Dragon ([info]ryuutchi) wrote,
@ 2007-08-07 11:06:00
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Entry tags:poll, power rangers, racism

It's International Blog Against Racism Week!
I was going to say I couldn't think of anything personal to write about (but I would be lying.) It's really just that I was watching Power Rangers last night when I realized that it was IBARW. So now I want to talk about race and Power Rangers.

Should I?

Poll #1035067 Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21

What would your reaction be if I wrote an International Blog Against Racism Week post about Power Rangers?

View Answers

Interesting...
12 (57.1%)

WOW. Geeky.
12 (57.1%)

Is that show still on?
6 (28.6%)

Hold up. Wasn't that the show where the black ranger was black and the yellow ranger was asian?
12 (57.1%)

Why are you wasting your time on this?
2 (9.5%)

I'd much rather you write something personal instead of fannish.
0 (0.0%)

My thoughts on Power Rangers and/or race. Let me show you them.
4 (19.0%)

Ticky has no race, ticky has no gender. Ticky is the perfect box.
10 (47.6%)



Also, I just like making polls.

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[info]ryuutchi
2007-08-07 11:23 pm UTC (link)
You are crazy, but I'm the one sitting here, going through the characters n the seasons I've watched and noting their ethnicities and whether or not it was ever dealt with on the show. (Generally... no.)

Aww, what's wrong with the genetically enhanced thing? SPD had psychics!

He's a frog. XD

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[info]second_batgirl
2007-08-07 11:40 pm UTC (link)
Well, I've thought about that as well, and it was one of the meta things I was vaguely threatening to write. But I would really love to read it if you do!

The wrong with the genetically enhanced thing is that the point was they were all normal teens with crazy martial arts skills who chose to do good. They were given their powers, but they just helped what was already there. And every time they fought the putties/whatever without their powers, it was giving the 'you don't need powers to be a hero' message, but the whole genetically enhanced thing bothers me. Also, because half the fun was watching them do martial arts thing, and the whole powers just bothers me.

who becomes a handsome prince

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[info]ryuutchi
2007-08-08 08:12 pm UTC (link)
God, this thing is taking me forever to write. There are so many inconsistencies-- I mean, the earlier seasons were sort of interconnected, but then they stopped, and then there was the whole Disney buyout, and the general sentai conventions...

Well, they sort of stopped being "normal" teens by the time Justin showed up. I mean, ubersmart!11 year-old is sort of incompatible with the "you can be normal and a hero" message. And then the aliens showed up...

You can have him.

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[info]second_batgirl
2007-08-08 08:20 pm UTC (link)
Internal consistency? In power rangers? HA. I WISH. Because seriously, Billy "I am scared of fish" Cranston moved to a WATER PLANET to be with a FISH ALIEN. WTF?!

Yeah, the series stopped being connected after PRiS, which is the end of the Zordon things. After that it was really just 'and see? they all occasionally show up?" *sighs*

And Justin is evil and never should have existed. *pretends all of Turbo never happened* (Also, the writing on that season was ABNORMALLY BAD. Even for that show!) But even then, they still didn't rely on genetic enhancements, they used what they actually had. And there were martial arts, and it was awesome. PRiS was the start of the genetic enhancement thing, because Andros used telekinisis in battle...

Thanks! *cuddles him*

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