Talkin Toku Podcast Episode 010 Released – Mighty Morphin Gojira Reboot

http://news.tokunation.com/2014/05/2...a-reboot-17970

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Before the epic crossover with our friends at RangerCommand comes out, we have some movie stuff to talk about! *Join Chris (@rankal), Jordan (@DenO_TokuNation), and Tom (@SoulInkChu) as they discuss the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie reboot that was announced a couple weeks back, and then stick around as they discuss everything about the blockbuster hit Godzilla.

NOTE! *If you haven't seen the new Godzilla movie, this podcast episode contains INCREDIBLY DETAILED SPOILERS! *If you do not wish to be spoiled, do not listen to this episode. *Or at least turn the Godzilla portion on mute!

Episode details - the boys talk Mighty Morphin Power Rangers reboot, and two of the three podcasters think the movie will be a blockbuster flop. *Hear their reasons as to why and as the lone podcaster who is hopeful tries his best to defend the franchise and the possible success of the movie. *The boys then talk Godzilla - including the overall story of the movie, what worked and didn't work, their favorite parts, and what monsters they'd like to see Godzilla take on in a sequel. *There's also a moment where Tom gets a little too excited about his trip to Japan and ... well ... you just have to hear it for yourself.

Once you've listened to the episode, feel free to discuss it here on the TokuNation.com forums. *And stay till the end of the episode to hear a special promo for the upcoming crossover with Ranger Command Power Hour. *Part 1 will focus discussion on the pro's and con's of American tokusatsu, namely Power Rangers, while part 2 (the next episode of Talkin Toku) will feature the pro's and con's of Japanese tokusatsu, namely Super Sentai and Kamen Rider. *See you then, and take a listen to the episode below!

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Kickback, I love you and I love the show but at the beginning of the episode, I wanted to slap the shit out of you.

You guys were being such negative nellies about the Mighty Morphin' movie reboot. "Its either going to be super kiddy or grim dark." What? Just because Saban has SMF being super kiddy? Saban's involvement is going to be signing off papers for the project and nothing else. Lionsgate is going to do what the want, allowing for more of a free range.

I understand you guys have concerns for the movie, but you're just hating because Super Megaforce is bad.

Great episode, the Godzilla commentary was great

Opinions are opinions. But no we weren't "hating". We have valid concerns over a childrens franchise attempting for a 3rd time to make the leap to big screen cinema. There's already a track record of failures here to base that opinion on. And no it can't be handicapped with well it was the 90's standards were different. Both films were critical failures.

Super Megaforce is a terribly written, shot, and edited show in nearly every aspect possible. And no that doesn't entirely mean the movie will be. There will be more than just Saban's people involved. But this is a joint project with Saban Brands and Lions Gate meaning Saban Brands will have a wealth of input. The last 4 years should have proven to anyone by now that their input is not a good thing. Clearly they have no clue how to handle their franchise on the small screen. Why should they do any better on the big one?

Being positive is one thing. But being blind to the history of the franchise in this area is another.

Godzilla Awakening spoilers but Shinomura is a particular example of a different kaiju that could be classified as a Muto and is unrelated to the insectoid species of Muto from the movie.

Aha! Thank you! That's never quite made clear, or at least I didn't feel it to be, in the context of the book. In the entirety of my review I was struggling to reconcile that creature properly with the MUTO's.

It's a minor problem in the movie that the book would definitely exacerbate, yeah, because MUTO isn't supposed to be a name but a broad (not even scientific) classification for the kinds of creatures Monarch has encountered over the years. Godzilla himself is simply a MUTO with an existing name, while neither Muto gets its own distinct name in the final movie.

They did in the leaked movie script, Hokmuto and Femuto, but the male's name makes zero sense now since he never attacked Hokkaido and Femuto is dumb.

Well, Super Megaforce is bad. Megaforce was bad. Super Samurai was bad. Samurai was really bad.

I didn't get a chance to talk about it during the podcast but one of the things that plagued the first Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie was the back and forth with the producers, directors, and Fox. The movie went WELL over budget because they kept changing things - first they were supposed to fight giant rants, they were going to have no visors (just helmets with their faces visible), and they ended up having to reshoot nearly most the movie towards the end of the production schedule.

That is what truly killed the first movie - horrible planning and production that caused it to go over-budget.

The second movie could never get anyone to truly sign off on it because of the failure of the first one.

While there is a ton of optimism surrounding the new movie and I personally am optimistic (I even say so in the podcast), as Jordan says you can't forget or forgive the failures of the past.

Comparing it to Transformers (because they are so similar it's scary) - the first movie (1986) was seen as a critical disaster and failure - but yet it is still a cult classic and cult favorite among all Transformers fans. If you're a fan of Transformers, you most likely LOVE the animated movie from 1986.

While I see Power Rangers fans who really do enjoy and like the original movie, I don't see it being as unifying as the same situation is/was with the animated Transformers movie. Because I thought the first Power Rangers movie was pretty bad to be honest...

Also - I think you confused me for Den-O/Jordan on the podcast, Powerman I was the only one being optimistic about the damn thing!

Had to stop listening about halfway in due to me not being able to watch Godzilla.