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Jason David Frank
Go go Diva Ranger!
By the way, there are a bunch of lolcows in the tokusatsu/power ranger community.
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Jason David Frank

I never did like the Green Ranger in the first place. He always appeared to me as a douche and I had that opinion when I was 7.Jason David Frank
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This guy. And for some good reasons.
First of all, JDF on facebook. Around the time I was getting into tokusatsu, JDF broke the world record for most pine boards destroyed while jumping out of a plane (his record has since been beated). I thought cool, so decided to follow him.
* He ends most posts with an annoying "yeeeeeeeeeea"
* He sometimes posts pictures of his family in compromising positions, such as a picture of his wife sleeping, his 11 year old daughter in the bath (with a swimming suit) or one of his wife in a swimsuit with a nipple visible (Don't really mind these, but there are critics who use this against him.)
* Shares almost anything doing with his time as a ranger.
* Recently, he's been posting vids of him trying to be cool and funny. These include breaking a changing station in a public bathroom and, I swear this is true, "street racing" a car in trying to pass him by speeding up. With the latter, I think his daughter was in the vehicle.
So, there's that. Then you have his con appearances. Now many fans will swear he's a great guy, very down to Earth. The problem is many people will state that they have had bad experiences with him. Case in point, this account popped up after a recent con.
http://www.rangerboard.com/showthread.php?t=168282
To summarize:
* Man and his daughter go to meet JDF.
* While getting photos taken with him, the process is so rushed his daughter's face is covered by the morpher prop in the photo.
* When going to get the photo autographed. Man gave JDF a drawing he did years ago and was cut off with JDF telling him to follow him on facebook and was pushed aside. The whole meeting took about 15 seconds.
* Daughter started crying about not being able to give him her picture.
* Aide brought daughter back to JDF, where he accepted her picture.
* With mixed feelings afterwards, they attended another autograph session. With no one else in line, JDF wouldn't even look up from his cellphone.
This made it back to JDF, where he tried to say he was sick at the time. Then he accused the OP of being a hater (was actually a very big fan beforehand) and said "send me back the picture and I'll send you back the money."
Note, this was someone else calling JDF out, not the OP
Recently, Austin St. John (Jason) returned to the con circuit (he had been a paramedic in the Middle East for the last couple of years). JDF pulled out of a con hours after St. John's appearance was announced. JDF tried to claim something about how he promised time with his daughter or had a shoot, but the con head said in an interview it was because of a clause in JDF's contract. See, JDF can pick which other Rangers he appears with, and since he has a grudge against St. John (supposedly about stories St. John said on set 20 years ago and using a stage name. At one time he kept pushing for him and St. John having a real fight "because the fans want it"). Then, JDF says he would appear but only if the rest of the original rangers did for free.
I should point out JDF is the highest paid ranger in the convention circuit.
He will always maintain he does everything for his fans.A few months back, there was this contest. Kids at home got to vote for their favorite rangers, with the winners of each match continuing on to the next week. Voting was limited to once per day. JDF did the following:
* Started off by telling his fans to vote for him (fine)
* Offered autographs to fans who vote for all three of his rangers every day that week (they must post pictures to prove it) (A little iffy, but I'll allow it)
* When his rangers were losing, he posted on facebook that he couldn't understand, the votes must be rigged by haters and finished by saying "I am your hero." (Whut?)
* Posted on facebook how to get around voting restrictions (Foul)
* When whoever was running the show deleted votes deemed fraudulent, most rangers lost thousands while JDF lost merely a few hundred and won his races. No punishment for telling his followers how to cast fraudulent votes.
* During a soon-after reddit session, he deflected questions about his actions. He cited it was the haters who cast the fraudulent votes and he doesn't condone cheating.
Some other stuff:
* Posted a picture of himself with executive producer Jon Tzachor, saying Tzachor saved Power Rangers after Disney "ruined it" (Tzachor comes under intense scrutiny from fans and former crew members due to being a notorious cheapskate while heading some of the worst received seasons). When people asked him what he meant (often pointing out that JDF starred in a Disney season), he said Disney ruined the show by not promoting it. Nothing to do with the actual quality of those seasons.
(Tzachor is being replaced next year, likely because the current season, Megaforce, has underperformed in both ratings and toy sales. JDF's post seems to me him coming to the defense of a friend)
* Has a youtube "reality show" about himself called My Morphin' Life."
* When the upcoming Mighty Morphin' reboot movie was announced he, and I shit you fucking not, posted the personal contact information of one of the higher-ups at Lionsgate and told his followers to tell Lionsgate to put him in the movie. This was within hours of the announcement and fans did contact her, saying no one would watch a Power Rangers movie without JDF.
* Tried to pitch a solo Green Ranger movie starring himself for the last few years.
* When asked about his time on the set, his stories will change to whatever will make him look the best. Take for instance St. John, Walter Jones or Truy Trang (RIP) leaving. If they are with him at the panel, he will say he agreed with them and would have walked if he didn't have a newborn at the time. If alone, he will condemn them for being too greedy.
* Some issues with him behind the scenes. Supposedly put a fly in David Yost's (Billy) sandwich and farted on a sleeping Steve Cardenas (Rocky). While working on Disney's Dino Thunder, was said to be a drama queen who only cared about getting his closeup by castmate Emma Lahana.
* Has bashed former Rangers who turned down returning for the 20th anniversary (they often cite they were expected to do so for little pay. According to Matt Austin (SPD Green), he would have taken a personal loss by doing so)
* Has said people who don't like Tommy/Him are not "true Power Rangers fans."
* Often said to be the face of the franchise. I'd like to point out the series was only saved from cancellation during Turbo when he (and the other vet rangers) left and were replaced. The Turbo movie tanked and viewership had been on the decline since around the second season (where he took over as leader and the aforementioned departure of Jason, Trini and Zack occured)
* Decided to hold a panel when he was scheduled to sign autographs.
His fans also seem to think people criticize him because "it's the cool thing to do" because he's so big.
There's this one guy, I'll call D, who throws bitch fits about fandom memes (like Megaforce Pink being an environmental terrorist/serial killer/in a lesbian relationship with Yellow. Mostly a combination of the three) and interpretations (like Samurai Yellow being mentally 5) because he either disagrees (and will phrase it in such a way to let you know he disagrees with the general census. Every time.) or doesn't like it (and shouldn't have to see it). Basically, he holds what the writers intended way above how it comes across.Go go Diva Ranger!
By the way, there are a bunch of lolcows in the tokusatsu/power ranger community.
There's this one guy, I'll call D, who throws bitch fits about fandom memes (like Megaforce Pink being an environmental terrorist/serial killer/in a lesbian relationship with Yellow. Mostly a combination of the three) and interpretations (like Samurai Yellow being mentally 5) because he either disagrees (and will phrase it in such a way to let you know he disagrees with the general census. Every time.) or doesn't like it (and shouldn't have to see it). Basically, he holds what the writers intended way above how it comes across.
Jason David Frank
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This guy. And for some good reasons.
First of all, JDF on facebook. Around the time I was getting into tokusatsu, JDF broke the world record for most pine boards destroyed while jumping out of a plane (his record has since been beated). I thought cool, so decided to follow him.
* He ends most posts with an annoying "yeeeeeeeeeea"
* He sometimes posts pictures of his family in compromising positions, such as a picture of his wife sleeping, his 11 year old daughter in the bath (with a swimming suit) or one of his wife in a swimsuit with a nipple visible (Don't really mind these, but there are critics who use this against him.)
* Shares almost anything doing with his time as a ranger.
* Recently, he's been posting vids of him trying to be cool and funny. These include breaking a changing station in a public bathroom and, I swear this is true, "street racing" a car in trying to pass him by speeding up. With the latter, I think his daughter was in the vehicle.
So, there's that. Then you have his con appearances. Now many fans will swear he's a great guy, very down to Earth. The problem is many people will state that they have had bad experiences with him. Case in point, this account popped up after a recent con.
http://www.rangerboard.com/showthread.php?t=168282
To summarize:
* Man and his daughter go to meet JDF.
* While getting photos taken with him, the process is so rushed his daughter's face is covered by the morpher prop in the photo.
* When going to get the photo autographed. Man gave JDF a drawing he did years ago and was cut off with JDF telling him to follow him on facebook and was pushed aside. The whole meeting took about 15 seconds.
* Daughter started crying about not being able to give him her picture.
* Aide brought daughter back to JDF, where he accepted her picture.
* With mixed feelings afterwards, they attended another autograph session. With no one else in line, JDF wouldn't even look up from his cellphone.
This made it back to JDF, where he tried to say he was sick at the time. Then he accused the OP of being a hater (was actually a very big fan beforehand) and said "send me back the picture and I'll send you back the money."
Note, this was someone else calling JDF out, not the OP
Recently, Austin St. John (Jason) returned to the con circuit (he had been a paramedic in the Middle East for the last couple of years). JDF pulled out of a con hours after St. John's appearance was announced. JDF tried to claim something about how he promised time with his daughter or had a shoot, but the con head said in an interview it was because of a clause in JDF's contract. See, JDF can pick which other Rangers he appears with, and since he has a grudge against St. John (supposedly about stories St. John said on set 20 years ago and using a stage name. At one time he kept pushing for him and St. John having a real fight "because the fans want it"). Then, JDF says he would appear but only if the rest of the original rangers did for free.
I should point out JDF is the highest paid ranger in the convention circuit.
He will always maintain he does everything for his fans.A few months back, there was this contest. Kids at home got to vote for their favorite rangers, with the winners of each match continuing on to the next week. Voting was limited to once per day. JDF did the following:
* Started off by telling his fans to vote for him (fine)
* Offered autographs to fans who vote for all three of his rangers every day that week (they must post pictures to prove it) (A little iffy, but I'll allow it)
* When his rangers were losing, he posted on facebook that he couldn't understand, the votes must be rigged by haters and finished by saying "I am your hero." (Whut?)
* Posted on facebook how to get around voting restrictions (Foul)
* When whoever was running the show deleted votes deemed fraudulent, most rangers lost thousands while JDF lost merely a few hundred and won his races. No punishment for telling his followers how to cast fraudulent votes.
* During a soon-after reddit session, he deflected questions about his actions. He cited it was the haters who cast the fraudulent votes and he doesn't condone cheating.
Some other stuff:
* Posted a picture of himself with executive producer Jon Tzachor, saying Tzachor saved Power Rangers after Disney "ruined it" (Tzachor comes under intense scrutiny from fans and former crew members due to being a notorious cheapskate while heading some of the worst received seasons). When people asked him what he meant (often pointing out that JDF starred in a Disney season), he said Disney ruined the show by not promoting it. Nothing to do with the actual quality of those seasons.
(Tzachor is being replaced next year, likely because the current season, Megaforce, has underperformed in both ratings and toy sales. JDF's post seems to me him coming to the defense of a friend)
* Has a youtube "reality show" about himself called My Morphin' Life."
* When the upcoming Mighty Morphin' reboot movie was announced he, and I shit you fucking not, posted the personal contact information of one of the higher-ups at Lionsgate and told his followers to tell Lionsgate to put him in the movie. This was within hours of the announcement and fans did contact her, saying no one would watch a Power Rangers movie without JDF.
* Tried to pitch a solo Green Ranger movie starring himself for the last few years.
* When asked about his time on the set, his stories will change to whatever will make him look the best. Take for instance St. John, Walter Jones or Truy Trang (RIP) leaving. If they are with him at the panel, he will say he agreed with them and would have walked if he didn't have a newborn at the time. If alone, he will condemn them for being too greedy.
* Some issues with him behind the scenes. Supposedly put a fly in David Yost's (Billy) sandwich and farted on a sleeping Steve Cardenas (Rocky). While working on Disney's Dino Thunder, was said to be a drama queen who only cared about getting his closeup by castmate Emma Lahana.
* Has bashed former Rangers who turned down returning for the 20th anniversary (they often cite they were expected to do so for little pay. According to Matt Austin (SPD Green), he would have taken a personal loss by doing so)
* Has said people who don't like Tommy/Him are not "true Power Rangers fans."
* Often said to be the face of the franchise. I'd like to point out the series was only saved from cancellation during Turbo when he (and the other vet rangers) left and were replaced. The Turbo movie tanked and viewership had been on the decline since around the second season (where he took over as leader and the aforementioned departure of Jason, Trini and Zack occured)
* Decided to hold a panel when he was scheduled to sign autographs.
His fans also seem to think people criticize him because "it's the cool thing to do" because he's so big.
Wow. What the fuck. This is very slightly depressing to me, the Green Ranger was my first crush. Admittedly it was because of his hair. Still, its never fun when you learn an old crush is actually a shitty person. Shame. It's sad when people cling to 20+ year old fame.
When I went to college the first time, I befriended an older woman who seemed alright at first. She was right-wing, yet pro-environment and adecent conversationalist. The problem was that she had a trigger with anything sexual (even mentioning something being sexy/sensual, like a radio add about a show). She had this seething hatred towards sex to the point that she believed that we should teach kids and teens "to hate and fear sex" because they are "too stupid to understand it". She compared sex-ed to "teaching a kid how to build a bomb and then say not to use it."
One time, we had an assignment where we were to design our own tarot card (via Photoshop) and one student picked "The Lovers." She used a picture of a naked, hetro couple looking fondly at each other in an innocent way (it seemed that way to me) as they had their arms around each other. She got very upset with it and called it filthy during the peer critique. I explained to her that The Lovers is supposed to have nude bodies and she replied in a disgusted tone, "They should be called The Lusters, not The Lovers."
I was very tempted to ask if she was raped or molested when she was younger (probably as a teen) to her hate towards teen sexuality and sex in general. (She didn't seem like a hardcore fundy.) But I held my tongue on that and just worried about any kids she has or will have once they hit puberty.
I'm guessing by an older sibling since teen sex makes her angry.Yeah, she was molested.
Or she had a very conservative upbringing. She may not of been molested, but if her parents were aggressive and even abusive about the possibility of sex, that alone could leave scars in her mind.I'm guessing by an older sibling since teen sex makes her angry.
My guess is that he pressured the guy who created the group to add him back in as an admin. The group creator is nice, but I think he's a bit too nice for his own good.
Also, from what I had seen, everybody got the same amount of likes with each picture they posted. He's specifically targeted me, my fiancé and two of my friends as the main source of his jealous feelings. I don't know what's more pathetic, that he's angry over a few piddly little likes on Facebook or that he's jealous of us.We're just a bunch of weirdos!
When I went to college the first time, I befriended an older woman who seemed alright at first. She was right-wing, yet pro-environment and adecent conversationalist. The problem was that she had a trigger with anything sexual (even mentioning something being sexy/sensual, like a radio add about a show). She had this seething hatred towards sex to the point that she believed that we should teach kids and teens "to hate and fear sex" because they are "too stupid to understand it". She compared sex-ed to "teaching a kid how to build a bomb and then say not to use it."
One time, we had an assignment where we were to design our own tarot card (via Photoshop) and one student picked "The Lovers." She used a picture of a naked, hetro couple looking fondly at each other in an innocent way (it seemed that way to me) as they had their arms around each other. She got very upset with it and called it filthy during the peer critique. I explained to her that The Lovers is supposed to have nude bodies and she replied in a disgusted tone, "They should be called The Lusters, not The Lovers."
I was very tempted to ask if she was raped or molested when she was younger (probably as a teen) to her hate towards teen sexuality and sex in general. (She didn't seem like a hardcore fundy.) But I held my tongue on that and just worried about any kids she has or will have once they hit puberty.