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Unmorphed fighting is a higher up the management chain thing, most likely Shuki Levy. The amount of relationship stuff is because many of the writers were formerly writing Sweet Valley High and thought for the first ten episodes or so that they were writing that show with a sci-fi/paranormal twist. Sakamoto is an oddity in tokusatsu production circles because he broke through via Power Rangers and so a fight scene with actors and stunt lookalikes is something he likes to include even though most of the foreign programs aren’t casting for it like Saban used to, and so many of the young actors and models they hire didn’t sign on for that. In the Fourze/OOO movie, Fourze gets a bit of untransformed stunt show stuff but the older riders not so much.Wildly enough the Ex-Aid (and Ghost) guys seemed to do well with it even though their characters are doctors who are in-series practically non-combatants without their powers. Who is Japan’s JDF? Most likely Hiroshi Fujioka, and that was in the seventies. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Sep 4, 2021 |
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Fourze also gets the kickass unmorphed fight in the finale.
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I like the novelty of the MMPR unmorphed fights, but watching them in 2021 I can't help but think of all those terrible ninja movies that were being pumped out at the time. The best fight for me will always be the Rumble in the Bronx homage in Time Force.
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So was Frankie Chang a real actor and they disguised a Robot as him? Or was Cinecon like the first mutant Ransik let out and then he produced several films very quickly like Roger Corman with original creation Frankie Chang that were so good the name Frankie Chang and his films would endure for 1000 years, all as a prelude to trap the rangers? I believe the latter
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Craptacular! posted:Who is Japan’s JDF? Most likely Hiroshi Fujioka, and that was in the seventies. I imagine that's also a large reason why they don't like having the face doing stunts, since he had the accident while filming Kamen Rider.
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Burkion posted:What makes it special is holy Goddamn sweet Jesus the fights. Especially the Zord Fights I haven't revisited MMPR aside from clips, but I watched Zyuranger a few years back and the Sentai guardian beast footage is something else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWRVnt-EPFQ Edge of my seat watching children's programming. Just pure awesome.
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Has there been much unmorphed fighting in the current series? I remember watching a bit on Hunter Deno's personal channel of her doing some stuntwork and she looked really good.
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Not every episode but yeah there's been a decent amount. Maybe one out of every three has some unmorphed fighting.
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The original morphed footage is also good Like no poo poo I've rewatched the Izzy and Javi debut fight at least three times because they're so fun. Javi dual wields Ryusoul Kens! Izzy uses a javelin and uses Boomtower as a launch pad!
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Surely nostalgia plays a big part, but Dragonzord is still easily one of my favorite zord designs. Black with gold and green highlights. Big thing on head, bursts from water. Controlled by a flute trumpet dagger. He’s cool. The worst thing is probably those stubby arms, but at the same time giving him longer arms would probably look stupid.
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Darth TNT posted:The worst thing is probably those stubby arms, but at the same time giving him longer arms would probably look stupid. But honestly. I like the stubby arms. The suit actor did some great work giving it unique physicality. I can picture the way it moved its arms semi-robotically, in these exaggerated circles and displays of aggression. Yeah it's mechagodzilla, but mechagodzilla was loving cool. It helps that unlike the Megazord, Dragonzord had a ton of attack options (hand missiles, tail, tail drill).
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As a ten year old I did not question that you summoned the dragonzord by playing a dagger like a flute, even though it had no holes and you were wearing a full mouth guard, and it sounded like a trumpet.
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Some early Dino Fury Gold footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtbFfDG4lq0
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Junpei posted:Some early Dino Fury Gold footage Haha those commercial voices are so bad
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why do they all sound like TMNT imitators from the 90s but everyone is trying to be Mikey?
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I wonder if that's just kind of the 'identity' of that networks promotion for their various shows
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Never knew until now that I wanted a crossover of rangers with Bill & Ted.
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Craptacular! posted:Never knew until now that I wanted a crossover of rangers with Bill & Ted.
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Spoilers are coming out for Dino Fury right now and there is one absolutely huge one: First gay ranger
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John Wick of Dogs posted:Spoilers are coming out for Dino Fury right now and there is one absolutely huge one: well I mean there was Trini from the '17 movie, she was also gay
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John Wick of Dogs posted:Spoilers are coming out for Dino Fury right now and there is one absolutely huge one: Which one out of curiosity?
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Larryb posted:Which one out of curiosity? If I had to guess, based on a comment Simon Bennett made about Episode #13 being one of his favorites, and it's synopsis, I'm going to guess Izzy
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I found it. https://twitter.com/PowerRangersFun/status/1435285012459384834
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The episode in question has apparently aired internationally and it’s confirmed: Izzy’s canonically gay and has a girlfriend now
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From an actor saying "I tried to play a gay character and the producers told me to tone it down" to an actual gay character in just four years. All it took was Haim Saban being promoted into irrelevance! (Although I don't think the problem with Monty so much was the idea of him being gay, but the actor expressing it through so much camp that it was bordering on excessive even for Power Rangers.)
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Apparently, the actor who played Riley acted as if he was gay and had a crush on Chase
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Well, no more acting as if required Now even Rangers on TV can be gay and do crimes
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Larryb posted:The episode in question has apparently aired internationally and it’s confirmed: Izzy’s canonically gay and has a girlfriend now Groovy
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Junpei posted:well I mean there was Trini from the '17 movie, she was also gay Becky G-rini was so vague she could have been on the outs for being gay or just being an underachieving punk Hispanic girl. Probably one of the weakest plot points of that film.
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FilthyImp posted:Becky G-rini was so vague she could have been on the outs for being gay or just being an underachieving punk Hispanic girl. Is it time to dunk on 2017 Power Rangers the Movie again no, no, not yet no
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Hey, I liked it. It's probably as American as Tokusatsu can get when Hollywood is involved. Breakfast Club with superpowers. No, I don't want to talk about the horrible suits, zord designs, Megazord, Zordon, Alpha...
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FilthyImp posted:Hey, I liked it. It's probably as American as Tokusatsu can get when Hollywood is involved. Breakfast Club with superpowers. I think we feel exactly the same about the movie
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I enjoyed it while I was watching it, but the moment I left the theater I started realizing "Wait, maybe it wasn't so hot..."
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FilthyImp posted:Hey, I liked it. It's probably as American as Tokusatsu can get when Hollywood is involved. Breakfast Club with superpowers. Is it weird that for all of that, I still kind of liked it? "Ignoring most of the movie, it was quite entertaining."
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Dawgstar posted:Is it weird that for all of that, I still kind of liked it? "Ignoring most of the movie, it was quite entertaining." Well that's the trick All the toku stuff the movie failed at is like, 15% of the movie.
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I have a joke that '17!Jason is more like Conner from Dino Thunder than OG!Jason
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Junpei posted:I have a joke that '17!Jason is more like Conner from Dino Thunder than OG!Jason Look, if we're being honest, none of the '17 cast in any way shape or form resembled the original cast. And its not like there was NOTHING to draw from either. They just didn't bother. Which is whatever, but it is the truth.
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Dawgstar posted:Is it weird that for all of that, I still kind of liked it? "Ignoring most of the movie, it was quite entertaining." What they set out to do was very different from the 90s film-- which was "a 3-parter/season change starter with huge budget". It's not Sentai exactly, and you can really, really tell that they were thinking they could cash in on the Superhero trend here. And as a result, all the stuff that is hokey and familiar fell flat because they wanted to make it Seriouser. It'd honestly be failed film if it weren't for the character writing. It's impressively tone-deaf because it gives Series Fans next to nothing, doesn't entice new viewers to check out the franchise, and leaves on a cliffhanger that is just confusing to a neophyte. Burkion posted:Look, if we're being honest, none of the '17 cast in any way shape or form resembled the original cast. FilthyImp fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Sep 8, 2021 |
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