Power Rangers - the appreciation and discussion thread

[TheCanadiandrome]

That's awesome!

[Allio]

new pretty good Ultraman mv



really wish Ultraman can find it's footing in today's programming...really makes me hope that the upcoming US Ultraman movie will be good

[Peanut]

Need some help, PR gang.

My nephew constantly wants me to watch Power Rangers with him and every Saturday we watch the new episode of Megaforce, which is pretty painful. He watches random episodes of the other seasons on Netflix, as he's still too young to get the concept of "seasons" of a show and everything, so he just kind of bounces around, but I'd like to keep him in one place and watch it with him when he wants to. The problem is that outside of some nostalgia for MMPR I've found most of it hard to watch and very nearly unbearable.

So, what are considered the best/most watchable seasons of Power Rangers? I've watched bits and pieces of In Space and Samurai and I originally watched the entire run of MMPR, but that's it.

[TheCanadiandrome]

RPM isn't bad, at least I think so. Also Operation Overdrive

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

Also Operation Overdrive

OO is pretty terrible actually, outside of the plotline with Mack and "Once A Ranger" (which the fans never stop b*tching about either), Linkara implied he won't have very nice things to say about that season when he covers it in the next "History of Power Rangers"

Speaking of "History of Power Rangers", try checking that out if you can Peanut. It's a perfect way-in for people not too keen on combing through every season and it gives you some refreshing critical bullet points for what makes the seasons stand up and fall down

My choices for most watchable seasons are

-Zeo
-Lost Galaxy
-Time Force
-Dino Thunder
-SPD
-RPM

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

-Zeo
-Lost Galaxy
-Time Force
-Dino Thunder
-SPD
-RPM

Dino Thunder, that's one i forgot and I'd agree with SPD. Also, how does one check out "History of Power Rangers"?

[sdp]

The only season that Peanut won't find super painful is RPM, that's actually very well written and for the most part can be enjoyed by people outside the fandom. After that TimeForce and SPD are also good and more "mature" and better written but not as much as RPM but still good in their own right. If you want to watch a cool episode, watch "Forever Red" From Wild Force, it's the 10 year anniversary special and it was really great for what it was, fan service of seeing the past rangers team up.

Now for Nostalgia, you can watch MMPR, however you might want to skip a few episodes as the episodes are painful and nostalgia only goes so far. But if you skip quite a few episodes, I think you can ask for a "list" of best episodes then it should be a fun nostalgic ride. Do the same for Zeo, Turbo and In Space. Watch a couple of episodes. And that way you can "finish" the MMPR saga of your childhood. Since MMPR all the way to In Space was basically an ongoing storyline and while new seasons are still in continuity they aren't direct sequels. But yeah if you don't skip a few episodes then you won't make it through all that since there's so much filler and nostalgia glasses can't cure it all unless you're a big fan like I guess most people who post on this thread regularly are. For nostalgia you can also watch DinoThunder since Tommy from MMPR returns, it's not as good as TimeForce or RPM but it's definitely one of the better PR seasons and the return of Tommy/nostalgia makes it easy to get through.

Those are the ones who I recommend for people outside the fandom, the other seasons definitely have their gems however if you just don't get why people in colorful spandex and giant robots is cool then it'll be hard to get through the cheesy effects. At least the other seasons mentioned above are very well written or have a nostlagia factor that allows you to get through them if you just don't get the "tokusatsu" genre.

Oh and I don't recommend the History of the Power Rangers videos, they're just 1 hour summaries of the whole season by Linkara who normally reviews comic books Angry Video Game Nerd style on the nostalgia critic website, personally I don't like those types of shows and he just goes on an on for too long about things that he liked or disliked, I prefer to just watch the episodes. It definitely doesn't work for Peanut since he isn't interested in getting into PRs or its history, he just wants bonding time with his nephew and watch a tolerable season.

[Storm Eagle]

How about Lightspeed Rescue?

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

How about Lightspeed Rescue?

I liked that one

[Peanut]

Thanks for the info, guys. I wouldn't say I dislike the genre, I actually still think it's pretty neat and has a lot of potential to be cool, but everything outside of the Rangers themselves and the crazy monsters/robots is the grating part. At least from my very small amount of experience with the entire series.

I decided to go ahead and get through the MMPR-era stuff I never saw first, so this weekend I watched all of Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers with my nephew and a few episodes into Zeo. MMAR was so incredibly painful outside of what I think is some neat Rangers stuff, because the kids and especially their awful "quests" were f*cking unwatchable. The stuff with Aisha and Tanya and that whole character/ranger switch was horrendous. Outside of that I think some of the stuff they did was neat, at least enough that it held my attention when the villains and/or the Rangers were on screen. However, my interest level took a significant dive after the initial Zeo setup, because it immediately reverted too "Here we are in school! We're totally believable teenagers and OH BOY DON'T CHEAT ON YOUR TESTS, KIDS!" which just about put me to sleep.

I also watched a handful of episodes of RPM on my own time, which seems really neat. I tried to get my nephew to watch a bit of it, but he doesn't seem to like it as much as the traditional stuff, so I might have to watch it on my own, as it seems pretty interesting.

Anyways, that's probably all you'll hear from me on the subject, gang. I'm not so sure my layman first-timer opinions are all that interesting to you vets in here.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Oh c'mon Peanut lol

[Allio]

http://www.orendsrange.com/2013/12/p...e-episode.html

15 episodes of Super Megaforce

as expected, it just feels like a much watered down version of Gokaiger, the only episode to have a past ranger appear is the Jungle Fury episode and Shinkenger episode

the laft 5 episodes will be predictable

>Roboknight returns as evil
>Megaforce Red fights Robo knight
>three episode building up to the finale, ending with the Goseiger vs Vrak fight scene

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Allio

http://www.orendsrange.com/2013/12/p...e-episode.html

15 episodes of Super Megaforce

as expected, it just feels like a much watered down version of Gokaiger,

Yeah yeah. I'm sure everyone and their goldfish figured that anyway.

[ZariusTwo]

We've known about the translations coming back into full swing for a while now. James Bates, the head writer for the last few series, lobbied for some originality but got turned down so he quit. We've also lost Marc Handler as a writer too.

[Allio]

just realized there will not be enough room for Basco...good night, sweet prick

[Allio]

new Kyoryuger vs Go-Busters trailer

[Brodie]

That looks neat. What are the chances of that getting translated?

[Allio]

Originally Posted by Brodie

That looks neat. What are the chances of that getting translated?

Subbed? yes, it will most likely be subbed around March/early april

adapted? most definitely not...Power Rangers hardly uses movie footage (it costs more)

also, I recall someone earlier in this thread asked about some behind the scenes and stuff...I found this one from the Dairanger days

[sdp]

Wasn't that only the case in the past? They used Movie footage in Samurai. Not sure if they did in Megaforce but it's not out of the question. The fact that it has MMPR gives us some hope that it might be adapted since it's the most iconic show.

[TheCanadiandrome]

I really need to YouTube more of the Japanese stuff! It looks good