History of the power rangers
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what are you talking about? While neither have done much in front of the camera both have been fairly successful in the behind the scenes stuff or work away from the biz.
and besides while i love power rangers through and through even i will admit that most of the actors for it are not very good.
amy jo johnson is on that show swat last i heard
and besides while i love power rangers through and through even i will admit that most of the actors for it are not very good.
amy jo johnson is on that show swat last i heard
some things i found that might be of interest.
<a href='http://felixryan.com/Actor/Blog/Entries/2011/2/7_Power_Rangers_Samurai_files/Article_1.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Article 1</a>
<a href='http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/corus-buys-power-rangers-samurai-96392' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>article 2</a>
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-85teuOFM7k' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>video interview with the cast</a>
<a href='http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41431897/ns/today-entertainment/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>article 3</a>
For the record ignore funaro in the first article
<a href='http://felixryan.com/Actor/Blog/Entries/2011/2/7_Power_Rangers_Samurai_files/Article_1.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Article 1</a>
<a href='http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/corus-buys-power-rangers-samurai-96392' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>article 2</a>
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-85teuOFM7k' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>video interview with the cast</a>
<a href='http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41431897/ns/today-entertainment/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>article 3</a>
For the record ignore funaro in the first article
In my opinion it sucked.
1. we are just dumped into the story. besides the intro at the beginning we have no idea where the bad guys are from or why they are trying to complete their goal.
the same goes for the rangers when we first meet them they are already a team with no effort made to have any sort of introduction.... just thinking about how craptacular. this ep was is pissing me off. when the ep goes up on youtube (likely in the next day or 2) i will post it here and you can see for your self.
I have been watching power rangers since 93 and i have never been ashamed of the show. This ep brought me close
1. we are just dumped into the story. besides the intro at the beginning we have no idea where the bad guys are from or why they are trying to complete their goal.
the same goes for the rangers when we first meet them they are already a team with no effort made to have any sort of introduction.... just thinking about how craptacular. this ep was is pissing me off. when the ep goes up on youtube (likely in the next day or 2) i will post it here and you can see for your self.
I have been watching power rangers since 93 and i have never been ashamed of the show. This ep brought me close
Downloaded the episode from <a href='http://www.megaupload.com/?d=yffagim0' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>MU</a> and gave it a watch. Thoughts:
I sorta like the opening, it's a remix of the original, not the best remix (it's got nothing on Masaaki Endoh), but not bad.
I didn't like how we're thrown in the middle of the action either. I don't mind there being some rangers active by the start of it, but it's kind of nice to be introduced to things along with the protagonist(s). The episode also felt more like a character piece for the green ranger. Which hey, is great and all, but those usually pop up after 3-5 episodes, right? So we can get familiar with -all- the characters a bit before you give them focused development? As it is, the characters are mostly dull outside of the green ranger...who isn't very impressive himself.
The puns from the monster made me groan, and I usually -like- puns.
I didn't mind the Skull replacement. It felt nostalgic, so I'd say so far they've done a decent job of capturing the Bulk/Skull dynamic, even if Bulk did most of the work for that.
Also, replace the word 'samurai' every time it's said with 'ninja' and the feel of the episode would be more appropriate.
While not the worst start to the show, as I do think there's been worse episodes, I only recently watched RPM for the first time, and that show was great, for all that it heavily ripped off storytelling elements from In Space. This just felt mediocre by far.
I sorta like the opening, it's a remix of the original, not the best remix (it's got nothing on Masaaki Endoh), but not bad.
I didn't like how we're thrown in the middle of the action either. I don't mind there being some rangers active by the start of it, but it's kind of nice to be introduced to things along with the protagonist(s). The episode also felt more like a character piece for the green ranger. Which hey, is great and all, but those usually pop up after 3-5 episodes, right? So we can get familiar with -all- the characters a bit before you give them focused development? As it is, the characters are mostly dull outside of the green ranger...who isn't very impressive himself.
The puns from the monster made me groan, and I usually -like- puns.
I didn't mind the Skull replacement. It felt nostalgic, so I'd say so far they've done a decent job of capturing the Bulk/Skull dynamic, even if Bulk did most of the work for that.
Also, replace the word 'samurai' every time it's said with 'ninja' and the feel of the episode would be more appropriate.
While not the worst start to the show, as I do think there's been worse episodes, I only recently watched RPM for the first time, and that show was great, for all that it heavily ripped off storytelling elements from In Space. This just felt mediocre by far.
So just to see how it compared to it's source material, I went and grabbed a few episodes of Shinkenger from TV-Nihon. First thing of note: It actually is episode 3 of Shinkenger. Not episode 1. Not sure why they aired it out of order, but that's a big part of why it felt like a weak start.
Second thing of note: It actually is episode 3 of Shinkenger.
As in, same identical plot. Except much worse handled.
They cut out a lot of the story's scenes from Shinkenger, making the plot that much weaker (as an example, that 'training montage' that barely makes sense in PR:S does seem to emphasize in Shinkenger that his plan was to focus on outrunning the arms, not sensing the attacks) and all I can see them adding in to make up for all the cuts was...the Bulk and Spike scene.
Which in hindsight also doesn't make -any- sense. It just comes out of nowhere and serves no purpose. Why is Bulk starting a clubhouse for his nephew? What's the connection to the main characters/power rangers?
I'm not exactly sure what the point is of translating something directly without adding anything of note, only subtracting, but that's what Power Rangers Samurai episode 1 is in a nutshell. A much weaker reinterpretation. Will later episodes be better? Hope so...
Second thing of note: It actually is episode 3 of Shinkenger.
As in, same identical plot. Except much worse handled.
They cut out a lot of the story's scenes from Shinkenger, making the plot that much weaker (as an example, that 'training montage' that barely makes sense in PR:S does seem to emphasize in Shinkenger that his plan was to focus on outrunning the arms, not sensing the attacks) and all I can see them adding in to make up for all the cuts was...the Bulk and Spike scene.
Which in hindsight also doesn't make -any- sense. It just comes out of nowhere and serves no purpose. Why is Bulk starting a clubhouse for his nephew? What's the connection to the main characters/power rangers?
I'm not exactly sure what the point is of translating something directly without adding anything of note, only subtracting, but that's what Power Rangers Samurai episode 1 is in a nutshell. A much weaker reinterpretation. Will later episodes be better? Hope so...
I watched the first episode off that MU link earlier, and it left me pretty unimpressed. Shinkenger executed it much better. Then I saw <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM7jt8tpF_w' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>this</a>, which made me cry.
<Kintaros>Kono bangumi ni ore ga naita! (This program has made me cry!)</Kintaros>
<Kintaros>Kono bangumi ni ore ga naita! (This program has made me cry!)</Kintaros>
Episode 1 of Gokaiger is out, so I thought I'd post these snippets from the episode:
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FttCpsYzOo' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Because it worked so well for KR Decade</a>
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kssCcqcqP5w' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Combining/Transforming Spacefaring Robot</a>
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FttCpsYzOo' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Because it worked so well for KR Decade</a>
<a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kssCcqcqP5w' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Combining/Transforming Spacefaring Robot</a>
<a href='http://www.samuraicast.com/media/streammovie.php?file=57' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>an interview with the samurai cast</a>
courtesy of samuraicast.com
<a href='http://www.samuraicast.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=106&page=1' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>pics of the samurai premire event</a>
courtesy of samuraicast.com
<a href='http://www.samuraicast.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=106&page=1' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>pics of the samurai premire event</a>
