Power Rangers - the appreciation and discussion thread

[MikeandRaph87]

Can we assume that any ranger who has more than one ranger identity can switch between all forms without in-story explaination so we can have half of the Zeo team if they so choose to. Maybe two red Turbo rangers? Or would it not work simaltaneously.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Can we assume that any ranger who has more than one ranger identity can switch between all forms without in-story explaination so we can have half of the Zeo team if they so choose to. Maybe two red Turbo rangers? Or would it not work simaltaneously.

It'd probably confuse the younger audiences.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

It'd probably confuse the younger audiences.

As much as the 1990 movie origin and 1987 cartoon of TMNT would with us. It would be interesting to comment, one say to the other to tap out of the power source so the other can use it.

I also am curious to dialogue between Rocky and T.J. about replacing the two greatest to ever suit up as a ranger.

[sdp]

I don't know why the fandom is so obsessed with how they get their powers back, it's Power Rangers, we've seen it happen tons of time on screen there's no reason why it can't happen off-screen. Little kids don't need explanation since I can assure you they won't be watching 25 seasons of Power Rangers to enjoy the latest one, if they see a returning Ranger they'll just assume its just another power ranger.

The way I see it is rangers can constantly lose and gain their powers so if Tommy wants to come back as different ranger forms then let him. Rocky can be MMPR red in this special and then Jason come back as MMPR Red in another special, they transferred their powers between them, maybe for the 25th anniversary Jason was hurt or on vacation and gave the MMPR coin temporarily to Rocky. TJ was helping Andros so he decided to use his Blue Space powers instead of his red turbo powers that we saw him using in Forever Red etc.

[Allio]

It just kind of makes it pointless if they lose their powers at the end of their series is all. Kind of like if Rider/Sentai kills off a character only to bring them back for the crossover, I think the only one they did right was Kaito/Kamen Rider Baron.

Think of it as TMNT. Think of a series that ends with the Turtles being demutated and returning to their lives as regular pet shop turtles. Then next appearance they have is in a team up and they are back to normal with no explanation.

[sdp]

I see your point but I'd say that Power Rangers isn't other fictional franchises because of its on going nature and in a universe where we've seen before plenty of times that powers can come back it doesn't seem as cheap as it does in other franchises. That Ranger Team already told their story in their season, any future appearances are just fan service, the on going PR Verse is also fan service at this point since each season besides the first few is self contained for the most part. So I'd say it's easy to ignore the team ups or future appearances since it cheapens the original story but if you like the bigger rangerverse then yeah you're just going to have to question it so much when we've seen it happen on screen since the MMPR days.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Non-Finalized artwork for Soul of the Dragon

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This looks so cool, I don't care if it's another tommy story and that's all the Boom comics does or that it's just an old man logan rip-off, it's still way cool. I love the attention to detail with him meeting SPD, Kat being his wife, etc. I hope it's good.

[ZariusTwo]

[Autbot_Benz]

Ron Wasserman the Composer for MMPR and other seasons released his full work on MMPR and the theme songs for SPD Space and Mystic Force for free download


MMPR

https://mega.nz/#!e9Ri0Qib!hM8KMcAn4...Le7Jqc_17s0aMI

Others

https://mega.nz/#!jgp1VbYB!jtequRW8o...YyakBuiYH05q9g

[Autbot_Benz]

Ranger Special was ok. Tommy got most of the screen time out of all the rangers. No surprise there. Tommy has a Master Morpher that allows him to morph into all his rangers including a coin for Zeo Red. Hoping they make a set of that.

[ranger_scout]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

Ranger Special was ok. Tommy got most of the screen time out of all the rangers. No surprise there. Tommy has a Master Morpher that allows him to morph into all his rangers including a coin for Zeo Red. Hoping they make a set of that.

Spoiler:

Tommy and Kat really didn't interact with each other at all. I believe that the writers of this episode really left the door open to interpretation of who is the mother of his son JJ. The only interaction that Tommy and Kat had was when they were holding hands as they were jumping back through the portal. It was not all stated in the entire episode who was JJ's mother was. It's entirely possible that Tommy met another woman who was never a member of his ranger teams and he married her.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

Ranger Special was ok. Tommy got most of the screen time out of all the rangers. No surprise there. Tommy has a Master Morpher that allows him to morph into all his rangers including a coin for Zeo Red. Hoping they make a set of that.

Tommy, as well as Wes, Gemma, and Koda got ample screen time. The rest of them may not have gotten as much, but at least they all spoke. That was my main gripe with "Legendary Battle" since even in the extended version, there were still a few returning rangers who didn't say crap. Especially Mike and Emily since they became a couple at the end of Samurai, and they get no focus in "Legendary Battle" whatsoever. In "Dimensions in Danger", everyone speaks, although T.J. and Trent are the only ones who say nothing when morphed.

I was kind of disappointed that Tommy didn't use his Red Turbo Ranger form, but I get it, since it's his only ranger form that he didn't have all to himself. It was the same thing in Dino Thunder's "Fighting Spirit" where Tommy fights his previous ranger forms except the Red Turbo Ranger form.

"Dimensions in Danger" wasn't a bad episode, but for things like that, they need to be more than just one episode.

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

Spoiler:

Tommy and Kat really didn't interact with each other at all. I believe that the writers of this episode really left the door open to interpretation of who is the mother of his son JJ. The only interaction that Tommy and Kat had was when they were holding hands as they were jumping back through the portal. It was not all stated in the entire episode who was JJ's mother was. It's entirely possible that Tommy met another woman who was never a member of his ranger teams and he married her.

Spoiler:

He was with Kat when they both left the show, and the fact that they held hands indicates they're together, and should say that she's the mother too. I'll take it.

Still, I wish they had made it clearer that they're together just to shut people up. Maybe this can be cleared up if anyone can get to ask the showrunners about it.

[Autbot_Benz]

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

Spoiler:

Tommy and Kat really didn't interact with each other at all. I believe that the writers of this episode really left the door open to interpretation of who is the mother of his son JJ. The only interaction that Tommy and Kat had was when they were holding hands as they were jumping back through the portal. It was not all stated in the entire episode who was JJ's mother was. It's entirely possible that Tommy met another woman who was never a member of his ranger teams and he married her.

Spoiler:

Why some fans outright refuse to acknowledge what has been right in front of their faces since the Zeo christmas finale I'll never know.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Spoiler:

Why some fans outright refuse to acknowledge what has been right in front of their faces since the Zeo christmas finale I'll never know.

Spoiler:

Besides the classic "Kat ruined Tommy and Kimberly's relationship", there's the beep their grandsons communicator makes. It makes that sound up to Turbo, and changes after that. So they think that contradicts everything.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

Spoiler:

Besides the classic "Kat ruined Tommy and Kimberly's relationship", there's the beep their grandsons communicator makes. It makes that sound up to Turbo, and changes after that. So they think that contradicts everything.

Spoiler:

...But seeing as we've had loads of seasons and specials now which prove that powers and zords can be brought back, what's stopping a nostalgic hankering for a mere communicator?

Just sounds like they're being stubborn.

[ranger_scout]

Spoiler:

Besides the classic "Kat ruined Tommy and Kimberly's relationship"

Kimberly was the one who ended the relationship. She and Tommy were dating long-distance, but she found someone else and broke up with Tommy in a Dear John letter. I believe that Amy Jo Johnson said that looking back now, she wishes that her character hadn't have done that. She thought that maybe it would've been better if she made made a guest-appearance on Zeo and then they break-up during a conversation or something like that.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

Kimberly was the one ended the relationship.

Explain that to the butthurt fans who love the Tommy/Kimberly thing so much.

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

She and Tommy were dating long-distance, but she found someone else and broke up with Tommy in a Dear John letter. I believe that Amy Jo Johnson said that looking back now, she wishes that her character hadn't have done that. She thought that maybe it would've been better if she made made a guest-appearance on Zeo and then they break-up during a conversation or something like that.

Yeah they might have trolled us with that episode, with that "guest starring Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly" bit. It just turned out to be flashback scenes. Then maybe they didn't troll us since that's the only time they ever showed flashback scenes of rangers who had already left (during that era), and maybe they had to do that. Anyway, if AJJ said all of that, then it sounds like she wouldn't have had qualms about being brought back for that.

[ranger_scout]

Spoiler:

I still find it surprising that after Tommy rescued Kat and the others in that episode, the two of them never embraced or kissed at all. If she was in fact his wife, I'd imagine that the first thing she'd want to do after being saved by her husband is show some affection for him. Love probably just works in different kinds of ways.

[sdp]

Just watched it, it felt like a Forever Red remake with different rangers, I have plenty of problems with it but overall I liked it a lot and redemption of the 20th anniversary. My biggest gripes are the universes crap and that this kind of killed any future Shattered Grid type of story or a Tommy goes evil story. Yeah it was the Tommy show but it's always been like that and I'm ok with it.

The multiverse thing was handled the best in this worst scenario, I think they knew it would piss a lot of people off if they made it as ambiguous as possible. Yeah, they specify that RPM and Dino Charge are different universe worlds (interesting phrasing) but other comments make it sound like the other rangers are also from different universes when scouting the other rangers and why would all those rangers use the portal if they all live in the same earth? But they happily set this up so any future seasons can take place whenever.

Returning Rangers, it was cool to have them but why have 10 returning rangers if you can't give them enough time, it should've stuck to 5, Forever Red worked with 10 rangers but they ignored the Wild Force rangers and here the NinjaSteel rangers still had focus which took time away, not to mention that Forever Red was using old villains so less time to explain who they are and set them up as a threat. I loved seeing those 10 returning rangers but yeah a shame TJ got like 2 lines in. I'm glad MMPR Red got to at least say the attack line after the morph and I was happy to see Rocky in that suit again but mostly because this special didn't give him much to do, for a MMPR Red return that actually takes time with the character we need Jason.

Glad they didn't have Tommy turn into turbo red, since TJ shares that power and it's those details that I liked. I like that it implies that rangers have other off screen battles and get to know each other and basically all this cool stuff is happening while you watch the current stinker of a season And it explains away all inconsistencies as to why ___ has this power again?

"Drayven, I was hoping I'd never hear that name again" TJ

Tommy/Kat: Oh I'm a Kim is Tommy's OTP and I'm butthurt as well, but I knew this since I saw the VHS version of that zeo x-mas episode, I'm glad they're keeping that as canon. I didn't expect much but that blink and miss it hand holding sold it. It was very subtle but this episode did plenty of very subtle things and it worked, that way they gave us tons of fan service without taking any time.

[MikeandRaph87]

Thoughts on Shattered Grid Finale out today?