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The Shiba's Deserved Better: A Samurai Discussion

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@newageBoundhippie
@newageBoundhippie 5 жыл бұрын
major point: the whole keeping Lauren a secret thing was almost exactly the same in Shinkenger, with the biggest difference being that Takeru ( Jaden's Sentai counterpart ) was actually a retainer for the true Shiba clan survivor....who was actually barely in her teens. In the end, she straight up adopts Takeru so he can use the sealing power as an actual Shiba. the reason her existence was kept secret was to keep her safe as the NIghloks would have killed her had they known she was out there, a key point that Samurai failed to get across.
@kaizeravalonextensions
@kaizeravalonextensions 5 жыл бұрын
newageBoundhippie The Red Ranger’s name in Shinkenger was Takeru.
@newageBoundhippie
@newageBoundhippie 5 жыл бұрын
d'oh! you're right....Takumi was Kamen Rider Faiz. Sometimes I get stuff mixed up in my head
@amanosatoshitranslates
@amanosatoshitranslates Жыл бұрын
who's takumi? all i know in shinkenger is takeru.
@newageBoundhippie
@newageBoundhippie Жыл бұрын
@@amanosatoshitranslates I meant Takeru, just got the name mixed up ( I'm autistic so things tend to get jumbled for me )
@amanosatoshitranslates
@amanosatoshitranslates Жыл бұрын
@@newageBoundhippie oh. that's okay.
@CoolMoeDea21
@CoolMoeDea21 5 жыл бұрын
This might be a bit minor but I think it's a bit irritating that for what we got out of Lauren, not once was she ever given an actual morphing sequence.
@emmanuelsebi6964
@emmanuelsebi6964 4 жыл бұрын
Dead true
@ohnosmoarlulcatz
@ohnosmoarlulcatz 5 жыл бұрын
One problem I had with Power Rangers Samurai is that with the exception of Antonio, everyone seemed like they absolutely hated the concept of being a ranger because they were forced to abandon their lives to support Jaden. Yet, this is never expanded on and no one ever seems to voice any objections or issues to this. Sure, this is their individual family duties, but the children who did not make this oath and were forced to support it because of their family would have surely voiced some kind of opposition. The problem is that no one ever does this and it makes it all the more frustrating because there are times when it feels like they do wish they were not part of it.
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
Great point! That's actually something I bring up in my original Samurai video, and by parents should have played a bigger role in the season, since they are the ones passing down their Ranger responsibilities. We get a little bit of that through Emily's sister, but I think it would have been wise to ground Mike's traits inside his own familial relationships. The idea of trying to reject forceful destiny seems almost tailor made for his character.
@frankseward7017
@frankseward7017 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheDisneyBrain considering Shinkenger actually did do the parent concept, brilliantly i might add, why didn't Samurai do this? If Mike's parents were involved the way Chiakis father was, it would've improved him times 10. And hell comparing Mia and Mako is like comparing Nintendo to EA. The sad part is, had Mia been even half as good as Mako she'd be top 10 no problem. Heck like you said Mako was Shinkengers best character, so everything was there to make Mia great. The fact they failed to even attempt to copy this makes Samurai that much worse. And the way the wasted Emily is the like how they wasted Rose in overdrive. Really does make you realize how Samurai could've been one if the best seasons in hindsight.
@superbsupreme543
@superbsupreme543 5 жыл бұрын
Wendy Wu: Homecoming warrior will always have a special place in my heart 💯🙏
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
You and me both, friend :)
@xgray2012
@xgray2012 5 жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@MrCUTigerB
@MrCUTigerB 5 жыл бұрын
You should have mentioned that the stunt work for Wendy Wu was done by none other than Koichi Sakamoto. :)
@DJcystrom
@DJcystrom 5 жыл бұрын
Same!!! It was such a great movie!!! It was my favorite Disney Channel movie of all time.
@dekaritheprofessor2631
@dekaritheprofessor2631 3 жыл бұрын
Hell yes 😭😭❤🔥🔥
@pathofthedragon
@pathofthedragon 5 жыл бұрын
It looked to me like Antonio was the on'ly one to give Lauren a chance. He missed his friend, but he is lso a very open minded guy. Jayden said to listne to Lauren and so he did. Come to think about it, that cold have been a very interesting romantic arc.
@geminiangel63
@geminiangel63 4 ай бұрын
Antonio/Lauren was a missed opportunity considering he was like a brother to Jayden it makes you think what he would have made of his big sister dating his best friend.
@shadowdramon01
@shadowdramon01 5 жыл бұрын
An idea I had to reconcile having a bunch of racially diverse Americans being the Samurai Rangers was to throw out the idea of everybody being descended from samurai and just limit that bloodline to Jayden and Lauren, with the explanation that their paternal grandfather was an immigrant who married a white woman, and their son married a white woman, and that would explain Jayden and Lauren looking white, but having Japanese last names and heritage. That could also go along with the “Wendy Wu” example you gave of the Shiba siblings being divorced from their heritage and too westernized. Maybe the powers of the other four core Rangers could be powers belonging to the loyal vassals of an ancestor of the Shibas and Jayden recruits a couple of school friends, or those school friends accidentally get mixed up in the situation.
@TheBleachj16
@TheBleachj16 5 жыл бұрын
I think another idea just has Jayden and Lauren be Japanese and then chose the other 4 Rangers. Drop the family lineage thing in regards to the others and have the Shiba family chose their team every generation.
@shadowdramon01
@shadowdramon01 5 жыл бұрын
Augustus Freeman - Agreed. But I’m just talking about working with what I’ve been given. I too would rather the siblings be Japanese, but it is what it is.
@alabamaslammer3921
@alabamaslammer3921 Жыл бұрын
I've also seen an idea that the siblings were adopted which would make more sense than what we got
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
One thing I ended up thinking about post-editing is how much more genuine this season would feel if they had someone Japanese teaching the team very Japanese things. Which naturally led to the thought of Super Sentai, and how plausible it would have been to obtain an old guard, English speaking Sentai Ranger to be a far more legitimate, and likely overall better, version of Mentor Ji. If it's gonna be rooted in Japanese culture, might as well go all in, right?
@dylantran6216
@dylantran6216 5 жыл бұрын
YASS!!!
@ant4158
@ant4158 5 жыл бұрын
Have you thought of doing what if scenarios for power rangers seasons? Like what if Jason, Zach, and Trini never left and stayed on the team? Would Tommy still be the leader? What would have changed storywise?
@albireotheredguard1599
@albireotheredguard1599 5 жыл бұрын
God, I wish you were an Executive at Nickelodeon, who better to produce the show than a fan!
@ambrusraul2297
@ambrusraul2297 5 жыл бұрын
Hello Disney Brain ! It is very very very hard for a very young audience under 15 say , to remotely explain that audience about the values of Samurai and so they did the next best thing : Fight scenes ! A samurai fights ! A samurai does not have time to go to a peace conference and transfer his powers to 3 new teens from out of nowhere ! Andros never wanted unexperienced rangers in space but working alone to free Zordon was out of the question . Jayden s mission was to fight . And i am glad about the villains also ! A crack to another dimension has opened and monsters are raining from it ! They are not going to waste time in going after the pink ranger s flower ornament that she worked on for hours . In Samurai you cant expect to see teenagers with attitudes , but fight scenes and stock footage and training.although , i wish the female Red Ranger could have become the Gold ranger and Antonio giving them the final weapon at the end
@ambrusraul2297
@ambrusraul2297 5 жыл бұрын
Also , they did a job well done in Ninja Storm for a younger audience : They made a villain that is scary , has no mercy , shows his power by capturing the elite that banished him , but funny ! And the rangers , they showed the younger audience that even in last place , always late , you can become a great ninja and one day you can teach others
@saiyan4414
@saiyan4414 5 жыл бұрын
Also if Antonio knew Jayden sense they were kids then why didn’t he know about Lauren?
@aaa1e2r3
@aaa1e2r3 5 жыл бұрын
She was probably taken away into training before Antonio even entered the picture, so maybe when Jayden was 2 or 3
@bukalayzx
@bukalayzx 5 жыл бұрын
Antonio entered the picture after Jayden's father died and Lauren was spirited away
@brutalhonesty07
@brutalhonesty07 5 жыл бұрын
The power did not protect Lauren. Writers failed.
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
*Sobs uncontrollably*
@maymay5600
@maymay5600 5 жыл бұрын
to be fair, the actress tried her best
@WeboKonAroz
@WeboKonAroz 3 жыл бұрын
@@maymay5600 which is what makes it more tragic. She was able to give a good performance with as little as they gave her. She could've been great.
@maymay5600
@maymay5600 3 жыл бұрын
@@WeboKonAroz true, true
@bobbyshaddoe3004
@bobbyshaddoe3004 3 жыл бұрын
Kimberly Crossman is amazing... She should have been given more.as Lauren. This season should have been better.
@gravityhero2227
@gravityhero2227 5 жыл бұрын
I see Ji went to the Gosei school of teaching.
@obsidian179
@obsidian179 5 жыл бұрын
Silent Protagonist There’s a very simple explanation for that...
@anirudhviswanathan3986
@anirudhviswanathan3986 5 жыл бұрын
Or... Far too complex for you to understand.
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
One of the saving graces of Ninja Steel is that Mick did not go to that same school. As basic as his advice can be, I really like the way he guides the Ranger towards their own conclusions instead of just babying them or being only comic relief, as Kelson is more known for.
@autobotstarscream765
@autobotstarscream765 5 жыл бұрын
@@TheDisneyBrain Skipped both seasons of Ninja Steel because they look stupid, I didn't have TV service, and I decided to watch reviews like yours instead; are you saying Not Doc Brown is more of an RJ-style teacher? :3
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
@@autobotstarscream765 Err, that's hard to say. I don't think Not Doc Brown is quite good enough to merit RJ comparisons. But I still thought has was one of the better parts of an underwhelming season.
@tripled227
@tripled227 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah Samurai could've been a personal favorite if they fleshed out the sibling angle with 2 red rangers because I think the sibling rangers thing is one of my favorite dynamics Lost Galaxy is the best example.
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
Even with limited focus on the brothers Corbett, Lost Galaxy is siblings done right! Still, I wonder if we'll ever see a season that takes it further, maybe even makes it a focal point of how said siblings develop as opposed to just a fairly important feature.
@carlostaffanelly418
@carlostaffanelly418 5 жыл бұрын
I think a really interesting if not improbable change/ fix to this season as a whole would have been to introduce Lauren very early on like you suggested, have her failure play out mostly the same, and then instead of having Jaiden take over again and her zooming out faster than Jaiden did to go fight Deker would be a team with 2 reds. It could have created a really interesting dynamic, with siblings on the same side (something that's been done before, yes) but with both siblings having to work together to BOTH be leaders. We still haven't had two members of the same color SUCCESSFULLY lead a team, even since then. Sentai hasn't even gone that far, they're skirting it with their current run but so far no dice on the ONE team with 2 reds :T
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to see that. We got a few flashes of what that could have looked like in Lost Galaxy, since Mike is clearly the sharper and more mature of the Corbett brothers, and when he comes back, Leo has to cope with the fact that it should have been him leading the team. This gets resolved quickly, but wonderfully, but it would have been interesting to see the whole season play around with the idea of who's really leading and the history behind what is likely daddy's favorite kid(Jayden) and the daughter he left in the woods somewhere.
@drmayeda1930
@drmayeda1930 5 жыл бұрын
That would have been unfair. This is 1v1 challenge match. Decker challenged Jayden. Decker may have a problem fighting Lauren as she wasn't deemed worthy. Decker is trying to break a centuries old curse.
@SapphireLibra3
@SapphireLibra3 5 жыл бұрын
It's a shame, because this shows the lack of writing ability in Saban's team at the time. In Shinkenger, ShinkenRed is the Samurai Lord while the others are his retainers. This is accurately shown in the show, and even the other rangers get plenty of development. This I think is why their roles in Samurai were so small honestly. The writers wanted to tell the story of a Samurai Lord and his retainers, but they couldn't mesh that with American culture, so rather than write something like what you suggested, they instead chose the easy/lazy route.
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
Yep! I think "Lord Jayden" is one of the few nicknames I haven't called him yet, LOL.
@SapphireLibra3
@SapphireLibra3 5 жыл бұрын
Ironic when you think about it. LOL
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
@@SapphireLibra3 Yeah, btw, I sent you a FB message a few weeks ago I think. Did you ever get it?
@SapphireLibra3
@SapphireLibra3 5 жыл бұрын
Oh, I'm so happy you messaged me here then. I'm NEVER on facebook anymore sadly. The best way to reach me now is through email. If you want, I can give you my email address via twitter.
@autobotstarscream765
@autobotstarscream765 5 жыл бұрын
@@TheDisneyBrain Does that make Lauren the Empress or the Daimyo, considering that Jayden's her kagemusha, the other 4 of the original 5 are retainers of the Shiba clan, the original 5 are all shoguns by the end, and Antonio is basically Jayden's yojimbo?
@yoskibroski3446
@yoskibroski3446 4 жыл бұрын
Antonio should have been able to tell Jayden he needs to sit down and listen. Who better to tell you that you're being a fuck up than the friend who's known you since childhood?
@livmashupmansen191
@livmashupmansen191 3 жыл бұрын
I thought the team was horrible to her, especially Mike (he stepped out of line), they didn't even give her a chance. I think she deserved more help especially after when her brother leaves. Her awkwardness made a lot of sense because she never had a lot of friends (she was separated from her brother). The team made it impossible.
@gravityhero2227
@gravityhero2227 5 жыл бұрын
PR Samurai- Lauren should've been the red ranger.
@heyjeremiahwhite.
@heyjeremiahwhite. 3 жыл бұрын
agreed.
@heyjeremiahwhite.
@heyjeremiahwhite. 3 жыл бұрын
what her and her family should be, first red.
@PaddyMurphy555
@PaddyMurphy555 5 жыл бұрын
There's a rumour that the creator of shinkenger disliked samurai so much that she made go busters (beast morphers sentai) in retaliation to what they did to her creation
@hectordubon3487
@hectordubon3487 5 жыл бұрын
I think Linkara said it best, you just feel damn bad for Lauren because she's trying so hard to fit in and trained all her life with no breaks and no relaxation time. And these four jerks ignore her attempt and keep prattling on and on on how better her little brother is. To them, Jayden leaving was like having a big brother die. They never opened up to the idea of letting Lauren do her job, and theirs, first and then search for Jayden. They KNOW he can take care of himself, yet abandon her, except Kevin to his credit though he does join later, I love Samurai, faults and all, but man, I can't overlook how-pardon my French-shitty Samurai treated Lauren's character.
@chikowashere
@chikowashere 5 жыл бұрын
Every time Samurai is mentioned I just think to the Power Morphicon Blue Ranger panel. They all did their morphs and Samurai blue was next. Once he realised that he had to say 'Go Go Samurai' he immediately looked letdown and embarrassed. Everyone else said something cool, but he has to say 'Go Go Samurai'.
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
LMAO! That's too funny! And ironic too, since if Najee were in character, he'd likely be the least embarrassed by the morphing call.
@chikowashere
@chikowashere 5 жыл бұрын
@@TheDisneyBrain Enjoy amigo, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o61gdMeklsi0d2Q.html
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
@@chikowashere LOLOLOL, even the baby was screaming in terror!
@xgray2012
@xgray2012 5 жыл бұрын
If only this series was better-written, better handled by a show-runner and a staff of producers and directors that prefer to give the fans more *ORIGINAL* contexts and story-telling and less-copying and pasting from the sentai, note-for-note and utter-laziness and incompetence. We could have gotten a newer timeless classic for another generation, much like Dino Thunder, In Space and Time Force are to the older generation of Power Rangers fans.
@chinclucker
@chinclucker 5 жыл бұрын
Time Force is the closest Power Rangers has ever gotten to copying and pasting Sentai. It just happened to be good. Honestly, I think the biggest reason Neo-Saban PR isn't as good as PR used to be is because they don't seem to try to make a kids show as good as they can. Even Dino Charge, which is the best Neo-Saban season, isn't as good compared to older seasons.
@chrishansen8119
@chrishansen8119 5 жыл бұрын
@@chinclucker I have a good feeling about Beast Morphers. Maybe we can get Judd to write for it, he always seems to save the franchise
@chinclucker
@chinclucker 5 жыл бұрын
Judd isn't perfect. Hell, the most popular seasons in this fandom were worked on by both Tzachor and Lynn, along with many others like Jackie Marchand. Plus, he's already written stuff for the last two teams.
@chrishansen8119
@chrishansen8119 5 жыл бұрын
@@chinclucker Ninja Steels turning out to be an alright season and Dino Charge saved the series for me, after a medicore Samurai and the disappointment of an anniversary season known as Megaforce, I was ready for something good, and Lynn really came through with Dino Charge
@sm4carnageihope
@sm4carnageihope 5 жыл бұрын
Read Amit Bhaumik's proposal for Samurai. It was absolutely incredible. But nope, translate that shit.
@sargentrowell81
@sargentrowell81 5 жыл бұрын
HEY! Kirito had reason to be cocky! He actually had skill, and when he couldn't do it, he knew he needed help.
@rushalias8511
@rushalias8511 5 жыл бұрын
When it comes down to it its the execution of the characters. They good have been better if they had shifted their personalities or were placed in different situations. If i had written it. I would have made Jayden as cocky as usual but more reckless. If he knows he's the one not meant to be their and is supposed to be replaced then he puts the team first and tries to keep them safe at the expense of himself because he knows lauren has to come and takeover eventually and he wants her have the best team possible. I would have paired him with emily since they share the similar situations but while emily has her doubts, jayden is reckless and emily usually tries to stop him. As a way of introducing Lauren, I would have jayden make the choice of turning into a nighlok in the episode where the nighlok stole Emily's souls. This would force the team into a change that they will need to accept because there was no going back for Jayden. As for the rest of the team, I would have Mike try to leave more. Like he's more lazy and gets frustrated easier. He leaves the team and turns over his samuraizer and zord. He leaves and may actually have to come to terms with his choice, like seeing civilians actually get hurt. Kevin would be more torn. He wants to be the best for the samurai rangers but he also wants to do the swimming. He's also going to call out Jayden more for his recklessness and lack of leadership and team skills because Kevin knows how a team works and knows that Jayden is only making it bad for himself. Antonio would be more about technological and because in this version of samurai they are more old fashioned Antonio will shake up the entire formula. Mia would be a little different. As far as it goes, I'd keep relatively her the same. I'd expand more on her connection with Dayu by having a bloodline relationship between them and also have her ship with spike. With spike, he could accidentally tell mia about her cooking being awful. When she confronts her team about this they admit to her that they have all lied to spare her feelings and it cause a minor conflict between the team and her. Mia could also train spike in actually samurai training in exchange for cooking lessons to improve upon and the two bond. Kind of showing spike surpassed skull in actually dating a ranger. For the villains I'd would keep Serader mostly the same as well as deker and dayu, but I would have deker more antagonize Jayden because he knows is not the true leader. Master xandred would actually be the first Nighlok to attack the human world as he wants to defeat the rangers as fast as possible while they are still inexperienced, but dries out and has to rest in the bottom of the sanzu river and recover. This would add a time limit and force the rangers to work harder because know Xandred could show up at anytime and kick their butts. For octoroo, I'd say he tries to lead the nighlok and pick the monster of the week so the river can overflow but make him actually plan things out ahead and actually be more strategic with his plans. Lauren would replace Jayden earlier like when they try to unlock the black box. The teams acceptance if lauren can be signified with the blackbox eventually being unlocked for them to use. She'd lock heads with Emily and maybe Mike but the others would accept her. And mentor, I don't know what to do for him. Wait. Replace him with Cam. And that's my thoughts.
@justfloatingthrough2457
@justfloatingthrough2457 5 жыл бұрын
Great video. The problem with Samurai is that they tried to adapt Samurai Sentai's story elements beat-by-beat. They tried to adapt a very Japanese story and it thematically doesn't work when you make it an American show without the Japanese culture. Yeah they're writing Kanji, but why? This is where having an Asian Japanese red ranger could have filled in some plot points and present interesting themes like clash of cultures. Samurai Sentai Shinkenger is very much a tokusatsu take on a Japanese period drama. Trying to adapt that story word for word without the Japanese isn't going to work. I mean my parents watched Samurai Sentai with me and enjoyed it a lot. That's how Asian-drama it was. And the character development in Samurai Sentai was loads better. -Takeru is a lord and the other rangers are his retainers. Trained for bushido, he knows nothing but the mission. He also feels guilt for his team because of the secret so he keeps his distance. I don't remember much about Samurai but I don't think they ever establish Jayden as any type of nobility. They also didn't commit Jayden to being a loner and standoff'ish like Takeru. -Ryunosuke (blue) was a trained as a traditional samurai since he was a child and trained in kabuki. He's blindly loyal to Takeru because of how he was raised but it's mostly played for comic relief in sentai, until the end where it's actually a great story beat. Ryunosuke was also a bit immature. Kevin never seemed to be a comic relief. -Mako (pink) is the most skeptic of Takeru. She stated that she would have left had she not deemed Takeru worthy to lead. She just wanted a normal life. Also she has some solid character development with her parents. Mia was similar in that she's a bad cook. I don't know if she got the parent story arc Mako had. -Chiaki (green) is young. There was clearly a gap in age and maturity between Takeru and Chiaki that I didn't feel at all with Jayden and Mike. It made for a great dynamic. Chiaki worked well with all the other rangers actually. Like Mako, he doesn't blindly follow Takeru and hates being traditional with samurai training. I couldn't really get a feel on Mike as a character. -Kotoha (yellow) is the youngest. Like Ryunosuke, she blindly believes in Takeru. Clearly the youngest and least experienced, everyone looks out for her. It's also why in the Sentai footage, her katana is the one Takeru always takes when he needs another blade. Her blind loyalty, like taking an attack for Takeru, always makes Takeru feel guilty. I know they made Emily the country bumpkin but I don't remember her interacting with Jayden much. -Genta (gold) is the normal best friend of Takeru who slowly breaks Takeru's lord persona. He is the best friend which is why he also isn't blindly loyal to a lord, which caused him to clash with Ryunosuke who is very traditional. Antonio was pretty solid.
@kingcoheed1208
@kingcoheed1208 5 жыл бұрын
The best way to fix Samurai would of been just going, 'Your all selected due to being Desendents of Samurai, there were dozens of Samurai of many races who came to Japan to make better lives for themselves, I will be teaching you all how to understand the Samurai and Japanese way the same way your ancestors did'
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
For whatever reason, I read this in Zordon's voice, lol.
@animefan25
@animefan25 5 жыл бұрын
Giving Jayden and Lauren the last name of Shiba is not really a big deal. Jayden and Lauren's ancestors could have married into the Shiba family or was adopted by the Shiba family.
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
If that was the case, they could have used that. Would have made for one hell of a character foundation. But the only reason they did it was because Skinkenger did, and that barely counts as an excuse, let alone a reason. It's minor, yes, but a culturally rooted season that hardly utilizes the culture? It's indicative of some of the larger season spanning issues.
@bukalayzx
@bukalayzx 5 жыл бұрын
@@TheDisneyBrain I simply think that the everyone in Samurai have some sort of Japanese blood in them. People marrying into their families. (well except Antonio)
@leonielson7138
@leonielson7138 5 жыл бұрын
My feelings on Lauren and Jayden Shiba is that the Samurai team should have been Lauren's from the beginning - in the first episode there should have been no question of who the Red Ranger was, it was Lauren, who had trained the other four while Jayden continued to train under Mentor Ji as a replacement Ranger. When Jayden showed up everyone, except Emily, should have been surprised to see him (Emily knows something like this would happen because Lauren was injured training her). Jayden is the superior Ranger, having trained longer with Mentor Ji, but he has no leadership skills because he was meant to come in mid-campaign to replace one of the others, or as the 6th Ranger, except that the Gold Ranger Morpher was stolen by Antonio (Mentor Ji's son). The show should have followed Jayden trying to become a better leader, with slow development, Emily's guilt over wounding Lauren, Mike taking training more seriously, Kevin deciding to dedicate himself to being a Ranger, Mia . . . actually learning to cook, and Mentor Ji reconciling with Antonio. When Lauren returns, healed by the standards of modern medicine, but not to the standards of being a Ranger, she should be welcomed back with open arms, because Jayden still isn't the leader he could be. After Lauren re-injures herself she gives back the morpher and stays on in a mentor capacity, and this is when we see the greatest improvement among the Rangers.
@ronsavv
@ronsavv 3 жыл бұрын
That makes 0 sence
@swidra669
@swidra669 3 жыл бұрын
@Kimberly Tini Evans this is was made me not like Samurai. It was so obvious they were setting it up but decided at the end not to.
@SCarr8813
@SCarr8813 5 жыл бұрын
I agree so much. They had such a perfect opportunity to actually make Power Rangers a very educational show. Especially with a big, "Hey kids this is what cultural APPRECIATION looks like, and this is what APPROPRIATION looks like."
@NitroIndigo
@NitroIndigo 5 жыл бұрын
The issue with Taylor is interesting because from what I know, the same thing happened in Gaoranger... except that GaoYellow is a dude.
@gameraddy9926
@gameraddy9926 5 жыл бұрын
I recently started watching Power Rangers Time Force.Im watching old school Saban era, Because I grew up with the Disney era.
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
Niiice!
@theblackintellectual7515
@theblackintellectual7515 5 жыл бұрын
Saban destroyed the opportunity for a female Red Ranger and it disgusts me.
@destendgem
@destendgem 5 жыл бұрын
Ressha Sentai ToQger my friend. We get TWO giros that turn into Red Rangers many times.
@christiancrusader9374
@christiancrusader9374 5 жыл бұрын
She wasn't a bad character.
@theblackintellectual7515
@theblackintellectual7515 5 жыл бұрын
Not saying that she was a bad character Im saying the wroters and producers really didn't try anything with her. They literally tried to sexualize her and then just to have her fail just to bring Jaden back to save the day because God forbid a woman saves the day.
@theblackintellectual7515
@theblackintellectual7515 5 жыл бұрын
Thats what I meant by missed opportunity.
@chrishansen8119
@chrishansen8119 5 жыл бұрын
@@theblackintellectual7515 When did they sexualize her? She was the best character on the show, thats why people hated all the other rangers. She was amazing and they were dicks to her because she wasnt Grand Master Lord Jayden. They made the team like the Sentai Counterparts in that moment, but completely wrote out what made Karou (Lauren) bad. It sucks Also, PR has had more female red rangers than SS. The only reason we havent had one on for a whole season is because were limited by the Sentai. Maybe one day we can get a wholly American produced PR. I mean, RPM was almost entirely American (save megazord fights) and that is, in my opinion, the 2nd best PR series, only behind In Space
@PrincessAries86
@PrincessAries86 5 жыл бұрын
My way of fixing the fact that the show was based on Japanese culture was to have a Japanese mentor who was the previous red ranger before Jayden. However, his team consisted of Jayden and Lauren's mom or dad but one of them died (or who knows have them be Decker and his wife). The mentor could have come to America (or New Zealand) because of his mission taking him away from Japan. but since he failed in his mission he recruited It would make sense that Jayden and co would not understand Japanese culture but with a mentor as such it would help them understand. Not to mention teach kids (and adults) watching the show about another culture albeit it be simple but it would broaden people's horizon. Also, this Mentor could have his own struggle as he could have adopted Jayden and Lauren because of guilt of getting their parents killed or whatever that he let's Jayden get away with being on his high horse but also pushing Lauren to learn the sealing spell and alienating her from the team. Then when Lauren fails and the core rangers and Antonio call out Jayden on being a jerk their Mentor admits that he was wrong and the Jayden, Lauren, and Mentor come to learn that no one is perfect and yaddy yadda and that they need to work as a team. Like Lauren could be so focused on her duty that she can't interact normally with the team as she was alone for so long. Jayden is a pompous ass and thinks he is the best thing since sliced bread. Like Jayden's character development can be at the beginning and he learns and grows to be less of an ass and the team and him learn to work well. Yet, then when Lauren comes she needs to learn to be a leader like Jayden but in a different way. Sorry for the novel and this is a broad idea that if I thought about could flesh out more.
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, your take is several times better and all it took was adding some much needed humility to Mentor Ji. Nice!
@PrincessAries86
@PrincessAries86 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Honestly though the show didn't have to change too much to make the season better. The same goes with megaforce If it was budget related, time restraints, or laziness that factored into the lackluster seasons i think just a little bit of effort could have turned the whole thing around. A lot of it is just having to film the character interactions, backstories, and such.
@walterlopez5054
@walterlopez5054 5 жыл бұрын
Now that you mention it, I'd love to see a Ranger team mentored by Bulk and Skull.
@kapplesx8114
@kapplesx8114 5 жыл бұрын
Hey DB, are you going to talk about Dino Charge anytime soon? I think it’s a pretty good season in total. Also, besides my high school’s Drama Club, Brennan Mejia is one of my inspirations to pursue acting
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
I plan to dive into it at some point after Lightspeed Rescue. But I can't say for sure when said videos will be ready.
@billygreci9739
@billygreci9739 5 жыл бұрын
Another possibility? You could make the Jayden worship be part of the story. A special symbol power crafted to distract nighlok from the sealing power preparations. But they overdid it and affected the team. Jayden leaving could suddenly have a good purpose. He found the side effect and tried to fix it by leaving, but the damage was already done. It would also distract Dekker from the samurai who is supposed to free him and actually does, Kevin.
@OurKindofEntertainment
@OurKindofEntertainment 5 жыл бұрын
Great video! I like these kind of videos because of the fact you don't have to cover entire seasons to talk about a specific topic. I know this is something you like because you only have so many seasons that you haven't covered yet. I believe the first episode(s) of Samurai that I watched at random when I was at home watching tv with my nephew, it was the first couple episodes when Lauren showed up. I was like wait...if she is the one with the power to seal away the big bad, why is everyone acting like defeated babies because their red ranger left? Why did he even leave to begin with? Shouldn't he be there to boost moral and support his sis? So, are they gonna whine and cry about Jayden leaving when you have (potentially) the winning card in your hand to stop the bad guy? IDIOTS! Ok, rant over haha but that was what was going through my head at the time lol and that is coming from a guy that did not watch the first 30+ episodes at that point!
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
You hit the nail on the head! The Samurai Rangers do a fair bit of whining, lol.
@angelwatcher374
@angelwatcher374 5 жыл бұрын
This doesn't really have anything to do with this video, per say, but I feel like one thing that would have helped the show is if Mia had decided to try to help Daiube and Decker break their curse without anyone getting hurt. It would have added more depth to her character, plus, they wouldn't have gotten destroyed. Daiube wouldn't have merged with Xandred which would have meant that Lauren's years of training wouldn't have been wasted.
@Iwillone
@Iwillone 5 жыл бұрын
I thought it best to have had an all Asian cast of Rangers except Jayden, Lauren and Antonio but be an original plot because this was pretty much a copy and paste version of Shinkenger. My fix is having the surviving descendants of the clans who fought of Master Xandred to near defeat come to the west where he attempts to rise again but to seal him they needed the Red Samurai who to their surprise is a white guy adopted into the sacred bloodline but is the last to carry the Shiba name unlike his sister Lauren who after finding her long-lost brother having been separated at birth becomes the second Red Ranger on the team. Antonio is latino but is the tech guy who became his own Samurai or rather remaining Ronin, unlike the others who have no choice but to call Jaden "Lord". He's the Gold Ranger because of the man who made the modern Samurai Morphers was his mentor in Mexico.
@albireotheredguard1599
@albireotheredguard1599 5 жыл бұрын
The one thing I hated was how they dropped the romance between Kevin and Mia, I thought they were cute together. The question I have though is if they were going to drop it why did they even start it?
@donb7519
@donb7519 5 жыл бұрын
you can see a lot of things are started or hinted at and dropped
@albireotheredguard1599
@albireotheredguard1599 5 жыл бұрын
@@donb7519 And it makes no sense, its almost like the writers were afraid of some sort of backlash, but were too stupid to realize they were worried about the wrong thing.
@AssaultRider555
@AssaultRider555 5 жыл бұрын
It's not that they dropped it, they only copied it in Shinkenger.
@gengardiego9430
@gengardiego9430 5 жыл бұрын
that happens alot in several seasons. a romance is introduced, like trent/kira, but it doesnt go anywhere. personally i cant see kevin/mia as a couple, since its only hinted one episode
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
I find it difficult to answer questions about Ranger relationships because there's so much inconsistency surrounding how seasons choose to present it. Most of them end up feeling halfway done, but the great ones are really great. Personally, I wouldn't have minded seeing a little more Antonio/Lauren. It wasn't much, but there seemed to be just a little something there.
@gmanside21
@gmanside21 5 жыл бұрын
I wish they did the reverse role as a female red ranger takes charge. I would love to see a story about that anyday. Also I feel better acting and consistent character development would help this show majorly.
@LupinGreen
@LupinGreen 5 жыл бұрын
I think the secret was kept from them so that they wouldn't think of Jayden not being the real red ranger and actually believe he was, so that the monsters would also buy that he was the actual red ranger. If they had been told, they probably would've messed up and spill the beans to the enemy and then their plan wouldn't have worked. They most likely didn't wanted to risk the plan failing before actually doing it and that's why they didn't told them. It was only after they realized with the fire monster that the attack that was supposed to burn the red ranger to death wasn't working, that they figured out Jayden wasn't the red ranger. However, by that time, Lauren had already mastered the sealing symbol so in a way they succeeded their main goal but forgot what would be the aftermath of their actions as far as the team goes.
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
I get that, but I'm not convinced that anyone would have revealed that secret. Mainly because the Nighloks really don't use interrogation as a methodology. If this were Mesogog, maybe I'd be more willing to be tight-lipped, but Xandred doesn't really do anything, so I doubt there'd be that much risk. If anything, there was more risk involved in letting the team faff around under false pretenses and leave them with only three episodes to prepare to fight alongside a stranger.
@bukalayzx
@bukalayzx 5 жыл бұрын
@@TheDisneyBrain Add in the fact that they couldn't really interrogate the Samurai Rangers in their dimension. Not unless if Dayu or Serrator kidnapped them. (which both already did but just as mere hostages than actual information gathering)
@fightingmedialounge519
@fightingmedialounge519 3 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure Lauren was kept secret so the niloks wouldn't know about the seal.
@TheDeadGunslinger
@TheDeadGunslinger 5 жыл бұрын
im surprised noone is talking more about how wendy wu had TWO disney era female power ranger actresses in it..
@cui8789
@cui8789 5 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is that earlier they toyed with the idea of Kevin being confrontational with the Red Ranger only to abandon it in a one off gag.
@ayushbhomkar2922
@ayushbhomkar2922 4 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate this one 😊 finally someone talked about Lauren Shiba she deserved more space in Samurai Idk what happened to writers 🤦🏻‍♂️
@Kuchiri
@Kuchiri 5 жыл бұрын
Actor Alex Hartman has said there is no where in the show or in promotion that says what Jayden's last name is. They just call the headquarters. Shiba House.
@danieldishon688
@danieldishon688 5 жыл бұрын
Your right, the series could have been so much better if they made use of Kevin a bit more to be a more challenging figure for Jayden. He was a model icon of discipline and skill and you could even get hints in the senti borrowed footage that him being the team ace was a plot point they probably played up. Red and Blue have an epic fight early on and its Kevin who ultimately takes down Dekker. Jayden having to relearn the same lesson over and over, mentor being a terrible mentor time and time again, and the season premise about family obligations being the eastern theme that's abrasive to western audiences really hurt the series badly more than anything else.
@TheGloryXros
@TheGloryXros 5 жыл бұрын
I really hated the way Lauren was handled in Samurai, because this was their one chance to make a very interesting deviation from Shinkenger. Unlike Takeru's relationship with Kaoru, Jayden does NOT have any real sort of obligation to hand over his position as leader of the team to Lauren. Lauren isn't forcing him out or anything, they're SIBLINGS after all. This could've been an opportunity to have two Reds on the team, and also to develop Jayden through his new sister being on the team & interacting with her. Sure, it'd be pretty darn late in the game, but still, this badly written character needs it...LOL Instead, what we got was Samurai keeping to script without understanding WHY the script works.....
@justinesun631
@justinesun631 3 жыл бұрын
Problem is, Morphing Grid has rules that two of the same power cannot exist at the same time. But yeah, that’s true. Jayden had no reason to leave. At least with Takeru, it is justified since he’s basically a replaceable decoy and not related to the Shiba clan at all. I’m suprised they didn’t make Jayden become a secondary mentor to guide the Rangers.
@sonictennyson2201
@sonictennyson2201 3 жыл бұрын
All Hail Jayden of Suburbia
@billybobby9126
@billybobby9126 4 жыл бұрын
I thought it would be cool if Lauren was introduced at the end of normal samurai and Jayden would get a new color/power like make him the white ranger after going on a short side plot in Super Samurai then he comes back to act as an advisor for Lauren and a bridge between her and the others
@jonnchr
@jonnchr 5 жыл бұрын
I think Lauren could be a good candidate for future mentor for a ranger team. She still has a lot of character development she can go through but is also a very skilled and powerful ranger. So hopefully when they adapt a new sentai with some degree of sword focus she can return to become the great character she had the potential to be.
@nasugbubatangas
@nasugbubatangas 5 жыл бұрын
For me, Shinkenger is one of the best series of Super Sentai. Samurai is very cultural. The samurais follow a very strict code of chivalry that makes them worship the head samurai, sort of... All the four were raised on this idea. Even now, the Japanese cannot question authority, e.g. teachers, as it would make them sound like they don't know their place in the society. However, this is not the case in American culture. To submit to tradition is, I would say, the most un-American thing that anyone can do. In Shinkenger, Takeru has the reason to keep Kaoru's identity as a secret. He was the decoy. He was meant to be killed. And with all that has happened, it would be very disheartening for his team that the person whom they convinced themselves to fight with will just die and be replaced by someone. And so, when Kaoru failed her task, we then would realise that the secret is not really Kaoru but teamwork. Remember that Takeru was really meant to die. He was a decoy. On the other hand, it was not really explained why Jaden had to be replaced. It was not like that he'd lost his authority altogether. It felt like he had issues with his sisters.
@infernohomura2941
@infernohomura2941 3 жыл бұрын
Yooooo I've been trying to remember that one show I liked. Thanks for making me remember its name The show in question is ofc: Wendy Wu
@WeboKonAroz
@WeboKonAroz 3 жыл бұрын
"White Kirito" Damn, that's harsh. Warranted, but harsh nonetheless.
@DJomnific3nt
@DJomnific3nt 3 жыл бұрын
All of this makes more sense in Shinkenger....
@frankiev9936
@frankiev9936 5 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for a lightspeed rescue video, my favorite season
@ethanrivers5129
@ethanrivers5129 5 жыл бұрын
I LOVED shinkenger. I really liked samurai cause it was the first season me and my friends watched of pr
@xgray2012
@xgray2012 5 жыл бұрын
Would you have liked Samurai and Super Samurai a lot better if they had actually casted African-American actors to play the red rangers in the show, instead of casting generic white actors for these roles?! Think about it!!!
@xgray2012
@xgray2012 5 жыл бұрын
Also, I highly recommend you check out better Power Rangers seasons like Dino Thunder, RPM, Time Force, Mystic Force and Ninja Storm, or any other season where the characters are not f@#$'n card-board cut-outs?!
@ethanrivers5129
@ethanrivers5129 5 жыл бұрын
@@xgray2012 no i am black but still i dont really care about diversity in power rangers
@ethanrivers5129
@ethanrivers5129 5 жыл бұрын
@@xgray2012 ive seen all the seasons. Mystic force jungle fury and dino thunder are my favs!!!!
@micoold7047
@micoold7047 5 жыл бұрын
Neo-Xgray87, AFRICAN-AMERICAN actors?!? If going to try and scold somebody for their opinion, at least TRY to get your facts right!!🤦‍♀️
@bryia3366
@bryia3366 5 жыл бұрын
I believe a large number of the issues Samurai had comes from the Super Sentai. The red ranger meeting everyone on a white horse was done there, the female red ranger coming out late in the show was done there. They spent too long trying to pay homage to Super Sentai that power rangers itself suffered from it. Random note my sister was an actress (Or attempting to be) and auditioned for the yellow ranger in samurai, I always tell her she's lucky she didn't get the part lol. Having a red female ranger could have been amazing and even how she came in late could have been fine if they had a better story with more developed characters.
@bryzantine1571
@bryzantine1571 5 жыл бұрын
Its more that they were lazy. They could have created their own story. Rpm and in space have no connection to their counterparts. Timeforce was almost a copy of its counterpart and it still worked. Samurai, megaforce, and super megaforce were all just lazy writing
@bryia3366
@bryia3366 5 жыл бұрын
I have to agree they were all bad lazy writing.
@AssaultRider555
@AssaultRider555 5 жыл бұрын
Well it's not that they are lazy, in their defense they JUST GOT the rights to power rangers back but yeah it is lazy.
@bryzantine1571
@bryzantine1571 5 жыл бұрын
@@AssaultRider555 its definitely lazy. They bought the rights back and what was the first thing they did? They aired the original mmpr but with new effects. So they had time to make something better. Then comes megaforce and they start hyping for the legendary war. They hyped it for 2 yrs. They had plenty of time
@AssaultRider555
@AssaultRider555 5 жыл бұрын
@@bryzantine1571 wait what? No they didn't. The whole MMPR thing was all Disney
@donting24
@donting24 5 жыл бұрын
2:42 this is the exact same effect that was used when tori used her water powers in ninja storm
@Zinervawyrm
@Zinervawyrm 3 жыл бұрын
I always saw the Samurai Rangers as people with various amounts of depression. Non of them seem to really want to be Power Rangers and all of them are forced to be there because family and tradition. All of them had to put other dreams and desires on hold without much say so expect for Antonio, the only one who truly wants to be a Samurai Power Ranger. Jason is forced to be the red ranger while the real red ranger, his sister, trains. Kevin had aspirations to be an Olympic Swimmer and was forced to quit. Emily was forced to become the yellow ranger because her sister, the real yellow ranger, fell extremely ill. They never say what she has, but my fan theory is that her sister has cancer. Mia seem to wish for a peaceful and simple life, hence why she always tries and hilariously fails at cooking; because simple doesn't come naturally to someone who was probably forced to train hard since a very young age. Mike seemed to be the goofball ranger who would rather be out with other friends, but is forced to distance himself from his former friends because of ranger duties. That kind of stress on people, especially barely out of high school young people, would be hard to handle. Also they literally fight demons who are hell-bent on flooding the Earth with toxic water made from human tears and misery. You can't tell me there is some form of metaphor narrative for depression and anxiety there whether intentional or not. This is why I think Power Rangers Samurai is much darker and more mature than people realize or give it credit for. And I still love it!
@SnowWolfAlpha
@SnowWolfAlpha 5 жыл бұрын
Really surprised they didn't jump on that high horse bit. Now that you've mentioned it, it's so obvious. For me, Samurai is still the second best series in the Neo-Saban era, but that's only because it's being held up by Shinkengers story, like a house that's only staying on top of the cliff because of one support pillar. I also find it very contrived that five ancient families of samurai have bearers that all happen to be teenagers at the time of the story. If there was ever a time to have a team of rangers that were all different ages then surely it would be here. I know the show likes to do "teenagers with attitude", but considering you could argue a theme of the season is "tradition is a good thing, but you need to know when to break it", it seems fitting. Different ages also put their character traits in a new context. Maybe Jayden is in his late 30s, has been doing this a really long time and is really set in his ways. As an older woman full of regret, perhaps Mia feels like she's missed her chance at marriage and a happy family life. Heck, maybe in the first episode, she shows up to the gathering in a wedding dress, having had to leave her own ceremony to join the team. As much as I like Antonio, I think Spike should have been the gold ranger. If we kept Jayden being older then perhaps it was Bulk who he interacted with as a kid, before Skull ever entered the picture.
@dreamwolf3218
@dreamwolf3218 5 жыл бұрын
Out of all the seasons of Power Rangers, I think this one offends me the most. Not only is there a lack of dynamic characters with horrible acting, there is no life to it. I don't care about the rangers, because I don't like most of them. Plus the fact that we were soooo close to finally having a female Red Ranger. The costume looks phenomenal, and she seems like a good ranger, but she's never given a chance. I wish the Power Rangers franchise would give us another female Red, but the fact that most of the footage comes from Sentai, the chances of that happening are slim. (As a side note, I don't want Tommy to be female in the movie sequel if we get one. I'd rather have an original female ranger, but that's just me.)
@Deity_devil
@Deity_devil 7 ай бұрын
If this season offends you the most than watch mega force
@shmikex
@shmikex 5 жыл бұрын
I loved the Lauren/Jason pairing in Shattered Grid!
@danielladahoui888
@danielladahoui888 5 жыл бұрын
Why COULDN'T they just cast a Japanese actor to play the Red Ranger? First off, if they were going to splice Super Sentai footage into Power Rangers, it'd be easier from an editing standpoint because you don't have to replace Asian actors/stunts with Caucasian actors/stunts. But fundamentally, on top of adding to whitewashing controversies in Western media and adding to some of the racist history Power Rangers already had, it just doesn't make sense to have a white person have a Japanese last name and claim that the Samurai history is in his blood. It's very awkward. Not that you can't be a good actor, but it's just wrong. Also, I think they should have kept Lauren as the Red Ranger, or even made her the Red Ranger from the start. It would have been interesting to challenge the status quo to finally have a leading female red ranger from beginning to end, and also it'd be an interesting story, like almost similar to what they did with Leo in Lost Galaxy: in the first episode she has to replace the red ranger, and the team have trouble adjusting to her as the leader, because they were so accustomed with someone else, and it becomes her challenge in the story. To us, she's the main character, but to them she isn't: as the story progresses, she learns to becomes their leader and they learning to accept her and they eventually become a team.
@justinesun631
@justinesun631 3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, you can either explain that the Shibas married to an American family, but yeah, they clearly should have hired a Japanese or Asian actor for Red.
@Degamer422
@Degamer422 5 жыл бұрын
Forgot to mention that they did everything virtually the same way as shinkenger
@frankseward7017
@frankseward7017 4 жыл бұрын
Minus the character development, and excellent payoff.
@elrick44
@elrick44 5 жыл бұрын
Amit Bhaumik had a MUCH better idea for handling the adaptation of Shinkenger. One that didnt just go through the motions of the source material without any of the cultural context, but rather an actual dencent story with the same base foundation for what we got, but carried out in a vastly superior way. He even had a valid reason for the racial diversity of the team and an actual reason to have Bulk and Spike in the show(other than the obvious fan-wank to the Mighty Morphin purists). his proposal can be read here- amitbhaumik.tumblr.com/post/59915514235/original-power-rangers-samurai-proposal
@MegTalksGlee
@MegTalksGlee 5 жыл бұрын
Can we have Dino Charge / Super Dino Charge review
@Cooldude-sb2cx
@Cooldude-sb2cx 4 жыл бұрын
Not disagree but you forgot about shortly after mike ask fight with Kevin asked what are u doing you know jaden doesn't like it when challenged him and he said she not jaden mean he knew she wasn't him at same time he at want to try be her friend or get know her.
@ShinetoZeroX
@ShinetoZeroX 5 жыл бұрын
I love Wendy Wu homecoming Warrior, that movie was fantastic.
@donting24
@donting24 5 жыл бұрын
How can u take one of the most epic sentais in history & turn it into THAT
@ItsThatKidGreg
@ItsThatKidGreg 5 жыл бұрын
Kevin's real crime was him never getting a lineup on his hairline
@michaelsegal7443
@michaelsegal7443 5 жыл бұрын
i enjoyed samurai for what it was. I don't know why I enjoyed some of the characters. But that's just me and I will fully admit Samurai could have been better. I remember reading a fan fiction about samurai which was basically a much better version of the series. It was basically this... What if Jayden was adopted and Tommy and Kimberly had him when they were rangers and were forced to give him up. Meanwhile Jayden goes through an arc and falling in love with Mia. I link the story in case you want to read it. www.fanfiction.net/s/10395343/1/The-Adoption My point is I enjoyed Samurai but it could have been a lot better and it needed a better show runner to fix a lot of the problems. And really it could have been a lot better.
@bukalayzx
@bukalayzx 5 жыл бұрын
fave Ranger fics are about Antonio being a adopted into the MMPR rangers' family and knowing all previous rangers.
@gravityhero2227
@gravityhero2227 5 жыл бұрын
So Jayden's a harem protagonist?
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
LOL, basically, yeah.
@Inkfy
@Inkfy 5 жыл бұрын
Honestly to fix this they should've had Jayden switched with Lauren. Imagine how cool it would be to have a female red ranger (for more than one season) be a serious and calculating leader and have her and the team bond. But then..Jayden arrives and threatens to take that away. Have the plot about Lauren feeling guilty and trying to keep her distance to protect her friends and to keep herself from being hurt. Similiar to the Sentai version she feels that she put them all at risk for nothing and she's ashamed and believes that the brother should take the role as a form of redemption. Then when the sealing symbol fails and the team regroups we can see that conflict come to a head. It's much better than a woman immediately joins the rangers and they all complain about how insignificant she is to their precious god Jayden.
@NitroIndigo
@NitroIndigo 5 жыл бұрын
I've seen that idea a lot, and while I like it in concept, it would screw with the Sentai footage in this particular case.
@lastationproductions
@lastationproductions 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Your videos on samurai have been giving ideas for my own version of Samurai
@c.j4209
@c.j4209 3 жыл бұрын
That was actually a great example Wendy Wu homecoming warrior was actually a really dope movie I don’t even see that shit on Disney+
@jaydnash
@jaydnash 5 жыл бұрын
Despite behind the scenes, Jason, Zack, Trini, & Billy were in running, all viewers knew fox wasnt that dumb. Point there WAS build up in the team before switzerland & "Who is OG White, Jo & JDF are my heros.
@dnerd2791
@dnerd2791 5 жыл бұрын
They missed an opportunity to have an entirely Asian cast. Jayden and Lauren at least should have been of Japanese descent.
@incitossol
@incitossol 5 жыл бұрын
So Jayden is IRL Jesus-kun? Got it.
@CardianJoker
@CardianJoker 5 жыл бұрын
I feel as though Samurai would've been improved if the theme was more focused on traditionalism vs modernism. Have Jayden and Antonio represent the modern side of how the Samurai Rangers is supposed to work while you have the other Rangers represent traditional values and have Mentor Ji be the balance between the two. Once the other Rangers, aside from Lauren, get used to combining the modern ways with traditional traits after Antonio comes along, then add Lauren to the mix who is a hardcore traditionalist and bam: instant culture clash and conflict. Instead we get a confusing mess of Jayden is the chosen one, but isn't, but we still respect him because we've fought with him so long mentality that worked better in Time Force.
@mixofeverything6311
@mixofeverything6311 4 жыл бұрын
If jaden and lauren had the ability to be both red just like ninja steel
@justinesun631
@justinesun631 3 жыл бұрын
Problem is, there is a rule of two of the same power cannot exist at the same time.
@johnm.withersiv4352
@johnm.withersiv4352 4 жыл бұрын
It is time for Red leadership to end. Jen was a better leader than either Red in Time Force which she proved again in Hyperforce. #HyperForceSeason2 would give us more great Jen Scott!
@samuraifighterchick1456
@samuraifighterchick1456 5 жыл бұрын
I'm still watching Samurai!! After that it's time to go Lightspeed!
@DreamMarko
@DreamMarko Жыл бұрын
I don't think Mike challenged Lauren because she's a girl, he was just testing her, and as you've said they all just wanted Jaden back and he was the only leader they would accept.
@maymay5600
@maymay5600 5 жыл бұрын
one thing i learn that master ji, isn't his actual mentor but the servant and i heard the red ranger in the sentai was not a relative of the shiba family but a poser
@dcspotter
@dcspotter 5 жыл бұрын
Samurai could’ve been better tbh. But I’ll take it over Megaforce and maybe Operation Overdrive (but Overdrive has more good from the season instead of Samurai)
@kyulightning5178
@kyulightning5178 5 жыл бұрын
You know Samurai could've been a better season if they didn't just copy and paste Shinkenger also make a video of things that Super Sentai does better than Power Rangers and vice versa
@geminiangel63
@geminiangel63 4 ай бұрын
Also the scenario of one of the Rangers falling in battle to protect Jayden at all costs resulting in 5 instead of 6 would only be concerning if the one killed in action was Antonio since he would have no direct successor that we’d know of as it seems he was an only child based off the flashbacks with Jayden. Given the fact that Mia, Emily, and Jayden all have siblings it’s likely both Kevin and Mike probably have at least one as well. I’m theorizing based off the premise that these powers have been passed down from the same 5 families so they would most likely plan ahead to have more then one child to assure their was always a samurai readily available to take up the mantle should the first born not be able to perform said duties like the case of Emily and Serena.
@isaacogunmuko3947
@isaacogunmuko3947 Жыл бұрын
3:07 Wow Lily from Jungle Fury
@chrisramshur938
@chrisramshur938 5 жыл бұрын
I love that you included hyper force in your opening
@jennyc2280
@jennyc2280 5 жыл бұрын
Agreed on Wendy Wu being underrated. My classmates in English class love horror movies and when asked by my teacher what my favorite movie is, I said Wendy Wu Homecoming Warrior. He asked what that is and another of my classmates responded in a way that’s basically like this: Wendy Wu was a old Disney movie about a high school girl obsessing over homecoming and monks basically being servants. It’s a really simple, underwhelming movie that has no impact on anyone watching it.
@chikowashere
@chikowashere 5 жыл бұрын
Samurai was the first time that I quit a Ranger season. And I only returned because I knew that there'd be a female Red, and they still screwed that up.
@s4xtt
@s4xtt 3 жыл бұрын
This season is trash, plain and simple. Just to let you all know, a buddy of mine actually reach out to Amit Bhaumik after finding out the original concept of Samurai. Jayden was supposed to be Mark Ozawa, a japanese american and the theme would be the experience of embracing the legacy from a home they never knew of, something all americans can relate to as it is a nation of immigrants, but accordong to Amit the brass of Neo Saban doesn't want to as they all are outdated gasbags who is stuck in the 60's thinking that minorities, especially asians will not get viewers and Haim Saban is the biggest bigot as he things relying on nostalgia like the first PR is the key and audience will not know, just check out toys that made us, he outright just want to follow the older format
@MiXVoy
@MiXVoy 2 жыл бұрын
Power Rangers Samurai is considered as a racist show.
@Pigraider268
@Pigraider268 3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that Lauren was actually better red ranger and was quite excited when she got introduced. I feel like her failure was mostly forced and unnecessary
@Cen2050
@Cen2050 5 жыл бұрын
There is ONE point of credit I will give to Mentor Ji (though this further solidifies your position on him being unnecessary) When there is an internal conflict he does NOT interfere immediately, he lets the problem play out and lets the two characters in question resolve it themselves without playing mediator I see this as unusually wise because rather than telling them how to figure things out, he lets THEM figure it out with little more than a guiding platitude.
@lastationproductions
@lastationproductions 5 жыл бұрын
I didnt mind samurai but im a fan of shinkenger so im a little biased however i feel that maybe making ji japanese would have worked a bit better and maybe tying him into shinkenger making samurai a some what sequel may have helped them
@ZZtheDark
@ZZtheDark 5 жыл бұрын
Samurai is nothing more than a 'Weaboo's version of Shinkenger'. Without understanding what Japanese culture is. Saying Samurai is good is almost the equivalent of saying..'Ninjapan' and that wasn't even by non-Japanese people. 'facepalm' Also,I watched Homecoming Warrior. It's pretty good.
@MiXVoy
@MiXVoy 2 жыл бұрын
Saban's an uneducated orientalist
@GuillermoSmyser
@GuillermoSmyser 5 жыл бұрын
I'm seeing where some people are feeling as if they are being attacked, or told "you shouldn't like this season for these reasons." And I don't think that's his point here. These PR videos are about our SHARED interest in this franchise and DB here is just trying to flesh out what seems to be a GENERAL consensus and perhaps WHY some of us we feel the way we do. I don't think anyone will (or should) fault someone else for enjoying the season. If I can take a tangent... this is (as far as I can tell) generally held as a better season of Sentai and not of PR. The same is said of Turbo/Carranger and RPM/GoOnger. Turbo was not great (especially in the first half) but Carranger was a breath of fresh air (even a savior of the franchise by some accounts) for Sentai. Seriously it's hilarious. Similarly, GoOnger was super cutesy and RPM was NOT but WAS a savior by some accounts for PR. There seems to be a give and take for certain specific stylizations that can't, by their nature, pull off a great Sentai AND a great PR but has to do one or the other. Samurai is just of those and that's ok. Good on you if you loved it!
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
Amen to that! The day that I devolve into telling people that their tastes are garbage is the day I become the Disney Snob, and I don't think that has a good ring to it, lol.
@mhaughton821
@mhaughton821 5 жыл бұрын
The season that must not be named
@JcgLounge
@JcgLounge 5 жыл бұрын
Damn. The way you said it Mentor Ji does sound like a bad mentor. I still cut Samurai some slack because no other season from the Neo Saban era is really bearable. Well, Dino Charge mostly is but not so much it’s Super Season.
@sharkdude7
@sharkdude7 5 жыл бұрын
Who would win in a fight 1) Cam, RJ, Doggie or 2) Tommy, Merick, Solaris Knight I’m going with team 1
@terrancehall9762
@terrancehall9762 5 жыл бұрын
Doggie solos the other team
@TheDisneyBrain
@TheDisneyBrain 5 жыл бұрын
I honestly think team 2 would be obliterated, lol. And if they were all unmorphed, RJ could probably carry the lot by himself. But then again, Daggaron does have magic and that's always a wildcard.
@sharkdude7
@sharkdude7 5 жыл бұрын
The Disney Brain I put Cam against Tommy cause Green vs Green(sry JDF but I love Cam), RJ and Merick cause Wolves, and Daggeron vs Doggie cause same actor.
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