We here at Toku Heroes have found remanants of the original Power Rangers: Ninja Storm pilot, just in time for the release of Shuriken Sentai Nin-ninja
Here it is.
How's it going Zack?
I dunno! You read to go to the motorcycle Monster Truck rally?
Only if you're ready for some donuts!
Ye-a-yeah!
Hold it dude! You gotta stop!
Yeah that donut talk has got me hungry!
You know what that's time for right?!
What?!
Some In N Out across from that Carl Jr's dude!
Yeah
But we're going to need some desert to go with that!
Don't you know?
What dude?
In N Out comes out with its own milkshakes, vanilla and chocolate, dude!
Dude, why are you talking like that?
Talking like what?
Why are you talking like that for?
Cuz we're from big Ca, dude!
Canada?
California!
Dude, I'm from So Cal too. I sound like.
Time to race these bikers on the side walk without running over the pedestrians!
Isn't it a bit easier when you have a bike vs a monster truck!?
Like isn't fair dude!
I'm going to go smoke a schooobie!
You're going to kill a non-Californian?!
No, I'm going to smell a MJ
You're going to sniff Michael Jordan's butt! He's not that handsome in those Hanes' commercials dude! Not to mention, we're Lakers fans!
Yeah, dude! If you're watching, that means Kobe, not the Los Angeles Dodger! The American pastime is in the past!
Yeah! Time to do it in shitty Disneyland!
Dude! There's a non-smoking section in Disneyland!
Not to mention, I think it's illegal.
Yeah, dude! We can get fired or something!
The End
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Kamen Rider Drive 10 Analysis: Christmas Special, Japanese RPM (!), Mega Man, camera set up
Ruining Christmas is symbolized somewhat poetically, definitely visually by turning off Christmas lights. I didn't really get an Eyes Wide Shut feeling from this, but there was an establishment of secrets being revealed in the episode. Gifts unwrapped perhaps? A deglorification of the hero's celebration with the lights being shut off?
Professor Banno creating evolving androids.
Heart killing Professor Banno who made Krim Sleighbelt.
When they stopped evolving, he started using Core Drivers for Roidmudes. Core powers for Tridoron and Drive.
Together they were Alphabet Soup, further engrainiating this as a RPM show. Mr. Belt is basically Dr. K.
There's also a bit of a Mega Man feel to this again.
Proto-Drive is sort of this Mega Man/Proto Man/Zero figure with scientists creating a humanoid anthropomorphic robot to fight other robots.
Interesting cinematography notes
I understand that mainly they use soap opera shots, cutting between a camera on each character, but one interesting choice is to have Heart and his scary presence as a small part of a shot between him and Drive.
Maybe it's to have the audience concentrate on Drive's reactions or Heart's acting using his mannerisms and voice.
Professor Banno creating evolving androids.
Heart killing Professor Banno who made Krim Sleighbelt.
When they stopped evolving, he started using Core Drivers for Roidmudes. Core powers for Tridoron and Drive.
Together they were Alphabet Soup, further engrainiating this as a RPM show. Mr. Belt is basically Dr. K.
There's also a bit of a Mega Man feel to this again.
Proto-Drive is sort of this Mega Man/Proto Man/Zero figure with scientists creating a humanoid anthropomorphic robot to fight other robots.
Interesting cinematography notes
I understand that mainly they use soap opera shots, cutting between a camera on each character, but one interesting choice is to have Heart and his scary presence as a small part of a shot between him and Drive.
Maybe it's to have the audience concentrate on Drive's reactions or Heart's acting using his mannerisms and voice.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Choushinsei Gransazer revival rumors
This occurred after an actor tweeted about an event after their 10th Anniversary.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Kamen Rider Drive Episode 5-6 would've made Shotaro Ishinomori and Judd Lynn proud
What I really enjoy about the Judd Lynn and Shotaro Ishinomori toku is the theme of corruption.
Ecliptor's good. Astronema's Andros' brother. Frax was a good guy trying to create good before being turned into a weapon of evil. Dr. K and Alphabet Soup.
In Cyborg 009, Black Ghost initially captured the original Cyborgs to form weapons against humanity. Being a weapons dealer, he was a profiteer that exploited human fears to his own power in the forms of other weapons.
This arc is very similar to a Shotaro Ishinomori arc.
A naive Kamen Rider obeys the rules of an underling government entity such as the police prior to becoming manipulated by corrupt government figures exploiting the police department's authority into protecting an explosives company from transporting their goods.
Chase/r warns Drive of this and man's inability to be trusted. Shinnosuke still believes in the good in humanity and saves the day.
But is he right and is he too much on the defense in regards to stopping these manners?
That's the interesting thing to debate.
The note I'll end on is regarding Mr. Belt's explanation of a scientists prior to the episode 10 explanation of his/its own background. He describes Nobel's quest to benefit mankind with dynamite, such as for construction purposes, creating wonders, tunnels, economic benefits for nations, cities, towns and towns, only for it to be seen exploited in the world for mass destruction, a term used for 9/11, a term used for describing horrors of every day.
Nobel is praised for his Peace prize and achievement in science, and fame, and intellect.
But is he really just a person rewritten in history as having done a great thing, by the many that control the world?
It remains to be seen who is manipulating Shinnosuke and the police in Drive as mentioned by Chase/r, as it is for conspiracy theorists to figure out how people manipulate the world.
Ecliptor's good. Astronema's Andros' brother. Frax was a good guy trying to create good before being turned into a weapon of evil. Dr. K and Alphabet Soup.
In Cyborg 009, Black Ghost initially captured the original Cyborgs to form weapons against humanity. Being a weapons dealer, he was a profiteer that exploited human fears to his own power in the forms of other weapons.
This arc is very similar to a Shotaro Ishinomori arc.
A naive Kamen Rider obeys the rules of an underling government entity such as the police prior to becoming manipulated by corrupt government figures exploiting the police department's authority into protecting an explosives company from transporting their goods.
Chase/r warns Drive of this and man's inability to be trusted. Shinnosuke still believes in the good in humanity and saves the day.
But is he right and is he too much on the defense in regards to stopping these manners?
That's the interesting thing to debate.
The note I'll end on is regarding Mr. Belt's explanation of a scientists prior to the episode 10 explanation of his/its own background. He describes Nobel's quest to benefit mankind with dynamite, such as for construction purposes, creating wonders, tunnels, economic benefits for nations, cities, towns and towns, only for it to be seen exploited in the world for mass destruction, a term used for 9/11, a term used for describing horrors of every day.
Nobel is praised for his Peace prize and achievement in science, and fame, and intellect.
But is he really just a person rewritten in history as having done a great thing, by the many that control the world?
It remains to be seen who is manipulating Shinnosuke and the police in Drive as mentioned by Chase/r, as it is for conspiracy theorists to figure out how people manipulate the world.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
An alternative to Saban Brands Ameritoku scheduling Part 2: the solution
We could talk about some topics covered already:
Let's go back to scheduling the Shinkenger-Decade teamup.
Fans really wanted something crazy to happen like during Gokaiger when they tried to teamup as much as they could with their budget.
Saban should've tried something like this.
Imagine the alternative:
2010:
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy at 11am on Vortexx.
Power Rangers Samurai at 12pm on Nickelodeon.
Clash of the Power Rangers a teamup between RPM and Samurai
2011:
Note: Saban bought the footage for the Samurai-Decade teamup.
2012:
Note: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger happened last year
2013:
What would Beetle Rangers be you ask?
Would it be some sort of US produced Beetleborg sequel or something?
Sort of.
It'd actually be an adaptation of Tokumei Sentai Go-busters since the show's 4th and 5th aren't even technically Rangers making it a different kind of show a la VR Troopers, since Yasuko Kobayashi again like with Ryuki made a show that was so radically different from its predecessors that fans would consider it non-Ranger like even. Heck, I would say it was very Metal Heroes-like, hence the Beetle name like J-Stag.
How Saban could manage a quality show when they already can't handle one show would be beyond me, but at least from a marketing and business perspective, people would get what they want and fans who wouldn't know any better would be happier.
Maybe they could've took some risks since they were at risk of losing all their fans, like they did this season!
Not to mention,
"Please Saban! We will give you ratings and money to watch this show!"
"Sorry, we don't want your ratings or money! We're not trying to run an art show, entertainment business or anything of that sort!"
2014:
Power Rangers Dino Charge at 12 pm on Nickelodeon
Masked Rider Super Double at 12:30 pm
Masked Rider Super Triple at 1 pm
Super Beetle Battlers at 1:30 pm
Power Rangers Time Force at 11 am on Vortexx.
Masked Rider Super-1 cuz why not at 11:30 pm
Phew!
I'm finished!
Hope you've enjoyed!
Let's go back to scheduling the Shinkenger-Decade teamup.
Fans really wanted something crazy to happen like during Gokaiger when they tried to teamup as much as they could with their budget.
Saban should've tried something like this.
Imagine the alternative:
2010:
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy at 11am on Vortexx.
Power Rangers Samurai at 12pm on Nickelodeon.
Clash of the Power Rangers a teamup between RPM and Samurai
2011:
Note: Saban bought the footage for the Samurai-Decade teamup.
- Power Rangers Super Samurai at 12pm on Nickelodeon
- Masked Rider Decade at 12:30pm on Nickelodeon
- A Friend in Need Part 4, Teamup somewhere halfway in the season.
- Clash of the Friend in Need, an RPM-Samurai-Decade special
2012:
Note: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger happened last year
- Power Rangers Angelforce vs Megaforce at 12 pm on Nickelodeon. Combine the two shows. Have less hours for both workers.
- Masked Rider Super Decade, where he gets his upgrade and fights Dex at 12:30pm on Nickelodeon
- VR Troopers: The (Mini) Movie, featuring the Space Sheriffs, since Shaider already had a movie.
- Beetleborgs III, where they do some tricky bs with the Space Sheriff Trilogy footage. What they do with Ryan Season II, who really cares?
2013:
- Power Rangers Ultra Angel Force vs Super Megaforce at 12pm on Nickeledon
- Masked Rider Double at 12:30 pm
- Masked Rider Triple at 1 pm after they've gotten even more money from toys and ratings the previous year
- Power Rangers Ultra Angel Force vs Masked Rider Double
- Power Rangers Super Megaforce vs Masked Rider Triple
- and
- Beetle Battlers at 1:30 pm on Nickelodeon
What would Beetle Rangers be you ask?
Would it be some sort of US produced Beetleborg sequel or something?
Sort of.
It'd actually be an adaptation of Tokumei Sentai Go-busters since the show's 4th and 5th aren't even technically Rangers making it a different kind of show a la VR Troopers, since Yasuko Kobayashi again like with Ryuki made a show that was so radically different from its predecessors that fans would consider it non-Ranger like even. Heck, I would say it was very Metal Heroes-like, hence the Beetle name like J-Stag.
How Saban could manage a quality show when they already can't handle one show would be beyond me, but at least from a marketing and business perspective, people would get what they want and fans who wouldn't know any better would be happier.
Maybe they could've took some risks since they were at risk of losing all their fans, like they did this season!
Not to mention,
"Please Saban! We will give you ratings and money to watch this show!"
"Sorry, we don't want your ratings or money! We're not trying to run an art show, entertainment business or anything of that sort!"
2014:
Power Rangers Dino Charge at 12 pm on Nickelodeon
Masked Rider Super Double at 12:30 pm
Masked Rider Super Triple at 1 pm
Super Beetle Battlers at 1:30 pm
Power Rangers Time Force at 11 am on Vortexx.
Masked Rider Super-1 cuz why not at 11:30 pm
Phew!
I'm finished!
Hope you've enjoyed!
An alternative to Saban Brands Ameritoku scheduling Part 1: a business that doesn't respond to art, critics or money
(Neo) Saban Brands shows... have sucked. Their idea to resign with Nickelodeon was a horrible decision. And there may be a saving grace with Judd Lynn, although the theme song is already screwed up with the lyrics "Rangers Together!" demonstrating an ignorance of what fans actually like or associate with this genre.
However, let's not talk about that. Let's just talk about how they decided to adapt stuff Shinkenger and beyond.
They had an opportunity to have another show, such as Masked Rider Decade after purchasing the Decade-Shinkenger footage. Missed opportunity there.
They then decided to adapt Goseiger and Gokaiger into one season. I liked the Morphin-Zeo idea, albeit, why would you make the most popular season of Super Sentai ever into only one half a series, a twenty episode one at that?
Not only to mention, you technically start the twentieth anniversary season without the actual teamup specials from the Gokaiger series, since you start with Goseiger.
We can go on about the many story flaws in the season, but again, that's not the point here.
Just how you scheduled the adaptation doesn't make sense from a marketing perspective.
Saban said they wanted to appeal to both new and old fans, a demographic crisis and case study we may or may not explore later and the schedule doesn't make sense.
Saban then purposely discontinued a series that I didn't like, but many others did, Tokumei Sentai Go-busters, because they were behind in the schedule and for whatever reason, possibly since Jurassic World was coming out, wanted to adapt Kyoryuger ahead of their terrible Nickelodeon two seasons of twenty episodes. They sell less toys this way, and don't invigorate a product they already have lots of fans hating the original half a season in the first place, following up with an even worse second half a season.
Onto an alternative I have for the season.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Crossovers I'm looking forward to for Shuriken Sentai Nin-ninja!
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger: Nin-ninja Kakuranger. We're out of ideas for names: Nin-ninja.
Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger: My favorite Ninja series. Everybody personified their characters well.
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: Nin-ninja keys anybody?
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: My favorite Japanese warrior class Sentai. A great idea. Ninjas vs Samurai anybody?
Kamen Rider Gaim: The Samurai oriented Kamen Rider Series that had no references to this series. Cash in, Toei! Neo human Cashin!
Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger: My favorite Ninja series. Everybody personified their characters well.
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: Nin-ninja keys anybody?
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: My favorite Japanese warrior class Sentai. A great idea. Ninjas vs Samurai anybody?
Kamen Rider Gaim: The Samurai oriented Kamen Rider Series that had no references to this series. Cash in, Toei! Neo human Cashin!
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