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Post by tatsuranger on Sept 1, 2022 11:19:20 GMT -5
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Post by AlwaysARanger85 on Sept 1, 2022 16:08:03 GMT -5
I seriously doubt that. All I like out of 30th. Is a solid story with the cast. Some nice ties to franchise history. And a solid ending if the current pru is over. If the Netflix stuff won't cross over with old pru for a bit.
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Post by Quantum Leap Ranger on Sept 1, 2022 17:42:26 GMT -5
It's a big, big wager given the state of the franchise over the 3 decades. Although we don't know much about what's in store for the planned reboot, all things are possible. Only time will determine how that pans out.
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Post by xman on Sept 1, 2022 21:22:18 GMT -5
No it won't. It ain't never gonna bring the franchise back to it's "golden years." Because the real golden years of Power Rangers ended with Power Rangers RPM. This new season in 2023 could be like the U.S. equivalent to Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger BRAVE/Power Rangers Dino Force Brave as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by BradyMcKnight on Sept 2, 2022 0:25:23 GMT -5
This show never had one singular “golden years” period. Like, literally the second season was a tremendous mess. Turbo was terrible. Lightspeed was boring. SPD through Jungle Fury is pretty meh.
Like, Dino Charge was better than all of those, but most wouldn’t consider it “the golden years.”
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Post by Venusaur on Sept 2, 2022 9:10:36 GMT -5
No it won't. It ain't never gonna bring the franchise back to it's "golden years." Because the real golden years of Power Rangers ended with Power Rangers RPM. This new season in 2023 could be like the U.S. equivalent to Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger BRAVE/Power Rangers Dino Force Brave as far as I'm concerned. It can't be golden years (notice the plural) when its just one season. The seasons preceding RPM definitely weren't part of any golden era. |
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Post by tatsuranger on Sept 2, 2022 11:04:47 GMT -5
I agree with everyone. Those days are long gone. By "golden years" the writer of this article obviously means "relive the zeitgeist of Mighty Morphin " like this franchise hasn't been trying (and failing) to do that with the current show for over a decade?
It comes off as them saying that they've tried everything from the Mighty Morphin era and they've been mostly bad to failure. From;
Rehashing the original theme song.
Saying "its Morphin Time" every season since Megaforce.
Using the high school setting (for Megaforce and Ninja Steel)
Trying to re-create Bulk and Skull with unfunny comedy duos
Making monsters and generals who look threatening from looks alone (and in some cases were written as way better characters in their sentai) be slow witted, bumbling idiots ala Rita and her band of freaks.
Bringing back characters from Mighty Morphin who plays no long-term vital roles outside of Nostalgic reasons ie Lord Zedd coming back in Dino Fury.
Ham-fisted attempts at lessons of the day that wouldn't look out of place in a late 80s-90s PSA.
Now their latest attempt to trying to relive the glory days of Mighty Morphin is to drag Dino Fury for three seasons?
It won't work. These people need to let go of the past. The original era obviously was huge. PR will never be level again. Mighty Morphin was an amazing show for it's time, but It was lightning in a bottle. The Disney era worked because it used elements that made MMPR great, but updated it respectfully. Now its MMPR 2010 repackaged from every season ever since Haim Saban bought the rights back and this MAY be no different.
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Post by xman on Sept 2, 2022 13:23:29 GMT -5
I agree with everyone. Those days are long gone. By "golden years" the writer of this article obviously means "relive the zeitgeist of Mighty Morphin " like this franchise hasn't been trying (and failing) to do that with the current show for over a decade? It comes off as them saying that they've tried everything from the Mighty Morphin era and they've been mostly bad to failure. From; Rehashing the original theme song. Saying "its Morphin Time" every season since Megaforce. Technically, it was Power Rangers Samurai that re-used, "It's Morphin' Time" throughout its' initial run of the Neo-Saban era. Trying to re-create Bulk and Skull with unfunny comedy duos. It depends on which comedic duos aren't even that funny, writing-wise. Then again, there were also some unfunny characters from the Disney-era like Marah and Kapri from Ninja Storm, Leelee Pimvare from Mystic Force *cringe!!* Norg the Yeti from Operation Overdrive, Dax Lo. Yeah, remember him?! Mr. "Derp-face" or "This is like a movie. Shut up, Dax!!" Or in this case, "Asian Tommy Lee Jones' Two-Face from Batman Forever." No really, Dax Lo mugs to the camera a lot more than Tommy Lee Jones' Two-Face did. And in the Zordon-era, you have Divatox and Elgar from Turbo. Remember them?! Making monsters and generals who look threatening from looks alone (and in some cases were written as way better characters in their sentai) be slow witted, bumbling idiots alas Rita and her band of freaks. Again, it depends on which Super Sentai series you are watching. Shinkenger's villains are okay. The Deboss Army in Kyoryuger are alright. Although, Sledge and his crew were more entertaining to watch in my opinion. The villains in Goseiger, except for Burajira were just there. Gokaiger has Basco, so there's that. In Go-Busters, you cared more about Enter and Escape being the main villains than you do with Messiah. Seriously, why do you care so much for Messiah being the main villain in Go-Busters, again?! What's so special about him?! Enter just literally took over in the final episodes. We didn't adapt Toqger, so there's a relief. But we did take the Baron Neros suit and hat, but replaced the head piece with something else and called him, "Cosmo Royale." Then we renamed the Madame Noir suit into Void Queen. The villains in Ninninger all suck, except for Rabi Gaizou who had an interesting arc in the first batch of episodes he was in. But after he was killed off, "Baka-haru" Igasaki/Akaninger kept getting stronger for no reason without any real character growth or development. Izayoi Kyuuemon is alright, but they could have done better with him. The rest of the villains from that show....  . Then you have the "villains" from Ryuusoulger. What exactly do you remember about the villains from Ryuusoulger?! Not a whole lot since they are all easily forgettable. I wish I could say the same for the heroes in Ryuusoulger, but I don't care for any of the heroes in that show and I'd rather forget that those characters even existed since they brought nothing to the table compared to the teams of Sentai heroes that came before them in the more recent years and the Kirameigers. Bringing back characters from Mighty Morphin who plays no long-term vital roles outside of Nostalgic reasons I.E. Lord Zedd coming back in Dino Fury. And why should Tommy Oliver in Super Megaforce's "Legendary Battle", Super Ninja Steel's "Dimensions in Danger" Jason Lee Scott and "Goldar Maximus" in Beast Morphers' "Grid Connection" be any different?! I mean, they're from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers as well. So, shouldn't that rule also apply to them as well?! Same goes for Katherine Hillard and Rocky DeSantos' characters in "Dimensions in Danger" and Bulk in Samurai. I'm just saying. Ham-fisted attempts at lessons of the day that wouldn't look out of place in a late 80s-90s PSA. Which didn't really happened at the end of each episodes in Dino Charge and Beast Morphers. Ninja Steel, not-so-much since Mick Kanic was pointing out the blatant hypocrisy coming from the Rangers in that show. Now their latest attempt to trying to relive the "glory days" of Mighty Morphin is to drag Dino Fury for three seasons? It won't work. These people need to let go of the past. The original era obviously was huge. PR will never be at that level again. Mighty Morphin was an amazing show for its' time, but it was lightning in a bottle. The Disney-era worked because it used elements that made MMPR great, but updated it respectfully. Now its' MMPR 2010 repackaged from every season ever since Haim Saban bought the rights back and this MAY be no different. Well, Dino Thunder was the only installment that felt like a reboot of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. But, it had Tommy as the mentor-character and that's understandable. Ever other installment of that era were just trying to expand with the mythology like in the case of RPM. Or, they just want to do their own thing like Jungle Fury did as well as adding in some callbacks and Easter egg nods to past seasons like SPD did. |
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Post by crossranger on Sept 2, 2022 13:25:35 GMT -5
It's Den of Geeks, so......press X to doubt. Seriously, the whole "let's bring the cast of Dino Fury to SPAAACE" and comparing it with the first 3 seasons of MMPR is a big stretch. For what I know, it's not like Dino Fury has been a huuuuge success, like the first season of MMPR. It's just, they told some competent storylines, decent characterization, and, I dunno about the ratings, but it's not like they did something big or new. There were contradicting information in the last months, rumors, radio silence in creators producers, writers. This whole thing was a real surprise, but "potentially THE NEW GOLDEN ERA OF POWER RANGERS!!!!" is a little of a exaggeration. |
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Post by fuferthought on Sept 30, 2022 3:54:38 GMT -5
Golden years huh?…. They tried that several times with little to no success. Some of the best series didn’t involve the bulk and skull slap comedy or yelling its morphin time. It means nothing without a great story. Thats the biggest difference. Thats the reason why InSpace, Time Force, and Lost Galaxy are so great. The story line was so great. So if we are going back to the “golden years” lets go to that… not MMPR. Beast Morphers and Dino Fury writing has gotten a lot better. I look forward to Cosmic Fury although I hate the name, but I understand they are keeping the same rangers which I highly respect. I wish it wouldve started at Ninja Steel
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. Then you have the "villains" from Ryuusoulger. What exactly do you remember about the villains from Ryuusoulger?! Not a whole lot since they are all easily forgettable. I wish I could say the same for the heroes in Ryuusoulger, but I don't care for any of the heroes in that show and I'd rather forget that those characters even existed since they brought nothing to the table compared to the teams of Sentai heroes that came before them in the more recent years and the Kirameigers.
