areaseven Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Long before Power Rangers, there was Dynaman. In 1987, USA Network picked up the rights to a few episodes of the 1983 Super Sentai series Kagaku Sentai Dynaman (科学戦隊ダイナマン); but rather than broadcast a direct translation of the series, they replaced the original soundtrack with a dub parody. All of the characters were dubbed with fake Japanese accents except Dyna Yellow, who was a cowboy. The villains were rewritten to be an organization of evil film executives. The soundtrack was predominantly '80s top-40 hits by the likes of Huey Lewis & the News, ZZ Top, Bon Jovi and Morris Day & The Time. So how bad was Dynaman? It's just so hilariously bad, it's good. One of the great guilty pleasures of the '80s. Here's episode 1. WARNING: Bad audio quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I loved those bits. Too bad they could never release it on home video. I was thrilled to find them again on YouTube a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I loved those bits. Too bad they could never release it on home video. I was thrilled to find them again on YouTube a few years ago. I, of course, know all about good old Dynaman... One of my friends does not like anything Japanese anime and such, I forced him to start watching Dynaman and he sat stoney faced when it started, ended up watching the firt episode 3 times in a row. Oh yeah, he didn't even manage to hold the Stoney face past the "who really knew about acid in those days"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealfolkblues Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Normally lurk, but had to add that I LOVE this show!! I have an unofficial DVD from Showa video and I watch it several times a year. Great jokes if you are a child of the 80's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areaseven Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 And now, the crown jewel of this parody series: the lost convention episode! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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