Wasn’t it just an American carbon copy of a Japanese show?
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 months ago
I can’t get over the fact that there was a White Power Ranger.
bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 months ago
mercano@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The footage of them in full face obscuring costumes, along with the mecha, is mostly straight from various Japanese shows, overdubbed into English. The US production company got Japan to shoot a little bit of extra content when Mighty Morphin Power Rangers became a smash hit, before they started rotating to other Japanese series to take footage from. You can make more money off of the toys, anyway, if you have new action figures and mechs every year.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Redubbed I think, at least in costumes.
funkajunk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There was also a Black Power Ranger.
What’s your point?
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
All lives matter energy
Embargo@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Are you being purposely stupid?
Madison420@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There was a yellow power ranger too, what’s your point
funkajunk@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Are you?
None of those character designs had any racist imagery, to suggest that it’s something to do with “white power” is seriously reaching because you want to be offended by something.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And the blue one was gay, got a lot of hate from the other actors. Yellow one was Asian. 90s was weird man.
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pink one was cute 😍
kieron115@startrek.website 2 months ago
She did some “erotic modeling” after the show that’s out there on the interwebs, if you’re interested.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The official story that the Red Ranger being a Native American, the Yellow Ranger being Asian, etc… being an accedent is plausible enough. Sure. Maybe someone who was involved with casting thought it would be funny and didn’t tell anyone?
Harassing the gay actor out of the production should be the thing more people talk about.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Black ranger was part of the OG rangers. White ranger was a Johnny come lately hanger on. I thought this as a 13 year old kid when that season came out.