despite it being a pretty dark series. I still recommend anyone to check out "Ranger Series Blue" from RPM MadScientistWorking fucked around with this message at 12:44 on Sep 23, 2018 |
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RealFoxy posted:RPM had GREAT parody moments despite it being a pretty dark series. I still recommend anyone to check out "Ranger Series Blue" from RPM "What makes *you* so special?" 'AHM SCOTTISH!!' was that RPM because I honestly thought I was hallucinating
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FilthyImp posted:I woke up in a haze during the big MMPR twitchathon (3 month old baby poo poo) and flipped to the stream to see: Yes, yes it was.
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RPM is a delight. Everyone should watch it if they haven’t already. It was nice to see Gemma reprise her role recently, too. She’s really nice IRL.
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Morby posted:RPM is a delight. Everyone should watch it if they haven’t already. It was nice to see Gemma reprise her role recently, too. She’s really nice IRL. Someone in the thread quoted her intro scene in DiD and it was every bit as funny as they said :bigtran:Hi' I'm from an alternate hellscape where a sentient computer virus is hunting humanity to extinction.   Me Koda, from world dinosaurs no go extinct OMFG REALLY CAN WE GO VISIT HOLY poo poo THAT SOUNDS AMAZING
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FilthyImp posted:Agreed. I know participation according to availability (and willingness to not get paid much) but it was awesome seeing her there. That was so darling and I loved it. I read a review of the episode where someone was very annoyed that Gemma didn’t speak in the same cadence as she did in RPM. I’m actually fine with this because she’s older, Gem was not there, and I assume that the RPM Rangers got a loooooot of therapy.
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Scott: I just crossed over into another universe... I kept my helmet on in case it wasn't safe to breathe the air, since I'm from a dome city. *8 years later* Wes(crashing through portal): Hey Gemma come to my universe! It's totally safe to breath the air!
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 Today on Power Rangers, Porto just loving leaves. Scaly Haylie fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Sep 24, 2018 |
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I enjoy that you've rewritten this in such a way the shithead kid just dies.
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