Former 'Power Rangers" head writer Tony Oliver says he now views the decision to cast a Black actor as the Black Ranger and an Asian actress as the Yellow Ranger as 'such a mistake.'
Damn…I didn’t even think about the fact that the red one was the leader. It’s been 30 years since I saw that show, and I was always a green ranger fan. Dark, brooding, mysterious, but does the right thing in the end.
My mom HATED making the gold shield on the chest for my halloween costume. She made a soft one, that looking at pictures now looks AWESOME!
But I remember at the time thinking “BUT MOOOOOM!!! IT HAS TO BE HARD!!! HOW IS A SOFT SHEILD GOING TO PROTECT ME AGAINST KUNG FU ATTACKS, AND SWORDS??? Plus all the lazor beams and lightning strikes! This thing is soft and wimpy!”
And then my mom said “HEY! I spent a LOT of time making that costume! I think it looks really cool! Now you appologize for being ungrateful or next year I won’t even make you a costume! You’ll have to settle for store bought!”
“Yes mom, sorry mom.”
Looking at it as an adult, I still think an actual hard motorcycle helmet would have really pulled the whole thing together, but I can’t complain. We were a poor family, and she was making a custom sewn costume from scratch, that would only be used once…and then I actually ended up using it to lay claim to always getting to pick green ranger when I’d play power rangers with the neighborhood kids. Never got the dagger though. Always had to use a tree branch. Which my sister then widdled down with a knife, and painted to look like the dagger.
I hadn’t thought about this in years. It makes me realize how lucky I am, when I see TONS of families being toxic to each other. I don’t have the mental capacity to understand how family could hurt their family. Yeah shit sucked growing up. Shit ALWAYS sucks when you’re poor. But I remember my mom splitting 2 sandwiches between her 3 kids, and not eating herself, just so we wouldn’t go hungry.
I should call her and appologize for being a brat sometimes as a kid. I think back to some of the shit I said/did, and now wonder how she didn’t just haul off and smack me sometimes…
You should totally do that, I think she’d appreciate it
Also, I’ve never sewn but I knit sometimes, and crafting takes a lot of time and energy, especially for pieces of clothing that cover more than a head, hand, or foot… It’s a lot to ask a kid to appreciate that, but it still feels like a slap in the face to have something you’ve poured so much effort and time and love into be treated like that. I’m glad you ultimately realized that.
Your mom sounds awesome; raising kids under any circumstances is hard, and while poor is just…I don’t even know how people manage it
Damn…I didn’t even think about the fact that the red one was the leader. It’s been 30 years since I saw that show, and I was always a green ranger fan. Dark, brooding, mysterious, but does the right thing in the end.
My mom HATED making the gold shield on the chest for my halloween costume. She made a soft one, that looking at pictures now looks AWESOME!
But I remember at the time thinking “BUT MOOOOOM!!! IT HAS TO BE HARD!!! HOW IS A SOFT SHEILD GOING TO PROTECT ME AGAINST KUNG FU ATTACKS, AND SWORDS??? Plus all the lazor beams and lightning strikes! This thing is soft and wimpy!”
And then my mom said “HEY! I spent a LOT of time making that costume! I think it looks really cool! Now you appologize for being ungrateful or next year I won’t even make you a costume! You’ll have to settle for store bought!”
“Yes mom, sorry mom.”
Looking at it as an adult, I still think an actual hard motorcycle helmet would have really pulled the whole thing together, but I can’t complain. We were a poor family, and she was making a custom sewn costume from scratch, that would only be used once…and then I actually ended up using it to lay claim to always getting to pick green ranger when I’d play power rangers with the neighborhood kids. Never got the dagger though. Always had to use a tree branch. Which my sister then widdled down with a knife, and painted to look like the dagger.
I hadn’t thought about this in years. It makes me realize how lucky I am, when I see TONS of families being toxic to each other. I don’t have the mental capacity to understand how family could hurt their family. Yeah shit sucked growing up. Shit ALWAYS sucks when you’re poor. But I remember my mom splitting 2 sandwiches between her 3 kids, and not eating herself, just so we wouldn’t go hungry.
I should call her and appologize for being a brat sometimes as a kid. I think back to some of the shit I said/did, and now wonder how she didn’t just haul off and smack me sometimes…
You should totally do that, I think she’d appreciate it
Also, I’ve never sewn but I knit sometimes, and crafting takes a lot of time and energy, especially for pieces of clothing that cover more than a head, hand, or foot… It’s a lot to ask a kid to appreciate that, but it still feels like a slap in the face to have something you’ve poured so much effort and time and love into be treated like that. I’m glad you ultimately realized that.
Your mom sounds awesome; raising kids under any circumstances is hard, and while poor is just…I don’t even know how people manage it