Metal Hero

2022-03-12T21:14:23Z

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'''Metal Hero''' is a genre of Japanese tokusatsu television programs. It was produced by Toei, the same company responsible for the ''Super Sentai'' and Kamen Rider series. Beginning in 1982 and ending in 1999, the series usually consist of 1-3 characters transforming into cyborg-like superheroes. In 1994, Haim Saban took footage from the Metal Hero series, and used it for ''VR Troopers'' and in 1996 and 1997 for ''Big Bad BeetleBorgs'' and ''BeetleBorgs Metallix''.

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==Series==
*''Space Sheriff Gavan'' (1982)
*''Space Sheriff Sharivan'' (1983)
*''Space Sheriff Shaider'' (1984)
*''Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion'' (1985)
*''Jikuu Senshi Spielban'' (1986)
*''Choujinki Metalder'' (1987)
*''Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya'' (1988)
*''Kido Keiji Jiban'' (1989)
*''Special Rescue Police Winspector'' (1990)
*''Super Rescue Solbrain'' (1991)
*''Special Rescue Exeedraft'' (1992)
*''Tokusou Robo Janperson'' (1993)
*''Blue SWAT'' (1994)
*''Juukou B-Fighter'' (1995)
*''B-Fighter Kabuto'' (1996)
*''B-Robo Kabutack'' (1997)
*''Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack'' (1998)

==Adaptations==
*''VR Troopers'' (1994-1996)
*''Big Bad BeetleBorgs'' (1996)
*''BeetleBorgs Metallix'' (1997)

On one episode of ''Big Bad BeetleBorgs,'' the characters of Silver Ray and Karato were adapted from Gun Gibson and Janperson, respectively. Several costumes from B-Fighter and B-Fighter Kabuto would be used on the 10th anniversary of Power Rangers episode, Forever Red. On ''Power Rangers Ninja Steel,'' the character of Sheriff Skyfire was adapted from Jiraya. On ''Power Rangers Beast Morphers,'' Captain Chaku was adapted from Gavan.

==VR Troopers==
In 1994, Saban would use Metal Hero footage for ''VR Troopers'', which was a sister show to ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers''. However, unlike Power Rangers, ''VR Troopers'' was aired in syndication. Because of this, the show had more violent footage. Initially, the show was pitched as ''Cybertron'', taking footage from the 1987 series, ''Choujinki Metalder''. It starred Jason David Frank, who was already famous playing Tommy Oliver, the Green Ranger on Power Rangers as Adam Steele. Jamie Kennedy was also in the pilot, playing the comic relief. However, due to the popularity of Tommy on Power Rangers, Jason David Frank was brought back to the show as the White Ranger. Coincidentally, Brad Hawkins, who played Ryan Steele on ''VR Troopers'', was going to play the White Ranger. The theme song to ''Cybertron'' is a re-worked version of ''Go Green Ranger Go''. The show was re-worked, adapting footage from ''Jikuu Senshi Spielban'' for additional villains, as well as the characters of J.B. Reese and Kaitlin Starr, and renamed ''VR Troopers''. During the second season of the show, the footage from ''Metalder'' had been used up, and the show began using footage from ''Space Sheriff Shaider'' for new villains as well as Ryan Steele's new suit. The show ended in 1996, mainly due to the fact that there was no more Metal Hero footage to use that would match the motif. ''Spielban'' had been the only show in which there was a female Metal Hero. It was also around this time that Saban was beginning to adapt the 1995 series ''Juukou B-Fighter'' into ''Big Bad BeetleBorgs''.

Out of most American Tokusatsu adaptations, ''VR Troopers'' is the most unique. Shows like ''Power Rangers'' and DIC's ''Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad'' use footage that is at least 1–3 years old by the time the shows aired. From 1993-2009, ''Power Rangers'' was usually one year behind ''Super Sentai''. However, with ''VR Troopers'', the Japanese footage used was several years old by the time the show aired in 1994. The oldest being from ''Shaider'', which aired in Japan in 1984. ''Spielban'' and ''Metalder'' aired in 1986 and 1987 respectively. Because of this, the footage looked very dated. The same instance occurred with ''Saban's Masked Rider'' in 1995. The Japanese show from where it came, ''Kamen Rider Black RX'', originally aired in 1988. An instance like this wouldn't happen again until 2009's ''Kamen Rider Dragon Knight'', which used footage from 2002's ''Kamen Rider Ryuki''.

==BeetleBorgs==
In 1996, ''Big Bad BeetleBorgs'' began airing on Fox Kids. In a stark contrast from ''VR Troopers'', ''BeetleBorgs'' was a more kid-friendly show. Instead of having characters in their 20s, the show focused on pre-teens, around the ages of 10-14. This would be something that would transfer over to Power Rangers in the form of Justin Stewart, the 12 year old Blue Turbo Ranger the following year. One of the more infamous characters on the show was named Flabber, who gained his infamy due to the character's resemblance to Jay Leno. The show would also use footage from another Metal Hero series during one episode of the first season. The characters of Karato and Silver Ray were taken from the series ''Tokusou Robo Janperson'', which had a team-up with the B-Fighters. ''BeetleBorgs'' and it's second season, ''BeetleBorgs Metallix'', used footage from the 1995 and 1996 series, ''Juukou B-Fighter'' and ''B-Fighter Kabuto'', respectively. Much like ''VR Troopers'' before, ''BeetleBorgs'' was cancelled due to lack of Japanese footage. Although the Metal Hero series did continue after ''B-Fighter Kabuto'', it's successor ''B-Robo Kabutack'' (1997) and ''Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack'' (1998) were aimed at a younger audience, with the shows being more kiddie in nature. As far as in the west, Saban would make one more sister show to Power Rangers in the Fall of 1998, called ''Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog''. The show garnered a fairly positive reaction. It is the only tokusatsu series produced by Saban to not use any Japanese footage. However, it was cancelled after only once season.

==End of Metal Hero==
The Metal Hero genre of shows ended on January 24, 1999, with the final episode of ''Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack''. To fill the timeslot, TV Asahi would air ''Moero!! Robocon'' for the rest of 1999, along side the current Super Sentai series, ''Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoV''. After the series finished, Toei would bring back the Kamen Rider series, with ''Kamen Rider Kuuga''.

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Talk:Gorilla

2022-03-12T21:12:48Z

Gayhole:

Why is there an evolutionist link on here? [[User:Ratso|Ratso]] 18:01, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

Um, because Conservapedia claims to be 'unbiased'? And because neither you not [[User:Conservative]] has deleted it yet? --[[User:BobD|BobD]] 18:03, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

::I believe he deleted it. '''Scorpion'''[[User_Talk:Scorpion|Tell me what you think]] 14:56, 15 April 2007 (EDT)

Not all creationists are young earth. Too many places on this site, evolution and age of the earth are assumed to be the same thing. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 14:31, 21 June 2007 (EDT)

==Common ancestor?==
The article says "Comparison of DNA sequences of humans and gorillas show them to be 99% identical, but even with these similarities there are so many gaps in the sequence that it is nigh impossible for them to have descended from a common ancestor." I don't get it. Why do you need to analyse the number of gaps in the DNA to conclude that gorillas and people have no common ancestor? Surely the number of gaps would suggest only that any common ancestor must have been ''a long time ago''. The absolute ''rejection'' of common ancestry cannot be based on this, only on a more fundamental rejection of evolutionist theory. It looks like an illogical argument. [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] 08:16, 15 February 2008 (EST)
: Yup, the best that can be said for the argument is that is one from personal incredulity - a logical fallacy. Since it is no a rigorous argument against the fact we share a common ancestor I am going to delete it (again). I'm not interested in an edit war so I'd thank any would be reverter to justify the inclusion on an unsupported claim in this article on the talk page before anything else is done --[[User:Igor nz|Igor nz]] 22:12, 26 March 2008 (EDT)
:: I'll ask a different question: Is the claim of 99% DNA similarity correct? I can't find a statement on the Internet saying what it is, but what I can find is that (a) chimpanzee/human DNA similarity claims vary between about 98.8% and 95%, and (b) chimpanzees are supposed to be ''closer'' to humans than gorillas. This suggests that the 99% claim for gorillas is incorrect. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 04:53, 27 March 2008 (EDT)
:::Good point - I think it's actually about 97% (though it depends exactly how you measure it). So I'll correct it (once I have checked). But whether it's 99, 97 or 33% doesn't alter the illogicality of the argument! [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] 06:22, 27 March 2008 (EDT)
:::What [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] said - I think it will be around 99-97 for gorilla-human (they are very close to humans and chimps) but there is point at which you can say aha! that's too different, they couldn't have ever shared a common ancestor --[[User:Igor nz|Igor nz]] 18:35, 27 March 2008 (EDT)
::::[I think you mean "there is '''no''' point at which you can say". I will not alter your words - but if I'm right, Igor, please amend what you wrote and then delete this note of mine. [[User:Humblpi|Humblpi]] 05:48, 28 March 2008 (EDT)]

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