When I think about Lauren from PR Samurai, I think about how Linkara described her and her treatment in her show, despite her being a great character and I wish she was done better as a character and leader with the other Rangers.
I’m glad I’m not the only one thinks or see how the other Rangers, treated her or doesn’t seem to care about her after Jayden left the team. Because Jaden decided to leave the team and the torch to her sister, then don’t seem to care or knowledge her existence or her feelings they could be hurting her. But all they care about was Jaden and how they can’t be a team or fights without him and forget that, Lauren is there and they just abandoned and don’t seem to care about her after that once Jayden is gone. As they just stop acknowledging her as they can’t stop think about Jayden, what’s the worst that they can’t follow in Lauren because she isn’t Jayden. I mean, how many to say that to her. Even didn’t say that to her face, you can see her in the pain in her face. When she heard that, none of them seem to care that they may have hurt her feelings. I guess Kevin the only decent person to stay with her, but like you no one seem to be by her side. As they just got up and abandoned her and just try to look for Jayden, as they didn’t care how much Lauren tried so hard to help. Didn’t seem to care for her at all. I’m not surprised at the end of the episode, she only said goodbye to Jaden after she went off on her way. Didn’t wait for the other Rangers to her see off, as they didn’t at least mentioned or asked Jayden where Lauren. As it shows they didn’t really give a damn about her to asks where Lauren off to.
Appreciate you for making this video, and speaking out on the topic. Many don't give Lauren enough credit, she was an awesome character and had the capabilities to be a great leader. I honestly felt they mishandled her, and they team not wanting to give her a chance just because that attachment they had to Jayden so they treated her like she didn't matter and put her on the back burner. It's like having a mentor, then a new person comes in and train's you you're probably not going to be comfortable with. I believe her skills was far beyond Jayden's as well. Fun fact! in the Power Rangers Legacy Wars mobile game Lauren being the female red ranger actually made in the game and Jayden isn't in it so that shows people out there actually cared and thought Lauren was great so that a good tribute and showing Justice to the character maybe we will see the character downline.
I'm totally with you. Honeslty it makes me feel like they are the worst team right now. I am rewatching the whole season though. I guess I can make a better assessment after that.
Because Samurai adapted Shinkenger without the cultural context. Plus in Shinkenger Kaoru comes at episode 40 ish, which is usually the final arc where the show would end in a couple more episodes so they really need to wrap things up. Another one is do Lauren have the obnoxious servant? In Shinkenger they make Kaoru not likeable because she has this obnoxious servant who looks down on EVERYONE, specially Takeru, because he doesn't have samurai blood in him. Kaoru herself is sympathetic but always has to follow strict social norms as the head of the Shiba clan. In Shinkenger she didn't just go away, she still is there in the background, injured after the failed sealing attempt, hence why she returned the Shinken Red position to Takeru and promote him to be a full fledged samurai
Lauren is and WILL forever be the technical first female Red Ranger. Had she not given the team back to Jayden, she never would’ve created the Shiba and Ultimate Shogun discs. I get that Charlie defacted and was arrested but Lauren led the Rangers through 5 major battles, defeated Fiera, destroyed Gigertox for the THIRD and final time. So what makes her any less of a Red Ranger than Aurico?
@@KaoruMzk I know. Literally said that I get Charlie is our first female red but she defacted and was arrested. Therefore she loses her status as a ranger in my opinion. Making Lauren by default the first female red ranger to lead a team.
The problem is for this type of people who only care about the gender of a ranger, when they have a prefer gender, the only care about that, and ot doesn't matter what you do it will never be enough for them.
@@checob224 I see and that’s bullshit to me. We can have any other gender swapped color but when it comes to the Red Ranger it’s always going to be a guy, even if there’s a female counter
I agree as a team they are probably the most fragile. Other teams have literally lost members and continued on. Other teams have had their leadership shaken and moved on. The overdrive team that the only one that's close. And their trauma was a bit more extensive
@@maxlee8780 this is the thing why I say PR Samurai have a lot of stuff lost in translation from Shinkenger. Kaoru's introduction was supposed to be that shake up moment for the team. Jer introduction in Shinkenger was never about "here's a female red" but rather a plot twist moment that Takeru was from a peasant origin, and because of that his social standing means that he was even beneath the Kurokos and therefore cannot lead the team of royal samurais. This was that shake up moment where the royals actually look up to a peasant. But yeah sadly it never seemed to be conveyed in the PR story... And for that I actually blame it on the omission of the character Tanba. He was supposed to be the lightning rod for the audience and the other characters to hate on Kaoru's take over of the team. And without such character in PR Samurai, the hate goes straight to Lauren, which seemed to be unjustified because she was a nice girl.
I didn’t watch Samurai as it aired, but I remember people talking about it online, how the first female ranger was “not good” or “not done well” (& while I am sure they could have done better at writing for her character and stuff (like you mentioned, her mentor) ) after watching it myself overall I think she was just done wrong by the team in this season. They didn’t give her a chance, and the “Jaden is god” complex in this season is ridiculous. It would have been an excellent scene to have her mentor introduce her, & him tell mentor Gi off for being so focused on Jaden when he had a whole team to mentor. That could have caused character development. Lol. I do remember Jaden morphing to fight Deker while he was away but I can’t remember if Lauren morphed during that time. I know they had different morphers (since hers was the same as the Japanese morpher - having the brush tip - while Jaden & the others had the modernized version) so it’s possible they pull from the same connection to the grid and that Jaden’s morpher was only made to make people believe he was the true heir of the symbol power. Another great video! I do wish they had done more with her character & the others growing from her appearance in the show, rather than just say “She’s not Jaden” 500 times. Lol.
Yes I agree! i know I need to watch again to make sure they did or didn't morph at the same time. I didn't have much of a personal issue with the Samurai team, but the more I'm watching it the less I think of them. Not to be negative because I try to never be, but it definitely has a lot of character flaws in each person
You know it's possible she didn't have a mentor. Mentor G is in charge of all of the Kuroko. She could have grown up just surrounded by Kuroko. He was the only Mentor seen before Laurens father died. However since Power Rangers Samurai is mostly a carbon copy of Shinkenger, it's likely she had her own mentor. Only this one respected Mentor Ji and felt that his presence was unnecessary now that she was in Ji's hands.
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 and having characters with flaws isn’t a problem, but the flaws not being addressed or grown out of during the show is an issue. I’ll admit, I like the aesthetics of samurai and it was cool to see PR in HD for the first time, but I wasn’t a huge fan of the story. Overall though, it’s still PR so I love it for what it is. Lol
@@maxlee8780 I haven’t watched or learned much about the Sentai that samurai is based on, so what are the Kuroko? And is Lauren’s Sentai counterpart treated in the same way by her team? I’d be interested to know if that’s why it comes across that way in the PR version.
@@jamesstone404 honestly I remember the hype when it came out. The merchandise had jumped back up to that 90s level. Megabloks had rangers and the cast was going to the nickelodeon awards shows. It was like it was popular again
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 Antonio could also made powers for Mentor Ji. That way Mentor would've been Ranger just like other Mentors. (Jungle Fury Masters( Shark, Bat, and Elphant), Cruiger, RJ, and Tommy). Mentor Ji could've been a Brown Samurai Ranger.
Lauren was one of the only good thing about samurai also since that made this video I was thinking would you be interested in doing a video were you talk about the female rangers duos from each season talk about the dynamic and relationship between the two female characters, you can skip seasons that have only one female ranger since there wouldn't be too much to go off of or you can somewhat take this concept I make either a list of female ranger duos who had the best chemistry something like that whatever you think works best
That's a cool idea. In the beginning they made it them always best friends but in space/turbo team sort of broke that mold in certain ways. I'll have to look into it
@@checob224 Hasbro/Boom and everyone involved in rangers have made it publicly known that the comics and the live action show are in two difference universes. If you feel like the comics are not needed or petty of the fandom to have... I don't know where what really to say. Every fandom has books and additional material besides their shows. It's for fans who really want to dive into it. If you aren't interested that's okay, but it doesn't mean it's not needed.
@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 I totally understand and is fine to give more to the fans but the difference with pr and other series is the fact that the original creator of pr are not there, meaning that what ever is done in pr except the adaptation from sentai because that's what pr is and "adaptation" of a Japanese show, is official( at least for me) so what bothers me about the comics is that If the company that do the comics says that an event happened differently than the show then we have to accept what ever the say, even thought we know how that event unfold. Again I don't have a problem with making original stories or doing what if, but trying to modify the main line is what bothers me.
In light of Cosmic Fury coming out in the fall, it seems at least to me anyway that having a female red ranger on the side of good from beginning to end is one short jump to truly meaning it when we say anyone can be a Power Ranger. But there’s one thing I want so much more than a good leaning female, red ranger that leads from beginning to end and that is a Homeschooled power ranger made a big humanizing deal by the season’s respective narrative.
Honestly Lauren was a great character which was mishandled both in the show & merchandise Their's Only 2 Figures Cureently Of Lauren, Their's The S.H Figuart ShinkenRed From 2011 & The 4" Power Rangers Figure Which Was A Surprise Figure Blind Box Which Wasn't Sold In The US So Not Many People Have It But I Personally Owm The Figure & Hope They Do Her In The Lightning Collection As For Female Red Ranger's As A Hole, Not Many Get The Spotlight, Charlie (S.P.D A Squad) Had Her Voice Deepened Until The Last Few Episodes Where She Was Revealed To Be A Girl, Lauren Got Snubed For Jayden, But The Comics Have Been Doing It Like Crazy, Trini (2 times), squadron As For Amelia i'm really excited for it and the most consistent runor for thr Reboot is Female Red Ranger so theirs definitely more on the way
the first female red ranger was actually in SPD. She was evil and kicked the main teams ass. In her 3 episodes of being on screen she: Defected to the evil team Kidnapped the Mentor Tricked and lured the main team to the Villains Lair Fought and defeated the main heroes Made the main team considering handing in their morphers.
The Samurai Rangers sometimes morph up when they train. Lauren probably morphed while she trained, at the same time as Jayden Morphed up during a battle. Kevin & Jayden training: ruclips.net/video/6IkVtiP5ozg/видео.html
I am only like 3 minutes throughout the video so maybe you're still offering your viewpoint on this but just in case (and because I know that otherwise I'll forget sorry for that), what do you say about SPD and Time Force Rangers compared to Lauren pure fighting abilities? I mean you would assume that police training in such a special organisation would include intense physical preparation and training to make sure you can encounter Mutant/Aliens even without being morphed? I believe this becomes especially interesting to consider when comparing her to the time force rangers who (supposedly) should be far more advanced in the way they train martial arts just for 1000 extra years of knowledge gathered on all topics, martial arts included. Another thing I would really be interested about your (and other) opinions. Where would someone like Doggy be ranked? Someone with a completely different physiology but I would suppose with exceptional military / police training. I would love for anyone's opinion on this :D
I think when it comes to any fighting style experience is key. Lauren has trained since being a very young child. Even being isolated from the world to work on that and the sealing power. Spd or time force also trains but probably not till someone is old enough to join the organization. 18 probably? But by 18 Lauren had been so far into training I don't think they could of kept up.
I think Amalia uses Red Ranger to keep Zaito Alive as some sort of Live Transmission . She needs to accept the power because she is Rafconian and the other dude is a bit immature and had beef with Zaito
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 yeah well you can thank my favorite season 4 that Jungle Fury when Casey became a ghost in Megaforce. Still not comfortable with that idea and you should make a video about the entire idea : Is Casey Dead ? Theo and Lily may be alive but they didnt ghosted it since Casey is the leader he assumed the entire deal of remaining here on this realm until Daishi is destroyed or why not caged again .
Lauren is definitely an awesome and powerful martial artists and I can see her beating many other rangers in a sparring fight , also do you think Merrick Baliton/ The Lunar Wolf ranger from Wild Force is on Lauren's level of training since he's a 3,000 year old warrior who I'm sure is knowledgeable of ancient fight training ?
I'm not totally sure on Merrick. With a large amount of that time making him possessed I don't know if he was using those years to grow as a warrior or not.
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 yeah even though chronologically he's 3,000 years old but biologically he's looks like a man in his mid to late 20s and we don't know how much he trained in his life as a warrior before he became Zen-Aku and got imprisoned so that's true
like they said that (devon) from battle grid was the first black person to play a red ranger but i know three that came before him like TJ from turbo and Jack from spd and scott from RPM
Because Samurai adapt Shinkenger without the actual cultural context. In Shinkenger, Kaoru was sympathetic toTakeru, but she was duty bound and social standing bound to cast Takeru out, which she then renounce, knowing that her subjects actually look up to Takeru and don't want to just cast him away. There's a cultural mistranslation between Kaoru and Lauren thay makes Lauren seems.... Off
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 this time, I don't think the blame is on the stock footage. I mean Samurai have shoot footage using PR exclusive costumes. The problem is on the adaptation itself, for one PR tried to adapt it fully 1-to-1 but censored a lot of the story points for western kids maybe, resulting in the story is Shinkenger but minus A LOT of stuff. Like the Dayuu and Juzo stories becomes seriously watered down when it's become Dayu and Deker. Then there's making Jii the Zordon like mentor figure, while in Shinkenger he's just a butler. His connection to Takeru is like Alfred and Batman, and to the other Shinkengers, he's like Alfred and the various Robins. But for this video, about Lauren I think the biggest problem is the omission of the character Tanba. In Shinkeger, the introduction of Kaoru is not about "here's a female red ranger", her introduction was about a plot twist that Takeru was a fraud, he's not a samurai, he's not a descendant of any notable family, in fact he's just a commoner used as a bait. Her introduction was about Takeru being a leader despite not being born of royalty. And in this plot point Tanba is a very important character as he is the lightning rod that supposed to make the audience hate Kaoru's take over of the team, not to hate Kaoru but to hate the taking over process. Without Tanba's equivalent in PR, the adaptation makes it as if the Samurai team complain was baseless... rude even, makes it like they treated Lauren like garbage while she doesn't deserve all of the complaints, while in Shinkenger the complaints were justified specially with how Tanba acts, how he look down on Takeru and how he sees the other Shinkenger as subjects that should follow Kaoru without question.
Laurden and Jayden both have their own Samurai Red Ranger Morphers there shouldn't be a problem with them both morphing. Just like how there was no problem with Eric and Wes Morphin at the same time. (Eric(Quantum Ranger) & Wes(Red Time Force) both appeared forever red). Lauren Morphin: ruclips.net/video/EuRrH-2tHlE/видео.html Jayden Morphin: ruclips.net/video/7RO144Og5z0/видео.html
The quantum ranger and time force red aren't the same ranger though. And with the recent special and Dino Thunder. It is possible to have two morphed into the same ranger at a time. But it weakens them.
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 Andros, Ashley, TJ, Cassie, and Carlos morphed as Blue In Space Rangers. And the Rangers weren't weak. In Space: ruclips.net/video/8bn-zGfkag4/видео.html
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 Rocky and Jason and Rocky were morphed as Red, Trini and Aisha were morphed as Yellow rangers, and Zack and Adam were morphed as Black Rangers. Mighty Morphin: ruclips.net/video/MF6jyoDN9JU/видео.html
But their actors. I'm not judging their skill outside of the show. Other wise none of this would work. The guy who played Zordon wasn't a floating head, but that doesn't effect Zordon's character
I know comparing Samurai to Shinkenger is unfair, but the whole thing with the Red made more sense in Shinkenger, Red being a literal decoy instead of the spare; I dunno everyone feels nicer because they're put into a truly uncomfortable situation, in PR the whole thing feels more unfair to Lauren. I'm sorry, but I find Samurai frustrating because they copy way too much of Shinkenger, but change key things; so in the end it feels like Shinkenger but doesn't work in the way the original did. Honestly I wished they would've made more changes to the original, like Dino Charge; I honestly believe Dino Charge is a better show than Kyoryuger, they took many cues from the original but also did their own thing
I like when they do their own thing too. I havent watched Shinkenger. So idk what they did in the Sentai. But honestly to me it makes sense. They definitely made it an easy show for kids, and that always means they a loose with the execution of the story. They always feel like "who's gonna notice" but it was definitely a transition in the way the show was being done.
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 a large part of the problem is that Shinkenger is rooted in Japanese tropes, it's a Jidai Geki but set in the present (the crossover with Goseirger even jokes about it), Power Rangers removes a lot of that context but doesn't add anything. Honestly it's the problem with both Samurai and Megaforce, it's lazy BTW, I got into Sentai because I like PR, it's like having 50 more Ranger shows to watch
Some day I'd love to get into Sentai, I just believe that comparing them is a slippery slope. Because they can take ideas from it but its' not the same. In this case its so simular that it probably has many issues. But what I don't like is when people write it off without focusing on what it does have. There are some positives to it, but most people won't even try. @@MakiPcr
I think in Lauren’s case the fact she didn’t show up till near the end and replaces Jayden until she fails to seal xandred really paints her in a bad light. As for the female red ranger part I feel that they’ve been trying to push it more because of modern politics than a genuine desire for a good character. Amelia had the time to grow and develop before she became the red ranger so I’ll give her a chance in the color
We should always give a character a chance. Unfortunately Lauren wasn't given a chance by her team. I know what you mean by the political desires. I was worried about that with Amelia. I love her character but I just want them to make a strong female leader if they are going to make one. I think they did a great job with Minh's character and I hope that continues to be a pattern with female leaders. Keep them strong and don't mis represent what they are.
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 it didn’t help shinkenger had the same problem with their counterpart and saban was forced to stick as close to shinkenger as possible, it was a mess all around
@@zenonx1 Kaoru is waaaaaaay better than Lauren in story perspective. Kaoru did win the respect from the other Shinkenger, and all of the "bad" character traits was channeled to Tanba, a character that is missing in the PR Samurai
@@goonerOZZ i keep forgetting how despite samurai being an almost complete adaptation to shinkenger, the finer details are blurred and distorted until they look like smudges
@@zenonx1the thing about Kaoru was that she was introduced as a plot twist, that Takeru was actually just a commoner that was taken as bait, The point of Kaoru's introduction was not "look a female red ranger", the point was "oooh no the red ranger is a fraud!" There's just so many things that are lost in translation from Shinkenger to PR Samurai.
Samurai dropped the ball with Lauren. Super Samurai should’ve been her leading the team. The first season should’ve ended with Jayden getting taken down and injured and the super season being Lauren in charge. PR is ungodly inconsistent with what they adapt and what they create on their own. This would’ve been the best opportunity to make something original with stock footage to support them kinda like later MMPR. Also, her ranger suit is better that Cosmic Fury. Those suits just don’t do it for me.
I don't know if it's needed, but from a story telling perspective. We could see some different storyline ideas that are new if a female was the red ranger/the leader.
In my honest opinion, I think including Lauren had caused a split between the fanbase as some folk seem to take her side just because of her gender. We all know the rangers were used to Jayden cause they fought alongside him from the very start while Lauren didn't get a lot of respect from the team because she just came out of the blue. I also dubbed her the Scarlet Ranger to give her own status as Jayden had always been Red. To me Amelia would be the true first female Red Ranger because we've gotten to know her since DF episode 1. I know you mentioned Charlie as well but you see, Charlie wasn't meant to be female for that's why A Squad Red spoke masculine. She was like a back-and-forth between producers before they were like "screw it, let's use a woman and see how it goes"
As I mentioned in another thread. Lauren as the adaptation of Kaoru has many things lost in translation from Shinkenger to PR Samurai. Kaoru's introduction was never about "here's a female red", but rather a plot twist that Takeru was a fraud, that he was a peasant that doesn't even have a samurai blood in him which actually makes him even lower than the kurokos in the social standing in between the characters. This is something that somehow was not conveyed in the PR Samurai. And because this was a plot twist, is why Kaoru (and by extension Lauren) is introduced so late in the series, the audience were not supposed to connect with Kaoru, she was a plot device. Another thing is that PR Samurai omit the character Tanba. While he seemed to be just a small character in Shinkenger, his presence is important as he was supposed to be the lightning rod for the audience to hate Kaoru's taking over the team. He was brash and rude and looked down on Takeru as if he was just a dirt needing to be brushed away. Therefore the other Shinkenger complaints about Kaoru as the new red ranger is justified, because Tanba was an a-hole! Kaoru herself then accepted that even though Takeru is from a peasant origin, his strength and leadership is more than capable for him to lead the Shinkenger team, and at that time used her status to override Tanba's objection. Now because PR Samurai tries to adapt Shinkenger beat for beat, the omission of Tanba makes it so that the other Samurai rangers complain are unjustified and rude, because Lauren was nothing but respectful, like Kaoru was, but the story demanded that everyone complains so they can get Jayden/Takeru back, and the absence of Tanba makes those complains go straight to Lauren.
I think with the right storylines they could be good. Not sure if Syd would ever want to become one. But every leader has a different style. I can't say her compassionate heart is a bad way to lead. Probably the right leadership roll woth the right people
I just don't understand why people make this a big deal, because is not, it doesn't matter if a ranger is female or male, they only thing to be done is just ti enjoy the show and not find something to complain about( unless the show is terrible😂).
The people who complain about a female red ranger are far and few in between. That comes from an issue way past being a ranger fan. More in their own lives. I grew up with strong females around me and seeing women be in charge isn't something that bothers me. But for some who have been told that men can only be in charge... well they have issues with it
@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 I don't have an issue with a female being a leader and on pr the samurai female red ranger is not the first female ranger being a leader on pr, for example in alien rangers the white female ranger was the first female leader on pr.
Lauren should have been the Red Ranger from the beginning of Samurai and not introduced later in the show we already had a Red Ranger in Samurai her brother Jaden. Samurai was badly written in my honest opinion😊 Other than that a great video keep up the great work👍 And greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱
Hey! I tell you what I love doing this channel to meet people from all over the world! That is so cool! Thank you for watching. I wish she was in it more. I know the footage made it hard to do that though
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 The other Rangers fought alongside with Jayden of course they are loyal to him and like i said before Lauren should have been leading them from the beginning of Samurai period she was not treated like garbage in my honest opinion she was a complete unknown to rest of the Rangers Jayden was/is the legitimate leader not Lauren no offense. And currently there's a new Power Rangers show that has a female Red Ranger leading leading them from the start awesome and that's how you do it. Thank you for your response MMCT👍
When I think about Lauren from PR Samurai, I think about how Linkara described her and her treatment in her show, despite her being a great character and I wish she was done better as a character and leader with the other Rangers.
yes I agree
The Disney Brain talked about ways the show could've been improved and given Lauren a personality.
ruclips.net/video/ZiHjQThI4jQ/видео.html
To be fair, the way she was treated is Sentai's fault. Samurai, for whatever reason, was a note-for-note recreation of Shinkenger.
In Shinkenger it make sense. Kaoru was a stuck up bitch and need to be humble down
Exactly
I’m glad I’m not the only one thinks or see how the other Rangers, treated her or doesn’t seem to care about her after Jayden left the team.
Because Jaden decided to leave the team and the torch to her sister, then don’t seem to care or knowledge her existence or her feelings they could be hurting her.
But all they care about was Jaden and how they can’t be a team or fights without him and forget that, Lauren is there and they just abandoned and don’t seem to care about her after that once Jayden is gone.
As they just stop acknowledging her as they can’t stop think about Jayden, what’s the worst that they can’t follow in Lauren because she isn’t Jayden.
I mean, how many to say that to her. Even didn’t say that to her face, you can see her in the pain in her face. When she heard that, none of them seem to care that they may have hurt her feelings.
I guess Kevin the only decent person to stay with her, but like you no one seem to be by her side.
As they just got up and abandoned her and just try to look for Jayden, as they didn’t care how much Lauren tried so hard to help.
Didn’t seem to care for her at all.
I’m not surprised at the end of the episode, she only said goodbye to Jaden after she went off on her way. Didn’t wait for the other Rangers to her see off, as they didn’t at least mentioned or asked Jayden where Lauren.
As it shows they didn’t really give a damn about her to asks where Lauren off to.
Red or Pink don't matter there will never be a better Female leader than Jen Scott, I mean she even took on the mentor role to the hyperforce Rangers
Exactly
Appreciate you for making this video, and speaking out on the topic. Many don't give Lauren enough credit, she was an awesome character and had the capabilities to be a great leader. I honestly felt they mishandled her, and they team not wanting to give her a chance just because that attachment they had to Jayden so they treated her like she didn't matter and put her on the back burner. It's like having a mentor, then a new person comes in and train's you you're probably not going to be comfortable with. I believe her skills was far beyond Jayden's as well. Fun fact! in the Power Rangers Legacy Wars mobile game Lauren being the female red ranger actually made in the game and Jayden isn't in it so that shows people out there actually cared and thought Lauren was great so that a good tribute and showing Justice to the character maybe we will see the character downline.
Yes I did notice she was in the game! Which is awesome. i would love to see more of that character, but with production moving.. might not happen.
Thank you for posting the video. I feel like Lauren's time on the show was short and I feel like the team treated Lauren like garbage and that's sad.
I'm totally with you. Honeslty it makes me feel like they are the worst team right now. I am rewatching the whole season though. I guess I can make a better assessment after that.
Because Samurai adapted Shinkenger without the cultural context. Plus in Shinkenger Kaoru comes at episode 40 ish, which is usually the final arc where the show would end in a couple more episodes so they really need to wrap things up.
Another one is do Lauren have the obnoxious servant? In Shinkenger they make Kaoru not likeable because she has this obnoxious servant who looks down on EVERYONE, specially Takeru, because he doesn't have samurai blood in him. Kaoru herself is sympathetic but always has to follow strict social norms as the head of the Shiba clan.
In Shinkenger she didn't just go away, she still is there in the background, injured after the failed sealing attempt, hence why she returned the Shinken Red position to Takeru and promote him to be a full fledged samurai
Lauren is and WILL forever be the technical first female Red Ranger. Had she not given the team back to Jayden, she never would’ve created the Shiba and Ultimate Shogun discs. I get that Charlie defacted and was arrested but Lauren led the Rangers through 5 major battles, defeated Fiera, destroyed Gigertox for the THIRD and final time. So what makes her any less of a Red Ranger than Aurico?
Nope, the first female red is technically SPD's A-squad red.
@@KaoruMzk I know. Literally said that I get Charlie is our first female red but she defacted and was arrested. Therefore she loses her status as a ranger in my opinion. Making Lauren by default the first female red ranger to lead a team.
The problem is for this type of people who only care about the gender of a ranger, when they have a prefer gender, the only care about that, and ot doesn't matter what you do it will never be enough for them.
@@checob224 I see and that’s bullshit to me. We can have any other gender swapped color but when it comes to the Red Ranger it’s always going to be a guy, even if there’s a female counter
@@bluefaygox23 I don't have a problem with a girl being red
Lauren was awesome and i wish the show did more with her
Me too!
I agree as a team they are probably the most fragile. Other teams have literally lost members and continued on. Other teams have had their leadership shaken and moved on.
The overdrive team that the only one that's close. And their trauma was a bit more extensive
yes, I'm starting to think less and less of the Samurai Team
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 even Justin didn't have a problem with the old team leaving. He complained once and that was it
@@maxlee8780 he was stoked to be a power ranger though haha. Mike sometimes isnt
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 that's true about Mike but the rest of the team did follow.
@@maxlee8780 this is the thing why I say PR Samurai have a lot of stuff lost in translation from Shinkenger.
Kaoru's introduction was supposed to be that shake up moment for the team. Jer introduction in Shinkenger was never about "here's a female red" but rather a plot twist moment that Takeru was from a peasant origin, and because of that his social standing means that he was even beneath the Kurokos and therefore cannot lead the team of royal samurais.
This was that shake up moment where the royals actually look up to a peasant.
But yeah sadly it never seemed to be conveyed in the PR story... And for that I actually blame it on the omission of the character Tanba. He was supposed to be the lightning rod for the audience and the other characters to hate on Kaoru's take over of the team. And without such character in PR Samurai, the hate goes straight to Lauren, which seemed to be unjustified because she was a nice girl.
I didn’t watch Samurai as it aired, but I remember people talking about it online, how the first female ranger was “not good” or “not done well” (& while I am sure they could have done better at writing for her character and stuff (like you mentioned, her mentor) ) after watching it myself overall I think she was just done wrong by the team in this season. They didn’t give her a chance, and the “Jaden is god” complex in this season is ridiculous. It would have been an excellent scene to have her mentor introduce her, & him tell mentor Gi off for being so focused on Jaden when he had a whole team to mentor. That could have caused character development. Lol.
I do remember Jaden morphing to fight Deker while he was away but I can’t remember if Lauren morphed during that time. I know they had different morphers (since hers was the same as the Japanese morpher - having the brush tip - while Jaden & the others had the modernized version) so it’s possible they pull from the same connection to the grid and that Jaden’s morpher was only made to make people believe he was the true heir of the symbol power.
Another great video! I do wish they had done more with her character & the others growing from her appearance in the show, rather than just say “She’s not Jaden” 500 times. Lol.
Yes I agree! i know I need to watch again to make sure they did or didn't morph at the same time. I didn't have much of a personal issue with the Samurai team, but the more I'm watching it the less I think of them. Not to be negative because I try to never be, but it definitely has a lot of character flaws in each person
You know it's possible she didn't have a mentor. Mentor G is in charge of all of the Kuroko. She could have grown up just surrounded by Kuroko. He was the only Mentor seen before Laurens father died.
However since Power Rangers Samurai is mostly a carbon copy of Shinkenger, it's likely she had her own mentor. Only this one respected Mentor Ji and felt that his presence was unnecessary now that she was in Ji's hands.
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 and having characters with flaws isn’t a problem, but the flaws not being addressed or grown out of during the show is an issue. I’ll admit, I like the aesthetics of samurai and it was cool to see PR in HD for the first time, but I wasn’t a huge fan of the story. Overall though, it’s still PR so I love it for what it is. Lol
@@maxlee8780 I haven’t watched or learned much about the Sentai that samurai is based on, so what are the Kuroko? And is Lauren’s Sentai counterpart treated in the same way by her team? I’d be interested to know if that’s why it comes across that way in the PR version.
@@jamesstone404 honestly I remember the hype when it came out. The merchandise had jumped back up to that 90s level. Megabloks had rangers and the cast was going to the nickelodeon awards shows. It was like it was popular again
Yeah, it was dumb for Jayden to leave. Lauren would've made her brother Jayden the Samurai second command.
No kidding and Antonio made his own powers... he could of made a new one for Jayden
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 Maybe Antonio could've made Orange Samurai Ranger morpher for Jayden.
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 Antonio could also made powers for Mentor Ji. That way Mentor would've been Ranger just like other Mentors. (Jungle Fury Masters( Shark, Bat, and Elphant), Cruiger, RJ, and Tommy). Mentor Ji could've been a Brown Samurai Ranger.
Lauren was one of the only good thing about samurai also since that made this video I was thinking would you be interested in doing a video were you talk about the female rangers duos from each season talk about the dynamic and relationship between the two female characters, you can skip seasons that have only one female ranger since there wouldn't be too much to go off of or you can somewhat take this concept I make either a list of female ranger duos who had the best chemistry something like that whatever you think works best
That's a cool idea. In the beginning they made it them always best friends but in space/turbo team sort of broke that mold in certain ways. I'll have to look into it
Thank goodness, the comics redeemed her.
Yes the comics gave her a great part.i appreciate that
To me the comics are not Canon and just a fan made story that was not needed.
@@checob224 Hasbro/Boom and everyone involved in rangers have made it publicly known that the comics and the live action show are in two difference universes. If you feel like the comics are not needed or petty of the fandom to have... I don't know where what really to say. Every fandom has books and additional material besides their shows. It's for fans who really want to dive into it. If you aren't interested that's okay, but it doesn't mean it's not needed.
@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 I totally understand and is fine to give more to the fans but the difference with pr and other series is the fact that the original creator of pr are not there, meaning that what ever is done in pr except the adaptation from sentai because that's what pr is and "adaptation" of a Japanese show, is official( at least for me) so what bothers me about the comics is that If the company that do the comics says that an event happened differently than the show then we have to accept what ever the say, even thought we know how that event unfold. Again I don't have a problem with making original stories or doing what if, but trying to modify the main line is what bothers me.
I liked Lauren I hope she comes back
I would love if she did. I think its possible Kimberly Crossman would probably do it
The video title reads harsh, but that was a fair take on the character, and how she was treated.
I don't think Lauren was trash. i just don't think the rangers gave her the respect she deserves.
In light of Cosmic Fury coming out in the fall, it seems at least to me anyway that having a female red ranger on the side of good from beginning to end is one short jump to truly meaning it when we say anyone can be a Power Ranger.
But there’s one thing I want so much more than a good leaning female, red ranger that leads from beginning to end and that is a Homeschooled power ranger made a big humanizing deal by the season’s respective narrative.
Honestly Lauren was a great character which was mishandled both in the show & merchandise
Their's Only 2 Figures Cureently Of Lauren, Their's The S.H Figuart ShinkenRed From 2011 & The 4" Power Rangers Figure Which Was A Surprise Figure Blind Box Which Wasn't Sold In The US So Not Many People Have It But I Personally Owm The Figure & Hope They Do Her In The Lightning Collection
As For Female Red Ranger's As A Hole, Not Many Get The Spotlight, Charlie (S.P.D A Squad) Had Her Voice Deepened Until The Last Few Episodes Where She Was Revealed To Be A Girl, Lauren Got Snubed For Jayden, But The Comics Have Been Doing It Like Crazy, Trini (2 times), squadron
As For Amelia i'm really excited for it and the most consistent runor for thr Reboot is Female Red Ranger so theirs definitely more on the way
I agree they don't get the spot light often but I'm excited for Cosmic Fury
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 yeah when they revealed Amelia As Red Ranger i was shocked lol
But it does make scense with what happened with zayto
@@2ndofficercharleslightolle878 yes but he is back so we'll see where that ends up. Definitely excited for it
the first female red ranger was actually in SPD. She was evil and kicked the main teams ass. In her 3 episodes of being on screen she:
Defected to the evil team
Kidnapped the Mentor
Tricked and lured the main team to the Villains Lair
Fought and defeated the main heroes
Made the main team considering handing in their morphers.
I do mention her in the video
The Samurai Rangers sometimes morph up when they train. Lauren probably morphed while she trained, at the same time as Jayden Morphed up during a battle.
Kevin & Jayden training: ruclips.net/video/6IkVtiP5ozg/видео.html
I am only like 3 minutes throughout the video so maybe you're still offering your viewpoint on this but just in case (and because I know that otherwise I'll forget sorry for that), what do you say about SPD and Time Force Rangers compared to Lauren pure fighting abilities? I mean you would assume that police training in such a special organisation would include intense physical preparation and training to make sure you can encounter Mutant/Aliens even without being morphed?
I believe this becomes especially interesting to consider when comparing her to the time force rangers who (supposedly) should be far more advanced in the way they train martial arts just for 1000 extra years of knowledge gathered on all topics, martial arts included.
Another thing I would really be interested about your (and other) opinions. Where would someone like Doggy be ranked? Someone with a completely different physiology but I would suppose with exceptional military / police training.
I would love for anyone's opinion on this :D
I think when it comes to any fighting style experience is key. Lauren has trained since being a very young child. Even being isolated from the world to work on that and the sealing power.
Spd or time force also trains but probably not till someone is old enough to join the organization. 18 probably? But by 18 Lauren had been so far into training I don't think they could of kept up.
Lauren Morphin
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Jayden Morphin
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I think Amalia uses Red Ranger to keep Zaito Alive as some sort of Live Transmission . She needs to accept the power because she is Rafconian and the other dude is a bit immature and had beef with Zaito
Interesting theory
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 yeah well you can thank my favorite season 4 that Jungle Fury when Casey became a ghost in Megaforce. Still not comfortable with that idea and you should make a video about the entire idea : Is Casey Dead ? Theo and Lily may be alive but they didnt ghosted it since Casey is the leader he assumed the entire deal of remaining here on this realm until Daishi is destroyed or why not caged again .
Lauren distroyed that Nighlok on her own. Because new rangers destroy monsters alone for the after there first battle..
Lauren is definitely an awesome and powerful martial artists and I can see her beating many other rangers in a sparring fight , also do you think Merrick Baliton/ The Lunar Wolf ranger from Wild Force is on Lauren's level of training since he's a 3,000 year old warrior who I'm sure is knowledgeable of ancient fight training ?
I'm not totally sure on Merrick. With a large amount of that time making him possessed I don't know if he was using those years to grow as a warrior or not.
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 yeah even though chronologically he's 3,000 years old but biologically he's looks like a man in his mid to late 20s and we don't know how much he trained in his life as a warrior before he became Zen-Aku and got imprisoned so that's true
like they said that (devon) from battle grid was the first black person to play a red ranger but i know three that came before him like TJ from turbo and Jack from spd and scott from RPM
Who said he was the first? That's crazy, we had one dating back to 1997
During the introduction of the ranger at a press conference
@@blades0805 I'm going to be honest most of those presenters don't do any research
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 have to agree with you
@@blades0805 the amount of times I hear a presenter introduce them, while saying. "I've never seen the show. Describe it for everyone"🤦
Because Samurai adapt Shinkenger without the actual cultural context.
In Shinkenger, Kaoru was sympathetic toTakeru, but she was duty bound and social standing bound to cast Takeru out, which she then renounce, knowing that her subjects actually look up to Takeru and don't want to just cast him away.
There's a cultural mistranslation between Kaoru and Lauren thay makes Lauren seems.... Off
That is a hardship of power rangers. The footage limits thrn a lot
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 this time, I don't think the blame is on the stock footage. I mean Samurai have shoot footage using PR exclusive costumes.
The problem is on the adaptation itself, for one PR tried to adapt it fully 1-to-1 but censored a lot of the story points for western kids maybe, resulting in the story is Shinkenger but minus A LOT of stuff. Like the Dayuu and Juzo stories becomes seriously watered down when it's become Dayu and Deker.
Then there's making Jii the Zordon like mentor figure, while in Shinkenger he's just a butler. His connection to Takeru is like Alfred and Batman, and to the other Shinkengers, he's like Alfred and the various Robins.
But for this video, about Lauren I think the biggest problem is the omission of the character Tanba.
In Shinkeger, the introduction of Kaoru is not about "here's a female red ranger", her introduction was about a plot twist that Takeru was a fraud, he's not a samurai, he's not a descendant of any notable family, in fact he's just a commoner used as a bait.
Her introduction was about Takeru being a leader despite not being born of royalty.
And in this plot point Tanba is a very important character as he is the lightning rod that supposed to make the audience hate Kaoru's take over of the team, not to hate Kaoru but to hate the taking over process.
Without Tanba's equivalent in PR, the adaptation makes it as if the Samurai team complain was baseless... rude even, makes it like they treated Lauren like garbage while she doesn't deserve all of the complaints, while in Shinkenger the complaints were justified specially with how Tanba acts, how he look down on Takeru and how he sees the other Shinkenger as subjects that should follow Kaoru without question.
Bro i hated how they treated Lauren and after that episode i stopped watching the show and i wanted the Rangers to lose lol
Yes she was tossed away just like the red spd ranger 1:00
Laurden and Jayden both have their own Samurai Red Ranger Morphers there shouldn't be a problem with them both morphing. Just like how there was no problem with Eric and Wes Morphin at the same time. (Eric(Quantum Ranger) & Wes(Red Time Force) both appeared forever red).
Lauren Morphin: ruclips.net/video/EuRrH-2tHlE/видео.html
Jayden Morphin: ruclips.net/video/7RO144Og5z0/видео.html
The quantum ranger and time force red aren't the same ranger though. And with the recent special and Dino Thunder. It is possible to have two morphed into the same ranger at a time. But it weakens them.
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 Andros, Ashley, TJ, Cassie, and Carlos morphed as Blue In Space Rangers. And the Rangers weren't weak.
In Space: ruclips.net/video/8bn-zGfkag4/видео.html
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 Rocky and Jason and Rocky were morphed as Red, Trini and Aisha were morphed as Yellow rangers, and Zack and Adam were morphed as Black Rangers.
Mighty Morphin: ruclips.net/video/MF6jyoDN9JU/видео.html
@@isaacogunmuko3947 they made that as an illusion. I wouldnt call it morphin into the same ranger power.
@@isaacogunmuko3947 they were morphed for a short period of time. Like Trent in Dino Thunder, it's a gradual problem
Chason and tommy were real fighters though. Tommy was a real fighter literally
But their actors. I'm not judging their skill outside of the show. Other wise none of this would work. The guy who played Zordon wasn't a floating head, but that doesn't effect Zordon's character
I know comparing Samurai to Shinkenger is unfair, but the whole thing with the Red made more sense in Shinkenger, Red being a literal decoy instead of the spare; I dunno everyone feels nicer because they're put into a truly uncomfortable situation, in PR the whole thing feels more unfair to Lauren.
I'm sorry, but I find Samurai frustrating because they copy way too much of Shinkenger, but change key things; so in the end it feels like Shinkenger but doesn't work in the way the original did. Honestly I wished they would've made more changes to the original, like Dino Charge; I honestly believe Dino Charge is a better show than Kyoryuger, they took many cues from the original but also did their own thing
I like when they do their own thing too. I havent watched Shinkenger. So idk what they did in the Sentai. But honestly to me it makes sense. They definitely made it an easy show for kids, and that always means they a loose with the execution of the story. They always feel like "who's gonna notice" but it was definitely a transition in the way the show was being done.
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 a large part of the problem is that Shinkenger is rooted in Japanese tropes, it's a Jidai Geki but set in the present (the crossover with Goseirger even jokes about it), Power Rangers removes a lot of that context but doesn't add anything. Honestly it's the problem with both Samurai and Megaforce, it's lazy
BTW, I got into Sentai because I like PR, it's like having 50 more Ranger shows to watch
Some day I'd love to get into Sentai, I just believe that comparing them is a slippery slope. Because they can take ideas from it but its' not the same. In this case its so simular that it probably has many issues. But what I don't like is when people write it off without focusing on what it does have. There are some positives to it, but most people won't even try.
@@MakiPcr
Lauren was a way better red ranger than Jayden.
i think they could of been a cool team, if they had worked together
I think in Lauren’s case the fact she didn’t show up till near the end and replaces Jayden until she fails to seal xandred really paints her in a bad light. As for the female red ranger part I feel that they’ve been trying to push it more because of modern politics than a genuine desire for a good character. Amelia had the time to grow and develop before she became the red ranger so I’ll give her a chance in the color
We should always give a character a chance. Unfortunately Lauren wasn't given a chance by her team.
I know what you mean by the political desires. I was worried about that with Amelia. I love her character but I just want them to make a strong female leader if they are going to make one. I think they did a great job with Minh's character and I hope that continues to be a pattern with female leaders. Keep them strong and don't mis represent what they are.
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 it didn’t help shinkenger had the same problem with their counterpart and saban was forced to stick as close to shinkenger as possible, it was a mess all around
@@zenonx1 Kaoru is waaaaaaay better than Lauren in story perspective. Kaoru did win the respect from the other Shinkenger, and all of the "bad" character traits was channeled to Tanba, a character that is missing in the PR Samurai
@@goonerOZZ i keep forgetting how despite samurai being an almost complete adaptation to shinkenger, the finer details are blurred and distorted until they look like smudges
@@zenonx1the thing about Kaoru was that she was introduced as a plot twist, that Takeru was actually just a commoner that was taken as bait,
The point of Kaoru's introduction was not "look a female red ranger", the point was "oooh no the red ranger is a fraud!"
There's just so many things that are lost in translation from Shinkenger to PR Samurai.
Samurai dropped the ball with Lauren. Super Samurai should’ve been her leading the team. The first season should’ve ended with Jayden getting taken down and injured and the super season being Lauren in charge. PR is ungodly inconsistent with what they adapt and what they create on their own. This would’ve been the best opportunity to make something original with stock footage to support them kinda like later MMPR. Also, her ranger suit is better that Cosmic Fury. Those suits just don’t do it for me.
the cosmic fury costume lack theme.
It's just a generic coloured spandex. No theme at all for what is supposed to be a "space team"
Oh hell no. Jayden was the better suited
i don't care who is the red ranger male or female, but i like this video.
I don't know if it's needed, but from a story telling perspective. We could see some different storyline ideas that are new if a female was the red ranger/the leader.
power rangers Samurai was garbage but Lauren was a standout
ISTG, her & Orion carried their respective seasons...
In my honest opinion, I think including Lauren had caused a split between the fanbase as some folk seem to take her side just because of her gender. We all know the rangers were used to Jayden cause they fought alongside him from the very start while Lauren didn't get a lot of respect from the team because she just came out of the blue. I also dubbed her the Scarlet Ranger to give her own status as Jayden had always been Red. To me Amelia would be the true first female Red Ranger because we've gotten to know her since DF episode 1. I know you mentioned Charlie as well but you see, Charlie wasn't meant to be female for that's why A Squad Red spoke masculine. She was like a back-and-forth between producers before they were like "screw it, let's use a woman and see how it goes"
As I mentioned in another thread. Lauren as the adaptation of Kaoru has many things lost in translation from Shinkenger to PR Samurai.
Kaoru's introduction was never about "here's a female red", but rather a plot twist that Takeru was a fraud, that he was a peasant that doesn't even have a samurai blood in him which actually makes him even lower than the kurokos in the social standing in between the characters. This is something that somehow was not conveyed in the PR Samurai. And because this was a plot twist, is why Kaoru (and by extension Lauren) is introduced so late in the series, the audience were not supposed to connect with Kaoru, she was a plot device.
Another thing is that PR Samurai omit the character Tanba. While he seemed to be just a small character in Shinkenger, his presence is important as he was supposed to be the lightning rod for the audience to hate Kaoru's taking over the team. He was brash and rude and looked down on Takeru as if he was just a dirt needing to be brushed away.
Therefore the other Shinkenger complaints about Kaoru as the new red ranger is justified, because Tanba was an a-hole! Kaoru herself then accepted that even though Takeru is from a peasant origin, his strength and leadership is more than capable for him to lead the Shinkenger team, and at that time used her status to override Tanba's objection.
Now because PR Samurai tries to adapt Shinkenger beat for beat, the omission of Tanba makes it so that the other Samurai rangers complain are unjustified and rude, because Lauren was nothing but respectful, like Kaoru was, but the story demanded that everyone complains so they can get Jayden/Takeru back, and the absence of Tanba makes those complains go straight to Lauren.
Cassie, Z, Syd, Gia, Izzy would make great Red Rangers.
Agree Or Disagree?
I think with the right storylines they could be good. Not sure if Syd would ever want to become one. But every leader has a different style. I can't say her compassionate heart is a bad way to lead. Probably the right leadership roll woth the right people
I just don't understand why people make this a big deal, because is not, it doesn't matter if a ranger is female or male, they only thing to be done is just ti enjoy the show and not find something to complain about( unless the show is terrible😂).
The people who complain about a female red ranger are far and few in between. That comes from an issue way past being a ranger fan. More in their own lives. I grew up with strong females around me and seeing women be in charge isn't something that bothers me. But for some who have been told that men can only be in charge... well they have issues with it
@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 I don't have an issue with a female being a leader and on pr the samurai female red ranger is not the first female ranger being a leader on pr, for example in alien rangers the white female ranger was the first female leader on pr.
@@checob224 they've always done great at diversity
@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 true, so I find funny, when I heat fan saying that pr is not diverse enough 😂.
@@checob224 It's just people who don't pay attention or watch it who say stuff like that it seems
Lauren should have been the Red Ranger from the beginning of Samurai and not introduced later in the show we already had a Red Ranger in Samurai her brother Jaden.
Samurai was badly written in my honest opinion😊
Other than that a great video keep up the great work👍
And greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱
Hey! I tell you what I love doing this channel to meet people from all over the world! That is so cool! Thank you for watching. I wish she was in it more. I know the footage made it hard to do that though
@@mightymorphinconspiracythe5024 The other Rangers fought alongside with Jayden of course they are loyal to him and like i said before Lauren should have been leading them from the beginning of Samurai period she was not treated like garbage in my honest opinion she was a complete unknown to rest of the Rangers Jayden was/is the legitimate leader not Lauren no offense.
And currently there's a new Power Rangers show that has a female Red Ranger leading leading them from the start awesome and that's how you do it.
Thank you for your response MMCT👍