Tuesday, May 7, 2013

"Past Rangers Cameos" Fiasco

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There has been commotion going on in the PR fandom in the past few days. It's about cameos in the second half of MegaForce (which is being pitifully titled "Super" MegaForce. I hate it as much as you may do.) which will be using elements from Gokaiger as well as Goseiger with the Goaki suits being used as "power-ups". One of the elements from Gokaiger that the are also utilizing is appearances of former actors. This is a good thing.......................and a bad thing. In the past few days, a few actors declined or was uninvited to appear. Here they are now:

Pictured up above is Rhett Fisher. He played Ryan Mitchell, the Titanium Ranger in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. He is best known for portraying the very first American only Power Ranger since the Super Sentai that Lightspeed Rescue was adapted from, GoGoV, didn't have one. He was due to cameo in MegaForce, but this tweet said otherwise:
"Guess who was invited to do a cameo on PR Megaforce and then un-invited the next week because of budget restrictions. #majorletdown#titanium"


Next comes Steve Cardenas who portrayed Rocky DeSantos, the 2nd Red Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Seasons 2 & 3 and the Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Zeo. He was invited to appear  but he said they weren't offering enough of his character. Here was his Facebook post on the situation:


Then there's Karen Ashley who portrayed Aisha Campbell, the 2nd Yellow Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Seasons 2 &3. Like Steve, she also declined. Here's what she had to say on the subject in this expert from "Uncensored Radio":



Matt Austin who portrayed Bridge, the Green Ranger of Power Rangers SPD was never contacted by Saban to appear despite a previous tweet rumoring that he was, but here's what he had to say about this subject on YouTube:


What do I think? Well, I believe this is unfair, but stuff like this can happen. Keep in mind that the show has been filmed in New Zealand since Ninja Storm, so it may be hard to get people from MMPR-PRWF all the way from the USA to get there because of airfare and what not. Hopefully, Saban Brands will fix this somehow and I will keep you up to date on this as information develops.

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