Guys I did it. I finally reached the meme scene--
Hey, wait a minute! Hold on! You telling me this whole time it's actually been 'fine day' and not 'Friday'?!?
#Kakuranger
Oh Lord do I remember Ninja Storm detractors acting like this scene completely invalidated them having ranger powers by going, "They didn't even need to morph to beat Lothor!" Like, way to let the message of finding strength from within go completely airborne over your heads.
Dino Fury giving Power Rangers it's first explicit LGBT representation in the TV series. No coyness, no tiptoing around the edge of plausible deniability, no vaguness like 2017 Movie Trini, no coded language, no one on staff or the actors needing to confirm it after the fact.
Still hate New Powers. No, they did not add to the lore of the show. Adding lore would have been telling us these were the [blank] Rangers from the planet Hoopajuub. Not, "These new powers are sweet!!!"
Power Rangers will never return to the quality it had during the late Saban to early Disney run because the environment and circumstances that allowed those type of seasons to be made do not and will not ever exist again.
To understand Power Rangers...
You have to watch
145 episodes of Mighty Morphin
10 episodes of Alien Rangers
50 episodes of Zeo
45 episodes of Turbo
43 episodes of In Space
45 episodes of Lost Galaxy
40 episodes of Lightspeed Rescue
40 episodes of Time Force
40 episodes of Wild
MAJOR MAJOR props for recreating one of the Ch'i Power attacks. So many modern Dairanger tributes focus on either on the weapons or martial arts in general.
#AkibarangerSeasonTsuu
This years marks the anniversaries of:
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers S2 - 30th Anniversary
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy - 25th Anniversary
- Power Rangers Dino Thunder -20th Anniversary
- Power Rangers RPM - 15th Anniversary
- Power Rangers Super Megaforce - 10th Anniversary
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"Other countries airing dubbed tokusatsu before Power Rangers was a thing" and "Power Rangers and the other Ameritoku shows help to expand and introduce a lot of people to henshin hero shows" are both statements that are true and can exist.
Honestly, they deserve props for this change. It's more than just TELLING us this is a cat, they also RESHOT large portions of the fight to fit Kat's feline fighting style over Swan's more graceful form of fighting. A lot of latter era Power Rangers wouldn't bother with that
You know, there's something hilarious ironic to me back in the day how fans who DESPISE the Disney era of Power Rangers acted like Dragon Knight was so much better than all those seasons combined only for it's final battle to basically be the Ninja Storm/Dino Thunder/Jungle Fury
Kids in 2000 were so dumb for not wanting a Supertrain Megazord, I wanna build a time machine, travel back in time, and smack them all in the back of their heads
#GoGoV
Gotta give the suit actors props for how they handled the unmorph roll call. These guys have been doing these poses for a whole year yet when it came time to do the suitless version, they went about it as if this was human actors trying to do them, it's a nice touch.
#Zenkaiger
Finally the big group transformation scene and rollcall, plus the battle featuring the series regulars getting involved in the action! That's how I like my VS fights.
#GoGoVVsGingaman
Samurai's a weird one. It's bad but at the same time as aged somewhat nicely? Like, look at it with MMPR-RPM in the rearview, and it shows its flaws. But look at it with Megaforce-Cosmic Fury on the horizon, and it shows its strengths.
Oh you have no idea how happy this makes me. Always felt it was a shame the nature of their relationship was left hanging at the end of the series and the Returns movie didn't do anything to confirm or deny it, so I'm glad it's concrete canon
#KingOhger
Geki's are a homage to Bruce Lee's jumpsuit and fit the martial arts theme. Donbrothers fits the Momotaro theme. Battle Fever's fit the comic book-y superhero look and incorporate the different countries motif. They invoke SOMETHING!
@ToQ_Ridergou
"All I and many people want is that: inspired aesthetics"
Because when I think inspired, I think track suits, fucking with Photoshop and bootleg Kamen Rider .-.
I thought this was a nice detail
@pisces__88
pointed out to me once how the All Blue Gokai Change has the core 5 changing into blue rangers their suit actors previously performed as. It's a nice touch.
#Gokaiger
Reading the preview for the second issue of the Zero-One comic. Fuwa you are legit the LAST person who should be telling anyone they need a clear mind and discipline.
It's funny how the Disney seasons (Especially the Kalish seasons) were heavily criticize for their use of explosions and wire-fu when it was all here in Time Force
I remember thinking how lame and underwhelming the Kira and Tori fight part was in Thunderstorm, so imagine my surprise learning it was actually a recreated bit from Aba vs Hurri
Fun fact: Usopp's nose is actually a double reference, obviously to Pinocchio but also to a folk saying in Japan where if someone gets a huge ego or is overly confident it's called "becoming a tengu" and in manga/anime it's signified by suddenly getting a long nose!
Finished
#Gingaman
yesterday. Gingaman's one of those shows where... I wouldn't call divisive but always had a mixed bag reception within the fandom. Back in the 2000s, folks whenever talking about Gingaman often treated it like it was the worst television show Toei ever produce
This whole splitting seasons across two-three years really messes with my chronologically. I have to remind myself we only had 4 teams in Neo-Saban despite it lasting 8 years
Guys, its here. It's finally here. It's the iconic Goranger pose!
And it only took... 72 episodes for it to happen. We're in the final 12 episodes of the series, btw
#Goranger
Still can't get over that Genis's backstory was cut from the last episode because Utsunomiya-P thought it wasn't "Finale worthy"
Soooooooo glad he got fired
See on a reqatch knowing Genis' secret I had s feeling that this care Genjs had for TheWorld was genuine if only in a smidgen.
It's because much like Genis and Myself, Micchan hated himself and it made him the perfect victim for an ever so slightly sympathetic Mass of Moeba
It's just so jarring to me seeing the Engines being rendered in CGI now for all their modern appearances. I guess they really no longer have their models from 2008.
#BoonBoomger