Remastered Power Rangers = Fail?
By Super Luigi 64 on January 23, 2010, 11:43 pm
First of all, I STILL love Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I loved it as a kid, and still bust out the old tapes when I need a good laugh and nostalgia trip.
So imagine how intrigued I was to learn that ABC in the US would be airing a remastered version of the classic show!
What we got was... interesting, to say the least.
Check out the classic opening (Youtube has embedding disabled for it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_YgupUZNdw
Now check out the "New and Improved" Intro:
What the hell? It gets worse, g1's.
Check out some of the changes made to Episode One:"Day Of The Dumpster". Should be easy to see what's be altered....
How about Episode Two: "High Five"?
Sure, the picture looks better, BUT AT WHAT COST?
At least we get sweet new toys...
Thank God they didn't mess with the music.
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redeyephoenix Jan 23, 2010 at 11:46 pm |
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Kenshiro3 Jan 24, 2010 at 6:36 pm |
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Cleppy Jan 25, 2010 at 12:00 am |
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redeyephoenix Jan 25, 2010 at 12:39 am |
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Super Luigi 64 Jan 25, 2010 at 2:02 am |
Cleppy said…
maybe you all just need to quit whining? I grew up on this stuff, and yeah.. there are changes, but it's still the same show that it always was at heart.. if you want to to *****, ***** about steven and george who raped their own movies alot worse than this. Congrats, this is my first '1' rating.
So you gave me a "1", because I expressed an opinion and a lot of people agreed with me? Or was it because I didn't, as you so eloquently put it, "***** about steven and george who raped their own movies alot worse than this"? You mean like everyone else already has since 1997?
Who pissed in your cornflakes, pal?
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Hromovlad Jan 25, 2010 at 11:24 am |
Despite the cosmetic changes it is still the same bad American teen-sitcom with stock-footage ripped from a old Japanese TV-show
How can you rape something that already was rape?
This way it is at least more obvious.
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redeyephoenix Jan 26, 2010 at 4:17 am |
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Hromovlad Jan 31, 2010 at 2:12 pm |
Maybe cringe my teeth for a few seconds, and then pretend it does not exist.
(that's what I did with the Transformers movies)
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redeyephoenix Jan 31, 2010 at 2:17 pm |
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Darkseid Jan 23, 2010 at 11:56 pm |
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pat speed Jan 24, 2010 at 3:32 am |
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Hromovlad Jan 25, 2010 at 11:26 am |
Power Rangers simply took everything that was good about it, and added tons of ****ty filler material to it.
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LPfan9976 Jan 24, 2010 at 3:35 am |
Darkseid said…
Well, it was horrible in the first place, so.......
idk about other people but i got my tourch and pitch fork all ready...
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CatholicPat Jan 24, 2010 at 1:23 pm |
Darkseid said…
Have you ever seen the source material it butchered?
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Super Luigi 64 Jan 24, 2010 at 2:33 pm |
Then Tommy the White Ninja Ranger!
Then Batman.
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CatholicPat Jan 24, 2010 at 2:35 pm |
Super Luigi 64 said…
I went as Tommy the White Ranger!
Then Tommy the White Ninja Ranger!
Then Batman.
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Hromovlad Jan 25, 2010 at 11:30 am |
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celeste_magix Jan 24, 2010 at 3:48 pm |
Darkseid said…
Have you ever seen the source material it butchered?
Maybe people wouldn't mind the "original" now with the whole manga and anime craze but you must admit in the 90's nobody would have gone for it.
Besides, you can find the originals on youtube and a power rangers fan site.
PS. Power Rangers was done better than the Dragon Ball Z US live action version.
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Darkseid Jan 24, 2010 at 3:51 pm |
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fluffymoochicken Jan 24, 2010 at 2:06 pm |
The classic Japanese Super Sentai shows feel like watching some great B movies, but Power Rangers was more like a watered down, kiddy version of said B movies.
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Super Luigi 64 Jan 24, 2010 at 2:37 pm |
Don't get me wrong, I love Zyuranger, but I never could be one of those Sentai snobs you hear around the internet. "Power Rangers is for kids, no one should ever watch it evar!!11onoone"
Plus Kimberly was hot!
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CatholicPat Jan 24, 2010 at 2:39 pm |
fluffymoochicken said…
Here, here. MMPR is great for a laugh, but not much else...
The classic Japanese Super Sentai shows feel like watching some great B movies, but Power Rangers was more like a watered down, kiddy version of said B movies.
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Super Luigi 64 Jan 24, 2010 at 2:41 pm |
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fluffymoochicken Jan 24, 2010 at 4:05 pm |
Keep in mind that Super Sentai was also made for kids, too, but it's ultimately a better show. I was surprised at how, by the end of Choujin Sentai Jetman, I had come to really care deeply about the characters and their plights, both for the heroes and villains alike. Their inter-relationships were really fascinating, and it proved to me that you can have campy fun and have an interesting story at the same time.
At the end of MMPR season 1, all I had were the same ol' goofy teenage stereotypes fighting the same ol' non-threatening villain (the villains in Power Rangers can't even manage to kill a single civilian). As I said, that's great for a laugh, but I'd still rather be watching a good Super Sentai series.
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CatholicPat Jan 24, 2010 at 4:16 pm |
Super Sentai may have also been for kids but it was for Japanese kids. MMPR was made for American kids. Call it a bastardization all you want but that's what appealed to American youth at the time. I for one enjoyed and still do.
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fluffymoochicken Jan 24, 2010 at 4:38 pm |
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CatholicPat Jan 24, 2010 at 4:47 pm |
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fluffymoochicken Jan 24, 2010 at 7:15 pm |
We can say that MMPR is a better show than what's on today for kids, but then again, we also grew up with MMPR. I myself also grew up with cheesy martial arts movies and giant monster flicks too, so my personal appeal to watching these tokusatsu shows is quite obvious. But I'm sure that there were people our age back then who looked at Power Rangers and said the exact same thing you're saying: "The stuff we used to watch as kids was better!"
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Ben Jan 24, 2010 at 1:54 am |
CUT
ZORDON: "You've been through an incredible experience together."
lol. intentional?
Man, Power Rangers was awesome! I'm glad they're reshowing it for a new generation. I gotta admit, some of the flashy effects are kinda cool, the freeze framing kinda works, but maybe overdone... and it was a good idea to change some backgrounds and stuff from the old Japanese stock footage, like the time-warp space shuttle device thingy. But what's up with the Adam West Batman effects and that weird border around Bulk and Skull? A little too much "remastering" me thinks.
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Super Luigi 64 Jan 24, 2010 at 2:06 am |
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Smashing_riot Jan 24, 2010 at 2:16 am |
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GaaraofMYdesertHAHA Jan 24, 2010 at 2:35 am |
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LPfan9976 Jan 24, 2010 at 3:31 am |
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Kingofclubs Jan 24, 2010 at 3:46 am |
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robito Jan 24, 2010 at 3:51 am |
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DarkUltima Jan 24, 2010 at 3:52 am |
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Se7enthMoon Jan 24, 2010 at 4:08 am |
If you grew up watching the old school power rangers then check out Shinkenger instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NZIVzkklQY
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TrueZero Jan 24, 2010 at 4:16 am |
Oh, and they have the first real crossover with Kamen Rider too.
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SleepidySleep Jan 24, 2010 at 6:08 am |
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LPfan9976 Jan 24, 2010 at 11:15 am |
Se7enthMoon said…
God the new backgrounds and filters and stuff made this unwatchable.
If you grew up watching the old school power rangers then check out Shinkenger instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NZIVzkklQY
*spoilers*
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first female red ranger later on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqDbFfay_YE
first series 3 females 2 males :3
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