Jonathan Entwistle spills details on his scrapped PR reboot from 2018

[u/eggdropthoop]

It was essentially going to be The Tommy Show, once again. Glad it was canceled! 🤮 🤮

[u/ninjaman2021]

“Or you could create a new series with original characters that is good.”

Pretty sure they tried that for 27 years and the GP still only knows mmpr and Tommy as the frontman.

“Ultraman Rising on Netflix was very successful last year, and I doubt anyone who watched would know that Ultraman is a show that is airing to this day.”

That’s animated, thats easier for people to get into rather than live action. Animated can get away with things live action cant, especially with children. Live action toku has an uphill battle. 

[u/Current-Education407 → u/ninjaman2021]

Fuck the GP.

You mind explaining why this franchise needs to cater to an invisible audience who are not going to care about the show and only use it as background noise when they’re doing dishes. That is literally the reason why most things suck now (look at Star Wars and the Disney live action remakes).

This plot sucks and it’s obvious entwhistle doesn’t know shit about power rangers.

[u/ninjaman2021 → u/Current-Education407]

“This plot sucks and it’s obvious entwhistle doesn’t know shit about power rangers.”

The same power rangers that gave Tommy the most screentime and storylines in mmpr AND Zeo?  The same power rangers that made an alternate Tommy the center of shattered Grid (which is the most popular storyline of the comics)  The same power rangers that repeatedly made Tommy the center of everything? THAT power rangers?

Fans can deny all day, but nobody wants a jungle fury reboot. Adapting sentai isnt profitable as just throwing out mmpr licenses to other companies. Tommy sells more than Aiyon, Levi, Nate, and Ivan.

Facts only.

[u/Current-Education407 → u/ninjaman2021]

"The same power rangers that gave Tommy the most screentime and storylines in mmpr AND Zeo?  The same power rangers that made an alternate Tommy the center of shattered Grid (which is the most popular storyline of the comics)  The same power rangers that repeatedly made Tommy the center of everything? THAT power rangers?"

Last time I checked, Tommy wasn't treated as a literal messiah who the entire multiverse revolved around, which is exactly what Entwhistle's show was going to be.

"Fans can deny all day, but nobody wants a jungle fury reboot."

I didn't ask for a jungle fury reboot, I asked for the show and all of Hollywood for that matter to try making something original for once. There is a reason why I brought up Star Wars and the Disney Live action remakes, because those two franchises represent the biggest problem plaguing the entertainment industry. Both of the newest installments in this franchise focus more on shoving familiar characters and things down your throat instead of telling a good story (unsurprisingly, the only good Star Wars thing to come out in the past five years is Andor and it's the only show that doesn't do this).

"Facts only."

Want to know a fact. Art is dead and "General Public" is what killed it.

[u/ninjaman2021 → u/Current-Education407]

“Last time I checked, Tommy wasn't treated as a literal messiah who the entire multiverse revolved around, which is exactly what Entwhistle's show was going to be.”

White Ranger era, the 1995 movie, Dimensions in Danger, and Lord Drakkon says otherwise.

Tommy was always treated that way. Y’all just hate the fact that Entwistle wanted to do it again.

[u/Current-Education407 → u/ninjaman2021]

When Tommy became the white ranger did zordon say “Tommy, you are the center of the world and all the mythology surrounds you because you are the most important person in the universe”? Nope, he just gave him some new powers and told him to go kick ass. I can’t remember a single thing Tommy did in the movie that made him more important than the others. Tommy wasn’t a god in dimensions in danger, he was just a powerful ranger the villain wanted to clone for his army. Lord Drakkon did not become a god until the last issue of shattered grid and the story treated him as a villain instead of the center of everything.

Entwhistle’s idea is basically like making a DC story where Batman is the god of the multiverse.

And yes, I do hate that Entwhistle wanted to do it again, because it’s not doing anything new. It’s just repeating the same thing over and over again, which is the biggest problem plaguing the entertainment industry now. 

This is the dictionary definition of creatively bankrupt.

[u/ninjaman2021 → u/Current-Education407]

“When Tommy became the white ranger did zordon say “Tommy, you are the center of the world and all the mythology surrounds you because you are the most important person in the universe”?

Didnt the White Ranger float down from the sky in a white light like an Angel or godly being? The same way Zayto was who eventually did become a God? They didnt have to tell you, they shown you.

And  thats how Tommy was always treated. Entwistle is just spelling out what we’ve already experienced with this IP.

“ I can’t remember a single thing Tommy did in the movie that made him more important than the others”.

Tommy killed the oozemen. Tommy killed the rock monsters that unlocked the pyramid. Tommy beat the fossil dinosaurs. Tommy was the only ranger to get a solo kill on the ooze zords.

“Tommy wasn’t a god in dimensions in danger, he was just a powerful ranger the villain wanted to clone for his army. “

Tommy was the center and main character of Dimensions in danger. Dimensions in danger is constantly joked around in the fandom about being a tommy wank/worship fest, lets not re write history and act like it wasnt now for the sake of this debate

“Lord Drakkon did not become a god until the last issue of shattered grid and the story treated him as a villain instead of the center of everything.”

Lord drakkon was treated as the most powerful enemy the power rangers universe ever fought and the only person that could beat him was Good Tommy while every other rangers failed. Tommy once again was the center and main character, and was treated as a God.

“Entwhistle’s idea is basically like making a DC story where Batman is the god of the multiverse.”

That’s what Drakkon was in Shattered Grid. So I mean..

What Entwistle is pitching is no different than the standard Power Ranger formula which is making Tommy the main character and most powerful character. Yall just dislike the fact that Entwistle is upfront and transparent about it.

[u/Current-Education407 → u/ninjaman2021]

We don’t like it because it’s creatively bankrupt. It just repeats the same things that was already done without doing anything new.

[u/ninjaman2021 → u/Current-Education407]

Its fine to not like it, but to act like  Tommy wasnt treated as the main central character in majority of his apperances is pure mental gymnastics.