Power Rangers Zeo:Scorpion Rain- Your opinion...

[The Turtle Terminator]

I want to hear what fans of Zeo's opinions on the validity of this... On one hand it doesn't exist and isn't in canon, however the writers of Forever Red said they had it in mind when making that episode.

If you don't know what Scorpion Rain is, it was a 3 year long hoax about what happened between the end of Power Rangers Zeo and Turbo:A Power Rangers Movie.

[ZariusTwo]

And this couldn't go in the PR thread becauuuuuuuuuse.....?

Here's a draft copy of the hoax video.

[MikeandRaph87]

I thought it was simply Billy created the Turbo powers derived from what came before but it was not mentioned just jumping into the power up because David Yost left unexpectedly. That is answer enough. Fan-fiction is what it is. Seconded on it being planted into the PR thread.

[sdp]

I don't see how any fan wouldn't consider this canon when the creator of the hoax ended up writing and referencing the hoax so it technically happened. I mean its just a fun fanfic that is pseudo in continuity, so why not have fun and count it? If you like PRs its for kick ass stuff like this.

I personally like the fan videos that were on youtube back in the day more than when the actual scorpion rain finally made it on youtube. I love the idea and it helps explain things up. The whole myth about it only makes the story even more legendary and interesting.

This thread made me nostalgic, I got back into Power Rangers about ten years ago hardcore and couldn't get enough of all I had missed since I stopped liking them as a kid and it was so much fun. It pretty much lasted until RPM finished and PRs was dead and sadly when Saban bought them my fandom just died. I didn't think Samurai was that bad but between it being mediocre, the fandom only talking about how much everything was terrible and only 20 episodes per year kind of killed it slowly for me. It really was the Legacy that made PRs so appealing when I got back into it and without the Legacy I can get my Toku fix elsewhere.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by sdp

I don't see how any fan wouldn't consider this canon when the creator of the hoax ended up writing and referencing the hoax so it technically happened. I mean its just a fun fanfic that is pseudo in continuity, so why not have fun and count it?

It was a hoax and wasn't meant to be taken seriously. So it shouldn't be considered canon, even if the writer did have it in mind when he wrote "Forever Red". THAT'S what's canon.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by sdp

I don't see how any fan wouldn't consider this canon when the creator of the hoax ended up writing and referencing the hoax so it technically happened. I mean its just a fun fanfic that is pseudo in continuity, so why not have fun and count it? If you like PRs its for kick ass stuff like this.

I personally like the fan videos that were on youtube back in the day more than when the actual scorpion rain finally made it on youtube. I love the idea and it helps explain things up. The whole myth about it only makes the story even more legendary and interesting.

This thread made me nostalgic, I got back into Power Rangers about ten years ago hardcore and couldn't get enough of all I had missed since I stopped liking them as a kid and it was so much fun. It pretty much lasted until RPM finished and PRs was dead and sadly when Saban bought them my fandom just died. I didn't think Samurai was that bad but between it being mediocre, the fandom only talking about how much everything was terrible and only 20 episodes per year kind of killed it slowly for me

Things are better now. The most recent season, Dino Charge, has been outstanding

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

It was a hoax and wasn't meant to be taken seriously. So it shouldn't be considered canon, even if the writer did have it in mind when he wrote "Forever Red". THAT'S what's canon.

Amit has lofty ambitions when it comes to the series...I actually think it's unfair that the fandom have written him off as a bit of a loony toon when his ideas would make for some good movies. If the PR movie is a success, he should be brought on as a consultant.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Amit has lofty ambitions when it comes to the series...I actually think it's unfair that the fandom have written him off as a bit of a loony toon when his ideas would make for some good movies. If the PR movie is a success, he should be brought on as a consultant.

I wasn't dismissing him. I was saying that Scorpion Rain isn't meant to be counted into continuity since it was a hoax. Eves so, I'm actually glad that its ideas were able to be incorporated into something more official. That being "Forever Red".

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

I wasn't dismissing him. I was saying that Scorpion Rain isn't meant to be counted into continuity since it was a hoax. Eves so, I'm actually glad that its ideas were able to be incorporated into something more official. That being "Forever Red".

I know you did'nt. I was speaking about the fandom in general over on places like Rangerboard after they heard about all his other ideas for Hexagon, Samurai and Go-Busters etc

[sdp]

My point is this is as official as some fanon explanation can get so why not count it? You prefer having no reason as to why they abandoned the Zeo powers? PRs is one of those franchises were fanon is absolutely necessary to make sense of it all since not many in the production actually care. That's what I tried to say in my last post, its that legacy connectivity that fans helped make that made me a huge fan again.

And yeah I've heard good things about Dino Charge but the fact that its still 20 episodes a year kills it for me as well as seeing all the missed opportunities they had with the movie with MMPR Red that won't be adapted. Maybe I'm still burnt on MegaForce wasting such awesome potential.