Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Nostalgia is HOLDING THE SHOW BACK | Dino Fury | Video Essay
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- Опубліковано 29 лис 2022
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I wonder how many people I'm gonna anger with this video essay lol? (Big thanks if you stay through and actively discuss!)
Could Mighty Morphin Power Rangers nostalgia be HOLDING THE SHOW BACK? Is the show just hopelessly trying to recapture the success of Mighty Morphin with the same blueprint from the 90s? Is Mighty Morphin bad? Why is Power Rangers bad? Has the show flopped?
TV writing has changed so much in the last three decades. Power Rangers has shown that it's grown up and that the fans have too. Older fans are... well... older, and younger fans have a higher standard of quality thanks to better-written children's media. But in the last decade, the show has regressed. Everything from cringe fart jokes to bad acting. And it may be due to the original run that started it all.
I go over how Mighty Morphin may be overrated and is causing the show's decline by using 90s TV sensibilities to write shows in 2022 (Beast Morphers and Dino Fury). Have they stood the test of time? Or does the show age poorly?
NOTE: This video was written, edited, and completed (with the exception of minor corrections) before news broke of JDF's (Jason David Frank) passing. The content in this video is unchanged from before this. Please take care of yourselves and seek help. Thank you Tommy, rest in peace.
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It's worth pointing out that Dino Thunder was a good example of calling back to MMPR *well*. Tommy returning wasn't perfect but it did work well and develop him as a character. Trent's arc mirrored the original Green Ranger saga but with a new spin on it that made it feel original, plus with the added edge that *That green ranger was there to guide the Dino Thunder Rangers through it this time*. Obviously DT was early Disney, one of the better periods in PR history, so the writing quality was Decent to Good especially compared to Hasbro.
@@mintbari I even think the MMPR could've been done well in Megaforce, I'm mainly talking about the Goseiger adapted first season in this. The main problem with that in my opinion was that the nostalgia it did include was either lazy or superficial. The first episode "Mega Mission" was obviously meant to be a callback to the franchise premiere "Day of the Dumpster" to the point they even copied various lines from the original. The problem, they often did so the point it didn't make sense in the context of the new characters.
Emma stated Kimberly's famous line about how "The helmet does mess up hair!". When Kimberly said it, it made sense. She was the stereotypical Valley Girl. So of course she'd comment about how the Ranger helmet would mess up her hair. By contrast, Emma is a granola child who loves nature and regularly bikes through the dirt and bug infested woods, whilst wearing a helmet. Why would she care about how it messes up her hair?
It's a shame Jonathan Tzachor had such a narrow minded view of what made "Power Rangers" a good show. Even though MMPR focused on the skeptical of the stock footage fight scenes over good characterization and writing of the heroes, they at least had personalities and the actors did adjust them over time as they gradually became more comfortable in their roles. The Megaforce cast clearly wanted to do the same, but the management wouldn't let them.
Why would you say Tommy's return wasn't perfect ?
Dude me and my friends who were in my 20s were watching this but what really shocked us was even my MOM sat down when Tommy gained a new morpher!
I do have pet peeves about Dino thunder as Mighty Morphin’s spiritual successor/legacy season, which was how the other Rangers treated Trent, it wasn’t Trent’s secret to spill that (censored because spoilers), it should’ve been red ranger and not a lab accident that saved him from being evil and Tommy, as someone who has been in Trent’s shoes before, should’ve been to a fault levels of sympathetic towards Trent.
@@robertrogers074 I wish we saw more of what he'd been up to between Turbo and DT (not including Forever Red) and I wish the story put more responsibility on him for contributing to Mezagog's creation. Also I feel like he overshadows Conner a little; that part's kinda unavoidable tho since it IS Tommy Oliver we're talking about
This isn't a problem with Power Rangers. This is a problem with pop culture itself. How many remakes, reboots, adaptations, and cameos do we see on a daily basis these days? Think about that. Nostalgia is holding *everything* back, not just Power Rangers.
Sad but true
Definitely true.
There's an excess of sequels, reboots, and remakes since it's the "safe route" to go. Instead of making something that might be received poorly by audiences, it's easier to have it be associated with something successful.
@@bowtiesarerad And then blame "toxic fans" for it when it's *still* not successful.
@@tonystank3091 or they'll come in, crap on a demographic because it's not "made for them", and then turn around and blame them when they don't want to partake.
I love the original Mighty Morphin' cast; however, the community's census is that In Space and RPM, seasons that completely strayed away from MMPR's 90's format and storytelling, are the greatest seasons. In Space is literally a space opera, and RPM is Mad Max meets 2001.
There also time force and SPD that completely disregard the Zordon rules but are viewed as one of the verry best.
Because both seasons were meant to be the last of the franchise.
@@MrRobot-0 I always thought Zordon's rules are for his Rangers, I.E. MMPR, Zeo, Turbo, etc.
SPD and Time Force had other origins, and rules.
@@luchomscyfy they apply well for his rangers, but unfortunately the producers where kinda ensrined wanting to ensrined these rules and apply to all rangers even for teams that doesn't make sence like lost galaxy or beast morphers.
Even in some seasons like ninja storm or jungle fury that there's pointless drama about the secret where theres no one pushing to keep these secrets.
I don't think nostalgia is the problem you can play off nostalgia and still adapt the content to a more serious tone.
I miss the days when Power Rangers used to have very unique opening songs and not just the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme song reworked multiple times.
Money and Lack of creativity.
When I lived in Japan I was walking around with a friend wearing a MMPR shirt and this Japanese guy around our age just asked. "Why are Americans so obsessed with Zyurangers. Our people never understood that." Asked around and we legit realized a lot of Japanese ppl think that way and it constantly made me wonder.
@@mintbari ya like it doesn't add up to me how 30 Yeats later that that one season can't put to rest because ppl are obsessed with nostalgia essentially
Dino Thunder was a good example of nostalgia done right. Dino Thunder is one of my favorite seasons but it's NOT because Tommy is it. I didn't grow up on the original series, so I didn't have the nostalgic attachment. The truth is, Dino Thunder is a good series regardless of whether or not Tommy was in it.
Proof is look at his trapped morphed episodes.
Exactly, I'm really glad that show makes it a point to call him Tommy as less as possible. Sure, it's...mostly because the main trio are *his students* but it's good they don't drop the teacher respect just because he's on the team. It gives him, ironically given the genre, an extra identity to a new set of characters.
@@UltimaKeyMaster and his character.
Tommy in Dino Thunder wasn't treated like a Memberberry Moment, But he's a Mentor Figure who fights with along side his Students.
Nostalgia can be a good and bad thing, but it feels like it's been over relied on in the past few seasons. On one hand, yes, connecting current stories with the old is cool. Who doesn't like to see classics brought back? On the other, it feels like it's showing a lack of confidence in their own work. As if they think it can't stand on its own without having that nostalgia bait.
@@mintbari It makes me miss the 'darker/serous' story threads they used to have. I get it's a kids show about superheroes in multicolored spandex, but at the same time, the slightly darker mysteries from say something like Wild/Mystic Force, or the literal killing off of a ranger in Lost Galaxy. Admittedly, they were still cheesy, episodic, and predictable, but it felt like there was heart to it. And it took itself extremely seriously, nonsense and macguffins included.
Now it's just Formula: The Series™. They take the formula, but don't think it'll sell, so they just say, 'Hey what's *[insert previous ranger actor]* doing?'
@@mintbari It also doesn't help that the Power Rangers series is dependent on where Super Sentai takes its genre, so we can't exactly trail off to make a different aesthetic to suit the needs. i.e. doing wizards again to expand on that magic system. The tribunal, the mystic mother being Rita, etc. I'd love to see that.
More than anything though I think the series needs some kind of 'return to form'.
@@EUI_Nulltype I miss having interesting villain.
@@chrisgonzalez5883
Void Knight. Evox
"On the other, it feels like it's showing a lack of confidence in their own work. As if they think it can't stand on its own without having that nostalgia bait."
But not EVERY second is some callback to MMPR.
I think nostalgia is why later sentai series won't be adapted. Sentai is spicing things up and changing the formula now, trying new ideas due to losing viewers. While power rangers is stubbornly trying to follow the mmpr formula trying maintain viewers and its hurting it.
Things like luparanger vs patroranger, etc will be difficult to adapt if you try to remake the mmpr high-school formula
@@mintbari yeah imagine them trying to adapt donbrothers and the one witht he rengers tha tlook like zords.
As a 7 year old when this show was big I got that "violence" label alot. The only family member that would let me watch was my grandma.
I got that only once from my (otherwise totally cool at the time) kindergarten teacher when I suggested my VHS copy of the first movie for a class watch party.
I was rather immediately befuddled because I thought to myself "..............But they're the good guys, why is that bad?"
I never pressed the issue partly because I was *hyper* shy back then, but also because...well it was MY copy of the movie, if I wanted to watch it so bad, I can just do it at home whenever I felt like it.
Having just rewatched the first seasons, to me the step up in quality even from MMPR to Zeo was crazy. The characters in MMPR were one note, whereas later on characters weren’t always friendly and understanding no matter what. Characters became more fleshed out and the stories got more substance. MMPR is definitely the most iconic but as a show it doesn’t hold up as well as the seasons that came after (up to a certain point of course).
Yeah, the show dropped its high school slapstick, goody two shoes comedy act from the earlier seasons and got more serious as time went on. Kimberly went from having no interest in even being a Ranger at all and wanted to get back to the mall, but by end of her run she was committed to it and didn't want to let her teammates down for the sake of her gymnastics. That was the direction the series needed to go in, but now we're back in 1993 in 2023, as if nothing changed ? SMH !!
When it comes nostalgia, I think Shuri in Black Panther 1 said it best. “Just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved.” there are certainly things from the past that really do work out and help out the Power Rangers but there are ways to improve the show going forward.
I honestly liked the 2017 movie with making our heroes have flaws, including Zordon. they were teenagers who did have things going on in their lives that they had to wrestle, something very real for teens. I especially felt for Zack in that movie, a kid who acted out, but it was only a coping for his concern over his sick mother’s well-being. I found that very real and was able to appreciate him and all the other rangers a bit more .
Was that film Perfect? No, but I felt it was a good step in the right direction using what was familiar but giving it a new twist. It’s a shame that they aren’t going to continue with that because it was a good idea.
Yeahhhh Noooo. That movie was straight up awful the more I look at it. Kim's arc was fucking terrible. There was no need for that level of edgy melodrama. You want to know where you can find Martial Artist Teenagers with Attitude written in a modern day context with flaws and nuances along with acting cheesy something without sacrificing character traits? COBRA KAI. They knew how to write Power Rangers for an all-ages audience unintentionally better than the canon reboot.
@@OperationSpider ...missed the point of what I was talking about but okay.😒🔇
@@MardonNaLou What were you talking about then? Because PR2017 was objectively awful.
@@OperationSpider No such thing as an "objectively awful" movie 😑
The Point of what I was referring to was that the movie had good parts to it. You had teens who had to rely on each other because they couldn't handle the enemy alone. Similar to how each ranger seemed to be able to cope with their personal strife by opening up to each other. I also liked the fact that despite what they accomplished doesn't mean they don't have more to work on. I especially liked that these kids weren't trained fighters and had to learn and earn their stripes(or in this case their ranger armor) through training and teamwork, a streamline throughout the entire Power Rangers Franchise.
As I said a while ago, it's not a perfect movie but they could build something good on what they were setting up. Somethings that I hope are borrowed in the shows and the apparent ranger movie reboot that maybe happening.
Not to dump on JDF's passing, but I'm glad the show can finally put OTHER veteran rangers in the anniversary specials.
Dude, have some respect, jeez.
That...that is kinda dumping on it, dude. It's not JDF's fault Dimensions in Danger was a bit of a Tommy wank fest.
@@KingNexusMOCs it's not a dump to JDF, is just that the charactec of Tommy Oliver was do damn Overused that many people got tires of him.
Yes JDF si dead and is sad, but he is the actor, not the character.
He portrait the character but the character is fictional
Tommy’s not even in every anniversary special so i dont see your point
i feel like this problem got even worse when they got rid of practically every power rangers series except for the newer ones and might morphin from netflix. yeah, you could find the other series somewhere else but i feel like it only solidified the fact that whatever company gets their hands on power rangers only cares about might morphin and the nostalgia it brings instead of branching out and doing commentary on the world like tokusatsu shows that ultraman, kamen rider, and hell even super sentai do. i don't know if it's just me but that's how i feel.
I agreed that Power Rangers in needs more to step up more with their characters and story lines
if they can break away from the MMPR Nostalgia that would be for the best
also the theme songs need more effort to put it prospective .
Except no subsequent season will ever be just as famous as MMPR was back in the day. It's even more challenging in a world where stuff like the MCU are a dominant force. What killed the prominence of Power Rangers was that something much cooler came along in the late 90's which displaced it. It's a universal truth that kids movie fast and that applies to any time period.
@@OperationSpider Then there are 0 reasons to continue with the MMPR nostalgia, more and more people are moving out from the franchise because of it, they really need to get the hell out of that and continue with something New, they hace already losed many of the pr fans over the years it's doesnt Even talles about nowadays
@@alexcerzea lol no. MMPR nostalgia is the glue keeping the franchise together
I get it, Power Rangers is a kid’s show. Even in children’s programming have to evolve in an sense that doesn’t treat their own audiences like brain-dead idiots.
I think the problem with Power Rangers is doesn’t mature it’s audiences that is children, where they want to stay in their coform zone, which basically puts your own franchise at risk of being cancelled forever. Just think about, do you want to Power Rangers continue?
It also doesnt help that the comic book series is better than anything the shows have ever done.
Sentai in comparison basically has Gokaiger as it's MMPR. The characters and ideas are reused repeatedly but not to the same degree as MMPR
even then not really. the gokaiger cast show up in crossovers every now and again, but thats kinda it. Also Zox/Twokaiser but thats more of an Homage in keeping with the rest of zenkaiger being based on past seasons than anything.
It is really painful that Beast Morphers is so toned down and at the same time it was meant to be a thematic sequel to the very dark season.
As a person who watched Go-Busters I see their usage of footage was great for the roles they have chosen for the characters. I like how morals in both Beast Morphers and Dino Fury are far more worth talking about than Megaforce and Ninja Steel. But still it feels very toned down for very small kids.
I think kids are smarter to not speak in simple words but to make them think.
The worst thing is how the villains also were toned down to black and white morality. There is very little question what is right (Dino Fury did it ok at best but still poor).
That first sentence....MAN, I couldn't agree more. When I heard that Evox was Venjix, I was at first curious....but as I started thinking about it in context of the way Beast Morphers has been going, I started seeing how dumb this move was..... You mean to tell me that THIS is the same Venjix, who was competent enough to TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE RPM WORLD??? Evox doesn't in ANY WAY resemble the Venjix we know & love.
I've pretty much stopped watching modern Power Rangers altogether, since I'm not really nostalgic for 90s era Power Rangers (I was born in '94 and didn't start watching PR until '99). I respect MMPR for what it accomplished and even enjoy it as a bit of a time capsule of the 90s, but that's about as far as my appreciation for it goes. Lost Galaxy through Dino Thunder is where my nostalgia lies, and if modern Power Rangers was more like that, I might be inclined to come back to it. In the mean time, I've spent the last decade getting more into Super Sentai and Kamen Rider, and I'm starting to branch out into other Tokusatsus like Ultraman and Garo, so I've got plenty to satisfy that itch.
Some of the last few seasons, I thought, was good. I haven't watched the past 2, but Samuri to Megaforce were good.
@@090909092135 We'll have to agree to disagree on that. While Samurai isn't the worst season, it has several issues that prevent me from being able to really appreciate it, especially not when the story it was trying to tell was done better in its source material. Megaforce is the season I honestly consider the worst, as it's emblematic of all the problems I have with modern PR (the seasons following it may be better, but only because they're not as incompetently and/or lazily written as Megaforce is).
I stopped watching Power rangers a long time ago and switched to the original Japanese versions of Super Sentai, Jetman is amazing
I’m about 10 episodes to the end of Jetman and loving it.
Just like with Sonic, I've felt that ever since the 2010's, Power Rangers got hit hard with the nostalgia pandering. While I've enjoyed Dino Fury's two seasons, they still have some of that Neo Saban kinks to iron out. Like tone down the comedic duo, give the main characters a little more depth, and try to do leassons that don't involve talking down to the younger viewers.
I get it, Power Rangers needs to sell all of those toys and mech. But we all want the show to evolve from the MMPR days, like it has done before.
What about Beast Morphers?
"give the main characters a little more depth"
Well in a way...........
"and try to do leassons that don't involve talking down to the younger viewers"
I thought most felt Dino Fury was sorta pushing outta that.
I blame Disney for not wanting to make more seasons in ‘10, despite the fact they bought the pretty violent MCU at that point, yet the MCU was waaayyyy “too violent” for them. 😒🙄
Exactly, power rangers in the 2010s reminds me alot of sonic in the 2010s. They both thought the only way to keep their franchises relvent still was to copy their most popular iteration (sonic 1 to s&k/mmpr) and not try anything new to not risk anything...
14:37 This made me subscribe. This is spot on. A lot of PR fans' expectations are in hell, and as long as there are no fart jokes, they'll like the episodes. No one outside of the fandom would say that Beast Morphers and Dino Fury are well written shows.
I feel like this is the exact reaction people *think* Sonic fans are going through with Frontiers, just because the last decade has been an inconsistent roller coaster with the brand. People forget that so many of the other games are still well loved, but they go "lol look at those Sonic fans liking a game that's still kinda buggy just because it's not downright unplayable" when those same people don't notice that Frontiers has a rather well-written story that only has a couple minor flaws with it, the supporting characters for once aren't entirely useless, it has ambition leaking from every corner and has the best Super Sonic content in the entire series bar none let alone the masterful music that goes with it.
People who love to dunk on Sonic fans think we're going through Dino Fury when it's more accurate to say we got Dino *Charge* that at least knows how to take risks in the modern era.
@@UltimaKeyMaster I’m confused do you think Frontiers is bad or good?
They refused to accept change for a modern audience, and how they cant adapt LuPat proves it. Those unadapted seasons: ToqGer, ZyuOhger and LuPat could've worked as standalone seasons, with no PR references, the Morphin Masters nonsense and MMPR exposition dumps.
Just saw Veridis Joe's video which pointed out the exact same problem that PR as a whole has
Highly agree, great video! Like you said, things really have changed since the 90s and I truly do believe that we jumped the ship to having shows with more depth at the perfect time, only to get screwed over by this decades nostalgia problem. I guess Power Rangers peak popularity being in the 90s made it a victim to being dumbed down yet again.
Yet, I still have faith, I wanna see how cosmic fury is since there are some new promises. There’s no guarantees so I’m with you on keeping expectations low but I’ll still be watching and am hoping for the best.
Not gonna lie, I think you summed up the problem perfectly. I grew up with the original MMPR but stopped watching around Megaforce. Something felt off, like there was no passion, creativity, or even a drive for these shows to succeed, they were just made to fill time slots. I loved the original MMPR series but I wouldn't consider it my favorite these days and I certainly wouldn't want to watch cheap knockoffs when the original MMPR keeps getting re-released to physical media.
I completely agree with you. I’m just so sick of the MMPR influence in newer seasons. Especially the theme songs, I think any of the theme songs since 2010’s are extremely lazy by just sticking to go go Power Rangers.
I seriously think Cosmic Fury is lazy as all hell too. Like seriously? The only word they change is Dino to Cosmic, the cast is the same so it’s like MMPR again, and the same bad theme is used again. And that’s supposed to be the 30th anniversary? Yeah, I thought Hasbro was apparently doing things differently from Saban, but at this point, I have no hope for them too. This is why I converted to Super Sentai.
Same here, I was hoping Hasbro would do something different, but now they’re like Neo Saban now.
The over-reliance on the dinosaur theme is definitely the big issue for me. Dino Thunder is my personal favorite, but over relying on the dinosaur theme made dinosaurs boring.
Dinosaurs in media had lukewarm reception after Jurassic World Dominion and the Prehistoric Planet documentary
The dinosaur theme IMO is what made the Power Rangers stand out among other superheroes..
Devon liking video games is alright for a hero. Didn't stop Emu from achieving his dream as a pediatrician in Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) Ex-Aid despite being Patient Zero to an entire video game-themed disease that kills people when under too much stress, but he didn't return to being an E-sports player.
God forbid if Power Rangers use Donbrothers for their next series. Probably best with Lupinranger vs Patranger.
If rumors are to be believed, they are going to reboot the whole thing and make an original PR show with no ties to Super Sentai or the original Continuity, and given how out of left field the most recent Sentai seasons had been (at least in terms of design), I do think there might be some true to those rumors.
@@EMTeves I hope they come up with better suits and mecha, instead of half assed, inferior OG suits and mecha, if they’re going their own way.
True, as I grew older I kinda missed out on the more darker and mature versions of Power Rangers during the early 2000s that wasn't afraid to confront some challenging ethics.
Saving 1 person compared to saving 10 or 20 people is a good way of describing the challenge and emotional trauma of being a power ranger who failed to save someone.
They were going somewhere with that episode there and could have kept watching the series more if I saw more episodes like this.
It gets to a point where nostalgia becomes resentment.
I find myself fortunate for being exposed to Sentai (Bioman, Maskman, Turboranger, Fiveman, Jetman) and other Tokusatsu (Masked Rider Black, Space Sheriff Shaider, Ultraman Ace) before Power Rangers. While I still appreciate the franchise/series, the Nostalgia Goggles (tm) aren't as thick/strong on me and the over reliance of MM nostalgia on Neo-Saban era and later to be more painfully obvious.
I feel like PR for a long time evolved beyond MMPR, and it was necessary for the show to survive as long as it did, but now they want to emulate the seasons that created the initial craze rather than emulate the much more sustainable model that kept PR alive for so long.
@LooneyArts Yeah, after In Space, the Rangers would be explicitly teenagers in high school only once during Dino Thunder. Mostly, they were portrayed as young adults with young adult jobs, and school was rarely brought up. That is, until Mega Force anyway.
I think a big point of comparison is how past seasons (and especially the original Season) is handled in Sentai as compared to power rangers. Akaranger and the other gorangers show up now and again, but its mostly limited to specials and movies. with sentai, once a season of the show is done, its done. Aside from post season movies and the odd crossover, thats it. Meanwhile powerrangers will bring back *any* character from the shows past at the drop of hat. this isnt necessaily bad, Power rangers has more defined "lore" than Sentai, but it has lead to the show kinda feeling like "oops all MMPR seasons 1-3"
It would be really nice to get a show like the Higgins mighty morphin book (I don’t mean a carbon copy) but something meant to be engaging for older audiences while still having the megazords and monster fights we all love. If nothing else we have the comics to scratch that itch which I highly recommend reading
YES ADAPT THE BOOM COMICS
@mintbari in an ideal world JDF would be alive to play Lord Drakkon though 😭
While I love the Mighty Morphin theme I miss the more individual themes that didn’t reuse the go go power rangers chorus. My favorites Power Rangers themes SPD Dino Thunder, Time Force and In Space were all great that wasn’t obsessed with reusing the go go power rangers chorus
I don’t really agree with the Disney seasons taking less risks or even stepping back. The Disney seasons are literally Power Rangers but unchained by a organization that cares, they did whatever they wanted.
Lately ever since last month I have gotten into Super Sentai, what started from me wanting to watch the power ranger seasons that never where ended up with me falling in love with a completely different product than the one I grew up with.
Watching shows like ToQger have shown me just how bad Power Rangers has been treated after the end of the Disney Era, I fell off by the time of Samurai and I thought it was just a part of growing older, but nah, it's just that they really couldn't evolve....somehow the series based on being adaptions of already made footage ended up being even more reliant on himself than the original inspiration.
Gokaiger and Zenkaiger are what Power Rangers have tried to do ever since the Neo Saban era but with way more respect of itself and the prior seasons they are using, they are willing to make seasons that undeniably feel like the originals without losing the actual point of always having a new team on a new time, the originality of every Sentai season was such a breath of fresh air after everything that happens in Power Rangers, and I think the biggest example of how this overreliance on MMPR has brought down the franchise is the constant reuse of Go Go, showing how non confident they are on being separated from that little show that hit it big, and it deeply saddens me to see the complete 180° that are both franchises compared to each other.
I did the same as you and I am totally loving the Super Sentai series more :D
Uh, have you not watched Dino Charge, Beast Morphers, or Dino Fury?
@@Nagai1989 Me too but doesn't mind Power Rangers much and kinda curious how the stories in Power Rangers could work in a Super Sentai season.
the only disrespectful thing that Super Sentai did to previous seasons is when they did a parody of Black Condor's death in Zenkaiger.
Power rangers is a very strange case.
For us as an audience, many of have watched for many many years (og fan here haha). We’ve moved way past the demographic for the show but we continue to watch. So you excuse our opinions because the show isn’t made for us.
But you’re right. They’re trying to make a show for kids with nostalgic mentions for us. I’m trying to please all, they’ve just made some terrible iterations.
I definitely have enjoyed the Hasbro era much better though. I think it’s found a nice a nice sweet spot of balance.
Though its nice they think of the fans in that right, it excludes many from getting into it. And its even starting to fail what it was originally for, kids. If you like MMPR you likely enjoy the new stuff because its very similar in how it was made years ago. I dont think mint meant to excuse opinions or ignore them though-, a show can be ranged for kids but be great for all ranges. Look at Avatar the last airbender, that is a CHILDREN'S cartoon. Yet is a greatly told story that adults and teens enjoyed, PR is made for kids and that is a fact. But once that gimmick fails, and fails to bring in more fans and barely keeps a stable fanbase... the series starts to flop.
@@mintbari sorry man I think I’ve worded that line wrong. I didn’t mean you in this video, I meant us in that category. We overlook certain aspects of the show because it’s not for us anymore.
I thought you’re commentary was pretty bang on the money 🤣
"I definitely have enjoyed the Hasbro era much better though. I think it’s found a nice a nice sweet spot of balance."
Any complaints tho or uh.......?
"they’ve just made some terrible iterations"
Well uh........
@@dylansharp8471 well I do think it’s still a bit empty. They’ve done better with the characters, specifically the focus episodes, but I haven’t been truly satisfied by them.
But my point is they use callbacks more effectively, the clips of the different weapons in Dino Fury for instance.
Heard around the rumor mill that cosmic fury will be the final season of the established lore from mighty morphing to now
I'm glad there's a growing list of people (thanks to Simon Bennet's info dump on twitter and Rangerboard) that realizes the real problem. this show can't let go of its past. Mighty Morphin nostalgia is the REAL damaging aspect towards Power Rangers today, not them adapting Super Sentai. It doesn't appeal to kids like it does for 20-30 years adults.
These days, talentless writers don't want to accept that their crap writing is the reason why the show is terrible, instead they think its outdated for the modern audience, which is why they are instead going to reboot it on Netflix and supposedly make it woke, which is supposedly better than adapting Lupinranger/Patranger because god forbid you paint cops in a good light.
Meanwhile, Im getting everything I want from a good power rangers season in Super Sentai. Donbrothers is better in every way to Dino Fury and I can't wait for King-Ohger.
It's also just the sheer amount of corporate limitations around the show holding it back. All these dumb rules & limitations such as "No direct punching" or "Shorten the Opening Theme Songs" or "You MUST have a comedic duo" or "No serialized storytelling"(the one I CANNOT STAND THE MOST) are really stifling to the writers' creativity to actually write & direct actual quality shows.
@@TheGloryXrosI personally agree. They basically want Power Rangers to fail and to be cancel forever, as if they are trying to silence Power Rangers for some reason in my opinion. I sometimes feel that due to a lot of executive interferences on what I’m hearing.
Beast Morphers should've been a true sequel to RPM. I want the stakes of a problem you thought was solved coming back and still being a huge issue in a world that's still rebuilding after near destruction
I genuinely don’t believe we will ever have a peak era of power rangers like the years of In-space, Lost Galaxy, Light speed Rescue, and Time Force. I definitely feel like those shows didn’t talk down to the audience, had mature storylines and less comedy, didn’t rely on MMPR like ever, and even when it came to business it didn’t feel like the milking of selling toys was so obvious.
Time force especially I consider one of if not the best power rangers series overall. I understand Tommy Oliver and Jason are the two OG’s who I love.
But genuinely if they made Wes Collin’s (TF red) even more important and made him Tommy’s successor, just an overall mentor and guider for rangers. I think the series could go in a lot of different directions. But it seems like if Saban can’t sell toys now a days, he pretty much tries to ignore all past series except MMPR because they bare no importance to current story lines or toy sales. Which soon could genuinely be the downfall overall of a 3 decade long franchise.
@@mintbari completely agreed like fr. They need to come up with some new ideas that made power rangers so ideal and exciting to watch in the first place. Like even with super mega force if they made it almost like the American gokaiger they could’ve easily even made that cast the successors to MMPR with cameos every now and again from the past. But even super sentai realizes that the actors don’t live forever. Gokaiger became the successors to shows like zyuranger, gigaman, timeranger, and even the OG’s. They’ve made so many appearances in super sentai since 2010.
Saban really got to get his head out of his wallet and figure out a better direction and fast.
Never a problem! Good content! 🙂
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"They need to come up with some new ideas that made power rangers so ideal and exciting to watch in the first place."
I mean..... they kinda have in ways.
"I genuinely don’t believe we will ever have a peak era of power rangers like the years of In-space, Lost Galaxy, Light speed Rescue, and Time Force."
Hey now man.
@@dylansharp8471 I’m not saying power rangers wasn’t good after, sorry if I didn’t make that clear! Like Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, Jungle Fury, and RPM were pretty good! I just think that the era before Disney was really iconic and was like peak maturity and storyline wise.
But when it became the neo saban era it became more about money and the writing and acting became more cheesy.
The only team in the past 10+ years that’s even lived up to the hype has been Dino Charge.
That’s just me tho! Lol
That era you speak of (1998-2001) wasn't a franchise peak for Power Rangers. And by then, kids moved on. Stuff like Pokemon and Harry Potter around that era displaced Power Rangers and the big "It franchise" for kids around then. Source: I lived it.
You said every single thing I've ever thought, putting it into a well worded and intelligent video essay.
These are the reasons I gave up on Power Rangers.
Cosmic Fury isn't really accomplishing anything except spitting on people who wanted a proper Kyuranger adaptation (I understand there are Kyuranger fans who are excited by Cosmic Fury and don't mind what they're doing, I'm not referring to you with this). They're only really doing this because "hey, early Saban seasons did this and they were well loved" without understanding the whys and hows of it.
I waited around a decade for the show to get better. And it never did, so I moved on. Only way I experience the show is video essays/reviews like this, OrangeRangerVideos, and Linkara's History of Power Rangers, and even then I go to those videos for the actual reviews (analysis, jokes, etc), not to experience the show.
Fanservice without meaning is just hollow and patronizing, and that's what the show's been doing for years now. That is what modern PR is.
(People are still free to like the show, of course, but it is fact that this is what they are doing)
Great video, man.
I was 4 when this came out. So, as much as I loved Mighty Morphin, In Space and Lightspeed Rescue were always my favorites. I also had a soft spot for Lost Galaxy and Wild Force. I really didn't watch anything after, other than Dino Thunder, and I think we all know why. My son hated it, but my daughter loves this and Transformers.... So here I am again lol! I think nostalgia works if you are in a spot like me, but ya, I keep waiting for some serious stuff to go down because I really want to see how she takes it.
They just don't have interest in telling real, relatable or complex stories. To them selling toys/merch is priority #1. MMPR was a monster and still is those departments, so the lean in is understandable. We had a good opportunity for change with the Live Action Power Ranger movie. Unfortunately, although I thought the cilvilian elements were fantastic, the Actual Power Rangers content was too short and lacked the cheese that makes Power Rangers so enjoyable. It's a tough sell for modern audiences too. Although I'd enjoy it, I don't think most people would accept the combination of more sophisticated drama and the goofy camp that I believe would be required to create a Power Rangers series that is both more sophisticated and faithful to the Sentai/Power Rangers brand. You either have to commit to the goofiness and create something totally out there, or reinvent everything from the ground up in order to give it more dramatic weight (which given the reliance on Sentai footage is very unlikely).
"They just don't have interest in telling real, relatable or complex stories"
Bullshit.
From what I been hearing,cosmic fury is the final season of overall established lore of power rangers from MM to now
Hasbro apparently is starting over from scratch it seems so 🤷🏾♂️
1:39 lol I didn't expect to see young Chris Chan make an appearance.
This is what i always say about PR everytime i say "i dont care anymore because its the same show since the 90's"
Im not saying the Disney Era and the beginings of the Neo Saban era were bad (i love SPD and Time Force a lot) but as soon as Samurai aired and i watched the first few episodes i dropped the series entirely, because it was MMPR all over again.
Look guys im going to be real here, this show was never deep to begin with, the characters were formulaic as heck, and the plot paper thin, but that was enough *IN THE 90s* for today you need to do more than that, and i know people will hate that i bring up this example but its the competition to Super Sentai in japan, Kamen Rider.
Kamen Rider is divided in different eras, Showa, Heisei and nowdays Reiwa, Kamen Rider fans for the most part are always eager to see the next show and never thought Kamen Rider Ichigo should be the defacto way of how Kamen Rider should be, and why is that? because they accepted the changes and nuances of the show and because they allowed Kamen Rider to mature as a show, try new gimmicks, new plots, new ways of doing the titular Rider and expanding on the concept of what makes a Kamen Rider be a Kamen Rider, is it fighting for justice only? its because out of revenge? it was born with the gift or curse of being a kamen rider? he is the only hope in a world in disarray? can we change our past? its ok to accept that we need to let go of the past and accept the future? all this questions ARE what Kamen Rider is each of them have all this at their core as part of their characters.
The Rangers used to at one point, and it should had been like Kamen Rider evolving that deep and complex way of seeing this characters in new and interesting ways even if they are weird and unorthodox in nature, but Saban looked at the ratings and freaked the hell out and hold on into nostalgia way too much sadly.
I disagree when you say PR was never deep or had good plot because you can list many PR seasons that disprove this but the problem is that too many people praise MMPR when it's actually the main PR season that lacks good character writting,plot writting & deeper themes
This is your best video yet. As an avid fan... I thought about this for many a year. Seamlessly the rest of the zordon era as it was, got forgotten about after forever red. Any nuance or call backs were all too the original cast. Many of whom left the show anyways even when it was booming... I get why they're feeding off of the hype right now. However the unique opening sequences and change of cast every year was why it was so great and so easy to follow. Although the formula was the same it was changed to adapt however the newer seasons. The last 3/4 have all just tried to copy MMPR and not one of them have been successful. I think we all are guilty of holding onto nostalgia however it's well past it's best before in the case of power rangers
The Neo-Saban and Hasbro seasons are *_soulless._* In the Disney Era, there weren't that many good seasons, but even in the worst seasons, at least they tried.
You can't have MMPR nostalgia when you don't have the SOUL of MMPR in the 90s. Say what you will about it, but MMPR was magic, and you can't replicate that.
No it wasn't magic. It was dumbed down Super Sentai before Judd Lynn came along.
I think this video confirmed most of my grievances with the modern power rangers franchise. It rarely takes risks and characters are very one-note and lack the proper depth and development to keep me coming. As a result, I've turned to Kamen Rider/Super Sentai to see if it's an better and though the cheesiness and one note characters still remain, the stories overall are much deeper and take more risks. Take Lupinranger vs Patrarangers. A great example of rangers who are on opposing sides yet neither is portrayed as completely evil or good. Even Kyurangers taking a page from RPM (whether intentional or not) and having rangers be on the offensive, not defensive since they are reclaiming an entire galaxy from an overlord is something I didn't realize I missed so much. The fact that we may never in our lives see something as grand as that in power rangers shows how unwilling the showholders are to take risks. Though I will still watch power rangers since I still love it but it doesn't hold as much power in my heart as it did before.
I love the franchise, and have for years. Early 90s arcs like in space and time force were amazing. I don’t watch a lot of the new stuff (unless it’s with my boys). When I want to watch I’ll go to Sentai, I love the drama, characters that have their own wants and needs. I hope that we can turn around power rangers to where it was.
Yeaaah,but even sentai is getting softer these days 😒
Honestly there are Super sentai series that I don't want Power rangers to adapt one of them being lupinranger vs patranger. Because for me what made the series more memorable was because of the concept itself. It also showcases the insecurities of each character. It Can be both goofy and dark at the same time.
most of the examples you give about the later power rangers seasons being deeper seem like happy little accidents. Kendrix died because her actress had cancer. Eric is a partial copy of Naoto, etc...
You have earned me as a subscriber, I couldn’t agree with you more, even as a child younger than the age of 10 I was drawn to seasons like in space, time force, light speed due to their real characters, awesome stories, and complexity. There was so much heart behind the older seasons that you can’t feel anymore in the new stuff. Now as an adult I honestly can’t stomach the new era stuff but I still can go back and really enjoy old seasons.
@@LooneyVoices6398 totally agree with you
@@LooneyVoices6398 I feel you haha! It’s the easiest way to distinguish between a true fan and someone who was passively exposed to pr. (I’m not being elitist, those who never saw the peak of pr truly missed out, the franchise had such a huge impact on shaping who I am as a man today.)
The Hasbro era returns to the quality of RPM without being cringe like the Saban eras were.
As someone who was negative 4 years old when Mighty Morphing came out, I really wish Power Rangers wouldn't fixate on it so hard
Same here!
@@mintbari sadly Playmates got the license to make toys and just confirmed all of it will be mmpr. Its sad to see that this franchise is now in a position were it can't even survive without mmpr.
There was a time when I wanted to make my own Power Rangers story. For what it's worth, I didn't intentionally pull from Mighty Morphin. And if I did, I at least wanted to try and see what storytelling potential there is for modernizing the concepts. Great writing is knowing there's a good concept and giving it the proper execution it deserved. And this is coming from a man who despised Megaforce. I realized that it had good ideas and I wanted to take advantage of it. In the words of Comic Drake, "There are no bad characters, only bad writing."
Attitude just means a consistant personality. Being a goodie goodie is an attitude. It's why we say good or bad attitude.
@@mintbari I'm not arguing whether it's good characterization. Just that the rangers all do have strong attitudes from the first few seconds we see them and they remain consistant through the show.
People saying "The rangers have no attitude" aren't taking the 5 seconds to look up a definition.
yeah you hit the nail on the head i have started every neo saban season intending to finish it and i usually find the MMPR references and throwbacks amusing for a little but past that they just have nothing there...i don't expect or really want a hard adult power rangers show or anything id be perfectly happy with even Disney season quality they found a decent middle ground but recent seasons are so MMPR heavy when we moved past that
Tbh my favorite seasons were Dino thunder and ninja storm
Time Force is the best season for sure
Devon’s game hobby was almost never an important part of his character. His season 1 story was all about his desire to live up to his father’s expectations. His gaming hobby was just a quirk of his character.
Oddly enough, the MMPR nostalgia was underserved for regular Megaforce…although I’m still a fan of it for some reason. Maybe that’s because it was Goseiger’s Greatest Hits.
I'm able to avoid this problem completely but watching the Super Sentai and not giving a fuck about American Power Rangers
@@mintbari well to each their own maybe I'm part of the problem I like MMPR but one thing I don't like is reusing the intro music over and over. I didn't like Power Rangers Mystic Force intro music but at least it was unique and not tied to mmpr.
Actually just got to meet Rocky the Red Ranger the other night at a Comic-Con I'm in love with mmpr when I was real young like in 1995 my entire birthday party was all Power Ranger stuff.
Zeo is still my all-time favorite Power Ranger show.
I haven't watched American Power Ranger since Samurai and before that I hadn't watched American Power Rangers since at least Lost Galaxy. A lot of Ranger shows I haven't even watched yet but I really like Power Rangers Samurai I just wish they would have used an original theme for the music instead over using mnpr over and over.
So although I may not be tired of mmpr I can understand that a lot of people are burned out on it like an overdose of nostalgia too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. Guaranteed Power Rangers Cosmic Fury since it's the 30th Anniversary will have a ton of Power Ranger stuff it's just a shame jdf won't be there but I'm glad a lot of older people are coming back
Also really enjoyed this video. It’s nice to see some new good Power Rangers video essays.
also…if you don’t mind…some advice from a fellow UA-camr: I think you should stick to PR. I almost didn’t subscribe because you said that you also do videos about other topics/brands. I don’t think the alogrythm likes a mix of too different topics/brands. Especially in the beginning. Comparing your view numbers of Power Rangers videos with your other ones it’s already evident.
I WISH that we get more seasons where the writing and cinematography is close to LightSpeed, TimeForce and even LostGalaxy 😭
I love the casual Chris chan at the beginning lmao
I didn't show it but that particular newscast has a shot of Chris putting away a Shogun Megazord box in a shopping bag. So it's technically relevant lol.
True, those who love Dinosaurs will always love the things that the original MMPR season had.
And those who kept on going with the series through Season 2 and Season 3 when the casual fans left the series to move onto the next big thing, the ones that kept on watching got to see the Zeo, Turbo and Space seasons.
But those who don't like Dinosaurs, I can understand they want something more than just Dinosaur Zords all the time.
Honestly, one thing that really impacted the show in a negative way is having it picked up by Nickelodeon. If it went to Netflix Right after RPM, then it would have been so much more relatable and the characters more developed
And we wouldn’t have Super “seasons too.
It definitely is. The show was very one note but is being prioritised due to being iconic. There are greater seasons such as In Space and Time Force and i do not see Hasbro, or Saban ever giving them some praise.
As someone who got into Power Rangers va Ninja Storm the franchise going "Hey Remember Mighty Morphin" is really funny to me
Thank you for putting my own feelings on this subject into an intelligent argument.
I feel that way about star wars. It seems like a lot of reviewers don't like to accept the original movies aren't perfect, or at least could've been improved. Like, most reviews just say "oh, it's iconic!!! That's why it's still popular (???)" without giving an actual review.
Same w X-Men the animated series retrospectives 😴😴
dino fury is less obnoxius with the nosalgia than the neo saban era was at least
I think the issue is that the 90s audience just grew up. Like how we used to watch cartoons back in the day, but now those cartoons are not entertaining.
But I hope when Hasbro finally brings in their movie reboot, it will draw more fans and new fans.
The american version should really just try to replicate the Super Sentai counterpart, just let each team shine independently from each other, give each season their own spin, instead of attaching MMPR nostalgia like a parasite to the rest of the franchise.
I'm surprise the MMPR is getting the most attention today because I would think the current younger fans(Gen Z) would be more nostalgic for PR post Zordon.
Those seasons were never as big and there were things that displaced Power Rangers that came along as the "It franchise" for kids then. And those that displaced PR are still somewhat prominent today like Pokemon, Harry Potter, Shrek, Kim Possible, literally most Disney Channel/Nickelodeon Sitcoms, Avatar: The Last Airbender and many other things.
Ironic this is the same problem Star Wars has
Ironically some excuse this lack in quality by saying its for the kids not for you. 1 kids deserve quality too and 2 Kids aren't old enough to know the legacy characters. if they cared about the kids ratings they wouldn't do that
@@mintbari agreed but I don't think having them there is a problem I just think it makes the 'made for kids it'd not made for u' argument make any sense. I have younger siblings and all the nostalgia goes over their head
This is why PR can't adapt LupinRanger VS PatRanger for a wider, modern audience, it's because of Zordon's stupid morals of Power Rangers can't be criminals or in Super MegaForce's case, pirates. This goes to show almost 30 years, they still didn't have the cajones to take risks.
Well other than the fact that Lupin is shit awful dreck that belongs in the Neo-saban era. Just gotta add a few more fart jokes.
You should do a follow up talking about the comics
I feel like the comics its basically doing the whole nostalgia thing, but actually good
Corny jokes n kid themes are holding the show back
Ahhh… I see what you’re saying. Time for Ninja Storm/Dino Thunder nostalgia!
I'm scared now of saying nostalgia out loud to avoid a Doug Walker aparition showing up.
After watching their sentai counterpart and a lot of kamen rider, it's not the action scenes that sells it that much for me, but the drama, the relations between characters and their own goals.
Havent watched PR, since rpm, only lenghty reviews but damn is sad to see how the same franchise that gave us
"Countdown to destruction" and "The end of time"; now give us discount Zordon lol
Familiarity and nostalgia for MMPR is why catering to casual audiences has to stop
Thank UA-cam weird algorithm that i found you. Love your Power Rangers videos.
I really hope that the new MMPR reboot will be what I look to for MMPR nostalgia.
The camera and prop quality looks like 80s doctor who
RIP JDF you will be missed
I’m very curious how you felt about Dino charge as that was the only neo saban era show that was liked by a lot of fans and wasn’t trying to pander to nostalgia as much.
Great video! I seriously have had these thoughts forever and have been thinking of making a video talking about it. But you nailed it. Honestly im sort of turned off to the og rangers. The special is sort of making me more annoyed than excited.
But that is mostly because of the years of the actors saying that their season is the best because they did their own fight scenes.
@MintBari yes! I am with you on that. For me there are so many characters with more depth id love to see come back for an episode. But the likelihood of RJ coming back is slim.
All I got to say is, the show wants to make mmpr money so that’s why you see the things you see. Power ranger may never be that popular like that again but it’s stays above enough to keep the train rolling
I was ready to quit watching with Ninja Steel but then it was announced Hasbro bought the show so I decided to stay a bit longer. But then we get to Dino Fury and I realised Hasbro was more than happy to continue Neo-Saban rehashing MMPR just with a bigger budget.
If I can say something nice about the Hasbro era it's the improved production values and the smaller references to previous seasons such as Beast Morphers mentioning the Pan Global Games.
At this point I'm just keeping an eye on the Lighting Collection
I was in a similar boat. I had such a bad taste in my mouth thanks to Ninja Steel. Beast Morphers was marginally better but just barely had me hooked. It sucks that we're only now reaching the bate minimum quality, when we know PR is capable of so much more.
@@mintbari I’m trying to avoid Once and Always right now as I feel the MMPR rehashing has been given its own film. Eventually I’m going to give in and watch it simply because I want to study the Robo Rita dress
I always wanted to get around watching Dino Fury (mainly because a lot of people say it’s good in the community), but Wild Force is a slog to get through, especially after watching one of the best seasons of the entire franchise, Power Rangers Time Force. This (and because there was another mixed season after that) made me loose all my motivation of finishing the series (or at least catching up with it).
I get how you feel MintBari. Even the Power Rangers themes songs have gone a bit stale. In fact, you should probably talk about the theme songs of Power Rangers in a future video.
I think the problem really is the fan base. You have to understand these companies invest into things that are profitable. Now I do agree that things should change. I've been watching pr since the og rangers arrived. But as time moved forward I noticed that the newer shows didn't have the same appeal. That's not saying I didn't come across newer rangers that I liked. The thing is none of the new rangers have spawned a major fan base as big as the original. I watched my cousins and other little kids become obsessed but quickly moved on to other things. The newer shows don't hold up to the titan that is mmpr. Now I know alot of people will disagree. But toy sales and memorabilia says different. I know people will say that doesn't matter and that those shows haven't been given the same treatment. I would disagree. Look at all the original content that spawned from those rangers. How so many different stories were told none of them drew the same crowds and reactions. As long as there's money to be made. These companies will invest in what works. If you disagree. You have every right too. I would suggest you use your wallets and purses to prove that point. Fans of the og rangers always have and we always will.
As ranger fan since Lost Galaxy, while binging through most the seasons and enjoying them, by the time I got to Mega force I couldn't get into it and dropped it. I didn't finish Dino Charge, didn't drop it just didn't around to finishing it, blanked out on Ninja Steel by forgetting the first villain, enjoyed parts of Beast Morphers, haven't started Dino Fury yet, though I'm slowly going through Super Dental and the most recent I finished was Shinkenger, enjoyed it much more then Samurai. Currently going through Books get which is Operation Over drive's counterpart.
I was the right age when mighty Morphin aired on TV and I will say that recent years I've gone back and I watched them and they're pretty cringe. I know that in the fandom the love for MMPR is unquestionable I myself am more of a sentai fan and whenever I stay the power rangers flaws there's just massive backlash
I totally agree that current seasons and even seasons of the past 10 years have really focused on the nostalgia of the original which is holding it back. The Japanese series are all standalone series Yes they might have their crossovers but they never focus on a past season for nostalgic reasons if there's a theme about vehicles or dinosaurs they don't revert back to a pass season. I also feel that mature stories meant for both adults and children can benefit this
I think the problem is tht power rangers has not grown up, while it's real fans have. The comics was pretty entertaining and thts wht the show needs to be, entertaining for its more mature audience just a bit.
Literally watching these videos while waiting for Cosmic Fury to drop in about five minutes. I am not expecting Power Rangers, as we know it, to end on a high note.
Cosmic Fury ends on a better note than anything Saban could have done, too bad the production team didn't exist when Gokaiger was still new.
Long comment and kinda ranty here. Sorry if whomever reading doesnt follow im just kinda going off a stream of consciousness here:
Im honestly kinda scared about how Cosmic Fury is being handled. Not like its all doom and gloom but i dont quite understand why they felt a need to carry on the cast of Dino Fury when its a completely different type of show (knights vs. A space opera). Well thats not totally true. I do have a theory that they're working in stages to eventually be able to produce a full on season of PR by themselves with using little of the original source of Super Sentai. Hell, they may be trying to no longer adapt sentai at all, or at least.be able to go and make original seasons if they lack source material they think will work out.
The last few seasons of super sentai have had things i already knew they'd try to change (the heavy inclusion of suit actors both in and out of a ranger costume but it made sense given the context with series like Go-Busters and Kyuranger, and the heavy use of CG for the ranger forms of some characters like in Donbrothers) and they might feel like itll be a bad idea to even try to do so.
I just hope they dont try to make all the characters human-esque aliens and also try to make it work with less rangers for Cosmic Fury just to be able to have this weird continuation attempt work out. I havent been keeping up with it so i may be needlessly worried but still, i just want the series i loved as a kid to still be there and dont want it to keep doing this nostalgia bait, overly kiddy type of show.
Sentai has kind of been getting overly kiddy too. And yes its a show made for kids but it still had an appeal to fringe demographics and people whom were older but still watched. Hell, Sentai rangers used to be killed off fairly often, and we even had a few ranger deaths in PR too. Not that those make the show more mature alone but they didnt feel a need to be overly hand-holding and trusted the viewership it feels like.
All in all i just hope that, whatever happens on either side of the Pacific, we can still see some quality Tokusatsu and have something of substance over just bland ways to sell Megazord toys. I am optimistic but not overly so.