#Furies of Hasbro

[adansimsonstudios23]

Me Loving Power Rangers Be Like:

[matt0044]

Cosmic Fury was better than it had any right to be.

It was honestly Power Rangers In Space if it really got a budget infusion. While I personally feel the Kyuranger suits would've made for a memorable team to go out on, I appreciate them trying their hand at a PR exclusive suit for a whole team.

While the story was crammed in places, it largely works as a direct follow up to Dino Fury. I feel the first episode was a bit cluttered with Dewdrip being a tad shoehorned for Ollie's re-evilization. I feel like Zedd's staff could've triggered the traces of Sizzurai's poison. Like a sleeping agent.

I even think having all the Cosmic Zords at their disposal without the usual "unlocking" episode beats worked for the already battle test Dino Fury team. Them being able to remote pilot them did navigate keeping the character focus on who we've been following so far.

I do wish we got scenes of Power Rangers still active on Earth trying to fight Zedd's invasion for a true sense of scale. Even if their morphed, they could use archive audio from past seasons. Maybe even recycle footage with attacks.

Maybe show a cutaway of Zack's Hip-Hop-kido legit throwing Zentinels for a loop.

Heck, with the Megazord cavarly, I feel there's an extended cut out there with interior shots from past seasons that would've shown the past Rangers giving the current generation a hand. I feel like this was made with a potential TV airing in mind.

As for "The End," it was honestly far better than it needed to be.

Having the Rangers convince Zedd to give up his power so the Zedd Wave wouldn't kill him or all good in the universe was a very clever mental battle. One that had Ollie utilize what his former master tried to teach him even.

Lastly was containing the still all powerful Zedd in a nightmare prison on Nibiru was a good utilization of a past adventure and, again, a very smart way to avoid a fight given how everything took it out of the team. It was subversive from the big all out battle most were expecting but one I feel was earned and well thought out.

I also feel like Once & Always is bested viewed after Cosmic Fury since Aiyon mentioning what could've been Zordon in Zayto's form is what likely led Billy to attempt to bring him back. Additionally, it makes for, what appears to be at the time, a good franchise finale with how it shows the team that started it all.

All in all, it was morphenomenal. While Power Rangers seems to be entering a wilderness era not unlike Doctor Who during the 1990s, I am optimistic that we won't have seen the last of the show just yet.

Seriously, LuPat would be a great spin-off of SPD. Maybe take a bit of Once & Always' energy of maturity mixed with the camp to even comment on the police and law.

[kimberlyannharts]

Every month Twitter re-discovers that Hasbro is done with the show as it was and is taking it in a new direction and every month they act like this is a total surprise and the end of the franchise as a whole

[skyland2703]

Guys uh

I don’t think Javelia was accidental. Or should I say Jamelia now

[thena0315]

The Hasbro Era [2019 - 2023]

[regaliasonata]

Hearing Hunter Deno wanting to spill tea on Hasbro…ooh👀👀👀

[kollectorsrus]

[comicchannel]

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[benis-chillin]

It's weird how Cosmic Fury, despite being made when the brand was literally owned by a toy company, somehow has less merch than Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers.

Like, the Alien Rangers at least had figures. The only things missing here are two Halloween costumes and a backpack.

Also, an unsubstantiated, but interesting claim in the retweets:

Fucking incredible.

[tokuwp]

Illustration - Spirit Shark Ranger

[adansimsonstudios23]

Javi & Ollie 🖤💙

[marioluigimarioluigi]

Mario & Luigi x Juken Sentai Gekiranger x Pokemon Masters EX

Characters:

Mario

Luigi

Jan Kandou/Geki Red

Ran Uzaki/Geki Yellow

Retsu Fukami/Geki Blue

Gou Fukami/Geki Violet

Ken Hisatsu/Geki Chopper

Florian

Juliana

[matt0044]

Theory: There have been peaceful aliens secretly living on Earth before SPD but Cosmic Fury's events prompted them to come out into the open.

Think Netflix's Ultraman with how there was a ghetto of aliens in Tokyo under human noses due to their holo-disguises.

I really like the idea of Power Ranger's version of secret society similar to Mystic Force. One that Z, SPD Yellow, likely grew up in. What's a plot hole if not worldbuilding to take advantage of.

Though I always liked the Terra Venture theory better IMO.

Hence why LuPat would be a real cool adaptation with it being alien vigilantes and law enforcements as rivals. Like if Jack and Z never joined SPD but rather were reoccurring runners for Sky, Bridge and Syd.

C'mon, Hasbro. Importing would be less hassle than a reboot. And alien characters would make for real cool merchendise. Just saying.

[simeonscott]

Power Rangers Past, Present & (Possible) Future.

[kanohimineka]

The Murder of the Power Rangers: A Conspiracy

This post requires brief context of this one: https://www.tumblr.com/kanohimineka/729314732989874176/i-would-like-to-add-i-also-posted-this-to-my?source=share

I didn't want to reblog it, since this is more of its own thing, but whatever, read it anyways.

So, Cosmic Fury is now out, and it seems that our friend Simon has completely let loose. In a brief Twitter Space thingy, he took in questions from fans, where he would eventually answer them. Most of it was pretty innocuous, basic production stuff. However, there were a few moments of Hasbro heavily limiting what could be done with Cosmic Fury. The two biggest examples of this are the first two posts, with Hasbro being the ones to limit Cosmic Fury to a measly 10 episodes, despite Netflix being interested in more, the seeming circular production hell of Once and Always, and the fact that, for some reason, they only had 2 weeks to film the action footage. Of course, there is still some issues on the production's end, but they seem to have interest in continuing Power Rangers, that's just being stopped by Hasbro's Reboot plans, plans that have been in talks since 2019, Both Cosmic Fury and Dino Fury 2 being stopgaps. This fills into a continual issue that I briefly touched upon before. So, let's talk about the economics of the Power Rangers.

Power Rangers started as a massive success, a series designed on the cheap, basically only filming half a show's worth of generic sit com footage, licensing out some weird Japanese show, and ADRing your new actors over it is an extremely inexpensive production for the kind of action show it is, all things considered. Then, the series got massively popular, selling reprints of pre existing Japanese toys with some new branding, ensuring extreme profits for everyone involved, Toei, Bandai, and Saban. However, after some time, the series starts to slump in popularity, it happens to the best of us. However, Power Rangers, being, again, relatively inexpensive, and still having some cultural relevance, allowed it to stay in some form of existence for the past 30 years. It is a series that has been able to coast, staying financially viable, while still not being a gangbuster success. It persisted, giving a decent living to those around it, and allowing artists to create something fun.

It has been hot potatoed between multiple rights holders, who all eventually saw value in the way it was made. However, we jump to today. Now, Hasbro is cancelling that, as mentioned, moderate success to form a reboot of it, helmed by Jonathan Entwistle, a creator who seems like a decent fit, his two big breaks being focused on teens in small towns doing stuff, a decent fit for at least half of the Power Rangers Pipeline. It is yet to be seen how he will do in the more action heavy elements of Rangers, as again, most of his projects are smaller, but he at least seems interested, also working on some sort of Karate Kid reboot. However, it seems they want it to be bigger in scale. They want it to fit that Netflix Limited Series High Budget, Short Length structure, targeting a slightly more mature audience. However, a lot of this seems to come from one main desire. They want the Power Rangers that was there in the 90's

I don't just mean, "They Want MMPR!" though that is a symptom of this issue. What they really want is the size and growth that MMPR had back in the day. Therefore, they're going to pump their whole ass into this project, shifting it to be whatever would be seen as following the popular Hollywood trends. This, to me, is a secret side reason to hire Johnny E. He fits into that MCU Formula of hiring a relative unknown known for a few smaller, personal projects and getting them to make some big action blockbuster. And part of this is to reboot to MMPR. It is the recognizable iconography. It's the version of the Rangers my Grandma would know.

Now, it seems neat that Hasbro would want to invest into Rangers. However, they aren't really investing into what Rangers is. That has been going already, and it is only a moderate success. That's not enough. It needs to be a massive success. It needs to be the next big billion dollar hit. Which means, while they are risking the money, since they are a business, they will be trying to mitigate risk. Which, again, means they will be trying to make the safest choices possible. This means taking the old iconography, taking out the weird unique ideas and grafting on more conventional ideas. You know, making it like the MCU 5 years too late. This is an infinitely deep hole caused by the visualization of art as capital

Now, of course, most art, when made in capitalism, needs to be somewhat financially viable. This is more extreme in things like Power Rangers as they are toy vehicles, ways to sell other products, a practice heavily strengthened by the deregulation of children's television under the Reagan administration. A lot of what is going on with Rangers right now reads as the hyper extreme of this concept. At least before, Rangers was able to fit in that weird little corner of the toy shelf that had its own campy vibe, flowing with new ideas every year, staying viable through the Power Rangers brand. It is this perfect creative balance where new ideas can be forged while also staying to a single IP. Yes, Sentai footage limits this, but sticking to whatever weird ideas Toei makes forced the writers to push Power Rangers further. However, now, Hasbro is bucking away from the Sentai footage, not to be able to be more creative with the brand, but to be less creative. Bringing it to be the old Power Rangers, rather than anything new. That's why I am sceptical. And a lot of what has been discussed has only cemented that in my mind.

If anything, thanks to Simon Bennet for keeping with Rangers for so long, for making one last ride, even through Hasbro can suck. And thank you for liking my silly, pessimistic tweets. And godspeed to Johnny E, I hope you can make something good.

[cabalt]

Thinking about how Hasbro made new, unique suits for Cosmic Fury, with one of the stated reasons for not using the Kyuranger suits being that the wide variety of suits and shapes in the Kyuranger team would make it "too hard" to make toys for in that ~£10 price range the regular toy line is for.

And then didn't make any Cosmic Fury ranger toys 🙃 in fact the only toys they put out were a Hasbro version of the Kyuranger mecha, and the Morphing device, which to be fair, is different from the Kyuranger one.

Between this and "pausing" Lightning Collection, it really feels like Hasbro just want Power Rangers as a brand to fail.

I dunno maybe when their Totally Cool and All Original reboot will totally revitalise things.