Power Rangers - the appreciation and discussion thread

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by darklight

nothing was as good as the first power rangers was

Completly wrong there. There were better seasons like Zeo, In Space, Dinothunder, SPD and RPM

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Completly wrong there. There were better seasons like Zeo, In Space, Dinothunder, SPD and RPM

Zeo? really?

[Hero]

Didn't like Zeo much myself. Just felt like the show started going downhill from that point. Preferred it to Turbo however.

Has it been confirmed anywhere that Skull is actually coming back to the current show? I've read about it in passing elsewhere, but unsure whether its just speculation or the real deal.

===HERO

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Hero

Has it been confirmed anywhere that Skull is actually coming back to the current show? I've read about it in passing elsewhere, but unsure whether its just speculation or the real deal.

It hasn't been talked about much lately.

[ZariusTwo]

There's been some rumour going around that Skull is dead in this series, but nothing has been 100% confirmed, you can expect some bunk to come filtering through until then

Zeo was fine, had some interesting plots (like Tommy's brother and the arrowhead arc, the Gold Ranger mystery, the return of Jason etc)

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

There's been some rumour going around that Skull is dead in this series, but nothing has been 100% confirmed, you can expect some bunk to come filtering through until then

When I asked the person who talked about Skull's death about what he had said, he said that he made all those things up just to see if he could get some answers as to what went on in the origins episode that was screened at Comic-Con. So we don't have to worry about that anymore. Why the dude didn't just ASK about what happened is beyond me.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Zeo was fine, had some interesting plots (like Tommy's brother and the arrowhead arc, the Gold Ranger mystery, the return of Jason etc)

well that's true, but i did kinda prefer In Space myself

[Storm Eagle]

Power Rangers Samurai resumes with new episodes on October 1st.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

Power Rangers Samurai resumes with new episodes on October 1st.

So much for the origins episodes airing in September. Hrm.... ah well... at least there's a release date now.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

So much for the origins episodes airing in September. Hrm.... ah well... at least there's a release date now.

Yeah and we know that at least four episodes will premiere in October. The two-part "Origins" is one of them, hopefully.

[pannoni1]

I honestly stopped following Power Rangers regularly around Lost Galaxy, feeling that having a reboot every year just won't do it for me. It's like consistantly having best friends and breaking up and getting new ones and that just doesn't do it for my soul. I was a little late onto the Power Rangers bandwagon (Spring of 1995 when season 2 was in reruns with a few episodes remaining), but did find it cool for a few years; though I'll always prefer TMNT over Power Rangers; though it can make you appreciate Next Mutation a bit more. I had a few action figures as well and the movie video game as well as seeing the two movies and owning them on VHS.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by pannoni1

I honestly stopped following Power Rangers regularly around Lost Galaxy, feeling that having a reboot every year just won't do it for me. It's like consistantly having best friends and breaking up and getting new ones and that just doesn't do it for my soul.

*sigh* Yeah, yeah. That's how the original works anyway.

Besides, it would have gotten boring if they kept up with this yearly crap about how the new villain is more powerful than the previous, and how the new zord fleet is more powerful than the previous, etc etc, blah blah blah.

[ZariusTwo]

It'd only have gotten boring if you allowed yourself to age as you watched the show, if you "got it", you'd be fine with the changes

[Brodie]

I kind of agree with Zarius. I "grew" out of PR along with a bunch of other "kids" stuff. But then went back, after I realized I still enjoyed the stuff I grew up on, and that it was dumb to "grow out of" things just because everyone else was.

Going back to PR through buying the dvd sets, and revisiting stuff I remembered/didn't recall/thought was dumb/missed was quite the experience. I didn't/still don't like the costumes of Zeo, but Zeo has some of the best story driven arcs of the initial run of the series (i.e., the "original" characters). I like the Turbo costumes more, but revisiting Turbo after Zeo/later MMPR...it wasn't good. I enjoyed it for what it was, but there was a lot of dumb ****.

Rangers in Space is a good way to get back into the series, and see how good some of the stories can be.

I also ****ing love SPD. Probably my favorite Ranger series that's separated from the initial run.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

It'd only have gotten boring if you allowed yourself to age as you watched the show, if you "got it", you'd be fine with the changes

Well I'm glad they started doing that anyway. Plus in my case, it's not a matter of "aging".

[TheCanadiandrome]

man, it's been great watching vintage MMPR on Teletoon Retro!

[TheCanadiandrome]

Forgive me if it's been asked before, I don't feel like combing through the pages, but does anyone know if the Japanese versions are on DVD?

Also, whats the best online resource for all things PR?

[Storm Eagle]

This is somewhat PR-related, but if any of you might remember VR Troopers (also from Saban), you may also remember Gardner Baldwin who played Karl Ziktor and voiced Grimlord. Sadly, he passed away a couple of weeks ago.

Gardner Baldwin of Vineyard Haven died of a heart attack, on Wednesday, September 7, at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital. A graveside service was held on Tuesday, September 13, in the Oak Grove Cemetery, State Road, Vineyard Haven.

Gardner was born March 22, 1951, in Montclair, New Jersey. He spent his childhood in New York, Boston, and Florida. As a child, he summered on Martha's Vineyard, taking special pleasure in the time spent with "Nanny," his grandmother Florence Macy. Gardner attended college in Indiana and Wisconsin but felt he "already knew all they had to teach" and left before graduating.

Gardner pursued a career as an actor and screenwriter. He worked on several movies and the TV series "VR Troopers." Like many in the entertainment industry, he also worked many odd jobs, and he had success as an entrepreneur in the nightclub industry in Florida. At least one of his screenplays was made into a film many years after he wrote it.

Gardner returned to the Vineyard as a year-round resident in 1999. He quickly received a job offer from Bunch of Grapes Bookstore where he was a loyal and valued employee until just days before his untimely death. He was essential in the creation of the new store after the July 4 fire of 2008. Although Gardner primarily worked behind the scenes at Bunch of Grapes, he loved to stand in front of the store, smoking his ubiquitous cigarette and watching the flow of the seasons on Main Street. It was also at Bunch of Grapes that Gardner met Alaina Darr, his life partner.

Gardner was a lifelong student of baseball, politics, philosophy, and history. He subscribed to the Bill James Baseball Abstract when it began in 1977, and read every edition since then with enthusiasm and delight. He was a self-described Marxist and radical whose ideas were "just to the right of Fidel Castro." He was convinced that reading and learning are active pursuits and immersed himself in both with zeal. His conversation and insights will be missed by his many friends.

Gardner is survived by his mother, Betty Gardner of Vineyard Haven; father, Donald Baldwin of Alexandria, Virginia; and Ms. Darr of Vineyard Haven; also his uncle, Procter Smith, and wife, Leigh, of Vineyard Haven; cousins Alison Smith Driscoll and J.P. Hitesman of Delaware; Pamela Brock of Massachusetts; and stepfather Frank Fuchs and his wife, Muriel, of Florida. He will be sorely missed by all of us who knew him.

http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-viney...le.php?id=7716

I've always wondered what he has been up to since his time on VR Troopers. May he rest in peace.

[Koschei]

Just watched the movie with my 4 year old last week.
Since I take Power Rangers as something cheesey I can now tolerate Ivan Ooze. Man, I really hated that guy when the movie came out. But love' em now. And I didn't realize the whole script (besides 2 characters) was all one liners.
Noticed on IMDB that the suit actor for ZED was also Rahzar on Secret of the Ooze. But I'm sure that has already been stated.

I think I was in 2nd Grade when MMPR first aired. Like everybody else I got older and I thought Zeo was lame but Turbo was lamer. But In Space really caught my attention and I actually looked forward to new episodes.

Oh, and I soooo got the Lord Zed shirt from Electric Zombie's last line.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Koschei

Noticed on IMDB that the suit actor for ZEDD was also Rahzar on Secret of the Ooze. But I'm sure that has already been stated.

I can honestly say that that's news to me. I've been involved in PR internet forms since 1999, and you're the absolute first person I've seen mention that. I wonder if what you saw is even true.