Power Rangers - the appreciation and discussion thread

[sdp]

I can't find a good review of the mega box set, anyone have a link to one besides the rangercrew one and tons of unboxing or lacking reviews.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Apparently Masked Rider is coming to DVD in 2013, but that hasnt been officially confirmed yet.

First I hear of this, where is the rumor coming from?

I'd love to see it the show isn't that bad for being an early toku adaptation. Not to mention it's part of the PRU no matter how much fans try to say otherwise.

Originally Posted by Hero

Alpha's Magical Christmas can't be that bad, can it?

AMC isn't that bad, it's a cheesy christmas special and fun to watch in a so bad it's a christmas special kind of way.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Some big time fanfilm creators have put their heads together and are producing a "dark and gritty" MMPR movie. Here's the teaser (which was shown at Morphicon)

I hate super gritty realistic fan films, could've been a lot cooler doing something different. Even taking into account the budget.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by sdp

First I hear of this, where is the rumor coming from?

One of the actors from the show talked about it possibly coming to DVD...he could be wrong, it's just people are jumping all over the claim.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by sdp

I can't find a good review of the mega box set, anyone have a link to one besides the rangercrew one and tons of unboxing or lacking reviews.

AMC isn't that bad, it's a cheesy Christmas special and fun to watch in a so bad it's a Christmas special kind of way.

This is the only extensive review I've seen so far.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/...axy-dvd-review

The guy doing it doesn't seem to have much respect for the show, but at least he's on point with most of the things he talks about.

As far as Christmas specials go, I'd take "I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger", "A Season to Remember", and "Christmas Together, Friends Forever" over "Alpha's Magical Christmas". Something about it just seemed too childish for me.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

One of the actors from the show talked about it possibly coming to DVD...he could be wrong, it's just people are jumping all over the claim.

It was David Stenstrom, who voiced King Mondo in Zeo, and played the dad in Masked Rider. Lavender Ranger reported it on his site, and this is what was said:

According to David Stenstrom (voice of King Mondo and dad in Masked Rider), he was told that Masked Rider will be coming to DVD next year. I was surprised to find out that he knows a bit of Kamen Rider and seen some episodes.

Anyway here, the link:
http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2012...morphicon.html

Shout! Factory will probably be responsible for this, but I don't know. I just hope David Stenstrom wasn't misinformed and that it will happen. I just wonder if David told Lavender Ranger this personally at PMC, or if it was mentioned at a panel there. Probably not the latter, since he wouldn't have been the only one talking about this.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Some big time fanfilm creators have put their heads together and are producing a "dark and gritty" MMPR movie. Here's the teaser (which was shown at Morphicon)

Nice, I like it

[Storm Eagle]

Today is the 19th anniversary of Power Rangers. The first ever episode, "Day of the Dumpster", premiered on this date back in 1993, on a Saturday morning.

I never knew the show existed until two weeks later though, when I saw a promo on September 8, 1993. This was also my first day of high school. We got out early that day, and would also be getting out early on the remaining days of the week. So I caught the last half of "A Pressing Engagement" (episode #4) the following day, and saw all of "Different Drum" (episode #5) the day after that. After that, since it aired too early in the afternoon for me to catch it after getting out of school, I was only able to see it on Saturdays, school vacations, and snow days (we had a lot of those around that time). I'm not really sure when I became a fan, but I'd just find myself watching whenever I could, and at some point I'd find myself watching regularly. I finally saw "Day of the Dumpster" for the first time when it reran some time during the spring of 1994 when I was on Easter vacation from school though. When the second season came around, I was on at weekdays at a time where I'd get home early enough to catch it. I've been keeping up with the show ever since.

May the power live on forever.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Amen brother! May the power live on forever and protect us

[Storm Eagle]

The listing for MMPR the complete series is back up for sale on Shout! Factory's site.

http://shoutfactory.com/?q=node/215682

[Darth Knuckles]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

The listing for MMPR the complete series is back up for sale on Shout! Factory's site.

http://shoutfactory.com/?q=node/215682

Yeah I saw this earlier today before I checked here at The Technodrome and this thread with Power Ranger experts. Very nice. I'll be getting this very soon.
I also got into Mighty Morphin Power Rangers a tad later than others. In school there was a buzz about the show and I hadn't seen it yet. One day, after school I think, the first episode I saw was the one, please excuse me, that they fought the eyeball villain. I can't remember his name right now though. I can't wait to see these episodes again! Thanks Storm Eagle for your great coverage!

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Darth Knuckles

Yeah I saw this earlier today before I checked here at The Technodrome and this thread with Power Ranger experts. Very nice. I'll be getting this very soon.
I also got into Mighty Morphin Power Rangers a tad later than others. In school there was a buzz about the show and I hadn't seen it yet. One day, after school I think, the first episode I saw was the one, please excuse me, that they fought the eyeball villain. I can't remember his name right now though. I can't wait to see these episodes again! Thanks Storm Eagle for your great coverage!

The episode you're referring to is "I, Eye Guy".

How old were you when PR started? I mentioned that I was in high school, so since I'd be around older kids, it never occurred to me that there would be many fans at my school, but I found out about a good number of them.

One day when we were on the bus going home from school, some people in my grade were at the back talking about their favorite cartoons. One of the guys in the conversation said "Power Rangers is dope.". I also had a friend who got sick with leukemia later in the school year. I went to visit him in the hospital and PR came on on the TV in his room. He said his little brother got him into it. (The guy lost his battle much later that year and he's no longer with us by the way, so God rest his soul.)

In my sophomore year, during our lunch break, there was this guy who was sitting at another table and I think I was showing him the latest Nintendo Power issue at the time. He noticed that the MMPR game for he SNES in there and he said something about it how he heard that it's good. Then this guy at the table just blurted out "The Green Ranger is the man!". There were also these to guys who sat at my table at lunch and I didn't know they were fans until one asked the other if he had been watching, and then said "no more Green Ranger.".

By the way, some Super Samurai news. There are seven episodes to go, but Nickelodeon Latin America started airing them last week on Thursday, and will finish up THIS FRIDAY. We STILL don't even know when they resume in the US yet.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

The listing for MMPR the complete series is back up for sale on Shout! Factory's site.

http://shoutfactory.com/?q=node/215682

at a discount to i see

[Darth Knuckles]

Well Storm Eagle I was in the second grade when I started hearing other class mates talk about the show and I had no idea what they were talking about. I went home that day and I saw "I, Eye Guy" and thought it was great. I know I watched the "Green With Evil" episodes when they first aired and then I was unbelievably hooked. I'm really sorry about your friend Storm Eagle.

On another note, does anyone happen to have a coupon code for Shout! Factory's web store? With shipping and tax, that "cheap looking" $120 for the MMPR box set becomes $144. Unless I can get it for more like the $120, I'll just wait.

[Hero]

'12th Grade', but didn't watch PR until the Easter of 1994.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Hero

'12th Grade', but didn't watch PR until the Easter of 1994.

You live in the UK. Do you remember when PR even started airing there?

[ZariusTwo]

I had to go into hospital on the same day MMPR premiered in the UK on GMTV. Watched the next two episodes in the ward.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

I had to go into hospital on the same day MMPR premiered in the UK on GMTV. Watched the next two episodes in the ward.

What time of year might that have been? Was GMTV the first network in the UK to premiere MMPR?

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

What time of year might that have been? Was GMTV the first network in the UK to premiere MMPR?

That was around Easter 1994, like Hero said.

GMTV aired MMPR for terrestrial viewers, SKY ONE had the sattelite rights (and indeed got the next two seasons before GMTV). Actually...I'm fairly certain SKY ONE did air MMPR first, because my brother would watch it at a friends house and rant and rave about what was coming up like Tommy etc.

And Samurai is officially over folks, courtesy of the premieres in Latin America. It still needs to air in the States, but yeah, it's done. Thank f*ck.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

That was around Easter 1994, like Hero said.

GMTV aired MMPR for terrestrial viewers, SKY ONE had the satellite rights (and indeed got the next two seasons before GMTV). Actually...I'm fairly certain SKY ONE did air MMPR first, because my brother would watch it at a friends house and rant and rave about what was coming up like Tommy etc.

Hero did say that it was around Easter 1994, but from how he worded it, I thought that was only when HE started watching. It could have started earlier in your neck of the woods for all I know. Anyway that's a lot earlier than I thought it might have started in the UK. I was thinking maybe September 1994.

[Hero]

Sky One had MMPR before GMTV. Those privileged with Cable/Satellite in 1993 were able to watch it first. .

Power Rangers premiered the Easter Holiday/Spring Break of 1994 on GMTV so all the UK could watch it.

Similar thing a year later with VR Troopers.

However terrestrial viewers were at least protected from Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters as it stayed on cable/satellite

[ZariusTwo]

Thanks for clearing that one up Hero.

Here's an example of how GMTV handled PR Storm Eagle





The cast made several apperances on the morning block, sometimes to be interviewed and sometimes to just plain...embarass themselves...

[TheCanadiandrome]

those are great videos