Sunday, April 8, 2012

Mighty Morphin' Sentai Rangers

Another of my pet peeves with Power Rangers is that it never used the costumes of the five core Dairangers.

Here they are:






If I were Saban, I would redo Power Rangers all over again and make the second season Mighty Morphin' Thunder Rangers, with the five costumes pictured here.

I would also make a prequel series to Power Rangers from all the Sentai series before Zyuranger, and I would call it Power Rangers BZ (Before Zordon).

"Although the Power Rangers had, in the continuity, predated Zordon, Zordon is generally credited with creating the first group of modern Power Rangers, as well as coining many of the phrases that are still used today." - Wikipedia article on Zordon

Images from www.supersentai.com

Episodes Out of Order

One of my biggest pet peeves with Power Rangers is that although it was based on Super Sentai, it followed the episodes of Super Sentai in the wrong order.
Case in point: episode 101, "Day of the Dumpster", vs. episode 104, "A Pressing Engagement".

In episode 104 of Power Rangers, King Sphinx blows Jason's friends away, and so Jason has to retrieve the Power Crystals to bring his friends back. However, the Rangers already had their Power Crystals when they formed the original Megazord back in episode 101.

In Zyuranger, the plot makes much more sense. In episode 1606 of Super Sentai (Zyuranger was the 16th installment in Super Sentai), "Taté! Daijûjin", Geki has to retrieve the Dino Crystals to free his friends from Dora Sphinx, who imprisons people inside trees. It is not until Geki finds the Dino Crystals that he and the other Zyurangers can combine their Shugojû into Daijûjin and defeat Dora Sphinx.

If Saban had gone through the episodes of Super Sentai in the right order, they could have avoided plot holes like the one I just mentioned.

Introduction

Super Sentai is a long-running series of Japanese television shows. Each installment in the Super Sentai series is about a team of at least three warriors who protect the planet (or part of the universe) from evil forces that try to conquer it.

Power Rangers is a long-running series of American television shows. Each installment in the Power Rangers series is about a team of at least three Rangers who protect the planet (or part of the universe) from evil forces that try to conquer it.

This blog will give you, members of the audience, reasons why you should not watch Power Rangers, but watch Super Sentai instead.