Power Rangers as a whole

Rest in peace.

It's a good thing I put that up as a Tear Jerker in Power Rangers Ninja Storm by its YMMV page.

You probably shouldn't have - generally Tear Jerker is supposed to be from moments in the show.

Power of air! ;_; RIP

RIP Pua Magasiva.

Jason Chan (Cam), Glenn McMillan (Dustin), and Adam Tuominen (Hunter) are the only ones in Ninja Storm to give tribute to him. See it here.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/nz-stars-pay-tribute-pua-magasiva-bloody-good-guy

I could only hope Sally Martin (Tori) gives her tribute as well.

Edited by SnaxBox on May 13th 2019 at 1:25:11 AM

I'm sure she's still processing it right now.

Or she's grieving in private. There's no requirement that she turn her mourning into a public performance. Or they might not even been close and she doesn't feel it adequate to pretend they were.

I should also question why the female co-star is the one that gets singled out, when several male co-stars have also said nothing.

Edited by Ghilz on May 13th 2019 at 8:19:33 AM

Youtube channel host and PR fan, The Disney Brain pays tribute to Pua Magasiva with a look back on the Ninja Storm episode, "Shane's Karma".

Edited by windleopard on May 18th 2019 at 4:52:23 AM

The show just started airing in Canada. I already like it more than Ninja Steel. It feels like its trying to do something a bit different. There have been a lot of Power Rangers series over the years, but this premise is actually relatively original. I also like that we don't have that same introduction played over and over again at the start of every episode.

A fan made opening for a To Qger adaptation.

Power Rangers Beast Morphers - Power Rangers Dino Thunder Cast Not Returning For Beast Morpher & MMPR Team-Up

Boo! I don't know about anyone else but of the three dinosaur themed teams MMPR is the one I care about the least while Dino Thunder is the one I care about the most. I hope they at least include the Dino Charge team.

Is this year an anniversary year? Wasn't last season, AKA Ninja Steel Season 2, an anniversary year, hence that big crossover episode with Tommy and Koda and those other rangers?

Edited by WillKeaton on May 20th 2019 at 7:30:46 AM

Last year was an anniversary, yes. This crossover seems to be an adaptation of the Sentai crossover between Zyuranger, Abaranger, Kyoryuger, and Go-Busters that introduced Toqger shortly before their show's debut. That said they're making significant changes since they're cutting out Abaranger (The sentai that Dino Thunder is adapted from.) and Toqger (Which makes sense because that hasn't been adapted or confirmed for it either.) so it's obviously going to be its own thing.

I'm a bit disappointed at Dino Thunder not returning, and a bit confused at MM returning in their stead since, near as I'm aware, a good chunk of the team isn't acting anymore.

But then, I'm not sure any of Dino Thunder is acting anymore, so it is what it is I suppose.

There is always the possibility of Dino Thunder in-suit only (possibly with some ADR), as that makes more footage available. Underwhelming but happens all the time on the Japanese side

The only one who seems willing to return from DT is Kevin Duhaney anyway. He's actually rumored to be at least doing voice work since he has been heavily promoting BM on his social media. James Napier definitely has cut ties with PR, Emma Lahana is currently in Cloak & Dagger, and JDF won't return if Austin St. Johns is involved. Jeffrey Parazzo would have potentially returned (he did showed up at the NS anniversary), but I guess they didn't brought him back since the footage they will potentially use doesn't feature him. I think Napier might do only voice work (stranger things have happened, like Danny Slavin), but only with a big check and using a pseudonym.

That said, the footage of Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters barely features the Go-Busters, so there's going to be plenty of new footage anyway, so I think they didn't brought Parazzo for budget.

Edited by Akirakan on May 21st 2019 at 10:53:58 AM

I've been wondering about this for a little bit...where exactly does the "Ranger" in the title of the franchise (and the individual entries of source material by extension) come from?

My guess is that they look over and take care of their specific towns like rangers look over and take care of their parks.

From Turboranger (If we don't count Gorenger's mispelling).

That season has a big anti polution thing going on. So the -ranger bit is most likely an allusion to park Rangers. And to a lesser extent fantasy rangers since the rangers get their powers from a fairy (and a scientist). Seasons before it (And a few after it) favored a more superheroesque "-Man" title (Liveman, Fiveman, Bioman, etc..)

Later season use it more the same way they use "Sentai" (Squadron) - Sentai made sense in Gorenger where they were literally a squadron of a UN Task Force. Now more often than not its The Artifact.

Power Rangers kept using Rangers coz well, between Army Rangers, Texas Rangers and the like the word "Ranger" has a cool, bad-ass, vaguely good guy connotation in the English language.

Edited by Ghilz on May 25th 2019 at 4:21:20 AM

Some more sad news; Alistair Browning, actor for Zenowing in "Dino Super Charge", has passed away due to cancer.

Apparently there's yet another crossover episode coming in Beast Morphers next season, with Doctor K from RPM appearing

I’m happy that they’re trying to do more crossovers again.

Ninja Steel tried, just far from nailed the execution.