(white) (power ranger), not (white power) (ranger)
Does the "White Power Ranger" seem like an odd title?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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whimsy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m 41. Which means I was a kid when the original came out.
In all my years of knowing of the power rangers, I’ve never once thought of it as (white power)(ranger).
I did however go from thinking Rita Repulsa was grotesque as a kid, to thinking “Damn, she’s kinda hott!” as an adult. Plus she has that stick that makes her monster grow.
…I think every guy would find that usrful.
blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
This comment is why I’m on lemmy
grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
tfw no evil moon milf gf
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 weeks ago
I just went and had a looksie. Not nearly as repulsive in pics as I remember. I think attitude might be half of it.
qarbone@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The internet proves again, that you will always be able to find someone who shares your (degenerate) opinion.
If Rita wanted this monster to grow, all she had to do was back that dumpy up.
devolution@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dumps like a truck, truck, truck, horns like what, what, what…
devolution@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Guy, there’s the Black Power Ranger and the Yellow Power Ranger, with a black guy and an Asian girl respectively.
They knew.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thats what I’m saying!
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It really depends where you put that small pause.
Its like saying spider-man without the hyphen.
scytale@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I grew up calling them “<color> ranger”. I don’t think anyone, at least in my part of the world at the time, called each member in full as a power ranger; only as a group.
HenryDorsett@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Southern US.
I was kid at the time it originally aired in America.
I agree, its <Color> Ranger, or as a group, The Power Rangers.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Same and I’m from the southeast us.
hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
If you don’t add the power I have no context that you’re talking about power rangers
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They must be talking about that red Ford Ranger right there
TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Northwest US, same.
MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Manalith@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
ConstantPain@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“The malice is in the eye of the beholder.”
Nuance and context is in short supply these days.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
One time a coworker was randomly talking about something sexual so I said “that’s racy of you” she screams “DON’T CALL ME RACIST!”. So I said “that’s not what racy means” she replied with “I DON’T CARE!” and stormed off
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
its his job title, not necessarily his ideology
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
I mean, they made the Asian girl the yellow ranger, the “Native American” (actor wasn’t, character was) the Red Ranger, the black guy the Black Ranger, with Basic White People as gender-defaults Pink and Blue.
The White Power Ranger might be innocent but the producers knew what they were doing. He’s even more powerful than the others put together…
CerineArkweaver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
To be fair, Walter Jones (Zack) was given a choice of which color to be. After thinking that there was no way in hell they would let him be Red, he chose Black so he could be a Black superhero/role model.
Thuy was also the second one cast for the Yellow ranger after the original quit when she saw how shitty they were getting paid (which would eventually lead to Austin, Walter, and Thuy quitting in the second season when contract negotiations fell through)
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Are you saying he lives 2 lives where one may be ashamed of the other?
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Only if you expect the pink power ranger to go mincing about throwing glitter grenades.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Amy Jo Johnson can do WHATEVER she wants! Every boys childhood crush!
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean…I didn’t till you said that
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
goodness no, we can’t show warcrimes on tv
grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Wasn’t the white power ranger the green power ranger first, or am I misremembering the story (it’s been a while, sorry)?
toynbee@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He was.
I remember only because at the time they were advertising that the green power ranger would be getting a power upgrade and I said to my older brother that I bet he would become the white power ranger (not being aware of the connotations at the time, nor anything else other than the kid’s show).
He said that wasn’t possible. How would they display the trademark white diamonds, he asked? It still boggles my mind that that was his only reasoning.
False@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I only remember because it was the most important thing in the world to me at 6
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah it’s like, “You don’t hear it?”
dickalan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Only if you’re a racist piece of shit which it looks like you might be for even posing this question
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Said it above, but get a clue:
I mean, they made the Asian girl the yellow ranger, the “Native American” (not sure if the actor actually is but the character was) the Red Ranger, the black guy the Black Ranger, with Basic White People as gender-defaults Pink and Blue.
The White Power Ranger might be innocent but the producers knew what they were doing. He’s even more powerful than the others put together.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Only when taken out of context.
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Context is: “Hey honey, the clown cancelled for little Bobby’s 4th birthday, do you want me to call the White Power Ranger to replace them?”
Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Makes sense still. There are several colors of Power Rangers, and they are always referred to as the [Color] Power Ranger.
Does this sound off to you?