User:Electower

Electower. A pillar of the people's will.

My Life as a Fan
I first saw Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers when I was four, and it scared me. To quote Alan Moore, "In my life that's generally been a sign; something I'm almost repulsed by to start will be something I'll be enduringly fascinated by later."

When I was eight I got into Big Bad Beetleborgs in afternoon syndication, which was paired with reruns of Power Rangers: Turbo, which I also got into. I watched Power Rangers In Space after that. It was only natural. I think that's the only time on television I've heard an announcer say, "To be continued next season."

I watched every season after that on and off, with a slowly fading interest. In 2004 ToyFare magazine ran a brief article about Super Sentai. That's what got me searching on the Internet. I read everything Web 1.0 had to offer on the subject. When searching YouTube for videos was a novelty, just to see what was really on there, I found and watched the opening sequences of pretty much every Super Sentai season, up to Boukenger. But that was about the most of what I could find.

In January of 2009 I had a snow day and an episode of Fiveman appeared in my "Recommended for You" bar. I talked it up at school that day. Another friend approached me and talked up his own experience watching the first episode of Zyuranger. I watched that, and it just blew my mind.

I've found that Super Sentai has everything I liked about Power Rangers, and nothing I do not like. I don't watch Power Rangers anymore. I watched one episode of RPM, and it wasn't working for me.