Power Rangers - Tommy Returns for 12th Season

[Jason]

For anyone who watches Power Rangers it's been confirmed today that the original Tommy from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers will return for 12th Season Power Rangers Dino Thunder. There were various rumours and stuff when the 12th Season was first announced a few months ago but now he's definitely coming back.

You can download the promo from the new season here:
http://www.rangerboard.com/showthread.php?s=02900708c78a417f4180df155adca9e9& threadid=28271

Doug Sloan the Executive Producer of Power Rangers comments on his return here:
http://www.rangerboard.com/showthread.php?s=02900708c78a417f4180df155adca9e9& threadid=28288


The 12th Season, 500th episode and the return of an original Mighty Morphin Power Ranger - Power Rangers Dino Thunder premieres February 2004 :)

[Bowser_Koopa]

oh my god MATTHEW QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!

..........i'll take a look at it........btw isn't the guy (jason something i think) too old for being a "power ranger" :lol:

[Jason]

Tommy is going to play a teacher, who creates the new Dino Powers. He'll act as a mentor.

[Bowser_Koopa]

i heard last year that all the power ranger were going to be in one of the new seasons, is this it? i was told that it was gonna be like the zeo, turbo and all.

btw wasn't tommy zeo ranger 1? are they gonna ignore zeo?

[Voltron]

the Green Ranger is my mantasy

[Jason]

i heard last year that all the power ranger were going to be in one of the new seasons, is this it? i was told that it was gonna be like the zeo, turbo and all.

btw wasn't tommy zeo ranger 1? are they gonna ignore zeo?

Last year there was a reunion episode "Forever Red" when all the Red Rangers from every season (MMPR, Zeo, Turbo etc) returned in a 10th anniversary team up episode. Tommy played the Red Zeo Ranger in the episode plus Bulk and Skull, Alpha and various old cast members had cameos in the episode too.

You can read about Forever Red here:
http://www.rangercentral.com/epguide/ep148/episode.htm
There is a Forever Red press photo here:
http://www.businesswire.com/photowire/pw.072602/bb2b.jpg

EDIT:
They are also planning something special for the 500th episode (which will be the 4th episode of Dino Thunder).

[ZariusTwo]

It's great Tommy is back, look out for the 500th episode

Blake Foster however IS'NT returning Jason, one of my old freinds on Rangerboard Phantomranger said he only lied to irritate those who were terrorsing his message board.

[Bowser_Koopa]

1. the red turbo is the black guy isn't he? i don't remember his name so i don't know if i read it or not :embarass:

2.BIG BAD BEETLEBORGS???!!!!!!!!! NNNNOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! whats next masked rider? why not the tmnt nm :D

i'm downloading the episode from kazaa, maybe after that i won't make so many questions :D

[ZariusTwo]

1. The Red Turbo Ranger's name is T.J

2. There not the Beetleborgs, they are Machine Generals

[Bowser_Koopa]

http://www.rangercentral.com/epguide/ep148/episode.htm on the comments the guy says: Big Bad Beetle Borgs? , it must be cuz they are very alike, btw was this is wild force, the episode i'm downloading has that intro, maybe that another foreever red

[Kid Icarus]

I wonder how the actors breathe in the masks... I mean, they look pretty sealed up o.O.

I might watch a few eps of this new season. I still don't care for the Zord design though.

Edit: that green villan's suit is the green beetle borg's suit. I used to have the figs for that show :cry: .

[Brodie]

I thought you got kicked out of the Power Rangers once you turned like 16, like Minudo?

[TheCloneRanger]

As much as I hate to do it, I will probably end up checking out the new season of PR when it comes on, in this case.

[Kid Icarus]

I thought you got kicked out of the Power Rangers once you turned like 16, like Minudo? Hm... considering most of the cast members have always over 16... :lol:

[EZweasel]

this is stupid. i hate power rangers and eveyrthing they stand for.. tommy or no tommy...

[Kid Icarus]

this is stupid. i hate power rangers and eveyrthing they stand for.. tommy or no tommy... so what was the point in posting in a PR thread? :-?

[GK Punk]

Yeah, I'm no PR fan but you don't see me posting about how much I hate it....

[That Matt Guy]

TOMMY OWNS YOU

[GK Punk]

Dont you mean, he PWNZ j00

[Kid Icarus]

Dont you mean, he PWNZ j00 :nod: or, maybe he ment: 70|\/|/\/\Y P\/\/Z J00r 50|_|1?

[That Matt Guy]

or maybe 70|\/|/\/\Y ^}{>?{| ^|{"> (!) $*U#__+|||||\|

[GK Punk]

Oh, Ofcourse! THAT'S what he meant! :lol:

[azure turtle]

Yeah... Please don't post in a thread only to bash the subject.

I used to be a PR fan when the first season aired. After that, I lost interest. I watched a few of the Space eps, which were okay, but I'm not really digging the current season. I might check out this new season out of nostalgia. BTW... isn't Tommy close to 40 years old already?! :eek:

[GK Punk]

I did the same thing. I watched Season 1 then that was kinda it for me.
he'd have to be pretty old by now... I just hope he still looks like matt hardy.

[That Matt Guy]

Actually Tommy (Jason Frank) is 30. Last time I saw a picture of him, he had short, spiked hair.

[azure turtle]

Dude... I never thought about that! Now that you mention it, he does look like Matt Hardy! :teek: Maybe he's the lost Hardy cousin?

[GK Punk]

lol yes, He's Tommy Hardy!... VERSION 1-AH!!! *ahem*

He's just not good at wrestling so he's a power ranger instead. it all works out in the end.

[azure turtle]

LOL! Tommy Hardy!! :lol:

Heh, you're right. It does work out in the end. Poor Tommy Hardy was probably a jobber, so then he transformed into the powerful Green Ranger! (and the White Ranger... And the Red Zeo ranger... Am I missing any?).

[GK Punk]

he's DEFINETLEY had a long Career. when's the last time Jeff Hardy got so many gimmick changes??

[That Matt Guy]

Yet another thread turned into a conversation about wrestling.

[Mars-Chan]

YAY! TOMMY'S BACK! *backflips in glee*

[Bowser_Koopa]

Yet another thread turned into a conversation about wrestling.

OVER MY DEAD BODY!!! no!! wait! power rangers are as fake as wrestling so, pr is basically wrestling!!!...........continue :nod:

[Jason]

BIG BAD BEETLEBORGS???!!!!!!!!! NNNNOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!


They used the suits from Beetleborgs but they are playing different characters. As Zarius pointed out they were "Machine Empire Generals".

whats next masked rider? why not the tmnt nm :D

Masked Rider and Ninja Turtles have already appeared on Power Rangers. :wink:

[ZariusTwo]

My god did they screw THAT up with Masked Rider, the guy had two introductions, one in MMPR (which was designed to launch his series) but then Saban decided not to connect it with P.R and gave Dex ANOTHER intro in the Masked Rider series which had nothing to do with the ending to his MMPR intro.

[GK Punk]

They just screwed up Masked Rider no matter how you look at it. Ah well, there's always the japanese versions I can watch.

OVER MY DEAD BODY!!! no!! wait! power rangers are as fake as wrestling so, pr is basically wrestling!!!...........continue

That's how I felt about it.

[Bowser_Koopa]

BIG BAD BEETLEBORGS???!!!!!!!!! NNNNOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!


They used the suits from Beetleborgs but they are playing different characters. As Zarius pointed out they were "Machine Empire Generals".

whats next masked rider? why not the tmnt nm :D

Masked Rider and Ninja Turtles have already appeared on Power Rangers. :wink:

i know they were (including masked rider sadly, i think it was in the white ranger saga) thats why i said tmnt , what i meant to say is that if they are making a cross over make it a good one, not masked rider, but TMNT NEXT MUTATION! (once more) :D ..........but those weren't the beetleborgs so......

[The Defibrillator]

MASKED RIDER! I totally forgot about that dude! Is that the show where he's an alien and the family adopts him and his little monkey thing? All I remember is that the monkey-dog-thing had its own bedroom below the stairs.

[Bowser_Koopa]

and it was a greedy creature, it kept saying "money money money" unless in spanish it did :lol:

[EZweasel]

this is stupid. i hate power rangers and eveyrthing they stand for.. tommy or no tommy... so what was the point in posting in a PR thread? :-?

because im a long time fan and looooooove power rangers..

[Bowser_Koopa]

are you saying you like pr or not? O__o, or are you just being sarcastic?

[ZariusTwo]

I beleive any who are dissing P.R should show some maturity and stay out of these threads

[EZweasel]

im saying i used to like them i guess..and tommy was my favorite

[MikesPizzaShack]

my god this is great news. tommy was my fav ranger! hes the main reason y i now have long hair. when i heard about the 2 cameo eps he was in i was like a kid who drank 643864873 bottles of jolt cola but now hes gonna be back on the show? SWEET!!! but what i didnt get was in the 2nd cameo ep he had turbo powers but he gave them to the black dude whn the left the show...they messed all that up but i hope he has some kind of ranger powers.....that would be awsome to see him bust out in a ranger suit and save the new crew at one point..he was the best as green/white ranger. man i cant wait to tell my mom and my bbay bro. they loved him also lol. man i even remember his real name Jason David Frank..heh i did a report on him back in 4th grade i 4get for what though...

[One Radical Dude]

Tommy rocked!! He was my fav. PR.

[Bowser_Koopa]

it seems to me that he was everybody's favorite :lol: , i always preffered jason over tommy, maybe because he was first or because he is the red ranger

[ZariusTwo]

my god this is great news. tommy was my fav ranger! hes the main reason y i now have long hair. when i heard about the 2 cameo eps he was in i was like a kid who drank 643864873 bottles of jolt cola but now hes gonna be back on the show? SWEET!!! but what i didnt get was in the 2nd cameo ep he had turbo powers but he gave them to the black dude whn the left the show....

Dude, he had his Zeo Powers in "Forever Red", which were not connected to his Turbo powers when he gave them to T.J in "Passing the Torch Part 2"

[Jason]

it seems to me that he was everybody's favorite :lol: , i always preffered jason over tommy, maybe because he was first or because he is the red ranger

At the risk of being controversial I always thought Jason was much better then Tommy, he was the original Red Ranger and seemed like more of a leader then Tommy who seemed like more of loner especially when he was the Green Ranger. It just didn't seem right having him as a Red Ranger.
Still it's really cool to him back for the nostalgia factor and to prove to fans that show is still in the same universe and continuity as the original. (many people thought this years season, Ninja Storm, was starting a new continuity despite the constant denials of the producers).

[Iron Bison]

I liked Jason alot more that Tommy, too. But I should just be thankful that we are at least getting Tommy back for one more time, ahhhh memories. ;)

[Voltron]

What always got to me about Tommy was that the dragonzord always had to trample that harbor when it was summoned. Yet every time it was summoned the harbor would be rebuilt in the EXACT same way.

You would have figured that people would have realized after 4 or 5 times that this was going to keep on happening and maybe build a system of roads and what not so the Dragonzord wouldn't have to just crush an entire portion of the town.

[PizzaPower]

I like Billy the most.

[Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan]

As much as the show has fallen (the first two seasons were great), bringing Tommy back would be a nice bit of nostalgia.

Whether he was the original Green Ranger (still the best one to this day), or the lackluster White Ranger (his talking tiger sword was kind of neat), Tommy was definitely cool.

Isn't he in his mid- to late-30s now? He was already pretty old when he was on the show 10 years ago.

I'd slap my typical end-of-the-post quote here, but I can't remember one from the Power Rangers show. Alpha would be having a fit right now . . . if he were still around.

Edit: Actually, I take my age question back. I just checked, and Jason David Frank is only 30.

[That Matt Guy]

What always got to me about Tommy was that the dragonzord always had to trample that harbor when it was summoned. Yet every time it was summoned the harbor would be rebuilt in the EXACT same way.

You would have figured that people would have realized after 4 or 5 times that this was going to keep on happening and maybe build a system of roads and what not so the Dragonzord wouldn't have to just crush an entire portion of the town.

It's like whenever the Zords would fight a monster, the town of Angel Grove would all of the sudden turn from a small quiet suburban area into a huge friggin industrial complex.

[ZariusTwo]

As much as the show has fallen (the first two seasons were great)

Dude, the show had excellent writing for the following seasons:

Season Three

Zeo

Turbo (second part)

IN SPACE

LOST GALAXY

Time Force

Wild Force

Ninja Storm

It is FAR from bad.

[Jason]

Isn't he in his mid- to late-30s now? He was already pretty old when he was on the show 10 years ago.


He's supposed to be older then the new rangers, since he'll act as a mentor/teacher and not just a regular ranger.

Dude, the show had excellent writing for the following seasons:

Season Three
Zeo
Turbo (second part)
IN SPACE
LOST GALAXY
Time Force
Wild Force
Ninja Storm

It is FAR from bad.

You missed out Lightspeed Rescue...
oh wait probably because it was total trash. :lol:
Seriously though the last season that really got me excited was Time Force, not that Wild Force and Ninja Storm were horrible but they both had their flaws. Wild Force was let down by a bad cast and Ninja Storm, which had one of the best casts was let down by to many jokes (although some of them were really funny). I just hope after all the hype Dino Thunder can be the next great PR series.

[Kid Icarus]

What always got to me about Tommy was that the dragonzord always had to trample that harbor when it was summoned. Yet every time it was summoned the harbor would be rebuilt in the EXACT same way.

You would have figured that people would have realized after 4 or 5 times that this was going to keep on happening and maybe build a system of roads and what not so the Dragonzord wouldn't have to just crush an entire portion of the town.

It's like whenever the Zords would fight a monster, the town of Angel Grove would all of the sudden turn from a small quiet suburban area into a huge friggin industrial complex.

That's because giant robot battles are ALWAYS better in industrial complexes :roll: