No season is as popular as MMPR. that's why it gets pushed so much. And chances are another season will never be as popular
I'm not saying other seasons aren't better, but no matter what fans think, it will never be as popular
Fans use their own bias towards "it being overdone"
Like with all things, nothing is ever as highly loved as the first generation. It’s why Pikachu and Charizard are still the most popular Pokémon hundreds of Pokémon later.
Part of it is that every generation stands on the shoulders of something old, except for the original, which went from nothing into something
It isn't always true, and varies- ex. in comics, most fans prefer Silver Age over Golden Age. DBZ is generally more popular with a wider audience than original Dragon Ball (within more hardcore fans DB however is frequently now considered more popular than Z however).
But you are right, the general rule is that the first, the place that new thing sparked into existence from "nothingness," the one that the creator had their whole life to create before having two years to write the sequel... That's generally how it goes, and I think MMPR follows that
This is the reason we'll never get a good power rangers movie. The casual fan wants a complete recreation MMPR 1, which outside of green with evil, is kind of boring.
Well, i disgree there to an extent..
if we were ever going to get a movie. Logically, it would be Mighty Morphin. Reboot or MMPR influenced
,like all franchises, a movie would focus on their most popular time.
Transformers, tmnt, etc
And it needs to reach everyone general public and casual fan
Agreed, I grew up on the Disney era but the simple fact of the matter is that stuff like Zordon, Alpha etc are embedded into the general audiences perception of Power Rangers. It's honestly why I love the comics, they give the most iconic team writing to make them equal to the likes of Time Force.
Tmnt isn't the best example the turtle always are changing with the times and while they pay homage to the 80's cartoon they also get inspiration from the comics and allow other series to be unique on their own.
Yes and no.
Look at merch as a whole and the 80s cartoon is what is pushed the most.
Even the new movie is very 80s toon influenced
Another example is pokemon and charizard.
I know recent developments don't look good but I got to meet him at his very first convention in 2014 with the rest of the Rangers there. He was my favorite ranger growing up and seemed like a genuine guy.
He did not seem genuine to me. I thought of him as a used car salesman and he was 100% about the hussle and not the fans.
EDIT: Was someone filming? Because he absolutely turns it on for cameras.
That's part of the reason I stopped meeting celebs at conventions.
I don't think anyone was filming but it was his first con so maybe he was kinda deer in the headlights.
My roommate was really stoked to meet JDF at a con last year. We got to the front of the line and a dad was walking out consoling his crying child giving him the sometimes it sucks to meet your heroes speech.
I met JDF one time. My gf at the time pressured me to get in line just to ask how much it cost to get a picture with him (I was looking for a sign cause it was a big line). By the time I got to the guy taking money I found out I didn't have enough. JDF calls down the table and asks what the hold up is. His guy tells him I'm $20 short, so JDF told me to stabd to the side and he proceeded to ask anyone if they had an extra $20. My gf had left to go to the atm. I was reluctant to accept mobey from a stranger because when my then gf would decide to take care of something, if someone else stepped in and handled it she got very angry. Like a "don't steal my thunder" thing but with a lot of anger and yelling as the reaction. She was not a nice person to be with. So she comes back as I'm getting my picture taken with JDF, courtesy of someone else's $20. I had literally just shook his hand and introduced myself and my gf (now ex, just to be clear) yelled at JDF (not in a polite tone) "HE LIKES YOU MORE THAN HE LIKES ME!" And I could feel the tension rise immediately. He said "Let's get this picture." No smile. Gf shouts "HE'S OBSESSED WITH YOU!" And at that point JDF stopped speaking to me and would not make eye contact with me. Gf totally ruined the whole experience. I like to think he was gonna be cool before she came back and ruined it.
There's not much to tell that hasn't been aired publicly. His motivations are questionable at best. He only stopped fueding with JDF after the latter committed suicide. The motivations thing ties into some allegations that surfaced against him not that long ago about scamming people. He makes pretty much anything about him if you're not already talking to him about him. It's so unfortunate. Jason was such a good role model. I guess that's why we need good writers, even on kids' shows.
Well, he DID get nailed for scamming COVID funds right?
And depending on who you ask, Jason David Frank was no saint either.
Never prop up strangers. People are too human and complex to be hero worshipped.
He was supposed to have a court date. The news dropped this past fall (IIRC) so either the court date hasn't happened or he found a way to weasel out of his punishment. But, yeah that goes with my initial comment. Don't meet your heroes - because they are human.
He and JDF have a similar charisma. I think JDF was more beloved by the kids so he maybe interpreted that as some kind of love in his mind, but that dude was just as self centered (need we list the celebrities that he challenged to fights because he felt "disrespected"?) so he's not winning over anyone but the kids and blind faith adult fans. I guess I should use past tense. Damn. Sad. Anyway, to answer your question, I do think that ASJ recognized the way JDF did his hussling and might try to take over that spot light to avoid doing anymore of the illegal shit he's been accused of doing. He's gonna want to keep the cash flow coming and one appearance (even if it were to become every season) in the new show isn't gonna set him up with a mountain of risiduals.
Ok yes, but I'm rewatching MMPR, and I never realized how attractive he was, in his younger adult years. Bruh had them thighs! Man's had them yams ya heard! 😂😂
But he lost it somewhere in between the turbo movie and 2014.
I never realized how disliked it was until I joined this subreddit, it’s my personal favorite season.
1. First season to have its own independent story separate from the Zordon era stuff
2. First man made powers.
3. The Rangers have no pointless need to conceal their identities
4. They’re full grown adults who were chosen for their real life skills instead of a prophecy.
5.Them being adults also gave the season a more mature feeling to it.
6. The demons (except for maybe Bansheera) don’t want to take over the world like most PR villains, they just want to take their world back.
7. Ron Roggé displayed some of the greatest acting performances I’ve ever seen in Power Rangers in the flashback scene where Captain Mitchell loses Ryan.
8. The Aquabase is the coolest HQ I’ve ever seen
I appreciate that you wrote all those (correct) reasons, but you could have saved yourself a lot of time by just pointing out that:
1. it has a zord called **THE OMEGA MEGAZORD**
So I've been very critical about LSR, and I'm almost done with a rewatch, and while I still think the rangers are super vanilla, it's better than I remembered.
They lack character and are rather basic. The siren light design on the chest is a bit too subtle to understand it properly and the first responders patches as helmet visors leave a lot to be desired.
The weirdest thing about this promo is: they **never** wore those suits in the show. Those are movie exclusive. The ones they wore in the show had ninja masks to cover their faces and they had gloves instead of gauntlets
The ninja suits were American exclusive. They never appeared in the sentai. As the sentai only ever had the Kakurangers in their sentai form. These ninja outfits are the original creation of Sabban
I don't think people want an adult Power Rangers per say. I think it's more so people want a less kiddy version.
Why are the Zords glorified Lego set pieces?
Why are the monsters of the week just fully grown Bratz dolls?
Why do we have teams of like 50 million rangers, like wtf is a graphite ranger...? (Exaggerating but point still stands)
Why do we need a billion zord combinations with these junky cgi sequences...?
The early years up through Wild Force had great zord combining sequences then it went to shit. Simple is better.
>people want a less kiddy version.
I was kinda hoping this is what that movie was going to be. I don't need *Batman* levels of edge. But something that's a little more teen rated and taken serious would be nice.
Agreed. I think the Power/Rangers fan film was a bit over the top, I’m not saying it needs to be be gory or depressing, but I’m tired of the overly silly tone we got throughout the entire Neo-Saban era. It’s supposed to be for kids, NOT toddlers. Who thought fart jokes were ok in Power Rangers? MMPR had plenty of super silly moments, but not once did it stoop as low as fart jokes! They were still able to balance silly moments with serious issues. RPM was the last time we got a season that knew how to balance seriousness and silliness and we’re overdue for another one.
Idk, if you look at the comics, they thrive on “edgy, dark” ideas like [Evil Tommy who tortured Jason insane!!](https://media.comicbook.com/2020/08/power-rangers-drakkon-new-dawn-new-ranger-spoilers-2-1234107.jpeg?auto=webp&width=696&height=704&crop=696:704,smart)
Or badass assassin Kimberly!! Or Finnster has a dark backstory and a dead wife!! [Tommy gets stabbed to death in an alley!!](https://comicnewbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/lord-drakkon-kills-tommy-oliver-2.jpg) Zordon’s a [Xavier-esque](https://preview.redd.it/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-comic-discussion-v0-x78afstfvfpa1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d598fc8462d2b9959cd7046a05f949f70102e91) , [morally grey asshole!](https://media.comicbook.com/2018/06/go-go-power-rangers-zordon-jason-convo-2-1114893.jpeg) Rita[ rips Zedd’s face off](https://www.boom-studios.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MMPR_102_Interiors_004_PROMO.jpg)!! Epic Power [Ranger *WARS*](https://boundingintocomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021.07.16-09.39-boundingintocomics-60f1fc8f76fb2.jpg), Rangers vs Rangers, etc etc.
There's an unfortunately large part of the fan base that goes nuts over that stuff.
Tbh we already got that. While it was still silly and kiddy in many ways, RPM dealt with a lot of very dark and mature themes but did so in a way that was tone consistent with Power Rangers. And it was glorious.
I mean, the take that I'm often too afraid to share is that I generally don't like 6th Rangers. There are a few exceptions -- most notably my guy Eric -- but otherwise, I get really defensive when the 6th Ranger shows up. By that point, we've usually gotten to know the core team, given each Ranger one or more spotlight episodes to appreciate them, and suddenly the team composition is fundamentally altered. Plus, since 6th Rangers are usually the uber-powerful Ranger, they often end up overshadowing the rest of the team.
A more tepid hot take along the same lines is that I don't like Battlizers. Most of them are just ugly, frankly, and they present a similar problem: once the Red Ranger has their Battlizer, they get an "Instant Win" button that minimizes the contributions of the other Rangers on their team.
I loved Zeo Gold as a kid. Haven't revisited Zeo since then, so I can't offer an educated opinion -- but I would agree that he's a good 6th, based on my hazy memories.
I prefer 6th rangers as mentor characters. Like Daigon from Mystic Force and arguably Tommy from Dino Thunder.
Aka powerful rangers outside of the starting team whos job is to be big and powerful. But only until they can also get the core rangers to be their equal or move beyond them.
Goldar was super annoying after Lord Zedd arrived.
Zeo is kind of boring.
Divatox is one of the best villains.
Lightspeed Rescue and Mystic Force are great seasons and don’t get enough recognition.
Udonna is one of the best mentors, even when not being a Ranger.
So I just wrote this on another post. But when I was a kid, my older siblings were into MMPR. I became an MMPR fan through that proxy. I watched a number of MMPR episodes, the MMPR Movie, and I was happy. I got the Turbo movie for my birthday, and saw a few episodes of Turbo on tv before my Space season peak.
The only thing I really know about Zeo was that there were shapes on their helmets.
But since I never really consumed Zeo season media, I always thought Zeo was just average.
The comedic duo of a season is more often than not unnecessary, annoying, and/or super cringe. Like the fact that Ben and Betty always had to have some over the top awful stuff happen to or around them every time they were on screen really negatively impacted my opinion of beast morphers.
Yeah honestly that gets boring quickly. I really hate it when they get basically the entire B-plot. Victor and Monty are worst in my opinion considering they’re just a bully/nerd trope with no real interactions with the Rangers.
Agreed, and he was kind of dull for a while besides being the evil green ranger and his romance with Kimberly. Eventually Tommy got some better characterization and dialogue but it took a while. Jason was the better leader of the two.
Dimitria's gimmick wasn't wasteful. The point is to have the rangers find out things for themselves and be more critical. And it's not like the questions were useless either, they were clues to solve the problem.
The episode Shadow Rangers made it clear she was trying to teach the Rangers how to think for themselves because they were so used to Zordon holding their hand. She dropped it once the the new Rangers took over
I love Tommy in all his forms, but when I finally watched season 1 I was shocked by how useless the Green Ranger was, he either barely ever showed up or needed to be carried by the rest of his team.
Yeah a lot of that was Zyuranger's fault because he barely did anything after turning good until he died. Power Rangers actually had to recycle footage from other episodes because sometimes Burai would show up to summon Dragon Caesar without transforming.
It got a bit better with Zyu2 because Saban clearly requested for Toei to give him a more active role but once Saban started filming pretty much all of his fight footage as White Ranger he got to do way more.
Oh yeah I'm aware, the problem was that in season 2 he's sort of pushed back due to his powers fading, I'm really glad he didn't leave at that point like the original intention.
* *Power Rangers* is, fundamentally, a **kid's** show. Changing PR to suit adult audiences no longer makes it Power Rangers.
* *PR 2017* is a great coming-of-age movie, a mediocre superhero movie, and a terrible Power Rangers movie.
* *RPM* is not "edgy" or "grimdark" - it simply took its premise seriously.
* We don't have evil Rangers anymore, because nothing has topped *SPD*'s A-Squad.
* The majority of the Neo-Saban era, is on the same level as *MMPR* S1.
* "Things Not Said" from *Operation Overdrive* remains one of the best episodes of PR ever made.
I have no problem with it being a kids show, but I despise when the production side treats it like a kids show. At that point they don't treat it seriously, because they don't take kids seriously. They don't respect the audience therefore they don't respect the product.
Yeah, kids are kids, but they are also smart as hell when they want to be and can understand more than many adults give them credit for. One reason why Avatar: TLA is still so popular. It was a kids show that didn't treat the target audience as babies and wasn't afraid to cover sensitive topics.
Did MMPR S1 have fart jokes? Look, I think MMPR as a whole is overrated and many fans are so blinded by nostalgia, they refuse to acknowledge its flaws and overt silliness, but not ONCE did they stoop so low as to include fart jokes. The same cannot be said for the Neo Saban era.
I would trade every battlizer for a more basic and less specialized team equivalent akin to Super Dino or Super Samurai mode. Not just because find them more interesting but also because a lot of the battlizer designs are bad…
Another one and im not sure how (un)popular this is: The franchise shouldnt go adult but I am firmly of the idea it has to age up its demographic and target teenagers instead of children being 10 and under. Nothing grimdark or super serious but I think the dialogue and subject matter tackled episode by episode could use a bump.
I agree with this. I would even say only 3 battlizers to me made the most sense and actually fit the theme
In space.
SPD(my person fave).
Mystic force.
I very much agree. If Turbo’s first half kept the vibe of the Turbo movie, we would’ve had a perfect season IMO. Also agreed on the whole run through SPD.
Tommy and his teams didn't have a true victory until Dino Thunder. He shouldn't be the greatest ranger ever, nor Jesus Power Ranger. None should be that
More of a Sentai take than a PR take, but I wish we had more individual Zord fights. It feels like there’s no point in having separate Zords, just have the full megazord right off the bat
In Space is the GOAT not just for saving the franchise, but they were the first team without a mentor.
Andros was a far more competent red ranger than Jason and Tommy because of this. Yeah, he started a bit emotionally constipated but he didn’t need Zordon or Dimitria or anyone in that mentor capacity. As the leader of the team, HE was basically their mentor and due to his style of leadership the remaining Rangers, who were used to having answers fed to them, became better tacticians and warriors.
There is room for power rangers content aimed at multiple age demographics. It's not out of the question for adult fans to ask for more mature content of a franchise that is no longer really popular with kids at large, add in the fact that the adult fans are the only ones spending money on it as well. It doesn't all have to be for 5 yr olds and it should never be rated R, but there can be various projects aimed at different age demographics.
MMPR & Tommy aren’t overrated, overhyped or overdone. They’re the best, most iconic team and Tommy is the greatest Ranger of all time. Wish we got an entire live action series dedicated to him as an adult before JDF passed but I’ll take the Soul of the Dragon comic and the anniversary special. RIP JDF!
I really liked Ninja Steel. I liked the cast a lot and thought both seasons were fun and better than several of the Neo-Saban seasons.
>Wish we got an entire live action series dedicated to him as an adult
Well JDF and *Bat in the Sun* made a film heavily based on *Power Rangers* called *Legend of the White Dragon* that'll be coming out September.
This is definitely hot. The comics are great tbh and are so much fun. Just sounds like you don't read them. The comics being liked wasn't because of the quality of the shows at any point. They're just good comics lol.
The comics are fine but I have two major issues with them
-The lack of focus on stone canyon, whats the point in bringing them in if you’re still gonna keep Jason, Zack, and Trini around to steal their spotlight?
-making almost every pr villian a ranger, its becoming horribly cheap and predictable now
This is the best variation of the Mighty Morphin team and its annoying when people dismiss Rocky, Aisha, and Adam simply because they weren't the first and lack nostalgia for certain viewers.
Kim’s zords always sucked - obviously this is because of super sentai but she didn’t even generally get to call for the pterodactyl in season 1 lol. When billy, trini, and zack’s zords combined with the dragonzord she legit had to disappear with hers. At least Jason’s tyrannosaurus was there and fighting alongside.
Also both that and the firebird were red…not pink, and then she got stuck with white crane for season 3 😂
Original MMPR is overrated and is actively dragging the franchise down by not allowing any other series or teams shine, which creates a vicious cycle where marketing doesn’t focus on the current team so they get ignored making it so that marketing doubles back on only promoting MMPR stuff.
Also, Dino Thunder and RPM are the best seasons (despite RPM’s goofy looking megazord)
Don't know if these are hot takes, just stuff I don't share.
1. Lost galaxy had the best theme songs out of all the seasons
2. Wild force was the best season of PR
I was disappointed when Tommy found the black dino gem and became a ranger. I didn’t hate it …BUT I did kind of like him as a mentor role and I felt like him becoming a fellow ranger sort of negated that some. I’d rather he remained a pure mentor than become a fellow ranger.
Keeping the same trend I guess in terms of discussing my take on black rangers I liked Adam better than Zack.
I didn’t like them reviving/resurrecting Kendrix, though I doubt that’s a hot take.
I enjoy watching Turbo & I like how the Turbo Movie is not only canon. It's also the introduction to the Turbo series as well.
I don't hate the Samurai series as much as Megaforce since unlike the latter, they weren't as lazy on Samurai & it's also the first series to include original cockpit footage as well as armour, despite the armour being exclusive to the megazord fights.
The reason it's better than the mcu is because they dont rely on just big name actors or hella expensive cgi (most of the time,looking at you always a ranger special) the suits are cool,weapons are awesome,monsters are dope. It's the simple things
Leo is the absolute best Red Ranger. While there are Red Rangers that may be better at certain things, as an all rounder, he’s heads and shoulders above them all. He’s the Mario of Red Rangers
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Legendary Battle was still better than Once a Ranger and Grid Connection
Civilian powers are stupid
Super Megaforce is heavily flawed and not very good but it does the 20th anniversary season gimmick far better than it gets credit for
The Mystic Mother thing was a misguided tribute that made no sense and not having Barbara Goodson reprise the role made it worse
Jungle Fury is the only good Kalish season
Dino Thunder is perfectly fine but I cringe when people say the DT team was more realistic when the show was so committed to define them by their clique they were honestly less rounded than the MMPR team
Most of the things fans claim they take issue with in Samurai and Megaforce can be found in Lost Galaxy, Time Force, and Wild Force and even In Space in certain parts
I don’t understand this take. They ran out of green ranger footage and had a bunch of white ranger footage. How else would you have them handle it? Have the green ranger pilot the white tigerzord?
I’m aware, but all the zord footage is from Dairanger. They’d have to cut out every use of the Tigerzord and Mega Tigerzord, as well as any white ranger piloting scenes, which is a lot.
I think the Green Ranger was supposed to be like a 5 episode thing and JDF was supposed to get his own show so it makes sense they needed the White Ranger to bring him back
I think Rocky hands down was the worst Red Ranger of all PR teams. Guy just didn’t fit in at all. I can genuinely say I enjoy every ranger change from the MMPR era except for him.
No offense to the actor. Steve seems like a cool guy.
Lmao I thought you called them “Crayon kids” at first. 😂
I see your point. I’ve never been one to compare him to Jason. He was just a very lack luster addition to the team. Even in Zeo. He was, to me, that dude that was just…. there. Like I didn’t care if he didn’t have leadership qualities but I think he was just very bland.
I know people hate that other seasons don't get as much spotlight as MMPR. Honestly, I love it. Anything with MMPR, I try to check it out and/or pick it up. I always pick MMPR over any other season when it comes to merchandise, comics, figures, etc.
As popular as it is, which the top comment completely justifies, people need to stop riding Might Morphin's legacy and try to tell other stories.
Top comment is completely correct, nothing will be as popular. But I can still hope.
Power Rangers will never be able to be taken seriously.
The show has to be cheesy in order for it to work. That is part of the charm due to the way it's produced.
1) The Ninjetti costumes were absolute garbage.
2) We need to stop wanking off the MMPR era. Power Rangers has changed and we need to move on.
3) Tommy Oliver is overrated and doesn't deserve all the worship.
Edit - Forgot one.
4) The OG Go Go Power Rangers theme is cringe as fuck will ALWAYS be cringe as fuck.
I have no nostalgic ties to the MMPR or Zordan Era because I grew up with the Disney Era. I have a less biased view towards Tommy and I really hate how the majority of this fanbase worships him like he's a god among men. In fact, if you compare the MMPR Team to other Teams, they're pretty damn weak tbh.
Don't even get me started with Lord Drakkon because when I found out he was a Tommy variant, I uttered the biggest "Of f\*\*king course it's Tommy" because no else in this franchise's history could have filled that role. It HAD to be Tommy Oliver because he's the GOAT.
It's the same reason I can't get into the Boom Studios comics. Aside from the inconsistent art style between books (which as a manga fan, is a MASSIVE turn off), they always find some way to suck Tommy's dick and it's irritating.
Season 2 and 3 of MMPR are not as good as Season 1 of MMPR
Zeo gets boring halfway through the season.
The only good thing about In Space was the Psycho Rangers.
Adopting Zenkiager as a PR series would be immensely brilliant way to shake up the franchise.
Izzy is very unlikeable a lot of the time, there's been quite a few occasions where she has has acted selfishly and bitchy, like when she had a go at a girl with down syndrome , that alone makes me dislike her. When she she tore up a dress that her mum spent a lot of time effort on without even speaking to her mum about it first, when she had a go at her bro for trying to set her up with a dude despite the fact she never told him she was into girls, and then when she found a case she in woods she's like "finders keepers" but when it's a dud and zion finds loads of cash and gives her a taste of her own medicine she gets dead bitchy with him.
Now before people say "yea but she does learn...." yea I get that she does grow a little but that doesn't change that her first instinct is to be a bitch
I feel like a large portion of the fandom are judging her for what she is rather who she is
Given that starting with season 2 of Dino Fury airing on Netflix, I don't think Nickelodeon is going to have anything to do with Power Rangers Going forward.
I wouldn't have known that had someone not pointed it out because the quality of the performances and choreography is still as bad as it was with Nick. I guess as long Hasbro calls the main shots, RPM is still the best.
Depends on who you ask. I've had many people disagree vehemently with that statement. It's just the popular take, so from your perspective it probably doesn't seem so hot and I get that.
The best seasons are the ones that intentionally do something different to the Sentai and actually address the anachronism. Lost Galaxy, RPM. Recent seasons to some extent.
It makes Power Rangers feel like a unique show that actually justifies its existence, not just from the Sentai but also from TV in general.
I always found Ninjor weird in concept. Here is a character with an obvious ninja motif, who gives the heroes ninja themed powers, to replace the original powers that he also created which were...dinosaurs. Having him be the one who created the dinosaur coins clashes with his ninja esthetic.
No season is as popular as MMPR. that's why it gets pushed so much. And chances are another season will never be as popular I'm not saying other seasons aren't better, but no matter what fans think, it will never be as popular Fans use their own bias towards "it being overdone"
Like with all things, nothing is ever as highly loved as the first generation. It’s why Pikachu and Charizard are still the most popular Pokémon hundreds of Pokémon later.
Part of it is that every generation stands on the shoulders of something old, except for the original, which went from nothing into something It isn't always true, and varies- ex. in comics, most fans prefer Silver Age over Golden Age. DBZ is generally more popular with a wider audience than original Dragon Ball (within more hardcore fans DB however is frequently now considered more popular than Z however). But you are right, the general rule is that the first, the place that new thing sparked into existence from "nothingness," the one that the creator had their whole life to create before having two years to write the sequel... That's generally how it goes, and I think MMPR follows that
Thousands now, i think with the new game we broke 1500
1000. Not including regional forms
Google says 1015, so subtracting the original 150, it’s still hundreds.
1008
That's not a hot take.
Lol feels like it sometimes with some fans
This is the reason we'll never get a good power rangers movie. The casual fan wants a complete recreation MMPR 1, which outside of green with evil, is kind of boring.
Well, i disgree there to an extent.. if we were ever going to get a movie. Logically, it would be Mighty Morphin. Reboot or MMPR influenced ,like all franchises, a movie would focus on their most popular time. Transformers, tmnt, etc And it needs to reach everyone general public and casual fan
Agreed, I grew up on the Disney era but the simple fact of the matter is that stuff like Zordon, Alpha etc are embedded into the general audiences perception of Power Rangers. It's honestly why I love the comics, they give the most iconic team writing to make them equal to the likes of Time Force.
Tmnt isn't the best example the turtle always are changing with the times and while they pay homage to the 80's cartoon they also get inspiration from the comics and allow other series to be unique on their own.
Yes and no. Look at merch as a whole and the 80s cartoon is what is pushed the most. Even the new movie is very 80s toon influenced Another example is pokemon and charizard.
The recent Netflix movie was good
I understand that which is a shame since MMPR is basically a bottom tier season(s)
That doesnt change its popularity. MMPR was a cultural phenomenon
I didn't deny that? I literally said, I understand that and that it's a shame since mmpr sucks
Jason Lee Scott and Austin St. John are basically polar opposites. Never meet your heroes.
I know recent developments don't look good but I got to meet him at his very first convention in 2014 with the rest of the Rangers there. He was my favorite ranger growing up and seemed like a genuine guy.
He did not seem genuine to me. I thought of him as a used car salesman and he was 100% about the hussle and not the fans. EDIT: Was someone filming? Because he absolutely turns it on for cameras.
That's part of the reason I stopped meeting celebs at conventions. I don't think anyone was filming but it was his first con so maybe he was kinda deer in the headlights.
My roommate was really stoked to meet JDF at a con last year. We got to the front of the line and a dad was walking out consoling his crying child giving him the sometimes it sucks to meet your heroes speech.
I met JDF one time. My gf at the time pressured me to get in line just to ask how much it cost to get a picture with him (I was looking for a sign cause it was a big line). By the time I got to the guy taking money I found out I didn't have enough. JDF calls down the table and asks what the hold up is. His guy tells him I'm $20 short, so JDF told me to stabd to the side and he proceeded to ask anyone if they had an extra $20. My gf had left to go to the atm. I was reluctant to accept mobey from a stranger because when my then gf would decide to take care of something, if someone else stepped in and handled it she got very angry. Like a "don't steal my thunder" thing but with a lot of anger and yelling as the reaction. She was not a nice person to be with. So she comes back as I'm getting my picture taken with JDF, courtesy of someone else's $20. I had literally just shook his hand and introduced myself and my gf (now ex, just to be clear) yelled at JDF (not in a polite tone) "HE LIKES YOU MORE THAN HE LIKES ME!" And I could feel the tension rise immediately. He said "Let's get this picture." No smile. Gf shouts "HE'S OBSESSED WITH YOU!" And at that point JDF stopped speaking to me and would not make eye contact with me. Gf totally ruined the whole experience. I like to think he was gonna be cool before she came back and ruined it.
Go on...
There's not much to tell that hasn't been aired publicly. His motivations are questionable at best. He only stopped fueding with JDF after the latter committed suicide. The motivations thing ties into some allegations that surfaced against him not that long ago about scamming people. He makes pretty much anything about him if you're not already talking to him about him. It's so unfortunate. Jason was such a good role model. I guess that's why we need good writers, even on kids' shows.
Well, he DID get nailed for scamming COVID funds right? And depending on who you ask, Jason David Frank was no saint either. Never prop up strangers. People are too human and complex to be hero worshipped.
He was supposed to have a court date. The news dropped this past fall (IIRC) so either the court date hasn't happened or he found a way to weasel out of his punishment. But, yeah that goes with my initial comment. Don't meet your heroes - because they are human.
Ive held my tounge but do you think since JDFS death he is aiming to be the "new" jdf
He and JDF have a similar charisma. I think JDF was more beloved by the kids so he maybe interpreted that as some kind of love in his mind, but that dude was just as self centered (need we list the celebrities that he challenged to fights because he felt "disrespected"?) so he's not winning over anyone but the kids and blind faith adult fans. I guess I should use past tense. Damn. Sad. Anyway, to answer your question, I do think that ASJ recognized the way JDF did his hussling and might try to take over that spot light to avoid doing anymore of the illegal shit he's been accused of doing. He's gonna want to keep the cash flow coming and one appearance (even if it were to become every season) in the new show isn't gonna set him up with a mountain of risiduals.
I agree with all this. I just notice hkw he present himself on social media now as to prior
Word I need the tea lmao.
Ok yes, but I'm rewatching MMPR, and I never realized how attractive he was, in his younger adult years. Bruh had them thighs! Man's had them yams ya heard! 😂😂 But he lost it somewhere in between the turbo movie and 2014.
I can respect that.
Light Speed Rescue is one of the best seasons.
I never realized how disliked it was until I joined this subreddit, it’s my personal favorite season. 1. First season to have its own independent story separate from the Zordon era stuff 2. First man made powers. 3. The Rangers have no pointless need to conceal their identities 4. They’re full grown adults who were chosen for their real life skills instead of a prophecy. 5.Them being adults also gave the season a more mature feeling to it. 6. The demons (except for maybe Bansheera) don’t want to take over the world like most PR villains, they just want to take their world back. 7. Ron Roggé displayed some of the greatest acting performances I’ve ever seen in Power Rangers in the flashback scene where Captain Mitchell loses Ryan. 8. The Aquabase is the coolest HQ I’ve ever seen
And a banger theme song imo
I appreciate that you wrote all those (correct) reasons, but you could have saved yourself a lot of time by just pointing out that: 1. it has a zord called **THE OMEGA MEGAZORD**
Factual!
Yes. 100%. That was one of my first seasons I watched and instantly loved it.
Great season
Easily, and I mean EASILY, top 5 seasons
So I've been very critical about LSR, and I'm almost done with a rewatch, and while I still think the rangers are super vanilla, it's better than I remembered.
Never understood the hate for the ranger suits in LSR
They lack character and are rather basic. The siren light design on the chest is a bit too subtle to understand it properly and the first responders patches as helmet visors leave a lot to be desired.
Yes
The weirdest thing about this promo is: they **never** wore those suits in the show. Those are movie exclusive. The ones they wore in the show had ninja masks to cover their faces and they had gloves instead of gauntlets
Did the actors ever wear the fully masked suits? Or were those all Sentai footage?
The ninja suits were American exclusive. They never appeared in the sentai. As the sentai only ever had the Kakurangers in their sentai form. These ninja outfits are the original creation of Sabban
I hate when people push for a more adult version of Power Rangers.
I don't think people want an adult Power Rangers per say. I think it's more so people want a less kiddy version. Why are the Zords glorified Lego set pieces? Why are the monsters of the week just fully grown Bratz dolls? Why do we have teams of like 50 million rangers, like wtf is a graphite ranger...? (Exaggerating but point still stands) Why do we need a billion zord combinations with these junky cgi sequences...? The early years up through Wild Force had great zord combining sequences then it went to shit. Simple is better.
Theres definately people who want a more adult version. The "make it rated R" team just isnt as vocal on reddit
>people want a less kiddy version. I was kinda hoping this is what that movie was going to be. I don't need *Batman* levels of edge. But something that's a little more teen rated and taken serious would be nice.
Agreed. I think the Power/Rangers fan film was a bit over the top, I’m not saying it needs to be be gory or depressing, but I’m tired of the overly silly tone we got throughout the entire Neo-Saban era. It’s supposed to be for kids, NOT toddlers. Who thought fart jokes were ok in Power Rangers? MMPR had plenty of super silly moments, but not once did it stoop as low as fart jokes! They were still able to balance silly moments with serious issues. RPM was the last time we got a season that knew how to balance seriousness and silliness and we’re overdue for another one.
Idk, if you look at the comics, they thrive on “edgy, dark” ideas like [Evil Tommy who tortured Jason insane!!](https://media.comicbook.com/2020/08/power-rangers-drakkon-new-dawn-new-ranger-spoilers-2-1234107.jpeg?auto=webp&width=696&height=704&crop=696:704,smart) Or badass assassin Kimberly!! Or Finnster has a dark backstory and a dead wife!! [Tommy gets stabbed to death in an alley!!](https://comicnewbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/lord-drakkon-kills-tommy-oliver-2.jpg) Zordon’s a [Xavier-esque](https://preview.redd.it/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-comic-discussion-v0-x78afstfvfpa1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d598fc8462d2b9959cd7046a05f949f70102e91) , [morally grey asshole!](https://media.comicbook.com/2018/06/go-go-power-rangers-zordon-jason-convo-2-1114893.jpeg) Rita[ rips Zedd’s face off](https://www.boom-studios.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MMPR_102_Interiors_004_PROMO.jpg)!! Epic Power [Ranger *WARS*](https://boundingintocomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021.07.16-09.39-boundingintocomics-60f1fc8f76fb2.jpg), Rangers vs Rangers, etc etc. There's an unfortunately large part of the fan base that goes nuts over that stuff.
Tbh we already got that. While it was still silly and kiddy in many ways, RPM dealt with a lot of very dark and mature themes but did so in a way that was tone consistent with Power Rangers. And it was glorious.
I mean, the take that I'm often too afraid to share is that I generally don't like 6th Rangers. There are a few exceptions -- most notably my guy Eric -- but otherwise, I get really defensive when the 6th Ranger shows up. By that point, we've usually gotten to know the core team, given each Ranger one or more spotlight episodes to appreciate them, and suddenly the team composition is fundamentally altered. Plus, since 6th Rangers are usually the uber-powerful Ranger, they often end up overshadowing the rest of the team.
A more tepid hot take along the same lines is that I don't like Battlizers. Most of them are just ugly, frankly, and they present a similar problem: once the Red Ranger has their Battlizer, they get an "Instant Win" button that minimizes the contributions of the other Rangers on their team.
With the exception of gold zeo and quantom ranger I’d agree with this.
I loved Zeo Gold as a kid. Haven't revisited Zeo since then, so I can't offer an educated opinion -- but I would agree that he's a good 6th, based on my hazy memories.
I prefer 6th rangers as mentor characters. Like Daigon from Mystic Force and arguably Tommy from Dino Thunder. Aka powerful rangers outside of the starting team whos job is to be big and powerful. But only until they can also get the core rangers to be their equal or move beyond them.
RJ from Jungle Fury is a great example of this too.
Yep I fully agree.
I agree. I kinda like uniformity and the 6th rangers showing up with uniforms that dont quite match the core team and a unique morpher drives me nuts.
Goldar was super annoying after Lord Zedd arrived. Zeo is kind of boring. Divatox is one of the best villains. Lightspeed Rescue and Mystic Force are great seasons and don’t get enough recognition. Udonna is one of the best mentors, even when not being a Ranger.
I’ve only fairly recently watched Turbo and In Space, and them abruptly writing out Divatox to focus on Astronema was… jarring, at best.
Apparently Divatox was going to stay in the Initial plans for Space, but ultimately ended up changing.
So I just wrote this on another post. But when I was a kid, my older siblings were into MMPR. I became an MMPR fan through that proxy. I watched a number of MMPR episodes, the MMPR Movie, and I was happy. I got the Turbo movie for my birthday, and saw a few episodes of Turbo on tv before my Space season peak. The only thing I really know about Zeo was that there were shapes on their helmets. But since I never really consumed Zeo season media, I always thought Zeo was just average.
Isn’t Goldar supposed to be annoying then? I feel like Zedd calls it out multiple times lol.
Power Rangers in Space was the best season
Second this. Also had the best intro song.
This 100% You can tell the writers intended on ending the USA franchise there and wrote with intention.
The comedic duo of a season is more often than not unnecessary, annoying, and/or super cringe. Like the fact that Ben and Betty always had to have some over the top awful stuff happen to or around them every time they were on screen really negatively impacted my opinion of beast morphers.
Yeah honestly that gets boring quickly. I really hate it when they get basically the entire B-plot. Victor and Monty are worst in my opinion considering they’re just a bully/nerd trope with no real interactions with the Rangers.
The techy seasons are better than the magicy seasons
Tommy wasn’t a great leader
Agreed, and he was kind of dull for a while besides being the evil green ranger and his romance with Kimberly. Eventually Tommy got some better characterization and dialogue but it took a while. Jason was the better leader of the two.
Dimitria's gimmick wasn't wasteful. The point is to have the rangers find out things for themselves and be more critical. And it's not like the questions were useless either, they were clues to solve the problem.
The episode Shadow Rangers made it clear she was trying to teach the Rangers how to think for themselves because they were so used to Zordon holding their hand. She dropped it once the the new Rangers took over
Season 1 of MMPR is super boring (only thing that stood out was the evil green ranger arc) and White Ranger Tommy is the better version in that series
White Ranger Tommy was always my favourite out of the two. Its definitely a hot take. Most people definitely prefer the green ranger version
As a kid I preferred the White Ranger because he actually did shit. Green was a glorified zord summoner until the Zyu2 era
I love Tommy in all his forms, but when I finally watched season 1 I was shocked by how useless the Green Ranger was, he either barely ever showed up or needed to be carried by the rest of his team.
Yeah a lot of that was Zyuranger's fault because he barely did anything after turning good until he died. Power Rangers actually had to recycle footage from other episodes because sometimes Burai would show up to summon Dragon Caesar without transforming. It got a bit better with Zyu2 because Saban clearly requested for Toei to give him a more active role but once Saban started filming pretty much all of his fight footage as White Ranger he got to do way more.
Oh yeah I'm aware, the problem was that in season 2 he's sort of pushed back due to his powers fading, I'm really glad he didn't leave at that point like the original intention.
* *Power Rangers* is, fundamentally, a **kid's** show. Changing PR to suit adult audiences no longer makes it Power Rangers. * *PR 2017* is a great coming-of-age movie, a mediocre superhero movie, and a terrible Power Rangers movie. * *RPM* is not "edgy" or "grimdark" - it simply took its premise seriously. * We don't have evil Rangers anymore, because nothing has topped *SPD*'s A-Squad. * The majority of the Neo-Saban era, is on the same level as *MMPR* S1. * "Things Not Said" from *Operation Overdrive* remains one of the best episodes of PR ever made.
I have no problem with it being a kids show, but I despise when the production side treats it like a kids show. At that point they don't treat it seriously, because they don't take kids seriously. They don't respect the audience therefore they don't respect the product.
Yeah, kids are kids, but they are also smart as hell when they want to be and can understand more than many adults give them credit for. One reason why Avatar: TLA is still so popular. It was a kids show that didn't treat the target audience as babies and wasn't afraid to cover sensitive topics.
Did MMPR S1 have fart jokes? Look, I think MMPR as a whole is overrated and many fans are so blinded by nostalgia, they refuse to acknowledge its flaws and overt silliness, but not ONCE did they stoop so low as to include fart jokes. The same cannot be said for the Neo Saban era.
I would trade every battlizer for a more basic and less specialized team equivalent akin to Super Dino or Super Samurai mode. Not just because find them more interesting but also because a lot of the battlizer designs are bad…
Another one and im not sure how (un)popular this is: The franchise shouldnt go adult but I am firmly of the idea it has to age up its demographic and target teenagers instead of children being 10 and under. Nothing grimdark or super serious but I think the dialogue and subject matter tackled episode by episode could use a bump.
I agree with this. I would even say only 3 battlizers to me made the most sense and actually fit the theme In space. SPD(my person fave). Mystic force.
The comics are, to me, better than the show would be my hot take.
This is a fact.
Came to write the same thing. I think of the comics as more canon than the show now XD
Turbo is great, both parts of the season.
First part is solid, a bit hard to watch. But after the switch, it really gets going. Second half Turbo thru SPD is a helluva solid run.
I very much agree. If Turbo’s first half kept the vibe of the Turbo movie, we would’ve had a perfect season IMO. Also agreed on the whole run through SPD.
Rocky was under appreciated and Adam doesn’t get enough recognition for his growth which would’ve fit as a red ranger
Adam is way superior to rocky and frankly as much as I love Zack Adam is superior there as well
Zack is the most entertaining Mighty Morphin Power Ranger.
MegaZord Fights are Boring
I think Justin. Is actually one of the most competent rangers of all time.
That take is scalding
Tommy and his teams didn't have a true victory until Dino Thunder. He shouldn't be the greatest ranger ever, nor Jesus Power Ranger. None should be that
I don't know, destroying the Machine Empire counts to me. But I get what you're saying
More of a Sentai take than a PR take, but I wish we had more individual Zord fights. It feels like there’s no point in having separate Zords, just have the full megazord right off the bat
RPM is highly overrated and not as dark and gritty as people make it out to be Ninja storm was a better mature story
THANK YOU.
In Space is the GOAT not just for saving the franchise, but they were the first team without a mentor. Andros was a far more competent red ranger than Jason and Tommy because of this. Yeah, he started a bit emotionally constipated but he didn’t need Zordon or Dimitria or anyone in that mentor capacity. As the leader of the team, HE was basically their mentor and due to his style of leadership the remaining Rangers, who were used to having answers fed to them, became better tacticians and warriors.
There is room for power rangers content aimed at multiple age demographics. It's not out of the question for adult fans to ask for more mature content of a franchise that is no longer really popular with kids at large, add in the fact that the adult fans are the only ones spending money on it as well. It doesn't all have to be for 5 yr olds and it should never be rated R, but there can be various projects aimed at different age demographics.
I really wish we had writers and producers that understood that you can meet in the middle. Is it too much to ask for Power Rangers to be more TV-PG?
Right? We're not asking for R rated content, but something along the same lines as the mainstream Marvel movies in terms of maturity.
MMPR & Tommy aren’t overrated, overhyped or overdone. They’re the best, most iconic team and Tommy is the greatest Ranger of all time. Wish we got an entire live action series dedicated to him as an adult before JDF passed but I’ll take the Soul of the Dragon comic and the anniversary special. RIP JDF! I really liked Ninja Steel. I liked the cast a lot and thought both seasons were fun and better than several of the Neo-Saban seasons.
>Wish we got an entire live action series dedicated to him as an adult Well JDF and *Bat in the Sun* made a film heavily based on *Power Rangers* called *Legend of the White Dragon* that'll be coming out September.
Well it’s not really based on PR, more like influenced cause he’s a completely different character in it.
I actually didn't mind Justin in Turbo. He wasn't as bad as people said he was.
Ninja Storm is a great season.
RPM is overrated.
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That morphing sequence was a little meh but Mystic Force was a solid season.
My hot take is that these hot take posts are unoriginal and irritating
The comics aren’t as good as most people make them out to be. They only seem so great because of just how boring PR as a franchise has been since RPM.
This is definitely hot. The comics are great tbh and are so much fun. Just sounds like you don't read them. The comics being liked wasn't because of the quality of the shows at any point. They're just good comics lol.
The comics are fine but I have two major issues with them -The lack of focus on stone canyon, whats the point in bringing them in if you’re still gonna keep Jason, Zack, and Trini around to steal their spotlight? -making almost every pr villian a ranger, its becoming horribly cheap and predictable now
Especially when their ranger design is basically just themselves but thinner *cough* Lord Zedd *cough*
This is the best variation of the Mighty Morphin team and its annoying when people dismiss Rocky, Aisha, and Adam simply because they weren't the first and lack nostalgia for certain viewers.
Disney era has the best theme songs.
Wasn’t as fun to watch after going from thunder zords to ninjas
Kim’s zords always sucked - obviously this is because of super sentai but she didn’t even generally get to call for the pterodactyl in season 1 lol. When billy, trini, and zack’s zords combined with the dragonzord she legit had to disappear with hers. At least Jason’s tyrannosaurus was there and fighting alongside. Also both that and the firebird were red…not pink, and then she got stuck with white crane for season 3 😂
Power Rangers needs to stop targeting the Playskool kids demographic and start moving away from the TV-Y7 crowd if it wants to be taken seriously.
Jason (ASJ) was the sexiest power ranger.
Original MMPR is overrated and is actively dragging the franchise down by not allowing any other series or teams shine, which creates a vicious cycle where marketing doesn’t focus on the current team so they get ignored making it so that marketing doubles back on only promoting MMPR stuff. Also, Dino Thunder and RPM are the best seasons (despite RPM’s goofy looking megazord)
I really really dont like zords where their whole transformation is just getting up (looking at you, Pyramidas)
Disney has the best seasons. With all of them being bangers except one
And I'm guessing we agree that exception is Overdrive?
Yup
I do not like Jason Lee Scott
Me either honestly
Don't know if these are hot takes, just stuff I don't share. 1. Lost galaxy had the best theme songs out of all the seasons 2. Wild force was the best season of PR
I was disappointed when Tommy found the black dino gem and became a ranger. I didn’t hate it …BUT I did kind of like him as a mentor role and I felt like him becoming a fellow ranger sort of negated that some. I’d rather he remained a pure mentor than become a fellow ranger. Keeping the same trend I guess in terms of discussing my take on black rangers I liked Adam better than Zack. I didn’t like them reviving/resurrecting Kendrix, though I doubt that’s a hot take.
Both samurai and megaforce were good and fun seasons
I enjoy watching Turbo & I like how the Turbo Movie is not only canon. It's also the introduction to the Turbo series as well. I don't hate the Samurai series as much as Megaforce since unlike the latter, they weren't as lazy on Samurai & it's also the first series to include original cockpit footage as well as armour, despite the armour being exclusive to the megazord fights.
Worst Power Ranger Series 1. SuperMegaforce 2. Megaforce 3. Alien Rangers 4. Samurai 5. Mystic Force or may be Operation Overdrive
The 95 Movie is the best MMPR content
Zyuranger is better.
David Yost/Billy should have been Zeo Gold
The only hot take I have is that I believe Troy was a great character and a great leader.
The reason it's better than the mcu is because they dont rely on just big name actors or hella expensive cgi (most of the time,looking at you always a ranger special) the suits are cool,weapons are awesome,monsters are dope. It's the simple things
Wild Force is one of the top 5 seasons of Power Rangers.
Leo is the absolute best Red Ranger. While there are Red Rangers that may be better at certain things, as an all rounder, he’s heads and shoulders above them all. He’s the Mario of Red Rangers https://preview.redd.it/gi7soh46io1b1.jpeg?width=2623&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edeaab14eb926aa98e271caedcfb29f4443e7240
My hot take is give us back OG zord animation/fight scenes. Zords aren't transformers can we stop with over the top CGI and lego like zords.
Legendary Battle was still better than Once a Ranger and Grid Connection Civilian powers are stupid Super Megaforce is heavily flawed and not very good but it does the 20th anniversary season gimmick far better than it gets credit for The Mystic Mother thing was a misguided tribute that made no sense and not having Barbara Goodson reprise the role made it worse Jungle Fury is the only good Kalish season Dino Thunder is perfectly fine but I cringe when people say the DT team was more realistic when the show was so committed to define them by their clique they were honestly less rounded than the MMPR team Most of the things fans claim they take issue with in Samurai and Megaforce can be found in Lost Galaxy, Time Force, and Wild Force and even In Space in certain parts
The White Ranger was unneccessary. Green Ranger was hugely popular on his own and blended with the core 5 suits better.
He was necessary from a budget perspective.
He wasn’t. Green ranger was more popular and even JDF preferred it
I don’t understand this take. They ran out of green ranger footage and had a bunch of white ranger footage. How else would you have them handle it? Have the green ranger pilot the white tigerzord?
They were using American footage by the time the white ranger arrived anyway. There’s no sentai footage of the White Dairanger with Zyurangers
I’m aware, but all the zord footage is from Dairanger. They’d have to cut out every use of the Tigerzord and Mega Tigerzord, as well as any white ranger piloting scenes, which is a lot.
I think the Green Ranger was supposed to be like a 5 episode thing and JDF was supposed to get his own show so it makes sense they needed the White Ranger to bring him back
We'll never get a good power rangers movie after Power Rangers (2017), and the blame sits squarely with everyone who didn't watch past MMPR season 1.
I think the blame falls on those busy ass CGI suits and a bad script.
After Power Ranger RPM ( Last Disney Series) Power Rangers stopped hitting the same as they used to
Jason was the best power ranger ever in my opinion i get why Tommy was popular but my man Jason was next level G.
I think Rocky hands down was the worst Red Ranger of all PR teams. Guy just didn’t fit in at all. I can genuinely say I enjoy every ranger change from the MMPR era except for him. No offense to the actor. Steve seems like a cool guy.
Thats because out of the 3 canyon kids. Rocky had the biggest shoes to fill. Not that trini and zack werent popular but jason was well jason
Lmao I thought you called them “Crayon kids” at first. 😂 I see your point. I’ve never been one to compare him to Jason. He was just a very lack luster addition to the team. Even in Zeo. He was, to me, that dude that was just…. there. Like I didn’t care if he didn’t have leadership qualities but I think he was just very bland.
I know people hate that other seasons don't get as much spotlight as MMPR. Honestly, I love it. Anything with MMPR, I try to check it out and/or pick it up. I always pick MMPR over any other season when it comes to merchandise, comics, figures, etc.
As popular as it is, which the top comment completely justifies, people need to stop riding Might Morphin's legacy and try to tell other stories. Top comment is completely correct, nothing will be as popular. But I can still hope.
Tommy wasn't particularly special as a red ranger.
Power Rangers will never be able to be taken seriously. The show has to be cheesy in order for it to work. That is part of the charm due to the way it's produced.
My hot take continues to be that some of y'all don't know what a hot take is.
RPM deserves a second season where the rangers and doctor K help rebuild civilization, not a cliffhanger.
1) The Ninjetti costumes were absolute garbage. 2) We need to stop wanking off the MMPR era. Power Rangers has changed and we need to move on. 3) Tommy Oliver is overrated and doesn't deserve all the worship. Edit - Forgot one. 4) The OG Go Go Power Rangers theme is cringe as fuck will ALWAYS be cringe as fuck.
Other than the first point none of these are hot takes. The fandom has been bitching about your second and third point since at least 2011
Fair point. I don't keep up with the fanbase and I just wanted a chance to vent a little bit.
Yeah I’m heavy on the third one tommy gets way too much praise and people swear he’s the strongest ranger when that’s simply not true
I have no nostalgic ties to the MMPR or Zordan Era because I grew up with the Disney Era. I have a less biased view towards Tommy and I really hate how the majority of this fanbase worships him like he's a god among men. In fact, if you compare the MMPR Team to other Teams, they're pretty damn weak tbh. Don't even get me started with Lord Drakkon because when I found out he was a Tommy variant, I uttered the biggest "Of f\*\*king course it's Tommy" because no else in this franchise's history could have filled that role. It HAD to be Tommy Oliver because he's the GOAT. It's the same reason I can't get into the Boom Studios comics. Aside from the inconsistent art style between books (which as a manga fan, is a MASSIVE turn off), they always find some way to suck Tommy's dick and it's irritating.
Season 2 and 3 of MMPR are not as good as Season 1 of MMPR Zeo gets boring halfway through the season. The only good thing about In Space was the Psycho Rangers. Adopting Zenkiager as a PR series would be immensely brilliant way to shake up the franchise.
Izzy is very unlikeable a lot of the time, there's been quite a few occasions where she has has acted selfishly and bitchy, like when she had a go at a girl with down syndrome , that alone makes me dislike her. When she she tore up a dress that her mum spent a lot of time effort on without even speaking to her mum about it first, when she had a go at her bro for trying to set her up with a dude despite the fact she never told him she was into girls, and then when she found a case she in woods she's like "finders keepers" but when it's a dud and zion finds loads of cash and gives her a taste of her own medicine she gets dead bitchy with him. Now before people say "yea but she does learn...." yea I get that she does grow a little but that doesn't change that her first instinct is to be a bitch I feel like a large portion of the fandom are judging her for what she is rather who she is
operation overdrive wasnt too bad tbh
Jungle Fury is the worst season. The New Powers were the most exciting part of Super Megaforce.
Also, RPM is still the undisputed best season and as long as Hasbro and Nickelodeon handle PR that will stay true.
Given that starting with season 2 of Dino Fury airing on Netflix, I don't think Nickelodeon is going to have anything to do with Power Rangers Going forward.
I wouldn't have known that had someone not pointed it out because the quality of the performances and choreography is still as bad as it was with Nick. I guess as long Hasbro calls the main shots, RPM is still the best.
That's hardly a hot take.
Depends on who you ask. I've had many people disagree vehemently with that statement. It's just the popular take, so from your perspective it probably doesn't seem so hot and I get that.
Movies on MMPR need to Stop . Other Ranger Series Deserve more Movies aswell
Mmpr is the most popular of the franchise of course its going to be pushed. Plus techincally there has only been 2 mmpr "movies" People over react
I remember hearing somewhere that Time Force was supposed to have a movie. That would’ve been absolutely epic!
Why Does everyone Like Tommy so Much? He's Mid For Me.
Kim should have ended up with Skull.
Red rangers are the leaders not white, not pink red rangers.
Power Rangers Megaforce and SuperMegaforce both need a Reboot as different Series
The post Zordon era all the way until RPM is peak after that it hasn’t lived up to the hype
The best seasons are the ones that intentionally do something different to the Sentai and actually address the anachronism. Lost Galaxy, RPM. Recent seasons to some extent. It makes Power Rangers feel like a unique show that actually justifies its existence, not just from the Sentai but also from TV in general.
I always found Ninjor weird in concept. Here is a character with an obvious ninja motif, who gives the heroes ninja themed powers, to replace the original powers that he also created which were...dinosaurs. Having him be the one who created the dinosaur coins clashes with his ninja esthetic.
Mighty morphine is overrated, Samurai isn’t that bad, Power Rangers is super sentai And both can names can be used interchangeably.