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Okay....fine by me, Quark. but heed my warnings, once you have seen the Kalish-era, you'll be sorry.... (just kidding:sweat
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Kalish Era: Did you like it?
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HenshinRenegade
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Even though I loved SPD and MF, OO and JF were tripe.
Chronotia Archzenom
Member
Absolutely not.
Skyknight
Lurker
Oh you'll have people claiming they didnt, but they ARE the same goons who lapped up SPD and defended MF ad nauseum until they gave up when OO aired...funny enough, that's when some fans who had been against Kalish started thinking "Oh well, it's not bad, it's not overambitious", and got shot down for LIKING it because the "pack mentality" agaionst Kalish was in full effect.
He's a tale of two halfs really. First two seasons are rock bottom PR, OO has good to great ideas, a team-up that gets better with each rerun, a superb plot twist, dark subject matter, and Kalish's best finale ever. However, it had pacing problems, bad location decisions for parts of "the world", confusing characterisations, and actors that didnt care.JF was his best season and the most ambitious one, with an olds-school feel and nice characterisation.
Kalish, for all his insistences that the Sentai was unavoidable, did, in his own way, buck the trend, just not as defiantly as, say, Tony, Shuki, Doug, Judd, or Eddie did.
What people love to forget was that Jackie was still on board at this time, and was even promoted by Bruce when Greg left.
What also needs to be understood,was that Bruce Kalish was PR's highest-profile producer ever, having worked on tons of series before this that werent Saban related. This wasnt just an internal staff writer who'd got promoted through the system as Judd and Jackie had been, or a fan who became a story editor like Amit had been. Bruce was as big as we ever had gotten..and as such, the fandom decided now, more than ever, to sieze control of running the series internally.
So enthused by the early fan response, and by the fans that remained loyal to them throughout MF, the Kalish staff pretty much began to treat one of the most volitile, dangerous fandoms on the internet like they were the board of directors. Too many privleges can spoil the easily corruptable. RB was a major influence because Bruce sent actor after actor there to interact. We got convention apperances, Keith had his two interviews with Bruce over here, this was the JNT era of Doctor Who all over again, the fans were as much in charge as Bruce was.
So, like any board of directors that become dissastisfied with the product, PR fandom became "The Apprentice" overnight. All of us at one point or another smashing our fists on the table and chewing out Bruce for his errors. After all, he was a veteran, he had worked on kids series before, why couldnt he understand PR's requirements? We all underestimate how difficult bucking the Sentai can prove when you don't want PR to be defined by it too much, and Bruce felt there was no point, and to only buck it sparingly, something we disagreed on.
So then we started getting really dodgy elements. We got Morphin' Grid references, Alpha 6 got his third voice, Rita came back, her son was introduced, PR Super Legends was glorified fanfiction more than a solid video game. Mistakes like this were EERILY reminscent of the JNT era of DW...fanwank chocolate that they hoped and prayed would keep the lions at bay. No chance. It'd become routine to chew them out rather than objectivly look at the improvements when they were evident
Bruce was the right man, but PR was simply the wrong show for him. It's not something you can master overnight unless you know it inside-and-out.
As such, by the time he understood PR, by the time he knew what he was doing...he was gone, and the series almost went with him.
Why do so many people associate Mack's story with Pinnochio? It wasnt like that at all, it also blinds them utterly to giving that story the respect it deserves. Pinnochio didnt become suicidal, Jeppedo wasnt revealed as a man who proved sexually inept..the "real boy" ending made sense because of Sentinal Knight's very nature etc.
Yes, there's reasons to despise OO, but that story was arguably one of PR's darkest...but oh well, let's treat it like **** and praise much lighter material because at least TJ in a giant pizza wasnt done by Kalish.
He's a tale of two halfs really. First two seasons are rock bottom PR, OO has good to great ideas, a team-up that gets better with each rerun, a superb plot twist, dark subject matter, and Kalish's best finale ever. However, it had pacing problems, bad location decisions for parts of "the world", confusing characterisations, and actors that didnt care.JF was his best season and the most ambitious one, with an olds-school feel and nice characterisation.
Kalish, for all his insistences that the Sentai was unavoidable, did, in his own way, buck the trend, just not as defiantly as, say, Tony, Shuki, Doug, Judd, or Eddie did.
What people love to forget was that Jackie was still on board at this time, and was even promoted by Bruce when Greg left.
What also needs to be understood,was that Bruce Kalish was PR's highest-profile producer ever, having worked on tons of series before this that werent Saban related. This wasnt just an internal staff writer who'd got promoted through the system as Judd and Jackie had been, or a fan who became a story editor like Amit had been. Bruce was as big as we ever had gotten..and as such, the fandom decided now, more than ever, to sieze control of running the series internally.
So enthused by the early fan response, and by the fans that remained loyal to them throughout MF, the Kalish staff pretty much began to treat one of the most volitile, dangerous fandoms on the internet like they were the board of directors. Too many privleges can spoil the easily corruptable. RB was a major influence because Bruce sent actor after actor there to interact. We got convention apperances, Keith had his two interviews with Bruce over here, this was the JNT era of Doctor Who all over again, the fans were as much in charge as Bruce was.
So, like any board of directors that become dissastisfied with the product, PR fandom became "The Apprentice" overnight. All of us at one point or another smashing our fists on the table and chewing out Bruce for his errors. After all, he was a veteran, he had worked on kids series before, why couldnt he understand PR's requirements? We all underestimate how difficult bucking the Sentai can prove when you don't want PR to be defined by it too much, and Bruce felt there was no point, and to only buck it sparingly, something we disagreed on.
So then we started getting really dodgy elements. We got Morphin' Grid references, Alpha 6 got his third voice, Rita came back, her son was introduced, PR Super Legends was glorified fanfiction more than a solid video game. Mistakes like this were EERILY reminscent of the JNT era of DW...fanwank chocolate that they hoped and prayed would keep the lions at bay. No chance. It'd become routine to chew them out rather than objectivly look at the improvements when they were evident
Bruce was the right man, but PR was simply the wrong show for him. It's not something you can master overnight unless you know it inside-and-out.
As such, by the time he understood PR, by the time he knew what he was doing...he was gone, and the series almost went with him.
Why do so many people associate Mack's story with Pinnochio? It wasnt like that at all, it also blinds them utterly to giving that story the respect it deserves. Pinnochio didnt become suicidal, Jeppedo wasnt revealed as a man who proved sexually inept..the "real boy" ending made sense because of Sentinal Knight's very nature etc.
Yes, there's reasons to despise OO, but that story was arguably one of PR's darkest...but oh well, let's treat it like **** and praise much lighter material because at least TJ in a giant pizza wasnt done by Kalish.
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SaikoDragon
It's Judgement Time!
I loved SPD and Mystic Force was really good. However, Operation Overdrive was probably the first PR season that I just stopped watching. Jungle Fury was a nice recovery from OO but there was something about it that felt flat. Bruce didn't seem to be able to develope 6th rangers very well. Sam, Tyzonne, and Dominic (yeah even though Dom was more of a 5th ranger) were just background characters with poorly developed or resolved stories.
Sometimes, it just felt like the writing team was going through the motions and simply didn't care. The episodes became nothing but mindless explosions and action. There were moments where the explosions got absolutely ridiculous. Where they were going of for no reason what-so-ever.
I liked Bruce's reign. But there was something sour about it that I wont miss.
Sometimes, it just felt like the writing team was going through the motions and simply didn't care. The episodes became nothing but mindless explosions and action. There were moments where the explosions got absolutely ridiculous. Where they were going of for no reason what-so-ever.
I liked Bruce's reign. But there was something sour about it that I wont miss.
FreedomR8G6B1
New Member
I honestly didn't feel like that up until the Season Finale...it wasn't offensive or anything, but it just didn't feel right doing that.
What do you want me to call Mack then...
...okay fine...
"He's the Power Ranger version of Kikaider...he's not Pinocchio...he's Kikaider...now he just needs a guitar."
...now there.:anime:
SaikoDragon
It's Judgement Time!
How dare you compare the Mack to Kikaider/Jiro! The two are nothing alike and further more, it's an insult to..*continue rant*
Skyknight
Lurker
Touche.:thumbs:
FreedomR8G6B1
New Member
ZERO WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!:laugh:
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