Any Tokusatsu Fans in Here?

[RustInPeace]

Oh thats sucks she dead. I didn't know. Thats a real bummer. I kinda wish they would discover eternal youth already. Good news they actually found a cure for Alzheimers and Tumors in rats and they're testing it on humans now.

Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles and Pokemon were the defining things for me as a kid.

Car accident in 2001, it really sucks because she would've been worshiped today like the original Rangers are. Considering that they normally cast really young people, the good thing is that these Rangers, including the Mighty Morphin ones, are not that old. The oldest of the original series is David Yost, Billy the Blue Ranger, born in 1969. I think the youngest of the original 6 was Austin St. John, Jason the Red Ranger, born in 1974.

Back to Chrysti Ane, some bragging rights for me as I'm a couple months older than her, 1993 babies. I'm thankful for this thread because I can't seem to just unload all the trivia I've gathered from the show to anybody, any other place. It dominates my mind these days.

Another fun fact, Barbara Goodson, the voice of Rita Repulsa, holds the distinction of being the first English voice of Goku. She dubbed him for the first two Dragon Ball movies way back in the 80s, and they didn't call him "Goku," they called him "Zero."



I would like a documentary about Power Rangers, spanning all the seasons and the movies, that'd be sweet.

 

[SG854]

Car accident in 2001, it really sucks because she would've been worshiped today like the original Rangers are. Considering that they normally cast really young people, the good thing is that these Rangers, including the Mighty Morphin ones, are not that old. The oldest of the original series is David Yost, Billy the Blue Ranger, born in 1969. I think the youngest of the original 6 was Austin St. John, Jason the Red Ranger, born in 1974.

Back to Chrysti Ane, some bragging rights for me as I'm a couple months older than her, 1993 babies. I'm thankful for this thread because I can't seem to just unload all the trivia I've gathered from the show to anybody, any other place. It dominates my mind these days.

Another fun fact, Barbara Goodson, the voice of Rita Repulsa, holds the distinction of being the first English voice of Goku. She dubbed him for the first two Dragon Ball movies way back in the 80s, and they didn't call him "Goku," they called him "Zero."



I would like a documentary about Power Rangers, spanning all the seasons and the movies, that'd be sweet.

I like the Original Dragon Ball. I actually like this Goku's voice compared to the funimation one.

I was actually looking for the Japanese Broadcast Audio for the Dragon Ball Z series. And its 120 gb. I don't have enough space on my Hard Drive for that right now.
You can find the entire Dragon Ball Z but not the Original Dragon Ball sadly. Audio Quality is crystal clear much higher than what you get on official DVD and Blueray releases. Luckily fans recorded it when it originally aired in Japan in the 80s' and 90's or else we would've been stuck with the crappy quality from the degraded film prints.

 

[Frezgle]

I'm not real big on the human-team-oriented toku stuff, but if you bring up daikaiju stuff (and yes, it's in the genre!), well... Be prepared for me to talk your ear off. I own every Godzilla film, every Gamera film, and some B-list stuff like Gorgo also. I've watched most of them at least twice each, though even I'll admit that there's a few that are just legitimately bad. Hit me up if you ever want some spicy giant monster opinions. I have plenty :V

I did watch Power Rangers pretty religiously as a kid, but once it was no longer a mega-fad, I stopped watching it. Mostly because cable's not cheap and my parents weren't gonna bother buying the package with whatever network was airing the new series. d:

 

[RustInPeace]

I'm not real big on the human-team-oriented toku stuff, but if you bring up daikaiju stuff (and yes, it's in the genre!), well... Be prepared for me to talk your ear off. I own every Godzilla film, every Gamera film, and some B-list stuff like Gorgo also. I've watched most of them at least twice each, though even I'll admit that there's a few that are just legitimately bad. Hit me up if you ever want some spicy giant monster opinions. I have plenty :V

I did watch Power Rangers pretty religiously as a kid, but once it was no longer a mega-fad, I stopped watching it. Mostly because cable's not cheap and my parents weren't gonna bother buying the package with whatever network was airing the new series. d:

It aired on FoxKids before Disney bought them, and the rest of Saban's TV shows that aired on that network. After the purchase, Power Rangers was on Jetix, though I'm not sure if that was immediately after the purchase. FoxKids turned to ABC Family and after Saban bought back the rights to Power Rangers, DisneyXD was birthed from Jetix. Saban also ran the English dub of Digimon. Anyways, I'm sharing that because I think I see what you mean, Disney's channels eventually became walled off for me and Dish Network, and by then Toon Disney, my jam back in the day, dissolved sadly. Going back to what was said earlier, JetixUK fought for Power Rangers to stay being owned by Disney, and I guess that fight had to stop when Disney canceled the series after RPM, followed by Saban buying the rights back.

On the subject of Godzilla, what's the best one in your opinion? I would like to watch all those movies, only seeing the first one and enjoying that.

 

[Frezgle]

On the subject of Godzilla, what's the best one in your opinion? I would like to watch all those movies, only seeing the first one and enjoying that.

Well, in conventional terms, the first one is the best one. People really like the heavy dramatic element to it; it was so different from every other monster movie at the time, and even now few have even come close to achieving its tone.
Buuuuut... Depending on what you like, there's a few other options.
Shin Godzilla, which just came out in 2016, is pretty fantastic. Some people are bitter about the use of CGI instead of a suit, but in most shots it honestly doesn't look that bad. It's a smart, satirical film, but it's the kind of thing that takes more than one viewing to really 'get', especially if you start to lose track of the subtitles like I do. (Or there's the English dub. Haven't seen it yet, so I dunno if it's good or bad).
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964, not the 1992 one) is widely regarded as the best of the older films, other than the first. The effects are good by the genre's standards and the human subplot is actually pretty fun.
Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster is my personal favorite of the 60s films. Great destruction shots, great introduction for what would become one of the most famous 'villain' monsters in the franchise, good human stuff.
If you want ULTRA MEGA CHEESE, I can tentatively recommend Godzilla vs. Megalon, but it's an acquired taste. Most people would say it's just straight-up bad. Vs. Hedorah is kind of in the same boat, but instead of cheese, it's heavy 70s weirdness.
Godzilla vs. Biollante is imo the best of the 80s-90s era. A lot of younger fans like these, but I dunno. The suits look amazing, but they aren't very mobile so most of the fights are just beam wars, and only Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) has a good human sideplot, imo. Vs. Destroyer (or Destoroyah, depending on how Engrish you like your translations) is... fine, but most of the middle of it really drags. The ending is super memorable though and that's probably why you'll hear it recommended a lot.
Aaaaand another personal favorite, from the 2000s era, would be -breathes in- Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. We usually just call it GMK because that is an awful title. Really great effects and likable human characters. Some people don't like the hero-villain role reversal of Godzilla and Ghidorah, but I think it's neat.
And I'll give a final special shout out to Final Wars, because it's a film that people either love or despise. It's... something. It certainly has the most monsters in it and some very wacky characters. This one's purely a coin flip depending on the person watching it.

I know you asked for a best one and I gave like... ten, but it's hard to pick in a series with over 30 films xU So I hope that's helpful.

 

[LightyKD]

I used to like it before but I kind of got over it when ToQger aired. I tried getting back into it when Kyuranger aired but it was just awful.

Just spotted your post. In your opinion, why was Kyuranger so bad?

 

[Tigran]

I'm not him, so I can only answer for myself why I can't stand Kyuranger "SOOOO LUCKYYYY!"

But seriously, I love Sentai/Rangers (though I usually prefer the Rangers) and Kamen Rider.

Been slowly burning through them all. I'm almost done with 71.

I Agito and Kiva have to be my favorites of the Hesei era though. Maybe not because they are the best. But Kiva was the first one I watched and Agito is.. just awesome.

 

[LightyKD]

Car accident in 2001, it really sucks because she would've been worshiped today like the original Rangers are. Considering that they normally cast really young people, the good thing is that these Rangers, including the Mighty Morphin ones, are not that old. The oldest of the original series is David Yost, Billy the Blue Ranger, born in 1969. I think the youngest of the original 6 was Austin St. John, Jason the Red Ranger, born in 1974.

Back to Chrysti Ane, some bragging rights for me as I'm a couple months older than her, 1993 babies. I'm thankful for this thread because I can't seem to just unload all the trivia I've gathered from the show to anybody, any other place. It dominates my mind these days.

Another fun fact, Barbara Goodson, the voice of Rita Repulsa, holds the distinction of being the first English voice of Goku. She dubbed him for the first two Dragon Ball movies way back in the 80s, and they didn't call him "Goku," they called him "Zero."



I would like a documentary about Power Rangers, spanning all the seasons and the movies, that'd be sweet.

Have you watched Linkara's "History of Power Rangers?"

 

[RustInPeace]

Have you watched Linkara's "History of Power Rangers?"

No, why? One of the things that re-ignited my interest in the series was watching a 2 part review James Rolfe did of the series and he had some help from Linkara.

 

[YTElias]

oh yeah, i love Tonkatsu:

That looks good.Now im Hungry

 

[LightyKD]

No, why? One of the things that re-ignited my interest in the series was watching a 2 part review James Rolfe did of the series and he had some help from Linkara.

Linkara's "History of Power Rangers" is a great run through of (almost) every season. Lots of fun trivia moments. Just know that if you watch it, you accept all spoilers lol.

 

[fvig2001]

Just spotted your post. In your opinion, why was Kyuranger so bad?

1. Lucky throughout the first half being annoying with yosha! lucky!.
2. Having 9 characters meant less development for everyone but Lucky then the "6th" member
3. The awful storyline with regards to Lucky towards the end
4. The funny episodes were more cringey than funny.

 

[Glyptofane]

Yea, I'm pretty big into toku. My all-time favorites are probably Ultra Seven and Kamen Rider Black, but I also enjoy a good Sentai such as Liveman and Jetman. Haven't truly enjoyed a Kamen Rider season since Gaim, but still remain committed to weekly Sentai and Garo when it comes around.

And I would highly recommend Go-busters despite it not being very traditional or a big hit with fans.

 

[Tigran]

Yea, I'm pretty big into toku. My all-time favorites are probably Ultra Seven and Kamen Rider Black, but I also enjoy a good Sentai such as Liveman and Jetman. Haven't truly enjoyed a Kamen Rider season since Gaim, but still remain committed to weekly Sentai and Garo when it comes around.

And I would highly recommend Go-busters despite it not being very traditional or a big hit with fans.

Also Kinda Ironic that Go-Busters just got announced for the US and will be the first line done by Hasbro.

 

[LightyKD]

Just ordered a copy of Kamen Rider Summonride for Wii U. I'll let you peeps know how things go.

 

[RustInPeace]

Just ordered a copy of Kamen Rider Summonride for Wii U. I'll let you peeps know how things go.

That reminds me, I have played Power Rangers video games as a kid. I think only one, it was for Super Nintendo, and I tried to think back to them recently while watching the AVGN episode about Power Rangers games.



I remember the game being based on the movie, so I think he covered it in the episode, but the footage showed some fighting out of the suit. I don't remember playing that game with the characters out of their suits. I remember a sea vessel level where I was the Black Ranger riding in and just beating on bad guys on a vessel, going from point A to B.

Speaking of the movie, I finished season 2 today, so I'll definitely watch the movie soon, probably Friday afternoon. I haven't watched it in at least 15 years. I'm very curious as to how I'd react to it. Back to the review James Rolfe did, he covered the first two movies, and I completely forgot about the CG in the third act. Looking at images of it, oh God, it looks horrible. I always remembered the ninja outfits, them getting into them for the first time, their morphin time way before the ninja outfits came in, the theme song played over this, but it was done by a big chorus. Zordon's death and then resurrection, definitely remember that. Ivan Ooze, can't forget him. The skydiving, which I have recently learned was a green screen job or something, childhood ruining revelation. Dulcea, I remember a bit. She was played by Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, who also co-starred with Jackie Chan in Mr. Nice Guy, a movie I enjoyed as a kid and revisited it a few years ago, still loving it.

 

[Glyptofane]

I'm not real big on the human-team-oriented toku stuff, but if you bring up daikaiju stuff (and yes, it's in the genre!), well... Be prepared for me to talk your ear off. I own every Godzilla film, every Gamera film, and some B-list stuff like Gorgo also. I've watched most of them at least twice each, though even I'll admit that there's a few that are just legitimately bad. Hit me up if you ever want some spicy giant monster opinions. I have plenty :V

I think a lot of us started out that way, which is why I am still partial to Ultraman and early Tsuburaya productions in general.

Just spotted your post. In your opinion, why was Kyuranger so bad?

Just too god damn fucking busy... The concept seemed good.
Shit makes me hesitant, but let's see where Lupinranger vs Patranger goes. I haven't truly despised a Sentai season since ToQger which is more than I can say for post-Gaim Kamen Rider.

 

[Tigran]

I haven't truly despised a Sentai season since ToQger which is more than I can say for post-Gaim Kamen Rider.

At least none of them have been near as bad as Ryuki.

 

[Glyptofane]

At least none of them have been near as bad as Ryuki.

How did you guess exactly how to trigger me? I loved Ryuki!

Enjoy the greatest intro

 

[LightyKD]

That reminds me, I have played Power Rangers video games as a kid. I think only one, it was for Super Nintendo, and I tried to think back to them recently while watching the AVGN episode about Power Rangers games.



I remember the game being based on the movie, so I think he covered it in the episode, but the footage showed some fighting out of the suit. I don't remember playing that game with the characters out of their suits. I remember a sea vessel level where I was the Black Ranger riding in and just beating on bad guys on a vessel, going from point A to B.

Speaking of the movie, I finished season 2 today, so I'll definitely watch the movie soon, probably Friday afternoon. I haven't watched it in at least 15 years. I'm very curious as to how I'd react to it. Back to the review James Rolfe did, he covered the first two movies, and I completely forgot about the CG in the third act. Looking at images of it, oh God, it looks horrible. I always remembered the ninja outfits, them getting into them for the first time, their morphin time way before the ninja outfits came in, the theme song played over this, but it was done by a big chorus. Zordon's death and then resurrection, definitely remember that. Ivan Ooze, can't forget him. The skydiving, which I have recently learned was a green screen job or something, childhood ruining revelation. Dulcea, I remember a bit. She was played by Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, who also co-starred with Jackie Chan in Mr. Nice Guy, a movie I enjoyed as a kid and revisited it a few years ago, still loving it.

Speaking of games. Here are some of my favorites

* Super Sentai Battle Rangercross (Wii) - this one is a must have. Probably the best Rangers related game I've played.

*Power Rangers Samurai (Wii) - not exactly a bad game. Could be better in some areas but this game is a lot better than most Power Rangers games.

*Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (Wii and DS) - a decent game compliment for the show. Get both versions of the game. They're worth playing.

*Kamen Rider Climax Heroes: W / OOO / Fourze and Super Climax Heroes (Wii and PSP for some). I think have have OOO for PSP and Fourze for Wii but all of these are just improvements of the same game. They're all good fighting games and I LOVE the audio for the special attacks coming out of the Wii Remote speakers.

*Gaoranger and Hurricanger (PS One) - two more good Sentai games.

*MMPR and MMPR the Movie (Genesis) - personally I believe that the Sega versions of these games were faithful to the source material.