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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD
Well when Tommy didn't get the role as VR Trooper leader, and he was very popular on PR anyway, they bought over the white ranger from the Dairanger Japanese show and gave Tommy that position. He was made leader because he was super over with the kiddies, and his superhero form just stood out from the now aged Zyuranger suits. And yeah, Jason's days were numbered. Everything just fell into place for him.
I thought it would have been nice when Jason came back as the gold ranger, he should have got the leader role back. The gold ranger was easily the most powerful ranger at that point, he had a fucking pyramid for a zord.
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Yeah, Tommy's popularity was a big thing. I was just wondering if it was specific to the end of JAson's tenure on the show.
TBH, Jason never did much that made me think "leader." Neither did Tommy, but still. The only quality that Jason seemed to have most of the time was the red suit, which frequently translates into the leadership role in Sentai style shows.
It doesn't hurt that the Green and White Rangers just looked cooler than the other suits. I know Green was from Zyuranger like the main cast, but still, the shield and Dragon Dagger just had a better asthetic.
Similarly, the Gold Ranger looked pretty spiffy. And had a fucking pyramid for a Zord, like you said.
I always assumed, and this may be wrong because I'm not that up on the source material, that the Gold Ranger wasn't made leader because the amount of footage they had was limited, which meant whoever played the US analogue would have a limited appearance.
...Of course, that didn't stop them from using the Green Ranger, when his character fucking died. They just recut some fights and commissioned new shit. Kinda like what Voltron did way back when. Only the quality difference is a little less obvious here.
Yeah, I got curious over the weekend, wondering how they brought the Green Ranger back, since some of the stuff looked contextually like it did come after "Burai" died. It's amazing how engrossing Wikipedia can be. Just start following links, and soon...Oi.
Anyway, I may be wrong on that. I mostly looked at Zyuranger shit solely because I'm watching Power Rangers and was curious.
Also, I'm not sure if I thought this when I was younger, but I think I did. Do the Thunderzords look, like, super lame compared to both earlier and later Zords? I mean, nothing in MMPR was the height of special effects, and the Zords were still kinda hokey, but the Yellow and Blue ones especially...WTF. Let's make big blocks on wheels, give them heads, and call them robots.
Still kinda hokey, but I liked the Ninja Zords better.