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Sentai Is Forever
01/28/15, 08:38 PM
I think Gluto was wasted in Time Force. In the Sentai his counterpart was the main villain. Yet they treat him like comic relief here. For a season that stayed close to.the Sentai its odd they changed so much with Gluto.

The Ghost Ranger
01/28/15, 10:21 PM
I think sometimes they change the villains for budgetary or writing reasons. Example: Goldgoyle was the main big bad in CarRanger right? I think he was, correct me if I am wrong. Anyways, they probably made Divatox for story purposes; maybe the audience wouldn't be able to Goldgoyle's sentai part or find it too creepy or something.

Maybe that was the reason they made Ransik the big bad in Time Force. Gluto's apperance was too comical to be accepted as the head honcho or the audience wouldnt find him all that scary/interesting.

PRangerX
01/28/15, 11:05 PM
I think you are right about Goldgoyal. He wasn't around all season but he was the final villain I believe.

I agree with Gluto. He looked to comical. Plus they were really big on american made lead villains at the time. I think Ransik was a smart addition. I liked the way they did it. You already had Frax as a second serious villain anyway.

MattEmily
01/28/15, 11:05 PM
Goldgoyle was indeed the "Dark Specter" type villain in Carranger.
Divatox was made partially for story purposes but also because they were going to need someone to replace Zonnette anyway since she was a human villain in Carranger.

I think part of the reason with not using Goldgoyle as the main villain is because it's possible either they were having issues with his suit or they hadn't gotten it yet. Keep in mind that Power Rangers uses the same villain suits that Toei does so every thing they do depends on how well of a condition they keep their suits in and whether they have them shipped to them in time.

I think The Ghost Ranger makes a good point that Gluto's toad appearance was a bit too comical but I think another reason is because he spent a few scenes smoking a lot of cigars.

Sailor Danger
01/28/15, 11:06 PM
I would have had Gluto as a B villain that wasn't connected to Ransik. He would have been more serious than he was.

Lightspeed Zeo
02/05/15, 11:56 AM
They should have just had Gluto be a monster of the day or not in it at all. He didn't do much.

MattEmily
02/05/15, 01:26 PM
They should have just had Gluto be a monster of the day or not in it at all. He didn't do much.

I agree but maybe they wanted him to be in more scenes just as a comic relief villain.

I'm not saying this is true or not but it's entirely possible that they had to pay more to either rent or buy his suit because of his counterpart being "The Big Boss" in TimeRanger.

Captain Codfish
02/09/15, 10:47 PM
I don't see any problem with Gluto. Like Matt said they may have had to pay good rent for him. And really he didn't hurt anything as comic relief. He was just a side villain. I am glad they went with Ransik as the big bad though.

Usagi Reborn
02/09/15, 10:50 PM
Gluto sucked. So glad they didn't make him the main villain. Time Force would have had no credebility. I liked Ransik. Too bad they rushed his turn at the end. It seemed out of left field and was somewhat anticlimatic. Thankfully, the WF team up fixed that.

Terra Venture
02/11/15, 01:10 AM
I just don't think it was a big deal. PR has always had comedic or secondary henchman. Gluto was fine and didn't hurt anything. If they had the suit why not use it. I give the credit for focusing on Ransik and Frax.

MattEmily
02/11/15, 10:10 AM
Gluto sucked. So glad they didn't make him the main villain. Time Force would have had no credebility. I liked Ransik. Too bad they rushed his turn at the end. It seemed out of left field and was somewhat anticlimatic. Thankfully, the WF team up fixed that.
I agree but to be fair it did make a bit of sense since Ransik did truly love Nadira despite how evil he was.

I just don't think it was a big deal. PR has always had comedic or secondary henchman. Gluto was fine and didn't hurt anything. If they had the suit why not use it. I give the credit for focusing on Ransik and Frax.

True but to be fair they've bought suits and parts of suits before and didn't even bother using them.

MMPR

Pumpkin Head for one for the Pumpkin-headed Putties

MMPR2


MMPR3
Calcifire = its footage was not used at all.
Steamy Meanie = footage was not used at all.
Zeo
Mechanizer his footage was used but we never saw his suit in original footage only in Ohranger footage.
Tarantabot its footage was used but its suit was never in original footage.
Baranai Tomea was briefly pictured in a flashback but you can't see it very well. It was never shown in original footage.

Turbo
Space
Batterax had 2 forms and only one of which was used and they had both suits.
They had Powerdriller but didn't use it in new footage.
Mad Darkonda (the creature Darkonda mutated into as a result of drinking the tainted potion)


Galaxy
Decibat had an advanced form but it was not used.
Gasser's footage was used but he was never in original footage.

Lightspeed
Time Force

Wild Force

Isis Megazord head
Striker Mode legs/feet
Double Knuckle Polar Bear hand/arm.

Kimmy Repulsa
02/12/15, 09:10 PM
Gluto was just a terrible villain. No imagination was put into him at all. Time Force itself was just so bland and boring. The magic of the show just wasn't there. It was no fun at all.