Power Rangers - the appreciation and discussion thread

[Allio]

Originally Posted by sdp

It's a crossover, it's meant to be fan service, would you rather not have any crossovers because it makes "more sense"?

fanservice for the sake of fanservice is jut terrible writing and shouldn't be condoned

[sdp]

Originally Posted by Allio

fanservice for the sake of fanservice is jut terrible writing and shouldn't be condoned

It's tokusatsu, fan service is a big factor of its appeal. And like I said, in universe there are plenty of explanations.I just don't feel it's something that needs to be explained.

[Allio]

With the ending of Kyuranger and Kaito vs Lupin next week, it was announced that Kyuranger will return for Kyuranger vs Space Squad. So I guess this is also Space Squad episode 2.

Originally Posted by sdp

It's tokusatsu, fan service is a big factor of its appeal. And like I said, in universe there are plenty of explanations.I just don't feel it's something that needs to be explained.

Just like how tmnt fans expect more out of our Turtles, Tokusatsu fans expect more out their grown-ups in spandex. There is a big reason why many love shows like Gaim and Ex-aid and prefer them over others like Wizard and Ghost.

damn. Ghost was bad.

Hell, I'll even say it. I prefer my little girly cartoons to be strong in the story department. It irks me to no end that in Ever After High a Ramona Wolf was forced into being Cerise's sister even though she was clearly written as an only sister. They even refer to stories where her portrayel is of that as an only sister. The only thing I can think of is that since Ever After High is extremely meta over the fact it is indeed a book Ramona may not really exist.

[sdp]

Originally Posted by Allio

Just like how tmnt fans expect more out of our Turtles, Tokusatsu fans expect more out their grown-ups in spandex. There is a big reason why many love shows like Gaim and Ex-aid and prefer them over others like Wizard and Ghost.

I'm not trying to say Tokusatsu is just fan service, but we embrace it as part of it. It's the awesome moments that make you feel "Damn I don't care if they're guys in rubber suits and spandex, THAT was awesome."

Yes, I love great stories, I don't mind cheese here and there either. I want great martial arts and amazing action scenes not to mention cool reveals and twists as long as they make sense. I can be very forgiving on all of these when they don't do it though.

As far as crossovers, they generally don't make sense, not even in Marvel/DC since they usually bring up more questions about how it exactly works than it answers but it's still cool seeing Avengers/Justice League. Fan explanations are fine and we can't say that Power Rangers isn't a franchise that makes crossovers impossible as I mentioned powers get restored all the time and we've seen plenty of power transfers as well, it's not out of this world to think either of those happened before the crossover off-screen. Yes, I'd love to have some dialog to explain but I don't need it. How did Rita become the Mystic Mother? I don't need to know, it was a cool reference for fans I'll take that over nothing which is likely the scenario since they weren't going to explain in one episode who she was, how she became good after In Space and how she became the Mystic Mother, I just don't need those holes filled and I don't think that's bad writing, in fact it may very well be the opposite. Ignoring current plot points which Power Rangers does on plenty of times with dropped storylines is far more annoying.

I disliked Gaim, it's not horrible but definitely the weakest Kamen Rider show I've watched which to be fair is only a few. I haven't watched Ghost and only saw the Decade crossover of Wizard and don't intend to but I'm looking forward to watching Ex-Aid after hearing plenty of great things about it, that's the next show on my bucket list.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by sdp

I'm not trying to say Tokusatsu is just fan service, but we embrace it as part of it. It's the awesome moments that make you feel "Damn I don't care if they're guys in rubber suits and spandex, THAT was awesome."

Yes, I love great stories, I don't mind cheese here and there either. I want great martial arts and amazing action scenes not to mention cool reveals and twists as long as they make sense. I can be very forgiving on all of these when they don't do it though.

As far as crossovers, they generally don't make sense, not even in Marvel/DC since they usually bring up more questions about how it exactly works than it answers but it's still cool seeing Avengers/Justice League. Fan explanations are fine and we can't say that Power Rangers isn't a franchise that makes crossovers impossible as I mentioned powers get restored all the time and we've seen plenty of power transfers as well, it's not out of this world to think either of those happened before the crossover off-screen. Yes, I'd love to have some dialog to explain but I don't need it. How did Rita become the Mystic Mother? I don't need to know, it was a cool reference for fans I'll take that over nothing which is likely the scenario since they weren't going to explain in one episode who she was, how she became good after In Space and how she became the Mystic Mother, I just don't need those holes filled and I don't think that's bad writing, in fact it may very well be the opposite.

I'd have preferred it if Mystic Mother was made to be a relative of Rita or something.

[Allio]

I’m just about ready to write off Drakkon as the Goten of Power Rangers. A personality—less mirror of a previous character whose only contribution is he can become a fusion

[sdp]

JDF narrates Lord Drakko's story for the upcoming comic:




Damn, that looks cool, so are all PR teams now being featured in the comic? Are they different universes or the same one and just time travelling?

Lord Drakkon always seemed cool but reeked too much of DeviantArt and the new comic seemed trying too hard to be hip and dipping too much into fanfic territory but this storyline seems interesting.

Counting we've gotten so much promotion of him, I wouldn't doubt if JDF ever played Lord Drakkon in a real storyline eventually if not the 25th anniversary and even if not It could get a figure. Saban has been promoting it a lot and it's even featured in the mobile game.