Flake wrote:Somewhere on the Internet today, it was pointed out to me that Power Rangers is 20 years old now. Given that I fondly remember sitting down for the very first airing of the very first episode, this is a thing for me.
One thing that always bothered me about that show was the premise. The big robots to fight big monsters thing is fine by me - it's pretty logical, all things considered. It just bothered me that teenagers were given access to powered armor, directed energy weapons, and combat mechs the size of sky scrapers instead of, well, the military. Or at least adults with some form of paramilitary training.
The power rangers were freaking terrible at their jobs. You almost never saw Angel Grove going to any efforts to evacuate - whenever the power rangers tossed a giant eyeball or bat monster against a building and it exploded apart, it was a safe bet that you also just saw four or five hundred lives snuffed out. And they did it so casually. There was one episode where I think they might have actually picked up a building and used it as a club. A freaking club! Can you imagine a worse last couple of seconds for the people inside?
On top of that, you never saw the national guard making any effort to calm things down in the back ground. Maybe there was footage of the JSDF in the back ground of the original Super Sentai footage but that got edited out when Saban got their hands on it. It's like the US Military decided Angel Grove wasn't worth saving, like Bill Clinton had a grudge against Southern California or maybe the town was behind on its taxes.
I was thinking along the same lines earlier when I was watching the Powerpuff Girls. The citizens never really run away, they just kinda move around to avoid getting hit. They're even a few scenes with women standing next to their baby buggies while watching the monster fight. All I could think of was why the hell weren't they getting out of there? I wonder what the death toll is in these shows.
KitKatCara wrote:
I was thinking along the same lines earlier when I was watching the Powerpuff Girls. The citizens never really run away, they just kinda move around to avoid getting hit. They're even a few scenes with women standing next to their baby buggies while watching the monster fight. All I could think of was why the hell weren't they getting out of there? I wonder what the death toll is in these shows.
PPG kinda lampshades this from time to time though. I remember a lot of scenes and episodes where the citizens basically ignore the monster attacks and just treat them like a everyday occurance.
Flake wrote:It just bothered me that teenagers were given access to powered armor, directed energy weapons, and combat mechs the size of sky scrapers instead of, well, the military. Or at least adults with some form of paramilitary training.
Didn't you hear Zordon in the intro? He needs teenagers with attitude. No one else is qualified to save the world.
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KitKatCara wrote:
I was thinking along the same lines earlier when I was watching the Powerpuff Girls. The citizens never really run away, they just kinda move around to avoid getting hit. They're even a few scenes with women standing next to their baby buggies while watching the monster fight. All I could think of was why the hell weren't they getting out of there? I wonder what the death toll is in these shows.
PPG kinda lampshades this from time to time though. I remember a lot of scenes and episodes where the citizens basically ignore the monster attacks and just treat them like a everyday occurance.
Even so, if giant monsters, green people, and crazy monkeys were the norm, I think I would leave.
Ergh, I hate watching theses shows through the eyes of an adult now. Some of them are funnier, and some just make me sad.
Flake wrote:It just bothered me that teenagers were given access to powered armor, directed energy weapons, and combat mechs the size of sky scrapers instead of, well, the military. Or at least adults with some form of paramilitary training.
Didn't you hear Zordon in the intro? He needs teenagers with attitude. No one else is qualified to save the world.
Flake wrote:It just bothered me that teenagers were given access to powered armor, directed energy weapons, and combat mechs the size of sky scrapers instead of, well, the military. Or at least adults with some form of paramilitary training.
Didn't you hear Zordon in the intro? He needs teenagers with attitude. No one else is qualified to save the world.
That's a common theme for most of JRPGs made after Neon Genesis Evangelion and Final Fantasy 7
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Flake wrote:It just bothered me that teenagers were given access to powered armor, directed energy weapons, and combat mechs the size of sky scrapers instead of, well, the military. Or at least adults with some form of paramilitary training.
Didn't you hear Zordon in the intro? He needs teenagers with attitude. No one else is qualified to save the world.
That's a common theme for most of JRPGs made after Neon Genesis Evangelion and Final Fantasy 7
Interesting. The world was destroyed in both of those. With attitude.
Maybe now Nintendo will acknowledge Metroid has a fanbase?
Perusing my county services website looking for a place to recycle a broken mini-fridge lead me to a description of what is accepted by the Solid Waste Management District, who clearly have a bias against gaming.
Large Items - Free
Arcade Size Video Games
Camcorders
Desk top PC's and accessories
Fax Machines
Pinball Machines
Power Tools
Scales (Electronic)
Scanners
Sewing Machines
Speakers
TV's
Typewriters/Word Processors
Video Game Councils (examples: VCR/Laser Disc Players, Nintendo, Sony Play Station, Microsoft XBOX).
Small Items - Free
Adding Machines
Ballasts
Calculators
Cameras (film and digital)
Gameboys
Joy Sticks/Game Controls
Palm Organizers
Portable CD Players
Postage Machines
Radios
Telephones Answering Machines
Uninterrupted Power Supply
