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Jason
08-28-2003, 11:07 AM
For any Power Rangers fans today is a special day it's exactly 10 full years since Mighty Morphin Power Rangers first premiered on US TV on Saturday 28th August 1993.
It hard to believe it has been running not stop to this day and is now in its 11th Season. Over 480 episodes have aired so far and there'll be new episodes running from September until November concluding the 11th Season.

Anyway to celebrate this there'll be some special stuff going on in the US and in Europe.

In Europe those of you who get Fox Kids can watch Power Rangers: The History which is a programme that runs through the first 11 seasons of Power Rangers and features top 10's such as the greatest rangers, villians etc. It aired on Fox Kids UK last Friday and most other European countries should be getting is around about now.

In the US there will be a 10 episode special called Power Rangers: Rise of The Heros airing on ABC Family on the 9th September which will feature various episodes from the original MMPR right up to Ninja Storm.

So for all the Power Rangers fans that's 10 years, 11 seasons and over 480 episodes (and Season 12 coming next year !)

The team that started it all the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/j38uk/mmpr280893.jpeg

Raven
08-28-2003, 11:11 AM
eh my life is going really well without power rangers.
so i guess i'll just say, hope this seasons there last, dont want to kill a good thing like they already did.

cqb101
08-28-2003, 11:29 AM
Whoopy dee ****ing doo! :roll:

I hope the show gets canned ASAP......

Reznorite420
08-28-2003, 11:46 AM
On my dad's birthday? That's scary...

Jephael
08-28-2003, 01:03 PM
They aren't even called "Mighty Morphin" anymore. They should've stopped at "Turbo", cause after that I lost track of which character was which ranger.

Mr. Snackpants
08-28-2003, 01:45 PM
I was wondering when we'd get our next Powers Rangers Update. It is hard to believe that crap has been on the air for 10 years. I had no idea it was still on until about a year ago. Now they have Ninja Storm with a guinea pig sensei. Hmmm, ninjas, rodents sensei, sounds familiar.

Raven
08-28-2003, 02:17 PM
man I would like to meet the guy who desides if power rangers stays on or not, and kick is ass.

Ashangelo
08-28-2003, 02:23 PM
10 yrs already huh? I liked the orignal series with all the orignal characters I quit watching after they got a bunch of new people though it just wasn't the same

Mars-Chan
08-28-2003, 02:44 PM
Oh, I hear you on that. When the show with the White Ranger went off the air, I decided to grow up that day.
*drools* Tommy........*ahem*What was I saying? :lol:

cqb101
08-28-2003, 04:27 PM
http://images.snapfish.com/3384%3B5%3A323232%7Ffp3%3B%3Dot%3E2329%3D383%3D62% 3A%3Dxroqdf%3E232343754%3B%3A9%3Bot1lsi

Shellfox
08-28-2003, 05:21 PM
I was beginging to wonder where you were.

Honesly I am amazed the shows lasted this long. Then again I'm suprised LG didn't kill it.

Well way to go Power Rangers

Dr. Doom
08-28-2003, 05:24 PM
I was a humongous fan of Power Rangers longer than most people. Until about 1997, actually. But I stopped watching when they replaced Tommy, Adam and the resta the somewhat original group that was in Turbo. It was bad enough that Rocky, My favorite at the time, got replaced by that little ****, but that was just the final straw. It hasn't really seemed like the same show for the past, like 6 years, or probably even less, has it? Not that I watch it any more, but, yanno, you see commercials and stuff. I'm happy to be back at TMNT where I started, cause Power Rangers kinda took it's place for me for those 4 years I was into it. But I'm glad to be back with TMNT. What's really cool tho was any time I would see an ex-ranger in a movie or on TV. Here's a small list of what somma the more classic Power Rangers actors have done since they left the show based off of stuff I've seen mixed with IMDB info.

Austin St. John (Jason): Not really anything. Some movie after Turbo that he isn't even credited in on IMDB.

Jason Frank (Tommy): I remember seeing him on that MTV Show Undressed a coupla years ago. Not much else.

Amy Jo Johnson (Kimberly): Obviously, she was on that Felicity show and seems to have become remotely successful. Can you believe she's 33 years old? Wasn't she sposda be a tennager not too long ago? Apparently she's in or was in some band named Valhalla as a frontwoman (vocals and Guitar). The name interests me, at least. And one last note, I had the hugest crush on her when I was a kid.

Walter Jones (Zach): I just saw him like last week in a cingular commercial, actually. According to IMDB, he's missing his middle finger on his left hand. But it looks like he's actually doing pretty good for himself also with lotsa roles in movies and TV guest spots. Is also 33. Weird.

Thuy Trang (Trini): in Crow: City Of Angels as Kali. Did you know that she died two years ago next wednesday (9/3) in a car wreck? Nasty business.

David Yost (Billy): I haven't seen this, but he played a playboy photographer in some movie. Thought that was worth noting. LoL. Nothing else, really.

Steve Cardenas (Rocky): Literally nothing.

Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam): Well, he's not exactly a huge celebrity, but nerds and fanboys/girls everywhere know and love him as the English VA for Vash on Trigun and Keneda in the latest Akira dub! :anime: And he was much better than Jimmy Flinders, BTW!

Karen Ashley(Aisha): Jack Squat. Did anyone actually like her?

Cathrine Sutherland (Kat): Not much. I always thought she was really hot tho.


Past that, I'm too lazy to list. But the actors who played Rita and Lord Zedd are both quite accomplished voice actors (Wendee Lee, Faye from Cowboy Bebop was Rita! Weird, huh?), so if you're curious, go check it outcho damn self.













































But come to think of it, the show sucks now, so I think it's better that somebody just shoots me in the face for exuding such pointless effort.

That Matt Guy
08-28-2003, 05:29 PM
10 years of Bulk and Skull.

Dr. Doom
08-28-2003, 05:30 PM
LoL

Dane E5R
08-28-2003, 05:50 PM
I was watching that ridiculous TMNT/PR crossover just a few minutes ago, actually. It's one of those things that if you don't laugh while watching it, then you've got some record breaking stick crammed up your ass. Although I'm sure a lot of you here would be disgusted. Anyway, I agree with the masses when they say MMPR was awesome, but sucked from then on.

That Matt Guy
08-28-2003, 09:22 PM
http://images.snapfish.com/3384%3B5%3A323232%7Ffp3%3B%3Dot%3E2329%3D383%3D62% 3A%3Dxroqdf%3E232343754%3B%3A9%3Bot1lsi

Thats a great photo of you cqb101.

cqb101
08-28-2003, 09:27 PM
http://images.snapfish.com/3384%3B5%3A323232%7Ffp3%3B%3Dot%3E2329%3D383%3D62% 3A%3Dxroqdf%3E232343754%3B%3A9%3Bot1lsi

Thats a great photo of you cqb101.

Too bad he's like twice my age. :roll:

Jason
08-29-2003, 07:44 AM
Jason Frank (Tommy): I remember seeing him on that MTV Show Undressed a coupla years ago. Not much else.


He actually appeared on Undressed alongside Taylor the yellow ranger from Power Rangers Wild Force. They played a couple.

Cerina Vincent/Maya from Lost Galaxy probably got the most attention since leaving, she appeared in "Not Another Teen Movie" as the naked exchange student, and also appears in Cabin Fever.

Jason
08-29-2003, 07:46 AM
Whoopy dee f*** doo! :roll:

I hope the show gets canned ASAP......

You know for someone who doesn't 'give a f***' it's kind of funny how you opened this thread and made not one, not two, but 3 replies... :roll:

This thread was intended for fans of the show or those who watched the original (and I know a lot of people here watched the original since they mention it other threads). I don't know why every time someone mentions 'Power Rangers' some people here freak out.

Anyway the show isn't going to get cancelled anytime soon. I know it came on just a few years after the original Ninja Turtles cartoon was around which is when I started watching, maybe some of you resent the fact it took over from Ninja Turtles as the most popular show, when in reality there is room for both.

Some of you criticize the original show for being to goofy but let's be honest the original Turtles cartoon was very cheesy too but it was still a show many people enjoyed and the reason why many of us are here. It's just so hypocritical that some people make such a fuss over PR.

Generally I don't mind people taking the p*** out of PR and I see people trashing the Turtles regularly too, it's their loss, but some people here really do go over the top sometimes making out that Power Rangers are the spawns of Satan, they have ruined their lives, they want to kill the producers etc. I mean jeez enjoy and show or don't.

It's kind of funny that some people claim they don't care about the show and yet can get so worked up about it. I suppose if anything your proving how popular they are, love them or hate them they were a big part of the 1990's and this is what this thread is all about.

Incidentally Sky Television listed Power Rangers as "The most successful kids series in the history of television" and I think reaching the '10 years non-stop' mark had pretty much sealed that. So if you watch PR it should put a smile on your face and if you hate it you can go and throw up or whatever. :wink:

Raven
08-29-2003, 07:49 AM
http://images.snapfish.com/3384%3B5%3A323232%7Ffp3%3B%3Dot%3E2329%3D383%3D62% 3A%3Dxroqdf%3E232343754%3B%3A9%3Bot1lsi

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
god thats funny

That Matt Guy
08-29-2003, 08:22 AM
Whoopy dee f*** doo! :roll:

I hope the show gets canned ASAP......

You know for someone who doesn't 'give a f***' it's kind of funny how you opened this thread and made not one, not two, but 3 replies... :roll:

This thread was intended for fans of the show or those who watched the original (and I know a lot of people here watched the original since they mention it other threads). I don't know why every time someone mentions 'Power Rangers' some people here freak out.

Anyway the show isn't going to get cancelled anytime soon. I know it came on just a few years after the original Ninja Turtles cartoon was around which is when I started watching, maybe some of you resent the fact it took over from Ninja Turtles as the most popular show, when in reality there is room for both.

Some of you criticize the original show for being to goofy but let's be honest the original Turtles cartoon was very cheesy too but it was still a show many people enjoyed and the reason why many of us are here. It's just so hypocritical that some people make such a fuss over PR.

Generally I don't mind people taking the p*** out of PR and I see people trashing the Turtles regularly too, it's their loss, but some people here really do go over the top sometimes making out that Power Rangers are the spawns of Satan, they have ruined their lives, they want to kill the producers etc. I mean jeez enjoy and show or don't.

It's kind of funny that some people claim they don't care about the show and yet can get so worked up about it. I suppose if anything your proving how popular they are, love them or hate them they were a big part of the 1990's and this is what this thread is all about.

Incidentally Sky Television listed Power Rangers as "The most successful kids series in the history of television" and I think reaching the '10 years non-stop' mark had pretty much sealed that. So if you watch PR it should put a smile on your face and if you hate it you can go and throw up or whatever. :wink:

Zordon would be proud.

Raven
08-29-2003, 08:25 AM
:lol: :lol: :lol:

cqb101
08-29-2003, 09:11 AM
I actually watched the original show, but stopped watching it when I realised that it was the cheesiest show ever. Not to mention the horrible acting. :roll:

Jephael
08-29-2003, 09:13 AM
Amy Jo Johnson (Kimberly): Obviously, she was on that Felicity show and seems to have become remotely successful. Can you believe she's 33 years old? Wasn't she sposda be a tennager not too long ago? Apparently she's in or was in some band named Valhalla as a frontwoman (vocals and Guitar). The name interests me, at least. And one last note, I had the hugest crush on her when I was a kid.

I used to love her! Kinda pissed me off when they replaced her. And hey, she wasn't the first 20-something year-old to pass off as a teenager.

That Matt Guy
08-29-2003, 09:41 AM
I actually watched the original show, but stopped watching it when I realised that it was the cheesiest show ever. Not to mention the horrible acting. :roll:

Eh, thats what gives it some of that B-movie type charm.

Raven
08-29-2003, 12:58 PM
I actually watched the original show, but stopped watching it when I realised that it was the cheesiest show ever. Not to mention the horrible acting. :roll:

Eh, thats what gives it some of that B-movie type charm.

b? it was etleast a c no j type acting. :D :roll: :|

Shellfox
08-29-2003, 01:15 PM
for my money the 2 best things to come out of MMPR
http://www.rovang.org/wg/pics/dragonzord.jpg
http://www.rovang.org/wg/pics/ninjamegazord.jpg

Jephael
08-29-2003, 01:21 PM
The Dragonzord alone was awesome, but those other zords were horribly cheesy!

Mars-Chan
08-29-2003, 01:32 PM
Hence the reason I watched it! :wink: :D

Anarchistguy
08-29-2003, 01:43 PM
I actually liked the original Megazord, the "dinosaur" Zords and the Dragonzord best.

XERO
08-29-2003, 01:49 PM
The Green Ranger was the Best ever.

He was the only Ranger who had his own theme song. 8)

Mars-Chan
08-29-2003, 02:03 PM
:nod: Apparently we agree, Ben. Went from green to white...I think...

XERO
08-29-2003, 02:13 PM
You know what's funny to me?

When Tommy became the White Ranger, he automatically became the Leader of the Rangers, when it used to be Jason, the Red Ranger. I'm suprised Jason didn't get pissed off about that. :lol:

I mean, he lost all of his authority over the Rangers just like that.

Zordon must've been thinking, "Jason, I don't like you that much, so Tommy is the new leader. He deserves it, I mean he kicked your ass when he was a bad guy. You only got one hit off him. You suck Jason!" :x

Mars-Chan
08-29-2003, 02:20 PM
:roll: Poor Zordon....

Dr. Doom
08-29-2003, 02:53 PM
You gotta wonder what kinda people would be Rangers if affirmative action didn't exist.

Stone Ill
08-29-2003, 02:54 PM
Today also marks the day I got my 1000th post. :D

*is happy*

Dane E5R
08-29-2003, 02:59 PM
The Thunder Megazord was the best.

Tetsu Deinonychus
08-29-2003, 06:03 PM
The Thunder Megazord was the best.Agreed!

cqb101
08-29-2003, 06:05 PM
The Thunder Megazord was the best.Agreed!

Was that the brachiosaurus, or whatever?

Shellfox
08-29-2003, 06:07 PM
The Thunder Megazord was the best.Agreed!

Was that the brachiosaurus, or whatever?

Thunder was season 2 with the red Dragon
The Brac was Tritanus from season 1 or coming up on season 12 with Black Ranger

cqb101
08-29-2003, 06:09 PM
The Thunder Megazord was the best.Agreed!

Was that the brachiosaurus, or whatever?

Thunder was season 2 with the red Dragon
The Brac was Tritanus from season 1 or coming up on season 12 with Black Ranger

Oh, ok. Well both of them were pretty cool back in the day.

Leo656
08-29-2003, 08:13 PM
As always, whenever someone mentions Power Rangers, I have to mention that Amy Jo Johnson, the original Pink Ranger, went on to show her boobies and simulate sex in a movie called "The Pursuit of Happiness". I have seen said flick, and have learned two things from it:

1) The movie sucks

2) Either Amy Jo Johnson is the biggest pothead ever, or she does a great impression of someone who is

That Matt Guy
08-29-2003, 08:48 PM
You know what's funny to me?

When Tommy became the White Ranger, he automatically became the Leader of the Rangers, when it used to be Jason, the Red Ranger. I'm suprised Jason didn't get pissed off about that. :lol:

I mean, he lost all of his authority over the Rangers just like that.

Zordon must've been thinking, "Jason, I don't like you that much, so Tommy is the new leader. He deserves it, I mean he kicked your ass when he was a bad guy. You only got one hit off him. You suck Jason!" :x

Everything about Tommy was funny, watch the episodes were he turns evil. I swear I almost cried with laughter when Tommy got into the Command Center and went apes*** on Alpha and those control panels.

Psycrow
08-30-2003, 03:28 AM
Poor Trini...

Anyways, I used to have the biggest crush on Kimberly... haha. :D

That Matt Guy
08-30-2003, 06:55 AM
I had the biggest crush on Alpha.

GK Punk
08-30-2003, 07:44 AM
I enjoy the fact that the white Ranger and Matt Hardy from the WWE bare a striking resembelence!

That Matt Guy
08-30-2003, 09:15 AM
:lol: Yeah, Tommy does look a lot like Matt Hardy.

GK Punk
08-30-2003, 09:20 AM
Yeah, there was even a rumor a few years back that Matt Hardy actually PLAYED the Tommy on the show :lol:

I mean, they do look alot alike, but I can tell the difference... the Curly Dark Brown hair for one :lol:

Dr. Doom
08-30-2003, 02:38 PM
-=Suddenly turns into a 3rd grader=-

YOU GOT TO SEE KIMBERLY'S BOOBS?!?

Raven
08-30-2003, 02:41 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Leo656
08-30-2003, 03:01 PM
Indeed I did. Nice ones, they are. :D

Dr. Doom
08-30-2003, 03:09 PM
I must find this movie!

cqb101
08-30-2003, 03:12 PM
I must find this movie!

Me too!

Raven
08-30-2003, 03:14 PM
I must also find this movie*dashes out to his movie rental store*

Dr. Doom
08-30-2003, 03:14 PM
-=Immediately begins scouring Kazaa=-

Jason
09-01-2003, 11:01 AM
The Thunder Megazord was the best.

There are 2 versions of the Thunder Megazord. The cool looking one they had in MMPR that sort of looked like a Samurai and the horrible looking one they have in Ninja Storm which looks like a beetle. The original version which you're probably talking about and the Dragonzord were my favourites none of the zords since then have really impressed me.

The new Hurricance Megazord could be cool though. For those that watch the newer episodes it's the combo of the Storm Megazord, Thunder Megazord and the Samurai Star. There's a picture at the bottom of this page:
http://www.rangercentral.com/prns-zd-samuraistar.htm


You know what's funny to me?

When Tommy became the White Ranger, he automatically became the Leader of the Rangers, when it used to be Jason, the Red Ranger. I'm suprised Jason didn't get pissed off about that. :lol:

I mean, he lost all of his authority over the Rangers just like that.

Zordon must've been thinking, "Jason, I don't like you that much, so Tommy is the new leader. He deserves it, I mean he kicked your ass when he was a bad guy. You only got one hit off him. You suck Jason!" :x

I really hated that. I always thought Jason was a much better leader then Tommy, but I guess they made him leader because they knew Jason was leaving soon. Still as a Jason fan it was so great seeing him get his revenge in Turbo:

"I'm the best Red Ranger!"
http://members.lycos.co.uk/j38uk/jasontommy.JPG

That Matt Guy
09-01-2003, 11:25 AM
:lol: Poor Tommy.

Jason
09-01-2003, 11:45 AM
:lol: Poor Tommy.

I never liked Tommy, he was so overrated. They should've let Jason throw him into the pit. :lol:

The show was much better after he left.

Mars-Chan
09-01-2003, 12:14 PM
:o NOOOOOOOOOOO! *saves Tommy* Don't be mean to Tommy! :lol: :lol:

Tinselcat
09-01-2003, 12:50 PM
wait, in that picture, which one is which?

That Matt Guy
09-01-2003, 12:51 PM
Jason is the one that looks like an evil Fred Savage, and Tommy is the one whos face is turning purple.

Mars-Chan
09-01-2003, 12:52 PM
:lol: Couldn't have said it better myself. :D

Tinselcat
09-01-2003, 01:02 PM
oh. so how come they don't like each other?

Mars-Chan
09-01-2003, 01:10 PM
Because Tommy took over the leadership.

Tinselcat
09-01-2003, 01:13 PM
why? did he have a good reason, or is it just testosterone-driven competitiveness?

Mars-Chan
09-01-2003, 01:18 PM
Weh...I...uh... :o ....eh...I...uh...

Tinselcat
09-01-2003, 01:35 PM
whaaa-aaat? i am so out of the loop!! oooh, or maybe they were lovers who had a falling out! SLASH STRIKES AGAIN!!! GAAAAH HA HA HA HAAAAA!!!!!!

Mars-Chan
09-01-2003, 01:41 PM
:o Oy....

Shellfox
09-01-2003, 03:36 PM
, or maybe they were lovers who had a falling out! SLASH STRIKES AGAIN!!! GAAAAH HA HA HA HAAAAA!!!!!!
Well thats a mental image I never wanted to have

Jephael
09-01-2003, 04:56 PM
Nahh, Tommy had a thing for Kimberly, the original Pink Ranger! I think Billy the original Blue Ranger had a thing for her as well.
Bet it would've been interesting if they did a love triangle thing with those characters.

Voltron
09-01-2003, 05:04 PM
The Green Ranger kicked everyone's ass. EVERYONE'S. That Dragon Zord? OWNED BITCHES. I wish I had grenade fingers and a drill tail.

DarkNinja
09-01-2003, 07:20 PM
10 years it has been... but, I was so little...

Thuy Trang (Trini): in Crow: City Of Angels as Kali. Did you know that she died two years ago next wednesday (9/3) in a car wreck? Nasty business.

I read somewhere that she died in 9/11 attack...hmmm... :-?

Voltron
09-01-2003, 07:44 PM
The Yellow Ranger is dead? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo

That Matt Guy
09-01-2003, 10:37 PM
I wish I knew the episode where Bulk and Skull got inside of the Megazord.

Kid Icarus
09-01-2003, 11:34 PM
I loved the original show... infact, i even spent a month of free time trying to find the japanese version on Kazaa XD. From what I've read they really changed it from the jap version. Like Zordon being an apartment landlord, and the Zords actually communicating with the Rangers. Anyone know where I can find these (fan subed would be good)?

The toys were really cool too. The Megazord was pretty sweet, but the turtles always beat up the zords ^_^.

Mars-Chan
09-02-2003, 04:01 PM
I've got to know the names of all the characters for a fic I'm writing. Help? Someone?

That Matt Guy
09-02-2003, 05:22 PM
I've got to know the names of all the characters for a fic I'm writing. Help? Someone?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106064/

Shellfox
09-02-2003, 08:39 PM
I've got to know the names of all the characters for a fic I'm writing. Help? Someone?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106064/
you notice that as the season go on, last names all but disappear. A hand full got them but mostly they were never brought up

Mars-Chan
09-03-2003, 04:17 PM
Ay chichuaha! There's a lot there!!! :o
Thanks Matthew138 for the link!

That Matt Guy
09-03-2003, 10:30 PM
Your welcome :D

Greed
09-03-2003, 11:43 PM
Ah Power Rangers how I used to love MMPR until they got red of Tommy I always thought he was the coolest especialy the evil green rangers but after he left it should've ended

Mars-Chan
09-04-2003, 04:54 PM
YES!! I agree with Slash totally!! Shoulda ended right then and there.

DarkNinja
09-04-2003, 05:37 PM
Not too long ago (a few months ago) I just happened to turn on the tv and I saw Power Rangers come on (I think it was the Wild Force season). They brought back all of the red Power Rangers there ever were, so there were about 10 red power rangers in different uniforms of red fighting villains (I forget what the plot was). Did anyone happen to see that?

TheShredder
09-04-2003, 07:47 PM
I hope they return the show back to how it was. You guys should really watch the "good" seasons! Power Rangers In Space, Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, Time Force, and Wild Force these seaons had A lot more plot and were a lot less goofy!

Voltron
09-04-2003, 10:30 PM
The only reason I watched the show was because there was no plot and was too goofy to be believable.

Shellfox
09-06-2003, 01:02 PM
Not too long ago (a few months ago) I just happened to turn on the tv and I saw Power Rangers come on (I think it was the Wild Force season). They brought back all of the red Power Rangers there ever were, so there were about 10 red power rangers in different uniforms of red fighting villains (I forget what the plot was). Did anyone happen to see that?
Forever Red- theres atopic on here some where (yes jason originated it too)
It was used to mark the 10 season anniversy. A great ep for nastalgia proposse.
And it had some really great lines

"Did I ever tell you guys about the time I was trapped inside a pizza!"- TJ (turbo red)

And for my money everything after space is the end of teh good seasons

impetus
09-07-2003, 02:55 PM
MMPR = HACK.

- a buncha multicolored-costumed teens who have power of mechanical vehicular animals which can assemble together to make a huge conglomerate sword-wielding robot to the background of assemblage animations? Nope, that's never been done. Voltron, what's that?

- Let's see...
"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers". Adj-Adj-Adj-Noun. 8 syllables. About a group of teens who practice martial arts and fight baddies.
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". Adj-Adj-Adj-Noun. 8 syllables. About a group of teens who practice martial arts and fight baddies.

Kid Icarus
09-07-2003, 03:50 PM
MMPR = HACK.

- a buncha multicolored-costumed teens who have power of mechanical vehicular animals which can assemble together to make a huge conglomerate sword-wielding robot to the background of assemblage animations? Nope, that's never been done. Voltron, what's that?

- Let's see...
"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers". Adj-Adj-Adj-Noun. 8 syllables. About a group of teens who practice martial arts and fight baddies.
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". Adj-Adj-Adj-Noun. 8 syllables. About a group of teens who practice martial arts and fight baddies.

MMPR is just the US name for the series. In Japan the PR season are totally diffrent shows with the only relation being costumes and mecha.

Voltron isn't even the original show to do something like that.

impetus
09-07-2003, 04:19 PM
Voltron isn't even the original show to do something like that.
you're right, it sure isn't, considering all the mecha stuff in Nihon. :P the point stands, though, that the similarity is uncanny.

That Matt Guy
09-07-2003, 08:46 PM
Something tells me the Jap..anese version is worse than the US.

Jason
09-08-2003, 12:00 PM
MMPR = HACK.

- a buncha multicolored-costumed teens who have power of mechanical vehicular animals which can assemble together to make a huge conglomerate sword-wielding robot to the background of assemblage animations? Nope, that's never been done. Voltron, what's that?


Power Rangers is based on Sentai, a Japanese show that has been running since the 1970's. It predates GoLion(Voltron) which didn't launch until the early 80's, plus the zords(mecha) were real models (which is pretty difficult to do) and not animation. Both shows were made by Toei, however Sentai was first.



- Let's see...
"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers". Adj-Adj-Adj-Noun. 8 syllables. About a group of teens who practice martial arts and fight baddies.
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". Adj-Adj-Adj-Noun. 8 syllables. About a group of teens who practice martial arts and fight baddies.


Again the lengthly title originates from the Japanese show where each season has a set of rangers on a mission. For example the first Sentai was called "Himitsu Sentai Goranger" and later on we got "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" which came from "Kyoryuu Sentai Zyuranger" . The concept of a group of teens who practise martials arts and fight bad guys was again in Power Rangers origin show, Sentai, which predates Ninja Turtles by over a decade.

Mr. Snackpants
09-08-2003, 01:23 PM
oh yeah :lol: it was funny when they had the big thing after they all combined together, and the background was real cheap, like cardboard boxes :lol:

Mars-Chan
09-08-2003, 02:00 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: LOL!!!

U2WaTCHer
09-08-2003, 07:36 PM
what ever happened to zedd and reta and what happened to the white ranger ? and what is he doing and is he coming back? I never really watched it but just was curious...

what was the point again of geting big and killing the bad guys? why get big lol

Leo656
09-08-2003, 07:44 PM
I always wondered why, if all they had to do to defeat ANY bad guy that came along was just join the zords together and whup some ass, why the HECK didn't they just do that in the beginning instead of waiting for some giant rocking horse with an inflatable rubber squid for a head to destroy half of Angel Grove before actually DOING something about it?

Answer: Cuz then it would be a 9-minute show and it's harder to sell toys (or show Amy Jo Johnson's butt in tight pink shorts) that way. :P

U2WaTCHer
09-08-2003, 07:48 PM
what happened to zordon or zed and reta?

That Matt Guy
09-08-2003, 07:48 PM
I always wondered why Rita only sent one monster at a time to fight the rangers. If she had sent like 80 monsters at once then she would have crushed Zordon and pals.

DarkNinja
09-09-2003, 05:12 AM
what happened to zordon or zed and reta?

I don't know exactly. I guess they need new villains every season, but I don't know if I ever saw the ending. In the 3rd or 4th season, the opening music/film showed Zordon in his hyper-lock chamber or whatever, surrounded by a bunch of stupid-looking villains trying to pull down a cover or whatever. The only reason I ever watched some of that season was to discover what happened to Zordon, but I didn't get to see it. :(

Shellfox
09-09-2003, 08:48 AM
what happened to zordon or zed and reta?
Drak Spertor (looked like the monster from the 2nd movie), the guy who controls all the other bad guys, caught Zordon after he left Turbo, and impressioned him in a tube that was suppose to drain his powers or something. On the orders of Zordon Space Red distroyed the tube killing Zordon adn realesing his energy throught out the universe distorying all the monsters that were attacking the various planets.
Only 4 badguys survived and became humanoid-Rite, Zedd, Divatox and Astronima/Karone
Rita and Zedd them selves ended up looking like preppies
Diva looked like teh lady in white from Turbo (both sere the same actress)

As for white- he left during the second half of Turbo, but came back for Forever Red during Wild force. I think hes married and has a school. There was major talk of him coming back for dino Force next season as a ranger due to a leak that one of the rangers was going to be called Tommy Oliver, but its largly believe that either this is false or they are just reusing the name. But due to the approching 500 ep there is speculation that he may appear but its mostly just fan specultion and no proff

Jason
09-09-2003, 10:53 AM
As for white- he left during the second half of Turbo, but came back for Forever Red during Wild force. I think hes married and has a school. There was major talk of him coming back for dino Force next season as a ranger due to a leak that one of the rangers was going to be called Tommy Oliver, but its largly believe that either this is false or they are just reusing the name. But due to the approching 500 ep there is speculation that he may appear but its mostly just fan specultion and no proff

The original Tommy in next years Dino Thunder thing started up when this press sheet was scanned and posted at Rangerboard.com:
http://www.rangerboard.com/showthread.php?s=168a14ea92cd297361653a00e504735f& threadid=17677

Soon after it was posted, Doug Sloan, the Executive Producer of Ninja Storm (who posts at Rangerboard as NSbigcheese) said that although the sheet was real the info about Tommy was a 'huge mistake'.

Since then the President of the Official Jason David Frank club confirmed that Disney did offer him the part in Dino Thunder but he was reluctant to do it, (since it would mean moving to New Zealand to work with Village Roadshow). However he has until the end of the month to decide. A lot of fans think that the executive producer said it was mistake because he didn't want to get fans hopes up in case it didn't happen. It still probably won't happen but it's nice to see they are still trying to get Tommy back.

It's mentioned briefly on his official site:
http://www.jasondavidfrank.net/whatsnew.html

The site also has exclusive behinds the pics from Forever Red in case you haven't seen them:
http://www.jasondavidfrank.net/pr_reunion.html
http://www.jasondavidfrank.net/store_4red.html

That Matt Guy
09-09-2003, 11:05 AM
:lol: Bulk and Skull were in Forever Red? :lol: :lol:

U2WaTCHer
09-09-2003, 11:49 AM
I almost forgot what did happen to bulk and skunk are they still on ?

Raven
09-09-2003, 03:11 PM
I dont so, I think they have been off for a very long time.

Shellfox
09-09-2003, 04:01 PM
The last time they were together as regulars ina series was during Space (a low point for the team), Skull was in the first ep of Lost Galaxcy and Bulk made the occasional appearance on teh show bad was hardly a regular. And they did later appear in Forever Red- WORKING FOR TOMMY. And that begs the question how did Bulk get back to earth?

Leo656
09-09-2003, 04:40 PM
You expect coherent continuity from a show like Power Rangers? :lol:

That Matt Guy
09-09-2003, 10:30 PM
And they did later appear in Forever Red- WORKING FOR TOMMY.

:lol: :lol: :lol: My new sole purpose in life is to find a copy of that episode.

Shellfox
09-10-2003, 05:20 AM
http://www.neomonsterisland.com/kaijugirls/durayga/Durayga.html
New take on Dragon Zord sure to bring in new fans

That Matt Guy
09-10-2003, 05:29 AM
I think that is the ugliest and most retarded thing that I have ever laid my eyes on.

U2WaTCHer
09-10-2003, 08:38 AM
does this mean no tommy zordon or bulk and skull how about a return of zed and reta with her cone tits lol

That Matt Guy
09-10-2003, 09:06 AM
and reta with her cone tits lol

Never speak of that again! :lol:

U2WaTCHer
09-10-2003, 09:28 AM
:roll:

That Matt Guy
09-10-2003, 09:49 AM
Oh wait a minute, you must have a thing for Rita.

JameO
09-10-2003, 09:50 AM
Oh wait a minute, you must have a thing for Rita.

Who doesn't? :lol:

That Matt Guy
09-10-2003, 09:56 AM
:lol:

Tetsu Deinonychus
09-10-2003, 10:00 AM
I love that Dragon-Caesar pic!!

Jason
09-11-2003, 12:26 PM
Since a few people mentioned what happened to Zordon, Rita and Zedd...

The Power Rangers Central site has cool picture captions which run through the episodes,
You can read about Countdown to Destruction where Zordon is killed and Rita and Zedd are turned into humans:
http://www.rangercentral.com/episodes/ep0001/episode.htm
http://www.rangercentral.com/episodes/ep0002/episode.htm

As you can see Countdown to destruction got rid of all the villains from MMPR-PRIS and well as Zordon so it's pretty difficult to do connections to the past.

You can also read about Forever Red the cool 10th Anniversary episode:
http://www.rangercentral.com/episodes/ep148/episode.htm

Bulk and Skull do make a small appearence in this episode, along with the 10 red rangers. The episode was written by a guy who used to run a Power Rangers Fansite so obviously he knew what wanted to see. :wink:

And in case you haven't seen it yet the rangercentral.com site also has the top 10 moments of Power Rangers from the first 10 seasons:
http://www.rangercentral.com/misc/prx.swf (requires flash)

It looks cool but I don't think the overrated Tommy should have got the number 1 spot. :roll:

And a cheap ad... both of the above episodes along with the original MMPR episode White Light (where Tommy becomes the white ranger) are all on the Ultimate Rangers DVD which has a selection of 8 episodes from the first 10 seasons. So you can try and buy or rent it if you want to see those episodes.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007AJGJ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

That Matt Guy
09-11-2003, 12:48 PM
Ok, now what ever happened to Goldar?

Tetsu Deinonychus
09-11-2003, 12:50 PM
I like Griffozar (Goldar)

That Matt Guy
09-11-2003, 12:52 PM
And in case you haven't seen it yet the rangercentral.com site also has the top 10 moments of Power Rangers from the first 10 seasons:
http://www.rangercentral.com/misc/prx.swf (requires flash)

It looks cool but I don't think the overrated Tommy should have got the number 1 spot. :roll:

That was pretty cool. I agree with the Tommy choice though, he may be overrated but he is probably the most memorable character.

Tetsu Deinonychus
09-11-2003, 12:56 PM
Yeah, Tommy was the man!

Shellfox
09-11-2003, 06:48 PM
Ok, now what ever happened to Goldar?
turned to dust with most of the other badies by Zordons wave

But his voice showed up in a WF monster