As I rewatch, I'm finding that, his own ridiculous personal opinions on the franchise aside, there's actually not all that much about Jonathan Tzachor's approach to the season that is all that distasteful or mishandled. Even if the story is almost beat-for-beat from the Sentai, it still works by-and-large in a 'Westernized' context and offers everything that I like in a Power Rangers season: good action, interesting villains, likable characters, and decently paced progression and escalation.
Lots of production details revealed http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2015/01/24/ninninger-producers-reveal-information-show-premiere-event/
MMPR is the series that gets the most love with me, it had the best cast but there were other season that were very good as well. two comes to mind power rangers time force power rangers spd. I hope the reboot movie is based on MMPR.
I think that's inevitable. It's the only incarnation the general public really remembers and is nostalgic for.
Dino Charge episode 1 preview http://www.orendsrange.com/2015/01/power-rangers-dino-charge-episode-1.html http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/power-rangers-dino-charge-501-clip.html
Nick has uploaded the dino charge episode early http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/power-rangers-dino-charge-501-full-episode.html Overall reaction has been positive. You can tell they're actually trying instead of sleep walking through seasons. I guess the dino-centric theme inspired them to actually do something decent.
Can't watch the full ep from Canada. Will be patient. Question - is the samba dancing thing from Kyoryuger still in evidence? Mark
No. The episode was great, after four years of crappy PR the show is finally back to being good. Thank god Tzachor is fone, what a hack! So much potential wasted by that guy.
Oh, if only it weren't on Nick.com. Their video player doesn't get along with my computer -- the picture lags behind the sound.
The first episode of Dino Charge was awesome. In one episode it had better writing and acting than any of the last two shows (I only count Samurai and Megaforce as two). The characters were likeable, and the villains seem interesting. If it keeps going like this, it should be great, and not just compared to Samurai/Megaforce.
That was great. 100% original footage, characters with actual personality, some legitimately funny scenes, and good action. A huge step up from the disaster that was Samurai and Mega Force.
^All original? No Sentai footage at all? I assume that will change once the Megazords show up, right? Since Nick.com doesn't work well for me, I'll have to check whether this is out early via On Demand.
^I'm pretty sure I tried it with at least a couple of different browsers and had the same problem. I think the issue is with my laptop's speed or memory or something. It's a few years old. I suppose I could try watching it on my smartphone, but it's got a pretty small screen.
I can't confirm that the premiere was 100% original footage, but that's what the posters are saying in the episode discussion thread at Ranger Board.
I'm really not feeling the love for Powers from the Past, as my review - which you can see below - makes clear:
While I see the resemblance, I don't think it's so bad. Besides, I think it's rather refreshing to have a mentor figure that's an actual in-the-flesh extraterrestrial (and not just a head on the wall like Gosei). We haven't had one of those since SPD. I usually don't bother when they air episodes online early, but I might make an exception this time. BTW, RangerCrew has uploaded a bunch of clips from the first episode on one of their Youtube channels.
Finally saw it. A few notes (AND SPOILERS!): -We're only 1 episode in and the Rangers are already better developed as characters than the last two teams, and particularly Mega Force. They didn't seem generic cookie cutters or wannabe analogues of the originals. -Red, in particular, is a much better actor than the previous two, who seemed to be models first (it helps that he already had some good acting experience, such as an appearance on American Horror Story) -How awesomely grim is it to start the episode with the destruction of the Earth? That's pretty gutsy for an American kids' show, but in a way it evokes the premiere for Go-Busters, too. The upbeat nature of the episode and the vibrant colors in the museum overrode it, which is perfectly fine. -There's no samba to the morph (yay!) But it's only the first episode, so who knows? The samba might become routine later on. -Final battle of the episode was a bit short, but hey, that's fine for a first episode. And I liked how it twisted some tropes (e.g. accidentally morphing, not knowing how to handle the gun, etc) -With that said, I really like how fluid and fast the wirework was in this episode. It evokes some of the older PR shows like Time Force, without the overkill of some of the Disney seasons. -Only downside really -- the same sound effects they've been using since Dino Thunder, complete with the squeaky sounds and the generic laser sound. If they start reusing the same dollar store toy laser sounds that the Simpsons uses (and it's a comedy), I'm going to be pretty annoyed