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Friday, July 1, 2011

Non-Color Ranger Names

I was kinda bored, I meant to do this before:

Phantom Ranger
The first 'Ranger' to have a name without a color and just another word. Phantom obviously is not a color, but meaning a ghostly apiration (sp).

Magna Defender

No matter if he was a Ranger or not, but he took the spot and even when Mike donned the armor, he still had the same name. I still have no idea what a Magna is and why it would need defending.

Titanium Ranger

Titanium is a chemical element and transition metal with a silver color.

Quantum Ranger
In physics, a quantum (plural: quanta) is the minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction. He is the first Red Ranger to not have 'Red' as a title.

Lunar Wolf Ranger
He is the first and not last Silver Ranger to have a non-color name. This in my own opinion that was the first name to be accurate.

Triassic Ranger
Just a power-up but treated toy-wise as a sixth ranger. The Triassic is a geologic period that extended from about 250 to 200 Mya (million years ago). Styracosaurus was from the Cretaceous Period and his megazord was called Mezodon for some reason.

Omega Ranger
Omega is from the Greek Alphabet meaning 'Last.' My bad, I said Latin.

Shadow Ranger
How was he shadow-y? Because of his dark colors?

Kat Ranger
It has orange but considered to be a White Ranger, she had orange, white and black. She was obviously called 'Kat' for her character Kat.

Nova Ranger
Maybe because she only appeared in one episode. Omega is a Latin symbol, Nova is not, Nova is an astrological phenomenon.

Solaris Knight
Solaris clearly meaning the sun. With 'Knight' it is debated if he was a Ranger but he indeed was one.

Mercury Ranger
The Mercury they refer to is a chemical element that is silver-y.

Elephant, Bat, and Shark Rangers
All the Jungle Fury Rangers had animal names including Wolf Ranger and Rhino Ranger.

Monday, June 27, 2011

Power Rangers: Male Non-Rubber Suit Villains

Like I did with Super Sentai, almost all villainesses in Power Rangers are actresses without rubber suits (many are not rubber, but you know what I mean) like the monsters. In Power Rangers, there is quite a few, especially in seasons that the Sentai counterpart didn't have a human male villain.

Ransik (Time Force)
Don Dornero was the main villain of Timeranger, which we know as Gluto, which became a big dumby waste of space. Ransik was added, my personal opinion on why they probably did was to add a big masculine force and also add on to the plot. Later, they tied up Ransik with the Orgs to explain how he took swords out of his bones.

Master Org (Wild Force)
While the 'Master Org' was just a figurehead in Gaoranger, Wild Force's Master Org was an original creation but with the costume of the Emperor in Dairanger. I liked that they tied in Viktor to Cole's story. In the end, he became an Org monster and died.

Lothor (Ninja Storm-Dino Thunder)

The main villain of Hurricanger, Tao Zanto, was not seen in Ninja Storm but his final form did become Lothor's zord. Lothor was played by the same actor that played Sensei, as they were twins. I didn't like his outfit, I don't think it matched with the other villains and his mask looked like a Luchador (wrestler) costume mask.

Mesogog (Dino Thunder)
Mesogog's human form Anton Mercer was not exactly villainous but he was the same actor who voiced Mesogog.

Emperor Grumm (SPD)
Played by the same guy who plays Jii in PRS, he voiced Grumm and showed a human disguise in the Shadow two-parter.

Thrax
Rita and Zedd's son, only appeared in two episodes of PROO. His armor was part of Zeltrax's, had a bit of Zedd's body and bone aspects that could be from his Uncle Rito. You couldn't really see his human face, but he had a rather good looking actor who also does stunts.

Dai Shi/Jarrod (Jungle Fury)
The concept of Dai Shi was exclusive to Power Rangers, he didn't exist in Gekiranger. But of course, he didn't have a costume until the end, the big dragon, but that was from Gekiranger. I personally believe the concept of Dai Shi was to give an excuse for Jarrod to be morally responsible for his evil actions like Rio was. Jarrod is the 1st male human villain to be transferred from Sentai to Power Rangers and to also have a similar costume to his Japanese Counterpart. 'Dai' means great in Japanese and 'Shi' means Lion, so his name could be 'Great Lion,' like I have said before--there is confusing about what Dai Shi and Jarrod did or who was in control, mostly to be blamed on the writers.

Deker
Deker is a Nighlok swordsman that can assume a human form. Considers the Red Ranger to be his greatest challenge for his sword Uramasa. Played by Rick Medina, who played Cole in PRWF. He is the second male human villain to be transferred from Sentai to Power Rangers and to also have a similar costume to his Japanese Counterpart.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Anniversaries the exact same year or season

What year really counts as the anniversary year? What year could it be considered?

Super Sentai 25th Anniversary
With Goranger, Super Sentai started in 1975. Technically Battle Fever J (1979) was the first to be called Super Sentai. Goranger and JAKQ were not included as Super Sentai until 1994 when Toei decided to include them with the series that followed. The 25th anniversary for Super Sentai was celebrated in 2001 with Gaoranger (2001). 1975 + 25 years would be the year 2000. But technically speaking there was no Super Sentai series for 1978, so 25 years would end at 2001. But it can be said that the series was one year after 25 years.

Power Rangers 10th Anniversary
"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" was first premiered in 1993. "Power Rangers Wild Force" celebrated the 10th anniversary in 2002 with the "Forever Red" episode having 10 Red Rangers together. Ten years would had been in 2003. So this was celebrated a year before it was suppose to be. But I suppose it could be argued that it was the 10th season, but for me it is the same thing, potato, patato; to-mah-toe, toe-may-doe; res-sume, rey-zoo-may.

Super Sentai 30th Anniversary
With Goranger, Super Sentai started in 1975. The 30th anniversary for Super Sentai was celebrated in 2006 with Boukenger (2006). 1975 + 30 years would be the year 2005. It can be said that the series was one year after 25 years.

Power Rangers 15th Anniversary
"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" was first premiered in 1993. "Power Rangers Operation Overdrive" celebrated the 15th anniversary in 2007. 15 years plus 1993 would be 2008. So this was celebrated a year before it was suppose to be.

Super Sentai 35th Anniversary
With Goranger, Super Sentai started in 1975. The 35th anniversary for Super Sentai was celebrated in 2011 with Gokaiger. 1975 + 35 years would be the year 2010. It can be said that the series was one year after 35 years. But it can also be said they are celebrating the actual 35 years Super Sentai has been on the air, as there was no series for 1978.

My personal theory is that Power Rangers has just followed suit with the Super Sentai they adapted from, maybe because of Bandai. For example, Gaoranger was an anniversary year so Bandai or whomever decided to make Wild Force an anniversary year. Saban Brands has mentioned the 20th anniversary for Power Rangers. 20 years after 1993 would be 2013, but following suit of Wild Force and PROO, it could be done in 2012. Some sources say Saban is counting the MMPR reversion as Season 18 and that PRS is season 19. But Paul S. (Bulk) says it is the 18th season and that PRS will run for 2 years, meaning we won't have a new theme until 2013, most likely based on Goseiger. If Gokaiger was adapted in 2014, and the 20th anniversary is already celebrated, it would look strange. They could have just let PRS for 1 season, Goseiger for 2012 and Gokaiger for 2013, making the 20th anniversary work. Oh well, we will know soon.

"Video games for Nintendo Co.’s Wii and DS will be released this year, and a movie may follow in time for the live-action series’ 20th anniversary in 2013, Dekel said."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-07/saban-reboots-power-rangers-with-new-shows-to-recapture-glory.html

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Top 10 Worst Power Rangers Toys

The following are my own opinions, I am sure there are plenty other toys that you guys think are the worst or bad. I hate re-paints, some re-paints are the worst too, but I decided not to include any re-paints. I have to admit, the majority of these are things that didn't appear on the show, but there are actually some things that were not on the show that looked pretty cool.

10. Solar Morpher
In Gekiranger, they used what became the Tiger Battle Claws in Jungle Fury---to transform. Many fans complained about these eyeglasses. They are pretty lame. What kind of toy is this for kids? This was chosen for bad playability and quality.

9. Claw Cannon
Appeared on the show but this looks nothing like the real one, just looks horrible. This was chosen for bad design, playability and quality.

8. Torque Force Power Rangers
A pre-cursor to the Spirit Rangers, they based these figures on the Auxiliary zords, they should have just made them full rangers, not have these veins and silly 'hats.' This was chosen for poor choice of design.

7. A Tie!! Mighty Dragon Mobile
This is a family blog and I don't curse, and I'm not going to say what this looks like. It is just tacky looking. This was chosen for poor choice in design.

7. Original Lord Zedd figure
Since when was Lord Zedd fat? Well, this was the original toy, he was bulky in all his incarnations for the first few years until they made the Super Legends figure in 2008. This was chosen for poor choice in construction.

6. Galatic Speeders
pretty dull and boring entry from PRLG, didn't appear on the show. This was chosen for bad playability and design.

5. Hovertek Cycles
In PROO, they decided to make figures that were mixed two colors, it just didn't look right. It is so mis-matched. This was choice for bad choice of color.

4. A Tie! MMPR 2010 Digital Clock Rangers and 'Panty Rangers'
I don't think these toys were released everywhere, but they just look horrible, ooh and the 'Panty Rangers.' These two were chosen for poor conception, design and execution.

3. MMPR 2010 Action Rangers
Ugly and badly conceived. These were chosen for bad design.

2. Mystic Saber Max

This was not on the show and look pretty cheap. This was chosen for bad playability, design and just plain waste of plastic.

1. Triple Transforming Megazord
Ugliest thing I have ever seen, I don't like the other Megazords Bandai America made up, that didn't appear on the show. As I have expressed before, why make new zords that don't appear on the show and not make zords that actually appear on the show?