A little bit of background between me and Ninja Storm:
I was a dumbass teenager who didn't give a shit about Saban losing the brand. It wasn't cuz of shit like Kid Rangers, or Justin or the cast getting fired in Mighty Morphin, but I just didn't really know what the fuck that meant.
I watched Ninja Storm every morning it was out on ABC Saturday Morning, despite liking Wild Force more, despite not even realizing Wild Force had changed stations, despite watching the End of The Power Rangers. (It doesn't make sense what I wrote, but you sorta get what I mean...)
My main memory was liking the Thunder Bros concept, it not turning as legendary as Tommy or Burai, being disappointed Cam was the Sixth Ranger, that Cyber Cam existed, laughing at the villains in a LOL not actually laughing way, and being horribly disappointed with the Shane arc.
What was my end result after 10-15 years later?
One major problem with the intro is that they show what Ninja Storm is in the credits prior to it supposedly being a surprise that they're ninja students.
Tori looks at her watch, signalling something important is distracting her from the live and death situation of recreational surfing.
Shane hangs out with his skateboarding friends without discussing through exposition that he's a skateboarder, instead doing the moves and explaining what his athletic abilities are.
Dustin is introduced to friends in his motor place that is actually
Rock music. Grungier.
Boo, remember me, is a sign that he's a ninja sneaking up on her.
They are shot using dialogue on in a van where a lot of stuff happens.
The van tells a story, with its bright blue, showing youth, that it's Tori's color, that it bumps like crazy, possibly having another backstory, about why it's like that due to origin or preference.
Dustin talks about Power Rangers.
Tori doesn't believe.
Dustin reflexive.
Yet, Shane is the one using the mirror, being the risk minded. (Is he though?) Aren't they all?
Tori, logical. Drives the car.
The forest is a big contrast to the city.
It makes the episode and journey feel bigger.
When they get to the forest, the Rangers are normally in center.
To use the ninja effect and in addition go in the point of view of the rangers, they use blurry pans, a very non special effect to get across the idea of ninjas and ultra high reflexes.
There are some special effects with the ninja shadow attacks.
They make a cut so that the ninjas go from not there to there.
They cut from the Rangers with clothes to Rangers throwing clothes to having ninja clothes.
Is Dustin an homage to Saban's Masked Rider or Power Rangers Turbo with his humor?
In fact, in contrast, the whole intro reminds you all the friggin time who they are, which is very expostionary.
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