Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
The first season was stitched from one show (Zyuranger), alright. The second season and third they just shot a few things, recycled old fight footage, and used new giant robot footage from the shows that came after (Dairanger and Kakuranger, respectively).
But it was all taken from one big Japanese superhero franchise, so there is that.
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
It didn't really work like that.
In Japan, the Super Sentai/Kamen Rider/Metal Hero/Digimon/Final Fantasy franchise business model is a new show every year, with new characters, new toys, and new narratives, with imagery trappings as its only connection (five color coded superheroes, rubber-suit-monster kicking on bikes, superheroes in armour, digital monster pets, and fantasy JRPG cliches respectively).
The heads at Saban were concerned that their successful show wouldn't be well-received with a replacing of setting and characters, and opted to use footage from the show that succeeded Zyuranger to extend the narrative, and then did it again the following year.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
CA: Man, fuck that guy. It was city property, they should have sent the police after him. :P
I keep wondering whether he would have done it had it been a uniformed officer directing traffic instead of just a guy in a fluorescent shirt. They had both at the event...
Lazuli: That happens to me all the time. Can't go to bed yet, curious about something, gotta find it before...oh hey, you know what, it's 3 AM and this was stupid 4 hours ago. Time to make the best of a bad situation!
-FOUR HOURS LATER-
argh why can't I think straight :P
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In other news, ImageMagick is amazing and saved me from having to track down a copy of Photoshop to check out some old product shots I found in the company library. Also, it seems the Linux "I can't mount HFS volumes from a CD because it's not 512 bytes per sector" bug is fixed, at least under VirtualBox.
I HAVE TAKEN FOUR SLEEPING PILLS WHY DO THEY NOT WORK.
I'm not even like sleep dep or anything I'm just generically awake. This is the worst feeling in the world.
Because you built up a tolerance, in addition your body is determined to stay awake as per your circadian rhythm. If your body has built up a tolerance to more than a regular dose of sleeping pills, that means you need to not take them for a while.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
You know I dislike the concentration of media ownership but I've always wanted to run some aspect of a media conglomerate. Cognitive dissonance is strange.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Hi, everyone. How's it going?
So apparently Pokémon White 2 on preorder is my belated birthday present now. This was unexpected.
I went to the library in the hopes of getting some writing done, but then it occurred to me that stories about naked superheroes are frowned upon in a public setting.
So I'm kind of here for no reason right now I guess.
Does anyone know if any of these books are good, they're the library's new arrivals:
1. Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews
2. The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer
3. The Sea Witch by Stephen Coonts
4. The Storm by Clive Cussler
5. Mortal by Ted Dekker
6. The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans
7. Canada by Richard Ford
8. Dead Level by Sarah Graves
9. A Fool and His Honey by Charlaine Harris
10. Beach House Memories by Mary Alice Monroe
11. Home by Toni Morrison
12. 11th Hour by James Patterson
13. Little Night by Luanne Rice
14. The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts
15. Stolen Prey by John Sanford
16. Cast On, Kill Off by Maggie Sefton
17. A Blaze of Glory by Jeff Shaara
18. Don’t Mess with Travis by Bob Smiley
19. Talking Back to Facebook by James Steyer
20. Let it Go by T.D. Jakes
21. How to Make Your Car Last Forever by Tom Torbjornsen
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So I just found out that what's commonly known as Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers is in fact three shows stitched together.
I always knew it was a re-do of a Japanese show, but I assumed it was, y'know, a Japanese show.
I actually sorta wanna watch it now just to see if I can pick up on what's been pulled from where.
But it was all taken from one big Japanese superhero franchise, so there is that.
I wanna know how that board meeting went.
"Well sir we're basically out of footage."
"Hmmm. Do we have the rights to anything even vaguely similar? Like, "in the same genre" similar?"
"Well we do have a couple of--"
"Good! It's all Japanese and kids are stupid. Get to work with Windows Movie Maker, Steve."
"But-"
"Now, Steve."
In Japan, the Super Sentai/Kamen Rider/Metal Hero/Digimon/Final Fantasy franchise business model is a new show every year, with new characters, new toys, and new narratives, with imagery trappings as its only connection (five color coded superheroes, rubber-suit-monster kicking on bikes, superheroes in armour, digital monster pets, and fantasy JRPG cliches respectively).
The heads at Saban were concerned that their successful show wouldn't be well-received with a replacing of setting and characters, and opted to use footage from the show that succeeded Zyuranger to extend the narrative, and then did it again the following year.
Thank goodness they didn't try it a third time.
Oh my God I feel like total shit right now. I haven't slept at all, I ache for no obvious reason, and am getting jitters from drinking so much soda.
Fuck me. GGGGh, I just wanna take a fucking nap and I can't do that.
BECAUSE I CANNOT SLEEP
I've seriously been trying for hours and I just can't. I fell asleep a couple times and then woke up literally minutes later.
I HAVE TAKEN FOUR SLEEPING PILLS WHY DO THEY NOT WORK.
I'm not even like sleep dep or anything I'm just generically awake. This is the worst feeling in the world.
Suck it Kafka.
But
NO ANGST
I went for a walk
and then somewhere inthe process of the walk
I learned everything
the Illuminati are real
and we are them.
where's a picture of charlie sheen when you need it.
I don't need your bullshit, world, I am fully capable of making up my own.
Okay I think I lost my mind there for a bit.
I think I'm okay now.
But did I just accidentally religion?
zugzagzigzogzeg
I think that's the title of a reggae song.
By Yellowman if I'm not mistekn.
in the catacombs beneath Alexandria, where the original copy of the fifteen commandments still exists.
Commandment 15 is "disregard Cmdts. 1-14"
is it much too much to ask
not to hide behind the mask?
goddammit I just want to write and write and write and write until my keyboard breaks from overuse
TRE
I HAVE BEEN WRITING STORIES ABOUT NAKED PEOPLE AND HELLHOUNDS WHILE YOU WERE GONE
I've been thinking about Sparks.
I want 2 things for my birthday: a phone that will be six months old (yay, obsoleteness! stupid phone industry), and Need for Speed Most Wanted.
So I'm kind of here for no reason right now I guess.
I took the hat off, if that's any better.