How do you feel about Power Rangers?
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How do you feel about Power Rangers?
This is a question mostly for people who grew up with Tokusatsu in Japan. How do you people feel about Power Rangers? How did you first hear about it and what was your initial reaction and has it changed over time or not?
How do you feel about the popularity of the show, the differences from Sentai, etc. Do you hate it? Like it ? Don't care for it at all? You decide.
(By the way, I'm not mentioning shows like VR Troopers or Masked Rider because their popularity wasn't the same as their Japanese counterparts.)
How do you feel about the popularity of the show, the differences from Sentai, etc. Do you hate it? Like it ? Don't care for it at all? You decide.
(By the way, I'm not mentioning shows like VR Troopers or Masked Rider because their popularity wasn't the same as their Japanese counterparts.)
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Moved topic to the appropriate forum.
But as for me, I really didn't care for it. I did watch parts of it when I want to compare it to its Sentai series, but that's about it. I never found TV-Nihon because of Power Rangers so I could care less about it.
But as for me, I really didn't care for it. I did watch parts of it when I want to compare it to its Sentai series, but that's about it. I never found TV-Nihon because of Power Rangers so I could care less about it.
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When i first saw Power Rangers as little kid it was pretty cool. Now I see how some scenes are from the japanese version. Heck they need to stop getting big people for the show cause it doesn't make sense when they transform into the skinny suits >:O
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I feel the same way I would feel about any show that Copies the action scenes, stories and creativity from another show. I say it is trash and perpetrating a fraud. Regardless if I watched power rangers as a kid. The lack of originality is pathetic.
Make your own suits, helmets, monsters....hell.. make your own show and stop corrupting super sentai footage which has blood sweat and tears put into it to make it great.
Its like if you grew up watching Marvel Comics stuff and found Stan Lee copied everything from something SO MUCH BETTER. You'd be like "wtf man i've been watching a ripoff all this time????"
Make your own suits, helmets, monsters....hell.. make your own show and stop corrupting super sentai footage which has blood sweat and tears put into it to make it great.
Its like if you grew up watching Marvel Comics stuff and found Stan Lee copied everything from something SO MUCH BETTER. You'd be like "wtf man i've been watching a ripoff all this time????"
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Re: How do you feel about Power Rangers?
I'm American, so I never grew up in japan. But I grew up watching Power Rangers when I was little. Hell I still watch every now and then. When I found out about sentai, My foolish mind thought it was a rip off of power rangers! that was untill I found out about pre-Zyuranger shows, then I felt like an asshole.
Now I love sentai just as much as I love Power Rangers. Is PR inferior to Sentai? to me, it's not. Thats because due to different censorship stuff for us Americans, PR is about the same as sentai either way. While I still feel we have been getting stupid on how much voilence isto much for our precious children's minds(eye roll), Power Rangers is still a good show that will stick with me and my childhood till the day I die.
Now I love sentai just as much as I love Power Rangers. Is PR inferior to Sentai? to me, it's not. Thats because due to different censorship stuff for us Americans, PR is about the same as sentai either way. While I still feel we have been getting stupid on how much voilence isto much for our precious children's minds(eye roll), Power Rangers is still a good show that will stick with me and my childhood till the day I die.
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Yeah, space insect queen? themes about evil being more complex than it seems? post-apocalypse world with an evil computer trying to make everyone into cyborgs and conquer the world(and BEFORE Go-buster did it?)? Power rangers totally lacks originality.BigSlim wrote: The lack of originality is pathetic.
seriously. not every season is carbon copy of the sentai. And time force is a good example of an adaptation.
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Even timeforce "borrowed" Japan's suit designs and action footage. If subtitles were available then I'd have chosen TimeRanger.locuas wrote:not every season is carbon copy of the sentai. And time force is a good example of an adaptation.BigSlim wrote: The lack of originality is pathetic.
Its ok if im the only one that finds power rangers worthless after discovering Super Sentai.
I don't like imitation beef either its a hamburger or its not. Some people need watered/dumbed down entertainment where death, personal demons, cursing, knives, bullets and real adversity dont exist. I'm not one of those people.
ALL Tokusatsu shows contain deep wisdom that I have NEVER seen in american shows and not because I haven't looked for it. Every episode teaches lessons in humanity that can only be taught through semi realistic trials that their heroes go through.
If you prefer americanized A.D.D. Rangers then more power to you.
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I think SPD & RPM is a better example of an adaptation. BTW, I have ADHD and I am very offended by what you said! Nah, I'm just kidding.
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time force is a good example of using the same story. SPD is a good example of using the theme(but not the same story). RPM is a good example of...well, using the footage and tell whatever story you want.
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Re: How do you feel about Power Rangers?
Having watched 18 episodes of ZyuRanger so far, I have to say I actually prefer Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The additional scenes with the bad guys, rangers, and mecha are fun, but for an actual story, ZyuRanger bores me.
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Re: How do you feel about Power Rangers?
You could just not be a snob. They're both childrens shows and both have their own themes, strengths and weaknesses and were meant to appeal to widely different audiences. Sentai isn't automatically better just because it's from Japan and sometimes has darker material.BigSlim wrote: Its ok if im the only one that finds power rangers worthless after discovering Super Sentai.
I don't like imitation beef either its a hamburger or its not. Some people need watered/dumbed down entertainment where death, personal demons, cursing, knives, bullets and real adversity dont exist. I'm not one of those people.
ALL Tokusatsu shows contain deep wisdom that I have NEVER seen in american shows and not because I haven't looked for it. Every episode teaches lessons in humanity that can only be taught through semi realistic trials that their heroes go through.
If you prefer americanized A.D.D. Rangers then more power to you.
OT: I enjoyed Power Rangers a lot growing up and I still appreciate it immensely.
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Re: How do you feel about Power Rangers?
Ruecian wrote:
You could just not be a snob. They're both childrens shows and both have their own themes, strengths and weaknesses and were meant to appeal to widely different audiences. Sentai isn't automatically better just because it's from Japan and sometimes has darker material.
OT: I enjoyed Power Rangers a lot growing up and I still appreciate it immensely.
If I could give you a Cookie and a hug, I would. What you said makes sense and I dont get why these Hardcore Power Ranger and Super Sentai nuts get so worked up over which is better.
Like I said, KID SHOWS! DIFFERENT CENSORSHIPS! ENJOY BOTH!
But that's just my way of thinking.
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typical name calling for having a different opinion. target audience is irrelevant to whether a show copies another's creativity.Ruecian wrote:
You could just not be a snob. They're both childrens shows and both have their own themes, strengths and weaknesses and were meant to appeal to widely different audiences. Sentai isn't automatically better just because it's from Japan and sometimes has darker material.
OT: I enjoyed Power Rangers a lot growing up and I still appreciate it immensely.
Power Rangers uses the Japanese ideas but carves the Japanese Actors out of the footage that they use. Sentai is always automatically better because they make their show from scratch. Original suits, stories, mecha, sounds you name it. Instead of cutting and pasting action overseas to sell toys like power rangers does.
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first, do you know how much original footage some PR shows like rpm or some of the team-ups has?
second, automatically better? that's like saying seven samurai is automatically better than the magnificent seven!
second, automatically better? that's like saying seven samurai is automatically better than the magnificent seven!
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Dude. Toshiro Mifune. No contest. It is automatically better than Magnificent Seven.