I at least appreciate that they portray Billy the Blue Ranger as a gay character, probably having a lot to do with David Yost the actor who played him.
Buh? When was he portrayed in the series as gay?
He wasn't. But the actor was absolutely gay and says he was harassed for it fairly often.
Yeah he mentioned in an interview that the reason he finally quit when he did was because he got called the f-word one too many times by the crew.
The other cast members were apparently totally cool with him, but the people behind the scenes were just endlessly giving him shit for it and eventually he just wouldn't take it anymore.
o ok that sucks though
Who cares if you gay it's your life not mine
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He specifically called out the producers of the show, and refused to take part in a reunion episode because of it
so, I don't really think a throwaway joke in the fan film about Billy being gay is in particularly good taste when it's referencing the fact that the actor was driven to leave the show by homophobic bullying
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He specifically called out the producers of the show, and refused to take part in a reunion episode because of it
so, I don't really think a throwaway joke in the fan film about Billy being gay is in particularly good taste when it's referencing the fact that the actor was driven to leave the show by homophobic bullying
Its not?
Also, calling it a "throwaway joke" is a little disingenuous. It was giving credit to the original actor for having to deal with what he did by not being ashamed to make his character like him. Basically throwing it back in the original producers' face.
I would not say "I dont have to worry about you having slept with billy" as a empowering message about how its okay to be gay
Right that was a line from the character who is very painstakingly shown to be a vile person
But I think the magazine on the wall celebrating the character's relationship shows that the people making that video wanted to do a tribute to the actor of a show they like who was treated incredibly poorly
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I dunno, from everything I've heard it looks pretty Animorphs to me
well I'm not going to lie, I definitely had that thought while watching this, and believe me, there's a very long post rattling around in my head that compares and contrasts the two but ultimately what it comes down to is that this video is stupid and animorphs is cool
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I dunno, from everything I've heard it looks pretty Animorphs to me
well I'm not going to lie, I definitely had that thought while watching this, and believe me, there's a very long post rattling around in my head that compares and contrasts the two but ultimately what it comes down to is that this video is stupid and animorphs is cool
I dunno, from everything I've heard it looks pretty Animorphs to me
well I'm not going to lie, I definitely had that thought while watching this, and believe me, there's a very long post rattling around in my head that compares and contrasts the two but ultimately what it comes down to is that this video is stupid and animorphs is cool
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I at least appreciate that they portray Billy the Blue Ranger as a gay character, probably having a lot to do with David Yost the actor who played him.
Buh? When was he portrayed in the series as gay?
In the video that was posted Billy Cranston is a retired Ranger who owns a technology/weapons firm and is featured on the cover of "OUT" magazine with his partner/husband.
Geebs, I don't know how I missed this, but you and me are totes on the same page here.
See, the whole point of that video is that it's pretty dumb to try and make something that was meant to be so Light And Fluffy into some GrimDark Nonsense. Power Rangers has always been about
Karate is Cool
Robots are Cool
Superheroes are Cool
Animorphs meanwhile was all about reading 68 books over the course of 5 years that ultimately ends with one of the six animorphs dead, the main bad guy being tried by The Hague for war crimes where the main lead ultimately falls into a state of depression because he's a sixteen year old boy who had been fighting The War To Save Our Planet for three years.
So yea, you can make shit for kids that's dark. But you need to earn it. Otherwise you end up with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IfboJUVBI8
The only thing I didnt like about that Power Rangers clip was how shitty Rita looked at the end, they couldve made her look all badass but she looked like a shittier version of the one from the show
Also all these reactions to it in this thread are super weird. Like I didnt find it very funny but disgust at some kind of misrepresentation? uhhh
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I'm very, very happy about Crash Course becoming a thing and expanding. They are making it closer and closer to the videos teachers used to throw on when I was a kid, only more... informational and entertaining.
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He wasn't. But the actor was absolutely gay and says he was harassed for it fairly often.
The other cast members were apparently totally cool with him, but the people behind the scenes were just endlessly giving him shit for it and eventually he just wouldn't take it anymore.
uh this is pretty much hot garbage
Who cares if you gay it's your life not mine
so, I don't really think a throwaway joke in the fan film about Billy being gay is in particularly good taste when it's referencing the fact that the actor was driven to leave the show by homophobic bullying
most of society, apparently
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Its not?
Also, calling it a "throwaway joke" is a little disingenuous. It was giving credit to the original actor for having to deal with what he did by not being ashamed to make his character like him. Basically throwing it back in the original producers' face.
this is
I don't even know what this is
Right that was a line from the character who is very painstakingly shown to be a vile person
But I think the magazine on the wall celebrating the character's relationship shows that the people making that video wanted to do a tribute to the actor of a show they like who was treated incredibly poorly
That is more of a slut-shaming quote levelled at Kimmy than it says anything negative about Billy, tbh
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I dunno, from everything I've heard it looks pretty Animorphs to me
well I'm not going to lie, I definitely had that thought while watching this, and believe me, there's a very long post rattling around in my head that compares and contrasts the two but ultimately what it comes down to is that this video is stupid and animorphs is cool
Was hired to make a commercial for 7Up
And then made a video talking about it
God dammit I love it when people like him get work.
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holy crap this is so absolutely great
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it's ok little buddy
everything is all right
it's all in your hands
In the video that was posted Billy Cranston is a retired Ranger who owns a technology/weapons firm and is featured on the cover of "OUT" magazine with his partner/husband.
H-how
How have I never seen this before!
I did do that
The creator released a full album recently that sadly had no song as good as this IMO.
Was that Van Der Beek? rofl
Geebs, I don't know how I missed this, but you and me are totes on the same page here.
See, the whole point of that video is that it's pretty dumb to try and make something that was meant to be so Light And Fluffy into some GrimDark Nonsense. Power Rangers has always been about
Karate is Cool
Robots are Cool
Superheroes are Cool
[END OF LINE]
Even in the Darkest Series Of Power Rangers Ever the show still has scenes like this
Animorphs meanwhile was all about reading 68 books over the course of 5 years that ultimately ends with one of the six animorphs dead, the main bad guy being tried by The Hague for war crimes where the main lead ultimately falls into a state of depression because he's a sixteen year old boy who had been fighting The War To Save Our Planet for three years.
So yea, you can make shit for kids that's dark. But you need to earn it. Otherwise you end up with
Honestly, the very first scene of the Rangers using assault rifles should have tipped me off.
Also all these reactions to it in this thread are super weird. Like I didnt find it very funny but disgust at some kind of misrepresentation? uhhh
Oh man @Somestickguy Mystery Skulls is the best. The dude that did that video also did this
And the official video is also really great (warning: jump scare right at the end)
You should check out the album when you get a chance, it's pretty damn great.
While I agree that Money is still his best song, I still think the album is fantastic.
I listened to Ghost about 40 times in the first couple days after hearing it for the first time.
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