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Power Rangers Samurai coming to Nickelodeon in 2011

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Ah! I just sort of realized another thing that bugged me about the premier. Aside from none of the characters really being charismatic, they didn't really retain the same energy and hype throughout the show as they used to.

I know it sounds weird but I just went back and watched the original morph sequence, I was absolutely flooded with nostalgia as they screamed "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!" Whereas the new cast seems almost lazy in comparison. If you watch them during the transformation sequence they almost seem sort of bored and lifeless now. I hope they grow in to their roles more as the series progresses.
 
Foxix said:
Ah! I just sort of realized another thing that bugged me about the premier. Aside from none of the characters really being charismatic, they didn't really retain the same energy and hype throughout the show as they used to.

I know it sounds weird but I just went back and watched the original morph sequence, I was absolutely flooded with nostalgia as they screamed "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!" Whereas the new cast seems almost lazy in comparison. If you watch them during the transformation sequence they almost seem sort of bored and lifeless now. I hope they grow in to their roles more as the series progresses.
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I think a lot of that is from them trying to be overly serious about their new roles as samurai. Granted the acting is probably really over-done in that regard, but still.

Jayden is really the prime example of this. In this first episode he almost took on a paternal type of role, or that of an instructor, showing the others that they need to be focused 100% to achieve their goal.
 
Foxix said:
Ah! I just sort of realized another thing that bugged me about the premier. Aside from none of the characters really being charismatic, they didn't really retain the same energy and hype throughout the show as they used to.

I know it sounds weird but I just went back and watched the original morph sequence, I was absolutely flooded with nostalgia as they screamed "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!" Whereas the new cast seems almost lazy in comparison. If you watch them during the transformation sequence they almost seem sort of bored and lifeless now. I hope they grow in to their roles more as the series progresses.
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A lot of that has to do with how awkwardly long the transformation sequence is. In Samurai you have them morphing from their normal clothes, to their samurai under clothes, and then to the Samurai clothes while they put their sword away. It's too long.
 
Takao said:
A lot of that has to do with how awkwardly long the transformation sequence is. In Samurai you have them morphing from their normal clothes, to their samurai under clothes, and then to the Samurai clothes while they put their sword away. It's too long.
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That's why Shinkenger had Kurokos.
 
Underwhelming first episode. I understand their intention to cut straight to the action to give the series kind of a cold opening, but this one feels like an afterthought. It's like they actually planned a different pilot, then switching it to mid-episode just to make it different. There's no feeling of something grand and new is beginning.

The acting was quite horrible but it's not my concern in watching Power Rangers. Mega Suit looks unnecessary as of now, transformation sequence is worse than Shinkengers--which is rare, since I always thought PR's transformation sequence are always better than their respective originals.

Overall my impressions of this are bad, but I'm not going to write off a 40+ series by judging its first episode. Gonna watch the next few episodes to make up my mind.
 
Even if this season ends up being horrible, thanks to you guys I am now at least aware of the existence of Shinkenger.

This is awesome.
 
Foxix said:
Even if this season ends up being horrible, thanks to you guys I am now at least aware of the existence of Shinkenger.

This is awesome.
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Yes it is. This is the first time I've seen a Sentai season before the corresponding PR season and it's making me harsher on Samurai as a result.
 
Chamber said:
Yes it is. This is the first time I've seen a Sentai season before the corresponding PR season and it's making me harsher on Samurai as a result.
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Yeah I'm sort of feeling the same way, I've been hunting around for subbed versions on youtube and came across most of the episodes on some German site. I'm only on episode 4 but having watched the episodes that I have it actually made Samurai make some sense now that I have some semblance of context. I've never watched sentai before but this is just downright fun.

Also Shinkenger morph > Samurai. It really does drag on for WAY too long in comparison.
 
Yea, I've tried to get into Sentai for years, but couldn't get past the first few episodes ever. With Shinkenger, I managed to get through the whole season and loved it. Seeing as how Power Rangers Samurai is sticking pretty close to its source material, I'm happy.
 
I haven't really kept up; is sentai accuracy really that demanded among longtime fans? I don't have personal feelings on the matter other that I'm surprised that Saban seemingly adopted this vs. their earlier series.
 
MisterHero said:
I haven't really kept up; is sentai accuracy really that demanded among longtime fans? I don't have personal feelings on the matter other that I'm surprised that Saban seemingly adopted this vs. their earlier series.
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Not really. Long time fans prefer it when PR strives to be diffrent.
 
DarkWish said:
Yea, I've tried to get into Sentai for years, but couldn't get past the first few episodes ever. With Shinkenger, I managed to get through the whole season and loved it. Seeing as how Power Rangers Samurai is sticking pretty close to its source material, I'm happy.
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It can go both ways though. So far it feels like a watered-down Shinkenger, and if you view it as its own it feels like a parody of MMPR.

Yeah yeah, first episode, but impressions.
 
Ookami-kun said:
It can go both ways though. So far it feels like a watered-down Shinkenger, and if you view it as its own it feels like a parody of MMPR.

Yeah yeah, first episode, but impressions.
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I see it as sort of the best of both worlds... they're sticking close to Shinkenger, which I really enjoyed... and they're going for the feel of MMPR, which is great. I don't know, I enjoyed it.

On a side note, has anyone gotten any of the toys? I got all the Mega Ranger figures and the Mooger, the Samurai Megazord, and the Mega Blade. They're all actually solid toys. The Mega Rangers look cool, the Samurai Megazord is nice (more so since it can be mixed with the MMPR Dino Megazord from last year's toyline) and the Mega Blade is a really cool sword. Just got the Mega Blade today and it's awesome.
 
Hmm. Missed the first episode (3rd actual one it seems) when it aired on TV so I had to track it down on YouTube. Not sure if I can pass judgment on it just yet. It think I'll DVR the series for a while and then watch a few episodes back to back over the next few weeks.

I did really enjoy the remix of the original PR theme. Not sure how I feel about Bulk being back but maybe that will grow. I want to watch the interview they did with the actor on PowerRangers.com when I have time. That they jumped right to the third episode in the series as a premiere episode I'm okay with. There have been so many Power Rangers shows over the years you don't need to see the origins at the very beginning all the time. That they jumped right into the action was nice.

The suits when in the zords really should be the ones they wear when they transform to really go with the whole Samurai theme.
 
The thing is that they handled it pretty lopsidedly. RPM also didn't do the "origins" quite from the first episode but it was handled well - same with with, surprisingly enough, Wild Force.
 
Probably should have bumped sooner but for anyone who cares, the new episode is on. Still looks like Bulk and Spike will be in one off bits.
 
dope4goldrope said:
My childhood...what are they doing to it? What did my generation do to deserve this?
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Wait. You think Power Rangers was ever better than this to anyone other than kids? Where have you been with the legal re-watches on the Power Rangers website?
 
Kevin seems ta be the lonely one.
"Swimming weirdo" lol
Zandrid has a headache and a temper!
That town map looked awfully cheap.
Sharing is caring!
Those lil leaguers sounded more like lil army cadets.
Stalking little kids now rangers?
Mmm sliced & diced samurai-style dinner!
"Guess I'll have to outwait those rangers instead of finding some other human to terrorize!"
And no one finds it odd a couple of people slept on a bench in such a nice neighborhood?
What a hilariously evil plan!
Cool alternate weapons, lame teamup zord attack.
Either that's an awfully small town or zords & monsters have grown in size big time.
Garbageman invading privacy and ranger magic save the day! With bonus Spike beaning!


Alright guys ya know what ta do! Kev x Mia shipping gogogogogo!
 
Seraphis Cain said:
Yeah, this show...this show is so bad. Carbon copy of Shinkenger with the most amazingly bad dialogue I've ever heard in a PR series.
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I'm trying to stay patient. Most Ranger series don't hit their stride until 4 or 5 episodes in.

If Bulk and Skull Spike aren't going to interact with the Rangers, what's the point? Hope that changes soon.
 
Wait, did they shoot this in Australia again?

I thought they had decided to do it in LA, and then heard the accents of that kid and his father and realized what they did.
 
isny said:
Wait, did they shoot this in Australia again?

I thought they had decided to do it in LA, and then heard the accents of that kid and his father and realized what they did.
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I think you mean New Zealand... and yes, they are filming in New Zealand. The rangers were cast in the US and then flown to New Zealand for filming.
 
isny said:
Wait, did they shoot this in Australia again?

I thought they had decided to do it in LA, and then heard the accents of that kid and his father and realized what they did.
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They never left NZ.
 
Okay... this is interesting. So we all know they skipped the "origin" episode. The two episodes shown are indeed #1 and #2 in production order... but they're not the episodes where we learn the backstory. We know for sure that they filmed an "origin" episode as we've seen clips from commercials and there's even a full clip released of it as well. But when is that going to air? We don't know, however it appears the official Twitter and Facebook have left us some clues. Here are some questions from fans and the answer that the official sites said...

Q: I noticed that all the Rangers in PR history have last names. What about this season's Rangers? What are their last names?
A: All will be revealOed...
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Q: Can anyone @NickelodeonTV or @PowerRangerNews explain why a highly episodic in nature series is being aired out of order? Just curious.
A: All will be revealOed...
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Q: @PowerRangerNews first ep of samurai is a retelling of the 3rd ep of the sentai series. will the episodes be airing out of order? no origin?
A: All will be revealOed...
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Q: @PowerRangerNews So much better then last week's episode. THIS should have aired last week instead. Still want an origin episode though.
A: All will be revealOed...
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Q: so I was wondering where the first episode is? by first I mean the episode where they leave their old lives to fight the nylocks.
A: All will be revealOed...;-)
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The first four from the official Twitter and the last from the official Facebook, all of that within the past 24 hours. So what does "revealOed" mean? Episode zero? Is the "lO" supposed to look like a ten? I don't know, but it's most definitely not a typo.
 
Watched a bit of the first episode and... huh. I didn't come into this with high expectations. Hell, I didn't come in with any expectations what-so-ever. But good God, there is not a single person in this cast that I like outside of Bulk (who really doesn't even count). Coming off of RPM which was actually oddly the most well-written series overall since Time Force and had the best cast since SPD, Samurai's dialogue, acting, and characters overall is looking really, really bad.

Yeah, I know, this is only the first episode. But hell, the writing in the first episodes of RPM and SPD were still pretty good in light of the fact that this is Power Rangers we're talking about, so that's not entirely a good excuse.

Edit: On the subject of Bulk... Was Skull's actor even doing anything where he couldn't come back on-board? I would have a much better incentive to watch this with Skull rather than Bulk's fuck-all annoying nephew doing a horrible Skull impersonation.
 
DarkWish said:
Okay... this is interesting. So we all know they skipped the "origin" episode. The two episodes shown are indeed #1 and #2 in production order... but they're not the episodes where we learn the backstory. We know for sure that they filmed an "origin" episode as we've seen clips from commercials and there's even a full clip released of it as well. But when is that going to air? We don't know, however it appears the official Twitter and Facebook have left us some clues. Here are some questions from fans and the answer that the official sites said...







The first four from the official Twitter and the last from the official Facebook, all of that within the past 24 hours. So what does "revealOed" mean? Episode zero? Is the "lO" supposed to look like a ten? I don't know, but it's most definitely not a typo.
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Perhaps they are trying to make a movie origin? Hey you know it may be goo----flashbacks to Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie---

OHGOD MAKE IT STOP
 
vareon said:
Perhaps they are trying to make a movie origin? Hey you know it may be goo----flashbacks to Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie---

OHGOD MAKE IT STOP
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Well there's definitely not a theatrical movie happening for Samurai... but I think it's likely they'll do a TV "movie" with the origins, which basically means they'll just show the first episode or two and call it a movie, like they do with their other shows (like iCarly).
 
MechaX said:
Watched a bit of the first episode and... huh. I didn't come into this with high expectations. Hell, I didn't come in with any expectations what-so-ever. But good God, there is not a single person in this cast that I like outside of Bulk (who really doesn't even count). Coming off of RPM which was actually oddly the most well-written series overall since Time Force and had the best cast since SPD, Samurai's dialogue, acting, and characters overall is looking really, really bad.

Yeah, I know, this is only the first episode. But hell, the writing in the first episodes of RPM and SPD were still pretty good in light of the fact that this is Power Rangers we're talking about, so that's not entirely a good excuse.

Edit: On the subject of Bulk... Was Skull's actor even doing anything where he couldn't come back on-board? I would have a much better incentive to watch this with Skull rather than Bulk's fuck-all annoying nephew doing a horrible Skull impersonation.
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I thought his impersonation was of Marty Mcfly JR.
 
MechaX said:
Edit: On the subject of Bulk... Was Skull's actor even doing anything where he couldn't come back on-board? I would have a much better incentive to watch this with Skull rather than Bulk's fuck-all annoying nephew doing a horrible Skull impersonation.
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He has a Ph.D. now so I assume he's busy doing something else with that. Still, I wouldn't be surprised to see him make a guest appearance sometime during the season.
 
Just watched the first episode.

So far I'm not really feeling it. Maybe it's just from the lack of a proper introduction, but all of the characters feel way flatter than their Shinkenger counterparts. I wasn't a huge fan of the Sentai's super goofy antics, but I like super serious ranger even less. Why can't there be a happy medium? Also, what with all the fluff? Super elaborate morphing sequences, a completely different megazord cockpit and bulky armour? I don't see the point.

I can't help bot notice exactly where they stray from the plot of the shinkenger episode and where the stock footage comes in. Part of the reason I wanted to "re-watch" was to see how they edited all the Japanese people out but it's just totally distracting.

Maybe I'll go watch that Pirate Sentai instead...
 
Wiseblade said:
Just watched the first episode.

So far I'm not really feeling it. Maybe it's just from the lack of a proper introduction, but all of the characters feel way flatter than their Shinkenger counterparts. I wasn't a huge fan of the Sentai's super goofy antics, but I like super serious ranger even less. Why can't there be a happy medium? Also, what with all the fluff? Super elaborate morphing sequences, a completely different megazord cockpit and bulky armour? I don't see the point.

I can't help bot notice exactly where they stray from the plot of the shinkenger episode and where the stock footage comes in. Part of the reason I wanted to "re-watch" was to see how they edited all the Japanese people out but it's just totally distracting.

Maybe I'll go watch that Pirate Sentai instead...
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Highly recommended.
 
Wiseblade said:
I can't help bot notice exactly where they stray from the plot of the shinkenger episode and where the stock footage comes in. Part of the reason I wanted to "re-watch" was to see how they edited all the Japanese people out but it's just totally distracting.

Maybe I'll go watch that Pirate Sentai instead...
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I don't even watch Sentai and I feel it's some what obvious when they jump into the stock fight footage. In the first episode the building designs are close enough. In episode 2, it's painfully obvious with the monster kicking the rangers into the woods for real reason.
 
Takao said:
I don't even watch Sentai and I feel it's some what obvious when they jump into the stock fight footage. In the first episode the building designs are close enough. In episode 2, it's painfully obvious with the monster kicking the rangers into the woods for real reason.
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They did a great job merging the stock footage with the first episode. I was very impressed. I actually thought they just used less stock footage than normal and shot a bit more.

The second episode, like you mentioned, they did a terrible job on.

At least the costumes they're using for the new footage they're shooting look good. They used to get them years and years after the series were shot in Japan, or the costumes weren't available anymore and had to be remade. But it seems they match up very well with the stock footage and look great in HD.
 
Well, the ratings went up from the first to the second episode, so people must have seen it and told others to watch it. I'm definitely enjoying the show.
 
DarkWish said:
Well, the ratings went up from the first to the second episode, so people must have seen it and told others to watch it. I'm definitely enjoying the show.
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That's good to hear, as the second episode was much better than the first.
 
Gokaiger is incredibly cool, but they will probably ruin it somehow when it is translated into Power Rangers Pirates or something.

I wonder if they will keep the ability to use all the past Sentai suits. Half of them don't even have a Power Ranger adaptation.
 
Willy105 said:
Gokaiger is incredibly cool, but they will probably ruin it somehow when it is translated into Power Rangers Pirates or something.

I wonder if they will keep the ability to use all the past Sentai suits. Half of them don't even have a Power Ranger adaptation.
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Didn't Zordon mention that the original Power Rangers weren't the first ones?
 
If anyone wanted the ratings, here they are...

02/07: Episode 1 "The Team Unites" (Premiere) - 2.875 million
02/13: Episode 2: "Deal With a Nighlok" (Premiere) - 3.115 million

EDIT: Nevermind, I mis-read the re-runs' ratings so I removed those.. The others are accurate though.
 
Link1110 said:
Didn't Zordon mention that the original Power Rangers weren't the first ones?
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Neat. Do all the Power Rangers continue the same canon? I know the first few seasons after Mighty Morphin did, and so does Samurai it seems, but what of the others?
 
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