Matt Damon on the set of his new Comedy movie. It's supposedly inspired by Power Rangers and Super Sentai. Rumors say it will poke fun of the Super Sentai stories from a Western perspective.
>>24006238>Matt DamonGreat, another movie I can safely skip.
>>24006238Inb4 SEAnig meltdowns
>>24006238HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!OH WOW!
Matt Damon, John Leguizamo, Charles Melton and Sandra Oh.
>>24006257America is a fucking joke.
How would they adapt JDF suicide parody?
>>24006238>I NEEEEEEED them to see my face
How would they do a parody of an actor killing his roomie with a katana?
Is this the extent of American wit now? Pointing out that something out of the ordinary is, in fact, out of the ordinary? Like how random 15 year olds on the internet do all of the time for free?
>>24006278>now
>>24006257>the only girl is a hagIt's already doomed
>>24006238I don't mind.But...Why do the helmets not match?
>>24006305The suits don't match either
>>24006305Because americans have no clue what the fuck they are doing.
>Power Rangers died for thisFuck off Matt Damon.
>Power Rangers died for thisAnd nothing of value was lost
>>24006334except Toei's free money which is why Project Red looks low budget as fuck.
Matt Damon should be banned from the concept of lunch.
>>24006238>Comedy movieI'll watch it because I want more comedies to be made
>>24006373Fuck off duel.
>>24006246lol look at the thread, they are already melting down.Now for my own opinion this shouldn’t be taken seriously & more of a fun tribute to the series but I’m also expecting it to be respectful to it also. Knowing the Japanese they’ll easily understand that it’s something that was made for fun and not of mockery. I’ll definitely check it out if it’s good(& funny)
>>24006257>Sandra Oh>the only female ranger is yellow Kek they did it on purpose for the joke in the film
>>24006238Isn't this 30 years too late...?
>>24006510Normies will go "It's like my heckin Marvel!" but with Deadpool humor.
Parodies made from a point of mean spirited derision or lack of genuine understanding always fail to make any real point and inevitably fail. You can't successfully parody or homage something you don't fully understand or actively look down upon. This isn't being made because anyone involved is passionate about Power Rangers, Super Sentai, or tokusatsu. It's being made because nostalgiabait is profitable, and they think the silly weird Japanese spandex and monsters show is an easy target for mockery.
>>24006272He's into autoerotic asphyxiation but is also too clumsy and slips while throttling himself
Seems like there's scant plot details, but I guess it's more sci-fi than comedy.>Some juicy details already about Daniels' next project:>The story for the feature is a described as involving global warming, time travel, as well as a possible superhero angle. And there are two timelines, one set in the 1980s and one set in present day. The protagonists of the story are teens…at least in the 1980s-set timeline.>Daniels are said to have been casting the teen roles since 2024, before postponing the production one or more times. (Streamlining the story from an initial three time periods to two impacted the script writing, and was one of several factors behind the delays.) In fact, they may already have their choices to play the teens, but have been waiting to cast some of the big-name roles first.>Initially, Daniels had their sights on Ryan Gosling as the big name for the feature. The role was that of the father of one of the teens and was, as substantial as it was, supporting in nature. Gosling, after initially agreeing, thought it should be larger and asked for script changes, according to sources.>Daniels did not necessarily disagree but there was a larger issue. The project, which had already pushed, had to start production by the end of summer or early fall because it had received a California tax credit. Accommodating Gosling would require more script revisions and time was simply running out.>So in a whirlwind week or two, Gosling was in then out. Daniels scrambled and sources say there was even a time when Jack Black was considered. The duo quickly pivoted to Damon, who is already well-liked at Universal for not only starring in the Bourne action movies but as the lead of Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey, which the studio releases in July.
Will they make fun of Haim Saban behaving like an absolute stereotype and fucking his own actors out of money even as PR became massive?
>>24006297>>24006497Sandra Oh isn't one of the Rangers, she plays a Jarvis-esque assistant A.I.
Why do I feel like this movie is just gonna be, vibe-wise, this bit stretched out to two and a half hours?
>>24006238The reboot was probably gonna be mmpr again so who cares. If anything this fag did us a favor.
>>24006238I can't wait for this movie to bring us the hottest, most current jokes of 1993.>lol how spandex spark?>Racist Rangers (African-American Black Ranger, Asian Yellow Ranger, Native-American Red Ranger, etc).>Why don't the monsters attack while the Rangers morph or while the Zords combine?>Why don't the Rangers just start off with the Zords?>What kind of asshole mentor chooses teenagers to protect the Earth? Why doesn't HE do anything about the danger?>How can no one tell the five/six teens that wear the same colors as the Rangers every day are the Rangers?>Why doesn't the villain just kill the Rangers in their sleep?>Why doesn't the mentor share information about every threat he knows about before they're knocking on Earth's door?>How is the villain such a threat to the universe when they utilize such goofy monsters?>The Rangers being all Saturday morning superhero fun times as thousands of citizens die during monster attacks.>Some meta joke about dubbing or recreated props not matching or something.>The one rare joke that was written from someone who actually watched Power Rangers like "If the Megazord is solar powered, why doesn't the villain ever send their monsters at night?"
>>24006598They probably don't even know who that is, normies wouldn't get the joke anyway.
>>24006238why can't the west design ANY good sentai suits?
>>24006238>black guy and ugly girl get their face covereduhhh based?
Watch them not even have a megazord battle because Matt Damon ate all the budget.
>>24006709why is matt damon so fat
>>24006735american poster boy
MATT DAMON
>>24006238Rumors say it will poke fun of the Super Sentai stories from a Western perspective.So it's a hatepiece on Shotaro's legacy or what?
>>24006763it's forgivable as long as they ALSO make fun of how fat Fatt Damon is.
>>24006746Anyone have the Youtube clip?
>>24006246>>24006461I don't mind the idea (I like shit like the parodies in Megas XLR and Akiba Ranger) but are you guys really confident this won't be some Superhero Movie tier shit?The guy in pink and everyone jumping together in celebration already has me worried this is gonna be pretty low hanging fruit and surface level observation.
>>24006257>gay negroAHAHAHHAHA they can't help themselves can they
>>24006790Superhero Movie was the the last decently funny parody movie, so I dunno what the problem with that would be.
>>24006790I haven't watched Swiss Army Man or Everything Everywhere All At Once. I know both were reviewed favorably by the critics', but is there anything in either movie that would hint at this movie being good in terms of a Sentai adaptation?
>>24006735He's like Robert De Niro, he accepted his fatness.
>>24006790I actually used to watch this quite a bit when I was younger and it was quite funny, hilarious even
>>24006790This is like the one good parody movie from this era, mainly because it’s not the ____ movie people and it’s clear they worked in a decent through line before adding the superficial parody stuff
>>24006808EEAAO did have some decent focus on stunt FX/ martial arts, not particularly memorable but still something I can see as a jumping point. It also plays its absurd elements more straight than “ can you believe THIS is happening?” Type humor
>>24006808if you think the heart of a movie is gay acceptance for all, hotdog fingers are funny and hags can be hot then the movie will be peak
>>24006860The first 45 minutes is a shockingly competent parody of the genre and is nowhere near as incoherent as, say, Disaster Movie.
>>24006808>Swiss Army Man or Everything Everywhere All At OnceOhhhhh this is not only going to be trash, it's going to be reddit and journo trash. Can't wait for the "A DECONSTRUCTION OF SUPER SENTAI (JAPANESE POWER RANGERS)" bullshit. America is truly the antichrist.
>>24006925If you and the Japanese are unable to see the humor in Super Sentai then that's a serious problem.
The humor:>dude we put a zesty black in the pink costume!!!!>dude the monsters look silly and move like an inflatable balloon!!!!!>dude matt damon doesn't fit in the costume!!!!!!>dude we put an octogenarian in spandex because that was your childhood and you love to relive that shit!!!!!!!!>dude the guys in children's shows are awful people and probably do drugs or have sex while in the costume fucking crazy AMIRITE?!??!?
>>24006933Is Seth Rogan involved, this makes me wonder
Wow so many comments are seething at the idea of Americans making fun of Super Sentai. Sorry but Americans spent 9 billion dollars on Power Rangers during the 1990s. They have every right to make fun of Super Sentai. Americans supported the show more than Japan and have earned the right to make fun of it.
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>>24006957No they haven’t. Normies don’t even know what super Sentai is, and when they do they say Japan ripped off the power rangers. I don’t mind if they make fun of super Sentai, the issue is when the jokes aren’t funny. Which is what happens with the zoomers who write this shit get involved. Their jokes suck.
>>24006971>No they haven’t.Yes The Americans objectively have. They spent way more money on Power Rangers than the military budgets of most small and medium sized countries. You can't dispute this. It's an objective fact. Americans spent more than anyone else. They have earned the right to criticize.
>>24006238Salty western distributors funding revenge projects. Sad.
Wow you SEAs and Sentai fanboys can't take a joke. You make fun of Americans for decades. But the moment America returns the favor, you cry and whine. You are so soft. Tsk tsk.
>>24006971>Normies don’t even know what super Sentai is,Eh...much more people know than you realize. They just don't care. YouTube has an english sentai and Toku channel. Same with streaming apps like Pluto TV and others. People largely don't care that much. Some even say power rangers is better storytelling.
>say american shit is dumb>americans, instead of agreeing and saying "yes it's dumb why couldn't they make something good?" double down and say "no it's not bad, and even if it's bad we can do it because we want to!!!">they cry about people thinking a joke 30 years too late is stupid
>>24006238I mean it's still better than the last season of Power Rangers'suit designs but that's not saying much. Getting the PR reboot cancelled because of this is sure....something. I wish someone would do something more like the new Masters of the Universe movie. it can still have comedy but still be the thing. It seems divisive but tons of fans loved it and the designs were all pretty accurate considering Hollywood.
Nothing can ever surpass the Danger 5 Power Rangers parody. Or that show. it was perfect.
>>24006990I notice you tried to dodge the point I made that when westerners make fun of toku stuff, the jokes are always bad and lazy. Struck a nerve?>>24007046That’s what I just said. Normies dont give a shit. The only shows on Tubi are several decades old, and most just say “is this a power rangers thing?”
>>24007058You are trying to argue that Sentai is some rare obscure nerdy thing. It hasn't been that way for years. Westerners are aware of Sentai (And note that I said "aware". Not obsessed with or fans of it).They just don't care. This also means that Super Sentai doesn't have any appeal or staying power in Western countries. Whatever dream Japan has of Spreading Sentai worldwide is a failure. It needs to be localized like Power rangers.
>>24007052Danger 5 is fantastic, but I think it's broader than just toku.
>>24006906Don't lie, I saw the movie>Hotdog finger dimension!
>>24006931Japan makes more Sentai parodies than anyone else.
>>24007071Neither are currently options so this is purely hypothetical.
>>24007079>Youtube>Pluto TV>Tubi TV>A few other streaming services>"Not options" Lmao
>>24007077Japan never truly makes fun of Sentai. It's always wrapped in a layer of reverence, nostalgia, or respect. >Haha we make fun of this one specific thing in Sentai but we still love and respect Sentai deep down. Remember Sentai is part of Japanese history!Thats pretty bad if that's the best parody Japan can do.
>>24007082Wow you are an actual retard, impressive amount of chromosomes.
>>24007082>a joke made by a friend who understands and respects the subject of the joke>some random stranger whose only significant interaction with the subject of the joke is thinking it's lame and cringeThis is why American parodies of Japanese media are almost always embarrassing.
>>24007095>some random stranger whose only significant interaction with the subject of the joke is thinking it's lame and cringe >This is why American parodies of Japanese media are almost always embarrassing.Or maybe the actual thing being made fun is actually lame and cringe. But you are too much of a Sentai fanboy to actually see it.
>>24007118>actually lame and cringe.No wonder Sentai finally died this year.
>>24007118What value is there in parodying something you hate?
Obligatory reminder to not feed the trolls
>>24007127Who said people hate Sentai?
>>24007071>needsNah. You’re just an idiot. And not even arguing the same thing I am. Fuck off.>>24007072I thought it was a Thunderhawks parody for a very long time myself
>>24007121>No wonder Sentai finally died this year.I can't believe Power Rangers actually outlasted Super Sentai.
>>24007118>Pointing at a thing and going “Look at the thing! Laugh at the thing for being a thing!” constitutes humorThis isn’t tik-tok, kiddo
>>24007133>Nah. You’re just an idiot. Yes sentai does NEED to be localized. Deal with it.Most Western people don't want to watch very quirky Japanese teens acting like they are Japanese anime characters, AND read subtitles. At most you will only cultivate a cult following. Nothing more.Traditional Japanese acting is way too over the top and they overact way too much for Western viewers. That's why Power rangers succeeded but sentai failed in the West.
>>24007142>Yes sentai does NEED to be localized.No, it doesn’t. You may prefer it that way, which is cool. But “need” is just your stupid opinion. You’re using the exact same logic the 4kids execs for One Piece, and look how that bombed like Nagasaki.
>>24007142>ew I don't like bitter things so this is why all coffee SHOULD have copious amounts of sugar for MEJust don't consume it.
>>24007151>No, it doesn’t. You may prefer it that way, which is cool.>But “need” is just your stupid opinion.The vast majority of the West prefers it according to objective sales data and TV ratings.
>>24007163The “vast majority of the west” says Sword Art Online, Solo Leveling, and Rent-A-Girlfriendm are good shows.You’ve not proven that there’s a “need”. You’ve just proven you’re a sheep who can’t form an opinion as well as a troll.
>>24007135It didn't. Sentai ran for 50 years. Nonstop. Week to week. How long as Power Rangers been running? And how many weeks a year do they run absolutely nothing?
>>24006238Excuse me but you mean>Inspired by Saban's Power Rangers™
>>24006238Post-Mandalorian, there is absolutely no excuse for toku-inspired costumes that show the face.
>>24007170>How long as Power Rangers been runningIt's still going. Sentai has ended
>>24006808Oh wait, it's DANIELS? Not Lee Daniels.Okay, it might actually be good. These guys are the exact type of dorks I'd trust with a movie like this. Even if the movie as a whole sucks, it will have at least a couple kino moments, like the buttplug trophy kung fu fight and "sucked intooooooo a baaaageeeeel".
>>24006915The hotdog finger scenes had me tearing up, actually. Like, that was the most pure relationship I've ever seen and I was sad to see it almost end.
>>24007232Shut the fuck up duel.
>>24007232Jobu Tupaki is basically a Super Sentai villain.
>>24007170>How long as Power Rangers been running?To be fair, more than 30 years. Even if you count the hiatuses, it's more than half as long as Super Sentai. If Super Sentai was an institution by the early 90s, about 20 years after premiering, what does that make PR now?I don't have a dog in the larger argument, just wanted to comment on this aspect.
>>24007237*finger eyelid taunt*
>>24006238I like Sentai and I like Matt Damon, and I like making fun of Sentai just as much as either of those things.I'm not gonna be a sensitive faggo about this
Apparently the directors also directed this photoshoot for a fashion magazine:https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/jennifer-coolidge-daniels-directors-issue-cover-photosI don't think there's any reason to be anxious that they don't understand the spirit of toku.
>>24007253Because they did a shitty fashion shoot for a shoddy magazine? How low are your standards? You are either a shill or desperate for any bone hollywood might throw at you.
>>24007253>they don't understand the spirit of toku.This is not a requirement to make fun of Super Sentai.
>>24007247Anyone can make fun of super sentai. Doesn’t mean they’ll all be good at it, though.
>>24007268It’s usually the difference between the joke landing or falling flat on its face with an embarrassed cough
>>24007270>It’s usually the difference between the joke landing or falling flat on its face with an embarrassed coughNo. This is your Japanese obsession with showing "respect and honor" despite making fun of something. That's why most Japanese comedy (with a few rare exceptions) falls flat. You aren't actually willing to offend people. You play it safe.
>>24007268>make fun ofAmericans are unable of doing anything original or smart so they have to "make fun of" other things that people appreciate, that's why they think Evangelion and Madoka Magica are """"""deconstructions""""""", they are unable to think earnestly and in good faith.
>>24007271Dude, I legitimately don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. I’m saying that you need to know the source material if you want to construct a joke that has impact, much less an entire film of it. Otherwise you just get Coen Brother movies that have the lamest jokes that just take the weakest potshots at everything. I think you need to take your medication.
>>24007273>Thing America >Thing Japan :DThis is you.
>>24007278To be fair, a textbook example of a westoid trying to do a "parody" of weeb shit that turned out to be neither funny nor novel came out just today. Doesn't inspire much confidence when this is the best they can come up with after years of internet weebtards pointing out how stupid their own beloved japanime is.
>>24007267>Didn't read the articlePlease shut the fuck up.
>>24007278That is objectively the correct viewpoint to have, in fairness.
>>24007285>To be fair, a textbook example of a westoid trying to do a "parody"Wrong. This would be a textbook example of an Western anime parody.
>>24007285Oh, don't be coy anon, you just hate it because black people, right?Well, I hate it because the animation is atrocious and I think they should have just kept producing entertaining animatics.
>>24006257Fuck yeah! JOHNNY LEGS!!
>>24007305And then they redeemed themselves with the Death Note parody.
>>24007308Nah. I liked Afro Samurai. And this shit ain't Afro Samurai.
>>24006238As a brand/franchise, what's cool about Super Sentai?
>>24007308>you just hate it because black peopleIs this really an argument in 2026?
>>24007314Didn't know black animators worked on Afro Samurai, neat.
>>24007329Well they ain't white.
>>24007278Yeah? Who the fuck would disagree with this?
>>24007328To fags on the internet who know they have no real leg to stand on it is
>>24007328>Is this really an argument in 2026?/v/ has daily "I won't play this game because it is made by/stars niggers/muh wokeslop" threads.
>>24007339Wow, people on the internet farm easy engagement bait? What, are you going to mention the fact that the sky is blue next?
>>24007344>farm easy engagement baitWhere do you think you are?I'd love to not jump to conclusions, but unfortunately, there are people who think this way.
>>24007339>/v/This is the last (You) you are getting, you clearly need it more than me.
>>24007328Considering there are still people who commit mass shootings against black people because they sincerely believe their race should go extinct, and that those people tend to be 4chan users, yes.
wow we've been actually breached by shills and /co/
>>24006246>Inb4 SEAnig meltdownsThis entire thread is filled with people angry at Americans. Hilarious.
>>240071304chan is so fucked nowadays that trolls just feed themselves and keep going
Just won't watch it.
>>24006238supposedly this was what led to the canning of the PR project Disney was going to do
>>24007579>don't watch>just wait until it release in streaming >then pirate it
>>24006238I'm okay with this. Japanese fans need to lighten up. It's just a comedy. They make fun of American power rangers all the time. So turn about is fair play. Making fun of super sentai is fine too. In some ways, Americans can make fun of things Japanese people are too afraid to because of their culture of politeness.
looks like it's no After V
>>24008254>mmmm this turd is so tasty, take that japan!
>>24006238Is this going to be another one of those "look at this shit, it's so silly" but also being super cynical that says shit like "power rangers evil, all Sentai are bastards, Kaiju lives matter"No way matt Damon is doing this if it's not getting him an award.Fuck this, im already pissed about it
>>24007632Rare matt damon actually doing something of note.
>>24006238>Tranny pink rangerThat's 100% Hunter Schaefer
>>24008268Look at the other pics, it's a black guy.
> the black dude has to be the pink rangerThe shit about black dudes wearing a dress in Hollywood was real
>>24008392Always has been.
>>24008264>Fuck this, im already pissed about itIt's probably going to make fun of sentai tropes. It can't be that bad
>>24006746Matt Damon.
>>24006238I wonder if any of them even heard of Power Rangers.
>>24009294Most likely they heard and familiar of them but doesn't actually watch the show
>>24006238But... why???HUH
>>24009305Are Americans now allowed to make fun of Japan? You could post the same picture when asking why Japan, China, and Asia focus so much at making of America in their media. How many anime and manga show America being incompetent war brutes, and Japan being superior? But the moment America slaps back, everyone in this thread loses their minds.
>>24009587Why did you even think that's what my post was aboutu r stoopid
>>24010513Don't reply to shills.
>>24009587You can make fun of Japanese media stuff just not Asian racial stereotypes or Japanese history. Making fun of their brightly colored spandex with ridiculous pose tv shows, their ridiculously stupid game shows and their tentacle porn is all fair game. It's like how you can make fun of Korean women being over the top with their simping for K Pop guys so long as you don't make fun of Asian people in general
>>24006238>Rumors say it will poke fun of the Super Sentai stories from a Western perspective.Oh goodie.............You know, why cant we have a movie about the opposite, making fun and denouncing american and western perspective of japanese media and localization and all the bad shit it does?
>>24010942>or Japanese history.The problem is that they claim everything is Japanese history. There are fans saying Super Sentai is a national treasure and should be respected. Same with anime. The Japanese government declared anime to be part of their cultural heritage.
>>24006707Because FUCKING Irony poison, MCU taktikewl you know, havent you noticed when they ''classic hero costumes'' they make em look stupid and cheap as possible bevause they HATE it?
>>24006257John Leguizamo. How does he keep finding work?
>>24010972>There are fans saying Super Sentai is a national treasure and should be respected.Say what?
>>24007310Only cause the studio was Korean and not japanese, and thats one thing i noticed, why is it always fucking Korea?
>>24010985i assume it's currently the cheaper option
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>>24010982The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs has explicitly included tokusatsu and Super Sentai in government cultural-policy discussions. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes Toku and Sentai as important cultural activities and supports their preservation, development and international dissemination in promoting Japanese culture. They have even claimed that Power Rangers is just another form of Super Sentai, and thus Power Rangers helped spread Japanese culture around the world.
>>24011054Power Rangers and more specifically Saban has done generational damage to the tokusatsu genre as a whole.
Could have been another Galaxy Quest but nooooo.
>>24011147The people making it would have to actually like and respect the source material to produce something like that.
>>24006808They did direct a Sentai-themed music video with a well known celeb playing a Rota expy and it's probably their demo reel of making this movie.And I say it's Sentai because it's more Sentai than Powaa Renjaa.
>>24011161I don't think they did a sentai themed music video. But they did "direct" a photo shoot for a fashion magazine with Jennifer Coolidge. If you ask me, it didnt display much affinity or love outside of a surface level appreciation of the kitschy visual aspects of showa era tokusatsu.
>>24010966>making fun and denouncing american and western perspective of japanese media and localization and all the bad shit it does?Last time someone tried to do that they trooned out before finishing the damn project.
>>24012566The Wachowskis?
>>24010972>NO YOU CAN'T CLAIM IT'S PART OF YOUR CULTURAL HERITAGE BECAUSE IT'S SILLY AND FOR CHILDREN AND IN AMERICA WE DON'T RESPECT OUR MEDIA FOR CHILDREN WE JUST GIVE THEM SHIT SO YOU CAN'T CLAIM IT'S PART OF YOUR CULTURAL HERITAGE I'M GONNA MAKE FUN OF YOU IN A SHITTY MOVIE WITH AN OVERBLOWN BUDGET SO I CAN FILE A BAD FISCAL YEAR why are they like this?
>>24012573Actually LittleKuriboh.
>>24007724Or just don't watch it, like he said, idiot
>>24010966I would genuinely love it if we had something actually attack how shitty Western media has become from the outside.
>>24012630What would they even say that hasn't been said before? They'd never touch on the usual suspect's or the sex trafficking.
>>24010980https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRIfvw_8ks0
>>24006238>Rumors say it will poke fun of the Super Sentai stories from a Western perspective.Racism is okay when pointing fun of the Japanese apperently
>>24012630Bowfinger did a good job at this.
>>24016785Kill yourself negrobumper.
>>24011279>, it didnt display much affinity or love outside of a surface level appreciation of the kitschy visual aspects of showa era tokusatsu....liking showa toku aesthetics and attempting to somewhat replicate them is way more than surface level anon, you're so lost in the woods you forget just how fucking niche this stuff is.
oh, it's by Everything everywhere directors. I'm hyped now!
>>24016913Disagree, but we all have different barometers for these kinds of things. Hope whatever this winds up being is to your liking. Personally, I'm gonna pass.
>>24017034>Disagree, but we all have different barometers for these kinds of thingsSentai is incredibly niche to Westerners.
>>24006528Came here to say this, it's a pity. The whole thing just seems like a typical hollywood jab at another nation's fiction, and evidence of the american mainstream's inability to do or appreciate much of anything sincerely. Pic semi-related.
>>24006528>Parodies made from a point of mean spirited derision Completely subjective and overused. Whenever you don't like something you can just claim it's mean spirited. >or lack of genuine understanding always fail to make any real point and inevitably failAlso subjective. You have no idea how many episodes of sentai they watched. Heck Matt Damon has enough money to fly to Japan and meet Sentai actors and Directors personally to speak with them. His understanding could surpass yours.
>>24017058>Other countries can make fun of America but America isn't allowed to make fun of other countries! That's mean and racist and stuff! Don't you people ever get tired of the same excuses and whining?
>>24017129These shills are getting more and more retarded.
>>24017133You are just too sensitive. You claim that not knowing the culture you parody is "mean spirited". How many times does Japan make fun of America without knowing American culture?
>shill still going
>>24017038No argument. But, I disagree about recognizing basic aesthetics not being surface level appreciation.
>>24006257>Charles Melton and Sandra OhLmao!>Just shove two asians in there so we don't get called racists!
>>24012579Yes anon. That's how it works. Every nation gets a limited amount of "This is off-limits. Don't make fun of this. This is historical and part of our culture." points. If you claim too much they people stop caring and don't respect anything anymore. Claiming super Sentai as off-limits seems like a step too far.
>>24017132I mean I'm an American but I still think it's true. Rev. W. Awdry famously remarked that once the Americans got their hands on his series it would be ruined immediately, and he was dead right. I'm not saying that America doesn't have the right to poke fun at people, but there's a fine line between making fun of something because you love it and making fun of something because you don't get it, and a lot of hollywood stuff, at least to me, feels like the latter. This has been going on for years, it's a famous joke among fans of both anime and cartoons that basically every anime parody or joke in any mainstream production always revolves around the same archetypes and is rarely if ever genuinely thoughtful. Even american media in and of itself isn't immune from doing this to its own media; there's a reason the term "millenial writing" gets thrown around. American media, at least as of writing, seems to have a serious problem both with taking other media, or even itself, seriously, and that degrades everything.
>>24017558During the 1990s, the Executives at Toei famously gave several interviews where they whined, bitched, and complained that the Americans changed Super Sentai into Power Rangers. They complained that Westerners just don't understand Super Sentai's charm. They also thought it was extremely unfair that Power Ranger was a worldwide hit while Super Sentai failed outside of Asia. The Executives said they just don't understand why Western people would love Power Rangers but not love Super Sentai. He was very bitter in the interview. It seems to me that the person who doesn't understand things are the Japanese. And they are bitter about it.
>>24017563>During the 1990s, the Executives at Toei famously gave several interviewsCan you even cite one interview? The executives at Toei never expressed grievances towards Power Rangers in the 90s. They were the ones signing the rights away, after all, even completely dumping their direct Sentai distribution in some other countries like France and Brazil in hopes of catching on in America through Power Rangers.
>>24017566>Can you even cite one interview?Of course not, he's making shit up.
Will always laugh at the Japanese for seething over PR being the superior version of Sentai.
Where's the new Power Rangers show?
>>24017567Can you not respond to yourself within 4 minutes
>>24017572Gone. Hence why super sentai had to die and Project red's budget is so low. No free money anymore.
You Sentai fans should be grateful to Power Rangers. It was the success of Power Rangers that allowed Sentai to not get canceled. Power Rangers money flowed back to Toei and helped pay for Sentai seasons that were total failures in Japan.
>>24017563>>24017587Still no source?
>>24017584Meanwhile current Power Rangers show was produced by YouTubers with AIslop
>>24018011It's weird that this YouTube show somehow has a higher budget than the original 1990s show....... but has worse camera work, cinematography and choreography then the original MMPR show.
>>24017558not the sanctity of thomas the tank engine!
>>24017558> Rev. W. Awdry famously remarked that once the Americans got their hands on his series it would be ruined immediately, and he was dead right.How? The PBS shows were fine.
>>24018097Power Rangers really lucked out being filmed in LA at a time when a lot of stunt coordinators are looking for work, TV based tokusatsu was at sort of a lull in Japan, and there was a lot of cheap talent in LA looking to break in. Like there’s an alternate universe where Koichi Sakamoto got stuck working in DTV action movies or stage stunt shows because he never got to cut his teeth on power rangers and go back to Japan with all this experience working on the US side
>>24018097It's baffling how after all these years, we never got original zords, we got concept art that never got made due to cost, we got Space Titanus as a toy but not as a thing in the show. Even South Korea managed to get a Kyoryuzin for their Kyoryuger Brave.They got a show with entirely new footage while PR always had to use stock footage for nearly all action scenes.
>>24011002I don't know what this is from but something tells me it has "Bible" in the title.
>>24017167I feel like constructing plausible sentai costumes out of runway fashion artifacts displays a deeper appreciation than surface-level.
>>24017563I can understand this. It's frustrating when people don't see what you see in things that are special to you. Japan's ~* i d i o s y n c r a t i c *~ tastes probably don't help.
>>24018801They don't look plausible, they look like a failed surface level attempt by larpers to recreate the aesthetics.
>>24018806The real frustration is Japanese writers unwillingness to change. They KNOW what appeals to Westerners and saw it during the 1990s. Yet they continue to use the same sentai formula and refuse to change. When was the last time Super Sentai used a realistic down to earth story with just regular people? No space pirates. No knights from ancient times. No aliens. Just regular Japanese teens or students facing everyday issues while being Power Rangers.
>>24018872See >>24007253The actual sentai uniforms are silly, sure. I was talking about this one. She looks hyper-specific to a particular type of toku villain. You don't just stumble on that.Was there this much skepticism with GDT?
>>24018885>noooo you have to make shows for us!!! our shows suck please make shows for us!!!!!!!! you have to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>24018885They tried to make Ohranger like that but whenever japan has a major tragedy happening, they fellatio the goverment and news media on what could be the cause so they blame it on fiction, so they tampered with it, same reaosn why CLAMP wasnt allowed to finish X1999 the way they wanted because ''oh noes, too soon and close to home, oooooh'', so they reshoot Ohranger to be about machines, and then they made CarRanger which was more focus on jerkass Toriyama/Rumiko style comedy, and since then, they made their red rangers slacker idiots, and since theymove to shot on digivideo with GaoRanger, they rebranded the show for toddlers and kindergardeners, hence why the cartoony comedy, specially in Abaranger.
>>24018944>Toei complains they want Super Sentai to appeal to Westerners. >Does nothing and makes no changes to Super Sentai. ?
>>24018947Finally a sane post. I'm glad someone can see the problems in Super Sentai. >theymove to shot on digivideo with GaoRanger, they rebranded the show for toddlers and kindergardeners, hence why the cartoony comedy, specially in Abaranger.Which also creates diminishing returns with each new Season (excluding Anniversary seasons like Gokaiger). Japanese Toddlers grow up and lose interest in Super Sentai. They view it as a show for babies. This reputation stays with new generations of kids. So each new generation of kids gets less and less interested in Sentai. Ratings drop.
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>>24018180I mean genuinely, yeah. Awdry was famously an actual train autist and he only ever approved of the model series because, for a limited time, it adhered very closely to a lot of that autism, just as a lot of his stories were intended to. As that started to change, he grew dissatisfied. Even in principle I think there's something to be said, just as an anon said much earlier, about the merits of a parody from respect vs. a parody from a lack of understanding. With time, because the people who owned it did not share that vision, the show morphed into something completely unrecognizeable.>>24018281PBS broadcast the show, but it was not an American production.
>>24019023>parody from a lack of understanding.It's not parody from lack of understanding. They understand Super Sentai or Trains just fine. They may not have the same deep passionate love of trains or Super Sentai as others do. But the people making the parody can recognize patterns, writing styles, and tropes used in Super Sentai and then proceed to poke fun at them.
>>24019029>They understand Super Sentai just fineThey clearly don't. Tell them to give you a raise because you've been working overtime in this thread.
>>24019049>They clearly don't.It's not like Super Sentai is deep and mysterious. Watch a few series and you pretty much understand them all. Sentai repeats itself over and over.
>>24019050Yeah this is the kind of ideology that runs american franchises to the ground. Underground even, 6 feet under.
>>24019029Personally, I don't think if most hollywood parodies of eastern media, among other things, came from places of appreciation or understanding they wouldn't follow the same surface level patterns for decades on end, to the point of raising complaints among others. This attitude, this trend, truthfully, goes deeper even than parody. I'm of the opinion it leads to nowhere good, nor will it produce good, but you do you.>>24019052Right on the money. Subject aside, this attitude towards media, foreign or otherwise, is incredibly destructive to actually making anything good, period.
>>24018956>>24018885They can't even sell Super Sentai to most of the world due to the dumb contracts the older Toei executives made in the 90s.If anything, they complained about those contracts, highlighting that the Power Rangers situation is one of the reasons Sentai ended.
>>24019052>Yeah this is the kind of ideology that runs american franchises to the ground. Underground even, 6 feet under.Power Rangers has outlasted Super Sentai.Super Sentai was canceled.
>>24019074>dumb contracts the older Toei executives made in the 90s. It's not dumb. It was a fair trade. Toei was paid around $1 Billion dollars in the 1990s from royalties from Power Rangers. The older Toei Executives said that American money funded Super Sentai during the 1990s through early 2000s. Without that American money, Super Sentai was facing cancelation and toy sales were not good. Sponsors were leaving the show. It probably would have been canceled around Ohranger. American money literally saved Super Sentai and gave you 20 more years of Super Sentai seasons. It was a fantastic trade. So what if Super Sentai can't be sold in other countries? The money was worth it.
>>24019087>>24019093Why do you keep lying?
>>24019142Not our fault your information is outdated old man
>>24019050Same thing goes for most of the parodies. Super sentai's not some kind of sacred cow, but most of the jokes from the parodies are just riffing off the same things Power Rangers already did to super sentai.>Hey guys, why don't the monsters ever attack us when we pose? Isn't that kind of silly?>Hey guys, ever notice we always end up fighting in the same quarry? Isn't that kind of silly?>Hey guys, ever wonder why we waste time fighting the monsters on foot instead of stomping on them in the giant robot? Isn't that kind of silly?>Hey guys, we're fighting an evil pizza monster. Isn't that kind of silly?Like I definitely can't ask for genius, I'm asking for something that would actually make me laugh that hasn't already been used or just plain family guy tier levels of tepid. Those shows where the super sentai are a bunch of loser nerds and a bunch of alcoholic drunks respectively managed to make original gags out of their source material, why can't burgerlanders?
>>24019171Power Rangers at least established the rules early on. They were forbidden from doing most of what you say. No escalation. Don't summon zords unless monsters grow big first. Contain the threst.And transformations literally only take a split second once activated. The cool transformations are only for the audience to see. To everyone else in the show, it's just a split second.
>>24019173Exactly. All of those "jokes" are just riffing off the wikipedia premise and make sense by just watching a single episode of the show. And they're still the only kind of jokes I ever see from western sources. "Look at that thing, doesn't it seem kind of silly out of context?"
Super sentai ended gracefully while Power Rangers is a zombie brand that runs AIslop
>>24019189Sentai had an alcoholic actress. SHAMEFUR
>>24019195>he thinks it was only one
>>24019074>They can't even sell Super Sentai to most of the world due to the dumb contracts the older Toei executives made in the 90s.most non-Asian countries, even France and Brazil that had licensed Sentai in the 80’s, probably have very little interest from their TV production companies in buying the Sentai license. If they had more interest in toku they’d have tried to license the modern Kamen Rider series which have no such contracts on them. And Toei has no interest doing the marketing legwork themselves. Otherwise they’d have attempted to sell KR overseas more.
>>24019818>headcanon
>>24019835Is there a contract keeping Kamen Rider from being sold to the rest of the world? It does much better than Sentai so if anything was going to get licensed it’d be that first.
>>24018947>same reaosn why CLAMP wasnt allowed to finish X1999 the way they wanted because ''oh noes, too soon and close to home, oooooh''I need them to get over it.https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMWPwUvCHjB/ (This is the highest quality version I could find, they only leave potatoes on YouTube.)Only explanation I'll accept is that there was some /x/ shit going on and them not finishing the manga kept the world from ending at the turn of the millennium.
>>24019060Things come out best when there's a moderate understanding of the material and a desire to do something with it the suits the medium. It might be maligned on release, but it will stand the test of time. Pacific Rim, Ang Lee's Hulk, Scott Pilgrim. Most important, the people making it must appreciate and be excited about what they're making. When you don't have one or another of these, you get the various Watchmen adaptations.
>>24020169Zack Snyder's Watchmen is one of the best comic book movies.
>>24019818>most non-Asian countries, even France and Brazil that had licensed Sentai in the 80’s, probably have very little interest from their TV production companies in buying the Sentai license.Brazil has been going through a tokusatsu revival for a few years now and they actually even ran reruns of Changeman, which was the biggest Sentai here. It got pulled away from tv and streaming due to Hasbro though.>>24019873>Is there a contract keeping Kamen Rider from being sold to the rest of the world? There's nothing in the way, which is why it's streaming in many different countries now, although the schedule is kind of messy.
>>24018959Good luck gettin the pigheaded idiots at BanDai get it trough.
>>24018947what youre sayins is? the japanese are cU._cks?
>>24020200>There's nothing in the way, which is why it's streaming in many different countries now, although the schedule is kind of messy.They did dub the first few Heisei shows in LatAm during the pandemic but the dubs were mediocre as fuck, not even Jorge Vilchis couls save them.
>>24017587I'd rather Sentai have died forever in the 90s if it meant we'd never have to deal with your insufferable selves. Power Rangers is cancer and racist
>>24021621You don't mean that.
>>24006257>black pinkI UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE
Meh, Go Go Loser Ranger did it already. Who gives a fuck if Damon got slapped into it?
