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WILL IT STAY OR WILL IT GO??? To be totally honest with you, I'm not capable (with the information that's available) of figuring it out right now. All through my time of doing PROAC, the only thing I've tried to be with you is straight-forward. I've never been intentionally deceitful or mis-leading. When I find something that deserves to be mentioned here, I post it and give you my read on it. "Reading the tea leaves" has always been how the PR fandom has discerned information and figured out what's going to happen next. For me, most of those tea leaves have concerned the TV schedules. That, frankly, hasn't been that hard. This, however, seems impossible. It's such a big thing that I feel it only fair to NOT make any sort of conjecture or speculation about the future of PR. I don't have any inside information (other than advance schedules) that would make you believe me over any other PR-interested Webmaster or pundit.
So, I'm just going to present what we know -- on both sides -- and do it in as organized a way that I can.  Just when we thought it was finally OK to begin accepting PR was on its was to its conclusion, we get a total out-of-left-field development! Last week, Bandai America (the toy manufacturing arm of the PR machine) sent out an e-mail to PR fans and webmasters. It basically said that everything was go for a 2010 season. The one thing that keeps me from believing this at a higher level is my doubt as to whether it's really Bandai's place to speak for Disney.Here's the Bandai statement that was included in the e-mail:
"Despite some of the rumors circulating the web, the Power Rangers are not going away in 2010. Disney and Bandai America continue to be committed to the Power Rangers Brand. In fact, Disney is producing a Season 18 and Bandai America will continue to develop action figures and toys for fans and collectors of all ages.  This is what we had at first. Not just statements from people at the top of the RPM food chain, but other occurences that reflect a lower profile for the current PR season.Here's the list of occurances that would suggest that PR has reached its final season:
"The very first meeting I ever had with Disney on the show, they told me flat out that Jungle Fury was supposed to have been the final season of Power Rangers. I don't remember the circumstances exactly, but something involving foreign financing or issues with the toy company had already begun moving forward and put them in a position of being obligated to to go ahead with the RPM season. I guess people familiar with following the show have become used to hearing this every year, but I took it to be true.
This is a big deal and I'll do my darnedest to stay on top of the developments. THE LATEST EPISODE: July 4 -- "Prisoners": Dear Gem and Gemma. This is not "Film Farm Report" from the grand old days of the SCTV TV show. There are other objectives other than make sure things get "blowed up real good!" Maybe Doc K can transfuse a small dose of prozac into their morphers to keep them from getting hyper-active. Just like Demetria stopped asking questions disguised as riddles in Turbo, maybe G&G will stop needing two mouths to produce one sentence. RATINGS UPDATE: If you don't like train wrecks, don't go to the Ratings page for the July 4 update. It's not pretty. TORRENT UPDATE: "Prisoners" is now available.
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(updated 7/7/09) This week's update was delayed in hopes of having a ratings update. But it appears we have our first numbers-less week of the RPM season. That, and another pre-empted weekend makes for a pretty boring update.
Just wanted to post that the official announcement has been made for Power Morphicon 2 -- the second official fan convention of all things Power Rangers. It will be in Summer 2010 (that June thing was a rogue thought that got stuck in my head ... it ain't official) at a yet-to-be-disclosed Los Angeles location. If they can get anywhere close to the guest list they had for the first one in 2007, it's probably worth your while to save up and go. Or, commit next year's tax refund to the cause. Already on the guest list are two icons from the MMPR days -- Paul Schrier (Bulk) and *fanfare* Jason David Frank (Tommy). (Heck, you might even see the Burgmeister, who didn't see the need to go to the first one ... until he saw the YouTube videos! If I'm there, I'll follow the long-standing PR wardrobe tradition and wear nothing but burgundy shirts and Redskins jerseys!) The link for the official PMC2 Web site can be found below. Once there, you can find the link to the PMC forums.
