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arcadiarika Since: Dec, 2009
12/26/2012 05:42:13 •••

This is Hated...Why, Again?

Before I start, I will admit that I am a Power Rangers fan. I like some seasons more than others. That being said, there is one series that I like more than others: Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. Why?

For one thing, it had an interesting plot. Instead of taking over the world like all the past villains, a group of demons plan to take over Mariner Bay. Not to mention all the different twists in the series. For one example, a person steals the prototype Titanium Morpher. That person is later to be revealed as Ryan Mitchell, Captain Mitchell's son. Ryan would later join the Rangers, as all Sixth Rangers do.

The second reason why is because of throwing out different tropes. This is notably the first series to not use the "secret identity" trope because the Rangers were rescue workers (in a way). Plus, aside from the obligatory teamup, it had a different story than the last seven seasons. Finally, it had the first American-made Ranger, something that most fans remember.

Finally, the show had a darned good cast. While the majority agreed with Jennifer Yen (Vypra) being the worst Power Rangers actress ever, the other actors did well. Some were believable, and others had charisma. The most baffling is that some fans accused the cast for bad acting. Granted, they're entitled to their opinion and all, but I can think of other shows that have bad acting (or mediocre, to be nice).

Overall, Lightspeed Rescue is an acquired taste. You either love it or hate it. I happen to fall in the former, and while it does have some flaws (some of the episodes were ridiculous), I think that this series really needs more love.

67.234.89.21 Since: Dec, 1969
02/02/2010 00:00:00

Overall I agree, but I will admit that I enjoy Lost Galaxy a bit more due to darker nature of the series and having the guts to put make the Sixth Ranger (at first) morally questionable (something Lightspeed kinda sorta but not really borrowed). Lightspeed Rescue is a good show, but a lot of the things they did were done in Lost Galaxy first. Although the Rangers did have secret identities they didn't go to much effort to try and hide them (since half of them were Terra Venture security forces anyway) and the show had the guts to actually kill heroes and villians alike, sometimes quite brutally. Lightspeed Rescue build upon and fixes the flaws found in things introduced in Lost Galazy, just as Lost Galaxy did for In Space, and Time Force did for Lightspeed Rescue. It's part of the very clear progression in maturity the series was going through until it hit Wild Force and slowly became more and more childish until RPM went back to the more mature side.

JamesPicard Since: Jun, 2012
12/26/2012 00:00:00

True, but Lost Galaxy had a LOT of kinks. Honestly, it felt like they were unsure if they should take it back to the over-the-top silliness of MMPR, or if they wanted to keep and improve upon the darker tone from In Space. Not to mention that the Lights of Orion and Lost Galaxy arcs were actually quite boring, and at sometimes downright awful. Whereas in Lightspeed the arcs were short and condensed, but also large in number. The villains had a justifiable reason for calling themselves evil, being demons and all, and other than Vypra, were all well portrayed and given diverse personalities. Also, the changes to the function of the Rangers really worked. In all honesty, it took me no time at all to like this show. It was willing to take risks. Now, Lost Galaxy was too, but it wasn't the same. I;m not saying LG was bad, I just prefer LR.

I'm a geek.

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