The fact that Carter was ready to be locked in essentially hell with all of those demons without hesitation says a lot about his character ontop of all the other stuff in the show.
@@BoboMagroto26 I mean this is the guy that ran up to two giant enemies just with his blaster. If this guy isn't Power Rangers' answer to the Doom Slayer idk what is
I just realized that Lightspeed Rescue is the first season to have villains that were not from space. Just think about that, all of the previous villains were either aliens or robots from space.
It also expands the universe more and shows that Earth has its own mythology tied into the Power Rangers. Not only do we have demons introduced as being an actual thing and not just something inspired by aliens (ancient aliens), but King Neptune's appearance shows that the Greek Gods exist in the PR Universe. Makes the universe feel more similar to DC and Marvel where the universe has everything and the kitchen sink.
@@albrown7930to be fair (insert letter Kenny singing) Neptune is a version of Poseidon, so the argument can be made that the names are partially interchangeable
Carter Grayson is a hero both in and out of his suit on top of being a genuine inspiration to some Ranger fans who went on to become Firefighters in real life. Badass doesn't even begin to describe how amazing of a Ranger and person Carter Grayson is.
my favorite episode is the one where carter remembers the firefighter that saved his life. Because he was inspired to save lives after watching a real hero in action.
I have a Japanese friend who’s more familiar with Sentai than Power Rangers. When she asked me what Power Rangers was like, I mostly showed her clips of Carter Grayson being a badass. She understood quickly why I liked Power Rangers so much
Carter is probably the most active ranger. Tommy took breaks in between his original run and becoming the black ranger in dino thunder. Carter seemingly was active through wild force and was still a emergency responder, who probably had access to his ranger form whenever he needed it, all the way through the big anniversary crossover.
Wild Force is only 2 years after Lightspeed Rescue, Tommy already had 5 years of Ranger experience (and 5 years of "retirement"), at that point, and returned to active ranger status 2 years later. Assuming both he and Carter both stayed active as rangers between then and the Legendary Battle adaptation, he'd still have 1 year of active ranger experience over Grayson.
I still love that: "Dumbest Person in Power Rangers" rant, as well as the "Don't screw with Carter Grayson" line at the end. Never stop being awesome Linkara.
Same. That season may have given us a nonsensical character but it also gave us a character who proved that you can be awesome and beloved even without a character or character development. You just have to be cool or alike.
@@dnmstarsi Agreed. I even laughed at Linkara's impression of Thrax in his Operation Overdrive review: "I could easily kill you all right now, but I won't because I'm an idiot, Bye!"
@@nine_tails137 Yeah, that was another dumb moment in the series. Kinda makes me want to see a supercut of all of the stupidest moments in the series which would feature a lot of Dax Lo FYI.
@@dnmstarsi (sigh)NGL, I hated all the Overdrive Rangers(including Dax). Plus, I reacted the same way Linkara did to Alpha, Thrax, and Dax in the following Scenes: (Alpha has a horrible new voice)Oh dear god! Thrax: I wish I had the sword Excelsier. Then I would use its power to destroy you forevaar. Me: Shut up Thrax! Dax: You can play DVDs in your head. Me: Shut up Dax!
@@nine_tails137 Personally, the only Overdrive Rangers I cared about were Mack, Rose and Tyzonn but that's only because Mack got all of the development, Rose wasn't as dumb as others with the whole "You're rich! Buy an army!" (That's a dumb moment right there for Hartford) and Tyzonn is only there because of my friend/neighbor who enjoyed Overdrive and the Mercury Ranger and personally, he's responsible for me not hating it (which I don't mind at all because we had fun with it despite being too old for PR at the time). Also, yeah. I try not to shit on actors doing their job and I mean no disrespect towards Alpha's VA on Overdrive but even though the previous VA wouldn't save this special, goddamn I would shatter Zordon just to get any of the previous VA again. Also, Thrax sucks and if I recall correctly, the late Robert Axelrod even dismisses him as Zedd's son which he should especially when Rita refused to have kids. And man, that DVD line was so bad in my book because IMO that remark COULD have worked since even though being human meant a lot to Mack and other fictional robot characters, being a robot could be cool and there are neat stuff one can do. Look at guys like Mega Man, Astro Boy, Jenny Wakeman and Bender Rodriguez as well as others like Android 18 who prove that being robots (or cyborgs) ain't as bad as you think. But, NO, DVDs inside your head is neat in Dax's book... I feel sorry for his actor. He didn't deserve this role unless I missed something about him.
Lightspeed Rescue was the 1st season of Power Rangers that I really got invested in as a kid. Carter Grayson was my hero, and inspired me to become a firefighter ^_^
I love the backstory as to why Carter wanted to be a fireman! It’s relatable to me in terms of why I wanted to go into the education field and help students who struggle like I did.
At least Diabolico didn't waste time when he was in danger of losing his star power. He sought to eliminate the Titanium Ranger so it couldn't be used against him, and when all his monsters were defeated he went down and fought the rangers himself. And when he was defeated, he accepted his defeat like a noble soldier. That was the kind of loyalty Queen Banshera never inspired or cared for.
Carter Grayson is arguably one of best Red Rangers the team has ever had.True, he wasn't a leader like Jason or a legend like Tommy became, but he's the only Red Ranger that kept being an active Hero in the Rangerverse.All the other's (save for Tommy) gave it up and retired. He's also the only Ranger to ever use Common Sense during Combat (take out the biggest threat in the area, use your environment to your advantage, etc.)...
I was with you until you said "all the others retired" unless you meant very specifically red Rangers otherwise you'd be incorrect cause it seems pretty likely that Adam has been a Ranger nearly his entire life since he came back as a Ranger for In Space then later in Operation Overdrive which even showed multiple other Rangers from other seasons in active duty so it seems likely that unless specifically shown in the show that the Ranger retired that most Rangers just stay Rangers "once a Ranger always a Ranger" as they say.
@@theninjamaster67 You are wrong on one point. Adam's appearance in In Space showed that he was not an active ranger. He just had his broken morpher which didn't work/was too dangerous to actually use. Operation Overdrive does literally state that their powers were restored so they could help. Two of the veteran rangers still had their powers but Keira (yellow dino), Tori (Blue ninja storm), and Adam needed their powers to be given back to them.
On Mitchell. He’s a military man. He’s used to operating in a chain of command. You do as your Commanding Officer tells you, without question. He doesn’t expect the rangers to ask questions, or to waste time himself by giving an explanation. He expects them to do as he says and trust he knows what he’s talking about.
That's all true and makes for rock solid characterisation _but_ he's also the guy who knowingly, intentionally brought in civilians instead of soldiers to take up the Ranger mantles with absolutely no time to develop a military mindset of their own before they were going to see action. He had a ton of potential options to make it work, from learning to be more flexible in his leadership style, to bringing the Rangers in much earlier, to giving direct command of the team to someone who _could_ be more flexible if he found himself too set in his ways. Just bringing in civilians and expecting them to act like highly trained soldiers right out of the gate definitely looks like a misstep on his part. It's not a huge issue - Lightspeed's a damn fine season and Mitchell's a good character - but it would have been good to at least see an episode that examined that disconnect and had Mitchell and the team meeting halfway, with the Rangers acknowledging that they need to respect his orders while Mitchell acknowledges that it's going to take them time to develop that respect on the instinctive level.
@@PineappolisI completely agree! It’s a really interesting character flaw, and I would like to see more time spent with Mitchell learning to work with the team more, and/or the team rising to his level and thinking more strategically and acting with the training of a military unit.
@@ianbyrne465 Aye, would have been great. It could also have led to some interesting character moments as the different Rangers react differently to following their orders, having come to terms with the military way of doing things, and disengaging the moment they get the upper time against an extremely dangerous enemy - only to find it wasn't a tactical decision but a personal one. Obviously it's Power Rangers, so they're not going to flip their lid that he didn't want them to... kill his son, but even just short, kneejerk reactions could inform the different characters a lot.
@@RoosterMontgomery Whoo, now you're getting into deep, interesting territory. It's probably the strongest argument for pacifism - or certainly for not serving in conventional armed forces. The effectiveness of any chain of command, in the thick of battle, _will_ occasionally rely on orders being followed to the letter on a second-to-second basis. If you spend time second-guessing it, it's likely more front-line troops on your side will die - maybe a lot (this obviously doesn't apply to, say, shackled POWs - there are plenty you can and should make a stand on). Sure, _afterwards,_ there can be an inquiry. If the order was a war crime and you belayed it or refused, those deaths will be on the head of the officer who gave the order. If it wasn't or even if you _realised_ it wasn't too late, they're on yours. Either way, you're in a Catch-22 where people who would have lived died or you potentially end up committing a war crime. ...on the other hand, sometimes wars of defence absolutely need to be fought and hand-wringing isn't going to get it done - nor does keeping your hands clean expecting others' to be dirtied. It ultimately comes down to how much you trust your country's command structure, which is a damn hard thing to decide. *Tl;dr:* joining up will mean externalising a portion of your morality and putting it the hands of others. Sometimes, however, like when demons will destroy the world if you don't, you may just have to take that risk and trust those others because the alternative is worse.
I think this remake of the Lightspeed video has the most new commentary and insight compared other re-edits of the original videos, really happy I decided to give this a re-watch because of it!
@@nine_tails137 I stopped after SPD. The new production in New Zealand in the "Disney" era killed my interest in watching the series, but this retrospectives really make me wanna watch the whole thing again, now from an adults perspective.
@@Chalepastel I too stopped watching after Dino Thunder, and even skipped the seasons 13-17 collectors set, until I found out most PR seasons are gone from Netflix.(Even Beast Morphers is missing episodes). But after watching S.P.D., Mystic Force, Operation Overdrive, and Jungle Fury, I realized I missed out on some half-descent to really good seasons. Mystic Force and Overdrive failed to impress me though. I'm currently watching RPM(as of this reply), and it's really good so far. Although I'm not a fan of them making the comic relief character(aka: Ziggy) a Power Ranger.
Nestled in-between popular entries like In Space or Time Force, Lightspeed always felt like a forgotten middle child of the franchise. But it really is a great addition to PR 😊
i know carter grayson may seem dull. but if you just think about it his whole personality is that he is just a 100 percent superhero. a captain america like figure. it works for him.
I actually really liked when we first see the Lightspeed and Super Train Megazords together. It very much fits with the theme of them being a military organization. It makes sense that they would work to improve the Super Train Megazord to the point when it no longer needs the Lightspeed zords to function
The original source is going down so Linkara has to edit these as fast as possible so people can see them more up-to-date sooner than expected. See the State of the Wall for more info.
Really makes me wish Japanese law included the concept of fair use and/or UA-cam would tell Toei that Alphabet, Linkara, the Power Rangers, and the audience are all based in the US and subject to US law which does include fair use but the execs at Alphabet genuinely don't care about their users so 🙅
@@SuperCaptureDevice I know that. Though he mentioned he's doing as many of them as possible next year. He stated that he might get lost galaxy done before the end of the year and not both lost galaxy and lightspeed rescue which is why I was a bit surprised.
Fun Fact about Vypra in the German Dub: Her Voice Actor there actually bothers to give a damn and she is, like, five times better as a Villain as a result. That goes for all of the Demons, actually: Their German Voice Actors bring a lot more Emotion and Character to them in their performance then their English Counterparts do, from what I have seen. Just goes to show how much of an improvement Voice Actors for Dubs can be sometimes.
Is the same with mexican voice actors, the mexican dub of Power Rangers, from MMPR to Ninja Storm, is consider some of the best in Mexico's dubbing history. During the Disney era (minus Ninja Storm), the Latin America dub was done in Argentina... and BOY it sucked balls. It was until Samurai that the dub returned to Mexico and lets hope it stays that way.
@@MrPsyren99 well, then what do you support? Native American genociders and slave owners? British colonialism? Or hey, how bout the Amrican Nazi Party?
Despite the lame bland villains I really like Lightspeed Rescue, specially due to the rangers themselves (Carter is one my favorite red rangers of all time), the megazord battles and theme centered around rescue and heroism. The rangers in this seasons didn't fought monsters but always tried to save civilians from colateral damage and other danger situations. There were even episodes, like "Go Volcanic" where the rangers inspired criminals to help some civilians, showing how they don't rescue people just from danger but also from their mistakes, inspiring them to be better.
@@HenshinHeroesMedia Of all the villains I agree that Diabolico was the best of all and had the potential to be much more interesting character if his loyalty to his followers like Loki was show early in the series instead of the last episodes
I agree. I actually think it's one of the better seasons. Easily top 10, maybe even top 5. The demons were kinda bland, but they're literally _demons._ How much nuance do you really want them to have? They're evil for evil's sake because they're _demons._ The rest of the show really makes up for it by having strong characters that you can look up to, interesting plots, and themes that really resonate with the ideals of being a hero, not just a superhero.
Diabolico is my favorite Villain in Lightseed. Especially when he turns on Banshira near the end. But I do agree that his comradery with Lokai should have been addressed earlier in the season.
I'm actually glad the last scene was not completely removed. Says much when a bunch of demons, planning to DESTROY a lot of lives, mock "I'm ramming you" Carter, his response is NUKE THEM ALL. Just utter badass! Also this was a great Christmas gift! Thank you Linkara, hope you and your love ones had a good Christmas!
four facts about this season: 1 - Carter is undeniably the best red ranger 2 - The opening is awesome, the guitar riff is simply the best in the whole franchise 3 - Seeing the rangers as heroes outside of the ranger part is something that should be shown more 4 - The demons villain theme is really cool I absolutely love Lightspeed rescue, but only after watching it after growing up
I want to say that Lightspeed Ranger is actually the first ever Power Ranger season I saw all the way to the end when I was a kid so a piece of nostalgia kicks in for me personally even if the season itself has flaws and it isn't my favorite (that would be next season). Anyways, thanks for the late christmas gift, linkara. I always appreciate more History of Power Rangers this time of year!
I consider Carter to be one of my most favorite Red Rangers. And the Lightspeed Rescue theme to be arguably my most favorite of the Saban Post-Zordon Era intro themes.
Probably. The virus would've manifested as a demon, Carter and the rangers destroy him both in ground and Zord fights and we would all be saved and happy while the rangers talk about the Heart of the Cards.
@@jaredwong-bynoe2750 Probably. Though it would happen after Carter, Joel and Chad failed to end Corona (I gave it a name) with their Battlizer gear. Also Dana, Kelsey and Ryan would be helping the victims, Captain Mitchell would be quarantined and the rangers pull out all of their zords for some epic finish (kinda like how the Space Rangers fought the remaining Psychos with their Zords). That's probably how I would've written the climax to "How Lightspeed Rescue defeated the Coronavirus".
The lesson: DON'T SCREW WITH CARTER GRAYSON! I think out of all the red rangers Crater Grayson is the most badass red ranger in the series like Jason and TJ.
As a kid, I managed to watch the very tail end of Lightspeed Rescue before I properly started watching with Time Force so when it comes to watching Power Rangers on TV on a regular basis, I have Lightspeed Rescue to thank. Underrated season in my opinion. Yes, it has some negatives like the villains (except Diabolico) and the Trakeena's Revenge team up but all in all, Lightspeed Rescue should be watched by more people, especially since this time, there were no high school students or whatever. It was a more mature (by children's TV standards) show using adults in a governmental military task force which was cool to see. Also, Carter. Hands down one of my favourite rangers ever. Dude's just a badass, and fun fact, the Lightspeed Rescue actually got to keep the jackets as a souvenir from the show.
20:49 I honestly can see that being possible. As you said, it's a Government Operation that's constantly making new tech, and it'd be believable that they'd also work to improve old tech as well, and as such would work on the Super Train Megazord in order to make it so it doesn't require the Lightspeed Zord to operate, in case they needed both Megazords.
Much like Lost Galaxy to him, it's not as good as we're making it out to be and unlike the last video, there is a bit more explanation as to why he's not that into it as most of us are.
@@dnmstarsi Yeah and it's weak. i think he's way too closed minded when it comes to music for Power rangers. The only time i find myself agreeing with him in this regard is overdrive.
That line from Fairweather about "robots not having hearts" becomes REALLY awkward when we've since had two robot rangers who acted like and eventually became human beings.
Lightspeed Rescue is important because it expands the universe more and shows that Earth has its mythology tied into the Power Rangers. Not only do we have demons introduced as being an actual thing and not just something inspired by aliens (ancient aliens), but King Neptune's appearance shows that the Greek Gods exist in the PR Universe. Makes the universe feel more similar to DC and Marvel where the universe has everything and the kitchen sink.
Carter is one of the greatest rangers of all time and has been one of my favorites since the show started. Just learning other fans found him bland is shocking and makes me think a lot of fans didn't initially watch Light Speed Rescue and went back to discover how good it was later. I know from living it that a lot of kids at my school Stopped watching around the time of Lost galaxy or turbo and if they did return to the fandom it wasn't until Time Force or even as late as Dino Thunder.
Lightspeed was my gateway into the series and I definitely owned (own? I should check) the McD’s vhs. As best as I can remember, I think the ranger sequences were given the red-blue 3D treatment, but the last time I watched that tape was probably 2003, so no promises on that being accurate. Also, I recently did a rewatch of this season and I can’t believe you neglected to mention the filler episode where Dana gets wrapped up in a hostage situation on a bus where the guy holding them hostage is a normal human with a revolver!? Probably the first and last time a real world-style gun was used in PR
I remember when I first saw all of these as a kid. I grew up right when Time force was airing. So I can tell you, as a kid seeing Lightspeed reruns and watching Ryan turn to a good guy was mind blowing.
38:50-plus the one Zyuranger element not used til that point: Evil 6th hero turns out to be a family member of one of the core 5. For Zyuranger, Geki and Burai; for Lightspeed Rescue, Dana and Ryan
I feel called out about the stabilizer comment given I just mentioned that! Actually pretty funny. But I'd still argue that the suit and his strength from the suit are more than enough to withstand the force of the cannon, he just doesn't have the proper leverage to do so without them, so stabilizers still make sense. As an aside, your two big complaints about Mitchell actually make a ton of sense. He's a military guy. They don't explain orders, they expect them to be followed. He might be dealing with civilians who aren't military, minus his daughter, but that doesn't mean he automatically knows the best way to do it.
39:05 Technically GoGoV did with Beast-Demon Hunter Zeek and his successor Zeek-Jeanne but I guess since he was a movie exclusive character there would be limited footage of him(though not like that's not the same issue with Titanium), and Zeek-Jeanne's suit lacked a visor leaving her face exposed which would probably also lead to filming difficulties still could have potentially given us the first female sixth ranger.
Ahh sweet. Another updated version of Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. This is getting more better. I wonder if Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall will be able to like VR Troopers, Big Bad Beetleborgs and my favorite one Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog which was so very popular in my home country Ireland.
And I’d bet somewhere in Cyborg Rangers, a young Andrew Hartford sees the robot Rangers in action and begins to think of a robot of his own. Also I agree with you about Lightspeed repurposing the Ranger tech Lewis, it goes along with a theory I had about Zordon and the reason he sacrificed himself was to stop the immediate universe conquering threat but there are just threats that the Angel Grove Rangers won’t be able to stop. Also I’d like to think that maybe Zordon was realizing it may have been a dick move to make teenagers do this kind of stuff so best leave the Ranger tech in the hands of people who can use it to help defend the earth and choose people well suited for the job. Sure this method led to some… questionable choices in that regard later on, (SHUT! UP! DAX!) but you know what I mean.
Lightspeed Rescue was a lot of fun for me. I think that team holds the honor of being the very first Power Ranger team that was ever made known to the general public in their universe (they didn't have to hide their identities). Also, the entire Titanium Ranger arc was one of the best Power Ranger story arcs that I've ever seen, and I think one of the best story arcs that has ever been created, especially when the Cobra Curse got added to the mix! That being said though, there was one element of this series that I SERIOUSLY questioned the usefulness of: The Life Force Megazord. In my book, a Megazord that uses its pilots' own life force to power it is just too damn dangerous to operate, even as an absolute last resort.
Old lady : "There's no such thing as monsters." Meanwhile in Ghostbusters 2 : "There is no such thing as ghosts. Now let's being this trial, prosecuting the Ghostbusters for damages they caused while fighting a god, a giant marshmallow, and a city worth of ghosts."
Completely understand why one of the names at the beginning needed to be changed, but congratulations on coming up with a new name that was ten times funnier. Not often I let out a big ol laugh before the one minute mark in a video. Kudos.
Vypra was a rather neat idea, but she seemed to have gotten lost(due to sensors, probably) somewhere. It would've been an interesting subplot if She started having a "Thing" for Carter. Give just her a couple of Wins over the Rangers, with them thinking Carter is feeding her intel(especially if their caught by Daina clandestinely meeting up for a date).
You know what the Morphing sequence reminds me of? The suit up sequence from G Gundam. Which could only mean one thing, the demons are going to revive Banshira by using the Dark Gundam WITH THE HELP of KYOJIIIIIIIII! Great, now I'm imagining the Lightspeed Rangers as the Shuffle Alliance and Ryan is Master Asia. But in all seriousness Lightspeed Rescue is a decent back to basic series that helped give the writers a clean break from the Zordon era. Moving on from one long continuous storyline for lack of a better term to being more like Sentai and just having it be a self contained story minus the team ups. Admittedly it took me a bit of a while to catch on to that when I was a kid but hey I caught on and went with it. Oh and the Titanium Ranger suit, was near perfection, looked like it actually did come from Go-Go Five. Sadly the Demons were what dragged the show down, granted the Psyma Family wasn't that much better but at least they had the Family vs Family thing going on. All and all Lightspeed is a nice amuse bouche for the direction that Power Rangers was heading towards. Here's to the next HOPR and may the power protect you.
Too bad I missed watching the old ones. Tried watching SPD on his website, but the videos are currently down due to issues with Vimeo(according to his website)
Honestly, it'll give me time to rewatch SPD, Mystic Force, Overdrive, Jungle Fury and RPM before the re-uploads. Though I am sad I won't be able to watch the originals.
The cobra tattoo arc of this season traumatized me as a kid (my family hates snakes and seeing a cobra tattoo killing someone scared the shit out of me)
So, knowing what we know now, I think I have a theory on how Lightspeed tapped the Morphing Grid. Captain Mitchell must have reached out to Grace Sterling.
Cool. Wasn't expecting another of these so soon, but awesome. Once again, I must apologize in advance for the long comment I'm about to make, but I have a few things to say on Lightspeed Rescue, it may only be my 7th favorite season, but I still enjoy it and have some thoughts on it. I have two major(long) things I want to discuss and a third minor point that I'll start with. 1.) It's very possible Operation Lightspeed was partially set up by Zordan. Remember he and Alpha were on the Earth for 10000 years, so they would have been around to witness all the ancient enemies that would come back, and given Zordan had government connections as seen with NASADA in Turbo and In Space, it's not out of the realm of possibility he had a small hand in Lightspeed to make sure people were ready if the Demons returned. This theory is also what the UA-camr Database Ranger uses to explain why that idiot Gosei didn't get involved in Earth affairs for so long, because Zordan knew all about the ancient threats and that groups and organizations were in place to fight these evils, such as Lightspeed, the Nina Academies, the Pai Shwa Academies, the Animaria, the Samurais and so on so that he and Gosei wouldn't have to interfere unless these groups failed. The only ones not accounted for would be Ransik and Messago as they were newly created, but they mostly remained local threats only threatening the city they were in at the time, not the whole world, but you could argue that once the space-time continuum started getting flushed down the toilet near the end of Time Force because of Ransik that Gosei should have gotten involved at that point. 2.) Yes, Treakina's Revenge was in fact in 3-D. I had the VHS Tape. You see, I started getting into Power Rangers at the time of Lost Galaxy ending and Lightspeed Rescue beginning, thus I was trying to catch up the series, and the only way to do that at the time was with reruns and VHS, and even then I still missed some stuff, with Treakina's Revenge actually being the first full team-up I ever saw. I say full because I did see Adam's return in In Space before that one. So I can assure you, that Mcdonald's gave you two VHS of the team-up, one regular version and one 3-D version that came with two pairs of 3-D glasses. While I did enjoy Treakina's Revenge as a kid, I was not a fan of the 3-D version and just watched the regular one. While I have now seen a lot better team-ups that I enjoy more, I still enjoy Treakin's Revenge despite the flaws, but it is much lower on my list of team-ups. Also, like you guessed the team-up did borrow the idea of using the office to capture people, as that was also the plot of the Senti team-up of these two teams, except instead of stealing life energy they were taking people's blood for a dark ritual to summon a powerful demon, the king of the Underworld, which was used as Treakin's monster form. However, despite is' flaws, I still like to use this team-up as an explanation of the writers knowing what Sentai footage they have and how to work with it, as they use the Senti team-up footage here for their own to save money, but unlike Megaforce later down the line, they don't overuse it and still balance Orginal footage with Senti stuff, and even cut out the Senti stuff they don't need because it won't work with the plot. For example, Mike's counterpart in the Senti didn't lose his powers or his Zord at the end of their series, thus he was present at the final Zord battle with Treakin's monster form, so the writers edited around the footage to cut out Mike and the Torozord and it works for the most part, except for the moment when Treakin's explosions hits the Ranger and theirs a group shot of the Zords getting hit where there's a blink and you'll miss it shot of the Torozord also getting nailed. Another moment being that the reason Leo and Carter go in alone is so they can use what footage they have of Triskull(the monster working with Treakina) to show his destruction because in the Senti team-up Triskull's counterpart wasn't working against the demons he was working with them, as he was their long lost brother who Banshera's counterpart had banished to the Underworld after he attempted to kill her. Thus, because they made TriSkull working against the demons in Power Rangers, they had to have his Senti defeat earlier and play around with the footage of the team-up fight to cut him out, which led to a good balance of Senti footage and Orginal footage in the team-up battle. I don't say all of this as a knock against Lightspeed, I say it because I'm impressed with how well they managed to use what Senti footage they had to both save money, but also to tell their own partially original story, not exactly copying the plot, cutting out what they don't need and filming their own stuff to better bridge the gaps. Megaforce could have learned a thing or two here on how to properly make a Senti-heavy episode that is still enjoyable and still its own thing. 3.) I'm going to partially defend the villains a bit here. Now they are defiantly not the best villains I've seen from the series, but there are some decent concepts and some subtle character interactions if you look for them, much like the original Power Rangers from MMPR to Turbo, there are subtle bits of character development and interactions, like how much Billy and Kimberly grew as characters or how Adam grew more confident and had more personality by the time of Zeo and so on. For the demons, while their commandery isn't on full display, you can see bits of it. For example, when Daibolico was first destroyed, you could see and hear genuine sadness in Loki and Vypra, one of Vypra's better performances, which isn't saying much but still, or like how Jinxer and Olympus are loyal to each other, with Jinxer trying to help Olympus when everybody else even his mother abandoned him or Olympus telling Jinxer in that one filler episode that you used a scene from as the opening that he's the only one he can trust around here. So the villains, outside of Banshera, were a little more than one-note if you looked. But then again, this was true for all the previous seasons, even discounting the great complex villains of In Space and Lost Galaxy, Rita and Zedd did genuinely love each other and have a nice dynamic, and despite constantly yelling at their men for failing there was some genuine respect and appreciate for all their loyalty, like with how Zedd, Goldar, and Rito all played football together in that one filler episode, or how Rita showed genuine concern for Goldar and Rito not being back when they were running from the Machine Empire at the start of Zeo. Or how Mando, Machina, and Sprocket all love each other despite being evil, again as seen with their dynamic, also seen between Gasket and Archriena who love each other too. Even Divatox, despite constantly being annoyed by her men especially her incompetent nephew Elgar, she still keeps them around and shows at least some appriate for all their loyalty, like bringing them with her on her relaxing day to the beach in the Millenium Message, or choosing to wait for Elgar to get back before they set off to the new base Havoc built for them, despite now being a good time to get ride of that fool. Again, the Demons aren't the best villains out there, there are far better ones both before and after their season, but their more then one-note if one looks. The villains of Power Rangers at least until certain season, were always more than one-note and ad at least some complexity, as there was some sense of comradery and loyalty between them, sometimes it was a major thing as seen with In Space and Lost Galaxy and other times it was minor stuff yu had to look for like I said, but it's still one of the reasons I love this franchise.
I asked former supervising producer who was also a writer Tony Oliver why they never used the DaiRanger suits and the answer was simply, “Brand Recognition” which I guess makes sense even if it is a bit disappointing to me because of how much I love the DaiRanger suits. I like to think that if they DID use the DaiRanger suits things would’ve been easier to work with sentai footage wise and the show would’ve seen the same level of success.
@@GodShadowdeath the issue wasn’t dairanger being a flop or not. Sentai had 16 different teams and many more years for audience to recognize the sentai style as a changing motif. MMPR was only around one season and was insanely popular as that motif, dinosaurs being extremely popular at the time with the release of Jurassic Park in the same year as MMPR: 1993. With dinosaur hype high it was a big enough risk just to get rid of the dinozords let alone the dinosaur branding from the rangers themselves.
@@GodShadowdeath aww for real? Dauranger flipped in Japan? That’s sucks it’s my fav 😞 was it because of the Chinese theme? That would explain why next season they went hard Japanese
You know, considering the old lady who doesn't think monsters are real, that makes me wonder, how many conspiracy theorists do you think there are in the Power Rangers universe that thinks all the rangers and monsters are fake? Like flat Earthists or such. Maybe a pair of such people could make for good comic relief we enjoy seeing getting their due.
Good grief, now I'm picturing a J. Jonah Jamieson character constantly ragging on the Rangers, blabbing on about how irresponsible they are, do more damage than good, are the entire reason the monsters come to Earth in the first place and saying how the Rangers should just leave fighting the monsters to the police and the military, which is even dumber since Lightspeed Rescue ARE the police/military, yet I do see such a thing still happening
Apparently, they DO exist in-universe (or at the very least implied to be). The current showrunner, Simon Bennett, said that it would be unrealistic for Earth to NOT have people denying monster attacks even with piles of information and evidence (he even compared it to stuff like the moon landing or flat earth). I'm guessing Warden Garcia was also one until the Sporix attacks happened in public spaces.
"I'm telling ya! There's no such things as monsters or 'Power Rangers'! And that 'alien invasion' at Angel Grove? It's all one big government conspiracy! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!" Something like that?
@@wchan39 Or like this: "Those 'Power Rangers' are a menace to society! Causing millions of dollars of destruction everywhere they go. They possibly hire stunt people as monsters and stunt effects to make them look good on TV!"
Let’s revisit the carter Grayson school of dealing with things Lesson one ☝️ shoot it Lesson two is it dead? No go back to lesson one Also Cater’s I AM A MAN punch is awesome
I love how you added parts to this review what with the change in people's attitudes towards Carter and even adding parts with Ryan's discussion and the stuff at the beginning. It's just nice to hear the additions to add after years on top of keeping everything that made the video great originally like the lady you are the dumbest person in power rangers ever and what not.
With all the sealed eviles/Z wave survivors that come in the post Zordon Era, I find it a fun mental exercise to speculate on how they would interact with the United Alliance of Evil. With Lightspeed... Banshera, waste of a perfectly amazing name BTW, would likely try to take over. And subsequently get curbstomped.
The overall story for LR is fine in my opinion. It, indeed, has some nostalgic ideas coming from the previous series, including the original Mighty Morphin seasons, but I find that everyone’s acting can be flat most of the time, especially Vypra’s. I still enjoy the season for what it’s worth; think of it as a good season, even with the flaws contained in it.
As a kid, I liked Vypra as a character, since she was the first human-looking Villain, who wasn't formally human turned evil like Astronama(save for Rita). But after hearing Linkara talk about her bad acting....Yeah, I have to agree with Linkara on this.
For me lightspeed rescue and spd are my favorite Power. Ranger seasons of all time. I like the Characters and the interaction with each getting some great episodes.
I can respect the Firefighter's first response to the Fire Demon was to "run this B**** over"...even though it didn't work, it was realistic and hilarious.
Lightspeed rescue to me is just ok overall. The ranger characters were pretty good overall and we're pretty awesome especially Carter and Ryan, the zords were pretty badass and awesome, though I did wish many of the main villains were better. (With the exceptions of Diabolico and Bansheera them being the best of the villains.) A decent series but I prefer others honestly.
Wasn't expecting to see this today on December 26, 2021 but I'm really glad I did. Thank You Linkara for re-uploading this right after Christmas. It makes for a great day after Christmas gift. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Funnily enough about the dairanger suits, it's been confirmed that one of the upcoming power rangers comic issues will involve the dairangers a.k.a. squadron rangers (still not a fan of that name), as well including a black ranger, which the dairangers themselves didn't have one.
Top 11 Best Power Rangers theme songs: 11. Ninja Steel 10. Dino Charge 9. Lost Galaxy 8. SPD 7. Time Force 6. Operation Overdrive 5. Dino Thunder 4. Mystic Force 3. Zeo 2. In Space 1. Lightspeed Rescue
Bruh….in what universe do you have Operation Overdrive’s theme over the original Go Go Power Rangers!?!? Also how do you have Dino Charge and Ninja Steel’s themes up there but not the original theme that inspired them!?!????
Yeah, gonna say most of the fandom giving Carter Grayson a second chance was cause of Linkara. Upon watching the first version of this, and rewatching Lightspeed, it turned out we were wrong.
Personally, I always like Carter. Never understood why as a kid but growing up, he was a heroic badass. Even if he lacked character, his actions spoke for him along with the rangers.
So for the lady there's my take on her, (not defending as what she said was dumb) maybe she's like those old people you see in action or mecha anime where they just miss the cool shit, or when the ranger were on tv, she changed channel as she doesn't like talk shows, and maybe when people think monsters in this season they think fairy tale stuff like fairies, mermaids and stuff, but if you said demons she had called the rangers instantly. That or she's one of those idiots who thinks the rangers aren't real and the monsters were a promotional stunt for some monster movie. The real reason? Dumb conclict and to pad the episode, if she had been like "OH no monsters? Let me put out an alert to the police." which would get the rangers attention then the episode would have been half as long as it was.
Not surprised if there's people out there thinking that Power Rangers are either fake or menace to society. Imagine there's a J. Jonah Jameson type character ranting against the Power Rangers.
You know something I'd like to see be done on Power Rangers. Have the girl from this series team up, or at least make up someone with a similar backstory of being rescued by a ranger and have her become the leader of a ranger team. Bonus points if you can get Carter's actor/a member of a previous team to serve as the mentor for the team.
@@SegaNintendoGuy64 Actually, I heard that the entirety of Season 2 of Fury might drop onto Netflix sometime in April so that way, Linkara can get the review done much faster and get the vid out in time for Halloween next year!
@@laurenceodell2718 Not likely, If you remember correctly he rips on the DVD's to get the footage he needs for his HOPR reviews, So it's very unlikely that he'll do his Dino Fury review next year on 2022.
Fun fact from TV Tropes. Toei and PLEX produced entirely original Zords for the Red and Titanium Rangers, but Saban declined to use them due to the expense. Also there’s a whole Reddit post on how cool Carter was
Actually now that I think about it the demons were in a desert like area when they were sealed. Which is more proof that the world needs to be aware and avoid the dangers that is....... ANCIENT EGYPT!!!!
I dunno. Wes and Andros are cooler than Tommy as well given their feats. Also maybe Leo and Casey. If we're not going by Red Rangers, I think there's more like RJ and Cruger.
27:25 going off of your Reverse Engineered Ranger Tech theory, it's possible that they could have recruited the space rangers to help with the construction of the zords, and they could have told team making the zords, and in turn, the Lightspeed rangers could have learned the Galaxy Rangers identities through the team.
I'm still scratching my head as to how the Grid was able to support the Cyborg Rangers using the same colors and I'm surprised there is so little discourse around it
That cobra monster must’ve been a re-used prop from MMPR, because I remember having a toy of it & I was way past my ranger phase when this series came out 🤣
I feel Olympius was a great villain and was the best one of this season, if that amounts to something. He was cunning, devious, powerful and his plans were more out the box compared to others which were might makes right. Let's not forget that one of his plans ended with the rangers' deaths in another timeline. Him being a Momma's Boy also helped make him more memorable in my eyes, always trying to get the favor of his mother but ultimately couldn't. Also helps that he had a good voice actor, I still remember Michael Forest's performance to this day. For Bansheera, I think she makes a good end boss and is complete evil but it's hindered due to the fact that her underlings don't have contrasting personalities. Loki, Vypra and to an extent Diabolico don't really stand out because they were just generic villains who served under a greater evil. If the camaraderie between them were more prominent or had other motives to serve Bansheera, they'll be more memorable. But they don't and it's to their detriment that they get lost to a greater evil. Something I noticed was that Bansheera was the first evil parent in Power Rangers that held no love in her heart for her children. Previous seasons had the evil side care for their offsprings but Bansheera couldn't care less about Olympius when he failed. We've never seen that before in PR so that makes Bansheera a lot more memorable in my eyes, she had no sense of love or loyalty and that cost her.
Thank you for giving the baddies some credit! Despite the simplicity of the demons they still are scary villains, especially bansheera who is the devil to me, because there is no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Yeah, Olympius was cool and I never notice how much of a Momma's Boy he was. Kinda wish he survived until the end just for a more dramatic end or a ghost like Diabolico. Honestly, those two and Bansheera were cool looking demons who kinda work as just "evil villains". Even if they're too simple, they were still cool and threatening enough for me to say "They don't suck".
One of my favorite things about these reuploads is seeing what you've found out since you first upload. Keeps the videos from feeling like a repeat so kudos for taking time for additional research. I appreciate the effort. Also I feel like the opinon on Carter Grayson did shift after the original video so I think you got the ball rolling on that if nothing else.
Anyone else think that the morphing sequence 'goo' has some visual similarities with the way the Mobile Trace system works in G Gundam? Without the agonising crushing of the entire body, of course.
Yeah... you know, I've seen all of G Gundam at least 5 times, but I can't remember if they ever explain why it has to be so painful to put on the suit.
@@RabblesTheBinx Imagine trying to put on a rubber glove that's several sizes too small without any moisturizer or butter or whatever, just pure friction. Now imagine that, but all over your body.
My favorite season of power rangers was lightspeed rescue for sure. It’s probably because when I was a kid, this was the first power rangers season I actually remember.
I guess Queen Bansheera has inspired a lot of AAA companies when it comes to treating their own employees. (This is a joke, please don't take it seriously)
No, he didn't. Alan Arkin won best supporting actor that year. And you are thinking Eddie Murphy. He was in Dreamgirls, and was nominated for an Oscar.
The fact that Carter was ready to be locked in essentially hell with all of those demons without hesitation says a lot about his character ontop of all the other stuff in the show.
In an alternate timeline, Carter was locked in hell and became the Doom Slayer
@@BoboMagroto26Now THAT is a What-If I wanna see! Give us Demonslayer Lightspeed Red Lightning Collection figures, Hasbro!
@@BoboMagroto26 I mean this is the guy that ran up to two giant enemies just with his blaster. If this guy isn't Power Rangers' answer to the Doom Slayer idk what is
One of the best Red Rangers, hands down.
"I'm not locked in here with you; you're locked in here with me"
I just realized that Lightspeed Rescue is the first season to have villains that were not from space. Just think about that, all of the previous villains were either aliens or robots from space.
It also expands the universe more and shows that Earth has its own mythology tied into the Power Rangers. Not only do we have demons introduced as being an actual thing and not just something inspired by aliens (ancient aliens), but King Neptune's appearance shows that the Greek Gods exist in the PR Universe. Makes the universe feel more similar to DC and Marvel where the universe has everything and the kitchen sink.
@@BigAmericanGirlFan Neptune is Roman but semantics.
And we get the Norse gods in Operation Overdrive, too!
@@albrown7930to be fair (insert letter Kenny singing) Neptune is a version of Poseidon, so the argument can be made that the names are partially interchangeable
@@OneVoiceOneTruthoh my god, somebody else remembered that season existed :D
Carter Grayson is a hero both in and out of his suit on top of being a genuine inspiration to some Ranger fans who went on to become Firefighters in real life. Badass doesn't even begin to describe how amazing of a Ranger and person Carter Grayson is.
my favorite episode is the one where carter remembers the firefighter that saved his life. Because he was inspired to save lives after watching a real hero in action.
one of the best Red Rangers
So he’s like josuke higashikata then
I have a Japanese friend who’s more familiar with Sentai than Power Rangers. When she asked me what Power Rangers was like, I mostly showed her clips of Carter Grayson being a badass. She understood quickly why I liked Power Rangers so much
Good for you buddy. Wish I had a friend like that
Nice.
Lucky.
@The Inkwell the fuck?
@The Inkwell you just said a very incel/neckbeard thing and it caught me off guard
Villain: Pull the Trigger, I dare you!
Carter Grayson: Ok. Would have done it anyway.
Carter is probably the most active ranger. Tommy took breaks in between his original run and becoming the black ranger in dino thunder. Carter seemingly was active through wild force and was still a emergency responder, who probably had access to his ranger form whenever he needed it, all the way through the big anniversary crossover.
Not to mention carter was a total badass that used his guns and car to kill
Wild Force is only 2 years after Lightspeed Rescue, Tommy already had 5 years of Ranger experience (and 5 years of "retirement"), at that point, and returned to active ranger status 2 years later. Assuming both he and Carter both stayed active as rangers between then and the Legendary Battle adaptation, he'd still have 1 year of active ranger experience over Grayson.
He is, Master Treize!!
Well, he *DOES* work for a government organization.
Until he was gone until the shitty super megaforce finalie
"Ryan is literally trying to punch a tattoo to death. I love this show."
I still love that: "Dumbest Person in Power Rangers" rant, as well as the "Don't screw with Carter Grayson" line at the end.
Never stop being awesome Linkara.
Same. That season may have given us a nonsensical character but it also gave us a character who proved that you can be awesome and beloved even without a character or character development. You just have to be cool or alike.
@@dnmstarsi Agreed. I even laughed at Linkara's impression of Thrax in his Operation Overdrive review: "I could easily kill you all right now, but I won't because I'm an idiot, Bye!"
@@nine_tails137 Yeah, that was another dumb moment in the series. Kinda makes me want to see a supercut of all of the stupidest moments in the series which would feature a lot of Dax Lo FYI.
@@dnmstarsi (sigh)NGL, I hated all the Overdrive Rangers(including Dax). Plus, I reacted the same way Linkara did to Alpha, Thrax, and Dax in the following Scenes:
(Alpha has a horrible new voice)Oh dear god!
Thrax: I wish I had the sword Excelsier. Then I would use its power to destroy you forevaar.
Me: Shut up Thrax!
Dax: You can play DVDs in your head.
Me: Shut up Dax!
@@nine_tails137 Personally, the only Overdrive Rangers I cared about were Mack, Rose and Tyzonn but that's only because Mack got all of the development, Rose wasn't as dumb as others with the whole "You're rich! Buy an army!" (That's a dumb moment right there for Hartford) and Tyzonn is only there because of my friend/neighbor who enjoyed Overdrive and the Mercury Ranger and personally, he's responsible for me not hating it (which I don't mind at all because we had fun with it despite being too old for PR at the time).
Also, yeah. I try not to shit on actors doing their job and I mean no disrespect towards Alpha's VA on Overdrive but even though the previous VA wouldn't save this special, goddamn I would shatter Zordon just to get any of the previous VA again.
Also, Thrax sucks and if I recall correctly, the late Robert Axelrod even dismisses him as Zedd's son which he should especially when Rita refused to have kids. And man, that DVD line was so bad in my book because IMO that remark COULD have worked since even though being human meant a lot to Mack and other fictional robot characters, being a robot could be cool and there are neat stuff one can do. Look at guys like Mega Man, Astro Boy, Jenny Wakeman and Bender Rodriguez as well as others like Android 18 who prove that being robots (or cyborgs) ain't as bad as you think. But, NO, DVDs inside your head is neat in Dax's book...
I feel sorry for his actor. He didn't deserve this role unless I missed something about him.
Fun fact. Carter's actor auditioned to play the Titanium Ranger, hence why he tests the morpher.
I thought it was that Ryan’s actor auditioned for Carter’s role, but got Titanium instead
Well he got to be it briefly then lol
Nice.
I couldn't see that guy in any other role. That man was born to be a Red Ranger
didn't Ryan's actor auditioned to play carter?
Lightspeed Rescue was the 1st season of Power Rangers that I really got invested in as a kid. Carter Grayson was my hero, and inspired me to become a firefighter ^_^
That's really cool. _My_ childhood Power Rangers hero just inspired me to have long hair.
That is amazing🔥
@@RabblesTheBinx lol, Tommy with his long hair reminded me of my Karate sensei. Looking back, that's pretty awesome
I love the backstory as to why Carter wanted to be a fireman! It’s relatable to me in terms of why I wanted to go into the education field and help students who struggle like I did.
@@game84cube They could mean Adam you know... he's my favorite Power Ranger and he also had long hair for awhile.
Fun but sad Fact: Robert 'Bob' L. Manahan the voice of Zordon passed away in June 30th 2000 the episode 'The Firth Crystal' was dedicated to him.
Interesting. I knew Zordon's VA was resting years ago but interesting to know that there was an episode dedicated to him.
So he died 6 days after I was born.
@@estebangutierrez160 Huh interesting fact.
It's actually the first episode of PR to be dedicated to a former cast member.
@@JCBro-yg8vd We had back to back seasons with this due to Thuy passing away during Time Force.
At least Diabolico didn't waste time when he was in danger of losing his star power. He sought to eliminate the Titanium Ranger so it couldn't be used against him, and when all his monsters were defeated he went down and fought the rangers himself. And when he was defeated, he accepted his defeat like a noble soldier. That was the kind of loyalty Queen Banshera never inspired or cared for.
Carter Grayson is arguably one of best Red Rangers the team has ever had.True, he wasn't a leader like Jason or a legend like Tommy became, but he's the only Red Ranger that kept being an active Hero in the Rangerverse.All the other's (save for Tommy) gave it up and retired. He's also the only Ranger to ever use Common Sense during Combat (take out the biggest threat in the area, use your environment to your advantage, etc.)...
Absolutely
Not only that, but he's also a dedicated firefighter
I was with you until you said "all the others retired" unless you meant very specifically red Rangers otherwise you'd be incorrect cause it seems pretty likely that Adam has been a Ranger nearly his entire life since he came back as a Ranger for In Space then later in Operation Overdrive which even showed multiple other Rangers from other seasons in active duty so it seems likely that unless specifically shown in the show that the Ranger retired that most Rangers just stay Rangers "once a Ranger always a Ranger" as they say.
@@theninjamaster67 You are wrong on one point. Adam's appearance in In Space showed that he was not an active ranger. He just had his broken morpher which didn't work/was too dangerous to actually use. Operation Overdrive does literally state that their powers were restored so they could help. Two of the veteran rangers still had their powers but Keira (yellow dino), Tori (Blue ninja storm), and Adam needed their powers to be given back to them.
What? Carter Grayson is at the very least just as good of a leader as Jason.
On Mitchell. He’s a military man. He’s used to operating in a chain of command. You do as your Commanding Officer tells you, without question. He doesn’t expect the rangers to ask questions, or to waste time himself by giving an explanation. He expects them to do as he says and trust he knows what he’s talking about.
That's all true and makes for rock solid characterisation _but_ he's also the guy who knowingly, intentionally brought in civilians instead of soldiers to take up the Ranger mantles with absolutely no time to develop a military mindset of their own before they were going to see action. He had a ton of potential options to make it work, from learning to be more flexible in his leadership style, to bringing the Rangers in much earlier, to giving direct command of the team to someone who _could_ be more flexible if he found himself too set in his ways. Just bringing in civilians and expecting them to act like highly trained soldiers right out of the gate definitely looks like a misstep on his part. It's not a huge issue - Lightspeed's a damn fine season and Mitchell's a good character - but it would have been good to at least see an episode that examined that disconnect and had Mitchell and the team meeting halfway, with the Rangers acknowledging that they need to respect his orders while Mitchell acknowledges that it's going to take them time to develop that respect on the instinctive level.
@@PineappolisI completely agree! It’s a really interesting character flaw, and I would like to see more time spent with Mitchell learning to work with the team more, and/or the team rising to his level and thinking more strategically and acting with the training of a military unit.
@@ianbyrne465 Aye, would have been great. It could also have led to some interesting character moments as the different Rangers react differently to following their orders, having come to terms with the military way of doing things, and disengaging the moment they get the upper time against an extremely dangerous enemy - only to find it wasn't a tactical decision but a personal one.
Obviously it's Power Rangers, so they're not going to flip their lid that he didn't want them to... kill his son, but even just short, kneejerk reactions could inform the different characters a lot.
Without question, eh? Then comes those morally grey or outright illegal orders that prompt some to say: "I was just following orders."
@@RoosterMontgomery Whoo, now you're getting into deep, interesting territory. It's probably the strongest argument for pacifism - or certainly for not serving in conventional armed forces.
The effectiveness of any chain of command, in the thick of battle, _will_ occasionally rely on orders being followed to the letter on a second-to-second basis. If you spend time second-guessing it, it's likely more front-line troops on your side will die - maybe a lot (this obviously doesn't apply to, say, shackled POWs - there are plenty you can and should make a stand on).
Sure, _afterwards,_ there can be an inquiry. If the order was a war crime and you belayed it or refused, those deaths will be on the head of the officer who gave the order. If it wasn't or even if you _realised_ it wasn't too late, they're on yours.
Either way, you're in a Catch-22 where people who would have lived died or you potentially end up committing a war crime.
...on the other hand, sometimes wars of defence absolutely need to be fought and hand-wringing isn't going to get it done - nor does keeping your hands clean expecting others' to be dirtied. It ultimately comes down to how much you trust your country's command structure, which is a damn hard thing to decide.
*Tl;dr:* joining up will mean externalising a portion of your morality and putting it the hands of others. Sometimes, however, like when demons will destroy the world if you don't, you may just have to take that risk and trust those others because the alternative is worse.
I think this remake of the Lightspeed video has the most new commentary and insight compared other re-edits of the original videos, really happy I decided to give this a re-watch because of it!
I kinda miss the line: "Oh NOW you learn how to act, little late for that now lady!"
It was funnier than that Futurama clip.
exactly my feelings. it made me more exited for the next couple of seasons
@@Chalepastel IKR! It just goes to show how clever/witty humor, is funnier than slapstick humor(ie: Norg has a cold from Operation Overdrive).
@@nine_tails137 I stopped after SPD. The new production in New Zealand in the "Disney" era killed my interest in watching the series, but this retrospectives really make me wanna watch the whole thing again, now from an adults perspective.
@@Chalepastel I too stopped watching after Dino Thunder, and even skipped the seasons 13-17 collectors set, until I found out most PR seasons are gone from Netflix.(Even Beast Morphers is missing episodes).
But after watching S.P.D., Mystic Force, Operation Overdrive, and Jungle Fury, I realized I missed out on some half-descent to really good seasons. Mystic Force and Overdrive failed to impress me though. I'm currently watching RPM(as of this reply), and it's really good so far. Although I'm not a fan of them making the comic relief character(aka: Ziggy) a Power Ranger.
Nestled in-between popular entries like In Space or Time Force, Lightspeed always felt like a forgotten middle child of the franchise. But it really is a great addition to PR 😊
@Tom Meehan ok?…
The problem is that the blue and yellow rangers are so forgettable it hurts.
Don’t forget about Lost Galaxy!!
i know carter grayson may seem dull. but if you just think about it his whole personality is that he is just a 100 percent superhero. a captain america like figure. it works for him.
I actually really liked when we first see the Lightspeed and Super Train Megazords together. It very much fits with the theme of them being a military organization. It makes sense that they would work to improve the Super Train Megazord to the point when it no longer needs the Lightspeed zords to function
Wasn't expecting another re edited release of another HOPR so soon but it's always a welcomed one.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
An excellent Christmas present
The original source is going down so Linkara has to edit these as fast as possible so people can see them more up-to-date sooner than expected. See the State of the Wall for more info.
Really makes me wish Japanese law included the concept of fair use and/or UA-cam would tell Toei that Alphabet, Linkara, the Power Rangers, and the audience are all based in the US and subject to US law which does include fair use but the execs at Alphabet genuinely don't care about their users so 🙅
@@SuperCaptureDevice I know that. Though he mentioned he's doing as many of them as possible next year. He stated that he might get lost galaxy done before the end of the year and not both lost galaxy and lightspeed rescue which is why I was a bit surprised.
Fun Fact about Vypra in the German Dub: Her Voice Actor there actually bothers to give a damn and she is, like, five times better as a Villain as a result. That goes for all of the Demons, actually: Their German Voice Actors bring a lot more Emotion and Character to them in their performance then their English Counterparts do, from what I have seen.
Just goes to show how much of an improvement Voice Actors for Dubs can be sometimes.
in b4. "NAH! GERMAN DUB SUCKS ON PRINCIPLE!!!" and so on.
Is the same with mexican voice actors, the mexican dub of Power Rangers, from MMPR to Ninja Storm, is consider some of the best in Mexico's dubbing history.
During the Disney era (minus Ninja Storm), the Latin America dub was done in Argentina... and BOY it sucked balls.
It was until Samurai that the dub returned to Mexico and lets hope it stays that way.
@@MrPsyren99 well, then what do you support? Native American genociders and slave owners? British colonialism?
Or hey, how bout the Amrican Nazi Party?
@@undertakernumberone1 Pretty sure this Guy's a Troll. Just ignore him.
@@MrPsyren99 Excuse me, WHAT!? What do you mean sleepy?
I appreciate Lightspeed Rescue for not changing the demons to aliens. Nowadays, that's the go to way for PR shows and it got boring.
Agreed demons was a unique villain group especially since it became a magic vs tech kind of season.
Same, like with Wild Force having Orcs as byproducts of humans treating the world bad. Aliens are just after a maguffin of the year.
"Damon has stopped being black in this shot". OMG I'm dying 😂😂😂
How Vypra has not been featured in a "Best of Bad Acting" compilation (that I know of) is one of Earth's greatest unsolved mysteries.
Despite the lame bland villains I really like Lightspeed Rescue, specially due to the rangers themselves (Carter is one my favorite red rangers of all time), the megazord battles and theme centered around rescue and heroism. The rangers in this seasons didn't fought monsters but always tried to save civilians from colateral damage and other danger situations. There were even episodes, like "Go Volcanic" where the rangers inspired criminals to help some civilians, showing how they don't rescue people just from danger but also from their mistakes, inspiring them to be better.
I do like how diabolico looks menacing yet refined. He could be a contender for speaking poetry
@@HenshinHeroesMedia Of all the villains I agree that Diabolico was the best of all and had the potential to be much more interesting character if his loyalty to his followers like Loki was show early in the series instead of the last episodes
I've heard the villains are way more interesting in GoGoV but unfortunately I haven't had the chance to watch it yet.
I agree. I actually think it's one of the better seasons. Easily top 10, maybe even top 5. The demons were kinda bland, but they're literally _demons._ How much nuance do you really want them to have? They're evil for evil's sake because they're _demons._ The rest of the show really makes up for it by having strong characters that you can look up to, interesting plots, and themes that really resonate with the ideals of being a hero, not just a superhero.
Diabolico is my favorite Villain in Lightseed. Especially when he turns on Banshira near the end.
But I do agree that his comradery with Lokai should have been addressed earlier in the season.
I'm actually glad the last scene was not completely removed. Says much when a bunch of demons, planning to DESTROY a lot of lives, mock "I'm ramming you" Carter, his response is NUKE THEM ALL. Just utter badass!
Also this was a great Christmas gift! Thank you Linkara, hope you and your love ones had a good Christmas!
four facts about this season:
1 - Carter is undeniably the best red ranger
2 - The opening is awesome, the guitar riff is simply the best in the whole franchise
3 - Seeing the rangers as heroes outside of the ranger part is something that should be shown more
4 - The demons villain theme is really cool
I absolutely love Lightspeed rescue, but only after watching it after growing up
I want to say that Lightspeed Ranger is actually the first ever Power Ranger season I saw all the way to the end when I was a kid so a piece of nostalgia kicks in for me personally even if the season itself has flaws and it isn't my favorite (that would be next season).
Anyways, thanks for the late christmas gift, linkara. I always appreciate more History of Power Rangers this time of year!
I remember when I first watched Lightspeed Rescue. I confused Keith for Reggie
Likewise before I saw any other PR show this was my power Rangers
Same. Lightspeed Rescue was my first introduction to Power Rangers, and while I never got big into the series, it's still nostalgic for me.
I consider Carter to be one of my most favorite Red Rangers. And the Lightspeed Rescue theme to be arguably my most favorite of the Saban Post-Zordon Era intro themes.
I would never screw with Carter Grayson. And if I was ever putting together a team of veteran Rangers for a mission, I'd recruit him as team leader.
Put Carter and Jen and they'll save the day within an hour
What about RJ?
@@AnimeMasterManWND i'd almost feel bad for any villain that would have to face both Carter and Jen that's just not sporting
@@gentlemanlygeeky4088 Oh RJ would most certainly make the team, too. :)
@La Catrina as i said, I "almost" feel bad
Carter Grayson would have stopped the pandemic with sheer badassery.
Amen
Probably. The virus would've manifested as a demon, Carter and the rangers destroy him both in ground and Zord fights and we would all be saved and happy while the rangers talk about the Heart of the Cards.
@@dnmstarsi if it manifested as a demon carter would probably falcon punch it
@@jaredwong-bynoe2750 Probably. Though it would happen after Carter, Joel and Chad failed to end Corona (I gave it a name) with their Battlizer gear. Also Dana, Kelsey and Ryan would be helping the victims, Captain Mitchell would be quarantined and the rangers pull out all of their zords for some epic finish (kinda like how the Space Rangers fought the remaining Psychos with their Zords). That's probably how I would've written the climax to "How Lightspeed Rescue defeated the Coronavirus".
Ong
The lesson: DON'T SCREW WITH CARTER GRAYSON!
I think out of all the red rangers Crater Grayson is the most badass red ranger in the series like Jason and TJ.
Indeed.
Agreed
As a kid, I managed to watch the very tail end of Lightspeed Rescue before I properly started watching with Time Force so when it comes to watching Power Rangers on TV on a regular basis, I have Lightspeed Rescue to thank. Underrated season in my opinion. Yes, it has some negatives like the villains (except Diabolico) and the Trakeena's Revenge team up but all in all, Lightspeed Rescue should be watched by more people, especially since this time, there were no high school students or whatever. It was a more mature (by children's TV standards) show using adults in a governmental military task force which was cool to see.
Also, Carter. Hands down one of my favourite rangers ever. Dude's just a badass, and fun fact, the Lightspeed Rescue actually got to keep the jackets as a souvenir from the show.
20:49
I honestly can see that being possible. As you said, it's a Government Operation that's constantly making new tech, and it'd be believable that they'd also work to improve old tech as well, and as such would work on the Super Train Megazord in order to make it so it doesn't require the Lightspeed Zord to operate, in case they needed both Megazords.
"The Lightspeed Rescue theme is just okay"
How?......how can you not recognize the glory of the best theme song intro out of all the series?
Amen. That theme song to me is what gave me my taste in music!
Much like Lost Galaxy to him, it's not as good as we're making it out to be and unlike the last video, there is a bit more explanation as to why he's not that into it as most of us are.
@@dnmstarsi Yeah and it's weak. i think he's way too closed minded when it comes to music for Power rangers. The only time i find myself agreeing with him in this regard is overdrive.
That line from Fairweather about "robots not having hearts" becomes REALLY awkward when we've since had two robot rangers who acted like and eventually became human beings.
Don't you mean three, although I digress since Troy didn't turn into one by the end of the show
@@ashwinshetty1598 Troy did in one respect: discovering human emotion as he fell in love with Robo Knight. 🥰
@@autobotstarscream765 rObO kNiGHt, yOu HaVE A mIsSiOn tO fUlLfILl, aah, didn't think robots could have such visceral love 🥺
@@ashwinshetty1598 ACTING!!!
Isn't it funny that in Operation Overdrive Mack was a robot with personality and in Megaforce Troy acts like a robot without much personality.
Lightspeed Rescue is important because it expands the universe more and shows that Earth has its mythology tied into the Power Rangers. Not only do we have demons introduced as being an actual thing and not just something inspired by aliens (ancient aliens), but King Neptune's appearance shows that the Greek Gods exist in the PR Universe. Makes the universe feel more similar to DC and Marvel where the universe has everything and the kitchen sink.
Wow, two re-edited History of Power Rangers in one year? Dang Linkara, you're on a roll!
Another remastered version for History of Power Rangers already? Sweet!! ^^
Carter is one of the greatest rangers of all time and has been one of my favorites since the show started. Just learning other fans found him bland is shocking and makes me think a lot of fans didn't initially watch Light Speed Rescue and went back to discover how good it was later. I know from living it that a lot of kids at my school Stopped watching around the time of Lost galaxy or turbo and if they did return to the fandom it wasn't until Time Force or even as late as Dino Thunder.
Lightspeed Rescue was the first season of Power Rangers I watched growing up, so I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for it.
Lightspeed was my gateway into the series and I definitely owned (own? I should check) the McD’s vhs. As best as I can remember, I think the ranger sequences were given the red-blue 3D treatment, but the last time I watched that tape was probably 2003, so no promises on that being accurate.
Also, I recently did a rewatch of this season and I can’t believe you neglected to mention the filler episode where Dana gets wrapped up in a hostage situation on a bus where the guy holding them hostage is a normal human with a revolver!? Probably the first and last time a real world-style gun was used in PR
I still own all my vhs of this show. My favorite cover is the titanium ranger vhs
I remember when I first saw all of these as a kid. I grew up right when Time force was airing. So I can tell you, as a kid seeing Lightspeed reruns and watching Ryan turn to a good guy was mind blowing.
38:50-plus the one Zyuranger element not used til that point: Evil 6th hero turns out to be a family member of one of the core 5. For Zyuranger, Geki and Burai; for Lightspeed Rescue, Dana and Ryan
I feel called out about the stabilizer comment given I just mentioned that! Actually pretty funny. But I'd still argue that the suit and his strength from the suit are more than enough to withstand the force of the cannon, he just doesn't have the proper leverage to do so without them, so stabilizers still make sense.
As an aside, your two big complaints about Mitchell actually make a ton of sense. He's a military guy. They don't explain orders, they expect them to be followed. He might be dealing with civilians who aren't military, minus his daughter, but that doesn't mean he automatically knows the best way to do it.
39:05 Technically GoGoV did with Beast-Demon Hunter Zeek and his successor Zeek-Jeanne but I guess since he was a movie exclusive character there would be limited footage of him(though not like that's not the same issue with Titanium), and Zeek-Jeanne's suit lacked a visor leaving her face exposed which would probably also lead to filming difficulties still could have potentially given us the first female sixth ranger.
Thanks for point this out! I honestly didn't know till I watched GoGoV and it's movie, and it's kinda forgotten honestly.
Ahh sweet. Another updated version of Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. This is getting more better. I wonder if Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall will be able to like VR Troopers, Big Bad Beetleborgs and my favorite one Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog which was so very popular in my home country Ireland.
Only if my Patreon gets to $4,000 a month.
@@AT4W Let's hope so. I enjoy your videos, especially The history of Power Rangers.
And I’d bet somewhere in Cyborg Rangers, a young Andrew Hartford sees the robot Rangers in action and begins to think of a robot of his own.
Also I agree with you about Lightspeed repurposing the Ranger tech Lewis, it goes along with a theory I had about Zordon and the reason he sacrificed himself was to stop the immediate universe conquering threat but there are just threats that the Angel Grove Rangers won’t be able to stop.
Also I’d like to think that maybe Zordon was realizing it may have been a dick move to make teenagers do this kind of stuff so best leave the Ranger tech in the hands of people who can use it to help defend the earth and choose people well suited for the job.
Sure this method led to some… questionable choices in that regard later on, (SHUT! UP! DAX!) but you know what I mean.
Lightspeed Rescue was a lot of fun for me. I think that team holds the honor of being the very first Power Ranger team that was ever made known to the general public in their universe (they didn't have to hide their identities). Also, the entire Titanium Ranger arc was one of the best Power Ranger story arcs that I've ever seen, and I think one of the best story arcs that has ever been created, especially when the Cobra Curse got added to the mix!
That being said though, there was one element of this series that I SERIOUSLY questioned the usefulness of: The Life Force Megazord. In my book, a Megazord that uses its pilots' own life force to power it is just too damn dangerous to operate, even as an absolute last resort.
Agreed especially one the titanium arc
Old lady : "There's no such thing as monsters."
Meanwhile in Ghostbusters 2 : "There is no such thing as ghosts. Now let's being this trial, prosecuting the Ghostbusters for damages they caused while fighting a god, a giant marshmallow, and a city worth of ghosts."
Completely understand why one of the names at the beginning needed to be changed, but congratulations on coming up with a new name that was ten times funnier. Not often I let out a big ol laugh before the one minute mark in a video. Kudos.
Vypra was a rather neat idea, but she seemed to have gotten lost(due to sensors, probably) somewhere. It would've been an interesting subplot if She started having a "Thing" for Carter. Give just her a couple of Wins over the Rangers, with them thinking Carter is feeding her intel(especially if their caught by Daina clandestinely meeting up for a date).
You know what the Morphing sequence reminds me of? The suit up sequence from G Gundam. Which could only mean one thing, the demons are going to revive Banshira by using the Dark Gundam WITH THE HELP of KYOJIIIIIIIII! Great, now I'm imagining the Lightspeed Rangers as the Shuffle Alliance and Ryan is Master Asia. But in all seriousness Lightspeed Rescue is a decent back to basic series that helped give the writers a clean break from the Zordon era. Moving on from one long continuous storyline for lack of a better term to being more like Sentai and just having it be a self contained story minus the team ups. Admittedly it took me a bit of a while to catch on to that when I was a kid but hey I caught on and went with it. Oh and the Titanium Ranger suit, was near perfection, looked like it actually did come from Go-Go Five. Sadly the Demons were what dragged the show down, granted the Psyma Family wasn't that much better but at least they had the Family vs Family thing going on. All and all Lightspeed is a nice amuse bouche for the direction that Power Rangers was heading towards. Here's to the next HOPR and may the power protect you.
More updated/remastered versions of History of Power Rangers, and more reasons for me to be eager for the next one to be aired.
Too bad I missed watching the old ones.
Tried watching SPD on his website, but the videos are currently down due to issues with Vimeo(according to his website)
I'm still surprised that Kefka is a fan of History of Power Rangers.
@@dnmstarsi Who's Kefka?
@@nine_tails137 The main villain of FF6 and Omnicidal Clown's profile icon.
@@dnmstarsi (does a google search)Oh, never heard of him?
Man
These Classic Re-HOPR Reviews are coming in quick!
I love ya Link, the effort of putting amount of work into these is incredible
Honestly, it'll give me time to rewatch SPD, Mystic Force, Overdrive, Jungle Fury and RPM
before the re-uploads. Though I am sad I won't be able to watch the originals.
The cobra tattoo arc of this season traumatized me as a kid (my family hates snakes and seeing a cobra tattoo killing someone scared the shit out of me)
True that. But thanks to the Cobra Kai show for making Cobras look cool.
@@RC30018There's your next Crossover.
I remember this review being the genesis of "Carter Grayson, badass"
So, knowing what we know now, I think I have a theory on how Lightspeed tapped the Morphing Grid. Captain Mitchell must have reached out to Grace Sterling.
Cool. Wasn't expecting another of these so soon, but awesome. Once again, I must apologize in advance for the long comment I'm about to make, but I have a few things to say on Lightspeed Rescue, it may only be my 7th favorite season, but I still enjoy it and have some thoughts on it. I have two major(long) things I want to discuss and a third minor point that I'll start with.
1.) It's very possible Operation Lightspeed was partially set up by Zordan. Remember he and Alpha were on the Earth for 10000 years, so they would have been around to witness all the ancient enemies that would come back, and given Zordan had government connections as seen with NASADA in Turbo and In Space, it's not out of the realm of possibility he had a small hand in Lightspeed to make sure people were ready if the Demons returned. This theory is also what the UA-camr Database Ranger uses to explain why that idiot Gosei didn't get involved in Earth affairs for so long, because Zordan knew all about the ancient threats and that groups and organizations were in place to fight these evils, such as Lightspeed, the Nina Academies, the Pai Shwa Academies, the Animaria, the Samurais and so on so that he and Gosei wouldn't have to interfere unless these groups failed. The only ones not accounted for would be Ransik and Messago as they were newly created, but they mostly remained local threats only threatening the city they were in at the time, not the whole world, but you could argue that once the space-time continuum started getting flushed down the toilet near the end of Time Force because of Ransik that Gosei should have gotten involved at that point.
2.) Yes, Treakina's Revenge was in fact in 3-D. I had the VHS Tape. You see, I started getting into Power Rangers at the time of Lost Galaxy ending and Lightspeed Rescue beginning, thus I was trying to catch up the series, and the only way to do that at the time was with reruns and VHS, and even then I still missed some stuff, with Treakina's Revenge actually being the first full team-up I ever saw. I say full because I did see Adam's return in In Space before that one. So I can assure you, that Mcdonald's gave you two VHS of the team-up, one regular version and one 3-D version that came with two pairs of 3-D glasses. While I did enjoy Treakina's Revenge as a kid, I was not a fan of the 3-D version and just watched the regular one. While I have now seen a lot better team-ups that I enjoy more, I still enjoy Treakin's Revenge despite the flaws, but it is much lower on my list of team-ups. Also, like you guessed the team-up did borrow the idea of using the office to capture people, as that was also the plot of the Senti team-up of these two teams, except instead of stealing life energy they were taking people's blood for a dark ritual to summon a powerful demon, the king of the Underworld, which was used as Treakin's monster form.
However, despite is' flaws, I still like to use this team-up as an explanation of the writers knowing what Sentai footage they have and how to work with it, as they use the Senti team-up footage here for their own to save money, but unlike Megaforce later down the line, they don't overuse it and still balance Orginal footage with Senti stuff, and even cut out the Senti stuff they don't need because it won't work with the plot.
For example, Mike's counterpart in the Senti didn't lose his powers or his Zord at the end of their series, thus he was present at the final Zord battle with Treakin's monster form, so the writers edited around the footage to cut out Mike and the Torozord and it works for the most part, except for the moment when Treakin's explosions hits the Ranger and theirs a group shot of the Zords getting hit where there's a blink and you'll miss it shot of the Torozord also getting nailed. Another moment being that the reason Leo and Carter go in alone is so they can use what footage they have of Triskull(the monster working with Treakina) to show his destruction because in the Senti team-up Triskull's counterpart wasn't working against the demons he was working with them, as he was their long lost brother who Banshera's counterpart had banished to the Underworld after he attempted to kill her. Thus, because they made TriSkull working against the demons in Power Rangers, they had to have his Senti defeat earlier and play around with the footage of the team-up fight to cut him out, which led to a good balance of Senti footage and Orginal footage in the team-up battle. I don't say all of this as a knock against Lightspeed, I say it because I'm impressed with how well they managed to use what Senti footage they had to both save money, but also to tell their own partially original story, not exactly copying the plot, cutting out what they don't need and filming their own stuff to better bridge the gaps. Megaforce could have learned a thing or two here on how to properly make a Senti-heavy episode that is still enjoyable and still its own thing.
3.) I'm going to partially defend the villains a bit here. Now they are defiantly not the best villains I've seen from the series, but there are some decent concepts and some subtle character interactions if you look for them, much like the original Power Rangers from MMPR to Turbo, there are subtle bits of character development and interactions, like how much Billy and Kimberly grew as characters or how Adam grew more confident and had more personality by the time of Zeo and so on. For the demons, while their commandery isn't on full display, you can see bits of it. For example, when Daibolico was first destroyed, you could see and hear genuine sadness in Loki and Vypra, one of Vypra's better performances, which isn't saying much but still, or like how Jinxer and Olympus are loyal to each other, with Jinxer trying to help Olympus when everybody else even his mother abandoned him or Olympus telling Jinxer in that one filler episode that you used a scene from as the opening that he's the only one he can trust around here. So the villains, outside of Banshera, were a little more than one-note if you looked. But then again, this was true for all the previous seasons, even discounting the great complex villains of In Space and Lost Galaxy, Rita and Zedd did genuinely love each other and have a nice dynamic, and despite constantly yelling at their men for failing there was some genuine respect and appreciate for all their loyalty, like with how Zedd, Goldar, and Rito all played football together in that one filler episode, or how Rita showed genuine concern for Goldar and Rito not being back when they were running from the Machine Empire at the start of Zeo. Or how Mando, Machina, and Sprocket all love each other despite being evil, again as seen with their dynamic, also seen between Gasket and Archriena who love each other too. Even Divatox, despite constantly being annoyed by her men especially her incompetent nephew Elgar, she still keeps them around and shows at least some appriate for all their loyalty, like bringing them with her on her relaxing day to the beach in the Millenium Message, or choosing to wait for Elgar to get back before they set off to the new base Havoc built for them, despite now being a good time to get ride of that fool. Again, the Demons aren't the best villains out there, there are far better ones both before and after their season, but their more then one-note if one looks. The villains of Power Rangers at least until certain season, were always more than one-note and ad at least some complexity, as there was some sense of comradery and loyalty between them, sometimes it was a major thing as seen with In Space and Lost Galaxy and other times it was minor stuff yu had to look for like I said, but it's still one of the reasons I love this franchise.
I asked former supervising producer who was also a writer Tony Oliver why they never used the DaiRanger suits and the answer was simply, “Brand Recognition” which I guess makes sense even if it is a bit disappointing to me because of how much I love the DaiRanger suits. I like to think that if they DID use the DaiRanger suits things would’ve been easier to work with sentai footage wise and the show would’ve seen the same level of success.
Then you agree with there choice, as dairangers was basicaly a marketing flop while power rangers waas a lobal phenomenom
@@GodShadowdeath the issue wasn’t dairanger being a flop or not. Sentai had 16 different teams and many more years for audience to recognize the sentai style as a changing motif.
MMPR was only around one season and was insanely popular as that motif, dinosaurs being extremely popular at the time with the release of Jurassic Park in the same year as MMPR: 1993. With dinosaur hype high it was a big enough risk just to get rid of the dinozords let alone the dinosaur branding from the rangers themselves.
@Tom Meehan that has nothing to do with the subject you ass
@@GodShadowdeath aww for real? Dauranger flipped in Japan? That’s sucks it’s my fav 😞 was it because of the Chinese theme? That would explain why next season they went hard Japanese
@Tom Meehan sentai would not have “ended” there have been seasons that did not do well,for example five man…until jetman reinvigorated the franchise
Carter ‘I respect my rights to bare arms’ Grayson
You know, considering the old lady who doesn't think monsters are real, that makes me wonder, how many conspiracy theorists do you think there are in the Power Rangers universe that thinks all the rangers and monsters are fake? Like flat Earthists or such. Maybe a pair of such people could make for good comic relief we enjoy seeing getting their due.
Good grief, now I'm picturing a J. Jonah Jamieson character constantly ragging on the Rangers, blabbing on about how irresponsible they are, do more damage than good, are the entire reason the monsters come to Earth in the first place and saying how the Rangers should just leave fighting the monsters to the police and the military, which is even dumber since Lightspeed Rescue ARE the police/military, yet I do see such a thing still happening
Apparently, they DO exist in-universe (or at the very least implied to be). The current showrunner, Simon Bennett, said that it would be unrealistic for Earth to NOT have people denying monster attacks even with piles of information and evidence (he even compared it to stuff like the moon landing or flat earth). I'm guessing Warden Garcia was also one until the Sporix attacks happened in public spaces.
"I'm telling ya! There's no such things as monsters or 'Power Rangers'! And that 'alien invasion' at Angel Grove? It's all one big government conspiracy! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!"
Something like that?
@@wchan39 Eeyup
@@wchan39 Or like this:
"Those 'Power Rangers' are a menace to society! Causing millions of dollars of destruction everywhere they go. They possibly hire stunt people as monsters and stunt effects to make them look good on TV!"
Let’s revisit the carter Grayson school of dealing with things
Lesson one ☝️ shoot it
Lesson two is it dead? No go back to lesson one
Also Cater’s I AM A MAN punch is awesome
The only thing they fear is Carter.
I love how you added parts to this review what with the change in people's attitudes towards Carter and even adding parts with Ryan's discussion and the stuff at the beginning. It's just nice to hear the additions to add after years on top of keeping everything that made the video great originally like the lady you are the dumbest person in power rangers ever and what not.
With all the sealed eviles/Z wave survivors that come in the post Zordon Era, I find it a fun mental exercise to speculate on how they would interact with the United Alliance of Evil. With Lightspeed... Banshera, waste of a perfectly amazing name BTW, would likely try to take over. And subsequently get curbstomped.
The overall story for LR is fine in my opinion. It, indeed, has some nostalgic ideas coming from the previous series, including the original Mighty Morphin seasons, but I find that everyone’s acting can be flat most of the time, especially Vypra’s. I still enjoy the season for what it’s worth; think of it as a good season, even with the flaws contained in it.
As a kid, I liked Vypra as a character, since she was the first human-looking Villain,
who wasn't formally human turned evil like Astronama(save for Rita).
But after hearing Linkara talk about her bad acting....Yeah, I have to agree with Linkara on this.
For me lightspeed rescue and spd are my favorite Power. Ranger seasons of all time. I like the Characters and the interaction with each getting some great episodes.
I can respect the Firefighter's first response to the Fire Demon was to "run this B**** over"...even though it didn't work, it was realistic and hilarious.
Lightspeed rescue to me is just ok overall. The ranger characters were pretty good overall and we're pretty awesome especially Carter and Ryan, the zords were pretty badass and awesome, though I did wish many of the main villains were better. (With the exceptions of Diabolico and Bansheera them being the best of the villains.) A decent series but I prefer others honestly.
Wasn't expecting to see this today on December 26, 2021 but I'm really glad I did. Thank You Linkara for re-uploading this right after Christmas. It makes for a great day after Christmas gift. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Funnily enough about the dairanger suits, it's been confirmed that one of the upcoming power rangers comic issues will involve the dairangers a.k.a. squadron rangers (still not a fan of that name), as well including a black ranger, which the dairangers themselves didn't have one.
"ranged weapons that become melee weapons are awesome".
It occurs to me that Linkara would probably adore RWBY
He would probably really like Sun’s weapon. AKA A STAFF THAT TURNS INTO NUNCHUCKS THAT’RE ALSO GUNS!
Knowing RWBY's reputation, he'd probably rip it apart.
I actually really like the Lightspeed Rescue theme. Probably in my Top 5, definitely Top 10.
Me too
Top 11 Best Power Rangers theme songs:
11. Ninja Steel
10. Dino Charge
9. Lost Galaxy
8. SPD
7. Time Force
6. Operation Overdrive
5. Dino Thunder
4. Mystic Force
3. Zeo
2. In Space
1. Lightspeed Rescue
Bruh….in what universe do you have Operation Overdrive’s theme over the original Go Go Power Rangers!?!?
Also how do you have Dino Charge and Ninja Steel’s themes up there but not the original theme that inspired them!?!????
Yeah, gonna say most of the fandom giving Carter Grayson a second chance was cause of Linkara. Upon watching the first version of this, and rewatching Lightspeed, it turned out we were wrong.
Personally, I always like Carter. Never understood why as a kid but growing up, he was a heroic badass. Even if he lacked character, his actions spoke for him along with the rangers.
That and we have had worst personalities in Red Rangers since Carter though he and Joel were the best rangers of the season.
So for the lady there's my take on her, (not defending as what she said was dumb) maybe she's like those old people you see in action or mecha anime where they just miss the cool shit, or when the ranger were on tv, she changed channel as she doesn't like talk shows, and maybe when people think monsters in this season they think fairy tale stuff like fairies, mermaids and stuff, but if you said demons she had called the rangers instantly.
That or she's one of those idiots who thinks the rangers aren't real and the monsters were a promotional stunt for some monster movie.
The real reason?
Dumb conclict and to pad the episode, if she had been like "OH no monsters?
Let me put out an alert to the police." which would get the rangers attention then the episode would have been half as long as it was.
Not surprised if there's people out there thinking that Power Rangers are either fake or menace to society.
Imagine there's a J. Jonah Jameson type character ranting against the Power Rangers.
You know something I'd like to see be done on Power Rangers. Have the girl from this series team up, or at least make up someone with a similar backstory of being rescued by a ranger and have her become the leader of a ranger team. Bonus points if you can get Carter's actor/a member of a previous team to serve as the mentor for the team.
“Melee weapons that become guns are friggen awesome.” Somebody introduce this man to R.W.B.Y.
Wow that was very unexpected, First the re-review of Lost Galaxy a month ago and now a re-review of Lightspeed Rescue, Awesome!
Expect Time Force to drop around Valentine's Day and then Dino Fury or Wild Force in time for Easter...
@@laurenceodell2718 Well his Dino Fury won't be until 2023.
I was just about to reply to him don’t be surprised if time force gets a re review next month
@@SegaNintendoGuy64 Actually, I heard that the entirety of Season 2 of Fury might drop onto Netflix sometime in April so that way, Linkara can get the review done much faster and get the vid out in time for Halloween next year!
@@laurenceodell2718 Not likely, If you remember correctly he rips on the DVD's to get the footage he needs for his HOPR reviews, So it's very unlikely that he'll do his Dino Fury review next year on 2022.
Rangers: Everyone evacuate, a monster is about to attack!
Dumb Crone: Oh, but there's no such thing as monsters.
Kind of makes you wonder where the hell she was during the invasion of Earth during Countdown to Destruction.
The only other option is she was getting a touch senile and was just remembering a time before the Power Rangers were around
To quote Johnny Cage from MK11. When you need one thing to say to compliment Carter Grayson. "Badass."
Let's face it: Operation: Lightspeed is Day of the Demon, especially unsealing the villains from the tomb.
Fun fact from TV Tropes. Toei and PLEX produced entirely original Zords for the Red and Titanium Rangers, but Saban declined to use them due to the expense. Also there’s a whole Reddit post on how cool Carter was
“Melee weapons that turn into guns are freaking awesome!” Very true
I don’t care what Linkara said, this is one of my favorite seasons. The characters are some of the most likable in the franchise.
The pharaoh appears challenging the grave robbers to a children's card game.
Actually now that I think about it the demons were in a desert like area when they were sealed. Which is more proof that the world needs to be aware and avoid the dangers that is....... ANCIENT EGYPT!!!!
@@shadowlinkbds *on motorcycles.
carter grason: the only ranger thats even cooler then tommy oliver
I dunno. Wes and Andros are cooler than Tommy as well given their feats. Also maybe Leo and Casey. If we're not going by Red Rangers, I think there's more like RJ and Cruger.
After hearing that joke that Lightspeed Rescue was funded by the Umbrella Corp, I now want to see a Power Rangers/Resident Evil crossover.
Hey this is exciting. I only watched like two seasons of power rangers when I was little but your "history of" is great fun.
27:25 going off of your Reverse Engineered Ranger Tech theory, it's possible that they could have recruited the space rangers to help with the construction of the zords, and they could have told team making the zords, and in turn, the Lightspeed rangers could have learned the Galaxy Rangers identities through the team.
I'm still scratching my head as to how the Grid was able to support the Cyborg Rangers using the same colors and I'm surprised there is so little discourse around it
That cobra monster must’ve been a re-used prop from MMPR, because I remember having a toy of it & I was way past my ranger phase when this series came out 🤣
I feel Olympius was a great villain and was the best one of this season, if that amounts to something. He was cunning, devious, powerful and his plans were more out the box compared to others which were might makes right. Let's not forget that one of his plans ended with the rangers' deaths in another timeline.
Him being a Momma's Boy also helped make him more memorable in my eyes, always trying to get the favor of his mother but ultimately couldn't. Also helps that he had a good voice actor, I still remember Michael Forest's performance to this day.
For Bansheera, I think she makes a good end boss and is complete evil but it's hindered due to the fact that her underlings don't have contrasting personalities. Loki, Vypra and to an extent Diabolico don't really stand out because they were just generic villains who served under a greater evil. If the camaraderie between them were more prominent or had other motives to serve Bansheera, they'll be more memorable. But they don't and it's to their detriment that they get lost to a greater evil.
Something I noticed was that Bansheera was the first evil parent in Power Rangers that held no love in her heart for her children. Previous seasons had the evil side care for their offsprings but Bansheera couldn't care less about Olympius when he failed. We've never seen that before in PR so that makes Bansheera a lot more memorable in my eyes, she had no sense of love or loyalty and that cost her.
Thank you for giving the baddies some credit! Despite the simplicity of the demons they still are scary villains, especially bansheera who is the devil to me, because there is no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
@@AndreNitroX I believe there was some value here and kind of bummed they weren't mentioned at all in the wrap up.
@@rixarts14 agreed, personally of all the villains in PR, they were the ones that i really wanted the rangers to kill because they were so evil.
Yeah, Olympius was cool and I never notice how much of a Momma's Boy he was. Kinda wish he survived until the end just for a more dramatic end or a ghost like Diabolico.
Honestly, those two and Bansheera were cool looking demons who kinda work as just "evil villains". Even if they're too simple, they were still cool and threatening enough for me to say "They don't suck".
@@dnmstarsi Exactly what I think.
The Batlings remind of that guy from Deathstalker 3.
"Uh, Mr. Moose Warrior?"
'I'm a bat! Squeak squeak.'
Carter Grayson was practically the Captain America of power rangers
One of my favorite things about these reuploads is seeing what you've found out since you first upload. Keeps the videos from feeling like a repeat so kudos for taking time for additional research. I appreciate the effort. Also I feel like the opinon on Carter Grayson did shift after the original video so I think you got the ball rolling on that if nothing else.
Anyone else think that the morphing sequence 'goo' has some visual similarities with the way the Mobile Trace system works in G Gundam? Without the agonising crushing of the entire body, of course.
Yeah... you know, I've seen all of G Gundam at least 5 times, but I can't remember if they ever explain why it has to be so painful to put on the suit.
@@RabblesTheBinx Imagine trying to put on a rubber glove that's several sizes too small without any moisturizer or butter or whatever, just pure friction. Now imagine that, but all over your body.
My favorite season of power rangers was lightspeed rescue for sure. It’s probably because when I was a kid, this was the first power rangers season I actually remember.
I guess Queen Bansheera has inspired a lot of AAA companies when it comes to treating their own employees.
(This is a joke, please don't take it seriously)
"Lightspeed was funded by the Umbrella Corporation." That got me lol 😅🤣😂💀💀
Fun Fact, Joel’s actor won an Oscar for best supporting actor in the 2006 movie Dream Girls.
He was The brother wasn’t he
@@TheBandit025Nova I haven't watched Dream Girl, but a friend of mine from college told me this information.
No, he didn't. Alan Arkin won best supporting actor that year. And you are thinking Eddie Murphy. He was in Dreamgirls, and was nominated for an Oscar.