History Fanfic / EigaSentaiScanranger

*** Did he want dubbed {{Toku}} like we sometimes used to get like ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' and ''[[Manga/GiantRobo Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot]]''? That's hard to figure out from ''Scanranger'' being about a multi-racial team of heroes defending [[CreatorProvincialism the same state the author lives in]]. If anything, it sounds like ''Power Rangers'' instead '''inspired''' this story.
*** Indeed, it seems to be generally noted that with its somewhat lighthearted theme of saving the world with movies, American setting and [[EvilIsHammy incredibly hammy]], [[LaughablyEvil bumbling comedic villains]], ''Scanranger'' reads more like a season of ''Power Rangers'' than Sentai. Possibly due to it being written mainly in the mid-to-late 90's when ''Power Rangers'' was a lot more readily available than episodes of Sentai, never mind '''translated''' episodes. The author seems to have unintentionally used the show he was attacking as reference material. How are people supposed to know you're fixing something, when your product seems exactly the same?
*** The characters, costumes and mecha were all original to this story. Is that what the author wanted, for American creators to just take the ''idea'' of what a Sentai show's like and make all-original shows in the formula a la ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'' and ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog''?
*** The author's attitude toward various issues depicted in his story seems to have changed over the course of writing it. Understandable, people learn and change, but see BrokenAesop above: is he supporting or mocking censorship for violent children's shows? And despite admitting he doesn't really hate ''Power Rangers'' anymore in the liner notes when he reposted the story, he didn't take out any of the original sneering. [[note]] And despite it being the reason the series was written, bashing Power Rangers isn't that big of a plot element. It probably could've been taken out pretty easily with no effect on the plot. [[/note]] If the author doesn't say what he wants, it's even harder to tell after he changes his stance on things within the same work.
*** Maybe most confusingly of all, ''Scanranger'' was created to celebrate the original Japanese shows over the American adaptations of them. This gets weird when you think about how the Scanrangers get their powers from movies, and not made-up ones that only exist in the fic's world, real movies the reader could hunt down and watch themselves if they were interested. That's not even getting into all the references to movies and filmmakers that have nothing to do with the rangers' powers. Making ''Scanranger'' a story that's meant to glorify Japanese superhero shows while mocking the way they get adapted for America, that also relies on tons and tons of references to American media.

* MagicAIsMagicA: How the characters' powers work can be inconsistent. Vin needs to be extremely specific about which ''Zorro'' movie he wants to use in one episode even though what he is copying is the [[ZorroMark Z-slash]] you'd see in any version. But in the next, Takeshi is getting away with basing an attack on the ''[[Series/MetalHeroes Space Sheriff]]'' series in general. Ug's genre is war movies but he uses his powers to whip up the spider-mech from ''Film/WildWildWest'', which most viewers would probably not call a "war movie". At one time Nick, using his special effects powers, taps into ''Film/RockyIII'' to use Hulk Hogan's wrestling moves.

%%* AnAsskickingChristmas

%%* ClipShow: "Winter Interlude".

%%* {{BFG}}: The Camzooka.

%%* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Byte's reason for living.

%%* MonsterOfTheWeek: Cybercreatures.

* {{BFG}}: The Camzooka.

* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Byte's reason for living.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: Cybercreatures.

* CatchPhrase: "I can't tell you that..Ancient Japanese secret..”
** ”Got caught in rush hour traffic..."
** "As you Americans say, the rest is history."

* ClipShow: "Winter Interlude".

In this stunning homage to ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (and [[TakeThat fully-extended middle finger]] to ''Franchise/PowerRangers''), Professor Daphne Alexandria is more than just a mild-mannered film professor, she’s the head of a secret organization that protects Earth from hostile aliens, and her prize students are being drafted. Why? Because the power she has to bestow can only be used by those with a passionate love of movies. And why does Alex feel the need to trust the fate of the world to five crazy kids? Because of the imminent invasion of the not terribly effective MAYHEM Corps, hell-bent on conquering UsefulNotes/NewJersey! If the rangers can stop harping on their hatred of Haim Saban and all things ''Power Rangers'' long enough, they might just pull this off. And despite how everything sounds, [[SeriousBusiness it takes itself too seriously too often to be a parody.]]

* AnAsskickingChristmas

The story is archived [[http://www.reocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/5514/scanranger.html here]], with the writer also posting it on [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/681863/redscanner FF.net]] after Geocities went down.

** It's clear that the author intensely disliked how ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' was made. What isn't clear, and which would seem central to putting so much effort into calling out a show you don't like, is what kind of show he wanted instead, or what about ''Scanranger'' was supposed to be closer to the author's idea of how to do these shows right.

*** Indeed, it seems to be generally noted that with its somewhat more lighthearted theme of saving the world with movies, American setting and [[EvilIsHammy incredibly hammy]], [[LaughablyEvil bumbling comedic villains]], ''Scanranger'' reads more like a season of ''Power Rangers'' than the Sentai it's meant to glorify. Possibly due to it being written mainly in the mid-to-late 90's when ''Power Rangers'' was a lot more readily available than episodes of Sentai, never mind '''translated''' episodes. The author seems to have unintentionally used the show he was attacking as reference material. What's supposed to stand out when it feels like it's copying from the same thing it says is being done all wrong?

*** Maybe most confusingly of all, ''Scanranger'' was created to celebrate the original Japanese shows over the American adaptations of them. This gets weird when you think about how the Scanrangers get their powers from movies, and not made-up ones that only exist in the fic's world, real movies that the reader could hunt down and watch themselves if they were interested. That's not even getting into all the references to movies and filmmakers that have nothing to do with the rangers' powers. Making ''Scanranger'' a story that's meant to glorify Eastern superhero shows while mocking the Western method of adapting them, that also relies on tons and tons of references to Western media.