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Shadowman wrote:Saban Reacquires Power Rangers Property, Inks Video Game Deal with Namco Bandai

I thought that would fit here.

What?! I didn't know Haim Saban still had his own company after Disney bought Saban Entertainment from him. That's new to me.

This should prove to be an interesting trun of events once the 2010 rebroadcast of MMPR is over.

I wonder if it means that any further Super Sentai adaptations beyond Go-Onger could be in store.

GodFireConvoy_X wrote:for the love of the gods Disney, stop rapping my childhood!!

Hey, they're only airing what Saban originally made. It the same show, there's just a whole bunch of flashy stuff and comic book features added in now.

munkimus prime wrote:It wont be, If there is a new series it will be an adaptation of Shinkenger which is basically Samurai Rangers. I can't see them being able to do it either since it is based completely around Japanese culture so it's going to be hard to adapt it for an american audience. That is of course if there is going to be a new power rangers series.

Maybe they coudl skip Shinkenger and go straight to adapting Goseiger.

AutobotJazz wrote:Shinkenger and Goseiger would both be difficult to adapt. Shinkenger with the deep Japaanese themes and an adaptation of Goseiger would be Power Rangers meets Yu-Gi-Oh. Everything is doen with a card game. The Goseiger sentai sucks.

Kamen Rider Ryuki dealt a lot with cards and monsters, yet it was adapted into Dragon Knight. What's to stop them from doing the same with Goseiger?

Due to my work schedule, I wasn't able to do this passed week's review sooner, so this one's little belated.

Two weekends ago, reruns of episodes 5 and 6 played. Last Saturday, a rerun of episode 19 played, followed by episode 20, the fourth part of the Evil Green Ranger miniseries!

Let us begin to view the fourth part of the evil Green Ranger miniseries! This is "Green With Evil, Part IV - Eclipsing Megazord".

In episode 20:

• The previously-added effects to Scorpina's entrance last episode were added to the pre-episode recap segment in this one.
• A comic-type panel and the words "POWER FAIL" were added the Rangers' failure to morph.
• A window background with a Chinese dragon was added to Rita's explanation of what she'll do to defeat the Megazord.
• A dim background with the words "POWER RANGERS" was added to the Rangers' battle stance right after they morph.
• A red comic panel-type background and a yellow aura were placed on Scorpina's battle pose as she entered the fight.
• Four smacking "BAM!"s with Japanese characters were added to the Rangers being hit by Scorpina's blade weapon.
• A widescreen background and black lines were added to Rita yelling at the Rangers from her flying unicycle.
• Black wavy lines were added to Rita calling Jason a fool.
• A purple sky with black sun rays were added to Rita saying "It's time now to complete my evil plan."
• A vertical white "Slice" was added to Goldar's sword coming down on the beach.
• A comic panel-type background was added to the Megazord catching the bus.
• Several comic panel-type backgrounds were added to Scorpina becoming the Scorpion Monster.
• A comic panel-type background was added to the Green Ranger leaping into battle against the Megazord.
• The word "OUTNUMbEREd!" (spelled with those caps) was palaced over the Megazord being surrounded by the three enemies.
• The word "DEFEATED!" was paced over the Megazord being blasted by the combined attack of Goldar and the Green Ranger.
• For some unknown reason, a commercial bumper played after the commercial break was already over and the show was back on.

Scorpina actually seems like a competent and capable warrior, easily wiping the floor with the Rangers.

The editing of Bulk and Skull inside the bus being grabbed by Goldar wasn't executed quite good. Before they are grabbed, they're driving through what looks to be a green grassy park area. But when Goldar grabs the bus in the Zyuranger footage, its by the sea. And Bulk said that they were driving away from Goldar, while the angle at which Goldar grabs the bus indicated that it was driving towards him.

When the Green Ranger shuts down Alpha, Zordon notices him and tries to tell Alpha to watch out behind him. But afterwards, Zordon is like "Alpha, is that you? What is happening?" as though he never saw the Green Ranger just a few minutes ago.

Instead of simply pushing buttons to send Zordon away, why didn't the Green Ranger just trash the Command Center controls again like he did last time? Doing so had a similar effect to what he was trying to do this time, and it would have done more damage to the Rangers' powers and systems.

Okay, even if the bus was caught by the Megazord, there's no way Bulk and Skull would have been uninjured in the fall and the sudden catch.

How did Rita and Goldar know that the Green Ranger had been trapped in a force field by Alpha? Are they omnipotent or something?

Another belated review.

Two weekends ago, reruns of episodes 7 and 8 played. Last Saturday, a rerun of episode 20 played, followed by episode 21, the fifth and final part of the Evil Green Ranger miniseries!

The time has come. It all comes down to this. And now, the conclusion to the evil Green Ranger miniseries. This is "Green With Evil, Part V - Breaking the Spell".

In episode 21:

• Another pointless "Dance Off" segment (this time, between Alpha and Zack) was added right before the first commercial break. Obviously, Alpha lost.
• Because that segment was added, the commercial bumper that was supposed to lead into the break was played after the break.
• (Not sure if this is new, but) a "fantasy cloud" effect was added to Bulk about to picture himself and Skull on TV.
• Two comic panel-type backgrounds were added to the Dragonzord's emergence from the sea.
• A green comic panel-type background was added to the Green Ranger first yelling "Dragonzord!"
• Each Zord's identification logos appeared when they each made their return to the surface.
• Another comic panel-type background was added to the Tyrannosaurus Zord about to engage the Dragonzord.
• The picture was frozen as a red background was added to the Tyrannosaurus Zord leaping into the air.
• The same sunshine background from the opening credits was used for the Megazord's midtransformation from Tank Mode to Battle Mode again.
• A large black "VICTORY" was placed over the Megazord picking up the Dragonzord over its head.
• Red and Green aura spheres were added to the Red and Green Rangers about to engage each other.
• A gain, the new commercial bumper played after the break had ended. But this one seemed more like a "We're back" type of a bumper, as it led into the episode instead of out of it.
• A green aura sphere, eleven S's (or one SSSSSSSSSSS), and a red "BOOM!" were all added to the Green Ranger's Earth attack with the Sword of Darkness on the Red Ranger.
• A glowing yellow ring with a green and red aura glow was placed over Jason's and Tommy's handshake.
• The single power coin logo featuring all five main Dinozords was added to the pose of the sixth rangers after morphing.
• A background featuring each of the Rangers respective colors and zords were added to each and every pose made by the Rangers immediately after the previous edit. Though, the pose with just the Red and green Rangers had a black background with no zord, and the final pose with all six had the picture pushed upward with the 2010 series logo insert beneath and in front of it. So, a total of eight backgrounds were all crammed into 23 seconds of footage!
• Dragonzord Battle Mode was given its own name logo like the other individual zords do. Only this one referred to it as "Dragonzord Fighting Mode". This is not entirely incorrect, as this form is called "Fighting Mode" by Zordon in this episode, but later episodes refer to it as "Battle Mode" more often. And, again, The Dragonzord's Battle Mode gets this edit, but still not the Megazord's Battle Mode?

The footage of Rita on TV is inside her palace. How did the Angel Grove news camera crews get that footage?

Also, the people at the Juice Bar are watching Goldar destroy their city without the slightest bit of concern for their own safety.

Okay, evil Tommy speaking all "ominous" to Kimberly just cracks me up.

In the shots of the Dragonzord with the Green Ranger riding on it, it is too obvious to notice that some kind of model figure of the Green Ranger is used for the long shots of the costumed Dragonzord.

When Kim tells the guys about how Tommy knew who they were and how he's out to get them, they deduce that Rita has him under a spell. This would be alright... except for the fact that they made the very same deduction at the beginning of this same episode! Do these people have short-term memory problems or something?!!

Before, everyone was talking about how the zords were all destroyed in the previous episode, yet Alpha just said that they were instead "taken away".

Wait. Why is the Tyrannosaurus Zord the only one who gets to face the Dragonzord as an individual zord? All five have previously faced enemies before combining in the past. So, why are they left out of the pre-combination brawl this time?

What? The Megazord just pulled out its Power Sword without summoning it?

When Jason yells, "Give it up, Tommy!" Tommy responds with a "No way!" This line of dialogue was most certainly not spoken by Jason David Frank.

Why would Jason announce to Tommy his plan to destroy the Sword of Darkness? He just gave away his methods to his opponent!

The Green Ranger refers to Rita as his "Queen". Other times he calls her his "Empress". Which is it?

The switch from Zyuranger footage to America footage where Jason destroys the Sword of Darkness is a little too noticeable, as the scenery suddenly changes from a dark rocky terrain to a light sandy area (not to mention the Green Ranger's shield suddenly being made of cloth instead of the harder material seen in the Zyuranger footage).

Zack called the Sword of Darkness the "Power Sword".

As epic as this episode was, there were so many confusing bits and/or mistakes made in it.

After weeks and weeks of constant reruns after reruns, two new episodes have finally aired: episodes 22 and 23.

In episode 22:

• A background with information about Squatt (strength, speed, intelligence) was added to Squatt spying on the Rangers near the beginning.
• Several "Z"'s were added to Rita's snoring.
• Several green "?"'s were added to Baboo showing Squatt the clay Shellshock.
• A background with information about Shellshock(intelligence, strength, armor) was added to his debut.
• sort of 'bubble' effect was added to the Putties teleporting near the Rangers to fight them.
• A white "fOuL!" was added to Zack hitting a Putty with the basketball.
• A white "PASS!" was added to Tommy hitting a Putty with the basketball.
• A white "SCORE!" and a scoring sound effect were added Zack slam dunking the basketball into the hoop.
• A hilarious green "EPIC FAIL!" was added to Bulk and Skull having to push the hot dog cart to pay back what they owe the vendor.
• A background featuring the unified Power Coin symbol flashing red, black, blue, and pink was added to the Rangers jumping in to fight Shellshock.
• A circling background with Zordon's face was added to the part where the Rangers land after the previously mentioned jump.
• Two "BOOM"s and Japanese characters were added to the Red Ranger shooting at Shellshock, Squatt, and Baboo.
• Green... 'I don't know what' was added to Tommy performing karate moves with a staff, making him look like a sorcerer or something.
• The Saber-Toothed Tiger Power Coin was added to the Yellow Ranger getting the flowers.
• A green background was added to the Dragonzord walking out of the sea.

Okay, Zack is a terrible rapper.

There was an awful lot of crotch-kicking in this Putty fight.

Is it just me, or did that hot dog vendor seem to come from nowhere?

You can see the Tokyo Tower in the background when the Rangers first fight Shellshock.

I think Goldar was voiced by Robert Axelrod instead of Kerrigan Mahan in this episode.

It just so happens that there exists a cure for something that never existed until now? And it happens to be on a mountain that's on Earth? AND Zordon happens to have sent Trini there off screen? Yeah, Zordon, that's a lot buy.

Shellshock, a giant turtle monster, calls the Power Rangers "teenage mutants". They just couldn't resist that pun, could they?

You can see the Pink Ranger moving ever-so-slightly inside the Command Center, when she should be frozen.

Zordon refers to the Saber-Toothed Tiger Zord as a male.

This is the first time since episode two that a giant monster was defeated without the need of the Megazord.

And it would seem that Billy is also a terrible rapper.


In episode 23:

• A spider background was added to Zack freaking out over a spider crawling on his shoulder.
• A brown "SLAM!" was added to Tommy smacking the spider off Zack's shoulder.
• Some effect was added to the Putties' entrance. And it either had a rainbow effect to it, or there was a glare on the camera.
• A big yellow "OOF!" was added to Trini hitting a Putty.
• A red smacking "Snap!" was added to Jason striking a putty.
• A strange square-like effect that dispersed into blue puffs, and a blue "YOINK!" were added to Billy spinning a Putty with his butterfly net.
• Tons of Strange white, purple, yellow, and blue effects were added to Zack's dance-fighting.
• Black spore-like effects were added to the kids dance-fighting without Zack right before they all pass out.
• A stone wall background was added right after the Black Ranger morphed.
• A zoomed-in look at the monster was added to his debut.
• The same unified Power Coin background as the previous episode was added to the Rangers jumping into battle right after they morphed, only this time it flashed yellow instead of black.
• A background featuring the Mastodon Power Coin and some glowing effects were added to the Black Ranger jumping up to shoot Goldar and the monster.
• The word "DRAGONZORD!" was added to the Dragonzord walking to the battle.And it broke apart as the Dragonzord stepped through it as though the word were a physical object blocking its path.
• A spider web background was added to Zack freaking out again over a spider on his shoulder.

Okay, Kim and Trini mention finding only three ants and a cockroach after Bulk and Skull tossed all the bugs around, and then they find the mouse that Billy's holding to be "cute". And then they go out gather bugs with their bare hands! If they're supposed to be the stereotypes that they represent, then they should be grossed out by such things (especially a cockroach).

Zack teaches a "Hip-Hop Kido" class? That's just... wow.

One of the kids in Zack's class looks kinda like one of the kids from the old Nickelodeon series You Can't Do That On Television.

Why didn't Rita make Goldar grow as well as the monster? That would have been to her advantage in today's Zord fight.

The Dragonzord Battle Mode was called the "MegaDragonzord" in this episode (and the title logo still called it "Dragonzord Fighting Mode").

When the Dragonzord Battle Mode was formed, why did the monster just stop using the same web attack it used before that gave all the zords a hard time earlier? That's why it lost. It wouldn't have lost so easily if it hadn't quit using the same web attack as before.

Wait, when did Trini and Billy get signatures for the petition to save the statue? Why would the main civilian plot of the episode be resolved off screen? Was Zack's class really that more important for the episode to focus on?

This weekend, something weird happened.

Two new episodes debuted, but what's odd is that the first one that aired was episode 14 (which had been skipped earlier when episode 17 aired right after episode 13) and then episode 24.

Well... let's see how they turned out.

In episode 14:

• The Green Ranger opening credits (featuring both Jason David Frank's credit and the footage of the Dragonzord) was used in this episode, despite it taking place three episodes before the Green Ranger's debut.
• A skull-and-crossbones was added to the tiny explosion in Baboo's experiment
• A yellow "DANGER!" and a warning beacon sound effect were added to the Rangers' drinks being tainted by Baboo
• (Not sure if this is new, but) Kim's and Billy's stomachs glowed after drinking the punked drinks and a red flash covers the screen for a second.
• A flashy window background was added to Finster's description of the Terror Toad
• Backgrounds of each Ranger's Power Coin were added to Red, Black, and Yellow Ranger's entrance to the battle.
• (Not sure if this is new, but) the image of the Yellow Ranger's helmet on the Toad's stomach glowed yellow for a second after he swallowed her.
• (Not sure if this is new, but) when the Red and Black Ranger's lasers bounced off the toad's belly, a large yellow bubble appeared during the laser bounce.
• (Not sure if this is new, but) the image of the Black Ranger's helmet on the Toad's stomach glowed black for a second after he swallowed him.
• (Not sure if this is new, but) Kim's and Billy's stomachs glowed again after drinking the Singing Squash juice and then their whole bodies glowed for a second.
• (Not sure if this is new, but) the image of the Blue Ranger's helmet on the Toad's stomach glowed black for a second after he swallowed him.
• An exploding green background was placed behind the five-Ranger pose
• (Not sure if this is new, but) shockwaves were seen alongside the lightning bolts during the Terror Toad's defeat.
• Man, it was really difficult to tell the new effects from the old ones in this episode. If most of the ones that I was unsure of are old effects, then I gotta say that this episode wasn't really all that different from the original version.

Whoa! For once, not a single "Adam West Batman" sound effect word was added to the unmorphed Putty fight (well, aside from the "DANGER!" edit, but that wasn't really in the fight). That's a first.

Oh. My. Goodness. Punk Billy and Punk Kim are as lame as the bullies from the Garbage Pail Kids movie. and they first pick on (whose looks to be about their age) sounds like he still hasn't hit puberty yet.

Why is there always some ancient magical cure for every spell regardless of it how new or absurd it may be?

Hey, it's Barza again (or rather, Zordon's past self seen in Zyuranger footage).

The Terror Toad refers to the Yellow Ranger as "Bud", a male nickname (a possible hint at this Ranger's original gender?).

Because of how they aired this episode after episodes 17-21 and used the Green Ranger opening, new fans who had never seen the original run of this series may be confused as to why Zordon is sending out Alpha without bothering to contact Tommy for help (they may also be confused as to why Tommy is absent in this episode).

Why didn't Zordon tell Jason, Trini, and Zack about the Terror Toad's weak spot? That information could have been useful to them.

I think this is the first time that Baboo (not Goldar) has actually engaged the Rangers in battle.

Another rare instance of there being no Megazord fight in the episode.


In episode 24:

• A green "KICK!" that switched to a green "DUCK!" was added to Tommy's kick to one Putty and ducking another
• The unified Power Coin background that flashes each Ranger's color was added to the Rangers' leaping into the battle
• A spiralling background was added to the five-Ranger pose following the above edit
• A green plant background was added to the Spit Flower's growing sequence
• A sky background wit the Rangers shooting up in their colors was added to the second five-Ranger pose right before the Pink Ranger attacks with her Power Bow.
• A pink aura was added to the first arrow the Pink Ranger fired (but not to any of the other arrows she fired).
• Spinning fire was added to the sky behind the Rangers after they use their Power Blaster on the monster.

Tommy: "Hey, those are cool flowers." - Unless this was Tommy's attempt at flirting wit Kim, this line really seemed to come out of nowhere.

Rita: "Finster! Start thinking flowers! I need a monster that will turn pretty blossoms into ferocious fighters!" - That sounded almost as lame as the time she said "I want a chunky chicken!"

Tommy: 'I got an idea... We'll deal with it later, though. I gotta go." - Um... at least say what you idea is first before you leave, Tommy. Don't leave the others in the dark.

Rita's whole plan in this episode is the equivalent of petty vandalism. Boy, she sure has sunk down a few levels in this one.

Is that Tommy's garage, or Billy's? Cuz it looks a bit too techy to be Tommy's.

Again, the Dragonzord Battle Mode is incorrectly called the "MegaDragonzord".

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa. Wait a sec. This episode has the Dragonzord Battle Mode (which is formed by the zords of just the Green, Black, Yellow, and Blue Rangers) being piloted by the five main Rangers, including Red and Pink--whose Zords are NOT involved in this combination--and excluding Green? And, since the Green Ranger isn't taking part in the Zord fight, why not summon the Dino Megazord instead?

If those flowers are supposed to be as deadly as they're made out to be, Bulk and Skull should be bleeding severely.

Rita: "How come I never get to win?!" - HELLO! You won several times during the "Green With Evil" miniseries. You won those few battles even though you won't win the war.

Skull makes a Crucifix with his fingers when Zack pulls out a bouquet of flowers near the end.