Samurai Sentai Shinkenger rumor/picture thread

[Gold Samurai]

Someone in makeup got lazy

"A blotch here and a blotch there...."

^ LOL They all have similar looking wounds, it's like an outbreak of measles or something. :laugh:

Well they did beat the flu

 

[lazycoconut]

They look like something out of a zombie movie. Now there's a DVD special I'd pay to see :laugh:

 

[MattComix]

I think the cover in terms of how it's put together looks very cool but yeah the make-up seems a little lazy. I think they sometimes have trouble figuring out how to make the heroes looks injured while still keep it a kids show.

This is a downside to Sentai scaling younger to the degree it has. It kinda starts becoming Barney with explosions.

But at the same time I wouldn't want the other extreme either. I don't really require gory wounds in a show like this. It's Sentai, not Saving Private Ryan.

 

[musashi03]

Well they did beat the flu

Hahaha yeah, I remember that. :laugh:

 

[NeonZ]

This is a downside to Sentai scaling younger to the degree it has. It kinda starts becoming Barney with explosions.

I don't think that has anything to do with "scaling younger". Censorship in Japan just has gotten higher since the 90s. That's pretty noticeable if you follow animes... The only shows these days that show large amounts of blood without disguising it somehow air late at night, while in the 90s and 80s standard action animes for kids/teens could do that at any time.

 

[Lynxara]

Censorship isn't the only thing changes a show as it focuses on a younger demographic. Younger kids have shorter attentions and find different things interesting than their older peers.

I've said this before, but an 8 to 12 show is going to be very accessible to adult viewers who like fantasy or superheroes. A 4 to 8 show is going to be less interesting because it'll feature broader writing and, generally, less plot.

Everything people complain about in modern Super Sentai writing is consistent with a switch in focus from 8 to 12 to 4 to 8.

 

[NeonZ]

A 4 to 8 show is going to be less interesting because it'll feature broader writing and, generally, less plot.

I don't think that fits. Gekiranger and the later half of Magiranger were some of the Sentais with the strongest presence of a running plotline (not talking about their quality here), and they're fairly recent.

 

[Lynxara]

My usage of "generally" there means "there will be some exceptions." Two shows out of the past... nine or so is in the realm of "exception."

To get into more detail, though, both plots you cite are extremely simple in a way that I could see a very small child following. Both the Magiranger villains and Long's depiction are consistent with a five-year-old's understanding of evil.

Now, put that same five-year-old in front of Timeranger and you'll probably see him get bored pretty quickly. The plot is going to be too complex to be comprehensible to a kid that small.

 

[Aoiblue]

Now, put that same five-year-old in front of Timeranger and you'll probably see him get bored pretty quickly. The plot is going to be too complex to be comprehensible to a kid that small.

Saw Timeranger when I was 5 when it aired XD
Only thing I could really make out of it was the mecha was from the future and like I thought all of them were from there. But still enjoyed it.
Thank god Time Force copied off of Timeranger.

Edit: wait, i was 7-8 nvm XD

 

[NeonZ]

To get into more detail, though, both plots you cite are extremely simple in a way that I could see a very small child following. Both the Magiranger villains and Long's depiction are consistent with a five-year-old's understanding of evil.

Now, put that same five-year-old in front of Timeranger and you'll probably see him get bored pretty quickly. The plot is going to be too complex to be comprehensible to a kid that small.

Are you saying that Timeranger was a representant of an older trend of its time and not an exception itself?

Besides, Timeranger didn't even have a complex plot with many events taking place throughout the series. The complexity mostly comes from the character focus, especially regarding the Timeranger's pasts. That's what a small kid probably wouldn't get.