Power Rangers - the appreciation and discussion thread

[Allio]

Originally Posted by 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.

But what you have to remember is this, when clash of red ranger was made, it was made after the show had already been completed and when Nick asked saban to make 3 specials (halloween, thanksgiving, christmas)

so at that point, Saban had no interest in using movie footage until after the show was already made

[Storm Eagle]

So, the legacy sets have started to ship out today. Most of them anyway. It looks like I'm one of those who'll have to wait for theirs to ship out tomorrow. Brian Ward of Shout! Factory tweeted that they've sold more than half of their supply of them.

https://twitter.com/BWard028/status/418135196806811648

Also, the seasons 13-17 set and Turbo volume 1 will both be out on April 1st.

http://www.amazon.com/Power-Rangers-...=Power+Rangers

http://www.amazon.com/Power-Rangers-...=Power+Rangers

So pretty soon, the first 1000+ people will be able to own all of the 20 current seasons in one set. Then Shout! Factory will have all the seasons to which they have the distribution rights (that would be up to R.P.M.) available come April 1st. For those who want the individual volumes, we're making it to the first half of Turbo on that same day.

[TheCanadiandrome]

While I'd have liked the legacy set, I've not got the space for it, nor could I justify spending that much in that set, when I'd already gotten previous volumes. That bein said, I can't wait to get the seasons 13-17 set

[Storm Eagle]

So they started shipping the legacy sets on Thursday, and some people have actually received their legacy sets yesterday, since they live so close to the warehouses in Indiana from where they were being shipped. In fact, Eric, the guy in the video linked to below, posted a live unboxing yesterday at 1pm EST since he was one of those people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XSf6mxYhO8

From the video, you learn such facts such as these:
-The season/disc count is the same as in the mega sets. Samurai has two discs, Super Samurai has three discs, and Megaforce has four discs. Also, S.P.D. has five discs while Mystic Force, Operation Overdrive, Jungle Fury, and R.P.M. have four, and likewise in the seasons 13-17 set.

-The disc art is different from that of the mega sets and volume sets.

-A list of the tin casings with the discs they hold (which they also mention on their back):
1. Mastodon: MMPR1 discs 1-6, MMPR2 discs 1-4
2. Pteradactyl: MMPR2 discs 5-6, space for the MMPR:TM disc (not included, of course), all 4 MMPR3 discs, MMAR disc, Zeo discs 1-2
3. Triceratops: Zeo discs 3-5, space for the T:APRM disc, all 5 Turbo discs, Space disc 1
4. Saber-Tooth Tiger: Space discs 2-5, all 5 Lost Galaxy discs, Lightspeed Rescue disc 1
5. Tyrannosaurus: Lightspeed Rescue discs 2-5, all 5 Time Force discs, Wild Force disc 1
6. Dragonzord: Wild Force discs 2-5, all 5 Ninja Storm discs, DinoThunder disc 1
7. Tigerzord: DinoThunder discs 2-5, all five S.P.D. discs, Mystic Force disc 1
8. Ape: Mystic Force discs 2-4, all 4 Operation Overdrive discs, Jungle Fury discs 1-3
9. Red Aquitar Ranger: Jungle Fury disc 4, all 4 R.P.M. discs, both Samurai discs, all three Super Samurai discs
10. 20th Anniversary: all 4 Megaforce discs, 6 bonus discs
NOTE: Eric says in the video that there's a space for MMPR:TM in between Zeo disc 5 and Turbo disc 1, but it turned out that his set has an error. In the sleeves for the movie discs are paper inserts that specify what movie they're intended for, and he just happened to have two inserts that say "MMPR:TM". He also overlooked the space for MMPR:TM in the 2nd casing.

-The MMAR disc is just labeled "disc 1" instead of "season 3.5" like in the casing for MMPR season 3 in the mega set.

-The booklet lists the episodes as they are on the discs, but lacks episode descriptions like the booklets in the mega sets. It also has no ranger profiles like the mega set booklet does. Even so, it does have artwork of its own, such as spread-out shots of ranger teams where some span two pages, and artwork of each Red Ranger (Lauren represents Super Samurai/season 19).

Things I've learned from other sources not touched upon in the video are:
-The Samurai episodes are placed in the proper order. You all might remember how the first two Samurai episodes initially aired much later, yet they started out with the third episode.

-The specials from both Samurai and Super Samurai are on the third Super Samurai disc.

-The Samurai, Super Samurai, and Megaforce episodes are in their original widescreen format. Which is good, since Lionsgate released the holiday specials in fullscreen format.

The sets are individually numbered, and Brian Ward of Shout! Factory mentioned in a tweet that Haim Saban himself has the #1 set.
https://mobile.twitter.com/BWard028/...0745952256?p=p

[Allio]

For the people that watched it, what was your thoughts on Ultraman Ginga?

[Storm Eagle]

A complete set of Power Rangers Samurai is finally available, but there's a catch. It's only through Amazon, as an MOD release.

http://www.amazon.com/Power-Ranger-S...=Power+Rangers

People are thinking we could get a complete set of Megaforce, as well as future seasons if this sells well. I've already gotten the volumes since it didn't look like they'd ever put out a Samurai complete season set. I also have the legacy set, which are actual DVDs, so I'll most likely pass on this. I still hope complete sets of future seasons will get releases, and on actual DVDs and even Blu-rays. Manufacture-on-demand releases are on DVD-Rs, and those don't play on all DVD-playing devices. I've owned five of them, and only one proved to play them poorly, even if it's one of those that's supposed to be able to play them well.

[Allio]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

A complete set of Power Rangers Samurai is finally available, but there's a catch.

People are thinking we could get a complete set of Megaforce, as well as future seasons if this sells well.

Welp, there is my intuitive to not buy Samurai

lol

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Allio

Welp, there is my intuitive to not buy Samurai

lol

Well even if future seasons do get released on DVD, you can still elect to not buy them.

I, for one, would still like to own future seasons on DVD, and I know I'm not the only one.

Anyway, a third volume of Megaforce is scheduled for release on April 8th, in case anyone cares.
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Rangers-...=Power+Rangers

[Shiro Kame]

I used to watch Power Rangers when I was younger. I enjoyed it pretty well on the Family channel (Canada's Disney equivalent). I've kinda outgrown it, but may get back into it.

[Storm Eagle]

Power Rangers Super Megaforce starts on February 15th, at 12 noon EST. In the link below is a trailer.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Power-Ra...e-1076101.aspx

[Allio]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

Power Rangers Super Megaforce starts on February 15th, at 12 noon EST. In the link below is a trailer.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Power-Ra...e-1076101.aspx

Well...that was something

not exactly anything hype worthy

Though some news, the legend war will be directed by Sakamoto, so hopefully that means some top of the line action sequences

also found some good mech images

Spoiler:

[Storm Eagle]

Here's an extensive review on the Power Rangers Legacy DVD set. As I post this, the reviewer says it's still a work in progress, but I think he may have pretty much covered everything. I doubt most of you will be getting this, but since it's basically a conglomerate of the multi-season sets and more, you'll at least have an idea as to what the seasons 13-17 set has to offer when it's released on April 1st. Plus I'm sure most of you will be more likely to get that.

http://blog.samuraicast.com/power-ra...ection-review/

I've received one of the 2000 legacy sets being made, and mine is number #545. So far, they've actually sold more than 1000 of them. They say they're currently out of stock, but there are still more to sell, and they just have to get those units in, which won't be available until February. So I guess after those are all sold, that's it.

Outside of the legacy set, the discs for Zeo through R.P.M. aren't labeled to designate what season they represent. As you can see in a picture in the review, you can see that the Megaforce disc shown states that it's season 20. Zeo is season 4, Turbo is season 5, and so on. The MMAR disc is just labeled "disc 1" instead of "season 3.5" like in the casing for MMPR season 3 in the mega set. When sold individually, the disc doesn't state either.

The outline of the companion booklet is the foreword from Haim Saban. Then each season's section has a season synopsis that's the same as what's on the back of the individual season sets. The ones for Alien Rangers, Lost Galaxy and DinoThunder are the only ones that aren't exactly down word for word. Then each season's section lists its episodes, and the discs that they're on.

It also has fun facts at the beginning of each season's section. One of the fun facts makes it known that MMPR:TM is not a part of the TV storyline like T:APRM is, and there are probably people who are either still wondering about that, or still insist that MMPR:TM fits in with the show. About R.P.M., it says that some believe that R.P.M. takes place in a parallel universe. I thought it was once confirmed that it actually is. It would have been nice if the booklet had the ranger profiles. Especially the ones for Samurai and Megaforce Rangers since this might be the only Shout! Factory release that involves them. So I'd still keep my MMPR complete series set and seasons 4-7 set, and I'd still like to get the seasons 8-12 and seasons 13-17 sets.

Lionsgate has the general home video distribution rights to Samurai, Super Samurai, and Megaforce, but Shout! Factory was able to get Lionsgate's permission to have those seasons on this set. I'd have to say that Shout! Factory did a better job with the episodes than Lionsgate. Some of the episodes had recaps, and they're not present on Lionsgate's releases.

With this set, you get all the direct-to-video releases as special features. Jason David Frank's first karate video missed its chance to be on the MMPR complete series set, but its on the bonus disc exclusive to this set. Unfortunately though, the picture quality of the video isn't too good. It still looks like VHS, and you can even hear the crackle in it at some points, especially at the beginning. All the other features that are direct-to-video releases have all been pretty much cleaned up. Either that, or Saban always had decent masters to use. Even so, the picture quality of that feature isn't unwatchable.

These are the ten MMPR PSAs that are exclusive as special features to this set. These are the ones it features that you guys might remember, and they're from the first season:
-Self control: Jason makes a friend of an enemy
-Fights: three kids gang up on a boy because they thought they took their ball
-The Wrong Crowd: Zack helps a kid see that he doesn't have to pick on someone just because his friends do
-Anger Management: Jason and Zack help a girl calm down after her brother ticked her off
-Don't Encourage: Jason and Billy show two kids how they helped start a fight
-Reality Check: Kimberly and Billy help distinguish fantasy and reality
-Determination: Jason and Zack stop Bulk and Skull from discouraging a kid from practicing a move he's having trouble with
-We're All Different: Jason and Kimberly help a kid named Norm see that not everybody should be the same
-Magic of Television: Billy helps Alpha 5 understand special effects and how they're made
-Teamwork: Zack and Kimberly show kids playing basketball how to cooperate

The legacy set is limited to just 2000 units, but by the time the seasons 13-17 set comes out in April, Shout! Factory will have widely released all the seasons to which they generally have the home video distribution rights. Even after that, they'll still continue to put out individual volumes of each season, and they'll put out Turbo volume 1 on the same day as the seasons 13-17 set. It could take about four more years for them to put out the remaining seasons on DVD individually, yet there's always the chance that sales may not allow them to get that far. So I'm glad they made it a point to make all their seasons available much sooner in some form. Since I've got the legacy set, and am able to see all of their releases, I can honestly say that I think that they've done a good job. Now, Samurai and on is in Lionsgate's hands, but their releases could use some work. Samurai is available in five individual volumes and its specials are available on their own DVDs. Super Samurai is available on both DVD and Blu-ray as a complete season, but just the first 16 episodes are available on four volumes. They also have yet to release the PRSS Halloween special on its own. Now they're doing Megaforce, and currently, its first 8 episodes are available on two volumes, and the next four will be released on a third volume in April. So hopefully Lionsgate will make good on future seasons as long as they still maintain the rights to them.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

Power Rangers Super Megaforce starts on February 15th, at 12 noon EST. In the link below is a trailer.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Power-Ra...e-1076101.aspx

Awesome! Can't wait

[Allio]

Spoiler:

*Souji inherits the Feather Blade from Torin
*almost in one fell swoop did they undo the entirety of lack of episodes for Green
I don't want Torin dead for good...

Spoiler:

*Aigoron's death next week
My heart can't take it...It stings

[Storm Eagle]

A top 10 video list of Power Rangers greatest moments, actually done by a fan, done without poking fun, and even unbiased in the way that it doesn't just cover Mighty Morphin. I'm not surprised at what made the #1 spot though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB6uXoG2bFM#t=565

[Storm Eagle]

The powerrangers.com site now has a Super Megaforce section.

http://powerrangers.com/seasons-super-megaforce.php

[Storm Eagle]

Jason David Frank is raffling an autographed legacy set.
https://twitter.com/jdfffn/status/428359916659949568
http://instagram.com/p/jvJZuHDsuU/#
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

People outside of the US and Canada are actually eligible.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Damn that's cool

[Allio]

Tokkyuger full opening

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

Damn that's cool

What I didn't think of before though, is that if some of the proceeds are going to a church, then where does the remainder go? Does he keep it for himself?