I'll confess: I LOVE Power Rangers. It's one of those things I've never been able to shake. I still have all my Megazords - although they're now my little brother's, although that doesn't stop me occasionally playing with them - and I'll still watch it when it comes on TV. If the DVDs weren't so nightmarishly expensive, or if I had more money, I'd buy them in a heartbeat. Before Pokemon entered my life, there was this, and some things just stick with you for your entire life. Sad, I suppose, but then who doesn't have a few skeletons in their closet? xD
I dropped out of it a bit through Turbo/In Space/Lost Galaxy, since the entire cast was gone and thus so was the appeal, but then Lightspeed Rescue re-kindled my interest. From that point up to Dino Thunder it was pretty damned awesome (especially with Tommy re-appearing for a few episodes...that was an extremely welcome blast from the past) but then there were three absolutely atrocious series in S.P.D. (as soon as I saw the talking anthropomorphic dog, that was it, TV goes off, end of story), Mystic Force (my brother loved this one, but it just didn't take with me...) and Operation Overdrive. Jungle Fury was...mediocre. Like a cross between Dino Thunder and Wild Force, but lacking the charms of either. I'd given up hope by this point that another good series of Power Rangers was going to come out.
...then there was RPM. RPM is possibly my favourite series ever. It was like Disney had just tired of writing poor scripts with even worse Rangers and decided to do a parody instead...I love Ziggy. So, so much. He's the best Ranger since Tommy. Having a Scottish Ranger was fantastic as well, and the story behind it all actually wasn't that bad, even if the villain was a rehash of King Mondo.
I haven't seen Samurai yet, but from the clips, and the opening theme...I don't think I want to. Saban taking control of the franchise again should be a good thing, but it looks like they've totally butchered it...and split up the dream team of Bulk and Skull. I'm dreading seeing this series when it finally airs on a channel I can watch...
Did anyone see the movies? The first movie was fantastic, I remember seeing it at the cinema. As a kid, it was everything I was dreaming of at the time. Now that I'm older, I find myself appreciating Ivan Ooze more and more for his witty dialogue. xD
The Turbo movie...eh, I didn't really like the Turbo series in general, but at least it had the first team of rangers, and not the second...the switch over was one of the reasons I hated Turbo so much, since I'd grown accustomed to Tommy, Katherine, Adam and the rest...although I despised Justin, for getting to live the dream. xD
Just for once, though, I would like to see a newer series go on for longer than one season. I mean, the original MMPR lasted for three, and then continued on for Zeo and half of Turbo. Every other series has been one instalment...I'd love to see a sequel series to RPM. They certainly set themselves up for it...
/is a total dork
