Megaforce considered bringing back David Yost
http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/powe...ers-megaforce-the-season-that-could-have-been
http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/powe...ers-megaforce-the-season-that-could-have-been
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Tzachor really seemed to be the force that ruined Samurai and Megaforce. I'm glad he's gone, and hopefully won't be coming back. Not adapting Gokaiger well is probably one of the biggest disappointments/screw ups in the history of the franchise.
As for Yost, after what apparently happened to him during his original run, I'm not surprised they couldn't get him back, and it obviously would have been a wasted effort based on how bad Megaforce was anyway.
Yost also declined a SuperMegaforce cameo. I'm glad he did. It was terrible and waste of everyone's time.
The letter was very generic and didn't really connect with anyone. It just started with "Dear Power Ranger"
Very unprofessional/impersonal
http://www.jefusion.com/2013/05/david-yost-declines-power-rangers-super-megaforce.html
Steve Cardenas declined the offer
http://www.jefusion.com/2013/05/steve-cardenas-turns-down-power-rangers-super-megaforce.html
Yost had the same feelings + his bad experiences during filming
-JDF hogging the light
-People on set bullying him because he was gay.
-Leaving during Zeo
The letter was very generic and didn't really connect with anyone. It just started with "Dear Power Ranger"
Very unprofessional/impersonal
http://www.jefusion.com/2013/05/david-yost-declines-power-rangers-super-megaforce.html
Steve Cardenas declined the offer
http://www.jefusion.com/2013/05/steve-cardenas-turns-down-power-rangers-super-megaforce.html
Yost had the same feelings + his bad experiences during filming
-JDF hogging the light
-People on set bullying him because he was gay.
-Leaving during Zeo
Ugh... Today's Ninja Steel episode had the seed of a decent plot, with truck-lover Calvin revealing he's too afraid to learn to drive and needing to master his fear to save the Rangers, but it ended up not making any real sense. The new Ninja Morph Thingy Cycle he created was supposed to be the key to saving the Rangers from the spider's stomach/larder/whatever, but the execution made no sense. If he could go in and just tear the webbing off the cycle, why didn't he do the same for the other Rangers? Why did just breaking out with the cycle allow them to follow? It was a weak payoff.
As for the "comic-relief" subplot, the less said, the better. I'm amazed by how much the censorship on children's programming has loosened in terms of scatological references and grossout stuff that would never have been allowed on TV when I was young, or even when Power Rangers was new. As for the new elephant Zord, I really hope that big brown ball it's rolling on is meant to be a boulder instead of... eww.
On a more pleasant subject -- I find it amusing that Chrysti Ane's legs are visibly more muscular than those of her Pink Ranger double. Sarah's been defined primarily as a lover of fast vehicles -- the "speed expert" as she was called here -- but I hope they work the actress's interest in fitness/bodybuilding into Sarah's character at some point.
As for the "comic-relief" subplot, the less said, the better. I'm amazed by how much the censorship on children's programming has loosened in terms of scatological references and grossout stuff that would never have been allowed on TV when I was young, or even when Power Rangers was new. As for the new elephant Zord, I really hope that big brown ball it's rolling on is meant to be a boulder instead of... eww.
On a more pleasant subject -- I find it amusing that Chrysti Ane's legs are visibly more muscular than those of her Pink Ranger double. Sarah's been defined primarily as a lover of fast vehicles -- the "speed expert" as she was called here -- but I hope they work the actress's interest in fitness/bodybuilding into Sarah's character at some point.
Everything Right with Kyuranger episode 2
Balance and Naga are like spiritual successors to J and Jin from Go-busters.
Kyuranger lesson 2. Balance and Naga perfect their transformation pose
Balance and Naga are like spiritual successors to J and Jin from Go-busters.
Kyuranger lesson 2. Balance and Naga perfect their transformation pose
South Korea has decided to redo Kyoryuger/Dino Charge completely
The show will be called "Power Rangers Dino Force Brave"
The kyouryuger suits were spotted a few months ago with modifications
http://news.tokunation.com/2017/03/...ce-brave-press-conference-photos-online-40878
Koichi Sakamoto himself will be involved with the project, each episode will have a run time of 12-15 minutes.
The show will be called "Power Rangers Dino Force Brave"
The kyouryuger suits were spotted a few months ago with modifications
http://news.tokunation.com/2017/03/...ce-brave-press-conference-photos-online-40878
Koichi Sakamoto himself will be involved with the project, each episode will have a run time of 12-15 minutes.
That's interesting, because way back when MMPR was new, that's what I wanted Saban to do with season 2 or 3 -- just ditch the recycled Japanese footage entirely (I didn't yet know the name "Sentai") and continue making MMPR as an entirely original show. They came close with season 2.
So wait, could the Koreans potentially use the in-suit footage filmed for Dino Charge and make it even MORE meta?
I've stopped watching Ninja Steel by <alternate means> for now and will wait for it to chow up on Nickolodeon in Canada. It's OKAY and all, and I'm happy to see Kelson Henderson in yet another role, but IMO the premise isn't grabbing me as much as DC did. I've also never really glommed onto those years where a group of teenagers are the ones to save the world.
Now, I *have* been having fun with Kyuranger! The premise is different and fairly engaging, and the mix of robots and humanoid aliens galavanting around the galaxy is fun in the usual childish sentai way. Still, they continue in ignorance of the other Tokusatsu shows unless they cross over, which is a little irksome. This week they made their inevitable visit to Earth, and there's no mention of the 45+ years of various armored hero teams who SHOULD make it tough for a monster-of-the-week to take the place over. And yet, it has seemingly happened... Perhaps guess they just wanted an excuse to use the same-old locations as all the other shows (hey, it's that EXACT amphitheatre and concrete plant and gravel pit!!!!) without bothering to disguise the fact even thinly?
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I've stopped watching Ninja Steel by <alternate means> for now and will wait for it to chow up on Nickolodeon in Canada. It's OKAY and all, and I'm happy to see Kelson Henderson in yet another role, but IMO the premise isn't grabbing me as much as DC did. I've also never really glommed onto those years where a group of teenagers are the ones to save the world.
Now, I *have* been having fun with Kyuranger! The premise is different and fairly engaging, and the mix of robots and humanoid aliens galavanting around the galaxy is fun in the usual childish sentai way. Still, they continue in ignorance of the other Tokusatsu shows unless they cross over, which is a little irksome. This week they made their inevitable visit to Earth, and there's no mention of the 45+ years of various armored hero teams who SHOULD make it tough for a monster-of-the-week to take the place over. And yet, it has seemingly happened... Perhaps guess they just wanted an excuse to use the same-old locations as all the other shows (hey, it's that EXACT amphitheatre and concrete plant and gravel pit!!!!) without bothering to disguise the fact even thinly?
Mark
I'm guessing Doggie Kruegger and the Special Police Dekarangers were defeated by this new empire. They should get a mention to explain why aren't around to save the day. 
Given that the anniversary season had the last intergalactic empire obliterated, you'd think any evil doers with a brain would avoid Earth like the plauge.
As for Super Sentai, my impression is that they pretty much don't acknowledge each other except when they cross over, which they do once or twice a year. It's kind of a mess continuity-wise.
In Power Rangers, it's usually been implicitly a single universe, with exceptions. The first six seasons (Mighty Morphin 1-3, Zeo, Turbo, and in Space) were done as an ongoing story with a continuing cast from season to season, with a finale that wrapped up the whole 6-year arc. With Lost Galaxy, they started using a different cast every season, but it was overtly a sequel to the "Angel Grove saga," bringing back several supporting characters (Bulk, briefly Skull, the Professor, and Alpha-6). The next few seasons (Lightspeed Rescue, Time Force, Wild Force) were standalone but had crossovers, and WF had a 10th-anniversary special, "Forever Red," that united all the Red Rangers.
When the series was bought by Disney and moved to New Zealand with Ninja Storm, they initially treated it as a reboot; the main characters had never heard of Power Rangers before. But the subsequent season, Dino Thunder, brought back MMPR's Tommy as a main character and did a clip show about the new Rangers getting a historical overview of the entire Power Rangers saga to date, including Ninja Storm (and I think they did a crossover too). S.P.D. was in the future and kind of on its own, and there were no crossovers in Mystic Force as I recall, but then Operation Overdrive did a 15th-anniversary special bringing back one Ranger from each of the previous four Disney seasons (even a time-traveling S.P.D. Ranger) and one of the MMPR Rangers, and establishing the "Universal Morphing Grid" as the basis for all Rangers' powers. In the subsequent season, Jungle Fury, the team's mentor established up front that he'd gotten his Ranger tech from the Operation Overdrive mentor character, tying those two together. So all of the first 16 seasons were one interconnected whole
Things got tricky when we got to RPM, which was set in a dystopian future. It could've been the future of the previous series, and for a while it seemed it was the last season, since the show was cancelled afterward. But then Saban bought it back and revived it with Samurai two seasons later, and that show retconned RPM into an alternate dimension -- but it also brought back MMPR's comic-relief character Bulk as a regular, putting it firmly in continuity with the rest. After that came Megaforce, which established its mentor character Gosei as a protege of MMPR's Zordon, and whose second season involved the Rangers gaining the powers of all previous Rangers, so that's in continuity too. There was even a visit to RPM's alternate dimension, after a fashion.
But I don't know where Dino Charge and Ninja Steel fit in. DC made no reference to any previous season, and it ended with a pretty major rewriting of Earth's history that's incompatible with the rest of the franchise. So either it was an alternate reality all along, or it's just rebooted the entire Power Rangers continuity. And so far NS has not established any continuity ties to anything before it.
My rule of thumb is that the shows never cross over, except for when they do.
That is to say, they're pretty much independent of each other except for stories / events which require them to meet or interact with people from another series. Sometimes it's only a couple times a year during the mandated crossover movies; sometimes the show's premise is ABOUT meeting up or using previous years' stuff. Either way, the shows rarely reference each other for a good 95% of the time; since "continuity" and "canon" are more of a western / North American fandom thing, most people just accept that when crossovers happen, everyone's in one big universe, but otherwise they're pretty independent of each other except for when they're not.
Mark
PS - or what Christopher said. And yes, SPD did in fact cross over with Mystic Force. Twice, actually, and literally in reverse order, such that each time featured one team meeting the other for the first time.
That is to say, they're pretty much independent of each other except for stories / events which require them to meet or interact with people from another series. Sometimes it's only a couple times a year during the mandated crossover movies; sometimes the show's premise is ABOUT meeting up or using previous years' stuff. Either way, the shows rarely reference each other for a good 95% of the time; since "continuity" and "canon" are more of a western / North American fandom thing, most people just accept that when crossovers happen, everyone's in one big universe, but otherwise they're pretty independent of each other except for when they're not.
Mark
PS - or what Christopher said.
And yes, SPD did in fact cross over with Mystic Force. Twice, actually, and literally in reverse order, such that each time featured one team meeting the other for the first time.
So, to sum up, the first 20 seasons of Power Rangers are all a single continuity, although one season was in a parallel universe, and the status of the subsequent 3 seasons is unclear.
Anyway, we're probably past the point where the continuity would have to diverge from S.P.D.'s future anyway, because Earth's S.P.D. Academy was established in 2015.
Anyway, we're probably past the point where the continuity would have to diverge from S.P.D.'s future anyway, because Earth's S.P.D. Academy was established in 2015.
Oh! And not forgetting the time when the Dino Thunder rangers stumbled upon a TV episode of Abaranger while channel surfing one day.
http://powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/Lost_&_Found_in_Translation
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http://powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/Lost_&_Found_in_Translation
Mark
I think we're going to get a BattleStar Galactica revelation and find out Kyuranger is before 1975 Goranger
I've been enjoying these "Everything right with Kyuranger" youtube videos
I love that the Kyurangers need a roulette/Kyulette to decide who fights.
The commander drops an in-joke that's it's a budget constraint to have everyone fighting at once.
So Torin/Zenowing flew to south korea and franchised the Kyoryugers
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Hah! I was thinking that Raptor's voice actor was involved with Sailor Moon somehow (as she riffs off of that show's main character catch phrase a couple times), but it turns out she's actually voiced by the actor who was Gokai Yellow a few years back in Gokaiger. Small universe.
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^Um, did you mean to post X-Men news in the Power Rangers thread?