Power Rangers - the appreciation and discussion thread

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Originally Posted by mikeandraph87

I saw an interview with Austin St. John about that. He said the throw away mentioning line by Zordon was added in in post-production because it was decided that he would left after it was filmed but before it aired. Production thought it would just go ahead and name Tommy the leader thus why no quarrel with Jason,who had a limited role startinga phase out a couple of episodes after that.

That explains things as far as behind the scenes reasons, but it still seems strange in the context of the show. I don't see why they couldn't wait to "promote" Tommy until the new Rangers came. That way they could reason that Tommy would be leader, given that he was more experienced than the new Rangers.

They probably figured most kids wouldn't care, because who cares when there's explosions and giant robots! Well this kid cared.

Wow, the contract problem with Jason, Zack, and Trini become super obvious when you rewatch the show as an adult, and the three are nowhere to be seen. I guess I didn't think anything of it at the time, because I didn't realize they were going to be replaced in a couple of episodes. It's clear they were setting up Rocky, Adam, and Aisha to be new Rangers, but as a kid I was probably thinking either three totally new Rangers, or just temporary fill ins.

Haha, totally stock footage of Jason from season one. This stuff is really funny to look at in retrospect.

Reminds me of The Simpsons, when they try to finish the Radioactive Man movie without Milhouse.

"Are you ready, Fallout Boy?"

Footage of Fallout Boy sitting on the couch. "Yes".