JohnCrichton
01-21-2002, 12:44 AM
This hits, kicks and flying punches just keep on coming as I want the world to know that they should be watching Power Rangers once again!!!
When it first came out it was RAW as all hell. Budget was next to non-existant. Acting was par with Saved By the Bell and I was wondering if they thought I was stupid and didn't notice that they were cutting to Japanese stock footage when they morphed.
But, I'm a huge martial art geek, and I will forever love Godzilla and his movies. Here I got a combination of both!
And some of these actors could fight pretty damn good too! That or at least do good gymnastics that made it look like they could fight!
I fell into the groove of the whole thing and eventually I accepted it for what it was and I was having fun and cheering and rocking with the music as the rushed into battle to kill the latest monster!
Then came what I thought would be the sure fire death of the series.... when they started cross splicing together different Japanese Sentai Series (http://www.geocities.com/megasliver/) and alot of the rythmn and feel of the show was utterly thrown off. Together they slapped together American footage with Dairanger (http://timecapsule1.tripod.com/1993.htm) and Zyuranger (http://timecapsule1.tripod.com/1992.htm). Results were pretty ugly....
Then there was decension among the actors who were getting paid the wages of extras.
Then came the soccer moms who came in harping about the show's violence, as a result my beloved violence was heavily editted.
I sat through it all for some sadistic reason. Watching the Rangers turned to kids, from horrible voice acting on characters that could've been cool from an awesome Sentai called, Kakuranger (http://timecapsule1.tripod.com/1994.htm), but instead they opted to use the horrible idea of Mighty Morphing Alien Rangers (http://www.rangercentral.com/mmpr-rg-alienrangers.htm).
I sat through that... and alot of darkness.
Seemed like they just didn't care anymore.
Until......... Power Rangers IN SPACE!!! (http://www.rangercentral.com/data-pris.htm)
Frelling blew the ROOF off what it was thought Power Rangers was!
I remember the coming of the latest season and all the Rangers of old had been retired. I thought they didn't care anymore, but I dunno what happened, or what decision was made, but they hired somebody with talent and a clue of what Sentai was meant to be about.
Action and direction became much more anime-esque as they called in Japanese directors to handle the action aspects of the show.
The end of what us Power Ranger Fans call... the Zordon Era came when the Red Ranger of the series had to take the life of the famed floating head, Zordon himself, to save the rest of the Galaxy that was being attacked by the forces of darkness.
This was the famed Power Ranger Finale called, Countdown to Destruction Part 1 (http://www.rangercentral.com/episodes/ep0001/episode.htm) and Part 2 (http://www.rangercentral.com/episodes/ep0002/episode.htm).
The energy release from his chamber vaporised about all the the villians of the past seasons, freeing up the rest of the Power Ranger Series to come in the Post Zordon Era to forge their own destinies, stories, casts and villians and thus staying more true to the source from which they came..... Sentai!
Since then the stories have been notch-top, creative, fun and no punches pulled.
The latest series, Power Rangers Time Force (http://www.rangercentral.com/data-prtf.htm) was nothing short of excellent. I even got some of my Power Ranger Skeptic friends to get in on the action. I busted out the series finale and they were up out of their chairs cheering they had so much fun!!
So, don't punk out any longer. The show is pimped and there's no reason any longer to be ashamed of tuning in and watching.
That's it for me and I hope you will keep your mind open for a amazing ride of some serious fun and action.
So, click on the links... read through the Episode Guides (http://www.rangercentral.com/main-episodes.htm) n' do some fun homework on the show you should be watching. The Space Episodes(Countdown to Destruction and afterward) all have visual summaries to check out and get into. Become a memeber of the message board and the webmaster, zyuray, can even hook you up with back episodes you might've missed by really want to see.
That's it from the CNX's own Supreme Toonami Ranger and thanks for your time!
"My time, is UP!!!"(PRTF reference ;) )
EDIT: I should've combinted this with the other JCO.. :b
When it first came out it was RAW as all hell. Budget was next to non-existant. Acting was par with Saved By the Bell and I was wondering if they thought I was stupid and didn't notice that they were cutting to Japanese stock footage when they morphed.
But, I'm a huge martial art geek, and I will forever love Godzilla and his movies. Here I got a combination of both!
And some of these actors could fight pretty damn good too! That or at least do good gymnastics that made it look like they could fight!
I fell into the groove of the whole thing and eventually I accepted it for what it was and I was having fun and cheering and rocking with the music as the rushed into battle to kill the latest monster!
Then came what I thought would be the sure fire death of the series.... when they started cross splicing together different Japanese Sentai Series (http://www.geocities.com/megasliver/) and alot of the rythmn and feel of the show was utterly thrown off. Together they slapped together American footage with Dairanger (http://timecapsule1.tripod.com/1993.htm) and Zyuranger (http://timecapsule1.tripod.com/1992.htm). Results were pretty ugly....
Then there was decension among the actors who were getting paid the wages of extras.
Then came the soccer moms who came in harping about the show's violence, as a result my beloved violence was heavily editted.
I sat through it all for some sadistic reason. Watching the Rangers turned to kids, from horrible voice acting on characters that could've been cool from an awesome Sentai called, Kakuranger (http://timecapsule1.tripod.com/1994.htm), but instead they opted to use the horrible idea of Mighty Morphing Alien Rangers (http://www.rangercentral.com/mmpr-rg-alienrangers.htm).
I sat through that... and alot of darkness.
Seemed like they just didn't care anymore.
Until......... Power Rangers IN SPACE!!! (http://www.rangercentral.com/data-pris.htm)
Frelling blew the ROOF off what it was thought Power Rangers was!
I remember the coming of the latest season and all the Rangers of old had been retired. I thought they didn't care anymore, but I dunno what happened, or what decision was made, but they hired somebody with talent and a clue of what Sentai was meant to be about.
Action and direction became much more anime-esque as they called in Japanese directors to handle the action aspects of the show.
The end of what us Power Ranger Fans call... the Zordon Era came when the Red Ranger of the series had to take the life of the famed floating head, Zordon himself, to save the rest of the Galaxy that was being attacked by the forces of darkness.
This was the famed Power Ranger Finale called, Countdown to Destruction Part 1 (http://www.rangercentral.com/episodes/ep0001/episode.htm) and Part 2 (http://www.rangercentral.com/episodes/ep0002/episode.htm).
The energy release from his chamber vaporised about all the the villians of the past seasons, freeing up the rest of the Power Ranger Series to come in the Post Zordon Era to forge their own destinies, stories, casts and villians and thus staying more true to the source from which they came..... Sentai!
Since then the stories have been notch-top, creative, fun and no punches pulled.
The latest series, Power Rangers Time Force (http://www.rangercentral.com/data-prtf.htm) was nothing short of excellent. I even got some of my Power Ranger Skeptic friends to get in on the action. I busted out the series finale and they were up out of their chairs cheering they had so much fun!!
So, don't punk out any longer. The show is pimped and there's no reason any longer to be ashamed of tuning in and watching.
That's it for me and I hope you will keep your mind open for a amazing ride of some serious fun and action.
So, click on the links... read through the Episode Guides (http://www.rangercentral.com/main-episodes.htm) n' do some fun homework on the show you should be watching. The Space Episodes(Countdown to Destruction and afterward) all have visual summaries to check out and get into. Become a memeber of the message board and the webmaster, zyuray, can even hook you up with back episodes you might've missed by really want to see.
That's it from the CNX's own Supreme Toonami Ranger and thanks for your time!
"My time, is UP!!!"(PRTF reference ;) )
EDIT: I should've combinted this with the other JCO.. :b