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[shiromadoushi]

Round two.

Those were the same lights as back in April, weren't they? When the numbers started working. Makes me wonder what just activated this time.

So, did everybody feel something too? Flash back or pulse or whatever the hell we're calling them.


And how many of us are left who were there for the first one?


[[And a private text to Anthony]]

Anything happen?

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[shiromadoushi]

One of? You mean there's more?

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[wannabered]

Yeah. I have WAY too much information about a 37 year running series about superheroes.

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[shiromadoushi]

Oh god one of those. Same suits and stuntmen, different main characters and transformation gag?

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[wannabered]

Exactly! It's called Super Sentai and made of, ususally, 5 man teams.

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[shiromadoushi]

I watched that stuff growing up...

So what kinda shape were their mecha? Or was it mech-free and the type where they just punch things?

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[wannabered]

Usually animals or vehicles that would then transform and combine, but you occasionally got a leader with one that could get humanoid on its own.

The mech fights were usually at the end. They'd defeat the monster on the ground, it would turn giant, and then they'd beat it again. Except in last year's. REALLY good year for mech fights.

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[shiromadoushi]

Sounds like a universal constant, that.

Was the last year's the one where they go out into space? Or were they already there?

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[wannabered]

Lets see. 2 years ago they were space pirates, but they were pretty much always on Earth. The one 6 years ago ended with two members going out into space.

Oh! There was the American adaptation of MegaRanger. That one was set completely in space.

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[shiromadoushi]

Of course. Totally butchered the plot and rearranged things to be "more American" did they?

[wannabered]

No, they used the suits for a completely original story actually. I guess since the basis for their first series was a group of highschool students they didn't want to use MegaRanger's highschool theme.

Now the first season of Powerful Rangers, that was alot more "AMERICA!"

[shiromadoushi]

Never got the point of that. If you're gonna just chuck the plot out and do your own thing, just make your own thing, ya know?

[wannabered]

It's cheap. You just borrow the costumes for when you need original footage and you dub over the fights. That way you don't have to make half the show.

[shiromadoushi]

Cheaper to just dub the thing. Don't have to make any of the show then.

[wannabered]

Yeah, but then you have to deal with things that don't match across cultures, no live appearances, you can't do anything original with it, and you'll lose the audience who won't watch a show about Japanese people for some reason.