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| Staying Power
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| Much to the bemusement of former production staff members, GR
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| (as it's known among fans) has sparked a loyal, almost cult following
| | * [[About the Series:Atypical Writers Characters Stories|Atypical Writers, Characters, Stories]] |
| in the years since 1986. The show boasts a fairly tightly knit fan
| | * [[About the Series:The Animated TV Series Was Financial Disaster|The Animated TV Series Was Financial Disaster]] |
| community that maintains two Internet mailing lists (although one
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| generates very little traffic) and a number of Web sites. Writers
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| produce fan fiction, or fanfic, that continues the rangers' stories
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| and explores new ideas. List members meet regularly on | |
| href="http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/falcon/5/chat.html">IRC
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| to chat about the show, discuss fan fiction, and just shoot the
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| breeze. Some staff members are in touch with the fan community: two
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| of the writers lurk on the mailing list, and others have been | |
| receptive to contacts by individual community members. Those fans who
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| can manage it even meet in person at RangerCon, a small gathering
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| (usually in Seattle, Washington) that, at its fourth year, is making
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| a fair bid at becoming an annual event.
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| A series of 13 videotapes was released while the show was
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| running, but at $69.95 a pop, they were outside the price range of
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| many fans at the time. Nowadays tapes are extremely hard to come by,
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| though fans dub free copies for each other while hoping for an
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| official rerelease. It's not uncommon to find GR tapes and
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| memorabilia being hawked on eBay, either--one more sign that the show
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| has a small but faithful following.
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| Although the characters and the universe are probably the
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| central draw, some fans also cite the show's refusal to take itself
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| too seriously as a major attraction. Comedic stories abound, and the
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| dialogue is liberally sprinkled with references to '80s culture,
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| music videos, Westerns, and Japanese animation. Writers even gave
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| Niko one line cribbed from the animated Beatles flick "Yellow
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| Submarine." Catching the in-jokes can be half the fun.
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| | <center>'''<big>About the Series:</big>'''</center> |
| [[Category:Fatima]]
| | <center><big>Staying Power</big></center> |
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| | <center>'''by Elizabeth 'Fatima' Bales'''</center> |
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