Uchuu Keiji Tamashii (The Space Sheriff Spirits)

(Bandai - PS2 - 2006)  

My last blind date when I arrived at her house to pick her up.

I pick Denjiman, to make the Car Sentai work for it.

Another for the first Sentai of the 1980s. Machiko Soga Approves!

Just. Man. What a show.

This is one of those things where I can't claim some grand overall point or vision - beyond general sentiments of protecting life and reaching out to and understand people different than you - as much as I can tell you just how fucking FUN this was! Just so incredibly entertaining from episode to episode with a very unique mode of operation for a Tokusatsu hero show that allows them to constantly push ahead and do whatever they want; really following Metalder's lead on treatment of the usual MOTW trope and expanding it into a lovable recurring side cast.

Like... god, you really come to fall in love with guys like Castle Ninja Baron Owl and Lightning Wild and Kamen Rider and get excited to see them in an episode preview and is CONSTANTLY moving to make sure it's never boring and there's always something happening; like the main hero getting a giant robot one episode and Machiko Soga joining the cast the next. It's a never-ending journey of Jiraiya picking up so many rival ninjas that fall in love with his stupid silly boy gait and does everything with the 'World Ninja War' premise by having a really diverse dynamic set of warriors showing up from all kinds of countries.

It's just... fun, man! It's just fun! If you find you click with its particular brand of crazy shit in the first few episodes you'll be in for a hell of a time. Wonderfully exhilarating and endlessly fun I really can't help but give Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya a recommendation. Give it a shot if you're up for something wild

I know I rarely post here, but I wanted to post this one.

RIP Jason David Frank.

I grew up on Power Rangers and still enjoy the show today. Seeing him return to the show so many different times was amazing. He will be missed. JDF will always stand with the legacy alongside Thuy Trang, Machiko Soga, Peta Rutter, Pua Magasiva, and so many others. Once a Ranger, Always a Ranger. May the Power Protect You.

You will be missed. And JDF will remain as a huge part of many people's lives and childhoods.

Rest well, Jason David Frank

Lightning Collection Deluxe Rita Repulsa and Mighty Minotaur full details and pre-orders live

Following their reveal on the Hasbro Pulse stream earlier this week, pre-order pages for Lightning Collection Deluxe Rita Repulsa and Mighty Minotaur have gone live, confirming their release dates and details.

As detailed in the stream, Rita Repulsa is an updated version of her previous 2-pack release which features higher-quality paint applications and more accurate details, including a fully coloured staff and gold details on the dress. She comes with two swappable faces based on Machiko Soga's performance in the show, two alternate pairs of hands and a lightning effect part for her staff. The Mighty Minotaur features an alternate pair of hands, his club and shield, a lightning effect part for his horns and a miniature figurine of himself depicting the clay figure used to make him in the show.

Lightning Collection Deluxe Rita Repulsa and Mighty Minotaur release in October 2023 for $33.99 each, with pre-orders now open on websites such as Hasbro Pulse.

MACHIKO SOGA IS HERE THIS SHOW IS GOOD

How to pick up a Quasar.

Find a Quasar

Introduce yourself

Grab him by the torso

Hold him by the torso

Wrap your arms around his torso

Put him by one side of your body and keep your arms wrapped around his torso

Make sure his feet are off the ground

Congratulations! You learned how to Pick up a Quasar!

Tips

If he squirms, tighten your grip on him

If he screams like "Machiko Soga in a 1960s anime", rub his head softly,

If he gets fussy, calm him down by giving him a piece of candy.

Genuine Question. Why are you and so many other people deeply upset when TV shows and movies kill off characters when their long-standing actors die. I have always thought that is the most respectful thing that can be done. Honoring an actor by retiring a character. Am I wrong to think that way?

If the shows or movies were to handle it respectfully and not copy the actors cause of death for the characters, I would agree with you that its respectful, speaking as someone who while I have issues with Farewell Sarah Jane, I will acknowledge they handled Sarah's death respectfully and never once mentioned how she died, just giving us her funeral and how many people whose life's she's impacted in a positive way.

But sadly nowadays, shows and movies really seem to vary in how they handle the characters deaths, sometimes just seeming to copy the actors cause of death. MCU is the biggest example as look, I get it, Wakanda Forever was always going to be difficult with Chadwick's death, but quick question: when killing off T'Challa, why did he have to die from some incurable disease that not many knew he was suffering from, disturbingly similar to Chadwick dying from cancer which sadly has no cure yet but was confirmed to have not told many non-family friends he had it??? Why couldn't it be any other cause of death??? Like yes the movie handles the funeral and grief well, but the cause of death being similar to Chadwick is just gross in my opinion. And then you got Descendants where...honestly, it just came off as them wanting to get Carlos out of the way so they can have no shame in continuing to milk a franchise that should have ended at the third film. Like yes, I'll give them this: they didn't outright say his cause of death so hey they didn't copy Cameron Boyce's cause of passing....but the fact that in Royal Wedding, a set up for future Descendants stuff, implies Carlos', Cameron's character who was alive last we saw in Descendants 3 (as it was one of last few projects Cameron had filmed), is now somehow dead cause leaving Descendants finished was just hard for Disney. And now you got Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Once & Always where...so far from the specials description Minh, Trini's daughter, seems to be out for revenge after a tragedy took place and in behind the scenes photos, Minh along with Billy and Zack seem to be at a cemetery and on a hiking trails website, someone in their review, uploaded a photo of a upturned car while confirming Power Rangers was filming it in that area....I'm sorry, but if they not only proceed to kill Trini but also proceed to kill her in a similar way to Thuy Trang's cause of death, it is beyond disrespectful and feels gross of Power Rangers to do as up until this point it had been clear for them to avoid associating Trini with cars, but now its worrying if they just stopped caring about that.

And I really need to ask this: even if the actor is dead, why does the character need to die with them??? Sarah Jane Adventures ended on Sarah Jane still being alive with a later Doctor Who comic confirming she was alive still, it was only in 2020 lockdown adventures they confirmed she was dead. And this is really only something I learnt from a lost media video, but Father Ted when Ted's actor sadly died during production of the finale, still ended with Ted being alive. Hell, let's go back to Power Rangers quickly: Rita's Japanese actress, Machiko Soga, had sadly passed away during production of Power Rangers: Mystic Force, so what did Power Rangers do? They confirmed Rita since being turned good at the end of Zordon era, had become the Mystic Mother who appears in Mystic Force, keeping the character alive even with the actress's death.

Like, I do get sometimes killing the character off (Princess Leia coming to mind....even if her death was still badly done), but at the same time, it wouldn't hurt sometimes to leave the character alive and if you must kill them off, do it in a respectful manner and for the love of all things holy, please don't copy the actors cause of death. That's just gross to do and only serves to upset already mourning fans of the actors.

summoning -

Uchuu Keiji Tamashii (The Space Sheriff Spirits)

(Bandai - PS2 - 2006)  

@sunshinemoonrx replied:

You'd love the bad guys from jiraiya

i've seen it! and you're right, i did really enjoy all of the cringefail flirting going on there between the boss man and spiderqueen machiko soga

Miss Piggy spent part of her early career playing the villainess Iguana on the toku series Warrior of Love Rainbowman (October 6, 1972 - September 18, 1973).

Goseiger’s Angel powers could’ve been adapted as Magic ala Mystic Force for Megaforce.

The Tensou Techniques/Invocations could’ve been elemental spells cast by enchanted cards. I mean, the Mystic Mother is revealed to be Rita. Be pretty wild if she was their mentor who provided their powers. You could even have Ultra Mode be a form of the Legend Mode.

In absence of Machiko Soga, you could say she got another makeover like she did with Zedd. Gosei could remain if only as an Alpha who assists the Rangers more than mentors them.

The apprentice angel plotline could’ve worked as teenagers still in school and learning about the world around them including how to use their power properly. This leads to them really having it together as Super Megaforce.

I mean, Gokaiger got the shaft but Goseiger deserved better too.