So it looks like I need to address a few things. First of all I did not “forget” that Stan Lee and Marvel were involved in Sentai at one point and that he tried to adapt Sun Vulcan. I just didn’t wanna go into too much detail about the pre power Rangers stuff. I had said “particularly by one man” meaning a lot of the attempts were by Haim but NOT just him. It’d get very disengaging to not be directly talking about Power Rangers for so long especially considering this video is long as is and seems to have more non fans as part of the audience than usual. If you want elaboration on the pre history, watch this, I highly recommend it ruclips.net/p/PLE6OVIVzh5D8-CWaqQrSyV-WAe449E4oM Second of all, I did kinda fuck up by not making mention of the Boom Comics or Lightning Collection. They aren’t as much of centerpieces to the brand as the shows and movies and main toy lines but it was still worth mentioning, for that, I apologize. Lastly, big shoutout thefestevil for the extended Dino charge music for the neo saban section, check out the vid, it sounds sick 🤯 ruclips.net/video/hOfxroGALuc/видео.html
My introduction to Power Rangers was with Dino Thunder. I was very young, my brothers and I were very into dinosaurs, so this show got our attention fast, of course, at the time I didn't know who Tommy was. I followed the show until after Mystic Force and had no idea the show ran anymore until I saw commercials for Samurai.
Yeah Samurai no matter how you feel about it is definitely a legendary series in terms of getting kids into/back into the franchise. I might have the most amount of friends online that got into the series via samurai.
no it was not. here, SPD is the king of all with Dino Thunder in tow. everyone I know and grew up with hated Mystic force and the particular season turned a lot of people away from the series all together
@@avinashrajbonshi bhai mere liye one of the best stories among Power rangers .....mystic force was really good idk why it got flopped ....it even has the best intro songs in my opinion
My first power rangers series was S.P.D. I was surprised when Commander Cruger chose Jack as red ranger rather than Sky. But I also loved the way when Jack makes his entry as a red ranger. That was my first experience with power rangers series and then I watched more and more series after that😌 #alwayslovedpowerrangers
@jimmy bown I literally didn't say anything aside from the fact that the series is losing popularity again though I haven't even dino fury I barely finished the 1st dino charge season
I grew up with Samurai, remember bits and pieces from Jungle Fury, mostly the theme, and honestly kinda liked Megaforce, since at the beginning it called back my favorite show, obviously being Samurai. I also loved the anniversary special where we saw the return of several rangers, especially OG Green, but I can see the flaws, especially since I’m older now and not completely clouded by my love of superpowers, transformations and swords.
For me, Samurai started off decently enough even with the minor nitpicks I had, but that was mostly due to changes from Shinkenger. The moment Antonio showed up, it all went down hill for me cause they totally BOTCHED his character next to Genta, his Sentai counterpart. I HIGHLY recommend checking Shinkenger out if you haven’t cause it’s a THOUSAND times better than Samurai, and the team up with Go-Onger is LIGHTYEARS ahead of the shitfest that is Clash of the Red Rangers. That had continuity errors galore, unresolved plot threads, and they randomly threw in plot bits from the Shinkenger movie for some stupid reason.
@@antoinewright1425 I actually was born in 1992 and grew up watching Power Rangers. I was excited when I heard Saban was gonna keep the series going, only to become a bit worried when I found out that they would be doing Shinkenger. In the brief time we had without any new episodes, I got really into Super Sentai and knew trying to adapt a season whose whole motif was Japanese Culture would go badly. I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt though and HOO BOY was I right with my initial thoughts xD
@@pockylovingranger HOLY SHIT SOME WITH A BRIAN " I got really into Super Sentai and knew trying to adapt a season whose whole motif was Japanese Culture would go badly. " When you look to Timeranger and Time Force. People it the same yet they cant see the little detail that make Time force GREAT
@@nuruddinshah684 Time Force is by far one of my favorite seasons to be honest. They took the overall plot of Timeranger and added on to it in a way that it made it better in the end. Timeranger still has a better opening though xD
I fell out of Power Rangers many years ago, I was always more of a Transformers kid, but I have such vivid memories of adoring Jungle Fury as a kid. This video was a cool trip down memory lane, and I hope for you guys still holding on that the series can make a comeback.
I grew up with the Disney Era and it was so awesome . I loved it as a kid and still do . All my friends and peers also grew up with power rangers as well . My favourites are SPD , Dino Thunder , Mystic Force , Jungle Fury and RPM . The last season I watched was Dino charge and I liked it .
mine kinda mixed, i dont have cable so basiclly im just watching my country''s mixed ups old shows and new. dino thunder was gotta be my first one ive watch
Power Rangers was really popular in India. The kids of my generation who were born from 1996-2000 enjoyed the shows. I enjoyed the shows until I grew out of it. My favourites were Dino Thunder, SPD and Mystic Force.
Also grew up during the Disney era but still caught some of the first couple of seasons because of the “Greatest Hits” DVD which had Forever Red, CDTD, White Light, etc
The idea for the Power Rangers didn't originate from Haim Saban, it existed earlier than that. Stan Lee from Marvel almost adapted an earlier season of Super Sentai in the early 1980s called Sun Vulcan (after already licensing Spider-Man to Toei in the late 70s which they created a live action TV show out of). Lee (with Margaret Loesch), pitched his Sun Vulcan idea to several American TV networks, and they all rejected it. So when Saban got his hands on Sentai, he wanted to adapt Bioman (which was the season that was airing in Japan at the time) and he too got rejected by American TV networks. Saban at least produced a pilot that never aired, but the show sat on the shelf for nearly 10 years until he pitched it to Margaret (the same one who worked with Stan Lee years earlier), and she was the one who gave Saban's Power Rangers the green light.
@@TheHardcoreGamer1 it's Only a Matter of time, before some Weeb working for Marvel Studio convince Disney to Buy Toei, just to put Sentai, & Riders in the MCU.
@@conradojavier7547 Did you know that large corporations are protected by Japan and no matter how bad the situation is, it will never sell to foreign countries. Well, that change some economic thing that lead to some problem nowaday in Japan, but yeah, in the dream they would sell it
To shed a little light on the Disney Era I want to share that my daughter grew up watching Power Rangers with me and after the Zordon era ended I noticed a big shift in her when returning from school. Usually she'd come back with daily stories about what she and other kids at her school thought about the current season and now (post In Space) she and the other kids had far less to say. There seemed to be true interest only in the twist of the pink ranger in Lost Galaxy and the ending of Time Force. And I remember that none of the kids seemed to like Forever Red very much but that might have to do with color preference as most of them hated the color red and I guess that had an influence on which rangers they were and weren't drawn to. Then Ninja Storm happened and there was an obsession among my daughter and the other kids at her school. With the first female blue ranger Tori, with the ninja motif that offered the rangers inherent abilities separate from their Morpher granted ones, with the hamster mascot Sensei, with Cam's journey to green samurai ranger, with Lothor and his nieces Marah and Kapri too. It was very clearly a season that renewed interest and ratings and feedback seemed to concur. Rather than being the return to form I think Dino Thunder just capitalized well on the success of Ninja Storm. I also feel it worth mentioning the Ninja Storm and Dino Thunder crossover was the most talked about thing for my daughter and the kids at her school ever. This crossover was for whatever reason the epitome of badass to them. They all collectively stopped caring about the franchise in general after Dino Thunder outside of checking out the Once A Ranger crossover from Operation Overdrive and having praise for it. Along with IMHO inevitable talks of a future season with the Retro Rangers team featured in that until they realized it would never happen. They really liked seeing Tori and Kira again and the fact that Tommy wasn't the ranger at the center of the team. After that crossover the last time my daughter had any kind of story to share about Power Rangers was one where she mentioned that her circle of friends who still even payed attention to the franchise wished Antonio was the main character in Samurai/Super Samurai and how annoyed they were at the botch that was the handling of the first female red ranger Lauren. I myself lost interest circa Zeo, but it was interesting seeing each season and examining the highs and lows in them. I enjoyed seeing the different ways each tried to evolve the franchise's formula. IMHO there's not really a season that was bad just some that were better than others and it boggles my mind that so many people still put Mighty Morphin at the top of their list when ranking them from best to worst as in retrospect all of Mighty Morphin was pretty gosh darned rough. The low budget is so obvious from the presentation and production value. Some of the acting (sweet Jesus) and dialogue (product of its time though it might be) there also hasn't aged gracefully. You can really see how much Kimberly's actress in particular had to grow into her role watching it again blessed may she be.
@@Xander_Roche Hey, this is the aforementioned daughter. I'm in my 30s now and reading my dad's comment actually made me tear up a little. Back in the day he introduced me to so many things that shaped the person I am today (anime, video games, wrestling, telenovelas etc etc). Even though I long fell out of love with Power Rangers I still hope it can find its way back to the success it once had and continue having a formative impact on future generations. IMHO Power Rangers has almost always had something for everyone to enjoy even amidst many things to dislike and that IMHO is its greatest strength.
My first Power Rangers were S.P.D and Dino Thunder. They used to air S.P.D repeatedly in India and every kid knew Doggy Kruger. It's like a childhood nostalgia. S.P.D was my favourite, from it's morphin sequence to songs to characters. I still remember them. 😭 Same goes for Dono Thunder. Alongside, I absolutely loved Ninja Storm for it's light hearted environment and thought the fight between Thunder Rangers and Wind Rangers was a huge deal lol. The crossover between Ninja Storm rangers and Dino Thunder Rangers, that Japanes/Super sentai reference everything is nostalgic and beautiful for me. I wasn't a big fan of Mystic Force and kinda liked Operation Overdrive but that's because it was interesting to see them fight, pull out their weapons in style and I liked the concept of magic and adventure. However, the true MVP is RPM which I failed to completely grasp at the age of 10 but now that I look back, I absolutely get blown over by how detailed and well-crafted this show was. Despite some hiccups in plot, it took it's characters seriously, was genuinely funny at times, poked fun at it's own morphing and roll-call stuff, dealt with themes that are hard to portray with ease and so on. Fast forward to Dino Charge, I already was in college and it was my younger sister with whom I sat down to watch it. Before this, I was disappointed with Samurai as it felt a bit too empty. Megaforce was a snooze fest and made me so angry because the characters literally were just cardboard cutouts. They even shamelessly copied every scene with no improvisation or even attempted to add anything. Dino Charge was interesting and I liked the characters and the whole hunting for 10 dinogems was a cool concept. The side villians were interesting and I was looking forward how that half-human half-monster being would torture rangers in its super season. Dino Super Charge was, unfortunately, just okay. Not too engaging or depth like it's predecessor and I also ended up dropping it coz I got busy. I haven't seen any more power rangers but I tried to watch few clips on youtube and it's not that cool anymore. That Ninja one was as bad as it could be, I did see the potential but it went to waste. The Hasbro power rangers brought back a bit of a personality to their characters but I don't know, it wasn't going anywhere for me. It felt like they think kids cannot handle darker themes and conflicts seemed to be resolved way to easily. Dino Fury looked interesting (I think it's the current season with its super season as well). I have watched few episodes and was thinking to continue further since I liked an awkward red ranger and green girl seemed to get more footage but I kinda liked her and her brother and the whole bad parenting troupe (I stopped at ep 6 so don't know if I m wrong, no spoilers plz) Overall, I would say I would like it more if they set up charatcer's personal motivations and make them face their fears with their whole power ranger duties either coming in their way or changing their perception or something but they're not really setting up interesting charatcer arcs for past few seasons. Like everybody's (except one or two ranger) so cool with their powers? No struggle, no personal motivations interesting enough to create conflicts, no dreams? They're not even funny or quirky anymore. This is the reason why I am getting over power rangers.
Awesome video and great summary! The biggest thing I got out of this was how friggin Brilliant Haim Saban is! Sells PR for billions to Disney, buys it back on the cheap and revitalizes it just enough to sell it for more to Hasbro 😂
For sure. Even beyond just power Rangers, he is a very brilliant guy in terms of business. Before that, he was responsible for theme songs of some of the biggest 80’s shows. Then with power rangers, he became a big figure behind Fox Kids as a whole with things like the Digimon dub, bringing TMNT into the block, etc. Heck, he later became a big investor behind a major presidential campaign in 2016 (it was the one that lost though 😅)
Haim is pretty clever, but man he has an ego.. + Not to mention he was the one to start up a huge decline although if it weren’t for him disney would’ve cancelled.
I’d say my peak of Power Rangers fandom was from Lost Galaxy to SPD (and watching many replays of the original arcs in between). I was feeling Ranger fatigue when Mystic Force was starting up and when I watched the premiere episode, I just couldn’t gel with it and the characters didn’t exactly leave a strong first impression on me. But I certainly don’t envy the task of having to follow up Dino Thunder and SPD, they were seriously tough acts. Plus I was turning 13 at the time so I was feeling pressured to move on to other interests. I’ve seen bits and pieces of subsequent seasons throughout the years since, but that run of Ranger seasons I was on really was tv magic for me. I’d definitely give RPM a shot if anything, heard plenty of good things about it. And I did also like the 2017 movie.
I'm not gonna pretend that I'm a diehard -G1- Mighty Morphin fan, my very first introduction to this series was through Dino Thunder and SPD with their respective 6th ranger being my favorite, Trent is literally a Sasuke version of Tommy and Omega is just too cool to not be loved, and also the intros from the Disney era are my favorite. Seriously, every single one of those intros freaking slaps. I didn't know who Tommy was at the time and if I'm being honest, even after finding out how huge he was years later, I still wouldn't change my opinion of him in this season, from what I can recall, aside from his focused episodes, Tommy was always "just there" as the black dino ranger and being the mentor figure to the other rangers.
I genuinely liked mystic force but that's probably because I was a kid. I went back and watched dino thunder (although the special effects leave a lot to be desired) I loved it. its crossover with both ninja storm and SPD were just fun and great and the cast, while cheesy at times, were absolutely great. mystic force however, had a good pretence and the red ranger/wolf guy storyline was interesting it became too focal.
Yeah I just rewatched time force and the drama was *chefs kiss*. Wes, his dad, Jen and her love twist with Alex. It was the most grown up of all the seasons, and was actually the first time the villain was too strong for the power rangers team to defeat. We got the best pink Ranger of all time, Jen, and even with Katie, the females weren’t just damsels in distress like most of the ones before them. Katie was actually the strongest of the 5. The 6th ranger was very interesting as well. Jen saying, “time force. I need to commander your vehicle.” Will always be stuck in my head lol. I love it! ❤️💛💚💙💖!!!
My last season was Supermega Force. I know Power Rangers was never known for tremendous acting but I hated how Neo-Saban forced absolute dreadful acting with no emotions from Samurai to going forward. Seasons Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, and SPD had cheesy moments but it still had moments we could take seriously due to great acting from cast.
Megaforce is actually the season that got me back into the franchise. I heard it was super hated and watched it while babysitting. Ended up loving every single character in a way I hadn't since MMPR season 2 (every season I had at least one character I hated). It just gave me a giddy nostalgic feel that I hadn't had in decades. I know it could have been better. But I don't really care.
I think a big part of the branding is the suits. The Nickelodeon era really didn’t put too much love into them, with mostly solid color spandex with simple designs, when before even solid color suits like the Mystic force suits looked really good. The silver super mega force and the gold samurai rangers where a big step away and I remember liking them a lot more than the others as a kid. The MMPR suits are simplistic but have a common pattern of white and red then just being red with white accents
I've been watching Power Rangers since 1995, when I was 5. That makes this a sad video for me. I just want my childhood, which this was, back to the way it was to me. We need some key people who really care running and creating the show. It should be as good as the comics...that's what and possibly who we need working on the show. Don't stop doing adaptations either Hasbro, come on.
Probelm is Saban and to a lesser extent Hasbro gradually killed the show by trying to make Samurai onwards a clone of MMPR. Yet Hasbro blames the sentai adaptations. Had they allowed their writers to be creative and create an individual show for each season I'm sure the show would've done well, I mean look at some original takes like RPM, Time Force, Ninja Storm, In Space, Galaxy, Lightspeed, Dino Thunder. But the team just wanted MMPR copies that slowly killed the show. Also we had this anniversary season with Megaforce and it clearly feels like something they did because they were force and not something they did with passion for the fans. I mean look at Gokaiger all the work that went into that beautiful season and Megaforce they just slapped whatever together with hollow characters. That sad part is they were forced to behave that way because a lot of them spoke out and said they were told to dumb down their acting. I 100% believe if the MMPR mandates were dropped and Saban was operating like he did in his earlier. years this franchise would have been much more successful. What's sad is that Hasbro kept the MMPR mandates. If you want to relive MMPR again the best way to do it is Dino Thunder write a modern take of the story not copy the phrases and the characters.
This statement I have reflects on the show and not the toys: Back when I first became a Power Rangers fan, I used to like Samurai and Megaforce. But around the time I was 16 during Dino Supercharge, I came to my senses and saw all the flaws in Neo-Saban executions. I even spent a whole year binge-watching every Power Rangers season there was, MMPR to Dino Charge, and that point on I started to learn how Saban Brands and Nickelodeon underestimated both children and fans, forcing MMPR aesthetics like it’s still 1993, and neglected to understand modern society in 2010s and 2020s (smartphones, fashion, fidget spinners, etc.) I see this problem being Saban Brands’ budget because it was formed in 2010; it was a small company. Big brands like that meant more than Saban could handle. I wish to say that if Haim Saban wasn’t a billionaire. With Power Rangers under Hasbro, I was hoping for major improvements for Beast Morphers. I had mixed feelings for it and the flaws stick out to me once again; while it tried to not rush the lore over the fillers, unnatural dialogue and lack of impact with the plot was still there and could have killed my interests. I wished Beast Morphers Season 2 had a better ending IMO; didn’t like the human Steel thing and didn’t fit his characteristic. With Dino Fury, I was hoping the show gets better and it still improved in some parts. I wanted Hasbro to hire new writers and executives for the show. But by that time Dino Fury S1 aired, I started to distance myself from Power Rangers in favor of retro and indie gaming and a bit of Kamen Rider. Overall, I have strong hope that Hasbro should know how to make Power Rangers enjoyable and relevant again.
I felt kinda in the middle on Dino Fury and Beast Morphers, I don’t hate them as much as their haters, but I don’t love them as much as their lovers. I really do hope they get stuff sorted out to make Cosmic Fury something to remember…
I fell off around the time Operation Overdrive came out. For about ten years, I stopped paying attention to Power Rangers. It wasn't until the 2017 movie came out that I decided to pay attention to the franchise again. I watched some seasons I missed that I was recommended and enjoyed (Jungle Fury and RPM). I tried watching some of the shows from the Neo Saban era, and I couldn't bring myself to finish it. It felt like a massive regression from all the progress the brand had made to this point, all to capture the glory days of MMPR and to milk the nostalgia for all it's worth. Then I was introduced to the comics and Hyper Force and fell in love with them because they provided me with everything I think the shows haven't for over a decade. They are the only things I give the time of day currently.
@@RuffWarl0ck Definitely should’ve brought up hyper force. That did a lot for a lot of fans it seems. Anyways, yeah a lot of people felt that way about Neo-Saban. I’m curious cause, have you watched the Hasbro series? I see about an even amount of people who say it keeps going in with MMPR nostalgia infusion vs that it’s shifting away from that now.
@@Xander_Roche I have seen some of Beast Morphers and Dino Fury. I am very neutral so far. The Hasbro era has made some notable changes, but I still see some remnants of the Neo Saban era that need to be purged from the system. Dino Fury bringing Zedd back really didn't do it any favors. I am very whelmed and am not paying much attention to it. I am taking a wait-and-see approach with Hasbro. We are still in a transition, and I am hoping the rebranding will finally set the brand back on the right track.
Despite general receptions, RPM, Samurai, and Mystic Force gotta be some of my favorites. Unrelated but I remember being scared of the monsters in the old Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie as a kid lol
I got into power rangers with Light speed as a very young kid seeing re-runs in Europe. What I think has been lost the most in the evolutions that Saban originally under took was it had a story or themes that were more mature in some ways like in Light speed with the silver rangers arc and the whole car accident into watching your child potentially fall to their death. I think during the Disney era SPD also did a good job with some more complex ideas simplified to allow younger viewers feel like they are understanding a bigger picture and for those who missed it/didn't care it didn't destroy the shows pacing. All my favourites are in the end of Saban and a little bit of Disney, especially RPM that was just excellent.
Absolutely agree with the SPD comment. The show did teaching messages and appealing to just anyone who likes the power Rangers concept (albeit that’s mostly kids still) perfectly.
i had been introduced to the power rangers series via the disney era, wild force, dino thunder, and SPD were some of my favourites ever, mystic force and samurai also both holding special places in my heart, and the only pre-disney era one i had watched as a child was lightspeed rescue. while as an adult the acting and such can sometimes feel lackluster, the show still manages to be great
I watched Power Rangers from the beginning until In Space, which seemed to end all evil in the Universe. I was really confused, when Lost Galaxy aired and some new monstrous enemies showed up^^ But i still liked it, because this season had a more serious tone on it (i think it was the first time, that we really saw a damaged Ranger Suit with Leo's broken helmet). Also: Even as a guy i found it awesome, when Leo ripped his shirt away to fight Dracina with only the Quasar Sword. After that, i didn't had the TV capabilities to watch other shows so i never watched Lightspeed Rescue and Time Force. My reentry came with Dino Thunder and that thing was awesome. A new Team and with Tommy as Mentor. I watched the shows until Mega Force aired and man... the writers really botched that one. I saw a crossover in the japanese Super Sentai originals with the two teams and because they switch every team after the final boss, the sudden Pirate theme made so much more sense to me.
I'm an MMPR kid. I stopped after In Space. But I've seen a few random episodes over the years and I definitely got hooked on Dino Thunder and Ninja Storm. I got into the theme song, the characters and the story, especially Ninja Storm. I also liked the 2017 movie and was looking forward to the sequel. But the rest of the various iterations just never captured me at all. I'm in my 30s now and just a few months ago I followed a LIVE stream of Ninja Storm. So, even at my age it still holds up. Definitely has some cheese, but the characters are endearing.
Not a fan of the early Saban era, but I can say In Space until Time Force are consider solid series. Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, Jungle Fury and RPM are other series that have their own unique story and characterization which are good thing; I might re-watch SPD again since most people keep praising how great this show was, but mostly right after I re-watch Dekaranger for the second time before doing that. For the Megaforce series, the first episode itself already has raised the doom flag and Super Megaforce opening theme song from Goseiger to Gokaiger; I immediately knew this series going to be bad and I nailed it without watching the whole series. For Nickelodeon not listening the fans it could be true or not, because I felt like they were listening to those aggressive fans using death threat, suicide or whatever the fuck out things these people came to mind in order to achieve their demand.
they just uploaded SPD in full on youtube. it really is a great episodic season with great interconnected character arcs and a over arcing story that they set up and did a good job getting it across despite it not being the focus. No season did episodic better because each episode feels like standard TV instead of useless filler, The average Primetime Drama is episodic so that's never been PR's problem it's the fact that most episodes are pointless SPD did it right. But the best formula for me is time Force and RPM great characters story reduced cheese and increased drama
@@T_Black_Lodge Dude, you're a grown man. This show is for kids, all of the seasons are horrible compared to other media. There are a handful of seasons that compared to the other seasons are "better", but that's comparing trash to slightly less smelly trash.
In India, when there was no kids' content much in 90s, the power rangers were introduced which was dubbed in many Indian languages and it took channel's TRP to a whole new level. And in 2000s, that's when mystic force, Dino thunder, ninja storm came, the TRP of Jetix (channel that was telecasting power rangers at that time if I'm not wrong) sky rocketed and almost every kid was addicted to those shows. But I guess RPM was the last nostalgic power rangers. Later, despite samurai was good, the fandom gradually reduced (atleast here in India). We still chat about those shows and even when if our 90s bros joins the chat, we always fight which were good whether it was 90s power rangers or 2000s Ahh... Nostalgia
I remember watching power rangers as a kid ever since samurai, I never heard of the older seasons when I was a child, but when I got older and did my research on these shows, I decided to watch them staring from MMPR to Dino Fury. (I edit this because auto-correct.) P.S: I'm 13 now I didn't remember how old was I when I watch samurai or it could be megaforce. I don't know.
Yeah I watched all of Samurai season 1’s first half to begin with as a kid but got introduced to the other seasons not long after cause on my birthday my parents got me some Operation Overdrive episodes on DVD and my friend had Jungle Fury which I’d watch when I went to his house.
I was first introduced to the series via Super Sentai. In 2001, I watched Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger thanks to my grandmother who lives in Japan. From then on, it became a childhood obsession. I remember feeling underwhelmed when I saw its English counterpart, Power Rangers Wild Force.
Power Rangers was the only american tokusatsu from 90s that survive past nineties When zyurangers adapted into first Power Rangers season, it changed from "people from age of dinosaurs(when it plays like Lord of the Rings) wakes up in modern days" to "high school kids getting superpowers from alien"
Cool video. I was never a Power Rangers fan growing up. It never came to my radar. But a while ago I started to look into it and realized it's a pretty cool franchise. It isn't for me but I like the premise of it. Side note, I also don't watch Super Sentai but I am in love with the "sister series" Pretty Cure or Precure. It's a magical girl anime that has gotten some influence from Super Sentai, and as well as Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball. I highly recommend it.
Yeah that’s fair enough to not really feel the franchise. It’s more for some people than others. I’ll have to check out pretty cure, I’ve heard a lot about it and remembered watching some airing episodes (not sure which show specifically) last year on discord with friends right before Kamen Rider and Super Sentai would air since it’s all on tv asahi.
My first Power Rangers show was Ninja Storm and I even played the gameboy game of it. This video really made me remember my childhood and hit me with a bunch of nostalgia. Thank you.
In Space was the first series I saw in the late 90s. Always loved the bad blood between Ecliptor and Darconda, and enjoyed Astronama’s story arc. Lost Galaxy is my overall favourite though. Magna Defender is probably the deciding factor there. His death scene is arguably the all time best Power Rangers scene, and the series has a darker and more mature feel to it with the sacrifices made by Mike/Magna Defender/Kendrix/Leo when it really matters.
Hasbro is definitely a rise Beast Morphers and Dino Fury were great seasons and felt like they respected the mythos and lore of the past. Cosmic Fury is exciting because it can show what this franchise can do mostly without relying on Sentai as we head into the 2024 reboot, David Yost MMPR (Yes this is seperate from Cosmic Fury), and apparent Animated Show Hasbro has been pitching. Hasbro also has the lightning collection which has been very popular when it comes to the toys. And the comics are going strong as ever. This franchise is going to new heights and I'm here for it.
Factors: 1. NON-UNION, meaning underpaid actors/actresses, incompetent writers, not hiring additional production staff 2. WORK HARASSMENTS BEHIND THE SCENES. 3. FANDOM TOXICITY, due to lack of hiring agents, only a handful admittedly hated being there: Emma Lahana, James Napier, Michael Taber and Camille Hyde 4. NO PROMOTIONS AND STAGE SHOW EVENTS. For being too cheap, they can't afford to plan events. 5. OVER RELIANCE ON LORE THAN MAKING IT A STANDALONE.
zordon era OG best. i liked how saban really turned the sentais and completely gave it a new story. made it feel special rather than just translating text and dubbing it
I grew up with Nickelodeon in 2010’s My fav power rangers to this day is samurai/Super samurai Got me into samurai and made me like Coryxkenshin a lot which is prolly y he’s my fav RUclipsr I liked how in megaforce they went back in time and use previous rangers,it was refreshing to see jaden after power rangers samurai
me too. they could do some much things with just having slightly increased budget and episode length. What i want them to do is have netflix on their ass about useless filler. Power Rangers doesn't need 44 episodes to tell these simple ass stories and we don't need a megazord battle in every episode. the show needs to be written in arcs like the comics and give them time to include the elements i mentioned. They need to go back to playing up the tension drama not playing down
@@JcgLounge if they cut focus episodes and include focus scenes and plots we can cut things to 10 or 15 eps also maybe go to a 40 min format and cut zords in every ep. growing should be for the boss and general fights.
@@JcgLounge also not monster of the day. just about 5 or 10 generals with maybe some monster to fill the battles. RPM and mystic force kinda showed how you could do it
I was introduced to power rangers with samurai in summer vacations. When school started i thought only I had seen the show , but Eveybody was hyped about it . Even our teacher knew about it from her son . One of the most impactful power rangers in my life
I grew up right as power rangers hit its nickelodeon Era and I grew up with megaforce and looking back it wasn't horrible it's just that the actors needed to be better... also jungle fury is top tier and very underrated
From Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, SPD, Jungle Fury to Mystic force. Golden era of Power Rangers. I'm grateful my childhood was during these shows and not the later ones who completely destroyed the image and brand. 😄
My favourite is Power Rangers Ninja Storm. Although Wildforce was there at the time of Ninja Storm, Ninja storm was too funny, action and great drama. We miss U Pua Magasiva. Thanks for the memories u have given us.
As someone who generally grew up in the Disney Era of Power Rangers I recall Mystic Force being less of a 'failure' and more split between more recent fans versus people who'd been around since some of the older seasons as it was definitely the series (at the time.) changed a lot of the usual Power Rangers formula starting with thematic (though that in part has to do with the Super Sentai series.) And while there is a lot of 'flak' given to Samurai by older fans it 100% did get people back into Power Rangers and I feel like a lot of that flak comes from the next series being Megaforce which yeah no matter the Era of Power Rangers you were a fan of at the time you 100% probably felt annoyed with it.
I am so glad that I started watching Power Rangers live on TV with Dino charge. I was so hooked after that first episode, that I immediately went to Toys “R” Us, when that was still around, and bite both the dino gun transformation device and the megazord. And a few of the dino charger power packs and zords along the way, as I was waiting for the gold ranger stuff to show up. I still haven’t gotten the dino saber, silver ranger morpher, and most of the repaints that Bandai put out at the time.
@@Xander_Roche yeah, that was my go-to place for power rangers stuff during Dino Charge. During the Dino charge hiatus between episode eight and nine, I actually went back and bought the legendary, kind of ironic name, and the samurai megazords. I still have to find the Gosei Great megazord (both American and Japanese import versions)
Same real shame it will never be the same here ever again Everywhere else it's as great as ever and here in the US it's a mid macys store and a alright little store in here in nj
Bro. You're telling me your only 17!!! Great research amd good job grasping how the Fandom and audience felt at the time of each show, even though you were 2 when overdrive came out, you got how we felt. Great work. It's been rough being a fan the last 10 years. I was 16 when rpm came out... I've never been able to have the same excitement for the show since, I thought wow power rangers is really advancing its storytelling I can't wait for Samurai and... well you put it in the video Good work
Thanks haha. Yeah I just turned 17 and I’ve been a fan since Samurai when I was like 5. Being apart of the fandom for so long made me stumble upon a lot of old messageboards where I’ve seen the insane amount of hate for Overdrive (which hasn’t changed much) and quite a bit for Jungle Fury too (which I think has changed). I also very much feel where a lot of the criticism came from. When I rewatched in 2016 or so I remembered it feeling so unlikeable. And that RPM comment, man it makes me really hope that I can get an experience like that with Cosmic Fury or whatever comes after as I’m about the same age now as you were then and I wanna get deeply invested in a currently airing rangers show. Anyways thanks for watching and enjoying my video! The support always makes me happy!
My intro to Power Rangers was with Samurai. i remember getting home from school and doing my homework as fast as i could so i could watch the new episodes. i still remember every bit of both seasons like the back of my hand.
Power Rangers was in its prime in the 1990s and early 2000s with the Fox Kids Era during my childhood years. From Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to Power Rangers Wild Force it was very popular. But with Walt Disney Corporation bought Saban Entertainment's library of cartoons and Toei titles (including Digimon and Power Rangers) in 2001, it went downhill in 2002 through 2008.
If you haven't got a grasp on how toy sales are going for Hasbro, let me put this into perspective for you: Their best sales have come from rehashing toys from the first Saban run.
I am very massively fond of Disney Era Power Rangers. It's what I grew up with and what made me a fan. I've watched every Series after getting into it, and stayed a fan since.
wild force was my favorite power rangers show of all time :) dino thunder, ninja storm were all cool too. but from samurai onwards, i think i just grew up and didnt really watch it anymore. i wouldnt mind watching wild force, turbo, mighty morphin, dino thunder and ninja storm all over again tho :')
I wont nitpick certain things but as someone whose been with the series from the start, dropped out early into Disney era and just went full sentai, your video does help me gauge where the series misteps lay and why its been hard to get back into it. Though from it as well Ive gathered that there are a few critically well received series that I might have to check out.
Yeah man. Well what season in particular did you drop off with in the Disney era and was it because you didn’t like it or did Sentai itself make you disinterested? I feel like you should definitely check out RPM if you haven’t already. That one was super super different from Go-Onger and definitely worth everyone’s time for just executing a great concept very well. I also think you may wanna check out Dino Fury even if you don’t end up liking it as it gives context as to where power Rangers is right now in its direction. Jungle Fury you might wanna check out if Gekiranger wasn’t for you. The word on the street is that everyone always likes one and not the other, they’re like different takes on the same show essentially.
@@Xander_Roche I dropped out a few episodes into SPD's airing, from then, I did swap exclusively to Sentai. Since Magiranger was my first Sentai week to week and Dekaranger was watched at the same time, I felt a slight "been there done that" feeling. Also there was a Toku-Snob side I had developed when I first discovered the source material, but thats long passed. But since I have seen Sentai Week to Week SINCE 2004, theres only a handful of seasons I NOPE'd out of during initial viewing and Go-Onger was one of them due to the Go-Onwings. So RPM sounds like a good contender, meanwhile Gekiranger was one of my Favorites at the time so I'm a little hesitant on Jungle Fury for that reason.
Power Rangers was so popular here in the USA, it even aired in Japan when it wasn't supposed to, originally. It even got a Japanese dub and Power Rangers was actually pretty popular in its' own right over there and they consider that and Sentai to be two separate shows, since they made enough differences. It is pretty cool that Japan is one of several regions to where they had both the original Super Sentai and its' U.S. adaptation Power Rangers released dubbed. But it is a bit confusing and has its' own history over there, like how Kamen Rider had a history here in the west. MMPR was given a Japanese dub and made its' debut on October 5, 1995. Only Season 1 and most of Season 2 of it was dubbed, only 100 episodes total. For some reason, the dub voice cast was changed for MMPR after episode 49. But the rest of Season 2 (the last 12 episodes did not get shown) as well as Season 3 wasn't dubbed, despite it actually had pretty good ratings and even aired on TV Asahi, the same open broadcast network as Super Sentai, but was on a different timeslot to avoid conflict with Sentai. As for the MMPR movie, it was dubbed but with a different voice cast. Yet, because Season 3 wasn't dubbed, it didn't lead them to Zeo, which was also skipped. After the 100 episodes of MMPR and the movie, they then just went straight to Turbo, as they aired the Turbo movie on TV in 1999, then later aired the series. But unlike the other seasons, they did dub both the movie and all episodes in full. As well as In Space and Lost Galaxy, as all episodes were dubbed from those two as well. With all episodes of In Space being dubbed, that even included the crossover with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Ninja Turtles The Next Mutation, making it the only time Japan ever saw any form of it, and the only time Venus de Milo got seen by Japanese audiences. TMNT is also popular in Japan too. Only 24 out of 40 episodes of Lightspeed Rescue were dubbed as some episodes were skipped. But Time Force and most of the Disney era shows did not get dubbed nor even subtitled. Although they did dub SPD in 2011 and Mystic Force in 2012. Interestingly for SPD, Toei got back the Dekaranger cast to reprise their roles to dub over their western counterparts, as commemoration of the 35th anniversary of Super Sentai while Gokaiger was airing, as a first of a part of Toei's "Power Rangers Japanese dubbing project." The last of the PR series to get a Japanese dub was Power Rangers Samurai. Megaforce was only shown with subtitles. And the very last PR project to get a Japanese dub, was the 2017 reboot movie. When it comes to the most popular Power Rangers seasons to air in the country and given that they were dubbed and aired in full, Japanese fans usually pick Lost Galaxy and SPD, which I can understand why the latter got popular there. It's not likely if Toei will ever dub or subtitle more PR in the future, given they also have Super Sentai already. But as I said earlier, they are two separate shows.
Yeah I do understand why it’s kind of a problem to have two aesthetically shared shows airing together in terms of marketing unless they became different completely though
@@Xander_Roche When MMPR got a Japanese dub and was airing staring on October 5, 1995 on TV Asahi, they were also having Chouriki Sentai Ohranger on, at that time. 30 episodes were already airing up to that date. Episode 30 aired on September 29, 1995 followed by Episode 31 airing October 13, 1995. There was a bit of a gap given how most new episodes usually air once every week on one after another.
I’m an early 2000s kid and my intro to power rangers was ninja storm. I had the lightning strikers dvd and I would constantly rewatch the return to thunder arc at my grandmas house (I also had a few jungle fury figures). Being that it’s the 2010s, Netflix came in clutch with every single series. Samurai, megaforce, and Dino charge are what I primarily watched (I also decided to watch mystic force and rpm). I think I stopped caring about power rangers when I was like 13 but it felt great back then
I am liking where the show is going with Dino Fury but it definitely can gain a new hight in making power rangers great again. The show has a long way to go. I am interested to see where Hasbro takes the brand.
Watching this now knowing the context beyond Saban's influence on the last few series, how they MANDATED the lack of ongoing storylines (under the argument of kids not understanding them), the fart jokes, and not even having the Ninja Steel Rangers be ninja...this all feels impactful.
Even more new stuff about the mandates have come out that really explains why the seasons felt so lazily written and low effort. Apparently they’re going away for Cosmic Fury though…
Very great video, Id like to add that ninja steel began well but did have a decline similar to dino charge. NS toys did always sell pretty poorly, I blame the 2017 film for taking up all the attention toy wise. So many kids were confused over what figures to buy, even a amount of the 2017 toyline took a hit. I always blamed the 2017 film for the franchise’s decline financially but critically i guess it was declining since samurai. Speaking of which I definitely need to watch shinkenger, I always hear of samurai taking too much from it but hearing it really is a watered down version of it is wild.
Shinkenger is my first ever Sentai too and still my second favorite tokusatsu show of all time. To me it was all of the great ideas of Samurai with what was missing and it makes its cast and story feel so memorable and impactful. Have fun with it, don’t get your hopes too high though cause it’s not going to be for everyone…
I was introduced to Power Rangers... Unintentionally... I started getting into the series around when Samurai was coming out specifically because we had cable for a little bit (although we really didn't use it) and Samurai was on one day, after that I looked on Netflix to see if there was any more of these "Power Rangers" and found Jungle Fury and Time Force. Those were my real first Power Rangers series and I absolutely loved it, I couldn't really get into some others like SPD or Ninja Storm (honestly don't know why) but, most other series I've watched I've liked. I may not be the intense fan of it I once was but the core 5 stories (I say "Stories" because Samurai is 2 series) of my childhood were Time Force, Dino Thunder, Jungle Fury, RPM, and both Samurai series. Megaforce is unfortunately where I started to... I don't wanna say grow out of it but... Kinda? I dunno I always watched as new episodes came out but it didn't have that same spark as the others. Nowadays I just see they're mostly trying to sell Toys which... Is always the case but I feel like they're reusing a lot of things... Granted yes Dinosaurs will always be cool but there comes a point where it's almost something you COULD expect when that's... Not really what Power Rangers was for me, the unexpected craziness that was in every episode (even the ones that didn't have any long term effect) was just so cool. But yeah I'm rambling great video!
My buddy from high school went to work for Saban entertainment. He created a lot of the monsters. He used to draw the monsters on paper and showed them to me back in the day. It dropped off because when all the original cast members left, it became a rotating door of new actors every single season. When the cast members asked for more money, they got sent to a world peace summit 😂😂😂😂😂😂, then they got shown the door 🚪.
@@comicbookking3446 Meh...I do not like the main story of SPD(revenge of Crugger and Grumm), which is more samurai/cowboy-like, and that does not fit in the police theme. Also, SPD's episodes without main arc are either same as dekaranger or the simplified version of dekaranger ones.
My first series was lost galaxy the magna defender was so cool. They really didn’t have much as rangers compared to some others. In space had more than lost galaxy Fr. But I was a kid still enjoyed
it really went from mighty morphin to turbo (rise and fall) from in space to overdrive (rise fall) overdrive to mega force (fall to plunge) mega force to beast morphers (debatable) beast morphers to now (also debatable since part 2 isn’t out yet)
Missing team ups: Jungle Fury vs Overdrive(2008), RPM vs Jungle Fury(2009), Megaforce vs Samurai(2013...Super Megaforce did all of this.) 2 seasons of 1 sentai...BAD IDEA. Missing adaptations: Toquger,Zyuogher,Kyuranger,Lupinranger vs Patranger. Netflix tries so hard to hate Toei,The company that developed Super Sentai that became Power Rangers in 1993 (Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. 1992 source material.)
I always had this Idea of Making a Transformers/Power Rangers crossover series in my mind, mixing elements for the TF Masterforce Anime. IDK if that would that would work but it sounded interesting to me. Also The show that Introduced me to the franchise was Mystic Force.
RPM is hands down my favourite. Great characters and development (especially Ziggy and Dillon), great acting, great writing, great dialogue, a dark plot, and a villain that actually succeeded in bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. It was so dark and intense for PR and I was all for it
Funny thing is that the best, most interesting and mature Power Rangers ever we can now see in the Boom Studio comic book series. It's really amazing, they created cool and engaging storyline based on MMPR and then continually making in better and bigger with respect to the source and buliding fascinating mythology that is really impressive and fun to read. I wonder why tv shows were never that good - they have all these storylines at their feet, it just needed a little work and few ideas. i hope that these new Netflix Original shows will be at least in some part based on Boom comic books.
As a 13 year old who loved the disney and og saban era entering Samurai, you could tell something was off. Despite it being nothing like Power rangers was, the series will always hold a special place in my heart
I started off with operation overdrive in 06’ and loved it, i had the dvd for the crossover epsiode “once a ranger” then after exclaiming my love for this series i got introduced to a box of vhs’ and saw mmpr’s first season and the movie (i was hella confused as to why the characters changed 😂) i saw reruns of mmpr eps I hadn’t seen on Saturday mornings, caught new eps and reruns of other series from the disney era and that was it (jetix shut down and the Saturday morning blocks ended too) years later i found the internet and lets just say i was glued to the computer and saw every series up to RPM (total bliss) so yes i second samursi is where the fall started Moving pr to netflix could potentially save the series only time can tell Yes i still love operation overdrive, bite me 😤
I used to love these. They came in Jetix channel and i woke up everyday just to watch Ninja storm at 6 am. Then dinothunder, SPD, mystic force. What a time it was
it should be 10x better. anything else is unacceptable to me. Time Force and RPM are at least 5x better with less money and tech available then we have now. I want to see them visit planets like Eltar, K035, Onyx, guest
Got some stuff to add as a life long power rangers fan. Power rangers died not due to a series but with its film and how the 20th anniversary super mega force was handled. For die hard fans the 2 years for one series was not an issue as it on paper gave the series and cast time to reset and fox issues. Samurai took advantage of this and ended quite well. Megaforce is where this blew up. Megaforce to begin with was not a popular sentai show, often called a weakpoint. But many fans were fine with it being adapted because of legendary war. This is teased in ep 1. The grand battle of all previous sentai teams in a super brawl which was the film as well in japan. So it sets up. Now the qcting was already bad with many chosen for looks, not ability but the hype calmed many of us. Add in gokaiger being very good, many of us were watching gokaiger just to get hyped. Thus we knew what to expect and we had a very strict fan time line. Add in social media showing us filming of legendary war and legacy toys, which were diecast metal of the old morphers, communicators and dragon dagger and we were hyped. And then super came out and it just sucked. We see saban booking commericals on nfl sunday, yet he refused to fly out actors for filming, cut most of it, and insulted a lot of alumni. And his staff did not know one ranger set from another. Actors would tell of costumes having wrong helmets, weapons and the production staff just not caring. And then the time came. For fans legends war was practically a script for the final epsiodes. All the previous teams fight. Then a super all the zords fight. Sentai already has done the work. A little editing is all it takes........ and what we got was a 6 minute fight scene and maybe 4 actors from old teams getting a few lines. While japan gave each team one episode and all the megazords got a movie. Whats more thru don't even use the old music. This is where it all died for fans. Japan gave this beautiful tribute to sentai and all it stood for. Being goofy and deep. And we got none of it. And with how it was divided it was a 2 year trip for us. My group of college friends, we watched it each week, all of us being pr fans as kids and it blew us away how little care was given to the season. We decided ti watch gokaigers to see what they got. None of us had seen a sentai show and it blew us away how much better it was in everyway. There in lies the problem. Now that we can see the sentai show for ourselves. If you don't use what made that series special, fans are not gonna watch. Dino charge managed to save the franchise for another 2 years, but steel had similar issues. Sentai showed all the ninja teams coming back and....... it was ignored. Hasbro started to see this and in one set of episodes managed to give quite an anniversary set and gave us master morphers. Again, lifelong fan and not trying to be critical, liked the video. But super megaforce is when power rangers failed or died. And it was built on a promise of so much more than what was given. So mich spent on advertising and yet so little given to the alumni to make it special and refusing to buy the rights to legends war. And of course not even using the old music which made the orginal series even to this day so highly regarded. Fans even went back and put in the old music just to show the missed chances and dubbed the legends war with actual show audio , just for love of the series and wanting to make it right.
For real, as much as I loved Mighty Morphin, Dino Thunder was a refined and more focused version but I watched reruns because of the history episode of Dino Thunder. RIP JDF
The past 2 seasons of Power Rangers: Dino Fury are both streaming on Netflix while the 3rd season of the show entitled Power Rangers: Cosmic Fury is expected to air sometime in late 2023!
I grew up with power rangers as a 91 baby, and yes indeed Time Force was the peak back in the first saban era. By Lost Galaxy i could tell the series was starting to mature little by little but not so much it would be TOO adult but staying in that middle ground. By Ninja Storm i had finally hit burnout and not only that the changes i could sense weren't doing it for me either. By that time I was 12, other stuff were beginning to interest me more, different anime (yugioh was booming around this time and the card game was one fire), movies (lord of the rings and star wars) and shows alike. it was cool to see JDF return as Tommy in Dino Thunder though the new sound quality still was a major turn off.
So it looks like I need to address a few things. First of all I did not “forget” that Stan Lee and Marvel were involved in Sentai at one point and that he tried to adapt Sun Vulcan. I just didn’t wanna go into too much detail about the pre power Rangers stuff. I had said “particularly by one man” meaning a lot of the attempts were by Haim but NOT just him. It’d get very disengaging to not be directly talking about Power Rangers for so long especially considering this video is long as is and seems to have more non fans as part of the audience than usual. If you want elaboration on the pre history, watch this, I highly recommend it ruclips.net/p/PLE6OVIVzh5D8-CWaqQrSyV-WAe449E4oM
Second of all, I did kinda fuck up by not making mention of the Boom Comics or Lightning Collection. They aren’t as much of centerpieces to the brand as the shows and movies and main toy lines but it was still worth mentioning, for that, I apologize.
Lastly, big shoutout thefestevil for the extended Dino charge music for the neo saban section, check out the vid, it sounds sick 🤯 ruclips.net/video/hOfxroGALuc/видео.html
have u thought about looking up more unused sentai name for a scrapped sentai part 4? ⬇️
P.s. look up unused super sentai names
@@segasonicskits I’ve thought about it, we’ll see
@@Xander_Roche 👌
So what's next
@@danishhadi740 probably some sort of ranking video and then a review on a toku show
My introduction to Power Rangers was with Dino Thunder. I was very young, my brothers and I were very into dinosaurs, so this show got our attention fast, of course, at the time I didn't know who Tommy was. I followed the show until after Mystic Force and had no idea the show ran anymore until I saw commercials for Samurai.
Yeah Samurai no matter how you feel about it is definitely a legendary series in terms of getting kids into/back into the franchise. I might have the most amount of friends online that got into the series via samurai.
My introduction was day of the dumpster back in 93 and been a fan ever since
@@kevin10001 cool that you’ve been a fan since the beginning
RPM, Samurai, and Super Samurai were the first Power Ranger shows I ever watched
I grew up with Dino Thunder,Ninja Storm,and S.P.D the Disney era was awesome for Power Rangers! Nice to see another Dino Thunder Fan!
I never knew mystic force was received poorly ..here in India it was a big deal when it was airing everyone seemed to love it..
I really liked it
no it was not. here, SPD is the king of all with Dino Thunder in tow. everyone I know and grew up with hated Mystic force and the particular season turned a lot of people away from the series all together
@@harrisonwells2908 what are you smoking bro? “Fan fav” and mystic force? Yeah, nope.
@@avinashrajbonshi bhai mere liye one of the best stories among Power rangers .....mystic force was really good idk why it got flopped ....it even has the best intro songs in my opinion
Mystic force is 🔥
wild force was just straight up beautiful. that ending was probably one of if not my first introduction to that "hole" feeling after a good show ends.
@@whatruddyloves power rangers RUclips channel
@@SonKoreo Netflix only has mighty morphin and a last few that have came out. Early this year or maybe late last year the rest went off Netflix
@@SonKoreo something to do with the rights for power rangers can’t quite remember why
That was my introduction to power rangers and it’s still my favorite
Wild force was the show that got me into power rangers
My first power rangers series was S.P.D.
I was surprised when Commander Cruger chose Jack as red ranger rather than Sky.
But I also loved the way when Jack makes his entry as a red ranger.
That was my first experience with power rangers series and then I watched more and more series after that😌 #alwayslovedpowerrangers
Ah, those after school TV times.
@@npdekuu2143 those day my guys
That was simply done because they wanted a Black dude to be a lead again
The rise the fall the rise the fall the rise and then the fall again. This series has gone through thsi
Pretty much
Oh you got that right.
So it's a roller coaster, except the up part is fun and the down part is the unfun one.
@@darkglass3011 lmao yeah actually that’s a great way of looking at it, might quote that 😂
@jimmy bown I literally didn't say anything aside from the fact that the series is losing popularity again though I haven't even dino fury I barely finished the 1st dino charge season
Came back to this video right after the death of the greatest Power Ranger of them all. RIP Jason David Frank.
Truly heartbreaking 💔
@@Xander_Roche JDF will be missed greatly.
I grew up with Samurai, remember bits and pieces from Jungle Fury, mostly the theme, and honestly kinda liked Megaforce, since at the beginning it called back my favorite show, obviously being Samurai. I also loved the anniversary special where we saw the return of several rangers, especially OG Green, but I can see the flaws, especially since I’m older now and not completely clouded by my love of superpowers, transformations and swords.
For me, Samurai started off decently enough even with the minor nitpicks I had, but that was mostly due to changes from Shinkenger. The moment Antonio showed up, it all went down hill for me cause they totally BOTCHED his character next to Genta, his Sentai counterpart. I HIGHLY recommend checking Shinkenger out if you haven’t cause it’s a THOUSAND times better than Samurai, and the team up with Go-Onger is LIGHTYEARS ahead of the shitfest that is Clash of the Red Rangers. That had continuity errors galore, unresolved plot threads, and they randomly threw in plot bits from the Shinkenger movie for some stupid reason.
holy crap you guys are young lol i grew up on in space time force wild force dino thunder etc
@@antoinewright1425 I actually was born in 1992 and grew up watching Power Rangers. I was excited when I heard Saban was gonna keep the series going, only to become a bit worried when I found out that they would be doing Shinkenger. In the brief time we had without any new episodes, I got really into Super Sentai and knew trying to adapt a season whose whole motif was Japanese Culture would go badly. I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt though and HOO BOY was I right with my initial thoughts xD
@@pockylovingranger HOLY SHIT SOME WITH A BRIAN
" I got really into Super Sentai and knew trying to adapt a season whose whole motif was Japanese Culture would go badly. "
When you look to Timeranger and Time Force. People it the same yet they cant see the little detail that make Time force GREAT
@@nuruddinshah684 Time Force is by far one of my favorite seasons to be honest. They took the overall plot of Timeranger and added on to it in a way that it made it better in the end. Timeranger still has a better opening though xD
I fell out of Power Rangers many years ago, I was always more of a Transformers kid, but I have such vivid memories of adoring Jungle Fury as a kid. This video was a cool trip down memory lane, and I hope for you guys still holding on that the series can make a comeback.
Thanks we all appreciate it
I grew up with the Disney Era and it was so awesome . I loved it as a kid and still do . All my friends and peers also grew up with power rangers as well . My favourites are SPD , Dino Thunder , Mystic Force , Jungle Fury and RPM . The last season I watched was Dino charge and I liked it .
mine kinda mixed, i dont have cable so basiclly im just watching my country''s mixed ups old shows and new.
dino thunder was gotta be my first one ive watch
Power Rangers was really popular in India. The kids of my generation who were born from 1996-2000 enjoyed the shows. I enjoyed the shows until I grew out of it. My favourites were Dino Thunder, SPD and Mystic Force.
Mystic force was my favourite, i wonder why people didn't liked it
@@luciddream5055 same
Also grew up during the Disney era but still caught some of the first couple of seasons because of the “Greatest Hits” DVD which had Forever Red, CDTD, White Light, etc
The idea for the Power Rangers didn't originate from Haim Saban, it existed earlier than that. Stan Lee from Marvel almost adapted an earlier season of Super Sentai in the early 1980s called Sun Vulcan (after already licensing Spider-Man to Toei in the late 70s which they created a live action TV show out of).
Lee (with Margaret Loesch), pitched his Sun Vulcan idea to several American TV networks, and they all rejected it.
So when Saban got his hands on Sentai, he wanted to adapt Bioman (which was the season that was airing in Japan at the time) and he too got rejected by American TV networks. Saban at least produced a pilot that never aired, but the show sat on the shelf for nearly 10 years until he pitched it to Margaret (the same one who worked with Stan Lee years earlier), and she was the one who gave Saban's Power Rangers the green light.
The First 2 Sentai were made by The Legendary Shotaro Ishinomori, creator of Kamen Rider.
Stan lee also worked on battle fever j as they even have their own separate universe in marvel
@@TheHardcoreGamer1 it's Only a Matter of time, before some Weeb working for Marvel Studio convince Disney to Buy Toei, just to put Sentai, & Riders in the MCU.
Well technically the idea for a Sentai adaption originated before Haim. Power Rangers was Saban's versio and he does get credit for naming it.
@@conradojavier7547 Did you know that large corporations are protected by Japan and no matter how bad the situation is, it will never sell to foreign countries. Well, that change some economic thing that lead to some problem nowaday in Japan, but yeah, in the dream they would sell it
Time Force is probably my favorite season of Power Rangers. I believe they had the best outfits and the acting was great too.
Facts my favorite was Turbo then Time Force after I started watching it even though I wasn’t alive for their release🤣🤣
Amen to that, Kevin.
To shed a little light on the Disney Era I want to share that my daughter grew up watching Power Rangers with me and after the Zordon era ended I noticed a big shift in her when returning from school.
Usually she'd come back with daily stories about what she and other kids at her school thought about the current season and now (post In Space) she and the other kids had far less to say. There seemed to be true interest only in the twist of the pink ranger in Lost Galaxy and the ending of Time Force. And I remember that none of the kids seemed to like Forever Red very much but that might have to do with color preference as most of them hated the color red and I guess that had an influence on which rangers they were and weren't drawn to.
Then Ninja Storm happened and there was an obsession among my daughter and the other kids at her school. With the first female blue ranger Tori, with the ninja motif that offered the rangers inherent abilities separate from their Morpher granted ones, with the hamster mascot Sensei, with Cam's journey to green samurai ranger, with Lothor and his nieces Marah and Kapri too.
It was very clearly a season that renewed interest and ratings and feedback seemed to concur. Rather than being the return to form I think Dino Thunder just capitalized well on the success of Ninja Storm. I also feel it worth mentioning the Ninja Storm and Dino Thunder crossover was the most talked about thing for my daughter and the kids at her school ever. This crossover was for whatever reason the epitome of badass to them.
They all collectively stopped caring about the franchise in general after Dino Thunder outside of checking out the Once A Ranger crossover from Operation Overdrive and having praise for it. Along with IMHO inevitable talks of a future season with the Retro Rangers team featured in that until they realized it would never happen.
They really liked seeing Tori and Kira again and the fact that Tommy wasn't the ranger at the center of the team.
After that crossover the last time my daughter had any kind of story to share about Power Rangers was one where she mentioned that her circle of friends who still even payed attention to the franchise wished Antonio was the main character in Samurai/Super Samurai and how annoyed they were at the botch that was the handling of the first female red ranger Lauren.
I myself lost interest circa Zeo, but it was interesting seeing each season and examining the highs and lows in them. I enjoyed seeing the different ways each tried to evolve the franchise's formula.
IMHO there's not really a season that was bad just some that were better than others and it boggles my mind that so many people still put Mighty Morphin at the top of their list when ranking them from best to worst as in retrospect all of Mighty Morphin was pretty gosh darned rough.
The low budget is so obvious from the presentation and production value. Some of the acting (sweet Jesus) and dialogue (product of its time though it might be) there also hasn't aged gracefully. You can really see how much Kimberly's actress in particular had to grow into her role watching it again blessed may she be.
Lol, cool. I guess your daughters all grown up now then right?
@@Xander_Roche Hey, this is the aforementioned daughter. I'm in my 30s now and reading my dad's comment actually made me tear up a little. Back in the day he introduced me to so many things that shaped the person I am today (anime, video games, wrestling, telenovelas etc etc).
Even though I long fell out of love with Power Rangers I still hope it can find its way back to the success it once had and continue having a formative impact on future generations. IMHO Power Rangers has almost always had something for everyone to enjoy even amidst many things to dislike and that IMHO is its greatest strength.
@@juanchirino4900 absolutely! Nice hearing from you, hearing you teared up reading your dad comment was so touching 😭
Can’t believe I just read all of that
@@Todoroki_minions went on a whole journey I feel part of the family now lol
My first Power Rangers were S.P.D and Dino Thunder. They used to air S.P.D repeatedly in India and every kid knew Doggy Kruger. It's like a childhood nostalgia. S.P.D was my favourite, from it's morphin sequence to songs to characters. I still remember them. 😭 Same goes for Dono Thunder.
Alongside, I absolutely loved Ninja Storm for it's light hearted environment and thought the fight between Thunder Rangers and Wind Rangers was a huge deal lol. The crossover between Ninja Storm rangers and Dino Thunder Rangers, that Japanes/Super sentai reference everything is nostalgic and beautiful for me.
I wasn't a big fan of Mystic Force and kinda liked Operation Overdrive but that's because it was interesting to see them fight, pull out their weapons in style and I liked the concept of magic and adventure.
However, the true MVP is RPM which I failed to completely grasp at the age of 10 but now that I look back, I absolutely get blown over by how detailed and well-crafted this show was. Despite some hiccups in plot, it took it's characters seriously, was genuinely funny at times, poked fun at it's own morphing and roll-call stuff, dealt with themes that are hard to portray with ease and so on.
Fast forward to Dino Charge, I already was in college and it was my younger sister with whom I sat down to watch it. Before this, I was disappointed with Samurai as it felt a bit too empty. Megaforce was a snooze fest and made me so angry because the characters literally were just cardboard cutouts. They even shamelessly copied every scene with no improvisation or even attempted to add anything. Dino Charge was interesting and I liked the characters and the whole hunting for 10 dinogems was a cool concept. The side villians were interesting and I was looking forward how that half-human half-monster being would torture rangers in its super season. Dino Super Charge was, unfortunately, just okay. Not too engaging or depth like it's predecessor and I also ended up dropping it coz I got busy.
I haven't seen any more power rangers but I tried to watch few clips on youtube and it's not that cool anymore. That Ninja one was as bad as it could be, I did see the potential but it went to waste.
The Hasbro power rangers brought back a bit of a personality to their characters but I don't know, it wasn't going anywhere for me. It felt like they think kids cannot handle darker themes and conflicts seemed to be resolved way to easily.
Dino Fury looked interesting (I think it's the current season with its super season as well). I have watched few episodes and was thinking to continue further since I liked an awkward red ranger and green girl seemed to get more footage but I kinda liked her and her brother and the whole bad parenting troupe (I stopped at ep 6 so don't know if I m wrong, no spoilers plz)
Overall, I would say I would like it more if they set up charatcer's personal motivations and make them face their fears with their whole power ranger duties either coming in their way or changing their perception or something but they're not really setting up interesting charatcer arcs for past few seasons. Like everybody's (except one or two ranger) so cool with their powers? No struggle, no personal motivations interesting enough to create conflicts, no dreams? They're not even funny or quirky anymore.
This is the reason why I am getting over power rangers.
Same bro I am from India as well and my fav is jungle fury but RPM and SPD close second and romance of rpm and character arc was my fav
did you hear the devastating news that Jason David frank died
Awesome video and great summary! The biggest thing I got out of this was how friggin Brilliant Haim Saban is! Sells PR for billions to Disney, buys it back on the cheap and revitalizes it just enough to sell it for more to Hasbro 😂
For sure. Even beyond just power Rangers, he is a very brilliant guy in terms of business. Before that, he was responsible for theme songs of some of the biggest 80’s shows. Then with power rangers, he became a big figure behind Fox Kids as a whole with things like the Digimon dub, bringing TMNT into the block, etc. Heck, he later became a big investor behind a major presidential campaign in 2016 (it was the one that lost though 😅)
I just wish he didn't stiff so many people when it came to the super megaforce team up
Haim is pretty clever, but man he has an ego.. + Not to mention he was the one to start up a huge decline although if it weren’t for him disney would’ve cancelled.
@@jamstarr true
This franchise is a big part of my childhood and I will appreciate it for giving me inspiration for my own books.
I’d say my peak of Power Rangers fandom was from Lost Galaxy to SPD (and watching many replays of the original arcs in between). I was feeling Ranger fatigue when Mystic Force was starting up and when I watched the premiere episode, I just couldn’t gel with it and the characters didn’t exactly leave a strong first impression on me. But I certainly don’t envy the task of having to follow up Dino Thunder and SPD, they were seriously tough acts. Plus I was turning 13 at the time so I was feeling pressured to move on to other interests. I’ve seen bits and pieces of subsequent seasons throughout the years since, but that run of Ranger seasons I was on really was tv magic for me. I’d definitely give RPM a shot if anything, heard plenty of good things about it. And I did also like the 2017 movie.
Yeah definitely give RPM a shot even if it isn’t your thing, it’s very different in a lot of ways but still captures the power Rangers greatness
While I loved Mystic Force, it was my last power ranger series. I instead started watching Super Sentai, and still watching.
@@angelphoenix7784 Mystic Force’s theme is goated
Bro.... I was about to comment the exact thing word for word !!!!!
@@MagicalBread Agreed
I'm not gonna pretend that I'm a diehard -G1- Mighty Morphin fan, my very first introduction to this series was through Dino Thunder and SPD with their respective 6th ranger being my favorite, Trent is literally a Sasuke version of Tommy and Omega is just too cool to not be loved, and also the intros from the Disney era are my favorite. Seriously, every single one of those intros freaking slaps. I didn't know who Tommy was at the time and if I'm being honest, even after finding out how huge he was years later, I still wouldn't change my opinion of him in this season, from what I can recall, aside from his focused episodes, Tommy was always "just there" as the black dino ranger and being the mentor figure to the other rangers.
Same here , this show got me absolutely HOOKED and the suits looked amazing
>"Diehard G1 fan"
I see what ya did there😉
Samurai was the first Power Rangers season that actually got me into Power Rangers.
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I genuinely liked mystic force but that's probably because I was a kid. I went back and watched dino thunder (although the special effects leave a lot to be desired) I loved it. its crossover with both ninja storm and SPD were just fun and great and the cast, while cheesy at times, were absolutely great. mystic force however, had a good pretence and the red ranger/wolf guy storyline was interesting it became too focal.
Nothing can top Time Force for me. That'll always be my favorite (and the greatest) season of all time in the franchise.
same but in space is my top season
Yeah I just rewatched time force and the drama was *chefs kiss*. Wes, his dad, Jen and her love twist with Alex. It was the most grown up of all the seasons, and was actually the first time the villain was too strong for the power rangers team to defeat. We got the best pink Ranger of all time, Jen, and even with Katie, the females weren’t just damsels in distress like most of the ones before them. Katie was actually the strongest of the 5. The 6th ranger was very interesting as well. Jen saying, “time force. I need to commander your vehicle.” Will always be stuck in my head lol. I love it! ❤️💛💚💙💖!!!
Eh, Time Force can’t hold a candle against Timeranger.
My last season was Supermega Force. I know Power Rangers was never known for tremendous acting but I hated how Neo-Saban forced absolute dreadful acting with no emotions from Samurai to going forward.
Seasons Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, and SPD had cheesy moments but it still had moments we could take seriously due to great acting from cast.
Yeah agreed
Megaforce is actually the season that got me back into the franchise. I heard it was super hated and watched it while babysitting. Ended up loving every single character in a way I hadn't since MMPR season 2 (every season I had at least one character I hated).
It just gave me a giddy nostalgic feel that I hadn't had in decades. I know it could have been better. But I don't really care.
I think a big part of the branding is the suits. The Nickelodeon era really didn’t put too much love into them, with mostly solid color spandex with simple designs, when before even solid color suits like the Mystic force suits looked really good. The silver super mega force and the gold samurai rangers where a big step away and I remember liking them a lot more than the others as a kid. The MMPR suits are simplistic but have a common pattern of white and red then just being red with white accents
Dude, you know the suits are made by Japan, right? They buy the suits from Super Sentai (original).
@@samusipebs oh really? I didn’t know that. Guess it’s just something you notice as the series writing go down hill.
@@jared5660 They buy everything from the Super Sentai. (Sometimes they change things)
@@jared5660 I feel like the suits Japan has been putting out though are good but could be better
I thought the samurai suits were sick lol
I've been watching Power Rangers since 1995, when I was 5. That makes this a sad video for me. I just want my childhood, which this was, back to the way it was to me. We need some key people who really care running and creating the show. It should be as good as the comics...that's what and possibly who we need working on the show. Don't stop doing adaptations either Hasbro, come on.
Sorry I made you sad 😞 but there’s always hope!
Probelm is Saban and to a lesser extent Hasbro gradually killed the show by trying to make Samurai onwards a clone of MMPR. Yet Hasbro blames the sentai adaptations. Had they allowed their writers to be creative and create an individual show for each season I'm sure the show would've done well, I mean look at some original takes like RPM, Time Force, Ninja Storm, In Space, Galaxy, Lightspeed, Dino Thunder. But the team just wanted MMPR copies that slowly killed the show. Also we had this anniversary season with Megaforce and it clearly feels like something they did because they were force and not something they did with passion for the fans. I mean look at Gokaiger all the work that went into that beautiful season and Megaforce they just slapped whatever together with hollow characters. That sad part is they were forced to behave that way because a lot of them spoke out and said they were told to dumb down their acting. I 100% believe if the MMPR mandates were dropped and Saban was operating like he did in his earlier. years this franchise would have been much more successful. What's sad is that Hasbro kept the MMPR mandates. If you want to relive MMPR again the best way to do it is Dino Thunder write a modern take of the story not copy the phrases and the characters.
I was born the same year Power Rangers aired. To me it's like every series represents every year of my life. It's been around that long!
Power Rangers SPD still is a wonderful show to watch as an adult...It is hands down the best Power Rangers
100% agreed
Yea, SPD's the GOAT.
No
SPD is goated but Time Force deserves a mention
@Tevyn Monismith damn
I'll never forget power rangers ninja storm the intro still gives goosebumps till this day. Power rangers forever ❤
This statement I have reflects on the show and not the toys:
Back when I first became a Power Rangers fan, I used to like Samurai and Megaforce. But around the time I was 16 during Dino Supercharge, I came to my senses and saw all the flaws in Neo-Saban executions. I even spent a whole year binge-watching every Power Rangers season there was, MMPR to Dino Charge, and that point on I started to learn how Saban Brands and Nickelodeon underestimated both children and fans, forcing MMPR aesthetics like it’s still 1993, and neglected to understand modern society in 2010s and 2020s (smartphones, fashion, fidget spinners, etc.) I see this problem being Saban Brands’ budget because it was formed in 2010; it was a small company. Big brands like that meant more than Saban could handle. I wish to say that if Haim Saban wasn’t a billionaire.
With Power Rangers under Hasbro, I was hoping for major improvements for Beast Morphers. I had mixed feelings for it and the flaws stick out to me once again; while it tried to not rush the lore over the fillers, unnatural dialogue and lack of impact with the plot was still there and could have killed my interests. I wished Beast Morphers Season 2 had a better ending IMO; didn’t like the human Steel thing and didn’t fit his characteristic. With Dino Fury, I was hoping the show gets better and it still improved in some parts. I wanted Hasbro to hire new writers and executives for the show. But by that time Dino Fury S1 aired, I started to distance myself from Power Rangers in favor of retro and indie gaming and a bit of Kamen Rider. Overall, I have strong hope that Hasbro should know how to make Power Rangers enjoyable and relevant again.
I felt kinda in the middle on Dino Fury and Beast Morphers, I don’t hate them as much as their haters, but I don’t love them as much as their lovers. I really do hope they get stuff sorted out to make Cosmic Fury something to remember…
@@Xander_Roche I’m also hoping they do something creative and more interesting next year.
I fell off around the time Operation Overdrive came out. For about ten years, I stopped paying attention to Power Rangers. It wasn't until the 2017 movie came out that I decided to pay attention to the franchise again. I watched some seasons I missed that I was recommended and enjoyed (Jungle Fury and RPM). I tried watching some of the shows from the Neo Saban era, and I couldn't bring myself to finish it. It felt like a massive regression from all the progress the brand had made to this point, all to capture the glory days of MMPR and to milk the nostalgia for all it's worth. Then I was introduced to the comics and Hyper Force and fell in love with them because they provided me with everything I think the shows haven't for over a decade. They are the only things I give the time of day currently.
@@RuffWarl0ck Definitely should’ve brought up hyper force. That did a lot for a lot of fans it seems. Anyways, yeah a lot of people felt that way about Neo-Saban. I’m curious cause, have you watched the Hasbro series? I see about an even amount of people who say it keeps going in with MMPR nostalgia infusion vs that it’s shifting away from that now.
@@Xander_Roche I have seen some of Beast Morphers and Dino Fury. I am very neutral so far. The Hasbro era has made some notable changes, but I still see some remnants of the Neo Saban era that need to be purged from the system. Dino Fury bringing Zedd back really didn't do it any favors. I am very whelmed and am not paying much attention to it. I am taking a wait-and-see approach with Hasbro. We are still in a transition, and I am hoping the rebranding will finally set the brand back on the right track.
Despite general receptions, RPM, Samurai, and Mystic Force gotta be some of my favorites. Unrelated but I remember being scared of the monsters in the old Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie as a kid lol
I agree. Mystic Force is my absolute favorite. I also quite loved Samurai.
RPM felt like everything was at stake. Post apocolyptic in the last city on earth
Epic. Theme was fire too.
I got into power rangers with Light speed as a very young kid seeing re-runs in Europe. What I think has been lost the most in the evolutions that Saban originally under took was it had a story or themes that were more mature in some ways like in Light speed with the silver rangers arc and the whole car accident into watching your child potentially fall to their death. I think during the Disney era SPD also did a good job with some more complex ideas simplified to allow younger viewers feel like they are understanding a bigger picture and for those who missed it/didn't care it didn't destroy the shows pacing.
All my favourites are in the end of Saban and a little bit of Disney, especially RPM that was just excellent.
Absolutely agree with the SPD comment. The show did teaching messages and appealing to just anyone who likes the power Rangers concept (albeit that’s mostly kids still) perfectly.
Lightspeed Rescue is the reason why I am in the Military.
i had been introduced to the power rangers series via the disney era, wild force, dino thunder, and SPD were some of my favourites ever, mystic force and samurai also both holding special places in my heart, and the only pre-disney era one i had watched as a child was lightspeed rescue. while as an adult the acting and such can sometimes feel lackluster, the show still manages to be great
I watched Power Rangers from the beginning until In Space, which seemed to end all evil in the Universe. I was really confused, when Lost Galaxy aired and some new monstrous enemies showed up^^ But i still liked it, because this season had a more serious tone on it (i think it was the first time, that we really saw a damaged Ranger Suit with Leo's broken helmet). Also: Even as a guy i found it awesome, when Leo ripped his shirt away to fight Dracina with only the Quasar Sword.
After that, i didn't had the TV capabilities to watch other shows so i never watched Lightspeed Rescue and Time Force. My reentry came with Dino Thunder and that thing was awesome. A new Team and with Tommy as Mentor.
I watched the shows until Mega Force aired and man... the writers really botched that one. I saw a crossover in the japanese Super Sentai originals with the two teams and because they switch every team after the final boss, the sudden Pirate theme made so much more sense to me.
The Psycho Ranger greatly damaged the space rangers in their first episode and left them half dead at the end of their first episode.
@@JSmoothSoul Ah, ok. I remember the Psychos, but not every detail
I'm an MMPR kid. I stopped after In Space. But I've seen a few random episodes over the years and I definitely got hooked on Dino Thunder and Ninja Storm. I got into the theme song, the characters and the story, especially Ninja Storm. I also liked the 2017 movie and was looking forward to the sequel. But the rest of the various iterations just never captured me at all. I'm in my 30s now and just a few months ago I followed a LIVE stream of Ninja Storm. So, even at my age it still holds up. Definitely has some cheese, but the characters are endearing.
Yeah, there’s always going to be cheese purely based on the concept of Power Rangers but it can still breed greatness
Not a fan of the early Saban era, but I can say In Space until Time Force are consider solid series. Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, Jungle Fury and RPM are other series that have their own unique story and characterization which are good thing; I might re-watch SPD again since most people keep praising how great this show was, but mostly right after I re-watch Dekaranger for the second time before doing that.
For the Megaforce series, the first episode itself already has raised the doom flag and Super Megaforce opening theme song from Goseiger to Gokaiger; I immediately knew this series going to be bad and I nailed it without watching the whole series. For Nickelodeon not listening the fans it could be true or not, because I felt like they were listening to those aggressive fans using death threat, suicide or whatever the fuck out things these people came to mind in order to achieve their demand.
they just uploaded SPD in full on youtube. it really is a great episodic season with great interconnected character arcs and a over arcing story that they set up and did a good job getting it across despite it not being the focus. No season did episodic better because each episode feels like standard TV instead of useless filler, The average Primetime Drama is episodic so that's never been PR's problem it's the fact that most episodes are pointless SPD did it right. But the best formula for me is time Force and RPM great characters story reduced cheese and increased drama
SPD is wildly inconsistent. Overall a mediocre PR season.
@@MeliorIlle Not even remotely true lol
@@T_Black_Lodge Dude, you're a grown man. This show is for kids, all of the seasons are horrible compared to other media. There are a handful of seasons that compared to the other seasons are "better", but that's comparing trash to slightly less smelly trash.
In space was suppose to be the last season turbo rating was really bad and in space save the show
In India, when there was no kids' content much in 90s, the power rangers were introduced which was dubbed in many Indian languages and it took channel's TRP to a whole new level. And in 2000s, that's when mystic force, Dino thunder, ninja storm came, the TRP of Jetix (channel that was telecasting power rangers at that time if I'm not wrong) sky rocketed and almost every kid was addicted to those shows. But I guess RPM was the last nostalgic power rangers. Later, despite samurai was good, the fandom gradually reduced (atleast here in India). We still chat about those shows and even when if our 90s bros joins the chat, we always fight which were good whether it was 90s power rangers or 2000s
Ahh... Nostalgia
I remember watching power rangers as a kid ever since samurai, I never heard of the older seasons when I was a child, but when I got older and did my research on these shows, I decided to watch them staring from MMPR to Dino Fury.
(I edit this because auto-correct.)
P.S: I'm 13 now I didn't remember how old was I when I watch samurai or it could be megaforce. I don't know.
Yeah I watched all of Samurai season 1’s first half to begin with as a kid but got introduced to the other seasons not long after cause on my birthday my parents got me some Operation Overdrive episodes on DVD and my friend had Jungle Fury which I’d watch when I went to his house.
I was first introduced to the series via Super Sentai. In 2001, I watched Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger thanks to my grandmother who lives in Japan. From then on, it became a childhood obsession.
I remember feeling underwhelmed when I saw its English counterpart, Power Rangers Wild Force.
Power Rangers was the only american tokusatsu from 90s that survive past nineties
When zyurangers adapted into first Power Rangers season, it changed from "people from age of dinosaurs(when it plays like Lord of the Rings) wakes up in modern days" to "high school kids getting superpowers from alien"
Cool video. I was never a Power Rangers fan growing up. It never came to my radar. But a while ago I started to look into it and realized it's a pretty cool franchise. It isn't for me but I like the premise of it. Side note, I also don't watch Super Sentai but I am in love with the "sister series" Pretty Cure or Precure. It's a magical girl anime that has gotten some influence from Super Sentai, and as well as Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball. I highly recommend it.
Yeah that’s fair enough to not really feel the franchise. It’s more for some people than others. I’ll have to check out pretty cure, I’ve heard a lot about it and remembered watching some airing episodes (not sure which show specifically) last year on discord with friends right before Kamen Rider and Super Sentai would air since it’s all on tv asahi.
My first Power Rangers show was Ninja Storm and I even played the gameboy game of it. This video really made me remember my childhood and hit me with a bunch of nostalgia. Thank you.
AGHHHHH THE PAIN....
Memory of the old Gameboy PR game....
In Space was the first series I saw in the late 90s. Always loved the bad blood between Ecliptor and Darconda, and enjoyed Astronama’s story arc. Lost Galaxy is my overall favourite though. Magna Defender is probably the deciding factor there. His death scene is arguably the all time best Power Rangers scene, and the series has a darker and more mature feel to it with the sacrifices made by Mike/Magna Defender/Kendrix/Leo when it really matters.
Hasbro is definitely a rise Beast Morphers and Dino Fury were great seasons and felt like they respected the mythos and lore of the past. Cosmic Fury is exciting because it can show what this franchise can do mostly without relying on Sentai as we head into the 2024 reboot, David Yost MMPR (Yes this is seperate from Cosmic Fury), and apparent Animated Show Hasbro has been pitching.
Hasbro also has the lightning collection which has been very popular when it comes to the toys. And the comics are going strong as ever.
This franchise is going to new heights and I'm here for it.
Factors:
1. NON-UNION, meaning underpaid actors/actresses, incompetent writers, not hiring additional production staff
2. WORK HARASSMENTS BEHIND THE SCENES.
3. FANDOM TOXICITY, due to lack of hiring agents, only a handful admittedly hated being there: Emma Lahana, James Napier, Michael Taber and Camille Hyde
4. NO PROMOTIONS AND STAGE SHOW EVENTS. For being too cheap, they can't afford to plan events.
5. OVER RELIANCE ON LORE THAN MAKING IT A STANDALONE.
All absolutely could be a big part of it
zordon era OG best. i liked how saban really turned the sentais and completely gave it a new story. made it feel special rather than just translating text and dubbing it
This is like meeting an old friend from your childhood and seeing them doing horribly in life
I grew up with Nickelodeon in 2010’s
My fav power rangers to this day is samurai/Super samurai
Got me into samurai and made me like Coryxkenshin a lot which is prolly y he’s my fav RUclipsr
I liked how in megaforce they went back in time and use previous rangers,it was refreshing to see jaden after power rangers samurai
Hopefully Cosmic Fury will be a great anniversary season. I need this franchise to rise from the ashes and be something worthwhile again.
Fingers crossed 🤞🏽
me too. they could do some much things with just having slightly increased budget and episode length. What i want them to do is have netflix on their ass about useless filler. Power Rangers doesn't need 44 episodes to tell these simple ass stories and we don't need a megazord battle in every episode. the show needs to be written in arcs like the comics and give them time to include the elements i mentioned. They need to go back to playing up the tension drama not playing down
@@JSmoothSoul Yeah. I would like for them to go back to the 32 episode format, since I think that worked best for them.
@@JcgLounge if they cut focus episodes and include focus scenes and plots we can cut things to 10 or 15 eps also maybe go to a 40 min format and cut zords in every ep. growing should be for the boss and general fights.
@@JcgLounge also not monster of the day. just about 5 or 10 generals with maybe some monster to fill the battles. RPM and mystic force kinda showed how you could do it
Just wanted to congratulate you man, this video blew up and your hard work shows 👍
Thank you so much. Yeah I’m very shocked that it’s managed to do *this* good
But heres the thing without mmpr we wouldn't have Bryan Cranston in breaking bad😂
I was introduced to power rangers with samurai in summer vacations. When school started i thought only I had seen the show , but Eveybody was hyped about it . Even our teacher knew about it from her son . One of the most impactful power rangers in my life
I grew up right as power rangers hit its nickelodeon Era and I grew up with megaforce and looking back it wasn't horrible it's just that the actors needed to be better... also jungle fury is top tier and very underrated
THIS.
forever red was so cool to see
I first saw it on youtube back in the day but I couldn't believe all of the reds were in the same place like that
From Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, SPD, Jungle Fury to Mystic force. Golden era of Power Rangers. I'm grateful my childhood was during these shows and not the later ones who completely destroyed the image and brand. 😄
My favourite is Power Rangers Ninja Storm. Although Wildforce was there at the time of Ninja Storm, Ninja storm was too funny, action and great drama. We miss U Pua Magasiva. Thanks for the memories u have given us.
As someone who generally grew up in the Disney Era of Power Rangers I recall Mystic Force being less of a 'failure' and more split between more recent fans versus people who'd been around since some of the older seasons as it was definitely the series (at the time.) changed a lot of the usual Power Rangers formula starting with thematic (though that in part has to do with the Super Sentai series.)
And while there is a lot of 'flak' given to Samurai by older fans it 100% did get people back into Power Rangers and I feel like a lot of that flak comes from the next series being Megaforce which yeah no matter the Era of Power Rangers you were a fan of at the time you 100% probably felt annoyed with it.
As a power rangers fan myself Samurai was the first power rangers show i watched as a kid and i loved it.
I am so glad that I started watching Power Rangers live on TV with Dino charge. I was so hooked after that first episode, that I immediately went to Toys “R” Us, when that was still around, and bite both the dino gun transformation device and the megazord. And a few of the dino charger power packs and zords along the way, as I was waiting for the gold ranger stuff to show up. I still haven’t gotten the dino saber, silver ranger morpher, and most of the repaints that Bandai put out at the time.
Rip Toys R Us 😭
@@Xander_Roche yeah, that was my go-to place for power rangers stuff during Dino Charge. During the Dino charge hiatus between episode eight and nine, I actually went back and bought the legendary, kind of ironic name, and the samurai megazords. I still have to find the Gosei Great megazord (both American and Japanese import versions)
Same real shame it will never be the same here ever again
Everywhere else it's as great as ever and here in the US it's a mid macys store and a alright little store in here in nj
I honestly had no issues with any of the Power Rangers, as a kid I was just happy they had so many on TV for me to watch.
Bro. You're telling me your only 17!!! Great research amd good job grasping how the Fandom and audience felt at the time of each show, even though you were 2 when overdrive came out, you got how we felt.
Great work. It's been rough being a fan the last 10 years. I was 16 when rpm came out... I've never been able to have the same excitement for the show since, I thought wow power rangers is really advancing its storytelling I can't wait for Samurai and... well you put it in the video
Good work
Thanks haha. Yeah I just turned 17 and I’ve been a fan since Samurai when I was like 5. Being apart of the fandom for so long made me stumble upon a lot of old messageboards where I’ve seen the insane amount of hate for Overdrive (which hasn’t changed much) and quite a bit for Jungle Fury too (which I think has changed). I also very much feel where a lot of the criticism came from. When I rewatched in 2016 or so I remembered it feeling so unlikeable.
And that RPM comment, man it makes me really hope that I can get an experience like that with Cosmic Fury or whatever comes after as I’m about the same age now as you were then and I wanna get deeply invested in a currently airing rangers show. Anyways thanks for watching and enjoying my video! The support always makes me happy!
Dino Thunder, Ninja Storm, and Mystic Force are the Power Ranger shows that I grew up with.
As someone who got in through SPD and dino thunder arguably 2 of the best seasons....i feel old watching this😂
Wish I got in through them as well but I still got to experience them when I was a kid which was cool
Man I still love those Ranger uniforms those are the Best in my opinion
My intro to Power Rangers was with Samurai. i remember getting home from school and doing my homework as fast as i could so i could watch the new episodes. i still remember every bit of both seasons like the back of my hand.
I think Super Sentai own decline might've been another minor factor for the Power Ranger.
Power Rangers was in its prime in the 1990s and early 2000s with the Fox Kids Era during my childhood years. From Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to Power Rangers Wild Force it was very popular. But with Walt Disney Corporation bought Saban Entertainment's library of cartoons and Toei titles (including Digimon and Power Rangers) in 2001, it went downhill in 2002 through 2008.
If you haven't got a grasp on how toy sales are going for Hasbro, let me put this into perspective for you:
Their best sales have come from rehashing toys from the first Saban run.
I am very massively fond of Disney Era Power Rangers. It's what I grew up with and what made me a fan. I've watched every Series after getting into it, and stayed a fan since.
And this is why I stuck with the original Super Sentai counterparts.
Fair, I haven’t watched power Rangers much until recently, this video pumped the mood to rewatch shows back into me lol
wild force was my favorite power rangers show of all time :) dino thunder, ninja storm were all cool too. but from samurai onwards, i think i just grew up and didnt really watch it anymore. i wouldnt mind watching wild force, turbo, mighty morphin, dino thunder and ninja storm all over again tho :')
Disney moved production of the franchise from Los Angeles to New Zealand after Wild Force ended, resulting in the closure of MMPR Productions
Indeed
The downfall started from Megaforce and Nickelodeon forcing them to make 2 different Sentai adaption as 2 different seasons
I wont nitpick certain things but as someone whose been with the series from the start, dropped out early into Disney era and just went full sentai, your video does help me gauge where the series misteps lay and why its been hard to get back into it. Though from it as well Ive gathered that there are a few critically well received series that I might have to check out.
Yeah man. Well what season in particular did you drop off with in the Disney era and was it because you didn’t like it or did Sentai itself make you disinterested?
I feel like you should definitely check out RPM if you haven’t already. That one was super super different from Go-Onger and definitely worth everyone’s time for just executing a great concept very well. I also think you may wanna check out Dino Fury even if you don’t end up liking it as it gives context as to where power Rangers is right now in its direction. Jungle Fury you might wanna check out if Gekiranger wasn’t for you. The word on the street is that everyone always likes one and not the other, they’re like different takes on the same show essentially.
@@Xander_Roche I dropped out a few episodes into SPD's airing, from then, I did swap exclusively to Sentai. Since Magiranger was my first Sentai week to week and Dekaranger was watched at the same time, I felt a slight "been there done that" feeling. Also there was a Toku-Snob side I had developed when I first discovered the source material, but thats long passed.
But since I have seen Sentai Week to Week SINCE 2004, theres only a handful of seasons I NOPE'd out of during initial viewing and Go-Onger was one of them due to the Go-Onwings. So RPM sounds like a good contender, meanwhile Gekiranger was one of my Favorites at the time so I'm a little hesitant on Jungle Fury for that reason.
@@ZEOAGITO oh yeah definitely check out RPM then and avoid Jungle Fury probably I’d say. Also maybe revisit/finish SPD at that.
Power Rangers was so popular here in the USA, it even aired in Japan when it wasn't supposed to, originally. It even got a Japanese dub and Power Rangers was actually pretty popular in its' own right over there and they consider that and Sentai to be two separate shows, since they made enough differences. It is pretty cool that Japan is one of several regions to where they had both the original Super Sentai and its' U.S. adaptation Power Rangers released dubbed. But it is a bit confusing and has its' own history over there, like how Kamen Rider had a history here in the west.
MMPR was given a Japanese dub and made its' debut on October 5, 1995. Only Season 1 and most of Season 2 of it was dubbed, only 100 episodes total. For some reason, the dub voice cast was changed for MMPR after episode 49. But the rest of Season 2 (the last 12 episodes did not get shown) as well as Season 3 wasn't dubbed, despite it actually had pretty good ratings and even aired on TV Asahi, the same open broadcast network as Super Sentai, but was on a different timeslot to avoid conflict with Sentai. As for the MMPR movie, it was dubbed but with a different voice cast. Yet, because Season 3 wasn't dubbed, it didn't lead them to Zeo, which was also skipped.
After the 100 episodes of MMPR and the movie, they then just went straight to Turbo, as they aired the Turbo movie on TV in 1999, then later aired the series. But unlike the other seasons, they did dub both the movie and all episodes in full. As well as In Space and Lost Galaxy, as all episodes were dubbed from those two as well. With all episodes of In Space being dubbed, that even included the crossover with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Ninja Turtles The Next Mutation, making it the only time Japan ever saw any form of it, and the only time Venus de Milo got seen by Japanese audiences. TMNT is also popular in Japan too.
Only 24 out of 40 episodes of Lightspeed Rescue were dubbed as some episodes were skipped. But Time Force and most of the Disney era shows did not get dubbed nor even subtitled. Although they did dub SPD in 2011 and Mystic Force in 2012. Interestingly for SPD, Toei got back the Dekaranger cast to reprise their roles to dub over their western counterparts, as commemoration of the 35th anniversary of Super Sentai while Gokaiger was airing, as a first of a part of Toei's "Power Rangers Japanese dubbing project."
The last of the PR series to get a Japanese dub was Power Rangers Samurai. Megaforce was only shown with subtitles. And the very last PR project to get a Japanese dub, was the 2017 reboot movie.
When it comes to the most popular Power Rangers seasons to air in the country and given that they were dubbed and aired in full, Japanese fans usually pick Lost Galaxy and SPD, which I can understand why the latter got popular there.
It's not likely if Toei will ever dub or subtitle more PR in the future, given they also have Super Sentai already. But as I said earlier, they are two separate shows.
Yeah I do understand why it’s kind of a problem to have two aesthetically shared shows airing together in terms of marketing unless they became different completely though
@@Xander_Roche When MMPR got a Japanese dub and was airing staring on October 5, 1995 on TV Asahi, they were also having Chouriki Sentai Ohranger on, at that time. 30 episodes were already airing up to that date. Episode 30 aired on September 29, 1995 followed by Episode 31 airing October 13, 1995. There was a bit of a gap given how most new episodes usually air once every week on one after another.
Samurai had to be the first power rangers show that I watched and introduced me to power rangers
Yep same here
Me too
I’m an early 2000s kid and my intro to power rangers was ninja storm. I had the lightning strikers dvd and I would constantly rewatch the return to thunder arc at my grandmas house (I also had a few jungle fury figures). Being that it’s the 2010s, Netflix came in clutch with every single series. Samurai, megaforce, and Dino charge are what I primarily watched (I also decided to watch mystic force and rpm). I think I stopped caring about power rangers when I was like 13 but it felt great back then
I am liking where the show is going with Dino Fury but it definitely can gain a new hight in making power rangers great again. The show has a long way to go. I am interested to see where Hasbro takes the brand.
Me too
Watching this now knowing the context beyond Saban's influence on the last few series, how they MANDATED the lack of ongoing storylines (under the argument of kids not understanding them), the fart jokes, and not even having the Ninja Steel Rangers be ninja...this all feels impactful.
Even more new stuff about the mandates have come out that really explains why the seasons felt so lazily written and low effort. Apparently they’re going away for Cosmic Fury though…
Very great video, Id like to add that ninja steel began well but did have a decline similar to dino charge. NS toys did always sell pretty poorly, I blame the 2017 film for taking up all the attention toy wise. So many kids were confused over what figures to buy, even a amount of the 2017 toyline took a hit. I always blamed the 2017 film for the franchise’s decline financially but critically i guess it was declining since samurai. Speaking of which I definitely need to watch shinkenger, I always hear of samurai taking too much from it but hearing it really is a watered down version of it is wild.
Shinkenger is my first ever Sentai too and still my second favorite tokusatsu show of all time. To me it was all of the great ideas of Samurai with what was missing and it makes its cast and story feel so memorable and impactful. Have fun with it, don’t get your hopes too high though cause it’s not going to be for everyone…
I'm glad to know people like In Space, it was my first Power Ranger and still probably the coolest Power Ranger I ever watched.
man, this is an acid trip of nostalgia
I was introduced to Power Rangers... Unintentionally... I started getting into the series around when Samurai was coming out specifically because we had cable for a little bit (although we really didn't use it) and Samurai was on one day, after that I looked on Netflix to see if there was any more of these "Power Rangers" and found Jungle Fury and Time Force. Those were my real first Power Rangers series and I absolutely loved it, I couldn't really get into some others like SPD or Ninja Storm (honestly don't know why) but, most other series I've watched I've liked. I may not be the intense fan of it I once was but the core 5 stories (I say "Stories" because Samurai is 2 series) of my childhood were Time Force, Dino Thunder, Jungle Fury, RPM, and both Samurai series. Megaforce is unfortunately where I started to... I don't wanna say grow out of it but... Kinda? I dunno I always watched as new episodes came out but it didn't have that same spark as the others. Nowadays I just see they're mostly trying to sell Toys which... Is always the case but I feel like they're reusing a lot of things... Granted yes Dinosaurs will always be cool but there comes a point where it's almost something you COULD expect when that's... Not really what Power Rangers was for me, the unexpected craziness that was in every episode (even the ones that didn't have any long term effect) was just so cool. But yeah I'm rambling great video!
i grew up with ninja storm it was the best entry for me to the powe ranger franchise
My buddy from high school went to work for Saban entertainment. He created a lot of the monsters. He used to draw the monsters on paper and showed them to me back in the day. It dropped off because when all the original cast members left, it became a rotating door of new actors every single season. When the cast members asked for more money, they got sent to a world peace summit 😂😂😂😂😂😂, then they got shown the door 🚪.
That’s super cool, and yeah Saban did Trini, Jason, and Zacks actors dirty fs
I like dekaranger more than SPD, maybe because I just think Deka is more like a police show and has more good episodes...
What do you think of SPD ?
@@comicbookking3446 Meh...I do not like the main story of SPD(revenge of Crugger and Grumm), which is more samurai/cowboy-like, and that does not fit in the police theme. Also, SPD's episodes without main arc are either same as dekaranger or the simplified version of dekaranger ones.
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Rest in peace rangers
My first series was lost galaxy the magna defender was so cool. They really didn’t have much as rangers compared to some others. In space had more than lost galaxy Fr. But I was a kid still enjoyed
it really went from
mighty morphin to turbo (rise and fall)
from in space to overdrive (rise fall)
overdrive to mega force (fall to plunge)
mega force to beast morphers (debatable)
beast morphers to now (also debatable since part 2 isn’t out yet)
What about RPM? That was a rise!
Missing team ups: Jungle Fury vs Overdrive(2008),
RPM vs Jungle Fury(2009), Megaforce vs Samurai(2013...Super Megaforce did all of this.) 2 seasons of 1 sentai...BAD IDEA. Missing adaptations: Toquger,Zyuogher,Kyuranger,Lupinranger vs Patranger.
Netflix tries so hard to hate Toei,The company that developed Super Sentai that became Power Rangers in 1993 (Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. 1992 source material.)
@@JB6GD684 jungle fury and rpm were amazing so i have no idea why i ignored it
@@kiru___ the literal reason was probably different networks and budget
I always had this Idea of Making a Transformers/Power Rangers crossover series in my mind, mixing elements for the TF Masterforce Anime. IDK if that would that would work but it sounded interesting to me. Also The show that Introduced me to the franchise was Mystic Force.
RPM is hands down my favourite. Great characters and development (especially Ziggy and Dillon), great acting, great writing, great dialogue, a dark plot, and a villain that actually succeeded in bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. It was so dark and intense for PR and I was all for it
Funny thing is that the best, most interesting and mature Power Rangers ever we can now see in the Boom Studio comic book series. It's really amazing, they created cool and engaging storyline based on MMPR and then continually making in better and bigger with respect to the source and buliding fascinating mythology that is really impressive and fun to read. I wonder why tv shows were never that good - they have all these storylines at their feet, it just needed a little work and few ideas. i hope that these new Netflix Original shows will be at least in some part based on Boom comic books.
I for one, really love the hasbro era, not as great as the Disney era but better than neo saban imo
Same here, a lot of people would say that we have risen once again, I am neutral for now
Agreed. It’s a marked improvement and the shows are indeed good, but it would still take a a lot more to overcome the damage Neo-Saban caused.
As a 13 year old who loved the disney and og saban era entering Samurai, you could tell something was off. Despite it being nothing like Power rangers was, the series will always hold a special place in my heart
I started off with operation overdrive in 06’ and loved it, i had the dvd for the crossover epsiode “once a ranger” then after exclaiming my love for this series i got introduced to a box of vhs’ and saw mmpr’s first season and the movie (i was hella confused as to why the characters changed 😂)
i saw reruns of mmpr eps I hadn’t seen on Saturday mornings, caught new eps and reruns of other series from the disney era and that was it (jetix shut down and the Saturday morning blocks ended too) years later i found the internet and lets just say i was glued to the computer and saw every series up to RPM (total bliss)
so yes i second samursi is where the fall started
Moving pr to netflix could potentially save the series only time can tell
Yes i still love operation overdrive, bite me 😤
Overdrive interestingly was my second season
I like the concept of Operation Overdrive. I wish it were executed better.
@@RuffWarl0ck I can agree with you there, especially when you’ve watched what cane before and the couple seasons after.
I used to love these. They came in Jetix channel and i woke up everyday just to watch Ninja storm at 6 am. Then dinothunder, SPD, mystic force. What a time it was
Let’s just hope that Power Rangers cosmic fury can be as good as Power Rangers in space, or better.
it should be 10x better. anything else is unacceptable to me. Time Force and RPM are at least 5x better with less money and tech available then we have now. I want to see them visit planets like Eltar, K035, Onyx, guest
Got some stuff to add as a life long power rangers fan. Power rangers died not due to a series but with its film and how the 20th anniversary super mega force was handled.
For die hard fans the 2 years for one series was not an issue as it on paper gave the series and cast time to reset and fox issues. Samurai took advantage of this and ended quite well.
Megaforce is where this blew up. Megaforce to begin with was not a popular sentai show, often called a weakpoint. But many fans were fine with it being adapted because of legendary war. This is teased in ep 1. The grand battle of all previous sentai teams in a super brawl which was the film as well in japan. So it sets up. Now the qcting was already bad with many chosen for looks, not ability but the hype calmed many of us. Add in gokaiger being very good, many of us were watching gokaiger just to get hyped. Thus we knew what to expect and we had a very strict fan time line. Add in social media showing us filming of legendary war and legacy toys, which were diecast metal of the old morphers, communicators and dragon dagger and we were hyped.
And then super came out and it just sucked. We see saban booking commericals on nfl sunday, yet he refused to fly out actors for filming, cut most of it, and insulted a lot of alumni. And his staff did not know one ranger set from another. Actors would tell of costumes having wrong helmets, weapons and the production staff just not caring.
And then the time came. For fans legends war was practically a script for the final epsiodes. All the previous teams fight. Then a super all the zords fight. Sentai already has done the work. A little editing is all it takes........ and what we got was a 6 minute fight scene and maybe 4 actors from old teams getting a few lines. While japan gave each team one episode and all the megazords got a movie. Whats more thru don't even use the old music. This is where it all died for fans. Japan gave this beautiful tribute to sentai and all it stood for. Being goofy and deep. And we got none of it. And with how it was divided it was a 2 year trip for us.
My group of college friends, we watched it each week, all of us being pr fans as kids and it blew us away how little care was given to the season. We decided ti watch gokaigers to see what they got. None of us had seen a sentai show and it blew us away how much better it was in everyway.
There in lies the problem. Now that we can see the sentai show for ourselves. If you don't use what made that series special, fans are not gonna watch. Dino charge managed to save the franchise for another 2 years, but steel had similar issues. Sentai showed all the ninja teams coming back and....... it was ignored. Hasbro started to see this and in one set of episodes managed to give quite an anniversary set and gave us master morphers.
Again, lifelong fan and not trying to be critical, liked the video. But super megaforce is when power rangers failed or died. And it was built on a promise of so much more than what was given. So mich spent on advertising and yet so little given to the alumni to make it special and refusing to buy the rights to legends war. And of course not even using the old music which made the orginal series even to this day so highly regarded. Fans even went back and put in the old music just to show the missed chances and dubbed the legends war with actual show audio , just for love of the series and wanting to make it right.
dino thunder is the goat tbh ....that one was the one that got hooked me on the power rangers
Yoooo fax it was so cool when I was little
For real, as much as I loved Mighty Morphin, Dino Thunder was a refined and more focused version but I watched reruns because of the history episode of Dino Thunder. RIP JDF
The past 2 seasons of Power Rangers: Dino Fury are both streaming on Netflix while the 3rd season of the show entitled Power Rangers: Cosmic Fury is expected to air sometime in late 2023!
Power Rangers Showrunners every few years: lets cancel this
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I grew up with power rangers as a 91 baby, and yes indeed Time Force was the peak back in the first saban era. By Lost Galaxy i could tell the series was starting to mature little by little but not so much it would be TOO adult but staying in that middle ground. By Ninja Storm i had finally hit burnout and not only that the changes i could sense weren't doing it for me either. By that time I was 12, other stuff were beginning to interest me more, different anime (yugioh was booming around this time and the card game was one fire), movies (lord of the rings and star wars) and shows alike. it was cool to see JDF return as Tommy in Dino Thunder though the new sound quality still was a major turn off.