05/12/15, 04:14 PM | #1 |
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Jetting
What did you all think about the not oft-used transport mode called "Jetting"?
It seemed weird and somewhat pointless to me. I'm left wondering what the point was, unless it was made up solely to further pad out the Ninja Encounter three-parter. But it didn't even do that very well. Did the writer's have some other ideas in mind for it? I think they used it arbitrarily in one other episode before it faded into MMPR obscurity. What are ya'll's thoughts? |
05/12/15, 04:14 PM | #2 |
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Re: Jetting
Indeed.
Maybe it was one of those things that sounded better on paper than it actually turned out? It literally made no sense. When it was introduced, Alpha stated that the advantage of it was that it allowed them to see exactly where they were going. Problem is, until then we didn't know that they couldn't do this while teleporting. Disregarding the fact that we saw them hold a full conversation while teleporting in "Teamwork" (indicating that they remain in a conscious state), in almost every episode they would just morph directly to the danger anyhow. The only time it made a semblance of sense was in "Forever Friends" when it gives Bulk and Skull the idea to chase them in their own rocket packs. I guess its important to remember that this was during a really tumultuous time of MMPR's production and maybe the writers were just flyin' by the seat of their pants to get shows produced. |
05/12/15, 04:14 PM | #3 |
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Re: Jetting
They thought it would be interesting and that they could sell toys with it. Can't sell a teleporting toy, but one that just flies around? Any toy can Jet.
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05/12/15, 04:14 PM | #4 |
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Re: Jetting
I had to rewatch that. Wow. Jetting looked far slower than the instantaneous teleportation (though there are times we see them as coloured blobs flying around. But even then it was blatantly faster than Jetting.
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05/12/15, 04:14 PM | #5 |
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Re: Jetting
I think Alpha may have worded it wrong, Direct site to site teleportation is programed in, thus can not be changed during mid sequence. as with Jetting the rangers were not on a static path and could move freely in 3 dimensional space. At least that's the way I view it
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05/12/15, 04:14 PM | #6 |
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Re: Jetting
Eh I wouldn't have thought it was so dumb if they didn't already have teleportation or the Radbug.
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05/12/15, 04:14 PM | #7 |
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Re: Jetting
It worked for the reason it was introduced, fill time and have the three suits for the actors they were missing do it helped well. In the long run yes it is pointless but it fixed a production problem at the time, of missing half the cast.
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05/12/15, 04:14 PM | #8 |
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Re: Jetting
Oh, that's why they did it? I did not know that.
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05/12/15, 04:14 PM | #9 |
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Re: Jetting
The scene that showed the rangers "jetting" was honestly one of the most unintentionally hilarious power rangers scenes I think I've ever watched. I didn't get the point of it at all. But it did make for a good laugh. I also thought it was funny how Bulk and Skull mentioned it later on. But how did these two even know what it was called in the first place? Jetting was one of the many silly aspects of the first couple power rangers seasons imo.
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05/12/15, 04:14 PM | #10 |
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Re: Jetting
I only saw one picture of red, black, and yellow flying "First superman movie style".
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/41/bb/a1/4...0f4a8a8d81.jpg Wow. I didn't know this thing existed. It's so lame. It's just... SO lame |
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