The fandom is reeling after last week's shocking firing of Maya Imamori, who til recently played Sumino/GozyuUnicorn on No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger. Imamori's agency reportedly dropped her over an allegation of underage drinking, and the show has been thrown into chaos. We're talking about it.
Also:
- Super Sentai is over...? (But probably not really)
- Shout! Factory transitions storefront to third-party site GRUV
- At long last, a Power Rangers LEGO set
- Ninja Kidz MMPR teaser raises eyebrows
- Disney: "We have Power Rangers at home," will stream live-action/animation hybrid Armorsaurs
- Hasbro Entertainment exec Olivier Dumont, formerly of Entertainment One, moves on
- Crowdfunding for the final expenses of Adam Ramusiewicz, aka liladam87, who died suddenly while on vacation in Las Vegas
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00:01 --> 00:11 [SPEAKER_02]: This is Rangercast, episode 37, in unprecedented shake-up for number one sent-high Go-Judior, recorded on Monday, November 10, 2025.
00:11 --> 00:23 [SPEAKER_02]: In this episode, Super Sentai enters its next chapter, a new LEGO set celebrates M&BR, and Disney signs on for a show that sounds very familiar.
00:40 --> 00:42 [SPEAKER_02]: All right, welcome back to Rangercast.
00:43 --> 00:45 [SPEAKER_02]: I am Tyler Better known as Readable Voltaux.
00:46 --> 00:47 [SPEAKER_02]: And I got Josh from the.
00:48 --> 00:50 [SPEAKER_00]: Howdy, howdy, boomer, sooner, thunder up.
00:50 --> 00:51 [SPEAKER_00]: Everything sports ball.
00:52 --> 00:53 [SPEAKER_00]: And great.
00:54 --> 00:55 [SPEAKER_00]: Hey, what's up, everybody?
00:55 --> 00:59 [SPEAKER_02]: So it's been a while since we recorded a lot has happened.
01:00 --> 01:01 [SPEAKER_02]: And as we sit here,
01:02 --> 01:04 [SPEAKER_02]: on Monday night, a lot continues to happen.
01:04 --> 01:18 [SPEAKER_02]: There is some big drama in the world of supercentive to the point that what was going to be our big story a week ago is just going to be starting off a news block now.
01:19 --> 01:21 [SPEAKER_02]: And actor was dismissed from Go Jujer.
01:21 --> 01:24 [SPEAKER_02]: We are going to get to that later, but as the talk of the fandom.
01:25 --> 01:30 [SPEAKER_02]: Now, starting off our news block, though,
01:33 --> 01:35 [SPEAKER_00]: hired very tired.
01:36 --> 01:42 [SPEAKER_00]: I participated in a 24-hour board game marathon for charity here in the state I live in.
01:42 --> 01:44 [SPEAKER_00]: We broke our record.
01:44 --> 01:47 [SPEAKER_00]: We raised $15 in 24 hours.
01:47 --> 02:01 [SPEAKER_00]: And for Power Rangers content, I ran the heroes of the grid scenario, oops, all Tommy's, where everyone plays that's a Tommy, and I made sure all the villains and main boss was something Tommy adjacent, so evil
02:02 --> 02:14 [SPEAKER_00]: Tommy, evil green ranger and dracon and I ran a scenario that happened to have power Rangers working with the transformers and the my little ponies and they're crossover event with their boss being Snizzard.
02:14 --> 02:17 [SPEAKER_00]: So all in all fun just still recovering.
02:17 --> 02:22 [SPEAKER_00]: I have learned after reading the ripe old age of 30 I can't do 24 hour marathon.
02:24 --> 02:25 [SPEAKER_02]: What's up with you Rick?
02:26 --> 02:30 [SPEAKER_03]: Well, just work and making sure everything in the home front stands good.
02:30 --> 02:37 [SPEAKER_03]: Although a big thing that I've done recently is we grew our own pumpkins I made a pumpkin pie from absolute scratching.
02:37 --> 02:38 [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, not gone cool.
02:39 --> 02:51 [SPEAKER_02]: You are my hero Crazy between grad school and playing for my trip to fan coming up in just under two weeks It really really staying up on me.
02:51 --> 02:53 [SPEAKER_02]: I'm going there to see
02:53 --> 03:01 [SPEAKER_02]: a couple of jam project performances and also revising some places and seeing new places mostly seen around Tokyo and Yokohama.
03:01 --> 03:02 [SPEAKER_02]: It's going to be great time.
03:03 --> 03:08 [SPEAKER_02]: And also I just found I have been cast as a new go-joo unicorn.
03:12 --> 03:13 [SPEAKER_00]: Congratulations.
03:13 --> 03:21 [SPEAKER_03]: So that's why we're having this episode so late.
03:23 --> 03:26 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I mean, I, I've got ranged though, so I'm, I'm not worried.
03:27 --> 03:27 [SPEAKER_02]: Beautiful.
03:27 --> 03:32 [SPEAKER_02]: Um, which brings us to our first story, Super Sentai is over.
03:34 --> 03:38 [SPEAKER_02]: Well, not over, over, not over, over.
03:38 --> 03:43 [SPEAKER_02]: It is being rebranded, but yeah, the super, the last Super Sentai series.
03:44 --> 03:48 [SPEAKER_02]: As we know it is number one Sentai code user.
03:48 --> 03:52 [SPEAKER_02]: How do I run a title now, and you think about it?
03:52 --> 04:09 [SPEAKER_02]: But that made the news in October by reported by Kyoto, Oregon, like it leaked into the national media, it wouldn't be the last census story to break containment like that.
04:10 --> 04:19 [SPEAKER_02]: But we will get to that, like I said, the show recently celebrated 50th anniversary, obviously
04:20 --> 04:29 [SPEAKER_02]: Reportedly, profits from events, merchandise, et cetera have not been enough to justify continuing to make the show.
04:32 --> 04:50 [SPEAKER_02]: So it's a bit of a shock and netizens and Japan and elsewhere reacted to it, but apparently according to a Thai licenseer,
04:50 --> 05:03 [SPEAKER_02]: Thailand is concerned is going to be a universe heroes, which is very catchy, but there is some truth to the fact that they aren't making a lot of money.
05:03 --> 05:14 [SPEAKER_02]: According to financials from Bandha Namco Group, it lags far behind, similarly situated shows in terms of
05:15 --> 05:36 [SPEAKER_02]: Tory revenue, according to a recent financial report in the third quarter of the 2025 fiscal year, which ended on March 31st, supercentive pulled down $9.86 million in worldwide revenue.
05:36 --> 06:04 [SPEAKER_02]: uh... that's compared to common writer which brought uh... four point seven billion dollars in toy revenue and likes far behind monday's real cash cows which are uh... Gundam dragon ball one piece but uh... yeah it's it's not great hi here's my two questions my first one is
06:04 --> 06:09 [SPEAKER_00]: Is this really like the toy sales lagging?
06:09 --> 06:16 [SPEAKER_00]: That seems like a I'm not going to say an excuse because that's not just that would mean that the toy sales are lagging.
06:16 --> 06:18 [SPEAKER_00]: No, no, no, no, no.
06:18 --> 06:21 [SPEAKER_00]: Is that less of a franchise problem?
06:22 --> 06:25 [SPEAKER_00]: Or is that more of a that's just the state of the world?
06:25 --> 06:29 [SPEAKER_00]: And that's been a problem for many toy companies for years now.
06:31 --> 06:32 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, I mean,
06:34 --> 06:40 [SPEAKER_02]: This is like apples to apples among Bandai's property, Bandai Namco's properties.
06:41 --> 06:57 [SPEAKER_02]: You look at what they're making of synthetic, then you see like what they're making of on-pum, and nod or toe, Ultraman, synthetic is not pulling its weight in that regard, and it isn't a cheap show to make.
06:57 --> 07:01 [SPEAKER_02]: And just as here, the toys are what pay the bills.
07:02 --> 07:02 [SPEAKER_03]: Sure.
07:02 --> 07:11 [SPEAKER_03]: How many here's I'm going to tell me if I'm wrong here, Naruto, Dragonball, Gundam, they have more of a worldwide.
07:11 --> 07:20 [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, I may have my math actually made, but I'm wrong because it was mystery in the chart in terms of what the translates to newest dollars, but my point still stands.
07:20 --> 07:20 [SPEAKER_02]: Yes.
07:21 --> 07:22 [SPEAKER_03]: So Gundam.
07:23 --> 07:49 [SPEAKER_03]: Naruto they'll have world what appeal you like you're going to see you're going to go to any con you're going to go out and about you're going to see people wearing a Naruto hoodie or something yeah i walk into you see someone in america wearing a super sentai like well i mean super sentai is definitely more local to Japan and east Asia as a whole well i think tier i think tier point uh these numbers used factor in uh
07:49 --> 07:56 [SPEAKER_02]: power in your sales, include wrapped up in the Super Sentai number, but that doesn't make those toys anymore.
07:57 --> 08:00 [SPEAKER_00]: Which that does make sense if it's saying the toy.
08:00 --> 08:03 [SPEAKER_00]: If you're combining courage with that, that doesn't make sense.
08:03 --> 08:10 [SPEAKER_02]: But even within Japan, like these are just like strictly speaking,
08:11 --> 08:16 [SPEAKER_02]: things the toy and hobby sector worldwide, that's what they're pulling down now.
08:16 --> 08:29 [SPEAKER_02]: Bandai America does own the one piece toy rights in America, but to an extent, but still like most of this money that is being reported is within Japan specifically.
08:30 --> 08:39 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I agree with the point though that even if you're including like power
08:39 --> 09:08 [SPEAKER_00]: Naruto and Dragon Ball are borderline if not outright cultural significance and I wouldn't say that's I don't even think that's a fair comparison for Sintai because it's not But I mean I get both sides of it if that makes sense My other one is is it fair that we're comparing Sintai with common writer because
09:08 --> 09:26 [SPEAKER_00]: from my understanding from friends who live in Japan, since I is still seen as a little kid show, while common writer is seen as a young adult show, which that it definitely will vary on like your audience, on like who's gonna buy stuff.
09:27 --> 09:29 [SPEAKER_02]: On pun men is a little kid's show too.
09:31 --> 09:36 [SPEAKER_02]: Pretty care is a little kid's show too, and those make more money than sentai.
09:37 --> 09:56 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, if that's the case, then it could just be changing times, then at this point, and that it may could be not centralized fault, but maybe it's this time that it's moving on and needs something to kind of revitalize in the sense of like what they're doing now with universe heroes, or what Power Rangers did with the comic.
09:56 --> 09:58 [SPEAKER_02]: Well, we'll see what they pull off.
10:00 --> 10:05 [SPEAKER_02]: All we know at this point is what this means for Power Rangers is absolutely nothing.
10:06 --> 10:32 [SPEAKER_02]: uh... the show that is being filmed one that is still being filmed a mondan and uh... hopefully we'll hear more about that soon moving on shaft actor your old friends at shaft actor you have transitioned their story front to uh... site groove dot com g r u v dot com uh... they have discontinued their standalone site people really concerned when
10:32 --> 10:44 [SPEAKER_02]: they were throwing close-out style sales on the website, but according to a postline group's website, while shop-factor is just continue to stand on the site, the fun continues on the group.
10:44 --> 10:51 [SPEAKER_02]: We build a dedicated shop-factor hub where you'll discover fresh releases, exclusive promotions, and then pick collections on one-connect location.
10:52 --> 10:54 [SPEAKER_02]: Now, they of course have
10:54 --> 10:57 [SPEAKER_02]: released a bunch of powerages, synthesized stuff.
10:57 --> 11:16 [SPEAKER_02]: The two movies that they sub-license from 20-century studios are out of print, but they are likely going to have nearly everything else really can pour from the stuff they've licensed along with all sorts of Hong Kong films, jelly films, old TV shows, all that.
11:17 --> 11:22 [SPEAKER_02]: Uh, so it's good to know that there still will be a storefront.
11:22 --> 11:32 [SPEAKER_02]: I know there's been some changes in shot factory with the merger with, um, radio, uh, and, uh, all that, all that stuff going on.
11:35 --> 11:41 [SPEAKER_00]: Coming from the My Little Pony fandom here, um, we've seen this writing on the wall for a long time.
11:42 --> 11:42 [SPEAKER_00]: Um,
11:42 --> 12:00 [SPEAKER_00]: My little pony for I know that's no not what we're talking about here, but still relevant You're gonna hate the horse Ah, you said the thing We've known about this for a little while because my little pony friendship is magic had nine seasons, okay?
12:01 --> 12:06 [SPEAKER_00]: And we never got season eight and nine and we never got a collected box set.
12:06 --> 12:09 [SPEAKER_00]: So I'm surprised it took this long
12:09 --> 12:11 [SPEAKER_00]: but I'm not surprised if that makes sense.
12:12 --> 12:12 [SPEAKER_00]: It's sad.
12:13 --> 12:15 [SPEAKER_00]: I do think it may be due with the releases.
12:16 --> 12:17 [SPEAKER_00]: This is just how they're being sold.
12:19 --> 12:19 [SPEAKER_00]: Well,
12:20 --> 12:27 [SPEAKER_00]: we knew that because they also said they weren't making any more like DVDs at that point.
12:27 --> 12:34 [SPEAKER_00]: It was a get it now or there's not going to be reprints unless a lot of people like Randall buy it all of a sudden.
12:34 --> 12:41 [SPEAKER_00]: So again, it's kind of a, it's been in the works, but it's just taken 10 years to get to this point, but we've all kind of suspected that.
12:44 --> 12:47 [SPEAKER_03]: So tell me, no, if I'm wrong, they're still going to
12:47 --> 13:07 [SPEAKER_02]: sell everything and make everything they just outsourced the storefront to these new guys grew over growing basically yeah okay so another news fans have been submitting to legota ideas for years the idea of a power and reset on October 31st Lego actually
13:08 --> 13:16 [SPEAKER_02]: Relented and they announced that there would be a Megazord set released sometime in the future.
13:16 --> 13:21 [SPEAKER_02]: The set was designed by Truman Briggs.
13:22 --> 13:26 [SPEAKER_02]: It includes the Megazord and the Core 5 Rangers.
13:26 --> 13:28 [SPEAKER_02]: It looks great.
13:28 --> 13:29 [SPEAKER_02]: The prototype looks great.
13:30 --> 13:39 [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know anything yet about cost, but the video I'm sold, even if I'm not normally a Lego person.
13:41 --> 13:44 [SPEAKER_00]: They're saying it's probably suspected about $300.
13:45 --> 13:52 [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, I was about to say shut up and take my money, but now that's a well, the rest time.
13:52 --> 13:53 [SPEAKER_00]: Let's, huh?
13:53 --> 13:57 [SPEAKER_00]: The reason why it is because the megazord can combine.
13:58 --> 14:00 [SPEAKER_00]: That is pretty much what they said.
14:00 --> 14:05 [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe it would be very decreased, but it's going to be like a 1200 piece set.
14:05 --> 14:07 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, the individual boards look great.
14:07 --> 14:08 [SPEAKER_02]: And yeah, you're right.
14:09 --> 14:10 [SPEAKER_02]: This is a lot of pieces.
14:11 --> 14:12 [SPEAKER_02]: Last time around it got.
14:13 --> 14:23 [SPEAKER_02]: some 700 supporters this time, it got more than 10 supporters over the several months that it was submitted.
14:23 --> 14:29 [SPEAKER_02]: So they're working with the designer to turn it into a proper set.
14:30 --> 14:38 [SPEAKER_02]: And see, I want to say that I would buy it, but I don't know where I put it, where I would put it, and this is like a common problem for me.
14:38 --> 14:42 [SPEAKER_02]: I'll buy these things and
14:43 --> 14:45 [SPEAKER_03]: That's a problem you have later.
14:45 --> 14:47 [SPEAKER_02]: That's a few days of tomorrow.
14:47 --> 14:48 [SPEAKER_02]: Tyler's problem.
14:48 --> 14:49 [SPEAKER_02]: Exactly.
14:51 --> 14:56 [SPEAKER_02]: But I'm going to come back from Japan with all this stuff, and it's just going to sit somewhere.
14:56 --> 14:59 [SPEAKER_03]: Hey, look, if you don't have anything to do with, I'll take it off your hands.
15:00 --> 15:01 [SPEAKER_03]: Don't worry about it.
15:01 --> 15:01 [SPEAKER_00]: Same.
15:02 --> 15:02 [SPEAKER_00]: Same.
15:02 --> 15:06 [SPEAKER_00]: So, what my friend does, he now, that legos his hobby.
15:07 --> 15:10 [SPEAKER_00]: He has like the Titanic Hogwarts.
15:10 --> 15:11 [SPEAKER_00]: the Death Star.
15:11 --> 15:11 [SPEAKER_00]: Just do that.
15:11 --> 15:15 [SPEAKER_00]: She excuse me, just have a bookshelf.
15:15 --> 15:16 [SPEAKER_00]: There you go, prompts.
15:18 --> 15:23 [SPEAKER_00]: Something to keep in mind with the Lego set, though, is this is the second time that same person did submit it.
15:24 --> 15:27 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's taken 10 years to get this set.
15:28 --> 15:32 [SPEAKER_00]: I know some of that could be due to sub-on from before saying no.
15:33 --> 15:35 [SPEAKER_00]: I know the last one was very popular.
15:35 --> 15:39 [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe there was renewed interest due to them submitting the megsword.
15:40 --> 15:43 [SPEAKER_00]: There was a lot that was submitted for the megsword several times.
15:43 --> 16:00 [SPEAKER_00]: and Bander as a castle aka read as HQ, but it's very very I like his original design a little bit more, but there is going to be some fine tuning, but for I mean for Legos for 300 to get the Megos worth the core five.
16:00 --> 16:05 [SPEAKER_00]: And my opinion, this is almost says, yep, you're going to get the dragons award at some point.
16:05 --> 16:07 [SPEAKER_00]: And yes, you're probably going to get tight tennis.
16:07 --> 16:09 [SPEAKER_00]: But for everyone else, that's about to say stuff.
16:09 --> 16:11 [SPEAKER_00]: No, you're not getting other seasons, guys.
16:11 --> 16:14 [SPEAKER_00]: You might get the Tigers award and that's it.
16:15 --> 16:19 [SPEAKER_02]: Like I said, though, how many people are paying that money to begin with?
16:19 --> 16:22 [SPEAKER_02]: For the original course, that I think a lot.
16:22 --> 16:30 [SPEAKER_02]: For the cent that is being offered or going to be offered theoretically by Lego.
16:30 --> 16:32 [SPEAKER_00]: enough to get dragons or it.
16:33 --> 16:34 [SPEAKER_04]: If you say so.
16:36 --> 16:37 [SPEAKER_04]: I think there is.
16:38 --> 16:38 [SPEAKER_04]: Oh, go ahead, go ahead.
16:39 --> 16:40 [SPEAKER_03]: I'm going to side with you.
16:40 --> 16:41 [SPEAKER_03]: I'm going to side with you on this one.
16:41 --> 16:46 [SPEAKER_03]: I think there's enough to get the dragons or maybe tight tennis, but anything after that.
16:46 --> 16:52 [SPEAKER_03]: As cool as it would be to mix and match and make your own megazord out of whatever you happen to have, I don't think that's going to happen.
16:53 --> 16:53 [SPEAKER_00]: Correct.
16:53 --> 16:59 [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's going to be something of a, obviously, we're going to get a what's
17:00 --> 17:12 [SPEAKER_00]: will get a dragon sword that would combine with those because that's easy to do and I could even go as far to say they would have a tiger sword with lords that included in it and call the day.
17:12 --> 17:17 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't believe any other one would ever get any LEGO attention because it wouldn't sell at that point.
17:18 --> 17:21 [SPEAKER_00]: Again, mighty morphing itself, whether people like it or not.
17:22 --> 17:24 [SPEAKER_02]: All right, and some other release news.
17:24 --> 17:35 [SPEAKER_02]: Disco-tech is continuing their streak or releasing metal Europe shows in December, they are putting special rescue exceed draft on Standard Deaf Blu-ray.
17:35 --> 17:38 [SPEAKER_02]: Here is the synopsis from them.
17:38 --> 17:46 [SPEAKER_02]: Deep within the darkest corners of Tokyo, the scourge of high tech crime continues its uncontrollable evolution, but not for long.
17:46 --> 17:48 [SPEAKER_02]: The city's best and brightest have been assembled.
17:48 --> 18:10 [SPEAKER_02]: to form an experimental rescue unit, special rescue exceed draft, led by the Cool Headed Captain Conno, this three-man team dashes head first in the danger, to save lives, high-speed chases, collapsing buildings, gravity guns, these boys have just the truck of cutting-edge tools and armor to handle any emergency, so who needs rescuing?
18:10 --> 18:15 [SPEAKER_02]: The metal hero is shifted to Turbo, for the thrilling final chapter in the rescue police series.
18:15 --> 18:32 [SPEAKER_02]: the collection includes offering on episode, presented in standard death with Japanese language, and English subtitled, no special features are usually aren't on these releases, but the show was released in
18:32 --> 18:35 [SPEAKER_02]: 1992, we're on it until January 1993.
18:35 --> 18:45 [SPEAKER_02]: It's not a show that I'm super familiar with personally, but I'm gonna get it on principle behind the scenes.
18:46 --> 18:59 [SPEAKER_02]: The show included the work of writers, like Junichi Miosta and the work of active judge like John Mootukami,
19:00 --> 19:10 [SPEAKER_02]: And yeah, this is, um, I'm going to get it, uh, I don't know about y'all, but it's probably in a cost like 50 bucks, but that's whatever, what's money anyway?
19:13 --> 19:14 [SPEAKER_00]: You'll have to tell me how it is.
19:15 --> 19:16 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, yeah.
19:19 --> 19:23 [SPEAKER_02]: And something that we may or may not ever see,
19:24 --> 19:35 [SPEAKER_02]: The Ninja Kids series, which playmates touted when they took over the or some lengths of the toy rights, there was a trailer that was put online.
19:37 --> 19:40 [SPEAKER_02]: And it was landbasses by fans who quickly taken offline.
19:40 --> 19:52 [SPEAKER_02]: This is a series ostensibly targeted slightly younger demo, but the trailer had a bunch of AI in it.
19:53 --> 19:55 [SPEAKER_02]: Have you, did you guys get to see the trailer forwards taken down?
19:56 --> 19:58 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, I and I have many thoughts.
20:00 --> 20:10 [SPEAKER_02]: It used Tokugie suits, but Tokugie did not know that their designs would be used as part of this AI slot.
20:11 --> 20:22 [SPEAKER_02]: In regards to how the animations were done, these of the gold are and Lord Zad is actually more of a zikter situation where he has a human forum all that.
20:24 --> 20:38 [SPEAKER_02]: It's rough, and people involved were really defensive about the use of AI saying that not using AI would have made it too expensive.
20:38 --> 20:45 [SPEAKER_02]: But, you know, my Martin Power Rangers did what they did, you know, in a cave with a box of scraps.
20:46 --> 20:51 [SPEAKER_02]: So what's, you know, you don't need to use AI,
20:51 --> 21:08 [SPEAKER_02]: But the word on the street is the reason that was pulled had more to do with implicating the rights of the show per se, which playmates does not have.
21:08 --> 21:19 [SPEAKER_02]: And you has, bro, is working with 20th television to make a show for Disney+, as we hinted
21:23 --> 21:24 [SPEAKER_04]: been talking a lot.
21:24 --> 21:30 [SPEAKER_00]: So I was going to say, uh, um, do you want to go first?
21:31 --> 21:37 [SPEAKER_00]: Do you want to say because I, I have many thoughts, but it could be true.
21:37 --> 21:45 [SPEAKER_03]: I have thoughts and it's going to be a bit of an off topic, bit of a, but I'm just going to roll with it and we'll see where we end up.
21:45 --> 21:52 [SPEAKER_03]: Back in the day, back in the late 2000s or early 2010s, I was part of an E-Fed.
21:52 --> 21:54 [SPEAKER_03]: We didn't have AI back then.
21:54 --> 22:01 [SPEAKER_03]: All we had were bad capture cards and essentially camera tricks on the WWE games back in the day.
22:02 --> 22:07 [SPEAKER_03]: And we made great things on essentially a hand sandwich and a processor that was from 2009.
22:07 --> 22:12 [SPEAKER_00]: We also have a half-eaten bubble gum in a paperclip.
22:12 --> 22:13 [SPEAKER_00]: Did you at least have that?
22:13 --> 22:17 [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, well, no, the router was running on a paperclip though because we were all broke.
22:17 --> 22:24 [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, uh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, but at the same time, it's like, once AI get everybody got lazy.
22:24 --> 22:27 [SPEAKER_03]: Nobody knows how to make their tools work as they should.
22:27 --> 22:32 [SPEAKER_03]: Anyway, um, or make their tools, squeeze a little bit more out of their tools.
22:33 --> 22:35 [SPEAKER_03]: I'm not saying there isn't a place for AI.
22:35 --> 22:41 [SPEAKER_03]: I'm saying it's, it's being used as a first option far too often.
22:43 --> 22:45 [SPEAKER_00]: Wow, that, I was expecting a much more bigger rant.
22:46 --> 22:47 [SPEAKER_00]: I just want you to.
22:48 --> 22:52 [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, I mean, give me some time and some beer and we'll figure it out.
22:52 --> 22:53 [SPEAKER_00]: Sure.
22:53 --> 22:53 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay.
22:53 --> 22:55 [SPEAKER_00]: So this is my take on it.
22:55 --> 22:57 [SPEAKER_00]: First, I agree with you.
22:57 --> 22:58 [SPEAKER_00]: AI has a place.
22:59 --> 23:04 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think AI is this demonic thing that it has been made out to be.
23:05 --> 23:07 [SPEAKER_00]: I say this as a, it is a tool.
23:08 --> 23:13 [SPEAKER_00]: Um, I've seen stuff where they've mentioned like AI, finding like, for example,
23:13 --> 23:17 [SPEAKER_00]: Um, uh, uh, how do I, uh, what was the story for it?
23:17 --> 23:31 [SPEAKER_00]: That basically, uh, women who had breast cancer like stuff for like years, like jeans and stuff for anatomy history, they were finding stuff 10 years before based on trends and based on some DNA stuff.
23:31 --> 23:34 [SPEAKER_00]: That is what AI should be used for and it's been fantastic.
23:34 --> 23:40 [SPEAKER_00]: Like they said, this is a basically Nobel piece for or Nobel scientific achievement, type of level.
23:41 --> 23:42 [SPEAKER_00]: But that's not what they're using it for.
23:43 --> 23:51 [SPEAKER_00]: So I'm going to be the one to be blunt and say, I don't think this has anything to do with the, uh, with Hasbro making another show.
23:52 --> 24:07 [SPEAKER_00]: I think what it turned out to be was there was a lot of details that were not mentioned, such as the use of AI and that, uh, Ninja kids released this as something, uh, like kind of to get people high, like, oh, air quote, we leaked it,
24:08 --> 24:14 [SPEAKER_00]: And then everyone would because look, I wouldn't be I would be wrong if I said that I didn't think they had some good ideas.
24:15 --> 24:25 [SPEAKER_00]: There are some stuff that I did question like design wise like read up like they're going more for the war read up from the comics, which is sexy read up, it's like, okay, sure for it.
24:26 --> 24:32 [SPEAKER_00]: And some of the mega sword cockpits I thought they really cheaped out on it, but I was like, hey, if they're going with tocus.
24:33 --> 24:33 [SPEAKER_00]: designs.
24:34 --> 24:34 [SPEAKER_00]: Hey, I get it.
24:35 --> 24:36 [SPEAKER_00]: You're cheapening out somewhere.
24:36 --> 24:37 [SPEAKER_00]: It is what it is.
24:38 --> 24:48 [SPEAKER_00]: Um, but instead of that, I think what happened was they shadow dropped it thinking, Oh, we'll do an official release of something, start giving you like actual video dates and everything.
24:49 --> 25:01 [SPEAKER_00]: And then everyone discovered it was just complete AI Slop from it from the Lord said, uh, uh, not transformation to the blue
25:02 --> 25:14 [SPEAKER_00]: like it and they tried to defend it and it was an abysmal failure for it and I believe they got I think they made Hasbro upset about that and that's why it got canceled.
25:14 --> 25:32 [SPEAKER_00]: I really do believe it got canceled and I think them doubling down on it goes against the entire reason the the wider strike happened it goes against the entire reason
25:33 --> 25:38 [SPEAKER_02]: You know, you know, I, you tell us like a right to work status in it.
25:40 --> 25:41 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, I don't know.
25:41 --> 25:42 [SPEAKER_00]: I, there's so many states that are.
25:42 --> 25:47 [SPEAKER_00]: I, I, I don't know.
25:47 --> 25:55 [SPEAKER_00]: The, the point I'm getting at is I think that their excuses of the doubling down on it and not actually like,
25:56 --> 26:16 [SPEAKER_00]: like not understanding why people have fought for this and then being even more obtuse about it and saying like oh this is the direction it's going guys when this is not really true that this is not the direction it's going is very tone deaf and very much a slap in the face to many of the actors like look once and always even
26:16 --> 26:44 [SPEAKER_00]: was a union show yesterday take a while and there's still like lots and lots of work yes there's lots to be done to make sure a show going forward like this has work but it's a slap in the face and it's like dudes do you not understand the history of like the franchise you're working with because clearly you don't and the issue I have with it is let's even say that they used AI to like uh i'm not gonna say cut corners
26:44 --> 26:47 [SPEAKER_00]: But dudes, this isn't a fan project.
26:47 --> 26:49 [SPEAKER_00]: This isn't somebody from Patreon.
26:49 --> 26:54 [SPEAKER_00]: This isn't even something like bat in the sun where it's like, we just kind of hope for the best for something.
26:54 --> 26:57 [SPEAKER_00]: They make like $20 to $30 million a year.
26:57 --> 27:01 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, no guys, you don't get to use the excuse of, we could to cheap it out on stuff.
27:01 --> 27:03 [SPEAKER_00]: No guys, you have the money for it.
27:03 --> 27:07 [SPEAKER_00]: There was a lot of problems with this.
27:07 --> 27:08 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'll be upfront.
27:08 --> 27:10 [SPEAKER_00]: Like I said, there was stuff that I did genuinely like.
27:11 --> 27:12 [SPEAKER_00]: I like the trailer when I first saw it.
27:13 --> 27:21 [SPEAKER_00]: And then people point out the AI because I wasn't looking for the AI stuff and went, oh, oh, that this is AI Slop.
27:21 --> 27:24 [SPEAKER_00]: This is a we filmed and then wanted to cut corners everywhere else.
27:24 --> 27:27 [SPEAKER_00]: So I think this was inevitable.
27:27 --> 27:30 [SPEAKER_00]: This was going to happen and congrats.
27:30 --> 27:32 [SPEAKER_00]: They lost a lot of money probably making this.
27:32 --> 27:34 [SPEAKER_00]: And do I think they have passion for it?
27:34 --> 27:39 [SPEAKER_00]: Do I think that they have a genuine interest in it?
27:39 --> 27:43 [SPEAKER_00]: Sure, it continues what they did before.
27:44 --> 28:07 [SPEAKER_00]: they they lost all fan contribution when it became a i-slop and it wasn't just oh we did this to enhance stuff we made mistakes and just lost it in editing no this was a we tried to cut corners and save ourselves a lot of money and guess what it looks bad in many respects in that respect um for it and who knows maybe they did fit film stuff
28:08 --> 28:34 [SPEAKER_00]: we're never gonna see the live day of it probably because we were told we were getting a trailer and actual like official release on in October and it is November 10th of this recording and there's nothing I think it's dead I think it's dead in the water I also think it's dead because my guess would be and I'm just guessing I think Toku Jay doesn't want his designs use that this was not part of his contract and I think that's gonna be very
28:34 --> 28:36 [SPEAKER_00]: to pin it on.
28:36 --> 28:51 [SPEAKER_03]: If I didn't stay anything to that effect, again, he's a real speculation, but I can see like my work being used as something that just happened and being like, you know what, I want to wash my hands of this.
28:53 --> 28:53 [SPEAKER_03]: Safe my own.
28:53 --> 28:58 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, it may have not been clear in the contract as the direction I'm going with.
28:58 --> 28:59 [SPEAKER_00]: And, uh, right, exactly.
29:00 --> 29:06 [SPEAKER_00]: that the AI stuff with it like beyond what it was and he wants nothing to do with it which means they can't air it.
29:06 --> 29:09 [SPEAKER_00]: They would have to refill them every single little thing for that.
29:09 --> 29:14 [SPEAKER_00]: And like I said, I understand some of it is cheaper because of who they are.
29:14 --> 29:17 [SPEAKER_00]: I get that like the putty for example.
29:17 --> 29:19 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm happy to see the Z putty again.
29:19 --> 29:20 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, they looked a little cheaper.
29:21 --> 29:23 [SPEAKER_00]: But not at the cost of AI.
29:23 --> 29:25 [SPEAKER_00]: It's like dudes you shouldn't have made this in the first place.
29:25 --> 29:26 [SPEAKER_00]: How did you
29:26 --> 29:31 [SPEAKER_00]: it's completely toned up and it looked in that respect of that point then trying to get a cheap buck.
29:31 --> 29:33 [SPEAKER_00]: That's my vent on it.
29:33 --> 29:35 [SPEAKER_00]: but go ahead, I interrupted you.
29:36 --> 29:42 [SPEAKER_03]: There's a charm to like watching something made cheaply but with passion, you know what I mean?
29:42 --> 29:45 [SPEAKER_03]: There's like, there's enjoyment in that.
29:45 --> 29:53 [SPEAKER_03]: And why can't everybody once there's stuff to look super polished and super nice and investor worthy?
29:53 --> 30:03 [SPEAKER_03]: Now, give me some of the rough edges, give me some of the stuff that looks so goofy, it's bad but still fun.
30:04 --> 30:19 [SPEAKER_00]: look, if this was a passion project like do and this was made by again, quoting me, we made this in a cave with a box of scraps from earlier, people would get it and there would not be backlash and be like, hey guys, we're on such a type budget.
30:19 --> 30:21 [SPEAKER_00]: We used AI to make explosions.
30:21 --> 30:22 [SPEAKER_00]: Is anyone going to care?
30:22 --> 30:22 [SPEAKER_00]: No.
30:23 --> 30:24 [SPEAKER_00]: No one's going to care on that.
30:25 --> 30:32 [SPEAKER_00]: Is this the least AI to really
30:32 --> 30:39 [SPEAKER_00]: And it sucks because I do believe that they did have a passion for it at the same time.
30:39 --> 30:42 [SPEAKER_00]: I also think they didn't because they were willing to do that.
30:42 --> 30:53 [SPEAKER_00]: And them trying to really justify really just made people more angry that as time kept going on from it, um, the doubling down definitely didn't.
30:54 --> 30:57 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, 1 percent like power interference or crazy.
30:57 --> 30:58 [SPEAKER_00]: Just like Pokemon fans.
30:59 --> 31:00 [SPEAKER_00]: And there's a lot of,
31:01 --> 31:02 [SPEAKER_00]: There is.
31:02 --> 31:10 [SPEAKER_00]: Tyler, what is your thoughts on the AI like, what we've been speaking a lot, but like, what's your thoughts on the entire Ninja Kid situation?
31:11 --> 31:23 [SPEAKER_02]: I think maybe we should have foreseen that this was going to be a tiny bit of a mess.
31:23 --> 31:29 [SPEAKER_02]: because of how little we'd heard of it and how little we'd seen of what was going on over there.
31:29 --> 31:48 [SPEAKER_02]: I think it's damning when the promo for the Power Rangers being in Fortnite looks like it was made with more care than in actual quasi-production.
31:49 --> 31:50 [SPEAKER_00]: That's the crazy part.
31:50 --> 32:16 [SPEAKER_00]: I've won thousand percent agree with you that out of all the things in the world and people can make fun of fortnight all they want look fortnight put a lot of care into that they even released the and I know we'll circle back around that later in the show but they even released like the making of stuff and it's like bros they built their megazord even from the ground up like yeah nitric kids guess what you you should be criticized for this and
32:16 --> 32:20 [SPEAKER_00]: If you don't like being criticized, you shouldn't have considered the flop in the first place.
32:20 --> 32:21 [SPEAKER_00]: Socks to suck.
32:22 --> 32:32 [SPEAKER_02]: So another news, Disney has partnered with the studios, cake and MGA entertainment, to hear the first two seas of armor source globally.
32:33 --> 32:38 [SPEAKER_02]: Now, normally, what Disney's up to isn't really something that we would care about.
32:39 --> 32:46 [SPEAKER_02]: It's based off the 2021 South Korean television series,
32:47 --> 33:06 [SPEAKER_02]: and here's where, you know, my sound, stop me if you've heard some of this before, the Tensular Robotic dinosaurs are machines pilot by humans who, in the new series, must defend Earth for monstrous alien invasion, trying to resurrect its prehistoric army, which sounds like a great concept for a power into series.
33:08 --> 33:16 [SPEAKER_00]: Ha, if, how did you, oops, all mighty morphing in my show again, gosh darn it?
33:17 --> 33:31 [SPEAKER_02]: in mid-2000s, there was some like deep show or whatever that sound that like pretty like shamelessly ripped off power just dying with under and Disney didn't really do anything about that.
33:32 --> 33:38 [SPEAKER_02]: So it's ironic that they're doing something or they're involved in something that sounds so much like power and just now.
33:39 --> 33:45 [SPEAKER_02]: It's coming for old circle, but at the same time, you know,
33:45 --> 33:54 [SPEAKER_02]: Disney Plus is going to be airing or streaming, I should say, the series that's in development from the Percy Jackson guys.
33:56 --> 33:56 [SPEAKER_00]: That's right.
33:59 --> 34:06 [SPEAKER_02]: But MGA is known as a company behind Brats, little Tykes, et cetera.
34:06 --> 34:15 [SPEAKER_02]: They have a bunch of IPs, and they're going to be launching like armor source, toys,
34:15 --> 34:36 [SPEAKER_02]: But I think the aspect that's issues that I was going to blend and it made in live action storytelling, and you wonder, first of all, that makes me think of that Redess not the Atlantic Sailor Moon, but it makes me wonder if that could have potentially been some kind of path for powering.
34:38 --> 34:44 [SPEAKER_02]: There's not a fully animated series because I've kind of robbed some of the magic, but a partially animated series,
34:44 --> 34:49 [SPEAKER_02]: Keep, you know, I don't think I've seen a trailer for our resource per se.
34:49 --> 34:53 [SPEAKER_02]: So I don't know like exactly what parts are and are animated.
34:55 --> 34:55 [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.
34:57 --> 35:07 [SPEAKER_02]: But the casting clues, at least one name I've heard before, Michael Dorne, who was a Warf and Landtrack.
35:08 --> 35:14 [SPEAKER_02]: Whoa, and yeah, it'll feature music by the K-pop Act tomorrow ex-together, who I have not heard of.
35:16 --> 35:18 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, hey, that's interesting.
35:19 --> 35:23 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, yeah, and also Fortnite, Power Rangers in Fortnite now.
35:25 --> 35:32 [SPEAKER_02]: The whole team, the Megas Award, Rita, they got Barbara Goodson to do Rita.
35:33 --> 35:37 [SPEAKER_02]: They got some Rando to do that, whatever.
35:38 --> 35:56 [SPEAKER_02]: and uh... sounds great and obviously she still sounds like read it uh... and uh... i don't play fortnight so i don't really know anything more than that right now i play fortnight uh... do you play for that i don't even have epic game store on my pc
35:56 --> 36:03 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, I'm sorry that I feel like I've dominated the conversation, the entire Oh, no, please.
36:03 --> 36:03 [SPEAKER_00]: Sorry.
36:03 --> 36:04 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm so far.
36:05 --> 36:12 [SPEAKER_03]: I have my daughter played Fortnite just because it would be something different other than Roblox and hello, Katie Island Adventure.
36:13 --> 36:14 [SPEAKER_00]: Whoa, one step at a time.
36:15 --> 36:16 [SPEAKER_00]: One.
36:16 --> 36:19 [SPEAKER_00]: So everyone was, there was rumors.
36:19 --> 36:25 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, if we go back two months ago, there was rumors that power
36:25 --> 36:55 [SPEAKER_00]: for night based on like a lot of like I think um data mining low and behold we got trailer and it was tied into the season of like the bugs are invading um like the Fortnite world and all hope is lost and all of a sudden just like in the trailer you see the Power Rangers teleport in and uh literally uh you start playing as the Power Rangers so in the initial Power Rangers
36:55 --> 37:00 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't want to say season for it, um, but like the first part of the battle pass.
37:00 --> 37:02 [SPEAKER_00]: You got the original core rangers.
37:02 --> 37:04 [SPEAKER_00]: You got their morphing stance like with a morpher.
37:05 --> 37:10 [SPEAKER_00]: If you used a non-power ranger with it, you got like the pinata as the power coin.
37:12 --> 37:20 [SPEAKER_00]: You got, uh, morphing poses, um, you could unlock the green ranger and the white ranger as extra skins.
37:20 --> 37:31 [SPEAKER_00]: and the green ranger had the dragon dagger which was fantastic white ranger has the tiger's lord as it's like parachute drop into the map.
37:31 --> 37:38 [SPEAKER_00]: So basically there was a lot of that and there was features with the bugs on my what you would do with the bugs but a lot of it was just skins, right?
37:39 --> 37:53 [SPEAKER_00]: And one of it, I want to say it was a Ranger Outpost was one as well, but I've honestly like was not sure if that was something that was like exclusive to Power Rangers or if that was something that was exclusive to like the new map.
37:54 --> 38:04 [SPEAKER_00]: So the first half of the season was basically unlock the skins, have fun as the Power Rangers.
38:04 --> 38:32 [SPEAKER_00]: they released the second part which was if you've played similar seasons to fortnight you would get the big like super boss that you could claim as so for power Rangers it was the mega sword um and earlier seasons it was you could play as godzilla with his atomic breath or Superman um and flying around and literally punching people off the map we got the mega sword and the mega sword had a couple things of like stepping on people swinging the power sword
38:33 --> 38:33 [SPEAKER_00]: Uh, what's it called?
38:34 --> 38:44 [SPEAKER_00]: Uh, swinging the power sword and actually surprisingly, which I was shocked at, okay, it actually used the cannons on its back as an actual attack.
38:45 --> 38:50 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm like, wow, we have this, uh, even less in the show than, uh, in Fortnite.
38:50 --> 38:52 [SPEAKER_00]: I surprised this was actually used.
38:52 --> 38:52 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
38:52 --> 38:55 [SPEAKER_02]: But like, you never really think about the cannons.
38:55 --> 38:59 [SPEAKER_02]: They've also got uh, Ron Wasserman's music credit to Ron Wasserman.
38:59 --> 39:00 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, I forgot about that.
39:00 --> 39:08 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for bringing that up because that's part of the season pass because yes, it did cost They get the power Rangers, but I mean, it's for it.
39:08 --> 39:24 [SPEAKER_00]: No, I don't should expect that He went and re-recorded all of the music for it and it was it has the redown stuff It is but I think it is like newly recorded The way he made the report everything for that album
39:25 --> 39:31 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I really think it was all, it was the read-ups, but it was like new for in-game.
39:32 --> 39:33 [SPEAKER_00]: There's a read-up.
39:33 --> 39:45 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, so basically though, what happened was in season, or the second half of the season, stir like about 50, oh, 50 combatants left.
39:46 --> 39:54 [SPEAKER_00]: You would hear Rita go, magic wand, make my monster grow and the bug queen would appear.
39:55 --> 40:05 [SPEAKER_00]: And the only way you can beat the bug queen because that thing is a boss is you run to the Megazord, which is really cool because they had the Megazord in the sky actually formed.
40:05 --> 40:07 [SPEAKER_00]: But try there, it's off to return into the land.
40:09 --> 40:10 [SPEAKER_00]: It was so steep in cool.
40:10 --> 40:13 [SPEAKER_00]: And then you would run, then it would fly down, right?
40:14 --> 40:18 [SPEAKER_00]: So then you had to race to Zordon who was in front of the Megazord.
40:19 --> 40:21 [SPEAKER_00]: to be able to pilot the megazord.
40:21 --> 40:24 [SPEAKER_00]: And once you got into it, you got like a little cut scene.
40:24 --> 40:28 [SPEAKER_00]: That was like, here comes the megazord as it would load up and then you would go fight the queen.
40:30 --> 40:35 [SPEAKER_00]: There was no way to lose to the queen really unless you just did not pay attention to the queen.
40:36 --> 40:40 [SPEAKER_00]: And you just went up there, hit her with the sword, hit her with the cannons.
40:41 --> 40:48 [SPEAKER_00]: But what was cool was if you were piloting the megazord, if you beat the queen, it did have a finisher
40:48 --> 41:08 [SPEAKER_00]: charging up with the lightning and slamming down and hitting the bug queen and you would get some metals based on that for here's a flip side if you did not get the megazord Rita did give you enhanced weapons and metals to blow up the megazord that is a way more difficult task because the megazord was just
41:09 --> 41:12 [SPEAKER_00]: It was just so stupid to play as, I'm not gonna lie.
41:12 --> 41:21 [SPEAKER_00]: That was my mission for all one week that the Mega Zord, I think one week or two weeks the Mega Zord was available was, you start to figure out where it was gonna land at.
41:21 --> 41:24 [SPEAKER_00]: And I was, I think I got it about 75% of the time.
41:25 --> 41:32 [SPEAKER_00]: One of my favorite all-time stories is there's a base called the OXR base, which is basically think like a gun brand.
41:32 --> 41:38 [SPEAKER_00]: It's their military brand or whatever.
41:39 --> 41:45 [SPEAKER_00]: people, or the boss, and then I turned my attention to most who were already hiding in other areas.
41:45 --> 41:56 [SPEAKER_00]: One guy decided he wanted to fire at me with his missiles from the warehouse, well what they don't tell you is the mega sword can destroy those actual structures.
41:56 --> 42:02 [SPEAKER_00]: So I walked over there, and I started like swiping my sword and everything, and he built some structure in the warehouse.
42:02 --> 42:03 [SPEAKER_00]: I went bro.
42:04 --> 42:05 [SPEAKER_00]: this ain't going to work.
42:05 --> 42:08 [SPEAKER_00]: So I did what every intelligent person would have done.
42:08 --> 42:12 [SPEAKER_00]: I stepped on the warehouse and I killed him with my Megazord foot.
42:14 --> 42:15 [SPEAKER_00]: You get the Megazord.
42:15 --> 42:16 [SPEAKER_00]: It is a little time-based with it.
42:17 --> 42:20 [SPEAKER_00]: It's no longer available, but on the map, the power sword is there.
42:20 --> 42:25 [SPEAKER_00]: So you are able to see like it was an event essentially.
42:26 --> 42:27 [SPEAKER_00]: But it was very fun.
42:27 --> 42:38 [SPEAKER_00]: The only thing Megasworn now is like if you got the skins the unlockable Megasworn skin in the black and gold skin, but I got to tell y'all Gosh, it was so much fun to play as the Megasworn.
42:38 --> 42:53 [SPEAKER_00]: It's really fun playing as a power Ranger, especially when you go up to people With other skins and stuff like yes, you see some of it so staged all my but other people we worked together as a power Ranger go through and then once it finally came down to it Yes, we would try to kill each other
42:54 --> 43:22 [SPEAKER_00]: I know people formed power and your squads and would go take on team squads and they would get the megazord It was fun guys like I cannot describe how much my joy was Playing the megazord and or killing people with lords that that was really fun to of just annihilating people with lords that and Yeah, I could go on and on, but that's kind of the gist of it of part one was getting the power and your skins
43:23 --> 43:36 [SPEAKER_00]: hoping you can unlock Tommy, I'm green and white as the alternative one and getting the Megazor or I'm getting the Power Ranger, the wallpapers and the Megazor stuff.
43:36 --> 43:39 [SPEAKER_00]: And in part two was actually playing as the Megazord.
43:39 --> 43:48 [SPEAKER_00]: I think the only problem with the season was the metals were a great concept which were supposed to be like air quote power coins.
43:49 --> 43:58 [SPEAKER_00]: But they were so OP that they actually took the metals out about either a quarter or a half way through the season because it actually tank the numbers.
44:00 --> 44:04 [SPEAKER_00]: The flip side of it was the power engine to get an idea and I know I am going on on.
44:05 --> 44:15 [SPEAKER_00]: But to get an idea to of how popular the power ranger skins are, they're all in the top 1000 of skins sold.
44:15 --> 44:17 [SPEAKER_00]: Tommy is in the top 500.
44:17 --> 44:26 [SPEAKER_00]: That is incredible when you realize there's about 3 skins and what are being used when it's actually being used in game.
44:26 --> 44:31 [SPEAKER_00]: Tommy is the first one and I believe Jason and Kimberly are the other two.
44:31 --> 44:36 [SPEAKER_00]: Zach and training are in the top 1 and then Billy like is the very last one.
44:36 --> 44:40 [SPEAKER_02]: What do you think about playing Fortnite as Power Rangers a pretty cool proposition?
44:40 --> 44:41 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh!
44:42 --> 44:47 [SPEAKER_00]: It totally is, and just thematically, it was very, very, very fun to just go around.
44:47 --> 44:50 [SPEAKER_00]: We're like, oh, it's, I'm defending against the bug.
44:50 --> 44:57 [SPEAKER_00]: The hard part was not being able to do the missions like taking down some of the super mini bosses, because people were just killing you.
44:57 --> 45:00 [SPEAKER_00]: Instead of like, I wish there was an option to work together.
45:00 --> 45:05 [SPEAKER_00]: There was more objective stuff, but it was so fun to play as a Power Ranger.
45:05 --> 45:10 [SPEAKER_00]: I actually won and I'm still working, Lord said, but I have one battle royals.
45:11 --> 45:15 [SPEAKER_00]: with the power Rangers, each with each individual skin.
45:17 --> 45:22 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not hard, but it's like you very much have to be present in the moment and know what items you're using.
45:22 --> 45:40 [SPEAKER_00]: I will say too, not, you know what was really fun playing as the Megasaur II because they have vehicles, hitting a helicopter and yelling for as the helicopter just goes out of control and explodes or stepping on a car that's trying to fire at you.
45:40 --> 45:42 [SPEAKER_00]: that was incredibly fun.
45:42 --> 45:47 [SPEAKER_00]: So that was kind of like the entire rundown of the Power Ranger stuff.
45:48 --> 45:54 [SPEAKER_00]: The skins aren't available right now in the store as of November 10th, but they'll bring them back around.
45:54 --> 46:03 [SPEAKER_00]: I wouldn't be surprised if they have another season, maybe with some other stuff, maybe with the other Mega Zords, but it does seem like it could be something, but who knows?
46:04 --> 46:06 [SPEAKER_00]: They'll be back in the store, at least the skins are.
46:06 --> 46:08 [SPEAKER_00]: I can't guarantee other events.
46:09 --> 46:10 [SPEAKER_00]: My last bit, and then I'm good.
46:11 --> 46:11 [SPEAKER_00]: Good.
46:12 --> 46:16 [SPEAKER_00]: Barbara did record her lines, re-record all of her lines.
46:16 --> 46:20 [SPEAKER_00]: She does sound like Rita, but you can definitely tell they were a little rough around the edges.
46:20 --> 46:28 [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm like, Oh, I can tell now that her voice and stuff is it's still, it was not nearly as high pitched anymore.
46:28 --> 46:33 [SPEAKER_02]: Well, I mean, she, that was kind of the case in ones and always too.
46:34 --> 46:35 [SPEAKER_02]: Correct.
46:35 --> 46:37 [SPEAKER_02]: I would say it's even worse than once and always.
46:38 --> 47:07 [SPEAKER_00]: could be a new matter of engineering because her read of voice demands a certain kind of microphone correct correct but it was still a joy regardless if I will stand by I said to both of y'all before and I stand by that it's ironic that outside of Rita's rewind this is the best power and your game we've ever got which is saying
47:08 --> 47:11 [SPEAKER_02]: Well, I'm going to count on you to talk about something else.
47:11 --> 47:14 [SPEAKER_02]: There's been a, we're mentioning here as the greater earlier there.
47:14 --> 47:17 [SPEAKER_02]: You said there's been a delay in the last set.
47:18 --> 47:19 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes.
47:19 --> 47:19 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes.
47:19 --> 47:22 [SPEAKER_00]: So moving from fortnight to heroes of the grid.
47:22 --> 47:30 [SPEAKER_00]: So for everyone who doesn't know, heroes of the grid is having one last big parah close-out sale, essentially.
47:30 --> 47:37 [SPEAKER_00]: If you haven't bought any of your heroes of the grid set stuff,
47:38 --> 47:45 [SPEAKER_00]: That being said, they also had a kickstarter for the last set due to terrorists due to all the shenanigans that are happening.
47:45 --> 47:51 [SPEAKER_00]: We were supposed to get heroes of the grid and hand roughly a round this week.
47:52 --> 47:53 [SPEAKER_00]: That's not the case now.
47:53 --> 47:59 [SPEAKER_00]: As far as I'm aware, here's of the grid is now being pushed to next year, being shipped out.
47:59 --> 48:07 [SPEAKER_00]: I believe the reason was in the email was it's going to be cheaper to put it on cargo
48:08 --> 48:20 [SPEAKER_00]: Uh, what the, I think maybe they have flights and everything before now, um, the exact wording was, we'll break the bad news first, Rangers pledges will not be coming before the end of the year as we originally anticipated.
48:20 --> 48:23 [SPEAKER_00]: There was an issue with the first run of cards that comes with the expansion.
48:24 --> 48:26 [SPEAKER_00]: And we want this to be as polished in high quality as possible.
48:26 --> 48:30 [SPEAKER_00]: So we've had to ask the factory to reprint all the cards correctly.
48:31 --> 48:34 [SPEAKER_00]: This puts us on track to ship in January, which has the bonus of being
48:35 --> 48:37 [SPEAKER_00]: after all the holiday mailing is done.
48:37 --> 48:41 [SPEAKER_00]: It's not ideal, but we're dedicated to ending heroes of the grid with an expansion.
48:41 --> 48:49 [SPEAKER_00]: That's full of quality and love that every other expansion has had the good news is you don't need to wait until January to start playing because they're doing some of the PDF stuff.
48:49 --> 48:51 [SPEAKER_00]: But the other part is the shipping.
48:51 --> 48:52 [SPEAKER_00]: That's the big part.
48:53 --> 49:07 [SPEAKER_00]: My guess is we may not even see these in hand like in the States and stuff until at least February because it's got to get to the coast It's got to get shipped or it's got to be sorted out and then start flying everywhere else and I believe the U.S.
49:08 --> 49:10 [SPEAKER_00]: It's the extreme either.
49:10 --> 49:11 [SPEAKER_00]: It's either the West Coast or the East Coast.
49:13 --> 49:14 [SPEAKER_00]: That gets it.
49:14 --> 49:19 [SPEAKER_00]: So For heroes of the grid hey, that's another a couple months way guys.
49:19 --> 49:23 [SPEAKER_00]: It'll get here eventually, but don't count on it before the end of year.
49:23 --> 49:29 [SPEAKER_00]: The bummer, but hey, once it's here, we'll all have to play in some game nights or something.
49:30 --> 49:31 [SPEAKER_04]: I'd be down for that.
49:34 --> 49:34 [SPEAKER_04]: It'll be fun.
49:35 --> 49:43 [SPEAKER_02]: So continuing on, Olivia DuMont has deported Hasbro Entertainment where he was the president.
49:43 --> 49:53 [SPEAKER_02]: He joined Hasbro Entertainment staying on after the sale of Entertainment
49:53 --> 50:13 [SPEAKER_02]: He said in the post on LinkedIn, he is exploring new opportunities to build, lead, and create has where he continued to oversee our team properties, including Peppa Pig, and was presumably involved in the work with 20th television to get
50:13 --> 50:34 [SPEAKER_02]: power Rangers on the air, his resume included stops at SIP animation, which was once part of Saban, worked with Disney, Canal J, Europe Images International, and other companies that we probably, you know, are less familiar with.
50:36 --> 50:42 [SPEAKER_02]: So according to his post, he said, we're basically proud of this isn't just the shows
50:42 --> 50:47 [SPEAKER_02]: But the over last few memories we created for children, families, all over the world.
50:48 --> 50:55 [SPEAKER_02]: He goes on to say he is deeply grateful to the many colleagues, creators, partners, and friends who shared this adventure with me.
50:55 --> 51:01 [SPEAKER_02]: And always treasure being part of industry where play wasn't just what we made, it was our purpose.
51:02 --> 51:05 [SPEAKER_02]: So yeah, that's from the Hollywood Reporter.
51:06 --> 51:12 [SPEAKER_02]: No idea where he's going next, but we wish him luck.
51:13 --> 51:21 [SPEAKER_02]: I hate this trend of us having to have an obituary section here, but it is what it is.
51:22 --> 51:41 [SPEAKER_02]: Drew Struzen, who was an American, who was a poster artist, he did posters for all the Star Wars movies from most of the Star Wars movies, just to say, as well as a bunch of
51:41 --> 52:00 [SPEAKER_02]: October 13th, I should say, after a battle with Alzheimer's, where he fits in with power renders, is SPD didn't have a poster, didn't have anything like that to distribute a remote yada yada yada.
52:01 --> 52:08 [SPEAKER_02]: So Greg Ronowitz turned to his friend, yours, yours, and he ran off a bunch of
52:08 --> 52:21 [SPEAKER_02]: posters for SPD and these things were beautiful and really did the cast and the show a great amount of dignity.
52:23 --> 52:25 [SPEAKER_02]: Have you guys seen the poster I'm talking about?
52:26 --> 52:28 [SPEAKER_02]: Let me try to pull it up real quick.
52:28 --> 52:30 [SPEAKER_02]: I know this is a great audio.
52:32 --> 52:35 [SPEAKER_02]: So Greg and Rona, it's Broward and
52:35 --> 52:42 [SPEAKER_02]: a tribute to Jerusalem saying that he was fortunate to have known him as the man beyond the artistry.
52:43 --> 52:51 [SPEAKER_02]: To be using an icon and mentor, a father or a partner or a height man and a friend, he encouraged me to shift my wildest dreams and back to every play I made to achieve them.
52:52 --> 52:55 [SPEAKER_02]: Sometimes he would call me when you need a girlfriend, sometimes he would call me.
52:55 --> 52:57 [SPEAKER_02]: to see how progress is going in our projects.
52:57 --> 53:01 [SPEAKER_02]: Sometimes he would just go to the call just talk about life and love and art.
53:01 --> 53:03 [SPEAKER_02]: His voice was calm and soothing.
53:03 --> 53:09 [SPEAKER_02]: He always chose his words carefully and meant said.
53:09 --> 53:18 [SPEAKER_02]: and he went on to say in a subsequent post that Drew couldn't believe that Disney wasn't going to do any promotional art that featured the likes, this is of my phenomenal cast.
53:18 --> 53:20 [SPEAKER_02]: They only ever showed fully suited Power Rangers.
53:21 --> 53:29 [SPEAKER_02]: So he created this art for Greg to give to the cast and crew and everyone else who worked on the show.
53:29 --> 53:35 [SPEAKER_02]: He sold a few at Power Morphicon and I'm happy to have one.
53:35 --> 53:35 [SPEAKER_02]: Let me
53:35 --> 53:38 [SPEAKER_02]: actually put it in our chat so you can appreciate it.
53:39 --> 53:47 [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, it's a great piece.
53:48 --> 53:48 [SPEAKER_02]: It is.
53:48 --> 53:49 [SPEAKER_02]: It is.
53:49 --> 53:55 [SPEAKER_02]: And we're all so morning, the loss of one of our own.
53:55 --> 54:04 [SPEAKER_02]: I don't remember seven, who is probably better known the fandom as little out of 87.
54:04 --> 54:09 [SPEAKER_02]: died suddenly in Las Vegas in September after suffering a medical emergency.
54:11 --> 54:13 [SPEAKER_02]: He was all over the fandom.
54:14 --> 54:17 [SPEAKER_02]: I didn't get a chance to know him very well, but.
54:25 --> 54:29 [SPEAKER_00]: I didn't either, but I, yeah, based on like what people said.
54:29 --> 54:33 [SPEAKER_00]: It seems like he was a really good dude.
54:35 --> 54:42 [SPEAKER_02]: I didn't get to know very well, but I had friends who knew I'm very well, like Eric Barry from Ranger Command.
54:42 --> 54:46 [SPEAKER_02]: This really was gutting for him.
54:46 --> 55:02 [SPEAKER_02]: He was a great fan, he was a great member of the community, and he was a selfless member of the community, including his real life community, where he was an active
55:03 --> 55:05 [SPEAKER_02]: volunteer for several different organizations.
55:06 --> 55:08 [SPEAKER_02]: He was active with tokenization.
55:09 --> 55:22 [SPEAKER_02]: He would commission his favorite comic artists to get unique works and we'll make sure to, you know, he lived, he lived life to the fullest.
55:22 --> 55:23 [SPEAKER_02]: And
55:25 --> 55:26 [SPEAKER_02]: it was such a cutting loss.
55:27 --> 55:35 [SPEAKER_02]: In his real life, he'd worked for nearly a decade at Mass General and Brigham, and it worked recently been promoted to Project Control Manager there.
55:35 --> 55:51 [SPEAKER_02]: So he was 38 years old, and the family has asked that donations can be made in his memory to the New England brain tumor walk at braintomere.org.
55:54 --> 55:56 [SPEAKER_02]: So this is such a cutting-loss key.
55:57 --> 56:10 [SPEAKER_02]: You know, again, you know, we know all these people very curiously, but you know, you never get a chance to really know them as well as you wish you should.
56:10 --> 56:10 [SPEAKER_04]: You could.
56:13 --> 56:22 [SPEAKER_00]: Just a reminder to always be grateful for each day and just take, give it 100% and if you ever
56:23 --> 56:28 [SPEAKER_00]: Uh, what's it called, always get like your checkups and everything and stuff.
56:28 --> 56:30 [SPEAKER_02]: Always say the thing, always tell people you love them.
56:31 --> 56:32 [SPEAKER_02]: Yep.
56:32 --> 56:32 [SPEAKER_00]: Yep.
56:32 --> 56:33 [SPEAKER_02]: Yep.
56:33 --> 56:34 [SPEAKER_02]: Yep.
56:34 --> 56:34 [SPEAKER_02]: Okay.
56:34 --> 56:51 [SPEAKER_02]: So we're going to take a break, take a breath, refresh, reload, and we will be back with our big story of the episode.
56:52 --> 56:59 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, uh, let me, uh, again, I apologize for dominating the conversation.
56:59 --> 57:19 [SPEAKER_00]: Just, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
57:19 --> 57:21 [SPEAKER_00]: Doubleink down is not good.
57:22 --> 57:25 [SPEAKER_02]: Okay, let me know when you're already again.
57:26 --> 57:28 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm ready right now, but I know Greg stuff the way for a sec.
57:29 --> 57:32 [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, yeah, all right back.
57:33 --> 57:33 [SPEAKER_00]: Okay.
57:33 --> 57:33 [SPEAKER_00]: Bye.
57:33 --> 57:34 [SPEAKER_04]: This lander.
57:37 --> 57:37 [SPEAKER_04]: Carl.
57:38 --> 57:38 [SPEAKER_04]: Go.
57:38 --> 57:39 [SPEAKER_04]: All right.
57:40 --> 57:45 [SPEAKER_00]: Real fast real fast to see Tyler that Ranger stop is getting.
57:45 --> 57:47 [SPEAKER_00]: Sally.
57:47 --> 57:48 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I did.
57:48 --> 57:57 [SPEAKER_02]: I can't make it, you know, like I beat enemy in J2, but it's like I'm going to japan soon.
57:57 --> 58:02 [SPEAKER_02]: So I kind of, you know, you know, you know, what's crazy?
58:02 --> 58:06 [SPEAKER_00]: And I this is this is the insane part.
58:06 --> 58:08 [SPEAKER_00]: So you're both getting some insider information.
58:09 --> 58:12 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm surprised Sally signed with that.
58:13 --> 58:26 [SPEAKER_00]: talent agency because that talent agency is known to stiff their actors and going so far as that and to stiff the convention itself what it's do.
58:27 --> 58:42 [SPEAKER_00]: So much that I'm aware that they were served court papers at a con recently because they tried to escape out of the United States from paying fees and they got them at the
58:42 --> 58:43 [SPEAKER_00]: and I'll leave it at that.
58:43 --> 59:04 [SPEAKER_02]: Well, maybe, you know, I think whatever, you know, and she signs with, I'm not sure matters that much because like, if she's like, the considering that she probably has a thousand of things to do, she's probably not gonna be doing a bunch of state side cons.
59:04 --> 59:06 [SPEAKER_02]: She's only available because she's not in short than street anymore.
59:08 --> 59:13 [SPEAKER_00]: I made it more of her signing with this talent agency when they don't pay.
59:13 --> 59:15 [SPEAKER_00]: That's a big red flag.
59:15 --> 59:16 [SPEAKER_00]: That's what I mean it as.
59:16 --> 59:19 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, but like I maybe I'll go to read your stuff next year.
59:20 --> 59:22 [SPEAKER_02]: These power and work count is a bad time for me.
59:22 --> 59:27 [SPEAKER_02]: It's like between class and my first like right after my first week of class.
59:28 --> 59:30 [SPEAKER_02]: And it's also my own time on girlfriend's birthday.
59:31 --> 59:32 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
59:32 --> 59:37 [SPEAKER_02]: Promise that I would not be out doing shit when it's a birthday again.
59:39 --> 59:41 [SPEAKER_02]: So maybe I'll just give our morph count this year.
59:43 --> 59:44 [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, that sucks.
59:44 --> 59:49 [SPEAKER_00]: That, but happy girlfriend, happy, happy wife, happy life, but yeah, that's all right.
59:49 --> 59:52 [SPEAKER_02]: So let's get back to it.
59:52 --> 59:57 [SPEAKER_02]: Sir, all right, and we're back.
59:57 --> 01:00:07 [SPEAKER_02]: Now as we've kind of been hinting at throughout the episode, there was some seismic news coming out of the production of number one sent-i-go-due-jure.
01:00:08 --> 01:00:09 [SPEAKER_02]: this is complicated.
01:00:09 --> 01:00:20 [SPEAKER_02]: I'm going to try to find the straightest way through it and there's a user on Twitter who seemed to found the straightest way to explain some in paraphrase them.
01:00:21 --> 01:00:35 [SPEAKER_02]: Maya, you remember what he played till recently, played Goja Unicorn Sumino on a Goja
01:00:36 --> 01:00:52 [SPEAKER_02]: after her agency said you reported to Toya and Tia Zai that she had been found to be drinking under age.
01:00:53 --> 01:00:54 [SPEAKER_02]: She is 19.
01:00:54 --> 01:00:57 [SPEAKER_02]: The drinking age in Japan is 20.
01:00:57 --> 01:01:01 [SPEAKER_02]: Subsequently, said you,
01:01:02 --> 01:01:10 [SPEAKER_02]: terminated her contract and so doing terminated the contract that they had with the production for her services.
01:01:12 --> 01:01:26 [SPEAKER_02]: And as a result, consequently, everything involving her had to be hastily edited out of the
01:01:26 --> 01:01:36 [SPEAKER_02]: of Gojojo, which thankfully was not enough so that involved her time anyway, it looks like it would have to involve her time.
01:01:37 --> 01:01:40 [SPEAKER_02]: It was a focus on Maschino and goes to Gojo Polar.
01:01:43 --> 01:01:51 [SPEAKER_02]: But the episode that was to air this weekend, as we record this,
01:01:52 --> 01:01:55 [SPEAKER_02]: would have been a sueno focus episode.
01:01:55 --> 01:02:04 [SPEAKER_02]: According to a promo that mistakenly went out on TBSI's satellite channel.
01:02:05 --> 01:02:21 [SPEAKER_02]: So, toy is scrambling apparently, because they can't show
01:02:22 --> 01:02:27 [SPEAKER_02]: the opening was edited like big time to remove any trace of her.
01:02:27 --> 01:02:28 [SPEAKER_02]: She was not credited.
01:02:29 --> 01:02:52 [SPEAKER_02]: So they have to toss at least a few episodes worth the things they filmed, rewrite it, go back to the drawing board, and sentai, I mean COVID is maybe closed during Q&A, but sentai hasn't had to
01:02:53 --> 01:03:03 [SPEAKER_02]: And that was when they had the benefit of being able to use the actor's image.
01:03:04 --> 01:03:07 [SPEAKER_02]: They're just in a really impossible situation.
01:03:07 --> 01:03:09 [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, they have insurance all that.
01:03:10 --> 01:03:20 [SPEAKER_02]: But it seems like the bulk of the pain is really being felt by her former co-stars who now have to go into
01:03:21 --> 01:03:33 [SPEAKER_02]: reshutes and cancel other things they got going on without any time to process what happened to Maya e-momori.
01:03:36 --> 01:03:41 [SPEAKER_02]: There's been this didn't come out of nowhere with e-momori.
01:03:42 --> 01:03:46 [SPEAKER_02]: She's been the target
01:03:46 --> 01:04:04 [SPEAKER_02]: the Japanese tabloid Bunchin, which has accused her of sleeping with an older male cast member and there have been campaigns based on her against her based on her ethnicity.
01:04:04 --> 01:04:05 [SPEAKER_02]: She is Haffus.
01:04:05 --> 01:04:06 [SPEAKER_02]: She's at Filipino.
01:04:08 --> 01:04:17 [SPEAKER_02]: But other, like, Sentai alum's seem to be taking this at face value, that the drinking is why she was fired.
01:04:18 --> 01:04:25 [SPEAKER_02]: And it's not unusual for action like this to be taken in cases like this.
01:04:27 --> 01:04:30 [SPEAKER_02]: So yeah, it's a lot.
01:04:31 --> 01:04:33 [SPEAKER_02]: What do you guys think about all this?
01:04:34 --> 01:04:45 [SPEAKER_03]: I personally think now this is an American speaking on Japanese, so we're going to take this with a grain of salt and I hope I don't come off as to Eurocentric, I guess would be the word.
01:04:46 --> 01:04:50 [SPEAKER_03]: Um, I think it's Nucking futs, I think it's stupid.
01:04:53 --> 01:04:55 [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, under a drinking is a no-no
01:04:56 --> 01:04:57 [SPEAKER_03]: as it is over here.
01:04:57 --> 01:05:02 [SPEAKER_03]: But wasn't she like four months away from or so from being legal age?
01:05:02 --> 01:05:03 [SPEAKER_02]: And it doesn't matter.
01:05:04 --> 01:05:05 [SPEAKER_03]: And I agree.
01:05:05 --> 01:05:07 [SPEAKER_03]: But it's still stupid.
01:05:08 --> 01:05:13 [SPEAKER_03]: And I've boonsion from my knowledge has been on her since the beginning.
01:05:13 --> 01:05:17 [SPEAKER_03]: They never liked her and they're always looking for something.
01:05:17 --> 01:05:27 [SPEAKER_03]: Um, again, if it's a consensual relationship, it's nobody's business on who she's sleeping with, so long as it's done behind closed doors and everything is hunky-dory with everybody involved.
01:05:28 --> 01:05:28 [SPEAKER_03]: It's none of their business.
01:05:29 --> 01:05:38 [SPEAKER_03]: I understand the Japanese have a bit more, I don't want to say the word puritanical because I don't think that's the right word, but there's the only one that's coming to mind right now.
01:05:40 --> 01:05:43 [SPEAKER_02]: There have been times when Buncheon has actually been
01:05:43 --> 01:05:51 [SPEAKER_02]: early to something like, for example, they were reporting on stuff going on with Johnny Kitikawa 20 years before anybody else.
01:05:53 --> 01:05:56 [SPEAKER_03]: It's hit or miss with some, like, for my understanding, they're a tabloid, right?
01:05:56 --> 01:05:57 [SPEAKER_03]: They're no different.
01:05:57 --> 01:05:59 [SPEAKER_03]: They're not much different from what they're trying to acquire.
01:06:00 --> 01:06:01 [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, no.
01:06:01 --> 01:06:05 [SPEAKER_02]: Well, tabloid, that's the communal lot of different things.
01:06:06 --> 01:06:13 [SPEAKER_02]: It's, um, they do investigate reporting.
01:06:13 --> 01:06:42 [SPEAKER_02]: adultery that was something that again that was legitimate um... but they also uh... gone the case of uh... comodo k who married the uh... former princess moko uh... and that like he his family really was very in the brunt of a lot of tabloids gurney so this stuff is not like i would maybe compare uh... shukan boom chan to
01:06:44 --> 01:06:52 [SPEAKER_02]: sort of TMZ, if it also reported on politics.
01:06:54 --> 01:07:01 [SPEAKER_00]: Odd, miss, but it's kind of the equivalent of, I would say, like, when JDF passed away.
01:07:01 --> 01:07:04 [SPEAKER_00]: It's like, do you want TMZ to be the first one to break it?
01:07:04 --> 01:07:06 [SPEAKER_00]: No, but are they credible?
01:07:06 --> 01:07:08 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, type of deal.
01:07:10 --> 01:07:36 [SPEAKER_02]: In the 2016, they reported on in a fair that the musician and on Kawatani had with the Tavern Dobeki, and that really tanked her career, his career not so much.
01:07:37 --> 01:07:43 [SPEAKER_00]: That does kind of match the cultural stuff of Japan where in some aspects they're not.
01:07:44 --> 01:07:50 [SPEAKER_00]: Prudish, but in other respect, there is definitely a gap between men and women's rights.
01:07:50 --> 01:07:53 [SPEAKER_00]: And that kind of seems pretty spot on.
01:07:55 --> 01:07:56 [SPEAKER_03]: Prudish was a much better word, thank you.
01:07:59 --> 01:08:01 [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, then the one I had, sorry.
01:08:02 --> 01:08:15 [SPEAKER_02]: Now, for her part, I would like to offer my sincere apologies for the troubling concern, cause to so many people due to my thoughtless actions.
01:08:15 --> 01:08:23 [SPEAKER_02]: Drinking alcohol under age extremely shameful, both as a member of society and as a human being, is unacceptable for any reason.
01:08:23 --> 01:08:27 [SPEAKER_02]: I'm keenly aware of the gravity of my actions and deeply regret them.
01:08:27 --> 01:08:36 [SPEAKER_02]: I like to once again apologize, all the fans who supported me, everyone involved in all productions, co-stars, I've appeared in for a great trouble I've caused.
01:08:37 --> 01:08:57 [SPEAKER_02]: If you're this incident, I reflect on my own immaturity, take it seriously, the fact that I betrayed those who trusted me will sincerely re-examine my way of life so that this will never happen again, I'm truly sorry for this.
01:08:58 --> 01:09:13 [SPEAKER_02]: when a fan claim, this was disproportionate, what's happening to her, pointed out that, you know, regardless of whether these allegations are true, Japan, quote, Japan takes such things seriously, especially for revolver kids shows.
01:09:13 --> 01:09:16 [SPEAKER_02]: Full ethically Japanese actors are gotten in trouble for similar things.
01:09:17 --> 01:09:19 [SPEAKER_02]: And there's a thread.
01:09:19 --> 01:09:28 [SPEAKER_02]: You can argue that the Japanese and team world is too strict and it allows in general here to strict, but at the same time, the small stuff being forced
01:09:29 --> 01:09:33 [SPEAKER_02]: Either way, Japan has a very different cultural mentality towards things in the West.
01:09:33 --> 01:09:36 [SPEAKER_02]: You can't change that because something ingrained to the fabric of society.
01:09:36 --> 01:09:40 [SPEAKER_02]: The UNS has things others find weird too, and those aren't changing either.
01:09:41 --> 01:09:46 [SPEAKER_02]: This is why I tell people, if you want to live in Japan, you have to accept things you can't change.
01:09:47 --> 01:09:50 [SPEAKER_02]: Every country is going to have its trade-offs, and where you live is based on what you're willing to put up with.
01:09:51 --> 01:09:52 [SPEAKER_02]: Sometimes you can't have your cake and eat it too.
01:09:53 --> 01:09:55 [SPEAKER_02]: I think that goes to a problem I had had with some fans.
01:09:55 --> 01:09:59 [SPEAKER_02]: They're judging this through in American lens.
01:10:00 --> 01:10:15 [SPEAKER_02]: When, like for example, no here to watch the gig, the Magikov Vudonikenshin got busted for child pornography, paid a sizable fine, and then went right back to making Vudonikenshin.
01:10:17 --> 01:10:18 [SPEAKER_02]: That's the law there.
01:10:19 --> 01:10:23 [SPEAKER_02]: That's how they treat child pornography there.
01:10:24 --> 01:10:32 [SPEAKER_02]: We can raise an eyebrow, but Japan has the right to make its own laws and have its own standards and have its own culture.
01:10:33 --> 01:10:50 [SPEAKER_02]: Even if we think a reaction to what my human body did is way overboard when other people
01:10:50 --> 01:11:04 [SPEAKER_02]: or in on Kawatami, can do certain things and not suffer no consequences, but suffer less consequences, fewer consequences than if they were women.
01:11:07 --> 01:11:11 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, we could using the Ronnie Kinchin example, though.
01:11:12 --> 01:11:21 [SPEAKER_00]: that could be a cultural thing all wants to be doesn't make it right like that I'm sorry, there is no acceptance, no middle ground for that.
01:11:22 --> 01:11:24 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I'm going to offer a very spicy take.
01:11:26 --> 01:11:28 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, underage drinking has a problem.
01:11:28 --> 01:11:30 [SPEAKER_00]: It's an underage drinking problem here in the United States.
01:11:30 --> 01:11:31 [SPEAKER_00]: It's a problem worldwide.
01:11:32 --> 01:11:40 [SPEAKER_00]: That said, can we just all be honest that it was probably them not wanting her on the show because underage drinking isn't a problem until it's a problem.
01:11:40 --> 01:11:45 [SPEAKER_02]: Well, I think it wasn't to a pulling her from the show.
01:11:45 --> 01:11:49 [SPEAKER_02]: This was her agency pulling her from her agency.
01:11:49 --> 01:11:58 [SPEAKER_00]: I'm meeting it more of like, we treat until only recently.
01:11:58 --> 01:12:09 [SPEAKER_00]: And I guess the 80s isn't recently, but until like under age, like drink driving under the influence with all the moms against
01:12:09 --> 01:12:15 [SPEAKER_00]: It's still even today treated as a slap on the wrist, unless you drink and drive at this point.
01:12:16 --> 01:12:19 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, it's not a problem until it's a problem.
01:12:19 --> 01:12:26 [SPEAKER_00]: Like, we've been fighting that battle for years like this should not be a cultural norm of like going to college and getting drunk.
01:12:26 --> 01:12:27 [SPEAKER_00]: You're under age.
01:12:28 --> 01:12:35 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I feel like I feel like if toy had an inform, then they would not have
01:12:36 --> 01:13:00 [SPEAKER_02]: written and shot a whole focus episode just to dump it before tonight actually a watched episode the most recent episode of Go Jr. 37 and I could feel while watching it like I could smell the editor sweating yeah they gave her practically the the full poochy treatment
01:13:01 --> 01:13:13 [SPEAKER_02]: she doesn't like they cropped her out editor out of every shot in which she would otherwise have appeared until a third act when she just turns up out of nowhere in suit.
01:13:14 --> 01:13:25 [SPEAKER_02]: Any lines that Sino has are voiced by the sound like, but because of the way they
01:13:27 --> 01:13:51 [SPEAKER_02]: And I think they were very lucky that the episode that they had to edit was one that looks like it was very easy to edit her out of, but really every, nearly every trace of her is gone in that episode, and there was no, us,
01:13:51 --> 01:14:21 [SPEAKER_02]: In the version that originally there was no next time trailer, like I said, the trees that did go out was kind of by mistake, so many posts in the Twitter, but it's already been struck, and people like appearing this episode from the next time trailer that aired last week, and kind of forensically figuring out like what shot
01:14:22 --> 01:14:28 [SPEAKER_00]: So I'm not savvy on Sintai, I will be outright up on on that.
01:14:28 --> 01:14:31 [SPEAKER_00]: There are many other things in my life that I have to worry about.
01:14:31 --> 01:14:35 [SPEAKER_02]: That's why we're talking about Sintai-Tun because we're all busy people.
01:14:36 --> 01:14:36 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes.
01:14:36 --> 01:14:42 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, and that's what I wanted to ask both of you is like, concerning Sintai itself for it.
01:14:42 --> 01:14:47 [SPEAKER_00]: How major of a role was she in the actual, like,
01:14:47 --> 01:14:48 [SPEAKER_00]: uh, what's it called?
01:14:48 --> 01:14:55 [SPEAKER_00]: The series like was she like one of the core Rangers or was she just like kind of a major side character?
01:14:55 --> 01:14:57 [SPEAKER_03]: She was one of the core five.
01:14:57 --> 01:14:57 [SPEAKER_03]: Mm-hmm.
01:14:57 --> 01:14:58 [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
01:14:58 --> 01:15:00 [SPEAKER_02]: And she was about to get her, take a sword power up.
01:15:00 --> 01:15:03 [SPEAKER_02]: She was about to get her, her power up form.
01:15:03 --> 01:15:04 [SPEAKER_02]: Right.
01:15:04 --> 01:15:04 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
01:15:05 --> 01:15:09 [SPEAKER_02]: In that focus episode, and that's not happening.
01:15:09 --> 01:15:12 [SPEAKER_02]: Now I did a lude to this last time that
01:15:12 --> 01:15:29 [SPEAKER_02]: the show was in a position like this was in bioman where the actress who played the yellow rangers is kind of gipped and they dedicated a whole episode to killing her off.
01:15:32 --> 01:15:39 [SPEAKER_00]: So here's my second question that because she is a core member and again, I am unsure
01:15:41 --> 01:16:05 [SPEAKER_03]: the process why not just kick why I guess it's a why kick or off why not just a recaster and just continue the story the well um she for a couple reasons one um she has a pretty significant plot line going on um but on that note
01:16:05 --> 01:16:22 [SPEAKER_03]: They could take, and I'm trying not to be too spoiler-ish, but I'm going to roll with it anyway, just fair warning, and I'm going to stop talking, and I'm going to start talking about it right about now she has a sister that they could probably use to take her spot.
01:16:23 --> 01:16:35 [SPEAKER_03]: But they have the example that would be, and the problem is the sister doesn't know she's
01:16:36 --> 01:16:42 [SPEAKER_03]: And, but they had a scramble for this week's episode because it already shot and edited and done that.
01:16:42 --> 01:16:47 [SPEAKER_03]: They basically had a O-CRAP moment and they were scrambling to get it done.
01:16:47 --> 01:16:48 [SPEAKER_00]: Gotcha.
01:16:49 --> 01:16:54 [SPEAKER_03]: So, I haven't seen the new episode yet, I'll see it tomorrow.
01:16:55 --> 01:17:02 [SPEAKER_03]: So I'll know better then, but I'm now I'm very curious as how they're going to replace the fifth tentai.
01:17:04 --> 01:17:17 [SPEAKER_00]: That's what I was going to say is why not just recaster and then that way you're not losing your story unless that's like a cultural like taboo type of thing is like, well, okay, I get I get it, I guess I would be refined somebody fast.
01:17:18 --> 01:17:25 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, yeah, yes, we'll go with the sister the sister one would also be kind of like it makes sense like.
01:17:25 --> 01:17:52 [SPEAKER_00]: she was killed or something like just have maybe even like have a mega lord or something blow up however it is then the sister replaces they feel like there's solutions they're they did have again spoiler they did temporarily replace the yellow one and then the replacement got poochie literally
01:17:54 --> 01:18:01 [SPEAKER_02]: what's put I think what what makes it difficult is that they can't even use stock footage.
01:18:03 --> 01:18:06 [SPEAKER_02]: They're doing this with two hands tied behind their backs.
01:18:07 --> 01:18:17 [SPEAKER_00]: See and that's so weird because like I'd assume in like Americans stuff like they own that stock footage they could if they wanted to.
01:18:18 --> 01:18:20 [SPEAKER_02]: Right, but the system in Japan is different.
01:18:20 --> 01:18:21 [SPEAKER_00]: Right, right, right, right, right.
01:18:22 --> 01:18:25 [SPEAKER_02]: There essentially we see in this person who are like, and it's from the agency.
01:18:26 --> 01:18:28 [SPEAKER_00]: Right, right, right, right.
01:18:28 --> 01:18:32 [SPEAKER_00]: That part I understand where it's like, man, that's actually something America has done.
01:18:32 --> 01:18:33 [SPEAKER_00]: Right, it's like, no, we own the right to this.
01:18:34 --> 01:18:34 [SPEAKER_00]: We can finish it.
01:18:34 --> 01:18:39 [SPEAKER_02]: There's no real like union for the actors.
01:18:39 --> 01:18:44 [SPEAKER_02]: So, you know, they're not getting a lot of sleep right now.
01:18:44 --> 01:18:46 [SPEAKER_02]: They're not getting paid very well.
01:18:47 --> 01:18:53 [SPEAKER_02]: That's what power Rangers is, let's say, I think you have Saban from the out there wishing he filmed in Japan.
01:18:55 --> 01:18:58 [SPEAKER_03]: Probably you ask what getting poochie is.
01:18:59 --> 01:19:09 [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, it's a reference to a show within the Simpsons called the Itchian Scratchy Show and they temporarily in that show in the show.
01:19:10 --> 01:19:12 [SPEAKER_03]: They introduced a character called poochie.
01:19:12 --> 01:19:14 [SPEAKER_03]: So was the Itchian over poochie show.
01:19:15 --> 01:19:18 [SPEAKER_03]: And because for some reason, Homer did such a bad job.
01:19:18 --> 01:19:20 [SPEAKER_03]: I don't remember the specific episode.
01:19:20 --> 01:19:22 [SPEAKER_03]: They cut poochy out real quick.
01:19:22 --> 01:19:29 [SPEAKER_03]: And then we're just a sign on the screen that said, poochy went back to his home planet and died on the way there.
01:19:29 --> 01:19:30 [SPEAKER_02]: That's like, that's like what the boy was done.
01:19:30 --> 01:19:33 [SPEAKER_02]: It's like, like, the animation stops cold.
01:19:33 --> 01:19:36 [SPEAKER_02]: Someone with a totally different voice says, I have to go now.
01:19:36 --> 01:19:45 [SPEAKER_02]: My planet needs me and you see the poochies cell Just be hold off up the screen and it's it Poop like nope poochie died.
01:19:45 --> 01:19:50 [SPEAKER_00]: I was way back to his own planet So that's where those jokes come from okay.
01:19:51 --> 01:19:52 [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'm on the screen page now.
01:19:52 --> 01:19:59 [SPEAKER_03]: Okay, okay, which and what made it even funnier because the yellow replacement in goes You're
01:20:00 --> 01:20:26 [SPEAKER_03]: was almost exactly poochy like he was an alien and then he was there for like two episodes got in trouble for something and then our disappears that was it uh it just you got picked up by his spaceship and he went left his own planet because I'm playing it needed him but yeah that that's where poochy comes from and it's funny how that came back white almost 20 years later
01:20:28 --> 01:20:29 [SPEAKER_01]: Like it's been a thing.
01:20:29 --> 01:20:30 [SPEAKER_01]: It's a meme.
01:20:30 --> 01:20:34 [SPEAKER_01]: It's a, you know, verified meme at this point.
01:20:35 --> 01:20:40 [SPEAKER_00]: You know, people have told me I need to watch the original Simpsons because my parents refused to let me watch it.
01:20:40 --> 01:20:46 [SPEAKER_00]: This sounds like something that would have been right up my alley like, yep, the good Simpsons that was told.
01:20:47 --> 01:20:57 [SPEAKER_02]: And then after, then after Christy brings on a lawyer to verify a sworn half a day that the promises
01:20:58 --> 01:21:05 [SPEAKER_04]: Oh, I miss wow and miss when the sentence is good.
01:21:06 --> 01:21:09 [SPEAKER_04]: I'll take decent.
01:21:09 --> 01:21:15 [SPEAKER_03]: You know what, I'll take it to where if I was watching it, my mother would have been upset with.
01:21:15 --> 01:21:26 [SPEAKER_00]: It's, oh yeah, my mom never knew I watched South Park, but since it was, yeah, they would have known.
01:21:27 --> 01:21:28 [SPEAKER_03]: compared to what it used to be.
01:21:29 --> 01:21:29 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, really?
01:21:30 --> 01:21:31 [SPEAKER_02]: I think they still got their fastball now.
01:21:31 --> 01:21:31 [SPEAKER_02]: And then.
01:21:34 --> 01:21:39 [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, in recent episodes, they found it, but they, I mean, I lost interest.
01:21:42 --> 01:21:46 [SPEAKER_00]: The South Park episodes are always the funniest when you realize it's not about the kids anymore.
01:21:46 --> 01:21:47 [SPEAKER_00]: It's about Randy.
01:21:47 --> 01:21:48 [SPEAKER_02]: Yes.
01:21:48 --> 01:21:49 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
01:21:50 --> 01:21:52 [SPEAKER_00]: And it's funnier when you realize that.
01:21:53 --> 01:22:06 [SPEAKER_02]: So, I, this whole thing with Emo Morty has like broken entertainment to an extent and it's really just a whole big ass mess and I just my heart just breaks for you know.
01:22:06 --> 01:22:16 [SPEAKER_02]: Like here she is, she's a young actress just starting out and now she's blacklisted in actor jail for
01:22:16 --> 01:22:19 [SPEAKER_02]: who knows who I'm just because of one drink.
01:22:19 --> 01:22:25 [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, yeah, I know different cultural standards, all of that, but she got the whole rest of her life.
01:22:25 --> 01:22:26 [SPEAKER_02]: I have her an hope.
01:22:26 --> 01:22:38 [SPEAKER_02]: She has some sense of the outpouring of love and support for her non-Japanese, though there's some Japan internationally.
01:22:40 --> 01:22:44 [SPEAKER_02]: And it's a bummer that because of how this went down, she'll be
01:22:46 --> 01:22:55 [SPEAKER_02]: denied the sort of second act that you see these actors getting in later on.
01:22:56 --> 01:23:15 [SPEAKER_02]: And the fact that this really kind of paints any discussion of what's otherwise been a very successful year.
01:23:16 --> 01:23:17 [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, I hate to put it this way.
01:23:17 --> 01:23:23 [SPEAKER_03]: I hope she has viable backup career plan because I think acting is done for her, at least in Japan.
01:23:26 --> 01:23:27 [SPEAKER_04]: I will give it all folks.
01:23:28 --> 01:23:30 [SPEAKER_00]: I'd also say to that.
01:23:34 --> 01:23:36 [SPEAKER_00]: We, how do I want to say this politely?
01:23:37 --> 01:23:42 [SPEAKER_00]: Yes, it was just one drink and kids are going to be kids because that's what she is, he's a kid.
01:23:42 --> 01:23:44 [SPEAKER_00]: But at the same time,
01:23:45 --> 01:23:52 [SPEAKER_00]: No way yet, you know, you just know, like yes, societal pressure, blah, blah, blah, but like they willingly did it.
01:23:52 --> 01:23:57 [SPEAKER_00]: They were not forced to just be on their thing like gun to your face.
01:23:57 --> 01:23:58 [SPEAKER_00]: You will take to this drink.
01:23:58 --> 01:23:59 [SPEAKER_00]: That wasn't the case.
01:23:59 --> 01:24:11 [SPEAKER_02]: Like, I mean, I just imagine, you know, I'm not sure how many episodes of Koichi Sakamoto is directing the season, but I imagine if they need something done fast at toy, he's the one they call.
01:24:13 --> 01:24:28 [SPEAKER_00]: I feel like, too, they also have like some wiggle room since it is the last Sentai, like they're not on a timetable, like, oh dear goodness, we have to get this next one done like now, before the next Sentai, no, I don't think they have that.
01:24:32 --> 01:24:40 [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, it's sad in my opinion, either way, for it, I wish regardless if it's Japan,
01:24:40 --> 01:24:41 [SPEAKER_00]: whatever.
01:24:41 --> 01:24:44 [SPEAKER_00]: I wish there was better social system be like dudes.
01:24:44 --> 01:24:50 [SPEAKER_00]: There's a reason why Mike unfortunately sometimes one mistake can impact you for the rest of your life.
01:24:51 --> 01:24:58 [SPEAKER_00]: So I'm times this drunk driving obviously over there though it's a you had alcohol even though you were four months that's still not legal drinking age.
01:24:59 --> 01:25:00 [SPEAKER_00]: You should have known better.
01:25:02 --> 01:25:08 [SPEAKER_02]: All right well uh we're gonna keep monitoring this story because it's easy moving quickly.
01:25:08 --> 01:25:09 [SPEAKER_02]: Hopefully
01:25:10 --> 01:25:20 [SPEAKER_02]: episode out before other scandals break uh and uh hopefully I can get up before I go to Japan on the uh 23rd.
01:25:20 --> 01:25:21 [SPEAKER_02]: I'm gonna have tons of fun.
01:25:21 --> 01:25:31 [SPEAKER_02]: I'm gonna check out that uh Sentai restaurant if I can and uh you can book it out uh and uh spend way too much money uh and stuff I don't need.
01:25:32 --> 01:25:39 [SPEAKER_00]: I have curious, since you're going to Japan are you gonna try to go to the Sentai museum?
01:25:40 --> 01:25:41 [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know where that is.
01:25:42 --> 01:25:48 [SPEAKER_02]: I know there's the museum in Kyoto where I went there in 2010, but that's all the way in Kyoto.
01:25:49 --> 01:25:56 [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, I did check the schedule all that stuff and see if there's anything in Tokyo besides the restaurant.
01:25:58 --> 01:26:03 [SPEAKER_00]: Because I wanna say it was the, unless it's the same one I'm thinking of.
01:26:03 --> 01:26:05 [SPEAKER_00]: This is supposedly, I think I'm traveling museum.
01:26:07 --> 01:26:10 [SPEAKER_02]: That has, I think it was in Tokyo.
01:26:10 --> 01:26:12 [SPEAKER_02]: It wasn't Tokyo and then it left.
01:26:13 --> 01:26:16 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, yeah, so I think I'm out of luck on that.
01:26:17 --> 01:26:19 [SPEAKER_02]: But if I find it, I'll let you know.
01:26:20 --> 01:26:23 [SPEAKER_00]: Sure, because if so, like you may be getting some money to bring me something back.
01:26:24 --> 01:26:26 [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, yeah.
01:26:26 --> 01:26:32 [SPEAKER_02]: All right, well, thanks so much for listening everybody, and we will see you next time on RangerCast.
01:26:33 --> 01:26:34 [SPEAKER_00]: Bye, everybody.
01:26:34 --> 01:26:36 [SPEAKER_00]: Have a good time, everybody.