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Saban re-acquires rights to 'Rangers'

^Coulda saved me a click if you'd mentioned that the press release is in Japanese. Any chance you could give a more complete translation?
 
Just out of curiosity, does this mean they are still gonna be filming down under? I know that was done to save a few pennies (or so I was told) but will Saban keep it up do you reckon?
 
Kibbin said:
Just out of curiosity, does this mean they are still gonna be filming down under? I know that was done to save a few pennies (or so I was told) but will Saban keep it up do you reckon?
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Well, for what it's worth, Saban produced the first Power Rangers movie in Australia, and also shot a number of MMPR episodes there while the movie was in production. So there's precedent.
 
Peak said:
Still waiting for the american version of cutie honey... :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjIR1ysXEQ
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GARO!

Do you have what it takes to audition and be the next Power Ranger actor?

http://heropower.livejournal.com/186280.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0tFxbgxuMs

Interestingly enough, the original casting sheet at Actors Access has been re-released today, with a short note of thanks about interest in the project:

"Thank-you for the wonderful response on this project! It has been great hearing from everyone. If you have not submitted, please continue to do so. I will be scheduling auditions for LA next week and will begin seeing talent the first week of June and through-out the month. I will hold one casting day in San Diego."
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I gave up watching Power Rangers the first time when they went into space, ended up watching again around 2001, was surprised how much I enjoyed it still after 7? years of indifference, ended up spending the next few years in a string of shitty situations where TV watching wasn't an option, and have only realy started to re-kindle my taste for the show when I found my Power Ranger trading cards last week, which leads to my question of where a good place to start re-watching from would be?

and as to the early stuff and sexy actresses, check out the episode where Trini's doll comes to life
 
Sephiroth said:
I gave up watching Power Rangers the first time when they went into space, ended up watching again around 2001, was surprised how much I enjoyed it still after 7? years of indifference, ended up spending the next few years in a string of shitty situations where TV watching wasn't an option, and have only realy started to re-kindle my taste for the show when I found my Power Ranger trading cards last week, which leads to my question of where a good place to start re-watching from would be?
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Sounds like you stopped at the end of Power Rangers Turbo and skipped Power Rangers in Space. That was a mistake. PRiS was the culmination of the initial 6-year "Angel Grove saga," the climax of everything that came before. After it, they switched to doing a different team and different story every year. PRiS was the best of the initial six seasons, and its finale "Countdown to Destruction" is in many ways the franchise's finest hour. So if you missed PRiS the first time around, that's definitely where you want to start catching up.
 
You know, I... 'acquired' the first 6 seasons, the ones I watched as a kid, recently and... they've just sat on my drive. Unwatched. I tried to watch one or two, but not even my impressive nostalgia-drive could get me through how kiddie-silly-lame the show really sadly was. It just doesn't hold up like BTAS or Real Ghostbusters.

Still, glad to see the true owners recover such and rescue it from the clutches of the Mouse. Always a good thing. The mouse is evil.
 
Frontier said:
You know, I... 'acquired' the first 6 seasons, the ones I watched as a kid, recently and... they've just sat on my drive. Unwatched. I tried to watch one or two, but not even my impressive nostalgia-drive could get me through how kiddie-silly-lame the show really sadly was. It just doesn't hold up like BTAS or Real Ghostbusters.
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Did you start at the beginning? The first season is pretty dreadful, with only the likeable cast to redeem it. But it gets more worthwhile later on. Try watching from the start of season 2, and if that doesn't catch your fancy, jump to season 3. Or find an episode guide and focus only on the important "arc" episodes (such as they are) in the first few seasons. Most of it was pretty disposable in the early years; later on, with a different storyline each season and fewer episodes per year, the ratio of arc to filler increased.
 
^If you're caught up through Power Rangers in Space, then it doesn't particularly matter where you start up next since every subsequent season was pretty self-contained. But everyone seems to love RPM.

There's a lot of crappy filler in the early seasons to avoid. Like, on Season 1, you can just skip over the 1st 20 or so episodes and start with the "Green with Evil" 5-parter.

lennier1 said:
I'm not worried about the Sentai genre but rather about some fringe shows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmCS0Zlesyg

Not sure if Saban would ever touch that.
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Dammit, warn me before you post a video like that. I'm in the public library!:eek:
 
Christopher said:
I think the powers in Jungle Fury made as much sense as in Ninja Storm, for much the same reason. The idea in JF was that they were tapping on the animal spirits within themselves, as an outgrowth of their martial-arts training. Indeed, their Ranger powers were presented as an extension of their inherent chi powers.
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For some reason, I completely blanked out on Jungle Fury when I made that post, but yes, I agree here.
 
A bit of news from the Licensing Expo. The new season will be 40 episodes long, just like the old days! Also, it will air 7 days a week. :techman:

Interview with Elie Dekel, Managing Director of Saban Brands:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZIQAHPhWEw[/yt]
 
Casting sides for potential actors to read. They mirror various Shinkenger episodes very closely


Episode 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ8UGnEzhjs

Episode 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFOlpgabOhI


Casting scripts are available for PR2011 for $2 each...

http://www.showfax.com/role_selection.cfm?l=1&t=1&p=107141



Have at it




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photos from licensing show

flip_dude said:
Courtesy of the CS Toys International team



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Saban in Licensing Magazine

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More casting sides released

Originally Posted by Yellow & Gold Ranger Casting Script
EXT. CITY - DAY

WESLEY sets up his food cart on a pedestrian walkway by the lake. He sees AVA walking towards him. She looks troubled.

WESLEY
Hey, Ava. You came to help me?

AVA
Looks like I got you in a lot of trouble.

WESLEY
In trouble? Are you joking? Thanks to you, I will be able to open my own restaurant. I've been interviewed for magazines! Gold Sushi is famous!

AVA
Are you sure this is what you want?

WESLEY
Of course! It's my life's dream.

AVA
Is it?

WESLEY's happy face fades.

WESLEY sits.

WESLEY
Ever since I took over for my father, I promised myself that I would someday turn this place into a great restaurant. When I was a kid, my father sold this business and I was so upset about it, I ran away from home. I'm starting to understand more why he did it.

AVA
Wesley...

WESLEY
Even if it's not exactly how I imagined it, I still get to open a restaurant, right. I can always serve sushi too.

AVA sits opposite him. She pretends to be a customer.

AVA
I would like one piece of sushi, please.

WESLEY prepares a tuna roll and serves AVA.

WESLEY
Here you are.

She takes a bite. It's bad. Wesley looks disappointed.

AVA
It doesn't taste as good. Tastes kind of like curry.

WESLEY
I've been up to my eyeballs in curry.

AVA
I think I prefer the old Wesley. Your dream was a sushi restaurant, not curry, right?

WESLEY stares at the pot of curry next to the fish and wasabi. He knows AVA is right.
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Originally Posted by Pink & Yellow Ranger Casting Script
EXT. HALLWAY - DAY
SADIE stands outside the gym where the rescued children play. She is wounded just above her right hip. Slowly, she sits on the floor and leans against the wall. AVA comes looking for her.

AVA
Sadie, Sadie, are you okay?

SADIE
Yes, it's nothing.

AVA notices blood.

AVA
You're injured. Let me see.

SADIE
I told you. Don't worry. Just go back. I'll meet you inside.

AVA
I won't leave you like this.

SADIE
I'm fine, please.

AVA
I think you need to rest a while. The kids are fine.

SADIE looks into the room and sees a group of girls playing with dolls and toys.

SADIE
I always wanted to play like that.

SADIE turns to AVA. She smiles but is sad.

SADIE
I never got to play with other girls. When I was young,
all I wanted to do was play house, pretend I was the mom, but...I always had to practice, to train...I'm sorry for talking this way. I don't quite feel like myself.

AVA
It's okay. That's your dream? To marry...

SADIE
Sometimes, I just wish I could have a normal life; become a
normal wife, maybe even a normal mother one day.

AVA
I am sure you will be all of those things.

SADIE
Well, that was the plan. But sometimes, I think
about what would happen if we...

AVA
I know...

SADIE brushes it off with a smile.

SADIE
I'm sorry. I'm just being...such a--

AVA
No. It's fine. I understand.

SADIE
Let's go back inside. C'mon. I don't know
what's gotten into me. I'm getting so emotional...

SADIE smiles to AVA and tries to get back up, but she is held back by the shooting pain in her side.
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Originally Posted by Gold Ranger & Blue Ranger Casting Script
EXT. WOODS BY A CREEK - DAY

WESLEY and BARON sit in a cave. Some evil foot soldiers pass by, but do not see them. Wesley ties his wounded shoulder with a rag while BARON tries to make a call on his cell phone.

BARON
No reception here either.

WESLEY tries to get up.

WESLEY
Let's go back up or else the girls will-

BARON pulls him back down.

BARON
You can't fight like that. I'll go alone.

WESLEY
There's no way you'll make it.

BARON stands up to leave.

BARON
You stay here. If by chance, you make it down, contact Reese and the others.

WESLEY
Wait...

WESLEY tries to get up but at first is too weak. BARON is attacked by foot soldiers and WESLEY comes and saves him.

BARON
What do you think you're doing? I told you-

WESLEY
Why are you always trying to protect me?

BARON
I'm not, I just...

WESLEY
If you really considered me an equal, you wouldn't ask me to stay behind. You wouldn't ask Reese, would you? See, you don't take me seriously. I have always wanted to be a Ranger and I am up to the challenge. To you, it might seem like I'm just playing Super Hero, but if someone or something is about to take a life... I will fight to save it.

WESLEY grabs BARON's shirt.
WESLEY
Heroes do not worry about themselves when others are in need.

WESLEY and BARON lock stares.

BARON
It looks like you might be a hero after all. Let's see how you fight when the odds are stacked against you.

WESLEY
Let's go. We'll show them what we can do together.

WESLEY begins to ascend. BARON stays behind.

BARON
Don't worry. Reese and the others will come.

WESLEY stops, surprised.

WESLEY
You spoke with them?

BARON
No, but they'll be ready for practice soon. When they see I'm not there, they'll know something is wrong.

BARON walks past WESLEY.

WESLEY
Hey, wait for me.

WESLEY follows BARON up the hill.

WESLEY
They would know just because you missed practice?

BARON
I don't live a disciplined life for nothing. Reese and the others will come.

WESLEY
Okay. Entrusting your life means to have faith in the others...

BARON
Not faith. Certainty.

They reach the top.

BARON
We just have to hold them off until they get here.

An army of foot soldiers awaits them. It's time for battle.

WESLEY
Let's hope you're right. Either way, the battle begins now.
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Pink & Yellow Ranger Casting Script inspiration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc9HBjkllV8

Blue and Gold inspiration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8NqmuJuFUI
 
Those casting sides read like they're pretty direct translations of Shinkenger scenes, or so I'd imagine. But those might not represent what the new PR series will be like, except for the character names, perhaps. Casting sides are often different material from the actual scripts, since it's just to size up the actors' abilities, chemistry, etc.

I mean, I doubt the reference to a character being wounded and bleeding would show up in a Power Rangers episode. And some of the stuff there just seems too specific to Japanese culture.
 
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