01/28/18, 01:35 PM | #11 |
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Re: More Zyu Footage
Oh I see Matt. When Saban Fan and myself give Saban his just due you say Saban had nothing to do with creative. But now he did all of the sudden when it coes to Tommy?
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01/28/18, 01:35 PM | #12 |
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Re: More Zyu Footage
considering they were pretty much friends and I think I've heard stories where Haim actually invited him to his house that should tell you all you need to know. It wasn't even him who was treating JDF that way even the Producers did since JDF wanted to leave in Zeo but he was threatened to stay basically the threat was "if you leave then we're replacing the others" so a compromise was made where he would leave during Turbo.
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01/28/18, 01:48 PM | #13 |
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Re: More Zyu Footage
Tommy was still the start of the show. They wanted to keep him as long as they could. And lets not forget things were great ratings and toy sale wise during season 2. They wouldn't have made demoted JDF for season 3. Nor would he have gotten the blame for season 3's woes.
By the time Zeo finished things were low enough that the producers were more open for major changes. Not to mention the major behid the scences changes that happened in Turbo. Plus JDF wanted out anyway. And they already had gotten him to stay longer. |
01/28/18, 01:51 PM | #14 |
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Re: More Zyu Footage
Tommy was the reason for the ratings and toy sales going down. People finally wised up and realized what a bad character he was. People weren't mesmorized by the overrated Green Ranger Powers. If I was Saban I would have moved on from Tommy a lot earlier. Pay Austin St. John whatever he wanted to stay or come back as Jason earlier.
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01/28/18, 03:57 PM | #16 |
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I do think the change over in Turbo helped to freshen things up for the targer audience. Which mostly have came in after the early seasons. But to say PR's decline was Tommy's doing doesn't seem right to me. Sometimes shows just grow cold quickly. Especially children's shows designed to sell toys. Really the MMPR bubble was going to burst after not to long in any case. Its amazing the shlw rebounded and has existed at the current level for so long.
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01/28/18, 04:10 PM | #17 |
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Re: More Zyu Footage
The planned Zyu3 footage would have been cool to see. But season 2 worked out. Even with the unexpected cast change.
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01/28/18, 04:11 PM | #18 | |
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01/28/18, 04:32 PM | #19 |
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Lol fixed the typo.
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01/29/18, 12:43 PM | #20 |
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Re: More Zyu Footage
Its an interesting what if. But I don't think they were just going to keep paying for more Zyu footage. Not when Toei was making new Sentais every year. And casts were alreay starting to have massive turnover. Saban Entertainment had to know cast changes were inevitable once the actors got too old. So it made ir more convient to go with the new Sentai Footage and change things up.
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