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#42
Posted 06 August 2012 - 11:57 AM
Still, as others have said, the "Green With Evil" five-parter did step up the game for this show, so you'll have to see it for yourself to decide how you feel about it.
- Some nonsensical event or situation occurs at the local juice bard/gym
- Rita mocks them for their stupid event and decides this is the perfect time to take over the world
- bullies Finster into making 'the perfect monster' for whatever non-situation exists
- monster gets sent to a random dump or quarry in some stock footage.
- idiot robot freaks out and tells them to go there
- stock footage power rangers defeat the monster, it grows big, they call the zords and defeat it again
- Rita grates on about how her plans have been ruined
- The finish whatever nonsense they were doing at the juice bar
That's not even taking into account the Bulk and Skull shenanigans... this is EVERY EPISODE. There's literally no point to anything anyone does.
How this show ever got popular is beyond me.
But, don't go dissing Bulk and Skull, as they remain the best thing about season 1.


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#43
Posted 06 August 2012 - 05:32 PM
#44
Posted 06 August 2012 - 07:12 PM
But the fully serialized "In Space" season is the best in my opinion.
Time Force and Lightspeed Rescue deserve some love, too.
The former proved that smart writers could pull off "dark" even in a kids' series, while the latter had some surprisingly intelligent episodes in the mix.
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#45
Posted 06 August 2012 - 10:12 PM
Well, okay, technically In Space was my first series, but they showed MMPR season 1 constantly in the "Power Playback" reruns at the same time, and I watched/enjoyed those just as much as the In Space episodes. In fact, the second Power Rangers episode I ever watched was a MMPR season 1 episode (it was either episode 1 or episode 4, as it had a Megazord vs. Goldar fight); the first being the In Space crossover with the Ninja Turtles.
But the fully serialized "In Space" season is the best in my opinion.
Time Force and Lightspeed Rescue deserve some love, too.
The former proved that smart writers could pull off "dark" even in a kids' series, while the latter had some surprisingly intelligent episodes in the mix.
Since that era, the show has never reached the same level of quality while keeping it after one or two series. Dino Thunder was big improvement over Ninja Storm, then SPD took things to an even greater level, then it fell back down again with Mystic Force, and kinda stayed down at that level until RPM took things back up a few notches.
Then came MMPR 2010.


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No, we don't all know everything but we should spread and share that what we do know.
If I'm consistently misspelling a word, I would want and expect people to correct me as should I imagine all decent people who know the value of good literacy.
Its just arrogant laziness to know you're spelling a word incorrectly and not correct yourself or ignore the advice when people do tell you how to spell a word correctly.
#46
Posted 06 August 2012 - 10:21 PM
#47
Posted 06 August 2012 - 10:22 PM
Well, okay, technically In Space was my first series, but they showed MMPR season 1 constantly in the "Power Playback" reruns at the same time, and I watched/enjoyed those just as much as the In Space episodes. In fact, the second Power Rangers episode I ever watched was a MMPR season 1 episode (it was either episode 1 or episode 4, as it had a Megazord vs. Goldar fight); the first being the In Space crossover with the Ninja Turtles.
But the fully serialized "In Space" season is the best in my opinion.
Time Force and Lightspeed Rescue deserve some love, too.
The former proved that smart writers could pull off "dark" even in a kids' series, while the latter had some surprisingly intelligent episodes in the mix.
Since that era, the show has never reached the same level of quality while keeping it after one or two series. Dino Thunder was big improvement over Ninja Storm, then SPD took things to an even greater level, then it fell back down again with Mystic Force, and kinda stayed down at that level until RPM took things back up a few notches.
Then came MMPR 2010.


Wild Force is kinda the first of the Disney series, its sorta half and half, iirc. If so, that might explain the 'downgrade'.
Samurai is the result of Saban rushing a product out to fill their contract with Nick. They've admitted that roundaboutly, in there comments about how Megaforce has had much more devolpment time. So I think the next series should be a better measurement for if Saban still has it, since Samurai is their first series in a while, and even Disney's first true series, Ninja Storm, wasn't great either (though I like it alot) but got better with Dino Thunder and SPD was also really good for all its flaws.
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#48
Posted 06 August 2012 - 10:30 PM
It wasn't until after the re-runs started airing on ABC Family that I even began to really watch anything.
#49
Posted 06 August 2012 - 10:50 PM
Edited by Sabrblade, 06 August 2012 - 10:51 PM.
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No, we don't all know everything but we should spread and share that what we do know.
If I'm consistently misspelling a word, I would want and expect people to correct me as should I imagine all decent people who know the value of good literacy.
Its just arrogant laziness to know you're spelling a word incorrectly and not correct yourself or ignore the advice when people do tell you how to spell a word correctly.
#50
Posted 06 August 2012 - 11:14 PM
#51
Posted 06 August 2012 - 11:58 PM
I submit to you that if suspension of disbelief for real-world situations in Power Rangers is the point of being "rather contrived", the property is probably not for you.
#52
Posted 07 August 2012 - 12:51 AM
I didn't get to continue watching into season 2 due to my life becoming busier at the time, but I do own the "Best of Power Rangers" DVD that contains the "White Light" two-parter, and watching that showed that that two-parter was FAR less cringeworthy than the content of season 1.
Oh, right, I keep forgetting it isn't the Time Life set he's got...
Sorry; ever since I laid eyes on that, it's like the other ceased to exist.
Yeah, no... MMPR does get better, but aside from a few multiparters, the first season is overall pretty unremarkable.
Not saying it'll turn you into a fan, but you might find it more watchable.
Wasn't Dragonzord; much to my dismay at the time, it didn't appear until the fifth and final part. I think they were just fighting giant Goldar and Scorpina.
That said, I was kind of "meh" on the series up until Tommy showed up. I liked it, but none of the original five really connected with me; I think I defaulted to Jason, because he was the leader with the sword and Tyrannosaur.
Tommy was a definite game-changer; the show still had formulaic cheese, but he really added a cool factor which kept me watching far, far, far longer than I might have otherwise.
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#53
Posted 07 August 2012 - 04:26 AM
I submit to you that if suspension of disbelief for real-world situations in Power Rangers is the point of being "rather contrived", the property is probably not for you.
I always wondered, what would be the proper real-world military response to an evil space witch attacking a city in southern California with giant monsters?
Five teenagers with attitude, of course.
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#54
Posted 07 August 2012 - 10:49 AM
I submit to you that if suspension of disbelief for real-world situations in Power Rangers is the point of being "rather contrived", the property is probably not for you.
I always wondered, what would be the proper real-world military response to an evil space witch attacking a city in southern California with giant monsters?
Time Force did a pretty fair job of showing a PMC handling matters; said PMC even fought some of the weaker dudes to a draw.
#55
Posted 07 August 2012 - 04:53 PM
Five teenagers with attitude, of course.

Yet, an even more accurate description would be "five pro-environmental, charity-obsessed goodie-goods". Makes the comparisons Tommy makes between his old MMPR team and his new team in Dino Thunder all the more amusing.

Edited by Sabrblade, 07 August 2012 - 04:53 PM.
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No, we don't all know everything but we should spread and share that what we do know.
If I'm consistently misspelling a word, I would want and expect people to correct me as should I imagine all decent people who know the value of good literacy.
Its just arrogant laziness to know you're spelling a word incorrectly and not correct yourself or ignore the advice when people do tell you how to spell a word correctly.
#57
Posted 07 August 2012 - 05:52 PM

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No, we don't all know everything but we should spread and share that what we do know.
If I'm consistently misspelling a word, I would want and expect people to correct me as should I imagine all decent people who know the value of good literacy.
Its just arrogant laziness to know you're spelling a word incorrectly and not correct yourself or ignore the advice when people do tell you how to spell a word correctly.
#59
Posted 07 August 2012 - 06:44 PM
I submit to you that if suspension of disbelief for real-world situations in Power Rangers is the point of being "rather contrived", the property is probably not for you.
As is always the case with FI, suspension of disbelief does not apply to any situation which remotely involves the military.
Because yes, showing extended scenes of the military investigating the missing pilot is exactly the kind of thing you'd expect to see in Power Rangers.
Edited by Spectre, 07 August 2012 - 06:45 PM.
#60
Posted 08 August 2012 - 04:54 AM

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