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[WillyFive]

I saw the first two episodes of Cartoon Network's English dub for Kabuto, it was awful. They used the same tone other dub studios use when dubbing anime and Asian movies; making all the characters sound either incredibly dull or incredibly campy.

 

[chickdigger802]

half way through lightspeed rescue. i like the saturday morning cartoon feel. very light and fun. i think i have a new favorite yellow ranger too.

its a great show imo. Carter is a weak red, but the whole military organization thing works. I always do find it hilarious that the lightspeed megazord seems to destroy more of the city than help prevent damage. Such a cool combination sequence with some nicely detailed models too.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

TVN put out Ultimatum before OT if you're really desperate to watch it with subs

 

[WillyFive]

Scans for KyoryuViolet are out. We now know about all 10 Rangers!

TVN put out Ultimatum before OT if you're really desperate to watch it with subs

I saw it months ago without subs, even without understanding the plot it was good enough for me to wait for OT to have it up.

 

[Edag Plata]

Scans for KyoryuViolet are out. We now know about all 10 Rangers!

There's 11. You're forgetting the most important one of all. Kyoryu Silver.

 

[Tenumi]

NC talks about Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie!

This video... wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Heck, it was kinda funny at times. Plus, he said the thing that always needs to be said about pretty much everything, that there's nothing wrong with liking something even though others may not.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Yeah we know nothing about Bragigas other than name and color.

 

[WillyFive]

Go-Busters coming to South Korea this year as Power Rangers Go-Bursters.

Yeah, Bursters.

There's 11. You're forgetting the most important one of all. Kyoryu Silver.

He's going to own that teamup.

But yeah, I forgot about Bragigas. Also, I thinkTurbo: A Power Rangers Movie is one of the worst movies ever made.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LMNU97Sy7U

 

[Box of Bunnies]

What I've seen of the Kabuto dub seems okay for karate bugmen. I'd probably watch that instead of TV-N if the rips we have were better video quality.

Like I said in the Nostalgia Critic thread, the Turbo movie's more boring as shit than anything. It's got a few things going for it in Jason and Divatox, though.

 

[kunonabi]

its a great show imo. Carter is a weak red, but the whole military organization thing works. I always do find it hilarious that the lightspeed megazord seems to destroy more of the city than help prevent damage. Such a cool combination sequence with some nicely detailed models too.

carter is very much the prototypical hero/leader type which i find refreshing after how up and down the red rangers have been post jason.

 

[Slayven]

Zyu Yellow was a shit talking little punk. Damn I like him.

 

[jwk94]

Turbo A Power Rangers Movie: In the original script Adam and Tanya take off to battle underwater to try and save Kimberly and Jason but get their suits destroyed in the fight. I remember reading "Adam comes out of the water with a shredded suit". We started filming some scenes to lead to it but then it was cut from the script...bummer.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=575595032479721&l=c9aafd1cb3

Interesting. Would have loved to see that happen.

 

[WillyFive]

Well, I'd rather the Turbo movie had more stuff about cars, but that's just me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LMNU97Sy7U

The best kind of parody videos, short ones.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Apparently a cut of the movie was 4 hours long or something.

 

[Edag Plata]

Turbo was such a mess...yet when you look back at it, it's still infinitely better than anything post-Time Force.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

I remember watching the last half in spansish on Christmas morning. That was great. Spanish channels always play the best movies

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Well, I'd rather the Turbo movie had more stuff about cars, but that's just me.

Yeah, it's weird that there weren't any chase scenes or a race or anything. There's some really cool stuff you could do with car zords in a big movie, instead the antagonist is a space pirate in a submarine and the Rangers sit around on a ship.

it's still infinitely better than anything post-Time Force.

Are you high, son? The first few years of Disney and RPM is pretty much the height of the series.

That's not a Turbo slam, mind, it's a Saban slam generally.

 

[Edag Plata]

Are you high, son? The first few years of Disney and RPM is pretty much the height of the series.

That's not a Turbo slam, mind, it's a Saban slam generally.

I totally disagree. RPM is SO wildly over rated. It would have been better if it wasn't Power Rangers. It was somewhat enjoyable out of suit but once they morphed it was painful to watch.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Apart from the strong characterisation and dash of humour, I like RPM so much because it kind of exemplified what Power Rangers should be to me. Not dark or edgy or whatever, just different from the Sentai. As much of its own thing as possible while still constructed from the base elements provided by the Japanese series.

RPM and Go-Onger are both fantastic yet complete polar opposites.

 

[Edag Plata]

Apart from the strong characterisation and dash of humour, I like RPM so much because it kind of exemplified what Power Rangers should be to me. Not dark or edgy or whatever, just different from the Sentai. As much of its own thing as possible while still constructed from the base elements provided by the Japanese series.

RPM and Go-Onger are both fantastic yet complete polar opposites.

But it doesn't have to be. It doesn't have to be the same OR different. Look at Time Force. Almost identical to Timeranger but still fantastic. It's about the effort put into the show, the cast, sound, all that jazz. Both shows have their pluses and one is a Sentai shadow and the other tries as hard as possible to be as different as possible. I just hated the action in RPM and when you're talking about a PR series, that's kind of a deal breaker.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

As someone who just watched and loved Go-Onger, how do they exactly work that into a "serious" Power Rangers?

Most of the Banki Beasts were pretty bizarre and goofy, like Straw and Balloon Banki. Then you have the cartoony-animal mechas.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Yeah, I wonder why they spent a whole lot of time in the boat and didn't promote their merch, and suddenly everyone can't into Zeo.

I totally disagree. RPM is SO wildly over rated. It would have been better if it wasn't Power Rangers. It was somewhat enjoyable out of suit but once they morphed it was painful to watch.

Well shit

Disney seasons have been awesome. Only shit it has really are three - Wild Force, Mystic Force, and Operation Overdrive. Then there's the kinda meh Jungle Fury which is not good but not bad.

But seriously, you just said Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, SPD and RPM as crap?!

 

[Tenumi]

To me, it doesn't matter how close to the Sentai Power Rangers gets because, well, they are made for two completely different audiences. I know some will say they're both for children, but while that is true, its also true that the market difference between American Children and Japanese Children is a very real thing.

Trust me, I'm not saying this because I like Power Rangers. I like Super Sentai as well. I just realize that they're intended for two different groups.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

As someone who just watched and loved Go-Onger, how do they exactly work that into a "serious" Power Rangers?

Make it so the engines and most of the enemies don't talk, slap a visual filter over most of the Sentai fight footage and there you go.

 

[Slayven]

Monsters making horrible puns and jokes are half the fun.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

Man, Go-Buster Blue overheating was pretty intense. 0.o

I kind of felt weird how they swept it under the rug with a "it's who I am!" at the end, because, damn, he almost smashed that girl's face in.

 

[WillyFive]

Make it so the engines and most of the enemies don't talk, slap a visual filter over most of the Sentai fight footage and there you go.

Don't forget changing the entire story, literally only leaving the Zord fights (RPM is almost entirely done with original fight footage).

 

[Edag Plata]

Don't forget changing the entire story, literally only leaving the Zord fights (RPM is almost entirely done with original fight footage).

Well, a lot of the Disney seasons did that, and more so the later into the Disney era you go. Not very cost effective when you care less and less about producing a show.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Some of the unmorphed fights in RPM were pretty fun. The one in the park around the play equipment and with the pram comes to mind.

 

[Slayven]

Plazon doesn't look much like a pleasiosuar.

 

[jwk94]

Apparently a cut of the movie was 4 hours long or something.

Do we know what else was cut out?

Turbo was such a mess...yet when you look back at it, it's still infinitely better than anything post-Time Force.

What? You can't be serious.

 

[Parallax]

Man, Go-Buster Blue overheating was pretty intense. 0.o

I kind of felt weird how they swept it under the rug with a "it's who I am!" at the end, because, damn, he almost smashed that girl's face in.

beast ryuuji was one of my favorite aspects of go busters. the moment he overheats, shit gets real

Turbo was such a mess...yet when you look back at it, it's still infinitely better than anything post-Time Force.

no. no it wasnt. not even close. as much of a mess as mystic force, operation overdrive, and to a lesser extent, jungle fury were, they werent touched by the horribleness of turbo. turbo picks up after they drop the original cast, but the damage had already been done.

 

[Boss Doggie]

To me, it doesn't matter how close to the Sentai Power Rangers gets because, well, they are made for two completely different audiences. I know some will say they're both for children, but while that is true, its also true that the market difference between American Children and Japanese Children is a very real thing.

Trust me, I'm not saying this because I like Power Rangers. I like Super Sentai as well. I just realize that they're intended for two different groups.

It's a culture thing really. They both have the same idea of merchandise-show, but they should have a different approach in a sense.

Some of the unmorphed fights in RPM were pretty fun. The one in the park around the play equipment and with the pram comes to mind.

Sakamoto!

iirc his wife was even shown in one episode, I think it was Ranger Green? It was with the fight featuring a baby in a stroller (!)

 

[Urban Scholar]

Garo S3

Hey we can search for mahou horrors now!

*Sees city map light up like a Christmas tree*

Um....were going to be busy....

 

[chickdigger802]

don't remember much of the turbo movie but that original movie footage combination sequence was neat with the super detailed models.

Remember when shit wasn't cg? Well it seems like sentai combinations seem to alternate between models and crappy cg.

Really curious if kyourger will have a ultrazord clusterfuck thing by the end.

 

[WillyFive]

At first they were always models (since CGI was expensive for a TV show), with some shows like Jetman and Kakuranger experimenting with animated effects, but starting with Megaranger and Gingaman, they started using CGI models, and by Abaranger their gattai sequences were entirely done with CGI. However, they wanted to go retro with Dekaranger and started using models again and it became on-and-off for the rest of the decade.

Honestly, I loved the CGI of Timeranger, Gaoranger, Hurricanger, and Abaranger; it felt intense and eye-popping. But nowadays the CGI is so bad (it seems they haven't improved at all since that time), that I'd rather see models done. Although Kyoryuger is getting better with CGI, just last year's Go-Busters had unbearable CGI for mecha.

Also, Kyoryuger doesn't seem like one who will have the combine-everything mecha this year; since each Ranger has either one of two types of Zords, a humanoid mecha (Red, Gold, Deathryuger, Violet) and an arm mecha (Blue, Pink, Green, Black, Cyan, Grey). I don't know what Silver's mech is going to be like, but I doubt it will allow the humanoid mechs to combine somehow.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

I always thought the CG in Tokusatsu was surprisingly "good"...I mean, nothing mind-blowing, but for their budget and compared to what I see in American shows, it's tolerable.

Like, even the Mirror Monsters in Ryuki I thought looked pretty good for 2003.

 

[chickdigger802]

I always thought the CG in Tokusatsu was surprisingly "good"...I mean, nothing mind-blowing, but for their budget and compared to what I see in American shows, it's tolerable.

Like, even the Mirror Monsters in Ryuki I thought looked pretty good for 2003.

But compared to other toku like Garo and Rescue Fire... there is something to be desired.

I think CG is fine for more fantastical megazord stuff, but for the sentai series that are tech based, it makes slightly more sense for me as if it was model based lol.


you know, kyoruger ultrazord would be dope if they go asura style with multiple arms. Each arm does seem to have its own weapon so it could be a weapon steamroll style finisher.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Tomica Heroes is a fair comparison, Garo not so much considering it only has half the episode count.

The thing about Rider and Ranger stuff generally is that, running nearly every week for a year their budget has to be stretched super thin. Even using stock footage and effects-lite episodes and stuff, there's only so much money to go around when you're cranking out 50 episodes in a year.

 

[Slayven]

Mecha finishers have been lackluster for years.

 

[Boss Doggie]

I guess Takara ain't cheap?

 

[isny]

Mecha finishers have been lackluster for years.

Going through Go-Busters ATM, and I kinda just skip the mecha fights, lol

 

[Box of Bunnies]

I guess Takara ain't cheap?

Well they got out of the game pretty quick, so they obviously realised it wasn't worth the money they were spending.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

That thread in OT about the dude complaining about English in Japan made me wonder, do the little kids that Sentai and Rider is aimed at even understand the random non-Japanese phrases thrown into the show?

 

[WillyFive]

That thread in OT about the dude complaining about English in Japan made me wonder, do the little kids that Sentai and Rider is aimed at even understand the random non-Japanese phrases thrown into the show?

It's like Dora the Explorer to them.

 

[chickdigger802]

Going through Go-Busters ATM, and I kinda just skip the mecha fights, lol

Funny because I thought those were the best part of the show and possibly the best of sentai tbh.

 

[WillyFive]

Back into the topic of dubs, here's one of the few surviving clips of the Kamen Rider 1 English dub for the Philippines.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Back into the topic of dubs, here's one of the few surviving clips of the Kamen Rider 1 English dub for the Philippines.

Wow, didn't know we had KR1.

Going through Go-Busters ATM, and I kinda just skip the mecha fights, lol

Finishers aside GB has the best mecha choreography.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Song reminds me of the Megaranger theme