OhRanger Discussion

[Black Fang]

Even my beloved Bioman has plots like EXPLODING BALLOONS and EXPLODING FLOWERS.

That actually doesn't sound bad on the face of it.

I guess what people didn't like about Ohranger was indeed that, the inconsistency. Other examples include JAKQ... started out dark and ended up being arguably goofier than Goranger

Thing is with JAKQ was because the original underlining message was about Drugs, and many thought that was too dark for kids and lost quite a bit of ratings after it switched tones, which is why it's the shortest sentai with only 35 episodes, next to fiveman which only has 48.

I think a lot of it has to do with change. You change things to rapidly, people get really upset. Which why Ohranger failed was because of it's rapidly changing tone in each episode. There nothing wrong with having a show be funny and serious, many sentai shows do it, you just don't wanna have something like, one arc about a death of a friend and in like the next episode have something wacky and zany.

That's precisely it.

Quick note, Ohranger and Carranger also had 48 episodes.

 

[HonestHeart17]

That actually doesn't sound bad on the face of it.





That's precisely it.

Quick note, Ohranger and Carranger also had 48 episodes.

oh yeah your right lol silly me :sweat:

But yeah Ohranger is just one of those shows that's bipolar in it's episode structure, which is such a shame because the beginning is so good. With a FREAKIN' ROBOT EMPIRE EVADING EARTH and the rangers ATTACKING A GIANT ENEMY WITH NO MECH! and then it turns to there robo working out......

 

[Fantasy Leader]

I really don't see how Ohranger's tone is annoying. Yes, it starts off dark. But that's only for eight episodes. Honestly, the only time I got annoyed was eps 9-12, due to the forceful change in tone (though I ended up liking 9 and 10 during the second watch). But starting with ep 13, I felt like Ohranger found it's balance and got back on track. It had a nice blend of both dark themes and light-hearted material, which I thought felt just like the 80s Sentai. Overall, I don't think Ohranger is any "lesser" than any other 90s sentai. It's just as much Kakuranger and Carranger to me.

Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. But I really don't think Ohranger is inconsistent to the point of annoying, like people say. I thought all of Ohranger's episodes were lots of fun to watch, and that was good enough to make it awesome. IMO, the title of annoying inconsistence would instead go to Go-onger and Goseiger.

 

[The 2nd Evil]

I don't know what episode number it was, or if it was before or after the tone switch, but there was one episode with the MOTW, that as far as I could tell rebelled against the Baranoia, and the episode ended with him going to pet a dog, but just fell apart.

One of the most depressing endings to a Sentai episode I can recall ever seeing.

 

[Kouji Kabuto]

IMO, the title of annoying inconsistence would instead go to Go-onger and Goseiger.

Since I couldn't watch more than a handful of either series without feeling the need for oxygen and intravenous nutrition, i couldn't see the inconsistency...

 

[Loghorn]

The reason why the show took a drastic turn was because of the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. After that they cut out a lot of the really dark stuff and made it more light hearted. If that attack never happened, this probably would have been the darkest sentai next to Jetman and Liveman.

Agreed. Not to say that I don't like light hearted sentai seasons (because I do), but darker seasons seems so...realistic. Just like things going on in the real world, such as that attack which you just mentioned. It's good in my book, & that's why Ohranger is one of my favorites.

After Double, you'd think that Toei would try and go back to Sentai's darker roots.

I'm sure that they will in the near future.

 

[Black Fang]

I don't know what episode number it was, or if it was before or after the tone switch, but there was one episode with the MOTW, that as far as I could tell rebelled against the Baranoia, and the episode ended with him going to pet a dog, but just fell apart.

One of the most depressing endings to a Sentai episode I can recall ever seeing.

That was episode 15, with the aptly named BaraRevenger.

I really don't see how Ohranger's tone is annoying. Yes, it starts off dark. But that's only for eight episodes. Honestly, the only time I got annoyed was eps 9-12, due to the forceful change in tone (though I ended up liking 9 and 10 during the second watch). But starting with ep 13, I felt like Ohranger found it's balance and got back on track. It had a nice blend of both dark themes and light-hearted material, which I thought felt just like the 80s Sentai.

80s Sentai (or more specifically, Hirohisa Soda's Sentai) tended to have major plot arcs dispersed throughout the show and some big revelation at the end. Ohranger.... didn't really have that. You would see some skeleton structure of what was probably intended for the main plot (such as Bomber the Great's coupe), but most the show was just standalone episodes.

Overall, I don't think Ohranger is any "lesser" than any other 90s sentai. It's just as much Kakuranger and Carranger to me.

But Carranger was a deliberate parody, and Kakuranger was always intended to have a light-hearted streak. Ohranger, as we can see, was clearly intended to be something other than what it ended up being.

I thought all of Ohranger's episodes were lots of fun to watch

Despite all that has been said, that is true. The action and the music are Ohranger's saving graces.

IMO, the title of annoying inconsistence would instead go to Go-onger and Goseiger.

Goseiger seems to have become all the rage recently, interestingly enough.

 

[MattComix]

GoSeiger got better. Simple as that. A plot kicked in and the dial on the fight choreography was cranked up making it much more fun to watch than it was in the early going. Alata earned his Red-cred with me.

With OhRanger well some Sentai shows might be able to switch back and forth between being straight-faced and wacky without giving the viewer whiplash from the tone changes or coming off like there is an identity crisis in regards to what the creators want the show to be but with OhRanger I think it clearly suffers from the scramble going on behind the scenes.

That's not to say it doesn't have its awesome moments or that it's the worst Sentai in the history of ever, but it feels like a show that was kept from being all it could have been.

This was evident to me almost right away because the first OhRanger stuff I ever saw was a VHS tape from Ctenosaur that had the episodes that bring in KingRanger but when I popped in the tape it started off with the BaraHungry episode. :sly: