Anime Pink Power Ranger toy????

[Devidramon]

Shadowdramon:

Notice that, starting with Turbo, the opening is liable to change at the drop of a hat, from ep to ep? The two episodes that aired Sunday didn?t even have the same opening scenes. (The best, though, is the one with Trakeena and the Magna Defender.

The lack of a supporting cast is pretty bad. In Wild Force, there are virtually no non-Rangers that we?ve seen twice, and only one guest that I remember: The girl that Danny likes. No classmates, no co-workers, no family members, just the Rangers, Shayla, and the bad guys. I think that the problem with Wild Force is that those CGI zords cost a lot to make ep after ep after ep (especially with Zen-Aku around. Then we have the Rangers? zords [i]and[/i] Zen-Aku?s zords.) and the zords take up most of the money that usually goes to paying other actors. Which is really unfortunate, because character development will be impossible without people to interact with. We?ll never get to see any other part of their lives or get to know who the really are, because Org-chasing will be all we get to see them do.

You?ll notive how Wild Force has had to skimp on everything else. Villains usually have a full staff of sub-baddies. Rita and Zedd had Rito, Goldar, Scorpina, Baboo, Squatt, and Finster. Mondo and Machina had Klank, Orbus, and Sprocket, plus their wayward son Gasket and his wife Archerina later on, and Rita and Zedd and their sub-baddies trying to take over again. The list goes on. But Wild Force has Master Org, who may or may not even show up, and Toxica and Jindrax, who don?t do much. The monster of the week is usually going about his business causing random property damage when Toxica and Jindrax point him/her/it in the direction of the Rangers. The bad guys never have plans.

Then, there?s the sets. The Megazord cockpit is the barest yet, and Master Org?s place of business is essentially an empty room. The Animarium is a pretty cheap set, some trees, some rocks, that?s about it. Schools, workplaces, homes? They don?t have them.

It was a pretty grave mistake they made, making the zords look cool at the cost of every other element of the show.

As for Astronema, yes, it would be harsh, which is why I would have done it. Things need not always end in the Valley of Duckies and Bunnies with everything just peachy. Zordon?s death was sad, but then, the universe went about fixing itself and making everything so far beyond perfect that it wasn?t believable anymore. A tad of harshness makes it more realistic.

As for the Machines, all machines do follow a program of some kind, and programs can be rewritten. If Zordon?s wave could make Rita and Zedd nice, and even fix the damage done to Zedd by the Zeo Crystal, then you?d think it could rewrite the Machines? programs a little. We?ve seen good robots reprogrammed to do evil (Remember The Wedding? Finster put a disk in Alpha that made him go psycho. Remember him messing around with Zordon?s image (Back when they remembered that it was an image. [Glares at PRIS writers]) and giving him hair and glasses, and teleporting Bulk and Skull to the Outback, among other things? All anyone would have to do is figure out how to access Mondo?s computer, slip him a nicer personality, and order him to transmit the same program throughout the Empire. Maybe Zordon?s wave only works on organic creatures, and anything artificial goes poof. (Which would also explain the costume changes when the wave hit.)

As for Zeo, I?d have let Turbo be just the one movie, and then everything goes back to normal. Perhaps keep Turbo?s zords and costumes, but that would be the only change. Zeo continues two more seasons, and we skip from it straight to In Space. Maybe have the occasional Divatox attack.

Oh, the teacher is Appleby, the principal is Kaplan, the new bar owner is Adelle.

Schratn9:

There'd have to be a plot to give you an overview of. At the point that I've seen, Toxica and Jindrax suspect that Master Org isn't the real Master Org, but have yet to do anything about it. Master Org, or whoever he really is, was the one to kill Cole's parents. He remembers doing it, but Cole doesn't know. Some guy in green whose name I forget unleashed a wolf man called Zen-Aku, who blames the Rangers for something that happened three thousand years ago. Zen-Aku controls three zords, the Alligator, the Wolf, and the Hammerhead, which combine to make the Predazord. He's also the only serious fighter WF has. The green guy said that Zen-Aku would make him unstoppable (As opposed to making the Orgs unstoppable, or making Master Org unstoppable. It seems he's the Darkonda of the bunch. Or at least, that's what the look Toxica gave him indicates.)

[Schrat]

Isnt there a wolf Ranger who doesnt want to be part of the team???

[Omar Harris]

The rangers in WF are Danny, a big hispanic guy who loves flowers, Max, an outgoing, brash black kid, Alyssa, the daughter of a Dojo master who trains in Tiger Kung Fu, and left her father's dojo to go to college, Taylor, a former Air Force officer, and Cole, a modern day Tarzan. Cole came to America to find his long-lost, and presumed dead, biological parents. The Orgs are monsters who supposedly ruled the world thousands of years ago and have come back to pollute it and take back what is "rightfully theirs".

Princess Shayla is ruler of the floating island called the Animarium, which is protected by five animal zords, the lion, eagle, tiger, shark, and bison. She has been asleep for 3000 years and awoke to help fight the Orgs. The wild zords gave animal crystals to the rangers which give them their power.

Max-blue ranger by the shark crystal.
Danny-black ranger with the ox crystal.
Taylor-Yellow ranger with the eagle crystal.
Alyssa-White ranger with tiger crystal.
Cole-red ranger with lion crystal.

The odd thing is that Taylor has been a ranger for a year before the show, Alyssa and Max for six months, Danny for two months and Cole is chosen in ep 1 when the original four realize they need one more to lead them. Yet despite Taylor's experience Cole becomes leader. Anyways, the villain is Master Org who may not be the real deal. He is (from the clues we have) a friend and colleague of Cole's parents, and even has the same picture of himself, Cole and his parents that Cole has. WE don't know yet how he became Master Org, but his henchmen Toxica and Jindrax have realized his deception and are trying to figure the story out themselves.

As for Zen-Aku, he is a wolf man risen from a grave by the General Org called Nazer (in the org "Caste system" they have orgs, Duke Orgs, General orgs, and Master Org in that order. Toxica and Jindrax are Dukes as is Zen-Aku). Zen-Aku keeps fighting with memories that he does not understand. We find out that he is Merrick, one of the six great warriors who protected the Animarium and sent it into the sky. He stole a magical wolf mask from Nazer to defeat Master Org, who had beaten the leader of hte Wild Zords, Animus. But the mask corrupted Merrick and turned him into Zen-Aku. Using what good he had left he told the other warriors to imprison him as to protect the earth.

He is reawakened but his powers are only at their height when the moon is out so he can remove the mask in hte day time. The rangers rescue Merrick and the Wolf, Hammerhead, and Alligator zords that belonged to "Zen-Aku" give their powers to him and he becomes the silver ranger. There are a whole bunh of wild zords besides the original five and Merrick. Alyssa also has an elephant, Max has a giraffe, Taylor has a polar bear and a black bear, Danny has an armidillo and rhino, Merrick gains a deer, and Cole has a gorilla and recently gained the falcon.
the megazords are:

WildForce megazord: Shark is the right arm, tiger is left, bison is the legs, lion is the body, and eagle is the head.

Congazord: gorilla is the body, polar bear is the right arm, black bear is the left, and the bison is the legs,

Predazord: The alligator is the body, the hammerhead is the right arm and I think the wolf is the left arm.

Isis Megazord: Falcon is the head and body, deer is the left arm, the giraffe is the right, the rhino is the legs, and the armadillo is the right foot.

The last story I saw was the Time Force/Wild Force crossover where they team up and get Ransik and Nadira to help them defeat three half-org/half-mutant hybrids called mutorgs. They were trapped in stone in Ransik and the Time force timeline (3000 a.d.) and used Ransik's DNA to help them escape while turning Ransik's body into a living weapon (making him the terrorist that he became). Ransik destroyed their mutant halfs somehow making them easier to finish off. In the end he too had his mutant DNA destoryed and became an ordinary human.

Oh and Hypershadow, Corone (Astronema) does become the pink galaxy ranger in, like, the last two or three weeks worth os story. Kendrix, I think, "died", or is elevated to a higher plane of existance or something like that (I didn't see the whole episode) at the end of the Lost Galaxy/In Space crossover. Her spirit was placed in her quasar saber and she gave her powers to Corone when she help rescue the sword. In the last episode when the swords are returned to the stone on Miranoi, Kendrix comes back.

[Schrat]

Thanks for the over view of Wf. DOes anyone know if there is a series after Wild Force? In Japan maybe?

[ifm2181]

Wow, I haven't heard anything about the power rangers in ages... I used to be obsessed with this show, but I hated it once I grew up a little bit. They destroy the city every week, and it's back to normal the next, lol.

[Devidramon]

Sounds kinda like Voyager. No matter how many times they get their butts kicked, the ship?s fixed by next week. No matter how many shuttlecrafts get blasted, there are always enough. No matter how many times the Delta Flyer gets smashed, bashed, and once, destroyed outright, it?s always ready to go next time they need it.

One bit of realism that I started noticing during Time Force: Nowadays, when the Rangers get a beating, they actually show it. They?re bruised, burnt, and limping after a good thrashing. Before, they never looked like they?d broken a sweat after demorphing.

[Nerdsy]

[COLOR=deeppink]Well, the Green Ranger saga was on this weekend... I must say, even after all these years, it still gets to me. I love it, it's Power Rangers at it's best.


The end of "Eclipting Magazord" still gives me chills.




*sigh* I miss those days.[/COLOR]

[Devidramon]

Me, too. I taped it. I'm still noticing things about it that I hadn't seen before.

Say, Jason Frank's site says that there's an upcoming episode called Forever Red, with every Red Ranger in PR history. Even Aurico the Aquitian ranger. I saw pictures from the production, and in one shot, there are a few people in the background, one of which is Shadowborg from Big Bad Beetleborgs! I've no idea what he's doing there. Maybe one of the staff wanted to get into the picture and there was a spare costume lying around.

[Schrat]

dude whats that sie, and can u put up that pic?


Os- no1 answerd my question...

[Nerdsy]

[COLOR=deeppink]The return of Tommy? That's the best Power Ranger related news I've heard in a long time.


Holy cow, Power Rangers has been around for 10 seasons? Geeze, that is a long freaking time. It seems just like yesterday I saw the first episode for the first time. *sigh*[/COLOR]

[Devidramon]

I remember when it came on in the mornings, and I'd always get up early to watch it. Then I'd flip over a few channels to see the opening of "Bots Master." Never seen an episode of it, but I loved the opening scenes.

Also, it's fun to keep an eye out for past monsters. Remember Eye Guy and Oysterizer in the tomb in the Lightspeed finale? The best eps were with Rita and Zedd, though. And Lost Galaxy. I wish we'd seen Serpentera in Lost Galaxy. I don't know what happened to that ship, but it'd be the last word on who the dominant power in that part of the galaxy was if they could ever find a reliable power source. Ultimate power, lousy gas mileage. Why couldn't somebody like Deviot have tried to get his hands on it?

As for the red ranger reunion, go to this page: [url]http://www.jasondavidfrank.net/pr_reunion.html[/url]

[Omar Harris]

That's awesome. I see every one expect Leo, Rocky and Aruco out of costume. It looks like Shadowborg, Lady Borg, Fire Borg and Dragon Borg in the background (from Big Bad BeetleBorgs and Beetle Borgs Metallix).

[Schrat]

Oh man I dont really watch power rangers anymore but that ep's gonna be awsome.....

[Devidramon]

I wonder if Rocky's there at all. If Jason will be the Morphin Ranger and Tommy will be the Zeo Ranger, then where's that leave room for Rocky? He'd better be there, even if he doesn't morph.

I wonder if the bad guys of seasons past will be there too. Wouldn't it be great to see guys like Rita, Zedd, Goldar, Scorpina, Master Vile, Mondo, Ecliptor, Darkonda, Trakeena, Deviot, and Vypra again?

Also, I wonder if the Beetleborgs story will be involved, or if they just figured we won't remember the Beetleborgs characters this long after the fact. It amazes me how they don't throw [i]anything[/i] away. They still have the Beetleborgs costumes on hand, as well as those of all the Rangers dating back to day one.

Checking the background again, I see that... thing... that's hanging in the Machine Empire's palace. You know, the pendulum thing? It's right behind Andros in the eleventh pic down.

[Nerdsy]

[COLOR=deeppink]Devidramon, have you heard anything about a Power Rangers "Ninja Storm"? I saw a littile teaser thing at the bottom of Ranger Central, and I was curious as to if it is going to be an upcoming series or another movie.





Yeah, I hope Rocky will be there as well... Maybe he'll be the Ninja Ranger style? You know, with just the ninja style gi thing that they wore instead of morphing all the way.[/COLOR]

[Foredaddy]

*windmills into the conversation* Oh hey guys how it goi...... Oh its you. Hello N-man. My worthy adversary. I didn't know you were in town. *goes down into a head spin* :devil: how you doin'? :devil:

[Devidramon]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Nerdsy [/i]
[B]Devidramon, have you heard anything about a Power Rangers "Ninja Storm"? I saw a littile teaser thing at the bottom of Ranger Central, and I was curious as to if it is going to be an upcoming series or another movie.[/quote]

As I've heard, that's what will come after Wild Force. And it starts with just three Rangers, though presumably, more will eventually be added.

[quote]Yeah, I hope Rocky will be there as well... Maybe he'll be the Ninja Ranger style? You know, with just the ninja style gi thing that they wore instead of morphing all the way.[/B][/QUOTE]

Egad, Brain! Brilliant! Yeah, that'd work. I hope he'll be in there, he's maybe my third-favorite Red Ranger. Besides, the big reunion ep ought to have [i]all[/i] of them. But I didn't see Rocky on the site. Of course, the actors all look different this much later.

[Sara]

[b]he's maybe my third-favorite Red Ranger.[/b]

...dare I ask how many there are?

[Devidramon]

Morphin: Jason, then Rocky
Aquitian: Aurico
Zeo: Tommy
Turbo: Tommy, then TJ
Space: Andros
Lost Galaxy: Leo
Lightspeed: Carter
Time Force: Wes
Wild Force: Cole

And an honorable mention for the Quantum Ranger. Eric's costume's pretty much identical to the Leo's, except straight lines become skewed and white becomes black.

And if you want to get [i]really[/i] picky, there's whoever put the Quasar Saber that Leo wound up with in the stone, and whoever had the Falcon Zord before Cole. But that's a few [i]millennia[/i] ago, so I don't think they count.

[Foredaddy]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Devidramon [/i]
[B]Morphin: Jason, then Rocky
Aquitian: Aurico
Zeo: Tommy
Turbo: Tommy, then TJ
Space: Andros
Lost Galaxy: Leo
Lightspeed: Carter
Time Force: Wes
Wild Force: Cole

And an honorable mention for the Quantum Ranger. Eric's costume's pretty much identical to the Leo's, except straight lines become skewed and white becomes black.

And if you want to get [i]really[/i] picky, there's whoever put the Quasar Saber that Leo wound up with in the stone, and whoever had the Falcon Zord before Cole. But that's a few [i]millennia[/i] ago, so I don't think they count. [/B][/QUOTE]

sweet jesus.... I am embarassed for you. :devil:

[Nerdsy]

[QUOTE][i]
And if you want to get [i]really[/i] picky, there's whoever put the Quasar Saber that Leo wound up with in the stone, and whoever had the Falcon Zord before Cole. But that's a few [i]millennia[/i] ago, so I don't think they count. [/B][/QUOTE]



[COLOR=deeppink]And if you want to get even pickier than that, there's Rocky's ancester from the Wild West. He was the Red Ranger for a short time (I loved that western look, by the way).


All though he [i]is[/i] still played by Steve Cardenas... so.. yeah.


You know, I've been thinking of the Red Ranger reunion... it's breaking quite a few plot holes in doing this.

The Power Coin of the Red Ranger is supposed to have been destroyed, as are the rest of them. I remember when Adam tried to call upon the power of his Power Coin to become the Black Ranger again, and it almost killed him. Wouldn't it do the same to Jason?


And the Turbo powers are completely gone, from what I understand. They were lost with the destruction of the Command Center.

They already created a plot hole in Lightspeed Rescue when the Galaxy Rangers made a cameo. I know how they got the Quasar Sabers again, nor do I know how they got to Earth so fast. It took them forever on the show, well over a year I think.



Feh, I'm probably thinking too much on this... If I tried to point out every single plot hole in the Rangers, I'd have to commit an entire team of highly trained profesionals... >.<



Edit: I've looked at the photos from the reunion episode, and... well... There are only 8 Rangers shown. According to Devidramon's count, there are 10 Red Rangers, including the Quantum Ranger. Now, I think I recognized the Quantum Ranger in the group photo... so that means there are three Red Rangers that didn't show up. Now, I'm not familier enough with Cole, Wes, Carter, and Aurico, which ones decided not to make it.

I can only make out Tommy, TJ, Andros, and Jason.



A couple of questions though... In the 5th and 12th photos down, there's a Ranger costume I don't recognize from the show. I do recognize it from the Ninja Sentai Kakuranger group, though. Is that that Alien Ranger?



And in the 17th picture down... is that Paul Shrier (Bulk)? Oh, I hope he's going to be in this episode...[/COLOR][/COLOR]

[Hyper]

Actor-Wise this is whats happening:

Red 1st Morphin: Jason(same actor)
Red 2nd Morphin: Rocky(New Actor)
Red Alien: Aurico(new Actor)
Red Zeo: Tommy (same actor)
Red Turbo: TJ(same actor)
Red Astro: Andros(same actor)
Red Galaxy: Leo(new actor)
Red Lightspeed: Carter(same actor)
Red Time Force: Wes (same actor)
Plus the Wild force Rangers.

It will start off with Cole (and other wf rangers) that meet up with two others, (prob eric and wes) and then more will come on as it goes on.

I have to say some of them look a [i]little[/i] different but the good news:
drum roll.....Bulk and skull are Back!

[Devidramon]

Aurico the Aquitian Ranger is the Kakuranger equivalent. You know, I think MMPR Season Three holds the record for the least Japanese footage used, as we only saw the Kakurangers in the Alien Rangers arc.

Best to not take continuity too seriously in the reunion eps. In fact, after Lost Galaxy, different seasons are usually treated as entirely different continuities except in the reunion eps.

Too bad they can't have all the same actors. Especially Rocky, he was around for so long that a different actor wouldn't be quite the same. At any rate, I count all ten costumes. Only problem is, ten costumes, eleven Rangers. Here's hoping the Rocky Ninja Costume theory pans out.

Yeah, Wild West Rangers was great. Remember One-Eyed Bulk and Doc Skullovitch? And that funky cactus monster. And "Chronaton Particles," a Star Trek-ism. (Well, I'm not sure who was the first to use the term. But Trek and PR both have them, and they do the exact same thing.)

Say, not counting Time Force, where it happens rather frequently, how many times have the Rangers been tossed back in time? Imagine what the past is like, littered with extratemporal Rangers. First, there's the clone Green Ranger, who, IIRC, still has his powers. I wonder what impact he made on Angel Grove. After that, there's Kimberly and the ancestors of the S3 Rangers. (From the point of view of the people of old Angel Grove, that is.) And the White Stranger, who looks like Tommy as well. Maybe he's a descendant of Clone Tommy? When Zedd, and later Master Vile, returned the Rangers to younger states, as well as the people around them, do you think it was just the people, or time itself? I was never sure about that. Present day and past ages, or "Quantum Leaped" into their younger selves with memories intact? (Which is even weirder and more farfectched, though seems more likely.) If that's the case, I wonder if anyone who'd died during the 'lost' time was returned. And anyone who'd been born in the lost time would be erased, so when it was fixed, there'd be no 'them' to bring back. They might not be exactly as they used to be... or would someday have been... eh, you know what I mean.) Then there were the changes caused by the kid Rangers searching for the Zeo Crystal fragments. Which were then warped even farther when Vile's time warp was fixed. (That is, young Aisha, though still in the past, was made older. How do you regress or jump a time period that's already gone by? What did that do to the altered pasts?) Then there's the repeating day thing in Zeo, the time in Turbo that Clockster messed with the flow of time. Plus any changes made by the Space or Galaxy rangers in eps that I missed. Man, I don't envy Time Force the task of keeping all that straight.

[Nerdsy]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Devidramon [/i]
[B]And the White Stranger, who looks like Tommy as well. Maybe he's a descendant of Clone Tommy?


When Zedd, and later Master Vile, returned the Rangers to younger states, as well as the people around them, do you think it was just the people, or time itself? I was never sure about that. Present day and past ages, or "Quantum Leaped" into their younger selves with memories intact? (Which is even weirder and more farfectched, though seems more likely.) [/B][/QUOTE]


[COLOR=deeppink]I don't remember those episode very well, but I always thought that the White Stranger was a ancestor of Tommy. If your Clone Tommy theory is correct, and the White Stranger is Tommy's ancestor, than Tommy would be a descendant of his clone.


I'm pretty sure it's just the people. If they turned back time itself, that would mean they'd be transported to the place they were at at that moment in time, wouldn't they? And it would be the same when time returned to normal. (I remember Bulk and Skull were on a swing when that happened.)


HyperShadow... please, please, PLEASE tell me Bulk and Skull are pack for good. Power Rangers hasn't been the same without them.[/COLOR]

[Devidramon]

It'll be so great to see those two again. Though I doubt they'll be back for good, here's hoping they get to show up every now and then at least.

I'm thinking the White Stranger may be a descendant of the clone as [i]opposed[/i] to being Tommy's ancestor.

In the Master Vile eps, did any de-aged non-Rangers act like anything was wrong? It's been ages since I've seen those eps. [Is sorely wishing he'd taped them...]